Best Universities for Optical Engineering in Europe

For Optical Engineering

#1 in the United Kingdom

#8 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

2. University of Oxford

For Optical Engineering

#2 in the United Kingdom

#15 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

3. University College London

For Optical Engineering

#3 in the United Kingdom

#19 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

4. Imperial College London

For Optical Engineering

#4 in the United Kingdom

#20 in the World

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

5. Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

Switzerland | Lausanne

For Optical Engineering

#1 in Switzerland

#22 in the World

Enrollment: 12,576

6. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Optical Engineering

#2 in Switzerland

#38 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 23,420

7. Pierre and Marie Curie University

France | Ile-de-France

For Optical Engineering

#1 in France

#39 in the World

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

8. University of Manchester

For Optical Engineering

#5 in the United Kingdom

#49 in the World

Founded: 1824

9. University of Southampton

For Optical Engineering

#6 in the United Kingdom

#54 in the World

Enrollment: 21,335
Founded: 1952

10. Delft University of Technology

Netherlands | Delft

For Optical Engineering

#1 in the Netherlands

#55 in the World

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

11. Catholic University of Leuven

Belgium | Leuven

For Optical Engineering

#1 in Belgium

#59 in the World

Enrollment: 62,693
Founded: 1425

12. Technical University of Munich

For Optical Engineering

#1 in Germany

#66 in the World

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

13. Vienna University of Technology

Austria | Vienna

For Optical Engineering

#1 in Austria

#69 in the World

Enrollment: 29,341
Founded: 1872

14. Moscow State University

Russia | Moscow

For Optical Engineering

#1 in Russia

#76 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

15. Lund University

Sweden | Lund

For Optical Engineering

#1 in Sweden

#78 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1666

16. Technical University of Denmark

Denmark | Kongens Lyngby

For Optical Engineering

#1 in Denmark

#85 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1829

17. University of Munich

For Optical Engineering

#2 in Germany

#87 in the World

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

18. Paris-Sud University

France | Ile-de-France

For Optical Engineering

#2 in France

#88 in the World

Enrollment: 31,400
Founded: 2014

19. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

For Optical Engineering

#3 in Germany

#93 in the World

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

20. Heidelberg University - Germany

For Optical Engineering

#4 in Germany

#94 in the World

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

21. University of Erlangen Nuremberg

For Optical Engineering

#5 in Germany

#97 in the World

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

22. University of Bristol

For Optical Engineering

#7 in the United Kingdom

#116 in the World

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

23. Chalmers University of Technology

Sweden | Gothenburg

For Optical Engineering

#2 in Sweden

#117 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Enrollment: 10,912
Founded: 1829

24. University of Sheffield

For Optical Engineering

#8 in the United Kingdom

#123 in the World

Founded: 1905

25. University of Hamburg

Germany | Hamburg State

For Optical Engineering

#6 in Germany

#124 in the World

Enrollment: 43,957
Founded: 1919

26. KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Sweden | Stockholm

For Optical Engineering

#3 in Sweden

#127 in the World

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

27. University of Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Optical Engineering

#2 in the Netherlands

#129 in the World

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

28. Friedrich Schiller University of Jena

Germany | Thuringia

For Optical Engineering

#7 in Germany

#130 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 17,345
Founded: 1558

29. Sapienza University of Rome

Italy | Lazio

For Optical Engineering

#1 in Italy

#131 in the World

Enrollment: 100,155
Founded: 1303

30. University of Glasgow

For Optical Engineering

#9 in the United Kingdom

#132 in the World

Founded: 1451

31. University of Gottingen

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Optical Engineering

#8 in Germany

#134 in the World

Enrollment: 31,619
Founded: 1734

32. University of Stuttgart

For Optical Engineering

#9 in Germany

#135 in the World

Enrollment: 22,616
Founded: 1829

33. Polytechnic University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Optical Engineering

#2 in Italy

#137 in the World

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

34. Eindhoven University of Technology

Netherlands | Eindhoven

For Optical Engineering

#3 in the Netherlands

#138 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1956

35. Utrecht University

Netherlands | Utrecht

For Optical Engineering

#4 in the Netherlands

#141 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1636

36. University of Edinburgh

For Optical Engineering

#10 in the United Kingdom

#143 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

37. Uppsala University

Sweden | Uppsala

For Optical Engineering

#4 in Sweden

#146 in the World

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

38. Technical University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Optical Engineering

#10 in Germany

#148 in the World

Enrollment: 35,149
Founded: 1946

39. Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

For Optical Engineering

#3 in France

#149 in the World

Enrollment: 38,007
Founded: 1809

40. University of Nottingham

For Optical Engineering

#11 in the United Kingdom

#152 in the World

Founded: 1948

41. Ghent University

Belgium | Ghent

For Optical Engineering

#2 in Belgium

#155 in the World

Enrollment: 41,669
Founded: 1817

42. RWTH Aachen University

For Optical Engineering

#11 in Germany

#157 in the World

Enrollment: 47,521
Founded: 1870

43. University of Padua

Italy | Veneto

For Optical Engineering

#3 in Italy

#160 in the World

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

44. University of Leeds

For Optical Engineering

#12 in the United Kingdom

#161 in the World

Founded: 1904

45. University of Bologna

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Optical Engineering

#4 in Italy

#162 in the World

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

46. University of Groningen

Netherlands | Groningen

For Optical Engineering

#5 in the Netherlands

#163 in the World

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

47. University of Copenhagen

Denmark | Copenhagen

For Optical Engineering

#2 in Denmark

#165 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Founded: 1479

48. Grenoble Alpes University

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

For Optical Engineering

#4 in France

#166 in the World

Enrollment: 53,949
Founded: 1339

49. Polytechnic School

France | Ile-de-France

For Optical Engineering

#5 in France

#167 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 2,316
Founded: 1794

50. University of Munster

For Optical Engineering

#12 in Germany

#168 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 43,728
Founded: 1780

51. University of Birmingham

For Optical Engineering

#13 in the United Kingdom

#171 in the World

Founded: 1900

52. University of Helsinki

Finland | Helsinki

For Optical Engineering

#1 in Finland

#174 in the World

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

53. University of Vienna

Austria | Vienna

For Optical Engineering

#2 in Austria

#176 in the World

Enrollment: 93,628
Founded: 1365

54. University of Wurzburg

For Optical Engineering

#13 in Germany

#182 in the World

Enrollment: 27,149
Male:Female: 41:59
Founded: 1402

55. University of Twente

Netherlands | Enschede

For Optical Engineering

#6 in the Netherlands

#185 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1961

56. Leiden University

Netherlands | Leiden

For Optical Engineering

#7 in the Netherlands

#188 in the World

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

57. Radboud University

Netherlands | Nijmegen

For Optical Engineering

#8 in the Netherlands

#191 in the World

Founded: 1923

58. Ruhr University Bochum

For Optical Engineering

#14 in Germany

#196 in the World

Enrollment: 42,954
Founded: 1962

59. University of Geneva

Switzerland | Geneva

For Optical Engineering

#3 in Switzerland

#201 in the World

Enrollment: 17,744

60. Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Germany | Rhineland-Palatinate

For Optical Engineering

#15 in Germany

#206 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 28%
Enrollment: 33,132
Founded: 1946

61. Durham University

For Optical Engineering

#14 in the United Kingdom

#207 in the World

Enrollment: 19,520
Founded: 1832

62. University of Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Optical Engineering

#4 in Switzerland

#209 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Enrollment: 25,732

63. University of Liverpool

For Optical Engineering

#15 in the United Kingdom

#210 in the World

Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

64. Polytechnic University of Bari

Italy | Apulia

For Optical Engineering

#5 in Italy

#213 in the World

Founded: 1990

65. Dresden University of Technology

Germany | Saxony

For Optical Engineering

#16 in Germany

#214 in the World

Enrollment: 31,517
Founded: 1828

66. University of Bordeaux

France | Nouvelle-Aquitaine

For Optical Engineering

#6 in France

#216 in the World

Enrollment: 54,000
Founded: 1441

67. Autonomous University of Madrid

Spain | Madrid

For Optical Engineering

#1 in Spain

#217 in the World

Founded: 1968

68. University of Bonn

For Optical Engineering

#17 in Germany

#220 in the World

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

69. University of Strathclyde

For Optical Engineering

#16 in the United Kingdom

#221 in the World

Founded: 1964

70. University of Freiburg

For Optical Engineering

#18 in Germany

#223 in the World

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

71. King's College London

For Optical Engineering

#17 in the United Kingdom

#224 in the World

Founded: 1829

72. Linkoping University

Sweden | Linkoping

For Optical Engineering

#5 in Sweden

#225 in the World

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

73. Karolinska Institute

Sweden | Stockholm

For Optical Engineering

#6 in Sweden

#226 in the World

Enrollment: 8,070
Founded: 1861

74. University of Florence

Italy | Tuscany

For Optical Engineering

#6 in Italy

#229 in the World

Founded: 1321

75. University of Pisa

Italy | Tuscany

For Optical Engineering

#7 in Italy

#233 in the World

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

76. University of Barcelona

Spain | Barcelona

For Optical Engineering

#2 in Spain

#234 in the World

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

77. Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main

Germany | Hesse

For Optical Engineering

#19 in Germany

#235 in the World

Enrollment: 43,461
Founded: 1914

78. Complutense University of Madrid

Spain | Madrid

For Optical Engineering

#3 in Spain

#237 in the World

Enrollment: 71,806
Founded: 1508

79. University of Oslo

Norway | Oslo

For Optical Engineering

#1 in Norway

#238 in the World

Enrollment: 26,650
Founded: 1811

80. University of Tubingen

For Optical Engineering

#20 in Germany

#239 in the World

Enrollment: 27,770
Male:Female: 41:59
Founded: 1477

81. Aarhus University

Denmark | Aarhus

For Optical Engineering

#3 in Denmark

#241 in the World

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

82. University of Bern

Switzerland | Bern

For Optical Engineering

#5 in Switzerland

#242 in the World

Enrollment: 18,576

83. University of Valencia

Spain | Valencia

For Optical Engineering

#4 in Spain

#244 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Enrollment: 58,390

84. Technical University of Catalonia

Spain | Barcelona

For Optical Engineering

#5 in Spain

#245 in the World

Enrollment: 29,812

85. Free University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Optical Engineering

#21 in Germany

#248 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Enrollment: 37,608
Founded: 1948

86. University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Optical Engineering

#8 in Italy

#250 in the World

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

87. University of St Andrews

For Optical Engineering

#18 in the United Kingdom

#257 in the World

Enrollment: 10,425
Founded: 1413

88. University of Bath

For Optical Engineering

#19 in the United Kingdom

#258 in the World

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

89. Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Norway | Trondheim

For Optical Engineering

#2 in Norway

#261 in the World

Enrollment: 42,031
Founded: 1996

90. Darmstadt University of Technology

Germany | Hesse

For Optical Engineering

#22 in Germany

#263 in the World

Enrollment: 24,969
Founded: 1877

91. University of Regensburg

For Optical Engineering

#23 in Germany

#266 in the World

Enrollment: 20,702
Founded: 1962

92. Polytechnic University of Valencia

Spain | Valencia

For Optical Engineering

#6 in Spain

#267 in the World

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

93. University of Montpellier

France | Occitanie

For Optical Engineering

#7 in France

#268 in the World

Enrollment: 46,578
Founded: 1289

94. Polytechnic University of Turin

Italy | Piedmont

For Optical Engineering

#9 in Italy

#269 in the World

Founded: 1859

95. Queen's University Belfast

United Kingdom | Northern Ireland

For Optical Engineering

#20 in the United Kingdom

#270 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1849

96. Paul Sabatier University - Toulouse III

France | Occitanie

For Optical Engineering

#8 in France

#275 in the World

Enrollment: 29,680
Founded: 1960

97. Humboldt University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Optical Engineering

#24 in Germany

#276 in the World

Enrollment: 36,378
Founded: 1809

98. University of Liege

Belgium | Liege

For Optical Engineering

#3 in Belgium

#283 in the World

Enrollment: 25,421
Founded: 1817

99. Queen Mary University of London

For Optical Engineering

#21 in the United Kingdom

#284 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1989

100. University of Warwick