Best Universities for Tax Law 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 Tax Law. A graph of 190K citations received by 15.8K academic papers made by 195 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. London School of Economics and Political Science

United Kingdom | England

For Tax Law

#1 in the United Kingdom

#7 in the World

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

2. University of Oxford

United Kingdom | England

For Tax Law

#2 in the United Kingdom

#11 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

3. Tilburg University

Netherlands | Tilburg

For Tax Law

#1 in the Netherlands

#13 in the World

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

4. University of Warwick

United Kingdom | England

For Tax Law

#3 in the United Kingdom

#18 in the World

Enrollment: 27,278
Founded: 1965

5. Norwegian School of Economics

Norway | Bergen

For Tax Law

#1 in Norway

#24 in the World

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

6. Erasmus University Rotterdam

Netherlands | Rotterdam

For Tax Law

#2 in the Netherlands

#26 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 53%
Founded: 1913

7. University of Copenhagen

Denmark | Copenhagen

For Tax Law

#28 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Founded: 1479

8. University of Essex

United Kingdom | England

For Tax Law

#4 in the United Kingdom

#29 in the World

Founded: 1964

9. University College London

United Kingdom | England

For Tax Law

#5 in the United Kingdom

#30 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

10. Vienna University of Economics and Business

Austria | Vienna

For Tax Law

#34 in the World

Enrollment: 23,759
Founded: 1975

11. University of Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Tax Law

#3 in the Netherlands

#43 in the World

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

12. University of Mannheim

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Tax Law

#46 in the World

Enrollment: 11,532
Founded: 1907

13. Uppsala University

Sweden | Uppsala

For Tax Law

#1 in Sweden

#58 in the World

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

14. University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Tax Law

#60 in the World

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

15. Copenhagen Business School

Denmark | Frederiksberg

For Tax Law

#63 in the World

Founded: 1917

16. University of Cologne

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Tax Law

#67 in the World

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

17. University of Cambridge

United Kingdom | England

For Tax Law

#6 in the United Kingdom

#68 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

18. University of Oslo

For Tax Law

#2 in Norway

#72 in the World

Enrollment: 26,650
Founded: 1811

19. University of Exeter

United Kingdom | England

For Tax Law

#7 in the United Kingdom

#75 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1955

20. University of St. Gallen

Switzerland | St. Gallen

For Tax Law

#1 in Switzerland

#82 in the World

Enrollment: 7,666

21. University of York

United Kingdom | England

For Tax Law

#8 in the United Kingdom

#83 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1963

22. Catholic University of Leuven

Belgium | Leuven

For Tax Law

#84 in the World

Enrollment: 62,693
Founded: 1425

23. University of Konstanz

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Tax Law

#90 in the World

Enrollment: 10,964
Male:Female: 43:57
Founded: 1966

24. Stockholm University

Sweden | Stockholm

For Tax Law

#2 in Sweden

#96 in the World

Enrollment: 37,484
Founded: 1878

25. University of Nottingham

United Kingdom | England

For Tax Law

#9 in the United Kingdom

#98 in the World

Founded: 1948

26. Catholic University of Louvain

Belgium | Louvain-la-Neuve

For Tax Law

#101 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1425

27. Autonomous University of Barcelona

Spain | Cerdanyola del Valles

For Tax Law

#1 in Spain

#104 in the World

Enrollment: 30,926

28. Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main

Germany | Hesse

For Tax Law

#105 in the World

Enrollment: 43,461
Founded: 1914

29. Free University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Tax Law

#106 in the World

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

30. University of Barcelona

Spain | Barcelona

For Tax Law

#2 in Spain

#109 in the World

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

31. University of Helsinki

Finland | Helsinki

For Tax Law

#110 in the World

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

32. University of Gothenburg

Sweden | Gothenburg

For Tax Law

#3 in Sweden

#115 in the World

Enrollment: 36,003
Founded: 1891

33. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Tax Law

#2 in Switzerland

#119 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 23,420

34. Maastricht University

Netherlands | Maastricht

For Tax Law

#4 in the Netherlands

#121 in the World

Enrollment: 18,000
Founded: 1976

35. University of Bath

United Kingdom | England

For Tax Law

#10 in the United Kingdom

#122 in the World

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

36. Bocconi University

Italy | Lombardy

For Tax Law

#1 in Italy

#123 in the World

Founded: 1902

37. University of Liege

Belgium | Liege

For Tax Law

#126 in the World

Enrollment: 25,421
Founded: 1817

38. Umea University

For Tax Law

#4 in Sweden

#127 in the World

Enrollment: 34,237
Founded: 1965

39. Athens University of Economics and Business

Greece | Athens

For Tax Law

#1 in Greece

#130 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1920

40. University of Manchester

United Kingdom | England

For Tax Law

#11 in the United Kingdom

#131 in the World

Founded: 1824

41. University of Vienna

Austria | Vienna

For Tax Law

#136 in the World

Enrollment: 93,628
Founded: 1365

42. University of Glasgow

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Tax Law

#12 in the United Kingdom

#139 in the World

Founded: 1451

43. Cergy-Pontoise University

France | Ile-de-France

For Tax Law

#1 in France

#140 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Enrollment: 20,784
Founded: 1991

44. University College Dublin

Ireland | Dublin

For Tax Law

#149 in the World

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

45. Stockholm School of Economics

Sweden | Stockholm

For Tax Law

#5 in Sweden

#152 in the World

Enrollment: 1,830
Founded: 1909

46. London Business School

United Kingdom | England

For Tax Law

#13 in the United Kingdom

#156 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Founded: 1964

47. University of Innsbruck

Austria | Innsbruck

For Tax Law

#158 in the World

Enrollment: 28,278
Male:Female: 47:53
Founded: 1669

48. WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management

Germany | Rhineland-Palatinate

For Tax Law

#159 in the World

Enrollment: 1,669
Founded: 1984

49. University of Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Tax Law

#3 in Switzerland

#160 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Enrollment: 25,732

50. University of Bologna

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Tax Law

#2 in Italy

#161 in the World

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

51. University of Brescia

Italy | Lombardy

For Tax Law

#3 in Italy

#162 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 16,800
Founded: 1982

52. University of Turin

Italy | Piedmont

For Tax Law

#4 in Italy

#164 in the World

Founded: 1404

53. Aarhus University

Denmark | Aarhus

For Tax Law

#167 in the World

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

54. Free University of Brussels - VUB

Belgium | Brussels

For Tax Law

#168 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Enrollment: 11,101
Founded: 1970

55. Lund University

For Tax Law

#6 in Sweden

#174 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1666

56. University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne

France | Ile-de-France

For Tax Law

#2 in France

#175 in the World

Enrollment: 42,700
Founded: 1971

57. University of Hohenheim

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Tax Law

#177 in the World

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

58. Queen Mary University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Tax Law

#14 in the United Kingdom

#181 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1989

59. Keele University

United Kingdom | England

For Tax Law

#15 in the United Kingdom

#182 in the World

Founded: 1962

60. University of Groningen

Netherlands | Groningen

For Tax Law

#5 in the Netherlands

#183 in the World

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

61. University of Tubingen

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Tax Law

#186 in the World

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

62. Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation

Russia | Moscow

For Tax Law

#1 in Russia

#187 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1919

63. University of Southampton

United Kingdom | England

For Tax Law

#16 in the United Kingdom

#189 in the World

Enrollment: 21,335
Founded: 1952

64. University of Erlangen Nuremberg

Germany | Bavaria

For Tax Law

#10 in Germany

#190 in the World

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

65. Complutense University of Madrid

For Tax Law

#3 in Spain

#194 in the World

Enrollment: 71,806
Founded: 1508

66. University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Tax Law

#5 in Italy

#197 in the World

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

67. TU Dortmund University

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Tax Law

#11 in Germany

#198 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 59%
Enrollment: 34,616
Male:Female: 54:46
Founded: 1968

68. Leiden University

Netherlands | Leiden

For Tax Law

#6 in the Netherlands

#206 in the World

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

69. University of Graz

For Tax Law

#207 in the World

Enrollment: 32,230
Founded: 1585

70. University of Tampere

Finland | Tampere

For Tax Law

#210 in the World

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

71. National Research University Higher School of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Tax Law

#2 in Russia

#213 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1992

72. Leibniz University of Hanover

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Tax Law

#12 in Germany

#216 in the World

Enrollment: 28,817
Founded: 1831

73. University of Antwerp

Belgium | Antwerp

For Tax Law

#223 in the World

Founded: 2003

74. University of Kent

United Kingdom | England

For Tax Law

#17 in the United Kingdom

#225 in the World

Founded: 1965

75. Free University of Brussels

Belgium | Brussels

For Tax Law

#227 in the World

Enrollment: 31,606
Founded: 1834

76. University of Basel

Switzerland | Basel

For Tax Law

#4 in Switzerland

#228 in the World

Enrollment: 12,896

77. University of Lausanne

Switzerland | Lausanne

For Tax Law

#5 in Switzerland

#229 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Enrollment: 16,919

78. University of Lisbon

Portugal | Lisbon

For Tax Law

#230 in the World

Enrollment: 49,769
Founded: 1911

79. University of Strathclyde

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Tax Law

#18 in the United Kingdom

#231 in the World

Founded: 1964

80. School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences

France | Ile-de-France

For Tax Law

#3 in France

#233 in the World

Enrollment: 2,613
Founded: 1947

81. University of Paderborn

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Tax Law

#13 in Germany

#237 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 19,110
Founded: 1972

82. Carlos III University, Madrid

For Tax Law

#4 in Spain

#238 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Founded: 1989

83. University of Oviedo

For Tax Law

#5 in Spain

#245 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Founded: 1604

84. Trinity College Dublin, University of Dublin

Ireland | Dublin

For Tax Law

#246 in the World

Enrollment: 20,430
Founded: 1592

85. University of Luxembourg

Luxembourg | Luxembourg City

For Tax Law

#1 in Luxembourg

#247 in the World

Founded: 2003

86. University of Modena and Reggio Emilia

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Tax Law

#6 in Italy

#249 in the World

Founded: 1175

87. University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Tax Law

#1 in Poland

#250 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Enrollment: 42,700
Founded: 1816

88. Lancaster University

United Kingdom | England

For Tax Law

#19 in the United Kingdom

#252 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1964

89. University of Bonn

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Tax Law

#14 in Germany

#253 in the World

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

90. Kiel University

Germany | Schleswig-Holstein

For Tax Law

#15 in Germany

#255 in the World

Enrollment: 27,468
Founded: 1665

91. Norwegian University of Life Sciences

For Tax Law

#3 in Norway

#258 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Enrollment: 6,345
Founded: 1859

92. Cardiff University

United Kingdom | Wales

For Tax Law

#20 in the United Kingdom

#261 in the World

Founded: 1997

93. Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies

Romania | Bucharest

For Tax Law

#263 in the World

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

94. University of Reading

United Kingdom | England

For Tax Law

#21 in the United Kingdom

#265 in the World

Founded: 1892

95. Charles University

Czech Republic | Prague

For Tax Law

#1 in the Czech Republic

#266 in the World

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

96. University of Bristol

United Kingdom | England

For Tax Law

#22 in the United Kingdom

#267 in the World

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

97. University of Leeds

United Kingdom | England

For Tax Law

#23 in the United Kingdom

#268 in the World

Founded: 1904

98. University of Munster

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Tax Law

#16 in Germany

#279 in the World

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

99. University of Sheffield

United Kingdom | England

For Tax Law

#24 in the United Kingdom

#280 in the World

Founded: 1905

100. University of Clermont Auvergne

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

For Tax Law

#4 in France

#281 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 14,690
Founded: 1854