Best Universities for Software Engineering in Europe

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EduRank

Below is a list of best universities in Europe ranked based on their research performance in Software Engineering. A graph of 6.35M citations received by 364K academic papers made by 749 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. Imperial College London

For Software Engineering

#12 in the World
Enrollment
17,565
Founded
1907

2. Delft University of Technology

For Software Engineering

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

3. Technical University of Munich

For Software Engineering

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

4. Polytechnic University of Milan

For Software Engineering

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

5. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

For Software Engineering

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

6. Eindhoven University of Technology

For Software Engineering

#21 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Founded
1956

8. University of Cambridge

For Software Engineering

#27 in the World
Acceptance Rate
21%
Founded
1209

9. Vienna University of Technology

For Software Engineering

#1 in Austria
#29 in the World
Enrollment
29,341
Founded
1872

10. Catholic University of Leuven

For Software Engineering

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

11. RWTH Aachen University

For Software Engineering

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

13. University of Oxford

For Software Engineering

#39 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1096

14. University of Twente

For Software Engineering

#42 in the World
Acceptance Rate
51%
Founded
1961

15. University of Edinburgh

For Software Engineering

#44 in the World
Acceptance Rate
51%
Founded
1583

16. University College London

For Software Engineering

#45 in the World
Enrollment
42,000
Founded
1826

17. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

For Software Engineering

#3 in Germany
#51 in the World
Acceptance Rate
26%
Enrollment
23,321
Founded
2009

18. KTH Royal Institute of Technology

For Software Engineering

#1 in Sweden
#52 in the World
Acceptance Rate
41%
Enrollment
14,278
Founded
1827

20. University of York

For Software Engineering

#58 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Founded
1963

21. University of Bologna

For Software Engineering

#2 in Italy
#60 in the World
Acceptance Rate
73%
Enrollment
79,999
Founded
1088

23. Lund University

For Software Engineering

#2 in Sweden
#64 in the World
Enrollment
40,000
Founded
1666

24. Darmstadt University of Technology

For Software Engineering

#4 in Germany
#66 in the World
Enrollment
24,969
Founded
1877

25. Chalmers University of Technology

For Software Engineering

#3 in Sweden
#67 in the World
Acceptance Rate
79%
Enrollment
10,912
Founded
1829

26. University of Southampton

For Software Engineering

#68 in the World
Enrollment
21,335
Founded
1952

27. University of Amsterdam

For Software Engineering

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

28. University of Stuttgart

For Software Engineering

#5 in Germany
#77 in the World
Enrollment
22,616
Founded
1829

29. Lancaster University

For Software Engineering

#80 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1964

31. Free University Amsterdam

For Software Engineering

#87 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Founded
1880

32. Linkoping University

For Software Engineering

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

33. Utrecht University

For Software Engineering

#94 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1636

34. Catholic University of Louvain

For Software Engineering

#2 in Belgium
#96 in the World
Enrollment
40,000
Founded
1425

37. Free University of Brussels - VUB

For Software Engineering

#3 in Belgium
#103 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Enrollment
11,101
Founded
1970

38. Technical University of Berlin

For Software Engineering

#6 in Germany
#104 in the World
Enrollment
35,149
Founded
1946

39. University of Trento

For Software Engineering

#4 in Italy
#106 in the World
Acceptance Rate
73%
Enrollment
16,239
Founded
1962

40. University of Zurich

For Software Engineering

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

41. Polytechnic University of Valencia

For Software Engineering

#3 in Spain
#109 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
28,450
Founded
1968

42. Johannes Kepler University Linz

For Software Engineering

#2 in Austria
#114 in the World
Acceptance Rate
56%
Enrollment
20,544
Founded
1966

43. Aalborg University

For Software Engineering

#1 in Denmark
#117 in the World
Acceptance Rate
40%
Enrollment
20,353
Founded
1974

45. Durham University

For Software Engineering

#122 in the World
Enrollment
19,520
Founded
1832

46. University of Bremen

For Software Engineering

#7 in Germany
#123 in the World
Enrollment
17,984
Founded
1971

47. Graz University of Technology

For Software Engineering

#3 in Austria
#124 in the World
Enrollment
16,436
Founded
1874

48. University of Pisa

For Software Engineering

#5 in Italy
#125 in the World
Acceptance Rate
39%
Enrollment
49,108
Founded
1343

49. Loughborough University

For Software Engineering

#130 in the World
Enrollment
19,449
Founded
1966

50. Technical University of Denmark

For Software Engineering

#2 in Denmark
#133 in the World
Acceptance Rate
38%
Founded
1829

51. Saarland University

For Software Engineering

#8 in Germany
#137 in the World
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
16,604
Founded
1948

52. University of Hamburg

For Software Engineering

#9 in Germany
#138 in the World
Enrollment
43,957
Founded
1919

53. University of Lisbon

For Software Engineering

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

54. Aalto University

For Software Engineering

#1 in Finland
#140 in the World
Acceptance Rate
18%
Enrollment
11,440
Founded
2010

55. University of Paderborn

For Software Engineering

#10 in Germany
#141 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
19,110
Founded
1972

56. Pierre and Marie Curie University

For Software Engineering

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

57. University of Tampere

For Software Engineering

#2 in Finland
#144 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
30,000
Founded
1925

58. University of Bristol

For Software Engineering

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

59. Dresden University of Technology

For Software Engineering

#11 in Germany
#149 in the World
Enrollment
31,517
Founded
1828

60. Sapienza University of Rome

For Software Engineering

#6 in Italy
#152 in the World
Enrollment
100,155
Founded
1303

61. Aarhus University

For Software Engineering

#3 in Denmark
#153 in the World
Acceptance Rate
42%
Enrollment
33,020
Founded
1928

62. University of Duisburg - Essen

For Software Engineering

#12 in Germany
#154 in the World
Enrollment
43,281
Founded
2003

63. University of Oslo

For Software Engineering

#2 in Norway
#155 in the World
Enrollment
26,650
Founded
1811

65. University of Groningen

For Software Engineering

#159 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
34,000
Founded
1614

66. TU Dortmund University

For Software Engineering

#13 in Germany
#161 in the World
Acceptance Rate
59%
Enrollment
34,616
Male:Female
54:46
Founded
1968

67. Federico II University of Naples

For Software Engineering

#7 in Italy
#163 in the World
Enrollment
73,553
Founded
1224

68. University of Aquila

For Software Engineering

#8 in Italy
#164 in the World
Founded
1596

71. Ghent University

For Software Engineering

#4 in Belgium
#170 in the World
Enrollment
41,669
Founded
1817

72. University of Seville

For Software Engineering

#4 in Spain
#171 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Founded
1505

73. University of Munich

For Software Engineering

#14 in Germany
#172 in the World
Acceptance Rate
55%
Enrollment
52,418
Founded
1472

74. University of Erlangen Nuremberg

For Software Engineering

#15 in Germany
#173 in the World
Acceptance Rate
46%
Enrollment
38,878
Founded
1743

75. University of Gottingen

For Software Engineering

#16 in Germany
#174 in the World
Enrollment
31,619
Founded
1734

76. National Technical University of Athens

For Software Engineering

#1 in Greece
#177 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Founded
1836

77. University of Castilla La Mancha

For Software Engineering

#5 in Spain
#180 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1982

78. Technical University of Kaiserslautern

For Software Engineering

#17 in Germany
#181 in the World
Enrollment
13,607
Male:Female
60:40
Founded
1970

79. University of Minho

For Software Engineering

#2 in Portugal
#183 in the World
Acceptance Rate
40%
Enrollment
19,077
Founded
1973

81. University of Warwick

For Software Engineering

#185 in the World
Enrollment
27,278
Founded
1965

82. Uppsala University

For Software Engineering

#5 in Sweden
#188 in the World
Acceptance Rate
69%
Enrollment
35,556
Founded
1477

83. University of Genoa

For Software Engineering

#9 in Italy
#189 in the World
Enrollment
36,728
Founded
1481

84. University of Porto

For Software Engineering

#3 in Portugal
#190 in the World
Acceptance Rate
31%
Enrollment
29,178
Founded
1911

85. Blekinge Institute of Technology

For Software Engineering

#6 in Sweden
#191 in the World
Enrollment
4,263
Founded
1989

86. University of Italian-speaking Switzerland

For Software Engineering

#192 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Enrollment
3,017

87. University of Padua

For Software Engineering

#10 in Italy
#196 in the World
Acceptance Rate
40%
Enrollment
62,876
Founded
1222

88. University of Milan

For Software Engineering

#11 in Italy
#197 in the World
Acceptance Rate
21%
Enrollment
65,234
Founded
1924

90. Brunel University London

For Software Engineering

#199 in the World
Acceptance Rate
54%
Founded
1966

91. Grenoble Alpes University

For Software Engineering

#2 in France
#203 in the World
Enrollment
53,949
Founded
1339

92. University of Oulu

For Software Engineering

#3 in Finland
#205 in the World
Enrollment
2,900
Founded
1958

93. Complutense University of Madrid

For Software Engineering

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

94. Carlos III University, Madrid

For Software Engineering

#7 in Spain
#209 in the World
Acceptance Rate
27%
Founded
1989

95. University of Vigo

For Software Engineering

#8 in Spain
#210 in the World
Enrollment
18,577
Founded
1989

96. Malardalen University

For Software Engineering

#7 in Sweden
#217 in the World
Acceptance Rate
31%
Enrollment
12,884
Founded
1977

97. Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

For Software Engineering

#3 in France
#218 in the World
Enrollment
38,007
Founded
1809

98. New University of Lisbon

For Software Engineering

#4 in Portugal
#224 in the World
Enrollment
20,077
Founded
1973

99. University of Patras

For Software Engineering

#2 in Greece
#227 in the World
Enrollment
21,000
Founded
1964