Best Universities for Genetics 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 Genetics. A graph of 256M citations received by 7.61M academic papers made by 1,266 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 College London

United Kingdom | England

For Genetics

#1 in the United Kingdom

#12 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

2. University of Oxford

United Kingdom | England

For Genetics

#2 in the United Kingdom

#16 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

3. University of Cambridge

United Kingdom | England

For Genetics

#3 in the United Kingdom

#20 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

4. Karolinska Institute

Sweden | Stockholm

For Genetics

#1 in Sweden

#23 in the World

Enrollment: 8,070
Founded: 1861

5. Heidelberg University - Germany

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Genetics

#28 in the World

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

6. Imperial College London

United Kingdom | England

For Genetics

#4 in the United Kingdom

#43 in the World

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

7. Pierre and Marie Curie University

France | Ile-de-France

For Genetics

#1 in France

#46 in the World

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

8. University of Edinburgh

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Genetics

#5 in the United Kingdom

#48 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

9. University of Copenhagen

Denmark | Copenhagen

For Genetics

#52 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Founded: 1479

10. Catholic University of Leuven

Belgium | Leuven

For Genetics

#53 in the World

Enrollment: 62,693
Founded: 1425

11. Lund University

For Genetics

#2 in Sweden

#59 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1666

12. University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Genetics

#60 in the World

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

13. University of Helsinki

Finland | Helsinki

For Genetics

#65 in the World

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

14. Radboud University

Netherlands | Nijmegen

For Genetics

#1 in the Netherlands

#71 in the World

Founded: 1923

15. Charite - Medical University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Genetics

#75 in the World

Enrollment: 8,877
Founded: 1710

16. University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Genetics

#1 in Italy

#77 in the World

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

17. University of Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Genetics

#1 in Switzerland

#78 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Enrollment: 25,732

18. University of Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Genetics

#2 in the Netherlands

#80 in the World

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

19. University of Manchester

United Kingdom | England

For Genetics

#6 in the United Kingdom

#81 in the World

Founded: 1824

20. King's College London

United Kingdom | England

For Genetics

#7 in the United Kingdom

#82 in the World

Founded: 1829

21. Uppsala University

Sweden | Uppsala

For Genetics

#3 in Sweden

#98 in the World

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

22. Utrecht University

Netherlands | Utrecht

For Genetics

#3 in the Netherlands

#99 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1636

23. University of Tubingen

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Genetics

#102 in the World

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

24. University of Groningen

Netherlands | Groningen

For Genetics

#4 in the Netherlands

#108 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 34,000
Founded: 1614

25. University of Padua

For Genetics

#2 in Italy

#109 in the World

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

26. University of Birmingham

United Kingdom | England

For Genetics

#8 in the United Kingdom

#110 in the World

Founded: 1900

27. University of Bristol

United Kingdom | England

For Genetics

#9 in the United Kingdom

#111 in the World

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

28. University of Barcelona

Spain | Barcelona

For Genetics

#1 in Spain

#115 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Enrollment: 64,236
Male:Female: 86:14

29. Technical University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Genetics

#120 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Enrollment: 44,000
Male:Female: 63:37
Founded: 1868

30. Ghent University

Belgium | Ghent

For Genetics

#124 in the World

Enrollment: 41,669
Founded: 1817

31. University of Glasgow

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Genetics

#10 in the United Kingdom

#125 in the World

Founded: 1451

32. University of Freiburg

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Genetics

#127 in the World

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

33. Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main

Germany | Hesse

For Genetics

#129 in the World

Enrollment: 43,461
Founded: 1914

34. Sapienza University of Rome

For Genetics

#3 in Italy

#131 in the World

Enrollment: 100,155
Founded: 1303

35. University of Gothenburg

Sweden | Gothenburg

For Genetics

#4 in Sweden

#132 in the World

Enrollment: 36,003
Founded: 1891

36. University of Hamburg

Germany | Hamburg State

For Genetics

#134 in the World

Enrollment: 43,957
Founded: 1919

37. University of Liverpool

United Kingdom | England

For Genetics

#11 in the United Kingdom

#135 in the World

Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

38. University of Oslo

For Genetics

#1 in Norway

#138 in the World

Enrollment: 26,650
Founded: 1811

39. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Genetics

#2 in Switzerland

#140 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 23,420

40. University of Bern

Switzerland | Bern

For Genetics

#3 in Switzerland

#141 in the World

Enrollment: 18,576

41. University of Basel

Switzerland | Basel

For Genetics

#4 in Switzerland

#142 in the World

Enrollment: 12,896

42. Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Genetics

#144 in the World

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

43. University of Geneva

Switzerland | Geneva

For Genetics

#5 in Switzerland

#145 in the World

Enrollment: 17,744

44. University of Bologna

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Genetics

#4 in Italy

#148 in the World

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

45. University of Wurzburg

Germany | Bavaria

For Genetics

#10 in Germany

#149 in the World

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

46. Newcastle University

United Kingdom | England

For Genetics

#12 in the United Kingdom

#150 in the World

Founded: 1963

47. University of Dundee

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Genetics

#13 in the United Kingdom

#151 in the World

Founded: 1967

48. Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

For Genetics

#2 in France

#154 in the World

Enrollment: 38,007
Founded: 1809

49. Hannover Medical School

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Genetics

#11 in Germany

#155 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 3,843
Founded: 1965

50. Leiden University

Netherlands | Leiden

For Genetics

#5 in the Netherlands

#156 in the World

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

51. University of Vienna

Austria | Vienna

For Genetics

#159 in the World

Enrollment: 93,628
Founded: 1365

52. University of Nottingham

United Kingdom | England

For Genetics

#14 in the United Kingdom

#160 in the World

Founded: 1948

53. University of Lausanne

Switzerland | Lausanne

For Genetics

#6 in Switzerland

#165 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Enrollment: 16,919

54. Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Germany | Rhineland-Palatinate

For Genetics

#12 in Germany

#166 in the World

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

55. University of Sheffield

United Kingdom | England

For Genetics

#15 in the United Kingdom

#167 in the World

Founded: 1905

56. University of Cologne

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Genetics

#13 in Germany

#168 in the World

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

57. Medical University of Vienna

Austria | Vienna

For Genetics

#169 in the World

Enrollment: 7,915
Founded: 2004

58. University of Bonn

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Genetics

#14 in Germany

#170 in the World

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

59. Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

Switzerland | Lausanne

For Genetics

#7 in Switzerland

#172 in the World

Enrollment: 12,576

60. Federico II University of Naples

Italy | Campania

For Genetics

#5 in Italy

#175 in the World

Enrollment: 73,553
Founded: 1224

61. University of Gottingen

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Genetics

#15 in Germany

#176 in the World

Enrollment: 31,619
Founded: 1734

62. University of Erlangen Nuremberg

Germany | Bavaria

For Genetics

#16 in Germany

#179 in the World

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

63. Free University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Genetics

#17 in Germany

#181 in the World

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

64. Aarhus University

Denmark | Aarhus

For Genetics

#183 in the World

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

65. University of Turin

Italy | Piedmont

For Genetics

#6 in Italy

#191 in the World

Founded: 1404

66. University of Florence

Italy | Tuscany

For Genetics

#7 in Italy

#194 in the World

Founded: 1321

67. University of Leeds

United Kingdom | England

For Genetics

#16 in the United Kingdom

#195 in the World

Founded: 1904

68. Erasmus University Rotterdam

Netherlands | Rotterdam

For Genetics

#6 in the Netherlands

#196 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 53%
Founded: 1913

69. Autonomous University of Madrid

For Genetics

#2 in Spain

#198 in the World

Founded: 1968

70. Polytechnic University of Bari

For Genetics

#8 in Italy

#200 in the World

Founded: 1990

71. University of Marburg

Germany | Hesse

For Genetics

#18 in Germany

#207 in the World

Enrollment: 22,612
Founded: 1527

72. Paris-Sud University

France | Ile-de-France

For Genetics

#3 in France

#208 in the World

Enrollment: 31,400
Founded: 2014

73. University of Liege

Belgium | Liege

For Genetics

#209 in the World

Enrollment: 25,421
Founded: 1817

74. University of Southampton

United Kingdom | England

For Genetics

#17 in the United Kingdom

#210 in the World

Enrollment: 21,335
Founded: 1952

75. Umea University

For Genetics

#5 in Sweden

#211 in the World

Enrollment: 34,237
Founded: 1965

76. University of Munster

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Genetics

#19 in Germany

#215 in the World

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

77. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Greece | Athens

For Genetics

#1 in Greece

#219 in the World

Enrollment: 70,461
Founded: 1837

78. Humboldt University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Genetics

#20 in Germany

#223 in the World

Enrollment: 36,378
Founded: 1809

79. Wageningen University

Netherlands | Wageningen

For Genetics

#7 in the Netherlands

#225 in the World

Enrollment: 12,819
Founded: 1918

80. University of Leicester

United Kingdom | England

For Genetics

#18 in the United Kingdom

#229 in the World

Enrollment: 24,409
Male:Female: 46:54
Founded: 1957

81. University of Montpellier

France | Occitanie

For Genetics

#4 in France

#231 in the World

Enrollment: 46,578
Founded: 1289

82. Autonomous University of Barcelona

Spain | Cerdanyola del Valles

For Genetics

#3 in Spain

#233 in the World

Enrollment: 30,926

83. Free University of Brussels

Belgium | Brussels

For Genetics

#239 in the World

Enrollment: 31,606
Founded: 1834

84. University of Ulm

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Genetics

#21 in Germany

#241 in the World

Enrollment: 10,164
Founded: 1967

85. Queen Mary University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Genetics

#19 in the United Kingdom

#245 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1989

86. University of Pisa

Italy | Tuscany

For Genetics

#9 in Italy

#246 in the World

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

87. Cardiff University

United Kingdom | Wales

For Genetics

#20 in the United Kingdom

#252 in the World

Founded: 1997

88. University of Turku

Finland | Turku

For Genetics

#253 in the World

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

89. Charles University

Czech Republic | Prague

For Genetics

#1 in the Czech Republic

#257 in the World

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

90. University of Giessen

Germany | Hesse

For Genetics

#22 in Germany

#260 in the World

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

91. Catholic University of Louvain

Belgium | Louvain-la-Neuve

For Genetics

#261 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1425

92. RWTH Aachen University

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Genetics

#23 in Germany

#263 in the World

Enrollment: 47,521
Founded: 1870

93. University of Aberdeen

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Genetics

#21 in the United Kingdom

#268 in the World

Founded: 1495

94. University of Regensburg

Germany | Bavaria

For Genetics

#24 in Germany

#271 in the World

Enrollment: 20,702
Founded: 1962

95. Complutense University of Madrid

For Genetics

#4 in Spain

#273 in the World

Enrollment: 71,806
Founded: 1508

96. Technical University of Denmark

Denmark | Kongens Lyngby

For Genetics

#275 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1829

97. Free University Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Genetics

#8 in the Netherlands

#276 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1880

98. Trinity College Dublin, University of Dublin

Ireland | Dublin

For Genetics

#277 in the World

Enrollment: 20,430
Founded: 1592

99. Stockholm University

Sweden | Stockholm

For Genetics

#6 in Sweden

#278 in the World

Enrollment: 37,484
Founded: 1878

100. University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Genetics

#22 in the United Kingdom

#280 in the World

Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1836