Best Universities for Entrepreneurship 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 Entrepreneurship. A graph of 1.25M citations received by 48K academic papers made by 419 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. Erasmus University Rotterdam

Netherlands | Rotterdam

For Entrepreneurship

#1 in the Netherlands

#1 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 53%
Founded: 1913

2. Jonkoping University

Sweden | Jonkoping

For Entrepreneurship

#1 in Sweden

#2 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Enrollment: 9,567
Founded: 1977

3. Copenhagen Business School

Denmark | Frederiksberg

For Entrepreneurship

#5 in the World

Founded: 1917

4. University of Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Entrepreneurship

#2 in the Netherlands

#11 in the World

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

5. University of St. Gallen

Switzerland | St. Gallen

For Entrepreneurship

#1 in Switzerland

#12 in the World

Enrollment: 7,666

6. Utrecht University

Netherlands | Utrecht

For Entrepreneurship

#3 in the Netherlands

#14 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1636

7. University of Nottingham

United Kingdom | England

For Entrepreneurship

#1 in the United Kingdom

#15 in the World

Founded: 1948

8. University of Cambridge

United Kingdom | England

For Entrepreneurship

#2 in the United Kingdom

#18 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

9. Autonomous University of Barcelona

Spain | Cerdanyola del Valles

For Entrepreneurship

#1 in Spain

#19 in the World

Enrollment: 30,926

10. University of Strathclyde

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Entrepreneurship

#3 in the United Kingdom

#20 in the World

Founded: 1964

11. University of Sheffield

United Kingdom | England

For Entrepreneurship

#4 in the United Kingdom

#21 in the World

Founded: 1905

12. Durham University

United Kingdom | England

For Entrepreneurship

#5 in the United Kingdom

#23 in the World

Enrollment: 19,520
Founded: 1832

13. Stockholm School of Economics

Sweden | Stockholm

For Entrepreneurship

#2 in Sweden

#24 in the World

Enrollment: 1,830
Founded: 1909

14. University of Valencia

Spain | Valencia

For Entrepreneurship

#2 in Spain

#29 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Enrollment: 58,390

15. University of Warwick

United Kingdom | England

For Entrepreneurship

#6 in the United Kingdom

#31 in the World

Enrollment: 27,278
Founded: 1965

16. EMLYON Business School

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

For Entrepreneurship

#1 in France

#33 in the World

Enrollment: 9,000
Founded: 1872

17. Imperial College London

United Kingdom | England

For Entrepreneurship

#7 in the United Kingdom

#35 in the World

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

18. Polytechnic University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Entrepreneurship

#1 in Italy

#38 in the World

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

19. London School of Economics and Political Science

United Kingdom | England

For Entrepreneurship

#8 in the United Kingdom

#39 in the World

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

20. Lund University

For Entrepreneurship

#3 in Sweden

#41 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1666

21. University of Southern Denmark

Denmark | Odense

For Entrepreneurship

#44 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Founded: 1966

22. Catholic University of Leuven

Belgium | Leuven

For Entrepreneurship

#47 in the World

Enrollment: 62,693
Founded: 1425

23. University of Beira Interior

Portugal | Covilha

For Entrepreneurship

#48 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Founded: 1986

24. Lancaster University

United Kingdom | England

For Entrepreneurship

#9 in the United Kingdom

#50 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1964

25. University of Oxford

United Kingdom | England

For Entrepreneurship

#10 in the United Kingdom

#51 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

26. Bocconi University

Italy | Lombardy

For Entrepreneurship

#2 in Italy

#52 in the World

Founded: 1902

27. Friedrich Schiller University of Jena

Germany | Thuringia

For Entrepreneurship

#57 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 17,345
Founded: 1558

28. University of Seville

Spain | Seville

For Entrepreneurship

#3 in Spain

#64 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1505

29. London Business School

United Kingdom | England

For Entrepreneurship

#11 in the United Kingdom

#65 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1964

30. University of Bologna

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Entrepreneurship

#3 in Italy

#69 in the World

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

31. Leuphana University of Luneburg

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Entrepreneurship

#70 in the World

Enrollment: 9,620
Founded: 1946

32. Ulster University

United Kingdom | Northern Ireland

For Entrepreneurship

#12 in the United Kingdom

#72 in the World

Founded: 1968

33. University of Manchester

United Kingdom | England

For Entrepreneurship

#13 in the United Kingdom

#73 in the World

Founded: 1824

34. Lappeenranta University of Technology

Finland | Lappeenranta

For Entrepreneurship

#75 in the World

Enrollment: 5,300
Founded: 1969

35. University of Reading

United Kingdom | England

For Entrepreneurship

#14 in the United Kingdom

#77 in the World

Founded: 1892

36. University of Sussex

United Kingdom | England

For Entrepreneurship

#15 in the United Kingdom

#80 in the World

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

37. Technical University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Entrepreneurship

#81 in the World

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

38. KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Sweden | Stockholm

For Entrepreneurship

#4 in Sweden

#82 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Enrollment: 14,278
Founded: 1827

39. University of Groningen

Netherlands | Groningen

For Entrepreneurship

#4 in the Netherlands

#86 in the World

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

40. Aalto University

Finland | Espoo

For Entrepreneurship

#87 in the World

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

41. University of Southampton

United Kingdom | England

For Entrepreneurship

#16 in the United Kingdom

#88 in the World

Enrollment: 21,335
Founded: 1952

42. Free University Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Entrepreneurship

#5 in the Netherlands

#93 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1880

43. Maastricht University

Netherlands | Maastricht

For Entrepreneurship

#6 in the Netherlands

#95 in the World

Enrollment: 18,000
Founded: 1976

44. Tilburg University

Netherlands | Tilburg

For Entrepreneurship

#7 in the Netherlands

#97 in the World

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

45. University of Bergamo

Italy | Lombardy

For Entrepreneurship

#4 in Italy

#98 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1968

46. University College London

United Kingdom | England

For Entrepreneurship

#17 in the United Kingdom

#99 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

47. University of Edinburgh

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Entrepreneurship

#18 in the United Kingdom

#100 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

48. Newcastle University

United Kingdom | England

For Entrepreneurship

#19 in the United Kingdom

#104 in the World

Founded: 1963

49. Aston University

United Kingdom | England

For Entrepreneurship

#20 in the United Kingdom

#107 in the World

Founded: 1895

50. University of Augsburg

Germany | Bavaria

For Entrepreneurship

#112 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 19,975
Male:Female: 43:57
Founded: 1970

51. Aalborg University

Denmark | Aalborg

For Entrepreneurship

#113 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 20,353
Founded: 1974

52. University of Leeds

United Kingdom | England

For Entrepreneurship

#21 in the United Kingdom

#114 in the World

Founded: 1904

53. Wageningen University

Netherlands | Wageningen

For Entrepreneurship

#8 in the Netherlands

#115 in the World

Enrollment: 12,819
Founded: 1918

54. Polytechnic University of Valencia

Spain | Valencia

For Entrepreneurship

#4 in Spain

#116 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 28,450
Founded: 1968

55. University of Castilla La Mancha

Spain | Ciudad Real

For Entrepreneurship

#5 in Spain

#117 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1982

56. University of Glasgow

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Entrepreneurship

#22 in the United Kingdom

#118 in the World

Founded: 1451

57. University of Ljubljana

Slovenia | Ljubljana

For Entrepreneurship

#120 in the World

Enrollment: 37,874
Founded: 1919

58. University of Jyvaskyla

Finland | Jyvaskyla

For Entrepreneurship

#126 in the World

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

59. Linkoping University

Sweden | Linkoping

For Entrepreneurship

#5 in Sweden

#127 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Enrollment: 22,441
Founded: 1975

60. Lulea University of Technology

For Entrepreneurship

#6 in Sweden

#129 in the World

Enrollment: 19,155
Founded: 1997

61. University of Birmingham

United Kingdom | England

For Entrepreneurship

#23 in the United Kingdom

#131 in the World

Founded: 1900

62. Aarhus University

Denmark | Aarhus

For Entrepreneurship

#132 in the World

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

63. Cardiff University

United Kingdom | Wales

For Entrepreneurship

#24 in the United Kingdom

#134 in the World

Founded: 1997

64. University of Turku

Finland | Turku

For Entrepreneurship

#136 in the World

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

65. Vienna University of Economics and Business

Austria | Vienna

For Entrepreneurship

#139 in the World

Enrollment: 23,759
Founded: 1975

66. Ghent University

Belgium | Ghent

For Entrepreneurship

#140 in the World

Enrollment: 41,669
Founded: 1817

67. University of Stirling

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Entrepreneurship

#25 in the United Kingdom

#144 in the World

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

68. University of Hohenheim

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Entrepreneurship

#146 in the World

Enrollment: 8,392
Male:Female: 43:57
Founded: 1818

69. University of Turin

Italy | Piedmont

For Entrepreneurship

#5 in Italy

#147 in the World

Founded: 1404

70. Chalmers University of Technology

Sweden | Gothenburg

For Entrepreneurship

#7 in Sweden

#150 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Enrollment: 10,912
Founded: 1829

71. Uppsala University

Sweden | Uppsala

For Entrepreneurship

#8 in Sweden

#151 in the World

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

72. University of Pecs

For Entrepreneurship

#152 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Enrollment: 20,000
Founded: 1912

73. National Research University Higher School of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Entrepreneurship

#1 in Russia

#153 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1992

74. University of Lisbon

Portugal | Lisbon

For Entrepreneurship

#155 in the World

Enrollment: 49,769
Founded: 1911

75. University of Twente

Netherlands | Enschede

For Entrepreneurship

#9 in the Netherlands

#159 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1961

76. Catholic University of Louvain

Belgium | Louvain-la-Neuve

For Entrepreneurship

#166 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1425

77. Robert Gordon University

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Entrepreneurship

#26 in the United Kingdom

#167 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1992

78. University of Navarra

Spain | Pamplona

For Entrepreneurship

#6 in Spain

#168 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Enrollment: 12,779
Founded: 1952

79. Manchester Metropolitan University

United Kingdom | England

For Entrepreneurship

#27 in the United Kingdom

#174 in the World

Founded: 1992

80. RWTH Aachen University

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Entrepreneurship

#176 in the World

Enrollment: 47,521
Founded: 1870

81. Complutense University of Madrid

For Entrepreneurship

#7 in Spain

#179 in the World

Enrollment: 71,806
Founded: 1508

82. Brunel University London

United Kingdom | England

For Entrepreneurship

#28 in the United Kingdom

#180 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1966

83. University of Gothenburg

Sweden | Gothenburg

For Entrepreneurship

#9 in Sweden

#183 in the World

Enrollment: 36,003
Founded: 1891

84. University of Aberdeen

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Entrepreneurship

#29 in the United Kingdom

#184 in the World

Founded: 1495

85. University of Granada

Spain | Granada

For Entrepreneurship

#8 in Spain

#185 in the World

Founded: 1531

86. University of Surrey

United Kingdom | England

For Entrepreneurship

#30 in the United Kingdom

#187 in the World

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1966

87. University of Liege

Belgium | Liege

For Entrepreneurship

#189 in the World

Enrollment: 25,421
Founded: 1817

88. University of Lincoln

United Kingdom | England

For Entrepreneurship

#31 in the United Kingdom

#191 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1992

89. Nottingham Trent University

United Kingdom | England

For Entrepreneurship

#32 in the United Kingdom

#193 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1992

90. Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies

Romania | Bucharest

For Entrepreneurship

#194 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 22,003
Founded: 1913

91. University of Bath

United Kingdom | England

For Entrepreneurship

#33 in the United Kingdom

#195 in the World

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

92. University of Liverpool

United Kingdom | England

For Entrepreneurship

#34 in the United Kingdom

#196 in the World

Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

93. University of Giessen

Germany | Hesse

For Entrepreneurship

#200 in the World

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

94. University of Siegen

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Entrepreneurship

#203 in the World

Enrollment: 17,805
Founded: 1972

95. Eindhoven University of Technology

Netherlands | Eindhoven

For Entrepreneurship

#10 in the Netherlands

#205 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1956

96. Loughborough University

United Kingdom | England

For Entrepreneurship

#35 in the United Kingdom

#209 in the World

Enrollment: 19,449
Founded: 1966

97. Delft University of Technology

Netherlands | Delft

For Entrepreneurship

#11 in the Netherlands

#210 in the World

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

98. Umea University

For Entrepreneurship

#10 in Sweden

#212 in the World

Enrollment: 34,237
Founded: 1965

99. Queen's University Belfast

United Kingdom | Northern Ireland

For Entrepreneurship

#36 in the United Kingdom

#214 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1849

100. De Montfort University

United Kingdom | England

For Entrepreneurship

#37 in the United Kingdom

#215 in the World

Founded: 1992