Best Universities for Machine Learning 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 Machine Learning. A graph of 46.6M citations received by 1.98M academic papers made by 1,222 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 Machine Learning

#1 in the United Kingdom

#11 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

2. University College London

United Kingdom | England

For Machine Learning

#2 in the United Kingdom

#14 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

3. University of Cambridge

United Kingdom | England

For Machine Learning

#3 in the United Kingdom

#23 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

4. Imperial College London

United Kingdom | England

For Machine Learning

#4 in the United Kingdom

#34 in the World

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

5. Catholic University of Leuven

Belgium | Leuven

For Machine Learning

#35 in the World

Enrollment: 62,693
Founded: 1425

6. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Machine Learning

#1 in Switzerland

#48 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 23,420

7. Technical University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Machine Learning

#50 in the World

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

8. University of Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Machine Learning

#1 in the Netherlands

#56 in the World

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

9. Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

Switzerland | Lausanne

For Machine Learning

#2 in Switzerland

#58 in the World

Enrollment: 12,576

10. University of Edinburgh

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Machine Learning

#5 in the United Kingdom

#59 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

11. University of Manchester

United Kingdom | England

For Machine Learning

#6 in the United Kingdom

#70 in the World

Founded: 1824

12. Delft University of Technology

Netherlands | Delft

For Machine Learning

#2 in the Netherlands

#80 in the World

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

13. University of Bristol

United Kingdom | England

For Machine Learning

#7 in the United Kingdom

#93 in the World

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

14. University of Sheffield

United Kingdom | England

For Machine Learning

#8 in the United Kingdom

#94 in the World

Founded: 1905

15. University of Copenhagen

Denmark | Copenhagen

For Machine Learning

#101 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Founded: 1479

16. Radboud University

Netherlands | Nijmegen

For Machine Learning

#3 in the Netherlands

#112 in the World

Founded: 1923

17. Utrecht University

Netherlands | Utrecht

For Machine Learning

#4 in the Netherlands

#115 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1636

18. University of Southampton

United Kingdom | England

For Machine Learning

#9 in the United Kingdom

#118 in the World

Enrollment: 21,335
Founded: 1952

19. Pierre and Marie Curie University

France | Ile-de-France

For Machine Learning

#1 in France

#122 in the World

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

20. Polytechnic University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Machine Learning

#1 in Italy

#126 in the World

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

21. University of Granada

Spain | Granada

For Machine Learning

#1 in Spain

#129 in the World

Founded: 1531

22. RWTH Aachen University

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Machine Learning

#136 in the World

Enrollment: 47,521
Founded: 1870

23. University of Helsinki

Finland | Helsinki

For Machine Learning

#137 in the World

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

24. Ghent University

Belgium | Ghent

For Machine Learning

#139 in the World

Enrollment: 41,669
Founded: 1817

25. University of Groningen

Netherlands | Groningen

For Machine Learning

#5 in the Netherlands

#141 in the World

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

26. Lund University

For Machine Learning

#1 in Sweden

#144 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1666

27. University of Nottingham

United Kingdom | England

For Machine Learning

#10 in the United Kingdom

#148 in the World

Founded: 1948

28. University of Bologna

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Machine Learning

#2 in Italy

#149 in the World

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

29. King's College London

United Kingdom | England

For Machine Learning

#11 in the United Kingdom

#150 in the World

Founded: 1829

30. University of Birmingham

United Kingdom | England

For Machine Learning

#12 in the United Kingdom

#151 in the World

Founded: 1900

31. Sapienza University of Rome

For Machine Learning

#3 in Italy

#153 in the World

Enrollment: 100,155
Founded: 1303

32. Heidelberg University - Germany

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Machine Learning

#160 in the World

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

33. University of Glasgow

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Machine Learning

#13 in the United Kingdom

#162 in the World

Founded: 1451

34. University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Machine Learning

#164 in the World

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

35. Erasmus University Rotterdam

Netherlands | Rotterdam

For Machine Learning

#6 in the Netherlands

#167 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 53%
Founded: 1913

36. University of Padua

For Machine Learning

#4 in Italy

#174 in the World

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

37. Uppsala University

Sweden | Uppsala

For Machine Learning

#2 in Sweden

#177 in the World

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

38. University of Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Machine Learning

#3 in Switzerland

#179 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Enrollment: 25,732

39. University of Warwick

United Kingdom | England

For Machine Learning

#14 in the United Kingdom

#180 in the World

Enrollment: 27,278
Founded: 1965

40. Eindhoven University of Technology

Netherlands | Eindhoven

For Machine Learning

#7 in the Netherlands

#183 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1956

41. University of Freiburg

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Machine Learning

#184 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 23,938
Founded: 1457

42. Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Norway | Trondheim

For Machine Learning

#1 in Norway

#189 in the World

Enrollment: 42,031
Founded: 1996

43. Aarhus University

Denmark | Aarhus

For Machine Learning

#190 in the World

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

44. TU Dortmund University

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Machine Learning

#191 in the World

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

45. Technical University of Denmark

Denmark | Kongens Lyngby

For Machine Learning

#192 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1829

46. KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Sweden | Stockholm

For Machine Learning

#3 in Sweden

#194 in the World

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

47. Technical University of Catalonia

Spain | Barcelona

For Machine Learning

#2 in Spain

#199 in the World

Enrollment: 29,812

48. University of Liverpool

United Kingdom | England

For Machine Learning

#15 in the United Kingdom

#200 in the World

Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

49. University of Leeds

United Kingdom | England

For Machine Learning

#16 in the United Kingdom

#202 in the World

Founded: 1904

50. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Greece | Thessaloniki

For Machine Learning

#1 in Greece

#203 in the World

Enrollment: 92,090
Founded: 1925

51. National Technical University of Athens

Greece | Athens

For Machine Learning

#2 in Greece

#207 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1836

52. Karolinska Institute

Sweden | Stockholm

For Machine Learning

#4 in Sweden

#208 in the World

Enrollment: 8,070
Founded: 1861

53. Free University of Brussels

Belgium | Brussels

For Machine Learning

#210 in the World

Enrollment: 31,606
Founded: 1834

54. Leiden University

Netherlands | Leiden

For Machine Learning

#8 in the Netherlands

#213 in the World

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

55. University of York

United Kingdom | England

For Machine Learning

#17 in the United Kingdom

#216 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1963

56. University of Porto

Portugal | Porto

For Machine Learning

#219 in the World

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

57. Technical University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Machine Learning

#220 in the World

Enrollment: 35,149
Founded: 1946

58. Umea University

For Machine Learning

#5 in Sweden

#225 in the World

Enrollment: 34,237
Founded: 1965

59. Queen Mary University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Machine Learning

#18 in the United Kingdom

#232 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1989

60. Newcastle University

United Kingdom | England

For Machine Learning

#19 in the United Kingdom

#234 in the World

Founded: 1963

61. London School of Economics and Political Science

United Kingdom | England

For Machine Learning

#20 in the United Kingdom

#236 in the World

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

62. University of Oslo

For Machine Learning

#2 in Norway

#237 in the World

Enrollment: 26,650
Founded: 1811

63. University of Hamburg

Germany | Hamburg State

For Machine Learning

#242 in the World

Enrollment: 43,957
Founded: 1919

64. University of Surrey

United Kingdom | England

For Machine Learning

#21 in the United Kingdom

#243 in the World

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1966

65. University of Twente

Netherlands | Enschede

For Machine Learning

#9 in the Netherlands

#245 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1961

66. Free University Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Machine Learning

#10 in the Netherlands

#246 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1880

67. Maastricht University

Netherlands | Maastricht

For Machine Learning

#11 in the Netherlands

#247 in the World

Enrollment: 18,000
Founded: 1976

68. University of Lisbon

Portugal | Lisbon

For Machine Learning

#248 in the World

Enrollment: 49,769
Founded: 1911

69. Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

For Machine Learning

#2 in France

#250 in the World

Enrollment: 38,007
Founded: 1809

70. Polytechnic University of Bari

For Machine Learning

#5 in Italy

#251 in the World

Founded: 1990

71. Vienna University of Technology

Austria | Vienna

For Machine Learning

#254 in the World

Enrollment: 29,341
Founded: 1872

72. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Machine Learning

#257 in the World

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

73. Technical University of Madrid

For Machine Learning

#3 in Spain

#258 in the World

Founded: 1971

74. Aalborg University

Denmark | Aalborg

For Machine Learning

#260 in the World

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

75. University of Vienna

Austria | Vienna

For Machine Learning

#261 in the World

Enrollment: 93,628
Founded: 1365

76. University of Bonn

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Machine Learning

#10 in Germany

#264 in the World

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

77. University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Machine Learning

#6 in Italy

#265 in the World

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

78. Catholic University of Louvain

Belgium | Louvain-la-Neuve

For Machine Learning

#268 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1425

79. University College Dublin

Ireland | Dublin

For Machine Learning

#273 in the World

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

80. University of Essex

United Kingdom | England

For Machine Learning

#22 in the United Kingdom

#276 in the World

Founded: 1964

81. University of Barcelona

Spain | Barcelona

For Machine Learning

#4 in Spain

#279 in the World

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

82. University of Erlangen Nuremberg

Germany | Bavaria

For Machine Learning

#11 in Germany

#282 in the World

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

83. University of Trento

Italy | Trentino-South Tyrol

For Machine Learning

#7 in Italy

#287 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Enrollment: 16,239
Founded: 1962

84. Linkoping University

Sweden | Linkoping

For Machine Learning

#6 in Sweden

#290 in the World

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

85. University of Exeter

United Kingdom | England

For Machine Learning

#23 in the United Kingdom

#293 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1955

86. University of Florence

Italy | Tuscany

For Machine Learning

#8 in Italy

#297 in the World

Founded: 1321

87. Stockholm University

Sweden | Stockholm

For Machine Learning

#7 in Sweden

#299 in the World

Enrollment: 37,484
Founded: 1878

88. Tilburg University

Netherlands | Tilburg

For Machine Learning

#12 in the Netherlands

#300 in the World

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

89. Wageningen University

Netherlands | Wageningen

For Machine Learning

#13 in the Netherlands

#301 in the World

Enrollment: 12,819
Founded: 1918

90. Polytechnic University of Turin

Italy | Piedmont

For Machine Learning

#9 in Italy

#302 in the World

Founded: 1859

91. University of Liege

Belgium | Liege

For Machine Learning

#303 in the World

Enrollment: 25,421
Founded: 1817

92. Polytechnic University of Valencia

Spain | Valencia

For Machine Learning

#5 in Spain

#305 in the World

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

93. Cardiff University

United Kingdom | Wales

For Machine Learning

#24 in the United Kingdom

#308 in the World

Founded: 1997

94. University of Genoa

Italy | Liguria

For Machine Learning

#10 in Italy

#311 in the World

Enrollment: 36,728
Founded: 1481

95. Free University of Brussels - VUB

Belgium | Brussels

For Machine Learning

#315 in the World

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

96. Darmstadt University of Technology

Germany | Hesse

For Machine Learning

#12 in Germany

#319 in the World

Enrollment: 24,969
Founded: 1877

97. University of Tampere

Finland | Tampere

For Machine Learning

#321 in the World

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

98. University of Patras

Greece | Patras

For Machine Learning

#3 in Greece

#322 in the World

Enrollment: 21,000
Founded: 1964

99. University of Strathclyde

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Machine Learning

#25 in the United Kingdom

#323 in the World

Founded: 1964

100. Federico II University of Naples

Italy | Campania

For Machine Learning

#11 in Italy

#325 in the World

Enrollment: 73,553
Founded: 1224