Best Universities for Paleontology 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 Paleontology. A graph of 106M citations received by 3.92M academic papers made by 1,344 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 Paleontology

#1 in the United Kingdom

#7 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

2. University of Cambridge

United Kingdom | England

For Paleontology

#2 in the United Kingdom

#9 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

3. University College London

United Kingdom | England

For Paleontology

#3 in the United Kingdom

#17 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

4. Imperial College London

United Kingdom | England

For Paleontology

#4 in the United Kingdom

#27 in the World

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

5. Pierre and Marie Curie University

France | Ile-de-France

For Paleontology

#1 in France

#37 in the World

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

6. University of Copenhagen

Denmark | Copenhagen

For Paleontology

#38 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Founded: 1479

7. Utrecht University

Netherlands | Utrecht

For Paleontology

#1 in the Netherlands

#39 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1636

8. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Paleontology

#1 in Switzerland

#40 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 23,420

9. Ghent University

Belgium | Ghent

For Paleontology

#43 in the World

Enrollment: 41,669
Founded: 1817

10. University of Bristol

United Kingdom | England

For Paleontology

#5 in the United Kingdom

#46 in the World

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

11. Catholic University of Leuven

Belgium | Leuven

For Paleontology

#48 in the World

Enrollment: 62,693
Founded: 1425

12. Lund University

For Paleontology

#1 in Sweden

#49 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1666

13. University of Manchester

United Kingdom | England

For Paleontology

#6 in the United Kingdom

#53 in the World

Founded: 1824

14. University of Edinburgh

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Paleontology

#7 in the United Kingdom

#54 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

15. University of Helsinki

Finland | Helsinki

For Paleontology

#65 in the World

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

16. Wageningen University

Netherlands | Wageningen

For Paleontology

#2 in the Netherlands

#69 in the World

Enrollment: 12,819
Founded: 1918

17. University of Leeds

United Kingdom | England

For Paleontology

#8 in the United Kingdom

#78 in the World

Founded: 1904

18. University of Sheffield

United Kingdom | England

For Paleontology

#9 in the United Kingdom

#79 in the World

Founded: 1905

19. University of Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Paleontology

#2 in Switzerland

#85 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Enrollment: 25,732

20. University of Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Paleontology

#3 in the Netherlands

#86 in the World

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

21. University of Groningen

Netherlands | Groningen

For Paleontology

#4 in the Netherlands

#87 in the World

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

22. Uppsala University

Sweden | Uppsala

For Paleontology

#2 in Sweden

#92 in the World

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

23. University of Bern

Switzerland | Bern

For Paleontology

#3 in Switzerland

#94 in the World

Enrollment: 18,576

24. University of Liverpool

United Kingdom | England

For Paleontology

#10 in the United Kingdom

#95 in the World

Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

25. Delft University of Technology

Netherlands | Delft

For Paleontology

#5 in the Netherlands

#97 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 24,703
Founded: 1842

26. University of Birmingham

United Kingdom | England

For Paleontology

#11 in the United Kingdom

#99 in the World

Founded: 1900

27. Technical University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Paleontology

#103 in the World

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

28. University of Oslo

For Paleontology

#1 in Norway

#104 in the World

Enrollment: 26,650
Founded: 1811

29. Technical University of Denmark

Denmark | Kongens Lyngby

For Paleontology

#105 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1829

30. Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

Switzerland | Lausanne

For Paleontology

#4 in Switzerland

#106 in the World

Enrollment: 12,576

31. Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

For Paleontology

#2 in France

#109 in the World

Enrollment: 38,007
Founded: 1809

32. University of Nottingham

United Kingdom | England

For Paleontology

#12 in the United Kingdom

#111 in the World

Founded: 1948

33. Aarhus University

Denmark | Aarhus

For Paleontology

#115 in the World

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

34. University of Gottingen

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Paleontology

#116 in the World

Enrollment: 31,619
Founded: 1734

35. Newcastle University

United Kingdom | England

For Paleontology

#13 in the United Kingdom

#117 in the World

Founded: 1963

36. University of Barcelona

Spain | Barcelona

For Paleontology

#1 in Spain

#119 in the World

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

37. University of Glasgow

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Paleontology

#14 in the United Kingdom

#121 in the World

Founded: 1451

38. University of Tubingen

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Paleontology

#124 in the World

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

39. University of Vienna

Austria | Vienna

For Paleontology

#125 in the World

Enrollment: 93,628
Founded: 1365

40. Heidelberg University - Germany

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Paleontology

#127 in the World

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

41. University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Paleontology

#131 in the World

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

42. Radboud University

Netherlands | Nijmegen

For Paleontology

#6 in the Netherlands

#133 in the World

Founded: 1923

43. University of Southampton

United Kingdom | England

For Paleontology

#15 in the United Kingdom

#135 in the World

Enrollment: 21,335
Founded: 1952

44. University of Bologna

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Paleontology

#1 in Italy

#136 in the World

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

45. University of Gothenburg

Sweden | Gothenburg

For Paleontology

#3 in Sweden

#137 in the World

Enrollment: 36,003
Founded: 1891

46. Sapienza University of Rome

For Paleontology

#2 in Italy

#138 in the World

Enrollment: 100,155
Founded: 1303

47. Free University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Paleontology

#141 in the World

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

48. Karolinska Institute

Sweden | Stockholm

For Paleontology

#4 in Sweden

#143 in the World

Enrollment: 8,070
Founded: 1861

49. Stockholm University

Sweden | Stockholm

For Paleontology

#5 in Sweden

#148 in the World

Enrollment: 37,484
Founded: 1878

50. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Sweden | Uppsala

For Paleontology

#6 in Sweden

#150 in the World

Enrollment: 5,675
Founded: 1977

51. University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Paleontology

#3 in Italy

#151 in the World

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

52. University of Padua

For Paleontology

#4 in Italy

#156 in the World

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

53. University of Aberdeen

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Paleontology

#16 in the United Kingdom

#158 in the World

Founded: 1495

54. King's College London

United Kingdom | England

For Paleontology

#17 in the United Kingdom

#160 in the World

Founded: 1829

55. Federico II University of Naples

Italy | Campania

For Paleontology

#5 in Italy

#161 in the World

Enrollment: 73,553
Founded: 1224

56. Leiden University

Netherlands | Leiden

For Paleontology

#7 in the Netherlands

#165 in the World

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

57. University of Montpellier

France | Occitanie

For Paleontology

#3 in France

#167 in the World

Enrollment: 46,578
Founded: 1289

58. University of Liege

Belgium | Liege

For Paleontology

#174 in the World

Enrollment: 25,421
Founded: 1817

59. University of Hamburg

Germany | Hamburg State

For Paleontology

#187 in the World

Enrollment: 43,957
Founded: 1919

60. Complutense University of Madrid

For Paleontology

#2 in Spain

#188 in the World

Enrollment: 71,806
Founded: 1508

61. Moscow State University

Russia | Moscow

For Paleontology

#1 in Russia

#192 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

62. University of Freiburg

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Paleontology

#194 in the World

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

63. University of Bergen

Norway | Bergen

For Paleontology

#2 in Norway

#196 in the World

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1946

64. Cardiff University

United Kingdom | Wales

For Paleontology

#18 in the United Kingdom

#199 in the World

Founded: 1997

65. Polytechnic University of Bari

For Paleontology

#6 in Italy

#201 in the World

Founded: 1990

66. University of Bonn

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Paleontology

#204 in the World

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

67. University of Florence

Italy | Tuscany

For Paleontology

#7 in Italy

#207 in the World

Founded: 1321

68. University of Granada

Spain | Granada

For Paleontology

#3 in Spain

#208 in the World

Founded: 1531

69. Durham University

United Kingdom | England

For Paleontology

#19 in the United Kingdom

#212 in the World

Enrollment: 19,520
Founded: 1832

70. University of Reading

United Kingdom | England

For Paleontology

#20 in the United Kingdom

#213 in the World

Founded: 1892

71. Free University Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Paleontology

#8 in the Netherlands

#217 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1880

72. University of Munster

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Paleontology

#10 in Germany

#219 in the World

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

73. Kiel University

Germany | Schleswig-Holstein

For Paleontology

#11 in Germany

#220 in the World

Enrollment: 27,468
Founded: 1665

74. University of Exeter

United Kingdom | England

For Paleontology

#21 in the United Kingdom

#223 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1955

75. Umea University

For Paleontology

#7 in Sweden

#224 in the World

Enrollment: 34,237
Founded: 1965

76. Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main

Germany | Hesse

For Paleontology

#12 in Germany

#226 in the World

Enrollment: 43,461
Founded: 1914

77. University of Porto

Portugal | Porto

For Paleontology

#228 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Enrollment: 29,178
Founded: 1911

78. Autonomous University of Barcelona

Spain | Cerdanyola del Valles

For Paleontology

#4 in Spain

#230 in the World

Enrollment: 30,926

79. Paris-Sud University

France | Ile-de-France

For Paleontology

#4 in France

#231 in the World

Enrollment: 31,400
Founded: 2014

80. University of Wurzburg

Germany | Bavaria

For Paleontology

#13 in Germany

#232 in the World

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

81. University of Cologne

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Paleontology

#14 in Germany

#234 in the World

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

82. University of Lisbon

Portugal | Lisbon

For Paleontology

#235 in the World

Enrollment: 49,769
Founded: 1911

83. University of Basel

Switzerland | Basel

For Paleontology

#5 in Switzerland

#236 in the World

Enrollment: 12,896

84. RWTH Aachen University

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Paleontology

#15 in Germany

#237 in the World

Enrollment: 47,521
Founded: 1870

85. University of Geneva

Switzerland | Geneva

For Paleontology

#6 in Switzerland

#240 in the World

Enrollment: 17,744

86. University of Warwick

United Kingdom | England

For Paleontology

#22 in the United Kingdom

#242 in the World

Enrollment: 27,278
Founded: 1965

87. University of Leicester

United Kingdom | England

For Paleontology

#23 in the United Kingdom

#244 in the World

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

88. Paul Sabatier University - Toulouse III

France | Occitanie

For Paleontology

#5 in France

#245 in the World

Enrollment: 29,680
Founded: 1960

89. Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Germany | Rhineland-Palatinate

For Paleontology

#16 in Germany

#247 in the World

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

90. University of Lausanne

Switzerland | Lausanne

For Paleontology

#7 in Switzerland

#248 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Enrollment: 16,919

91. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Greece | Thessaloniki

For Paleontology

#1 in Greece

#253 in the World

Enrollment: 92,090
Founded: 1925

92. University of York

United Kingdom | England

For Paleontology

#24 in the United Kingdom

#257 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1963

93. Queen Mary University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Paleontology

#25 in the United Kingdom

#258 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1989

94. University of East Anglia

United Kingdom | England

For Paleontology

#26 in the United Kingdom

#260 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1963

95. University of Erlangen Nuremberg

Germany | Bavaria

For Paleontology

#17 in Germany

#261 in the World

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

96. Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Norway | Trondheim

For Paleontology

#3 in Norway

#266 in the World

Enrollment: 42,031
Founded: 1996

97. Ruhr University Bochum

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Paleontology

#18 in Germany

#267 in the World

Enrollment: 42,954
Founded: 1962

98. University of Turku

Finland | Turku

For Paleontology

#269 in the World

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

99. University of Aix-Marseilles

France | Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur

For Paleontology

#6 in France

#270 in the World

Enrollment: 78,000
Founded: 2012

100. University of Turin

Italy | Piedmont

For Paleontology

#8 in Italy

#272 in the World

Founded: 1404