Europe's best Development Studies universities [Rankings]

Below is a list of best universities in Europe ranked based on their research performance in Development Studies. A graph of 39.2M citations received by 1.44M academic papers made by 1,248 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 Development Studies

#1 in the United Kingdom

#8 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

2. University College London

United Kingdom | England

For Development Studies

#2 in the United Kingdom

#9 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

3. London School of Economics and Political Science

United Kingdom | England

For Development Studies

#3 in the United Kingdom

#20 in the World

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

4. University of Manchester

United Kingdom | England

For Development Studies

#4 in the United Kingdom

#29 in the World

Founded: 1824

5. University of Cambridge

United Kingdom | England

For Development Studies

#5 in the United Kingdom

#31 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

6. King's College London

United Kingdom | England

For Development Studies

#6 in the United Kingdom

#32 in the World

Founded: 1829

7. University of Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Development Studies

#1 in the Netherlands

#38 in the World

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

8. University of Edinburgh

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Development Studies

#7 in the United Kingdom

#53 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

9. Imperial College London

United Kingdom | England

For Development Studies

#8 in the United Kingdom

#57 in the World

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

10. University of Sheffield

United Kingdom | England

For Development Studies

#9 in the United Kingdom

#60 in the World

Founded: 1905

11. University of Birmingham

United Kingdom | England

For Development Studies

#10 in the United Kingdom

#61 in the World

Founded: 1900

12. University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Development Studies

#11 in the United Kingdom

#64 in the World

Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1836

13. Catholic University of Leuven

Belgium | Leuven

For Development Studies

#1 in Belgium

#67 in the World

Enrollment: 62,693
Founded: 1425

14. University of Nottingham

United Kingdom | England

For Development Studies

#12 in the United Kingdom

#69 in the World

Founded: 1948

15. University of Warwick

United Kingdom | England

For Development Studies

#13 in the United Kingdom

#70 in the World

Enrollment: 27,278
Founded: 1965

16. University of Bristol

United Kingdom | England

For Development Studies

#14 in the United Kingdom

#73 in the World

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

17. University of York

United Kingdom | England

For Development Studies

#15 in the United Kingdom

#74 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1963

18. University of Southampton

United Kingdom | England

For Development Studies

#16 in the United Kingdom

#75 in the World

Enrollment: 21,335
Founded: 1952

19. University of Leeds

United Kingdom | England

For Development Studies

#17 in the United Kingdom

#77 in the World

Founded: 1904

20. Erasmus University Rotterdam

Netherlands | Rotterdam

For Development Studies

#2 in the Netherlands

#79 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 53%
Founded: 1913

21. University of Copenhagen

Denmark | Copenhagen

For Development Studies

#1 in Denmark

#81 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Founded: 1479

22. Utrecht University

Netherlands | Utrecht

For Development Studies

#3 in the Netherlands

#92 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1636

23. University of Sussex

United Kingdom | England

For Development Studies

#18 in the United Kingdom

#95 in the World

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

24. Maastricht University

Netherlands | Maastricht

For Development Studies

#4 in the Netherlands

#101 in the World

Enrollment: 18,000
Founded: 1976

25. Karolinska Institute

Sweden | Stockholm

For Development Studies

#1 in Sweden

#102 in the World

Enrollment: 8,070
Founded: 1861

26. University of Glasgow

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Development Studies

#19 in the United Kingdom

#103 in the World

Founded: 1451

27. University of Oslo

Norway | Oslo

For Development Studies

#1 in Norway

#107 in the World

Enrollment: 26,650
Founded: 1811

28. Aarhus University

Denmark | Aarhus

For Development Studies

#2 in Denmark

#108 in the World

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

29. University of Groningen

Netherlands | Groningen

For Development Studies

#5 in the Netherlands

#110 in the World

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

30. Radboud University

Netherlands | Nijmegen

For Development Studies

#6 in the Netherlands

#112 in the World

Founded: 1923

31. University of Liverpool

United Kingdom | England

For Development Studies

#20 in the United Kingdom

#119 in the World

Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

32. Lund University

Sweden | Lund

For Development Studies

#2 in Sweden

#122 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1666

33. Stockholm University

Sweden | Stockholm

For Development Studies

#3 in Sweden

#123 in the World

Enrollment: 37,484
Founded: 1878

34. Newcastle University

United Kingdom | England

For Development Studies

#21 in the United Kingdom

#125 in the World

Founded: 1963

35. Uppsala University

Sweden | Uppsala

For Development Studies

#4 in Sweden

#136 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1477

36. Cardiff University

United Kingdom | Wales

For Development Studies

#22 in the United Kingdom

#137 in the World

Founded: 1997

37. University of Gothenburg

Sweden | Gothenburg

For Development Studies

#5 in Sweden

#149 in the World

Enrollment: 36,003
Founded: 1891

38. Free University Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Development Studies

#7 in the Netherlands

#154 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1880

39. University of Helsinki

Finland | Helsinki

For Development Studies

#1 in Finland

#155 in the World

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

40. Lancaster University

United Kingdom | England

For Development Studies

#23 in the United Kingdom

#156 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1964

41. University of Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Development Studies

#1 in Switzerland

#168 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Enrollment: 25,732

42. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Development Studies

#2 in Switzerland

#172 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 23,420

43. Wageningen University

Netherlands | Wageningen

For Development Studies

#8 in the Netherlands

#174 in the World

Enrollment: 12,819
Founded: 1918

44. National Research University Higher School of Economics

Russia | Moscow

For Development Studies

#1 in Russia

#181 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1992

45. Sapienza University of Rome

Italy | Lazio

For Development Studies

#1 in Italy

#182 in the World

Enrollment: 100,155
Founded: 1303

46. Heidelberg University - Germany

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Development Studies

#1 in Germany

#186 in the World

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

47. University of Aberdeen

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Development Studies

#24 in the United Kingdom

#187 in the World

Founded: 1495

48. Ghent University

Belgium | Ghent

For Development Studies

#2 in Belgium

#190 in the World

Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1817

49. Queen Mary University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Development Studies

#25 in the United Kingdom

#193 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1989

50. University College Dublin

Ireland | Dublin

For Development Studies

#1 in Ireland

#197 in the World

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

51. University of East Anglia

United Kingdom | England

For Development Studies

#26 in the United Kingdom

#199 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1963

52. University of Exeter

United Kingdom | England

For Development Studies

#27 in the United Kingdom

#202 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1955

53. University of Leicester

United Kingdom | England

For Development Studies

#28 in the United Kingdom

#204 in the World

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

54. Tilburg University

Netherlands | Tilburg

For Development Studies

#9 in the Netherlands

#206 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Enrollment: 19,178
Founded: 1927

55. Autonomous University of Barcelona

Spain | Cerdanyola del Valles

For Development Studies

#1 in Spain

#207 in the World

Enrollment: 30,926

56. Delft University of Technology

Netherlands | Delft

For Development Studies

#10 in the Netherlands

#208 in the World

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

57. Durham University

United Kingdom | England

For Development Studies

#29 in the United Kingdom

#210 in the World

Enrollment: 19,520
Founded: 1832

58. University of Twente

Netherlands | Enschede

For Development Studies

#11 in the Netherlands

#212 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1961

59. Trinity College Dublin, University of Dublin

Ireland | Dublin

For Development Studies

#2 in Ireland

#214 in the World

Enrollment: 20,430
Founded: 1592

60. Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Norway | Trondheim

For Development Studies

#2 in Norway

#218 in the World

Enrollment: 44,000
Founded: 1996

61. Umea University

Sweden | Umea

For Development Studies

#6 in Sweden

#220 in the World

Enrollment: 34,237
Founded: 1965

62. Leiden University

Netherlands | Leiden

For Development Studies

#12 in the Netherlands

#222 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 33,474
Founded: 1575

63. Pierre and Marie Curie University

France | Ile-de-France

For Development Studies

#1 in France

#223 in the World

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

64. University of Hamburg

Germany | Hamburg State

For Development Studies

#2 in Germany

#224 in the World

Enrollment: 43,957
Founded: 1919

65. University of Bologna

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Development Studies

#2 in Italy

#225 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Enrollment: 96,945
Founded: 1088

66. Loughborough University

United Kingdom | England

For Development Studies

#30 in the United Kingdom

#227 in the World

Enrollment: 19,449
Founded: 1966

67. University of Bath

United Kingdom | England

For Development Studies

#31 in the United Kingdom

#228 in the World

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

68. University of Essex

United Kingdom | England

For Development Studies

#32 in the United Kingdom

#230 in the World

Founded: 1964

69. University of Bergen

Norway | Bergen

For Development Studies

#3 in Norway

#231 in the World

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1946

70. University of Lisbon

Portugal | Lisbon

For Development Studies

#1 in Portugal

#232 in the World

Enrollment: 49,769
Founded: 1911

71. Catholic University of Louvain

Belgium | Louvain-la-Neuve

For Development Studies

#3 in Belgium

#237 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1425

72. Linkoping University

Sweden | Linkoping

For Development Studies

#7 in Sweden

#238 in the World

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

73. University of Strathclyde

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Development Studies

#33 in the United Kingdom

#244 in the World

Founded: 1964

74. Ulster University

United Kingdom | Northern Ireland

For Development Studies

#34 in the United Kingdom

#245 in the World

Founded: 1968

75. University of Barcelona

Spain | Barcelona

For Development Studies

#2 in Spain

#247 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Enrollment: 64,236

76. University of Tampere

Finland | Tampere

For Development Studies

#2 in Finland

#253 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 18,400
Male:Female: 47:53
Founded: 1925

77. University of Reading

United Kingdom | England

For Development Studies

#35 in the United Kingdom

#254 in the World

Founded: 1892

78. University of Geneva

Switzerland | Geneva

For Development Studies

#3 in Switzerland

#255 in the World

Enrollment: 17,744

79. University of Surrey

United Kingdom | England

For Development Studies

#36 in the United Kingdom

#256 in the World

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1966

80. Brunel University London

United Kingdom | England

For Development Studies

#37 in the United Kingdom

#259 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1966

81. Pompeu Fabra University

Spain | Barcelona

For Development Studies

#3 in Spain

#262 in the World

Enrollment: 15,801

82. Queen's University Belfast

United Kingdom | Northern Ireland

For Development Studies

#38 in the United Kingdom

#264 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1849

83. University of Stirling

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Development Studies

#39 in the United Kingdom

#268 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 14,000
Founded: 1967

84. University of Dundee

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Development Studies

#40 in the United Kingdom

#270 in the World

Founded: 1967

85. Swansea University

United Kingdom | Wales

For Development Studies

#41 in the United Kingdom

#271 in the World

Founded: 1920

86. KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Sweden | Stockholm

For Development Studies

#8 in Sweden

#274 in the World

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

87. University of Padua

Italy | Veneto

For Development Studies

#3 in Italy

#277 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 70,000
Founded: 1222

88. University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Development Studies

#3 in Germany

#283 in the World

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

89. University of Antwerp

Belgium | Antwerp

For Development Studies

#4 in Belgium

#284 in the World

Founded: 2003

90. University of Kent

United Kingdom | England

For Development Studies

#42 in the United Kingdom

#292 in the World

Founded: 1965

91. Aalborg University

Denmark | Aalborg

For Development Studies

#3 in Denmark

#293 in the World

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

92. Technical University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Development Studies

#4 in Germany

#301 in the World

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

93. University of Gottingen

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Development Studies

#5 in Germany

#302 in the World

Enrollment: 31,619
Founded: 1734

94. University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Development Studies

#4 in Italy

#306 in the World

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

95. Bocconi University

Italy | Lombardy

For Development Studies

#5 in Italy

#308 in the World

Founded: 1902

96. Free University of Brussels

Belgium | Brussels

For Development Studies

#5 in Belgium

#309 in the World

Enrollment: 31,606
Founded: 1834

97. University of Vienna

Austria | Vienna

For Development Studies

#1 in Austria

#311 in the World

Enrollment: 93,628
Founded: 1365

98. University of Liege

Belgium | Liege

For Development Studies

#6 in Belgium

#312 in the World

Enrollment: 27,678
Founded: 1817

99. University of Plymouth

United Kingdom | England

For Development Studies

#43 in the United Kingdom

#315 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1992

100. University of Porto

Portugal | Porto

For Development Studies

#2 in Portugal

#322 in the World

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

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