Best Universities for Biochemistry in Europe

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Europe ranked based on their research performance in Biochemistry. A graph of 555M citations received by 24.7M academic papers made by 1,230 universities in Europe was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. University of Oxford

United Kingdom | England

For Biochemistry

#1 in the United Kingdom

#16 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1096

2. University of Cambridge

United Kingdom | England

For Biochemistry

#2 in the United Kingdom

#18 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

3. Karolinska Institute

Sweden | Stockholm

For Biochemistry

#1 in Sweden

#23 in the World

Enrollment: 8,070
Founded: 1861

4. University College London

United Kingdom | England

For Biochemistry

#3 in the United Kingdom

#29 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

5. Imperial College London

United Kingdom | England

For Biochemistry

#4 in the United Kingdom

#43 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

6. University of Copenhagen

Denmark | Copenhagen

For Biochemistry

#46 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Founded: 1479

7. University of Edinburgh

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Biochemistry

#5 in the United Kingdom

#51 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

8. Catholic University of Leuven

Belgium | Leuven

For Biochemistry

#56 in the World

Enrollment: 62,693
Founded: 1425

9. Lund University

For Biochemistry

#2 in Sweden

#59 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1666

10. University of Helsinki

Finland | Helsinki

For Biochemistry

#64 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Enrollment: 31,312
Founded: 1640

11. University of Manchester

United Kingdom | England

For Biochemistry

#6 in the United Kingdom

#70 in the World

Founded: 1824

12. University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Biochemistry

#1 in Italy

#77 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Enrollment: 65,234
Founded: 1924

13. University of Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Biochemistry

#1 in Switzerland

#78 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Enrollment: 25,732

14. Uppsala University

Sweden | Uppsala

For Biochemistry

#3 in Sweden

#81 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Enrollment: 35,556
Founded: 1477

15. King's College London

United Kingdom | England

For Biochemistry

#7 in the United Kingdom

#83 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1829

16. University of Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Biochemistry

#1 in the Netherlands

#84 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 31,123
Founded: 1632

17. University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Biochemistry

#88 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 55%
Enrollment: 50,918
Founded: 1472

18. Utrecht University

Netherlands | Utrecht

For Biochemistry

#2 in the Netherlands

#90 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1636

19. Heidelberg University - Germany

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Biochemistry

#91 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Enrollment: 28,413
Male:Female: 45:55
Founded: 1386

20. Technical University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Biochemistry

#93 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 44,000
Male:Female: 63:37
Founded: 1868

21. University of Bristol

United Kingdom | England

For Biochemistry

#8 in the United Kingdom

#102 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Enrollment: 27,513
Founded: 1909

22. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Biochemistry

#2 in Switzerland

#103 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Enrollment: 23,420

23. University of Birmingham

United Kingdom | England

For Biochemistry

#9 in the United Kingdom

#105 in the World

Founded: 1900

24. University of Barcelona

Spain | Barcelona

For Biochemistry

#1 in Spain

#109 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Enrollment: 64,236
Male:Female: 86:14

25. University of Tubingen

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Biochemistry

#110 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 28,515
Male:Female: 41:59
Founded: 1477

26. Ghent University

Belgium | Ghent

For Biochemistry

#112 in the World

Enrollment: 41,669
Founded: 1817

27. University of Groningen

Netherlands | Groningen

For Biochemistry

#3 in the Netherlands

#114 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 34,000
Founded: 1614

28. University of Glasgow

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Biochemistry

#10 in the United Kingdom

#116 in the World

Founded: 1451

29. University of Freiburg

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Biochemistry

#117 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 24,391
Founded: 1457

30. Charite - Medical University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Biochemistry

#118 in the World

Enrollment: 8,877
Founded: 1710

31. University of Padua

For Biochemistry

#2 in Italy

#120 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 62,876
Founded: 1222

32. Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

Switzerland | Lausanne

For Biochemistry

#3 in Switzerland

#121 in the World

Enrollment: 12,576

33. University of Gottingen

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Biochemistry

#124 in the World

Enrollment: 31,619
Founded: 1734

34. University of Geneva

Switzerland | Geneva

For Biochemistry

#4 in Switzerland

#126 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Enrollment: 17,744

35. University of Basel

Switzerland | Basel

For Biochemistry

#5 in Switzerland

#127 in the World

Enrollment: 12,811

36. University of Wurzburg

Germany | Bavaria

For Biochemistry

#128 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 28,878
Male:Female: 41:59
Founded: 1402

37. University of Nottingham

United Kingdom | England

For Biochemistry

#11 in the United Kingdom

#132 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1948

38. University of Bologna

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Biochemistry

#3 in Italy

#134 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Enrollment: 79,999
Founded: 1088

39. University of Gothenburg

Sweden | Gothenburg

For Biochemistry

#4 in Sweden

#136 in the World

Enrollment: 36,003
Founded: 1891

40. University of Oslo

For Biochemistry

#1 in Norway

#138 in the World

Enrollment: 26,650
Founded: 1811

41. Sapienza University of Rome

For Biochemistry

#4 in Italy

#140 in the World

Enrollment: 100,155
Founded: 1303

42. University of Dundee

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Biochemistry

#12 in the United Kingdom

#144 in the World

Founded: 1967

43. University of Bern

Switzerland | Bern

For Biochemistry

#6 in Switzerland

#145 in the World

Enrollment: 18,576

44. Leiden University

Netherlands | Leiden

For Biochemistry

#4 in the Netherlands

#146 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Enrollment: 27,713
Founded: 1575

45. University of Vienna

Austria | Vienna

For Biochemistry

#147 in the World

Enrollment: 93,628
Founded: 1365

46. University of Bonn

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Biochemistry

#149 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Enrollment: 38,043
Founded: 1818

47. Newcastle University

United Kingdom | England

For Biochemistry

#13 in the United Kingdom

#151 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Founded: 1963

48. University of Sheffield

United Kingdom | England

For Biochemistry

#14 in the United Kingdom

#154 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1905

49. Aarhus University

Denmark | Aarhus

For Biochemistry

#155 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Enrollment: 33,020
Founded: 1928

50. Federico II University of Naples

Italy | Campania

For Biochemistry

#5 in Italy

#156 in the World

Enrollment: 78,324
Founded: 1224

51. University of Erlangen Nuremberg

Germany | Bavaria

For Biochemistry

#10 in Germany

#157 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Enrollment: 38,878
Founded: 1743

52. University of Munster

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Biochemistry

#11 in Germany

#158 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 44,692
Founded: 1780

53. University of Lausanne

Switzerland | Lausanne

For Biochemistry

#7 in Switzerland

#161 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Enrollment: 16,919

54. University of Leeds

United Kingdom | England

For Biochemistry

#15 in the United Kingdom

#162 in the World

Founded: 1904

55. Free University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Biochemistry

#12 in Germany

#164 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Enrollment: 37,608
Founded: 1948

56. Radboud University

Netherlands | Nijmegen

For Biochemistry

#5 in the Netherlands

#165 in the World

Founded: 1923

57. University of Liverpool

United Kingdom | England

For Biochemistry

#16 in the United Kingdom

#167 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

58. University of Marburg

Germany | Hesse

For Biochemistry

#13 in Germany

#175 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 24,758
Founded: 1527

59. University of Cologne

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Biochemistry

#14 in Germany

#176 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 49,382
Male:Female: 39:61
Founded: 1388

60. Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main

Germany | Hesse

For Biochemistry

#15 in Germany

#178 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Enrollment: 46,429
Founded: 1914

61. Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Biochemistry

#16 in Germany

#179 in the World

Enrollment: 37,473
Male:Female: 42:58
Founded: 1965

62. University of Florence

Italy | Tuscany

For Biochemistry

#6 in Italy

#186 in the World

Founded: 1321

63. Wageningen University

Netherlands | Wageningen

For Biochemistry

#6 in the Netherlands

#191 in the World

Enrollment: 12,819
Founded: 1918

64. Stockholm University

Sweden | Stockholm

For Biochemistry

#5 in Sweden

#192 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 24%
Enrollment: 37,484
Founded: 1878

65. RWTH Aachen University

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Biochemistry

#17 in Germany

#194 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 44,517
Founded: 1870

66. Hannover Medical School

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Biochemistry

#18 in Germany

#196 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 3,256
Founded: 1965

67. University of Turin

Italy | Piedmont

For Biochemistry

#7 in Italy

#199 in the World

Founded: 1404

68. Technical University of Denmark

Denmark | Kongens Lyngby

For Biochemistry

#207 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Founded: 1829

69. University of Liege

Belgium | Liege

For Biochemistry

#210 in the World

Enrollment: 25,421
Founded: 1817

70. Paris-Sud University

France | Ile-de-France

For Biochemistry

#1 in France

#212 in the World

Enrollment: 31,400
Founded: 2014

71. Complutense University of Madrid

For Biochemistry

#2 in Spain

#213 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Enrollment: 71,806
Founded: 1508

72. Autonomous University of Madrid

For Biochemistry

#3 in Spain

#214 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Founded: 1968

73. Moscow State University

Russia | Moscow

For Biochemistry

#1 in Russia

#216 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

74. University of Southampton

United Kingdom | England

For Biochemistry

#17 in the United Kingdom

#219 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Enrollment: 21,335
Founded: 1952

75. Umea University

For Biochemistry

#6 in Sweden

#222 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Enrollment: 34,237
Founded: 1965

76. University of Leicester

United Kingdom | England

For Biochemistry

#18 in the United Kingdom

#224 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Enrollment: 24,409
Male:Female: 46:54
Founded: 1957

77. University of Regensburg

Germany | Bavaria

For Biochemistry

#19 in Germany

#231 in the World

Enrollment: 21,558
Founded: 1962

78. Humboldt University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Biochemistry

#20 in Germany

#233 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 36,378
Founded: 1809

79. Medical University of Vienna

Austria | Vienna

For Biochemistry

#236 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Enrollment: 7,915
Founded: 2004

80. University of Pisa

Italy | Tuscany

For Biochemistry

#8 in Italy

#237 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Enrollment: 49,108
Founded: 1343

81. Cardiff University

United Kingdom | Wales

For Biochemistry

#19 in the United Kingdom

#238 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1997

82. Erasmus University Rotterdam

Netherlands | Rotterdam

For Biochemistry

#7 in the Netherlands

#239 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 53%
Founded: 1913

83. Autonomous University of Barcelona

Spain | Cerdanyola del Valles

For Biochemistry

#4 in Spain

#240 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Enrollment: 30,926

84. Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Germany | Rhineland-Palatinate

For Biochemistry

#21 in Germany

#243 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 33,132
Founded: 1946

85. University of Ulm

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Biochemistry

#22 in Germany

#249 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Enrollment: 10,747
Founded: 1967

86. Catholic University of Louvain

Belgium | Louvain-la-Neuve

For Biochemistry

#250 in the World

Enrollment: 35,000
Founded: 1425

87. University of Porto

Portugal | Porto

For Biochemistry

#252 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 59%
Enrollment: 29,178
Founded: 1911

88. University of Giessen

Germany | Hesse

For Biochemistry

#23 in Germany

#259 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Enrollment: 27,727
Founded: 1607

89. Ruhr University Bochum

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Biochemistry

#24 in Germany

#261 in the World

Enrollment: 42,954
Founded: 1962

90. Free University of Brussels

Belgium | Brussels

For Biochemistry

#263 in the World

Enrollment: 31,606
Founded: 1834

91. Trinity College Dublin, University of Dublin

Ireland | Dublin

For Biochemistry

#265 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1592

92. University of Turku

Finland | Turku

For Biochemistry

#270 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 20,800
Male:Female: 38:62
Founded: 1920

93. Queen Mary University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Biochemistry

#20 in the United Kingdom

#271 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1989

94. University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Biochemistry

#21 in the United Kingdom

#272 in the World

Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1836

95. University of Valencia

Spain | Valencia

For Biochemistry

#5 in Spain

#273 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Enrollment: 58,390

96. Maastricht University

Netherlands | Maastricht

For Biochemistry

#8 in the Netherlands

#275 in the World

Enrollment: 18,000
Founded: 1976

97. University of Aberdeen

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Biochemistry

#22 in the United Kingdom

#280 in the World

Founded: 1495

98. Charles University

Czech Republic | Prague

For Biochemistry

#1 in the Czech Republic

#284 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 49,508
Founded: 1348

99. Delft University of Technology

Netherlands | Delft

For Biochemistry

#9 in the Netherlands

#288 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Enrollment: 24,703
Founded: 1842

100. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Greece | Athens

For Biochemistry

#1 in Greece

#289 in the World

Enrollment: 70,461
Founded: 1837