Best Universities for Immunology 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 Immunology. A graph of 86.5M citations received by 2.5M academic papers made by 901 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 Immunology

#1 in the United Kingdom

#8 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

2. Karolinska Institute

Sweden | Stockholm

For Immunology

#1 in Sweden

#13 in the World

Enrollment: 8,070
Founded: 1861

3. University of Oxford

United Kingdom | England

For Immunology

#2 in the United Kingdom

#15 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

4. Heidelberg University - Germany

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Immunology

#20 in the World

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

5. Imperial College London

United Kingdom | England

For Immunology

#3 in the United Kingdom

#25 in the World

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

6. Charite - Medical University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Immunology

#33 in the World

Enrollment: 8,877
Founded: 1710

7. Pierre and Marie Curie University

France | Ile-de-France

For Immunology

#1 in France

#38 in the World

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

8. University of Cambridge

United Kingdom | England

For Immunology

#4 in the United Kingdom

#41 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

9. University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Immunology

#43 in the World

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

10. University of Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Immunology

#1 in the Netherlands

#46 in the World

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

11. Lund University

For Immunology

#2 in Sweden

#47 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1666

12. Catholic University of Leuven

Belgium | Leuven

For Immunology

#52 in the World

Enrollment: 62,693
Founded: 1425

13. Radboud University

Netherlands | Nijmegen

For Immunology

#2 in the Netherlands

#53 in the World

Founded: 1923

14. University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Immunology

#1 in Italy

#54 in the World

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

15. University of Copenhagen

Denmark | Copenhagen

For Immunology

#61 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Founded: 1479

16. University of Edinburgh

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Immunology

#5 in the United Kingdom

#62 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

17. King's College London

United Kingdom | England

For Immunology

#6 in the United Kingdom

#68 in the World

Founded: 1829

18. Hannover Medical School

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Immunology

#70 in the World

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

19. University of Birmingham

United Kingdom | England

For Immunology

#7 in the United Kingdom

#72 in the World

Founded: 1900

20. University of Tubingen

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Immunology

#75 in the World

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

21. Medical University of Vienna

Austria | Vienna

For Immunology

#77 in the World

Enrollment: 7,915
Founded: 2004

22. University of Helsinki

Finland | Helsinki

For Immunology

#78 in the World

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

23. University of Manchester

United Kingdom | England

For Immunology

#8 in the United Kingdom

#82 in the World

Founded: 1824

24. University of Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Immunology

#1 in Switzerland

#84 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Enrollment: 25,732

25. University of Bern

Switzerland | Bern

For Immunology

#2 in Switzerland

#94 in the World

Enrollment: 18,576

26. University of Padua

For Immunology

#2 in Italy

#95 in the World

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

27. Sapienza University of Rome

For Immunology

#3 in Italy

#96 in the World

Enrollment: 100,155
Founded: 1303

28. University of Glasgow

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Immunology

#9 in the United Kingdom

#97 in the World

Founded: 1451

29. University of Liverpool

United Kingdom | England

For Immunology

#10 in the United Kingdom

#100 in the World

Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

30. University of Gothenburg

Sweden | Gothenburg

For Immunology

#3 in Sweden

#103 in the World

Enrollment: 36,003
Founded: 1891

31. Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Germany | Rhineland-Palatinate

For Immunology

#104 in the World

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

32. Utrecht University

Netherlands | Utrecht

For Immunology

#3 in the Netherlands

#106 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1636

33. University of Barcelona

Spain | Barcelona

For Immunology

#1 in Spain

#108 in the World

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

34. Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main

Germany | Hesse

For Immunology

#111 in the World

Enrollment: 43,461
Founded: 1914

35. University of Lausanne

Switzerland | Lausanne

For Immunology

#3 in Switzerland

#113 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Enrollment: 16,919

36. University of Erlangen Nuremberg

Germany | Bavaria

For Immunology

#115 in the World

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

37. Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Immunology

#117 in the World

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

38. University of Hamburg

Germany | Hamburg State

For Immunology

#10 in Germany

#118 in the World

Enrollment: 43,957
Founded: 1919

39. University of Groningen

Netherlands | Groningen

For Immunology

#4 in the Netherlands

#120 in the World

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

40. University of Bologna

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Immunology

#4 in Italy

#124 in the World

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

41. University of Turin

Italy | Piedmont

For Immunology

#5 in Italy

#128 in the World

Founded: 1404

42. Uppsala University

Sweden | Uppsala

For Immunology

#4 in Sweden

#132 in the World

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

43. University of Freiburg

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Immunology

#11 in Germany

#134 in the World

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

44. University of Cologne

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Immunology

#12 in Germany

#137 in the World

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

45. University of Wurzburg

Germany | Bavaria

For Immunology

#13 in Germany

#140 in the World

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

46. University of Florence

Italy | Tuscany

For Immunology

#6 in Italy

#142 in the World

Founded: 1321

47. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Greece | Athens

For Immunology

#1 in Greece

#143 in the World

Enrollment: 70,461
Founded: 1837

48. Leiden University

Netherlands | Leiden

For Immunology

#5 in the Netherlands

#144 in the World

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

49. University of Oslo

For Immunology

#1 in Norway

#145 in the World

Enrollment: 26,650
Founded: 1811

50. Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

For Immunology

#2 in France

#148 in the World

Enrollment: 38,007
Founded: 1809

51. Technical University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Immunology

#14 in Germany

#149 in the World

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

52. University of Vienna

Austria | Vienna

For Immunology

#155 in the World

Enrollment: 93,628
Founded: 1365

53. Ghent University

Belgium | Ghent

For Immunology

#160 in the World

Enrollment: 41,669
Founded: 1817

54. Erasmus University Rotterdam

Netherlands | Rotterdam

For Immunology

#6 in the Netherlands

#161 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 53%
Founded: 1913

55. Polytechnic University of Bari

For Immunology

#7 in Italy

#164 in the World

Founded: 1990

56. University of Basel

Switzerland | Basel

For Immunology

#4 in Switzerland

#165 in the World

Enrollment: 12,896

57. Federico II University of Naples

Italy | Campania

For Immunology

#8 in Italy

#170 in the World

Enrollment: 73,553
Founded: 1224

58. Free University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Immunology

#15 in Germany

#171 in the World

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

59. University of Bonn

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Immunology

#16 in Germany

#173 in the World

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

60. University of Ulm

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Immunology

#17 in Germany

#174 in the World

Enrollment: 10,164
Founded: 1967

61. University of Southampton

United Kingdom | England

For Immunology

#11 in the United Kingdom

#175 in the World

Enrollment: 21,335
Founded: 1952

62. Humboldt University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Immunology

#18 in Germany

#176 in the World

Enrollment: 36,378
Founded: 1809

63. Autonomous University of Barcelona

Spain | Cerdanyola del Valles

For Immunology

#2 in Spain

#183 in the World

Enrollment: 30,926

64. University of Genoa

Italy | Liguria

For Immunology

#9 in Italy

#184 in the World

Enrollment: 36,728
Founded: 1481

65. University of Bristol

United Kingdom | England

For Immunology

#12 in the United Kingdom

#186 in the World

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

66. University of Nottingham

United Kingdom | England

For Immunology

#13 in the United Kingdom

#187 in the World

Founded: 1948

67. University of Geneva

Switzerland | Geneva

For Immunology

#5 in Switzerland

#189 in the World

Enrollment: 17,744

68. Newcastle University

United Kingdom | England

For Immunology

#14 in the United Kingdom

#190 in the World

Founded: 1963

69. University of Giessen

Germany | Hesse

For Immunology

#19 in Germany

#191 in the World

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

70. University of Leeds

United Kingdom | England

For Immunology

#15 in the United Kingdom

#193 in the World

Founded: 1904

71. University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Immunology

#16 in the United Kingdom

#194 in the World

Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1836

72. Maastricht University

Netherlands | Maastricht

For Immunology

#7 in the Netherlands

#197 in the World

Enrollment: 18,000
Founded: 1976

73. University of Pavia

Italy | Lombardy

For Immunology

#10 in Italy

#198 in the World

Enrollment: 23,849
Founded: 1361

74. University of Lubeck

Germany | Schleswig-Holstein

For Immunology

#20 in Germany

#199 in the World

Enrollment: 5,968
Founded: 1964

75. Queen Mary University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Immunology

#17 in the United Kingdom

#200 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1989

76. Trinity College Dublin, University of Dublin

Ireland | Dublin

For Immunology

#207 in the World

Enrollment: 20,430
Founded: 1592

77. Autonomous University of Madrid

For Immunology

#3 in Spain

#208 in the World

Founded: 1968

78. Kiel University

Germany | Schleswig-Holstein

For Immunology

#21 in Germany

#209 in the World

Enrollment: 27,468
Founded: 1665

79. University of Verona

For Immunology

#11 in Italy

#212 in the World

Enrollment: 23,000
Founded: 1959

80. University of Sheffield

United Kingdom | England

For Immunology

#18 in the United Kingdom

#214 in the World

Founded: 1905

81. University of Perugia

For Immunology

#12 in Italy

#216 in the World

Enrollment: 26,732
Founded: 1308

82. University of Munster

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Immunology

#22 in Germany

#221 in the World

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

83. University of Liege

Belgium | Liege

For Immunology

#222 in the World

Enrollment: 25,421
Founded: 1817

84. University of Bari

For Immunology

#13 in Italy

#226 in the World

Founded: 1924

85. Free University of Brussels

Belgium | Brussels

For Immunology

#228 in the World

Enrollment: 31,606
Founded: 1834

86. University of Gottingen

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Immunology

#23 in Germany

#230 in the World

Enrollment: 31,619
Founded: 1734

87. Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

Italy | Lombardy

For Immunology

#14 in Italy

#231 in the World

Founded: 1921

88. Paris Descartes University

France | Ile-de-France

For Immunology

#3 in France

#234 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 31,704
Founded: 2019

89. Catholic University of Louvain

Belgium | Louvain-la-Neuve

For Immunology

#237 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1425

90. Charles University

Czech Republic | Prague

For Immunology

#1 in the Czech Republic

#238 in the World

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

91. University of Aberdeen

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Immunology

#19 in the United Kingdom

#239 in the World

Founded: 1495

92. University of Turku

Finland | Turku

For Immunology

#243 in the World

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

93. University of Marburg

Germany | Hesse

For Immunology

#24 in Germany

#244 in the World

Enrollment: 22,612
Founded: 1527

94. University of Pisa

Italy | Tuscany

For Immunology

#15 in Italy

#245 in the World

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

95. Umea University

For Immunology

#5 in Sweden

#246 in the World

Enrollment: 34,237
Founded: 1965

96. University of Dundee

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Immunology

#20 in the United Kingdom

#253 in the World

Founded: 1967

97. Medical University of Innsbruck

Austria | Innsbruck

For Immunology

#255 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Enrollment: 3,134
Founded: 2004

98. University of Innsbruck

Austria | Innsbruck

For Immunology

#257 in the World

Enrollment: 28,278
Male:Female: 47:53
Founded: 1669

99. University of Rome Tor Vergata

For Immunology

#16 in Italy

#258 in the World

Founded: 1982

100. RWTH Aachen University

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Immunology

#25 in Germany

#262 in the World

Enrollment: 47,521
Founded: 1870