Best Universities for Accounting in Europe

Updated: March 02, 2025

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Europe ranked based on their research performance in Accounting. A graph of 8.15M citations received by 334K academic papers made by 831 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 Accounting

#1 in the United Kingdom

#15 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

2. London School of Economics and Political Science

United Kingdom | England

For Accounting

#2 in the United Kingdom

#18 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 9,218
Founded: 1895

3. University College London

United Kingdom | England

For Accounting

#3 in the United Kingdom

#24 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

4. University of Cambridge

United Kingdom | England

For Accounting

#4 in the United Kingdom

#34 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

5. University of Manchester

United Kingdom | England

For Accounting

#5 in the United Kingdom

#40 in the World

Founded: 1824

6. University of Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Accounting

#1 in the Netherlands

#46 in the World

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

7. Erasmus University Rotterdam

Netherlands | Rotterdam

For Accounting

#2 in the Netherlands

#49 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 53%
Founded: 1913

8. Catholic University of Leuven

Belgium | Leuven

For Accounting

#60 in the World

Enrollment: 62,693
Founded: 1425

9. University of Edinburgh

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Accounting

#6 in the United Kingdom

#67 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

10. Tilburg University

Netherlands | Tilburg

For Accounting

#3 in the Netherlands

#75 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Enrollment: 17,378
Founded: 1927

11. London Business School

United Kingdom | England

For Accounting

#7 in the United Kingdom

#76 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1964

12. Imperial College London

United Kingdom | England

For Accounting

#8 in the United Kingdom

#80 in the World

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

13. University of Nottingham

United Kingdom | England

For Accounting

#9 in the United Kingdom

#90 in the World

Founded: 1948

14. University of Sheffield

United Kingdom | England

For Accounting

#10 in the United Kingdom

#95 in the World

Founded: 1905

15. University of Bristol

United Kingdom | England

For Accounting

#11 in the United Kingdom

#96 in the World

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

16. University of Warwick

United Kingdom | England

For Accounting

#12 in the United Kingdom

#102 in the World

Enrollment: 27,278
Founded: 1965

17. Cardiff University

United Kingdom | Wales

For Accounting

#13 in the United Kingdom

#104 in the World

Founded: 1997

18. University of Leeds

United Kingdom | England

For Accounting

#14 in the United Kingdom

#106 in the World

Founded: 1904

19. Lancaster University

United Kingdom | England

For Accounting

#15 in the United Kingdom

#107 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1964

20. Free University Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Accounting

#4 in the Netherlands

#113 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1880

21. University of Glasgow

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Accounting

#16 in the United Kingdom

#117 in the World

Founded: 1451

22. Bocconi University

Italy | Lombardy

For Accounting

#1 in Italy

#118 in the World

Founded: 1902

23. Maastricht University

Netherlands | Maastricht

For Accounting

#5 in the Netherlands

#122 in the World

Enrollment: 18,000
Founded: 1976

24. University of Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Accounting

#1 in Switzerland

#123 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Enrollment: 25,732

25. King's College London

United Kingdom | England

For Accounting

#17 in the United Kingdom

#132 in the World

Founded: 1829

26. University of Southampton

United Kingdom | England

For Accounting

#18 in the United Kingdom

#134 in the World

Enrollment: 21,335
Founded: 1952

27. University of Liverpool

United Kingdom | England

For Accounting

#19 in the United Kingdom

#136 in the World

Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

28. University of Birmingham

United Kingdom | England

For Accounting

#20 in the United Kingdom

#138 in the World

Founded: 1900

29. Aarhus University

Denmark | Aarhus

For Accounting

#143 in the World

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

30. University of Groningen

Netherlands | Groningen

For Accounting

#6 in the Netherlands

#144 in the World

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

31. University of Exeter

United Kingdom | England

For Accounting

#21 in the United Kingdom

#145 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1955

32. Utrecht University

Netherlands | Utrecht

For Accounting

#7 in the Netherlands

#146 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1636

33. Copenhagen Business School

Denmark | Frederiksberg

For Accounting

#147 in the World

Founded: 1917

34. Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main

Germany | Hesse

For Accounting

#152 in the World

Enrollment: 43,461
Founded: 1914

35. University of Aberdeen

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Accounting

#22 in the United Kingdom

#154 in the World

Founded: 1495

36. University of Reading

United Kingdom | England

For Accounting

#23 in the United Kingdom

#155 in the World

Founded: 1892

37. University of Essex

United Kingdom | England

For Accounting

#24 in the United Kingdom

#156 in the World

Founded: 1964

38. Stockholm School of Economics

Sweden | Stockholm

For Accounting

#1 in Sweden

#160 in the World

Enrollment: 1,830
Founded: 1909

39. University of York

United Kingdom | England

For Accounting

#25 in the United Kingdom

#165 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1963

40. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Accounting

#2 in Switzerland

#170 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 23,420

41. University of Hamburg

Germany | Hamburg State

For Accounting

#171 in the World

Enrollment: 43,957
Founded: 1919

42. Ghent University

Belgium | Ghent

For Accounting

#181 in the World

Enrollment: 41,669
Founded: 1817

43. University of Copenhagen

Denmark | Copenhagen

For Accounting

#182 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Founded: 1479

44. Newcastle University

United Kingdom | England

For Accounting

#26 in the United Kingdom

#186 in the World

Founded: 1963

45. University of Valencia

Spain | Valencia

For Accounting

#1 in Spain

#188 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Enrollment: 58,390

46. Delft University of Technology

Netherlands | Delft

For Accounting

#8 in the Netherlands

#189 in the World

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

47. University of East Anglia

United Kingdom | England

For Accounting

#27 in the United Kingdom

#192 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1963

48. Stockholm University

Sweden | Stockholm

For Accounting

#2 in Sweden

#196 in the World

Enrollment: 37,484
Founded: 1878

49. City, University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Accounting

#28 in the United Kingdom

#197 in the World

Founded: 1966

50. University of Lisbon

Portugal | Lisbon

For Accounting

#200 in the World

Enrollment: 49,769
Founded: 1911

51. University of Dundee

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Accounting

#29 in the United Kingdom

#202 in the World

Founded: 1967

52. University of Padua

For Accounting

#2 in Italy

#207 in the World

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

53. University of Mannheim

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Accounting

#208 in the World

Enrollment: 11,532
Founded: 1907

54. Lund University

For Accounting

#3 in Sweden

#210 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1666

55. University College Dublin

Ireland | Dublin

For Accounting

#211 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Enrollment: 33,321
Founded: 1854

56. University of Antwerp

Belgium | Antwerp

For Accounting

#212 in the World

Founded: 2003

57. University of Bologna

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Accounting

#3 in Italy

#214 in the World

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

58. University of Strathclyde

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Accounting

#30 in the United Kingdom

#215 in the World

Founded: 1964

59. University of Bath

United Kingdom | England

For Accounting

#31 in the United Kingdom

#216 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Enrollment: 18,857
Male:Female: 53:47
Founded: 1966

60. Athens University of Economics and Business

Greece | Athens

For Accounting

#1 in Greece

#220 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1920

61. Uppsala University

Sweden | Uppsala

For Accounting

#4 in Sweden

#221 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1477

62. University of Gothenburg

Sweden | Gothenburg

For Accounting

#5 in Sweden

#223 in the World

Enrollment: 36,003
Founded: 1891

63. National Research University Higher School of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Accounting

#1 in Russia

#224 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1992

64. Loughborough University

United Kingdom | England

For Accounting

#32 in the United Kingdom

#226 in the World

Enrollment: 19,449
Founded: 1966

65. Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies

Romania | Bucharest

For Accounting

#229 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 23,063
Founded: 1913

66. Wageningen University

Netherlands | Wageningen

For Accounting

#9 in the Netherlands

#230 in the World

Enrollment: 12,819
Founded: 1918

67. University of St. Gallen

Switzerland | St. Gallen

For Accounting

#3 in Switzerland

#234 in the World

Enrollment: 7,666

68. University of Oslo

For Accounting

#1 in Norway

#236 in the World

Enrollment: 26,650
Founded: 1811

69. Carlos III University, Madrid

For Accounting

#2 in Spain

#238 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Founded: 1989

70. Pompeu Fabra University

Spain | Barcelona

For Accounting

#3 in Spain

#243 in the World

Enrollment: 15,801

71. University of Twente

Netherlands | Enschede

For Accounting

#10 in the Netherlands

#244 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1961

72. Cranfield University

United Kingdom | England

For Accounting

#33 in the United Kingdom

#245 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 59%
Enrollment: 4,825
Founded: 1993

73. University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Accounting

#34 in the United Kingdom

#247 in the World

Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1836

74. Royal Holloway, University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Accounting

#35 in the United Kingdom

#248 in the World

Founded: 1849

75. Brunel University London

United Kingdom | England

For Accounting

#36 in the United Kingdom

#249 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1966

76. University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Accounting

#253 in the World

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

77. Radboud University

Netherlands | Nijmegen

For Accounting

#11 in the Netherlands

#255 in the World

Founded: 1923

78. Norwegian School of Economics

Norway | Bergen

For Accounting

#2 in Norway

#256 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 3,453
Founded: 1936

79. HEC School of Management

France | Ile-de-France

For Accounting

#1 in France

#257 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 5,453
Founded: 1881

80. University of Stirling

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Accounting

#37 in the United Kingdom

#263 in the World

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

81. Sapienza University of Rome

For Accounting

#4 in Italy

#264 in the World

Enrollment: 100,155
Founded: 1303

82. Eindhoven University of Technology

Netherlands | Eindhoven

For Accounting

#12 in the Netherlands

#267 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 13,069
Founded: 1956

83. University of Sussex

United Kingdom | England

For Accounting

#38 in the United Kingdom

#268 in the World

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

84. Durham University

United Kingdom | England

For Accounting

#39 in the United Kingdom

#269 in the World

Enrollment: 19,520
Founded: 1832

85. Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

Switzerland | Lausanne

For Accounting

#4 in Switzerland

#273 in the World

Enrollment: 12,576

86. University of Vienna

Austria | Vienna

For Accounting

#274 in the World

Enrollment: 93,628
Founded: 1365

87. Queen Mary University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Accounting

#40 in the United Kingdom

#277 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1989

88. University of Leicester

United Kingdom | England

For Accounting

#41 in the United Kingdom

#279 in the World

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

89. Aalto University

Finland | Espoo

For Accounting

#283 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 11,440
Founded: 2010

90. University of Bonn

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Accounting

#288 in the World

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

91. Technical University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Accounting

#289 in the World

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

92. Catholic University of Louvain

Belgium | Louvain-la-Neuve

For Accounting

#291 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1425

93. Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

Russia | Moscow

For Accounting

#2 in Russia

#292 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1919

94. Polytechnic University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Accounting

#5 in Italy

#295 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 28%
Enrollment: 48,645
Male:Female: 65:35
Founded: 1863

95. Vienna University of Economics and Business

Austria | Vienna

For Accounting

#306 in the World

Enrollment: 23,759
Founded: 1975

96. University of Liege

Belgium | Liege

For Accounting

#307 in the World

Enrollment: 27,678
Founded: 1817

97. Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Norway | Trondheim

For Accounting

#3 in Norway

#308 in the World

Enrollment: 42,031
Founded: 1996

98. Autonomous University of Barcelona

Spain | Cerdanyola del Valles

For Accounting

#4 in Spain

#309 in the World

Enrollment: 30,926

99. University of Cologne

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Accounting

#312 in the World

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

100. University of Saragossa

Spain | Zaragoza

For Accounting

#5 in Spain

#320 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1542