Best Universities for Virology 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 Virology. A graph of 21.1M citations received by 688K academic papers made by 706 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 Virology

#1 in the United Kingdom

#6 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

2. University of Oxford

United Kingdom | England

For Virology

#2 in the United Kingdom

#7 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

3. Imperial College London

United Kingdom | England

For Virology

#3 in the United Kingdom

#19 in the World

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

4. Karolinska Institute

Sweden | Stockholm

For Virology

#1 in Sweden

#20 in the World

Enrollment: 8,070
Founded: 1861

5. Pierre and Marie Curie University

France | Ile-de-France

For Virology

#1 in France

#28 in the World

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

6. Heidelberg University - Germany

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Virology

#36 in the World

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

7. University of Cambridge

United Kingdom | England

For Virology

#4 in the United Kingdom

#38 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

8. Catholic University of Leuven

Belgium | Leuven

For Virology

#40 in the World

Enrollment: 62,693
Founded: 1425

9. University of Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Virology

#1 in Switzerland

#44 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Enrollment: 25,732

10. University of Edinburgh

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Virology

#5 in the United Kingdom

#46 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

11. University of Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Virology

#1 in the Netherlands

#49 in the World

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

12. University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Virology

#1 in Italy

#54 in the World

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

13. University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Virology

#59 in the World

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

14. University of Liverpool

United Kingdom | England

For Virology

#6 in the United Kingdom

#61 in the World

Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

15. University of Helsinki

Finland | Helsinki

For Virology

#62 in the World

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

16. Charite - Medical University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Virology

#69 in the World

Enrollment: 8,877
Founded: 1710

17. University of Glasgow

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Virology

#7 in the United Kingdom

#75 in the World

Founded: 1451

18. University of Barcelona

Spain | Barcelona

For Virology

#1 in Spain

#77 in the World

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

19. University of Birmingham

United Kingdom | England

For Virology

#8 in the United Kingdom

#79 in the World

Founded: 1900

20. Hannover Medical School

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Virology

#81 in the World

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

21. Utrecht University

Netherlands | Utrecht

For Virology

#2 in the Netherlands

#84 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1636

22. Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

For Virology

#2 in France

#85 in the World

Enrollment: 38,007
Founded: 1809

23. University of Copenhagen

Denmark | Copenhagen

For Virology

#92 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Founded: 1479

24. University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Virology

#9 in the United Kingdom

#97 in the World

Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1836

25. University of Padua

For Virology

#2 in Italy

#100 in the World

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

26. Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main

Germany | Hesse

For Virology

#104 in the World

Enrollment: 43,461
Founded: 1914

27. Sapienza University of Rome

For Virology

#3 in Italy

#105 in the World

Enrollment: 100,155
Founded: 1303

28. University of Bern

Switzerland | Bern

For Virology

#2 in Switzerland

#107 in the World

Enrollment: 18,576

29. University of Bologna

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Virology

#4 in Italy

#108 in the World

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

30. Polytechnic University of Bari

For Virology

#5 in Italy

#109 in the World

Founded: 1990

31. Erasmus University Rotterdam

Netherlands | Rotterdam

For Virology

#3 in the Netherlands

#110 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 53%
Founded: 1913

32. Autonomous University of Barcelona

Spain | Cerdanyola del Valles

For Virology

#2 in Spain

#112 in the World

Enrollment: 30,926

33. King's College London

United Kingdom | England

For Virology

#10 in the United Kingdom

#117 in the World

Founded: 1829

34. Autonomous University of Madrid

For Virology

#3 in Spain

#122 in the World

Founded: 1968

35. Radboud University

Netherlands | Nijmegen

For Virology

#4 in the Netherlands

#132 in the World

Founded: 1923

36. Free University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Virology

#135 in the World

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

37. Ghent University

Belgium | Ghent

For Virology

#139 in the World

Enrollment: 41,669
Founded: 1817

38. University of Hamburg

Germany | Hamburg State

For Virology

#141 in the World

Enrollment: 43,957
Founded: 1919

39. University of Giessen

Germany | Hesse

For Virology

#145 in the World

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

40. University of Freiburg

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Virology

#148 in the World

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

41. University of Tubingen

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Virology

#10 in Germany

#149 in the World

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

42. University of Bristol

United Kingdom | England

For Virology

#11 in the United Kingdom

#150 in the World

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

43. Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Germany | Rhineland-Palatinate

For Virology

#11 in Germany

#154 in the World

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

44. University of Lausanne

Switzerland | Lausanne

For Virology

#3 in Switzerland

#155 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Enrollment: 16,919

45. University of Wurzburg

Germany | Bavaria

For Virology

#12 in Germany

#157 in the World

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

46. University of Geneva

Switzerland | Geneva

For Virology

#4 in Switzerland

#159 in the World

Enrollment: 17,744

47. University of Aix-Marseilles

France | Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur

For Virology

#3 in France

#160 in the World

Enrollment: 78,000
Founded: 2012

48. Lund University

For Virology

#2 in Sweden

#163 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1666

49. Uppsala University

Sweden | Uppsala

For Virology

#3 in Sweden

#164 in the World

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

50. Medical University of Vienna

Austria | Vienna

For Virology

#165 in the World

Enrollment: 7,915
Founded: 2004

51. Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Virology

#13 in Germany

#166 in the World

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

52. University of Basel

Switzerland | Basel

For Virology

#5 in Switzerland

#168 in the World

Enrollment: 12,896

53. University of Bari

For Virology

#6 in Italy

#174 in the World

Founded: 1924

54. University of Liege

Belgium | Liege

For Virology

#179 in the World

Enrollment: 25,421
Founded: 1817

55. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Greece | Athens

For Virology

#1 in Greece

#182 in the World

Enrollment: 70,461
Founded: 1837

56. University of Montpellier

France | Occitanie

For Virology

#4 in France

#186 in the World

Enrollment: 46,578
Founded: 1289

57. University of Gothenburg

Sweden | Gothenburg

For Virology

#4 in Sweden

#191 in the World

Enrollment: 36,003
Founded: 1891

58. University of Erlangen Nuremberg

Germany | Bavaria

For Virology

#14 in Germany

#192 in the World

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

59. University of Turin

Italy | Piedmont

For Virology

#7 in Italy

#194 in the World

Founded: 1404

60. Federico II University of Naples

Italy | Campania

For Virology

#8 in Italy

#196 in the World

Enrollment: 73,553
Founded: 1224

61. Institute of Tropical Medicine

Belgium | Antwerp

For Virology

#197 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Enrollment: 1,000
Founded: 1906

62. University of Vienna

Austria | Vienna

For Virology

#199 in the World

Enrollment: 93,628
Founded: 1365

63. University of Marburg

Germany | Hesse

For Virology

#15 in Germany

#201 in the World

Enrollment: 22,612
Founded: 1527

64. Leiden University

Netherlands | Leiden

For Virology

#5 in the Netherlands

#203 in the World

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

65. University of Manchester

United Kingdom | England

For Virology

#12 in the United Kingdom

#206 in the World

Founded: 1824

66. University of Bonn

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Virology

#16 in Germany

#207 in the World

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

67. University of Nottingham

United Kingdom | England

For Virology

#13 in the United Kingdom

#209 in the World

Founded: 1948

68. University of Pisa

Italy | Tuscany

For Virology

#9 in Italy

#213 in the World

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

69. University of Cologne

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Virology

#17 in Germany

#217 in the World

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

70. Wageningen University

Netherlands | Wageningen

For Virology

#6 in the Netherlands

#225 in the World

Enrollment: 12,819
Founded: 1918

71. Umea University

For Virology

#5 in Sweden

#226 in the World

Enrollment: 34,237
Founded: 1965

72. University of Leeds

United Kingdom | England

For Virology

#14 in the United Kingdom

#227 in the World

Founded: 1904

73. University of Groningen

Netherlands | Groningen

For Virology

#7 in the Netherlands

#228 in the World

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

74. Humboldt University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Virology

#18 in Germany

#234 in the World

Enrollment: 36,378
Founded: 1809

75. University of Florence

Italy | Tuscany

For Virology

#10 in Italy

#241 in the World

Founded: 1321

76. St George's, University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Virology

#15 in the United Kingdom

#245 in the World

Founded: 1733

77. Aarhus University

Denmark | Aarhus

For Virology

#248 in the World

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

78. University of Warwick

United Kingdom | England

For Virology

#16 in the United Kingdom

#249 in the World

Enrollment: 27,278
Founded: 1965

79. University of Gottingen

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Virology

#19 in Germany

#255 in the World

Enrollment: 31,619
Founded: 1734

80. University of Turku

Finland | Turku

For Virology

#258 in the World

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

81. Queen Mary University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Virology

#17 in the United Kingdom

#262 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1989

82. Technical University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Virology

#20 in Germany

#264 in the World

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

83. University of Antwerp

Belgium | Antwerp

For Virology

#270 in the World

Founded: 2003

84. University of Southampton

United Kingdom | England

For Virology

#18 in the United Kingdom

#273 in the World

Enrollment: 21,335
Founded: 1952

85. University of Verona

For Virology

#11 in Italy

#276 in the World

Enrollment: 23,000
Founded: 1959

86. University of Oslo

For Virology

#1 in Norway

#277 in the World

Enrollment: 26,650
Founded: 1811

87. University of Genoa

Italy | Liguria

For Virology

#12 in Italy

#280 in the World

Enrollment: 36,728
Founded: 1481

88. Free University of Brussels

Belgium | Brussels

For Virology

#281 in the World

Enrollment: 31,606
Founded: 1834

89. University of Pavia

Italy | Lombardy

For Virology

#13 in Italy

#283 in the World

Enrollment: 23,849
Founded: 1361

90. University of Rome Tor Vergata

For Virology

#14 in Italy

#284 in the World

Founded: 1982

91. University of Tampere

Finland | Tampere

For Virology

#285 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 30,000
Founded: 1925

92. University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Virology

#21 in Germany

#287 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 2,274
Founded: 1778

93. Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

Italy | Lombardy

For Virology

#15 in Italy

#291 in the World

Founded: 1921

94. Paris-Sud University

France | Ile-de-France

For Virology

#5 in France

#294 in the World

Enrollment: 31,400
Founded: 2014

95. University of Palermo

For Virology

#16 in Italy

#297 in the World

Founded: 1806

96. Normal Superior School of Lyon

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

For Virology

#6 in France

#298 in the World

Enrollment: 2,297
Founded: 1987

97. Newcastle University

United Kingdom | England

For Virology

#19 in the United Kingdom

#300 in the World

Founded: 1963

98. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Sweden | Uppsala

For Virology

#6 in Sweden

#301 in the World

Enrollment: 5,675
Founded: 1977

99. University of Ulm

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Virology

#22 in Germany

#302 in the World

Enrollment: 10,164
Founded: 1967

100. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Virology

#6 in Switzerland

#303 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 23,420