Best Universities for Data Science 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 Data Science. A graph of 8.92M citations received by 333K academic papers made by 727 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 Data Science

#1 in the United Kingdom

#1 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

2. University of Oxford

United Kingdom | England

For Data Science

#2 in the United Kingdom

#2 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

3. Imperial College London

United Kingdom | England

For Data Science

#3 in the United Kingdom

#12 in the World

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

4. University of Bristol

United Kingdom | England

For Data Science

#4 in the United Kingdom

#16 in the World

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

5. University of Manchester

United Kingdom | England

For Data Science

#5 in the United Kingdom

#19 in the World

Founded: 1824

6. University of Cambridge

United Kingdom | England

For Data Science

#6 in the United Kingdom

#21 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

7. University of Edinburgh

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Data Science

#7 in the United Kingdom

#30 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

8. University of Southampton

United Kingdom | England

For Data Science

#8 in the United Kingdom

#33 in the World

Enrollment: 21,335
Founded: 1952

9. University of Birmingham

United Kingdom | England

For Data Science

#9 in the United Kingdom

#37 in the World

Founded: 1900

10. King's College London

United Kingdom | England

For Data Science

#10 in the United Kingdom

#42 in the World

Founded: 1829

11. St George's, University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Data Science

#11 in the United Kingdom

#44 in the World

Founded: 1733

12. University of Sheffield

United Kingdom | England

For Data Science

#12 in the United Kingdom

#48 in the World

Founded: 1905

13. Catholic University of Leuven

Belgium | Leuven

For Data Science

#50 in the World

Enrollment: 62,693
Founded: 1425

14. University of York

United Kingdom | England

For Data Science

#13 in the United Kingdom

#51 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1963

15. University of Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Data Science

#1 in the Netherlands

#55 in the World

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

16. University of Glasgow

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Data Science

#14 in the United Kingdom

#57 in the World

Founded: 1451

17. University of Liverpool

United Kingdom | England

For Data Science

#15 in the United Kingdom

#58 in the World

Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

18. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Data Science

#1 in Switzerland

#65 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 23,420

19. University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Data Science

#16 in the United Kingdom

#71 in the World

Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1836

20. Newcastle University

United Kingdom | England

For Data Science

#17 in the United Kingdom

#74 in the World

Founded: 1963

21. Leiden University

Netherlands | Leiden

For Data Science

#2 in the Netherlands

#76 in the World

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

22. Delft University of Technology

Netherlands | Delft

For Data Science

#3 in the Netherlands

#78 in the World

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

23. University of Nottingham

United Kingdom | England

For Data Science

#18 in the United Kingdom

#79 in the World

Founded: 1948

24. University of Leeds

United Kingdom | England

For Data Science

#19 in the United Kingdom

#80 in the World

Founded: 1904

25. Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

Switzerland | Lausanne

For Data Science

#2 in Switzerland

#84 in the World

Enrollment: 12,576

26. University of Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Data Science

#3 in Switzerland

#92 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Enrollment: 25,732

27. Eindhoven University of Technology

Netherlands | Eindhoven

For Data Science

#4 in the Netherlands

#96 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1956

28. University of Warwick

United Kingdom | England

For Data Science

#20 in the United Kingdom

#100 in the World

Enrollment: 27,278
Founded: 1965

29. University of Leicester

United Kingdom | England

For Data Science

#21 in the United Kingdom

#101 in the World

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

30. Polytechnic University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Data Science

#1 in Italy

#102 in the World

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

31. Cardiff University

United Kingdom | Wales

For Data Science

#22 in the United Kingdom

#103 in the World

Founded: 1997

32. Technical University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Data Science

#105 in the World

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

33. University of Granada

Spain | Granada

For Data Science

#1 in Spain

#106 in the World

Founded: 1531

34. Utrecht University

Netherlands | Utrecht

For Data Science

#5 in the Netherlands

#109 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1636

35. Uppsala University

Sweden | Uppsala

For Data Science

#1 in Sweden

#112 in the World

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

36. Radboud University

Netherlands | Nijmegen

For Data Science

#6 in the Netherlands

#113 in the World

Founded: 1923

37. Queen Mary University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Data Science

#23 in the United Kingdom

#114 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1989

38. University of Exeter

United Kingdom | England

For Data Science

#24 in the United Kingdom

#115 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1955

39. Technical University of Madrid

For Data Science

#2 in Spain

#118 in the World

Founded: 1971

40. University of Bologna

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Data Science

#2 in Italy

#121 in the World

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

41. Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

For Data Science

#1 in France

#122 in the World

Enrollment: 38,007
Founded: 1809

42. Vienna University of Technology

Austria | Vienna

For Data Science

#123 in the World

Enrollment: 29,341
Founded: 1872

43. University of Copenhagen

Denmark | Copenhagen

For Data Science

#124 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Founded: 1479

44. Heidelberg University - Germany

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Data Science

#129 in the World

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

45. Free University Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Data Science

#7 in the Netherlands

#130 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1880

46. Ghent University

Belgium | Ghent

For Data Science

#136 in the World

Enrollment: 41,669
Founded: 1817

47. University of Aberdeen

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Data Science

#25 in the United Kingdom

#137 in the World

Founded: 1495

48. Technical University of Catalonia

Spain | Barcelona

For Data Science

#3 in Spain

#138 in the World

Enrollment: 29,812

49. University of Helsinki

Finland | Helsinki

For Data Science

#141 in the World

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

50. University of Geneva

Switzerland | Geneva

For Data Science

#4 in Switzerland

#145 in the World

Enrollment: 17,744

51. University of Pisa

Italy | Tuscany

For Data Science

#3 in Italy

#146 in the World

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

52. RWTH Aachen University

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Data Science

#150 in the World

Enrollment: 47,521
Founded: 1870

53. University College Dublin

Ireland | Dublin

For Data Science

#152 in the World

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

54. Sapienza University of Rome

For Data Science

#4 in Italy

#153 in the World

Enrollment: 100,155
Founded: 1303

55. Maastricht University

Netherlands | Maastricht

For Data Science

#8 in the Netherlands

#154 in the World

Enrollment: 18,000
Founded: 1976

56. KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Sweden | Stockholm

For Data Science

#2 in Sweden

#157 in the World

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

57. Lancaster University

United Kingdom | England

For Data Science

#26 in the United Kingdom

#158 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1964

58. Federico II University of Naples

Italy | Campania

For Data Science

#5 in Italy

#160 in the World

Enrollment: 73,553
Founded: 1224

59. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Data Science

#161 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Enrollment: 23,321
Founded: 2009

60. Polytechnic University of Valencia

Spain | Valencia

For Data Science

#4 in Spain

#162 in the World

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

61. University of Twente

Netherlands | Enschede

For Data Science

#9 in the Netherlands

#164 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1961

62. Erasmus University Rotterdam

Netherlands | Rotterdam

For Data Science

#10 in the Netherlands

#169 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 53%
Founded: 1913

63. Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Norway | Trondheim

For Data Science

#1 in Norway

#175 in the World

Enrollment: 42,031
Founded: 1996

64. University of Bern

Switzerland | Bern

For Data Science

#5 in Switzerland

#180 in the World

Enrollment: 18,576

65. University of Stuttgart

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Data Science

#182 in the World

Enrollment: 22,616
Founded: 1829

66. London School of Economics and Political Science

United Kingdom | England

For Data Science

#27 in the United Kingdom

#184 in the World

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

67. University of Groningen

Netherlands | Groningen

For Data Science

#11 in the Netherlands

#187 in the World

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

68. Polytechnic University of Bari

For Data Science

#6 in Italy

#188 in the World

Founded: 1990

69. Aalto University

Finland | Espoo

For Data Science

#189 in the World

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

70. University of Porto

Portugal | Porto

For Data Science

#190 in the World

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

71. Technical University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Data Science

#197 in the World

Enrollment: 35,149
Founded: 1946

72. Ulster University

United Kingdom | Northern Ireland

For Data Science

#28 in the United Kingdom

#201 in the World

Founded: 1968

73. University of Wales

United Kingdom | Wales

For Data Science

#29 in the United Kingdom

#202 in the World

Founded: 1893

74. University of Patras

Greece | Patras

For Data Science

#1 in Greece

#203 in the World

Enrollment: 21,000
Founded: 1964

75. University of Oslo

For Data Science

#2 in Norway

#204 in the World

Enrollment: 26,650
Founded: 1811

76. Pierre and Marie Curie University

France | Ile-de-France

For Data Science

#2 in France

#205 in the World

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

77. University of Dundee

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Data Science

#30 in the United Kingdom

#206 in the World

Founded: 1967

78. Swansea University

United Kingdom | Wales

For Data Science

#31 in the United Kingdom

#207 in the World

Founded: 1920

79. Keele University

United Kingdom | England

For Data Science

#32 in the United Kingdom

#209 in the World

Founded: 1962

80. Aarhus University

Denmark | Aarhus

For Data Science

#210 in the World

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

81. National Technical University of Athens

Greece | Athens

For Data Science

#2 in Greece

#211 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1836

82. Durham University

United Kingdom | England

For Data Science

#33 in the United Kingdom

#213 in the World

Enrollment: 19,520
Founded: 1832

83. Lund University

For Data Science

#3 in Sweden

#217 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1666

84. University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Data Science

#220 in the World

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

85. City, University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Data Science

#34 in the United Kingdom

#221 in the World

Founded: 1966

86. Queen's University Belfast

United Kingdom | Northern Ireland

For Data Science

#35 in the United Kingdom

#223 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1849

87. Aalborg University

Denmark | Aalborg

For Data Science

#224 in the World

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

88. University of Surrey

United Kingdom | England

For Data Science

#36 in the United Kingdom

#225 in the World

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1966

89. University of Sussex

United Kingdom | England

For Data Science

#37 in the United Kingdom

#226 in the World

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

90. University of Vienna

Austria | Vienna

For Data Science

#231 in the World

Enrollment: 93,628
Founded: 1365

91. University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Data Science

#7 in Italy

#233 in the World

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

92. University of Reading

United Kingdom | England

For Data Science

#38 in the United Kingdom

#236 in the World

Founded: 1892

93. Dresden University of Technology

Germany | Saxony

For Data Science

#238 in the World

Enrollment: 31,517
Founded: 1828

94. Brunel University London

United Kingdom | England

For Data Science

#39 in the United Kingdom

#239 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1966

95. Wageningen University

Netherlands | Wageningen

For Data Science

#12 in the Netherlands

#244 in the World

Enrollment: 12,819
Founded: 1918

96. University of East Anglia

United Kingdom | England

For Data Science

#40 in the United Kingdom

#246 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1963

97. Technical University of Denmark

Denmark | Kongens Lyngby

For Data Science

#250 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1829

98. University of Leipzig

Germany | Saxony

For Data Science

#253 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 31,088
Founded: 1409

99. Karolinska Institute

Sweden | Stockholm

For Data Science

#4 in Sweden

#254 in the World

Enrollment: 8,070
Founded: 1861

100. University of Padua

For Data Science

#8 in Italy

#255 in the World

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