Best Universities for Entomology in Europe

Updated: February 29, 2024

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Europe ranked based on their research performance in Entomology. A graph of 858K citations received by 23.5K academic papers made by 197 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 Cambridge

United Kingdom | England

For Entomology

#1 in the United Kingdom

#12 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

2. Wageningen University

Netherlands | Wageningen

For Entomology

#1 in the Netherlands

#17 in the World

Enrollment: 12,819
Founded: 1918

3. Free University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Entomology

#20 in the World

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

4. University of Oxford

United Kingdom | England

For Entomology

#2 in the United Kingdom

#29 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

5. University of Bath

United Kingdom | England

For Entomology

#3 in the United Kingdom

#31 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Enrollment: 18,857
Male:Female: 53:47
Founded: 1966

6. Catholic University of Leuven

Belgium | Leuven

For Entomology

#34 in the World

Enrollment: 62,693
Founded: 1425

7. Imperial College London

United Kingdom | England

For Entomology

#4 in the United Kingdom

#37 in the World

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

8. University of Copenhagen

Denmark | Copenhagen

For Entomology

#39 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Founded: 1479

9. University of Wurzburg

Germany | Bavaria

For Entomology

#41 in the World

Enrollment: 27,149
Male:Female: 41:59
Founded: 1402

10. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Sweden | Uppsala

For Entomology

#1 in Sweden

#46 in the World

Enrollment: 5,675
Founded: 1977

11. Stockholm University

Sweden | Stockholm

For Entomology

#2 in Sweden

#49 in the World

Enrollment: 37,484
Founded: 1878

12. Ghent University

Belgium | Ghent

For Entomology

#53 in the World

Enrollment: 41,669
Founded: 1817

13. University of Montpellier

France | Occitanie

For Entomology

#1 in France

#54 in the World

Enrollment: 46,578
Founded: 1289

14. Lund University

For Entomology

#3 in Sweden

#55 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1666

15. University of Sussex

United Kingdom | England

For Entomology

#5 in the United Kingdom

#61 in the World

Enrollment: 17,319
Male:Female: 44:56
Founded: 1961

16. Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main

Germany | Hesse

For Entomology

#64 in the World

Enrollment: 43,461
Founded: 1914

17. University of Neuchatel

Switzerland | Neuchatel

For Entomology

#1 in Switzerland

#72 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Enrollment: 4,282

18. University of Regensburg

Germany | Bavaria

For Entomology

#75 in the World

Enrollment: 20,702
Founded: 1962

19. University of Edinburgh

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Entomology

#6 in the United Kingdom

#76 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

20. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Entomology

#2 in Switzerland

#79 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 23,420

21. Francois Rabelais University

France | Centre-Val de Loire

For Entomology

#2 in France

#80 in the World

Enrollment: 27,388
Founded: 1969

22. University of Reading

United Kingdom | England

For Entomology

#7 in the United Kingdom

#82 in the World

Founded: 1892

23. University of Bern

Switzerland | Bern

For Entomology

#3 in Switzerland

#84 in the World

Enrollment: 18,576

24. University of Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Entomology

#4 in Switzerland

#85 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Enrollment: 25,732

25. University of Exeter

United Kingdom | England

For Entomology

#8 in the United Kingdom

#88 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1955

26. University of Sheffield

United Kingdom | England

For Entomology

#9 in the United Kingdom

#89 in the World

Founded: 1905

27. University of Glasgow

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Entomology

#10 in the United Kingdom

#91 in the World

Founded: 1451

28. University of Lausanne

Switzerland | Lausanne

For Entomology

#5 in Switzerland

#95 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Enrollment: 16,919

29. University of Gottingen

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Entomology

#96 in the World

Enrollment: 31,619
Founded: 1734

30. University of Bristol

United Kingdom | England

For Entomology

#11 in the United Kingdom

#97 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Enrollment: 27,513
Founded: 1909

31. University of York

United Kingdom | England

For Entomology

#12 in the United Kingdom

#100 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1963

32. University of Giessen

Germany | Hesse

For Entomology

#101 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Enrollment: 27,184
Founded: 1607

33. University of Leeds

United Kingdom | England

For Entomology

#13 in the United Kingdom

#102 in the World

Founded: 1904

34. Durham University

United Kingdom | England

For Entomology

#14 in the United Kingdom

#103 in the World

Enrollment: 19,520
Founded: 1832

35. University of Bonn

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Entomology

#105 in the World

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

36. Pierre and Marie Curie University

France | Ile-de-France

For Entomology

#3 in France

#107 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 35,114
Founded: 1150

37. University of Freiburg

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Entomology

#113 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 23,938
Founded: 1457

38. University of Hohenheim

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Entomology

#114 in the World

Enrollment: 8,392
Male:Female: 43:57
Founded: 1818

39. University of Marburg

Germany | Hesse

For Entomology

#10 in Germany

#117 in the World

Enrollment: 22,612
Founded: 1527

40. University of Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Entomology

#2 in the Netherlands

#118 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1632

41. University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Entomology

#11 in Germany

#119 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 55%
Enrollment: 52,418
Founded: 1472

42. University of Turku

Finland | Turku

For Entomology

#120 in the World

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

43. Kiel University

Germany | Schleswig-Holstein

For Entomology

#12 in Germany

#127 in the World

Enrollment: 27,468
Founded: 1665

44. University of Bordeaux

France | Nouvelle-Aquitaine

For Entomology

#4 in France

#128 in the World

Enrollment: 54,000
Founded: 1441

45. Paul Sabatier University - Toulouse III

France | Occitanie

For Entomology

#5 in France

#129 in the World

Enrollment: 29,680
Founded: 1960

46. Uppsala University

Sweden | Uppsala

For Entomology

#4 in Sweden

#130 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Enrollment: 35,556
Founded: 1477

47. University of Cologne

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Entomology

#13 in Germany

#132 in the World

Enrollment: 52,204
Male:Female: 39:61
Founded: 1388

48. University of Valencia

Spain | Valencia

For Entomology

#1 in Spain

#133 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Enrollment: 58,390

49. Utrecht University

Netherlands | Utrecht

For Entomology

#3 in the Netherlands

#134 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1636

50. University of Tubingen

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Entomology

#14 in Germany

#138 in the World

Enrollment: 27,770
Male:Female: 41:59
Founded: 1477

51. University of Bayreuth

Germany | Bavaria

For Entomology

#15 in Germany

#139 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 12,773
Founded: 1972

52. Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

For Entomology

#6 in France

#140 in the World

Enrollment: 38,007
Founded: 1809

53. University of Pisa

Italy | Tuscany

For Entomology

#1 in Italy

#143 in the World

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

54. Osnabruck University

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Entomology

#16 in Germany

#150 in the World

Enrollment: 13,628
Founded: 1974

55. University College London

United Kingdom | England

For Entomology

#15 in the United Kingdom

#151 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

56. Friedrich Schiller University of Jena

Germany | Thuringia

For Entomology

#17 in Germany

#153 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 17,345
Founded: 1558

57. Queen Mary University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Entomology

#16 in the United Kingdom

#155 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1989

58. University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice

Czech Republic | Ceske Budejovice

For Entomology

#1 in the Czech Republic

#157 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1991

59. Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Germany | Rhineland-Palatinate

For Entomology

#18 in Germany

#158 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 28%
Enrollment: 33,132
Founded: 1946

60. University of Florence

Italy | Tuscany

For Entomology

#2 in Italy

#169 in the World

Founded: 1321

61. Royal Holloway, University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Entomology

#17 in the United Kingdom

#172 in the World

Founded: 1849

62. University of Fribourg

Switzerland | Fribourg

For Entomology

#6 in Switzerland

#174 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 10,366

63. University of Burgundy

France | Bourgogne-Franche-Comte

For Entomology

#7 in France

#176 in the World

Enrollment: 29,508
Founded: 1722

64. Keele University

United Kingdom | England

For Entomology

#18 in the United Kingdom

#177 in the World

Founded: 1962

65. Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg

Germany | Saxony-Anhalt

For Entomology

#19 in Germany

#178 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 20,390
Founded: 1817

66. Maynooth University

Ireland | Maynooth

For Entomology

#180 in the World

Enrollment: 13,000
Founded: 1997

67. Pompeu Fabra University

Spain | Barcelona

For Entomology

#2 in Spain

#181 in the World

Enrollment: 15,801

68. Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

Switzerland | Lausanne

For Entomology

#7 in Switzerland

#182 in the World

Enrollment: 12,576

69. University of Basel

Switzerland | Basel

For Entomology

#8 in Switzerland

#189 in the World

Enrollment: 12,896

70. University of Helsinki

Finland | Helsinki

For Entomology

#192 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 31,312
Founded: 1640

71. University of Liverpool

United Kingdom | England

For Entomology

#19 in the United Kingdom

#194 in the World

Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

72. University of Hamburg

Germany | Hamburg State

For Entomology

#20 in Germany

#198 in the World

Enrollment: 43,957
Founded: 1919

73. University of Konstanz

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Entomology

#21 in Germany

#199 in the World

Enrollment: 10,964
Male:Female: 43:57
Founded: 1966

74. Aarhus University

Denmark | Aarhus

For Entomology

#203 in the World

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

75. University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Entomology

#3 in Italy

#205 in the World

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

76. Leiden University

Netherlands | Leiden

For Entomology

#4 in the Netherlands

#206 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 27,713
Founded: 1575

77. Polytechnic University of Bari

For Entomology

#4 in Italy

#207 in the World

Founded: 1990

78. University of Southampton

United Kingdom | England

For Entomology

#20 in the United Kingdom

#208 in the World

Enrollment: 21,335
Founded: 1952

79. University of Liege

Belgium | Liege

For Entomology

#212 in the World

Enrollment: 25,421
Founded: 1817

80. Newcastle University

United Kingdom | England

For Entomology

#21 in the United Kingdom

#213 in the World

Founded: 1963

81. Free University of Brussels

Belgium | Brussels

For Entomology

#214 in the World

Enrollment: 31,606
Founded: 1834

82. University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Entomology

#22 in the United Kingdom

#215 in the World

Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1836

83. Swansea University

United Kingdom | Wales

For Entomology

#23 in the United Kingdom

#220 in the World

Founded: 1920

84. Radboud University

Netherlands | Nijmegen

For Entomology

#5 in the Netherlands

#223 in the World

Founded: 1923

85. Nicolaus Copernicus University

For Entomology

#1 in Poland

#228 in the World

Enrollment: 28,900
Founded: 1945

86. University of Graz

For Entomology

#229 in the World

Enrollment: 32,230
Founded: 1585

87. University of Vienna

Austria | Vienna

For Entomology

#230 in the World

Enrollment: 93,628
Founded: 1365

88. University of Munster

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Entomology

#22 in Germany

#236 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 43,728
Founded: 1780

89. University of Aberdeen

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Entomology

#24 in the United Kingdom

#237 in the World

Founded: 1495

90. University of Ulm

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Entomology

#23 in Germany

#239 in the World

Enrollment: 10,164
Founded: 1967

91. University of Nottingham

United Kingdom | England

For Entomology

#25 in the United Kingdom

#240 in the World

Founded: 1948

92. Agricultural University of Athens

Greece | Athens

For Entomology

#1 in Greece

#245 in the World

Founded: 1920

93. Montpellier SupAgro

France | Occitanie

For Entomology

#8 in France

#247 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 2007

94. University of Thessaly

For Entomology

#2 in Greece

#248 in the World

Enrollment: 12,000
Founded: 1984

95. Norwegian University of Life Sciences

For Entomology

#1 in Norway

#252 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Enrollment: 6,345
Founded: 1859

96. University of Bari

For Entomology

#5 in Italy

#254 in the World

Founded: 1924

97. Birkbeck, University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Entomology

#26 in the United Kingdom

#255 in the World

Founded: 1823

98. University of Padua

For Entomology

#6 in Italy

#256 in the World

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

99. University of East Anglia

United Kingdom | England

For Entomology

#27 in the United Kingdom

#258 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1963

100. University of Bielefeld

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Entomology

#24 in Germany

#260 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 24,488
Founded: 1969