Best Universities for Game Design and Development in Europe

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EduRank

Below is a list of best universities in Europe ranked based on their research performance in Game Design and Development. A graph of 804K citations received by 50.2K academic papers made by 372 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

For Game Design and Development

#4 in the World
Enrollment
42,000
Founded
1826

3. Delft University of Technology

For Game Design and Development

#16 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
24,703
Founded
1842

5. University of Tampere

For Game Design and Development

#1 in Finland
#21 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
30,000
Founded
1925

6. University of Barcelona

For Game Design and Development

#1 in Spain
#22 in the World
Acceptance Rate
69%
Enrollment
64,236
Male:Female
86:14

7. Imperial College London

For Game Design and Development

#25 in the World
Enrollment
17,565
Founded
1907

8. University of Hamburg

For Game Design and Development

#1 in Germany
#31 in the World
Enrollment
43,957
Founded
1919

9. RWTH Aachen University

For Game Design and Development

#2 in Germany
#32 in the World
Enrollment
47,521
Founded
1870

10. IT University of Copenhagen

For Game Design and Development

#1 in Denmark
#38 in the World
Enrollment
2,500
Founded
1999

11. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

For Game Design and Development

#40 in the World
Acceptance Rate
8%
Enrollment
23,420

12. Aalborg University

For Game Design and Development

#2 in Denmark
#41 in the World
Acceptance Rate
40%
Enrollment
20,353
Founded
1974

13. Polytechnic University of Valencia

For Game Design and Development

#2 in Spain
#46 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
28,450
Founded
1968

14. University of Amsterdam

For Game Design and Development

#49 in the World
Acceptance Rate
51%
Enrollment
41,000
Founded
1632

15. Technical University of Munich

For Game Design and Development

#3 in Germany
#54 in the World
Acceptance Rate
46%
Enrollment
44,000
Male:Female
63:37
Founded
1868

16. Polytechnic University of Milan

For Game Design and Development

#1 in Italy
#57 in the World
Acceptance Rate
28%
Enrollment
48,645
Male:Female
65:35
Founded
1863

17. Nottingham Trent University

For Game Design and Development

#58 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1992

18. Utrecht University

For Game Design and Development

#59 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1636

19. Eindhoven University of Technology

For Game Design and Development

#65 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Founded
1956

20. Graz University of Technology

For Game Design and Development

#1 in Austria
#69 in the World
Enrollment
16,436
Founded
1874

21. University of Patras

For Game Design and Development

#1 in Greece
#71 in the World
Enrollment
21,000
Founded
1964

22. University of Wurzburg

For Game Design and Development

#4 in Germany
#72 in the World
Enrollment
27,149
Male:Female
41:59
Founded
1402

23. University of Twente

For Game Design and Development

#75 in the World
Acceptance Rate
51%
Founded
1961

25. University of Copenhagen

For Game Design and Development

#3 in Denmark
#81 in the World
Acceptance Rate
37%
Founded
1479

26. Vienna University of Technology

For Game Design and Development

#2 in Austria
#82 in the World
Enrollment
29,341
Founded
1872

27. University of Munich

For Game Design and Development

#5 in Germany
#84 in the World
Acceptance Rate
55%
Enrollment
52,418
Founded
1472

28. University of Geneva

For Game Design and Development

#93 in the World
Enrollment
17,744

29. Darmstadt University of Technology

For Game Design and Development

#6 in Germany
#99 in the World
Enrollment
24,969
Founded
1877

33. James I University

For Game Design and Development

#3 in Spain
#107 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
14,343

34. Norwegian University of Science and Technology

For Game Design and Development

#1 in Norway
#108 in the World
Enrollment
42,031
Founded
1996

35. Queen Mary University of London

For Game Design and Development

#109 in the World
Acceptance Rate
18%
Founded
1989

36. Aarhus University

For Game Design and Development

#4 in Denmark
#115 in the World
Acceptance Rate
42%
Enrollment
33,020
Founded
1928

37. University of Lisbon

For Game Design and Development

#1 in Portugal
#117 in the World
Enrollment
49,769
Founded
1911

38. University of Oxford

For Game Design and Development

#120 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1096

39. Catholic University of Leuven

For Game Design and Development

#1 in Belgium
#122 in the World
Enrollment
62,693
Founded
1425

40. Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies

For Game Design and Development

#3 in Italy
#126 in the World
Acceptance Rate
39%
Enrollment
1,000
Founded
1987

41. University of Udine

For Game Design and Development

#4 in Italy
#129 in the World
Founded
1978

44. University of Sussex

For Game Design and Development

#136 in the World
Enrollment
17,319
Male:Female
44:56
Founded
1961

45. University of Milan

For Game Design and Development

#5 in Italy
#138 in the World
Acceptance Rate
21%
Enrollment
65,234
Founded
1924

46. University of Oulu

For Game Design and Development

#2 in Finland
#139 in the World
Enrollment
2,900
Founded
1958

47. University of Duisburg - Essen

For Game Design and Development

#7 in Germany
#141 in the World
Enrollment
43,281
Founded
2003

48. University of Valencia

For Game Design and Development

#4 in Spain
#146 in the World
Acceptance Rate
51%
Enrollment
58,390

49. Loughborough University

For Game Design and Development

#147 in the World
Enrollment
19,449
Founded
1966

50. University of the West of England

For Game Design and Development

#148 in the World
Enrollment
30,732
Founded
1992

51. Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

For Game Design and Development

#8 in Germany
#150 in the World
Acceptance Rate
28%
Enrollment
33,132
Founded
1946

52. Ghent University

For Game Design and Development

#2 in Belgium
#151 in the World
Enrollment
41,669
Founded
1817

53. University of Pisa

For Game Design and Development

#6 in Italy
#152 in the World
Acceptance Rate
39%
Enrollment
49,108
Founded
1343

54. University of Edinburgh

For Game Design and Development

#155 in the World
Acceptance Rate
51%
Founded
1583

55. Pierre and Marie Curie University

For Game Design and Development

#1 in France
#156 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Enrollment
35,114
Founded
1150

56. University of Genoa

For Game Design and Development

#7 in Italy
#157 in the World
Enrollment
36,728
Founded
1481

57. University of Munster

For Game Design and Development

#9 in Germany
#160 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
43,728
Founded
1780

58. Technical University of Madrid

For Game Design and Development

#5 in Spain
#162 in the World
Founded
1971

59. Chalmers University of Technology

For Game Design and Development

#1 in Sweden
#163 in the World
Acceptance Rate
79%
Enrollment
10,912
Founded
1829

60. Free University Amsterdam

For Game Design and Development

#164 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Founded
1880

61. Bournemouth University

For Game Design and Development

#171 in the World
Enrollment
14,293
Founded
1992

62. Trinity College Dublin, University of Dublin

For Game Design and Development

#1 in Ireland
#174 in the World
Enrollment
20,430
Founded
1592

63. University of Padua

For Game Design and Development

#8 in Italy
#182 in the World
Acceptance Rate
40%
Enrollment
62,876
Founded
1222

64. Complutense University of Madrid

For Game Design and Development

#6 in Spain
#185 in the World
Enrollment
71,806
Founded
1508

65. University College Dublin

For Game Design and Development

#2 in Ireland
#186 in the World
Acceptance Rate
42%
Enrollment
33,321
Founded
1854

66. Aalto University

For Game Design and Development

#3 in Finland
#187 in the World
Acceptance Rate
18%
Enrollment
11,440
Founded
2010

68. University of Bielefeld

For Game Design and Development

#10 in Germany
#191 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
24,488
Founded
1969

69. University of Bremen

For Game Design and Development

#11 in Germany
#193 in the World
Enrollment
17,984
Founded
1971

71. University of Zurich

For Game Design and Development

#195 in the World
Acceptance Rate
19%
Enrollment
25,732

72. Technical University of Berlin

For Game Design and Development

#12 in Germany
#196 in the World
Enrollment
35,149
Founded
1946

73. University of York

For Game Design and Development

#197 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Founded
1963

74. University of Cambridge

For Game Design and Development

#199 in the World
Acceptance Rate
21%
Founded
1209

75. Umea University

For Game Design and Development

#2 in Sweden
#204 in the World
Enrollment
34,237
Founded
1965

76. University of Bologna

For Game Design and Development

#9 in Italy
#205 in the World
Acceptance Rate
73%
Enrollment
79,999
Founded
1088

77. University of Porto

For Game Design and Development

#2 in Portugal
#206 in the World
Acceptance Rate
31%
Enrollment
29,178
Founded
1911

78. Coventry University

For Game Design and Development

#207 in the World
Enrollment
22,980
Founded
1992

79. University of Tubingen

For Game Design and Development

#13 in Germany
#208 in the World
Enrollment
27,770
Male:Female
41:59
Founded
1477

80. University of Plymouth

For Game Design and Development

#212 in the World
Acceptance Rate
77%
Founded
1992

82. Sapienza University of Rome

For Game Design and Development

#10 in Italy
#221 in the World
Enrollment
100,155
Founded
1303

83. University of Ulm

For Game Design and Development

#14 in Germany
#224 in the World
Enrollment
10,164
Founded
1967

84. Technical University of Catalonia

For Game Design and Development

#7 in Spain
#225 in the World
Enrollment
29,812

85. Lund University

For Game Design and Development

#3 in Sweden
#227 in the World
Enrollment
40,000
Founded
1666

86. University of Stuttgart

For Game Design and Development

#15 in Germany
#230 in the World
Enrollment
22,616
Founded
1829

87. Brunel University London

For Game Design and Development

#231 in the World
Acceptance Rate
54%
Founded
1966

90. University of East Anglia

For Game Design and Development

#237 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1963

91. Pompeu Fabra University

For Game Design and Development

#8 in Spain
#239 in the World
Enrollment
15,801

92. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

For Game Design and Development

#2 in Greece
#242 in the World
Enrollment
92,090
Founded
1925

93. University of Saragossa

For Game Design and Development

#9 in Spain
#244 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Founded
1542

94. Maastricht University

For Game Design and Development

#245 in the World
Enrollment
18,000
Founded
1976

95. Lancaster University

For Game Design and Development

#248 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1964

96. University of Warwick

For Game Design and Development

#250 in the World
Enrollment
27,278
Founded
1965

97. University of Bristol

For Game Design and Development

#251 in the World
Acceptance Rate
63%
Enrollment
27,513
Founded
1909

98. Linkoping University

For Game Design and Development

#4 in Sweden
#253 in the World
Acceptance Rate
41%
Enrollment
22,441
Founded
1975

99. Ruhr University Bochum

For Game Design and Development

#16 in Germany
#256 in the World
Enrollment
42,954
Founded
1962

100. Polytechnic University of Turin

For Game Design and Development

#11 in Italy
#260 in the World
Founded
1859