Best Universities for Zoology 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 Zoology. A graph of 16.7M citations received by 615K academic papers made by 753 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 Zoology

#1 in the United Kingdom

#6 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

2. University of Oxford

United Kingdom | England

For Zoology

#2 in the United Kingdom

#8 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

3. University College London

United Kingdom | England

For Zoology

#3 in the United Kingdom

#20 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

4. University of Copenhagen

Denmark | Copenhagen

For Zoology

#23 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Founded: 1479

5. Uppsala University

Sweden | Uppsala

For Zoology

#1 in Sweden

#26 in the World

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

6. Imperial College London

United Kingdom | England

For Zoology

#4 in the United Kingdom

#27 in the World

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

7. University of Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Zoology

#1 in Switzerland

#28 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Enrollment: 25,732

8. University of Edinburgh

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Zoology

#5 in the United Kingdom

#33 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

9. University of Bristol

United Kingdom | England

For Zoology

#6 in the United Kingdom

#36 in the World

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

10. Pierre and Marie Curie University

France | Ile-de-France

For Zoology

#1 in France

#37 in the World

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

11. University of Glasgow

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Zoology

#7 in the United Kingdom

#41 in the World

Founded: 1451

12. Ghent University

Belgium | Ghent

For Zoology

#45 in the World

Enrollment: 41,669
Founded: 1817

13. Lund University

For Zoology

#2 in Sweden

#49 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1666

14. University of Liverpool

United Kingdom | England

For Zoology

#8 in the United Kingdom

#58 in the World

Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

15. University of Vienna

Austria | Vienna

For Zoology

#59 in the World

Enrollment: 93,628
Founded: 1365

16. University of Helsinki

Finland | Helsinki

For Zoology

#60 in the World

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

17. University of Bern

Switzerland | Bern

For Zoology

#2 in Switzerland

#65 in the World

Enrollment: 18,576

18. Queen's University Belfast

United Kingdom | Northern Ireland

For Zoology

#9 in the United Kingdom

#72 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1849

19. University of Gothenburg

Sweden | Gothenburg

For Zoology

#3 in Sweden

#73 in the World

Enrollment: 36,003
Founded: 1891

20. University of Montpellier

France | Occitanie

For Zoology

#2 in France

#74 in the World

Enrollment: 46,578
Founded: 1289

21. University of Sheffield

United Kingdom | England

For Zoology

#10 in the United Kingdom

#75 in the World

Founded: 1905

22. Utrecht University

Netherlands | Utrecht

For Zoology

#1 in the Netherlands

#77 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1636

23. Wageningen University

Netherlands | Wageningen

For Zoology

#2 in the Netherlands

#78 in the World

Enrollment: 12,819
Founded: 1918

24. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Sweden | Uppsala

For Zoology

#4 in Sweden

#79 in the World

Enrollment: 5,675
Founded: 1977

25. University of Oslo

For Zoology

#1 in Norway

#81 in the World

Enrollment: 26,650
Founded: 1811

26. University of Groningen

Netherlands | Groningen

For Zoology

#3 in the Netherlands

#85 in the World

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

27. Aarhus University

Denmark | Aarhus

For Zoology

#89 in the World

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

28. Leiden University

Netherlands | Leiden

For Zoology

#4 in the Netherlands

#93 in the World

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

29. University of Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Zoology

#5 in the Netherlands

#100 in the World

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

30. University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Zoology

#11 in the United Kingdom

#101 in the World

Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1836

31. Stockholm University

Sweden | Stockholm

For Zoology

#5 in Sweden

#103 in the World

Enrollment: 37,484
Founded: 1878

32. University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Zoology

#111 in the World

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

33. University of Manchester

United Kingdom | England

For Zoology

#12 in the United Kingdom

#112 in the World

Founded: 1824

34. Queen Mary University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Zoology

#13 in the United Kingdom

#113 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1989

35. Free University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Zoology

#114 in the World

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

36. University of Basel

Switzerland | Basel

For Zoology

#3 in Switzerland

#116 in the World

Enrollment: 12,896

37. University of Barcelona

Spain | Barcelona

For Zoology

#1 in Spain

#119 in the World

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

38. University of Aberdeen

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Zoology

#14 in the United Kingdom

#125 in the World

Founded: 1495

39. University of St Andrews

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Zoology

#15 in the United Kingdom

#126 in the World

Enrollment: 10,425
Founded: 1413

40. Catholic University of Leuven

Belgium | Leuven

For Zoology

#128 in the World

Enrollment: 62,693
Founded: 1425

41. University of Exeter

United Kingdom | England

For Zoology

#16 in the United Kingdom

#130 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1955

42. University of Nottingham

United Kingdom | England

For Zoology

#17 in the United Kingdom

#131 in the World

Founded: 1948

43. University of Bonn

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Zoology

#132 in the World

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

44. University of Antwerp

Belgium | Antwerp

For Zoology

#134 in the World

Founded: 2003

45. University of Liege

Belgium | Liege

For Zoology

#136 in the World

Enrollment: 25,421
Founded: 1817

46. Charles University

Czech Republic | Prague

For Zoology

#1 in the Czech Republic

#139 in the World

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

47. University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Zoology

#1 in Italy

#140 in the World

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

48. University of Padua

For Zoology

#2 in Italy

#144 in the World

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

49. Sapienza University of Rome

For Zoology

#3 in Italy

#146 in the World

Enrollment: 100,155
Founded: 1303

50. Moscow State University

Russia | Moscow

For Zoology

#1 in Russia

#147 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

51. Complutense University of Madrid

For Zoology

#2 in Spain

#149 in the World

Enrollment: 71,806
Founded: 1508

52. University of Gottingen

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Zoology

#150 in the World

Enrollment: 31,619
Founded: 1734

53. Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

For Zoology

#3 in France

#151 in the World

Enrollment: 38,007
Founded: 1809

54. Polytechnic University of Bari

For Zoology

#4 in Italy

#152 in the World

Founded: 1990

55. University of Hamburg

Germany | Hamburg State

For Zoology

#155 in the World

Enrollment: 43,957
Founded: 1919

56. University of Lausanne

Switzerland | Lausanne

For Zoology

#4 in Switzerland

#156 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Enrollment: 16,919

57. University of Valencia

Spain | Valencia

For Zoology

#3 in Spain

#157 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Enrollment: 58,390

58. University of Bergen

Norway | Bergen

For Zoology

#2 in Norway

#160 in the World

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1946

59. University of Tubingen

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Zoology

#161 in the World

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

60. University of Leeds

United Kingdom | England

For Zoology

#18 in the United Kingdom

#163 in the World

Founded: 1904

61. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Zoology

#5 in Switzerland

#165 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 23,420

62. University of Sussex

United Kingdom | England

For Zoology

#19 in the United Kingdom

#171 in the World

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

63. University of Wurzburg

Germany | Bavaria

For Zoology

#172 in the World

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

64. Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Zoology

#173 in the World

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

65. University of Stirling

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Zoology

#20 in the United Kingdom

#175 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 14,000
Founded: 1967

66. University of Porto

Portugal | Porto

For Zoology

#178 in the World

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

67. Newcastle University

United Kingdom | England

For Zoology

#21 in the United Kingdom

#180 in the World

Founded: 1963

68. Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main

Germany | Hesse

For Zoology

#187 in the World

Enrollment: 43,461
Founded: 1914

69. University of Southampton

United Kingdom | England

For Zoology

#22 in the United Kingdom

#190 in the World

Enrollment: 21,335
Founded: 1952

70. University of Florence

Italy | Tuscany

For Zoology

#5 in Italy

#195 in the World

Founded: 1321

71. University of Birmingham

United Kingdom | England

For Zoology

#23 in the United Kingdom

#200 in the World

Founded: 1900

72. Humboldt University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Zoology

#10 in Germany

#202 in the World

Enrollment: 36,378
Founded: 1809

73. Radboud University

Netherlands | Nijmegen

For Zoology

#6 in the Netherlands

#203 in the World

Founded: 1923

74. Kiel University

Germany | Schleswig-Holstein

For Zoology

#11 in Germany

#204 in the World

Enrollment: 27,468
Founded: 1665

75. Bangor University

United Kingdom | Wales

For Zoology

#24 in the United Kingdom

#205 in the World

Enrollment: 11,270
Founded: 1884

76. University of East Anglia

United Kingdom | England

For Zoology

#25 in the United Kingdom

#207 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1963

77. University of Pisa

Italy | Tuscany

For Zoology

#6 in Italy

#210 in the World

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

78. University of Granada

Spain | Granada

For Zoology

#4 in Spain

#211 in the World

Founded: 1531

79. Federico II University of Naples

Italy | Campania

For Zoology

#7 in Italy

#212 in the World

Enrollment: 73,553
Founded: 1224

80. Autonomous University of Barcelona

Spain | Cerdanyola del Valles

For Zoology

#5 in Spain

#213 in the World

Enrollment: 30,926

81. University of Turku

Finland | Turku

For Zoology

#215 in the World

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

82. University of Giessen

Germany | Hesse

For Zoology

#12 in Germany

#216 in the World

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

83. Heidelberg University - Germany

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Zoology

#13 in Germany

#218 in the World

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

84. University of Turin

Italy | Piedmont

For Zoology

#8 in Italy

#220 in the World

Founded: 1404

85. University of Bologna

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Zoology

#9 in Italy

#221 in the World

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

86. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Greece | Thessaloniki

For Zoology

#1 in Greece

#223 in the World

Enrollment: 92,090
Founded: 1925

87. Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Germany | Rhineland-Palatinate

For Zoology

#14 in Germany

#227 in the World

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

88. University of Lisbon

Portugal | Lisbon

For Zoology

#231 in the World

Enrollment: 49,769
Founded: 1911

89. University of York

United Kingdom | England

For Zoology

#26 in the United Kingdom

#235 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1963

90. University of Reading

United Kingdom | England

For Zoology

#27 in the United Kingdom

#237 in the World

Founded: 1892

91. Jagiellonian University

Poland | Krakow

For Zoology

#1 in Poland

#241 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 53%
Enrollment: 41,661
Founded: 1364

92. Free University of Brussels

Belgium | Brussels

For Zoology

#245 in the World

Enrollment: 31,606
Founded: 1834

93. University of Jyvaskyla

Finland | Jyvaskyla

For Zoology

#249 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 13,870
Male:Female: 40:60
Founded: 1934

94. Paul Sabatier University - Toulouse III

France | Occitanie

For Zoology

#4 in France

#251 in the World

Enrollment: 29,680
Founded: 1960

95. Technical University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Zoology

#15 in Germany

#252 in the World

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

96. Umea University

For Zoology

#6 in Sweden

#253 in the World

Enrollment: 34,237
Founded: 1965

97. Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Norway | Trondheim

For Zoology

#3 in Norway

#257 in the World

Enrollment: 42,031
Founded: 1996

98. Adam Mickiewicz University

Poland | Poznan

For Zoology

#2 in Poland

#259 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 58%
Enrollment: 37,013
Founded: 1919

99. University of Cologne

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Zoology

#16 in Germany

#261 in the World

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

100. University of Bayreuth

Germany | Bavaria

For Zoology

#17 in Germany

#262 in the World

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