Best Universities for Robotics in Europe

Updated: March 02, 2025

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Europe ranked based on their research performance in Robotics. A graph of 2.99M citations received by 150K academic papers made by 488 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. Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

Switzerland Flag

Switzerland | Lausanne

For Robotics

#1 in Switzerland

#8 in the World

Enrollment: 12,576

2. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Switzerland Flag

Switzerland | Zurich

For Robotics

#2 in Switzerland

#10 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 23,420

3. Technical University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Robotics

#11 in the World

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

4. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Robotics

#20 in the World

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

5. Imperial College London

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | England

For Robotics

#1 in the United Kingdom

#27 in the World

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

6. University of Oxford

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United Kingdom | England

For Robotics

#2 in the United Kingdom

#31 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

7. Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies

Italy | Tuscany

For Robotics

#1 in Italy

#33 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Enrollment: 1,000
Founded: 1987

8. University of Freiburg

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Robotics

#36 in the World

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

9. KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Sweden | Stockholm

For Robotics

#1 in Sweden

#44 in the World

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

10. Delft University of Technology

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Netherlands | Delft

For Robotics

#1 in the Netherlands

#46 in the World

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

11. Sapienza University of Rome

For Robotics

#2 in Italy

#49 in the World

Enrollment: 100,155
Founded: 1303

12. University of Saragossa

Spain | Zaragoza

For Robotics

#1 in Spain

#51 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1542

13. Federico II University of Naples

Italy | Campania

For Robotics

#3 in Italy

#57 in the World

Enrollment: 73,553
Founded: 1224

14. Polytechnic University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Robotics

#4 in Italy

#63 in the World

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

15. University of Bonn

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Robotics

#67 in the World

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

16. University of Genoa

Italy | Liguria

For Robotics

#5 in Italy

#72 in the World

Enrollment: 36,728
Founded: 1481

17. University of Twente

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Netherlands | Enschede

For Robotics

#2 in the Netherlands

#74 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1961

18. Darmstadt University of Technology

Germany | Hesse

For Robotics

#75 in the World

Enrollment: 24,969
Founded: 1877

19. Technical University of Catalonia

Spain | Barcelona

For Robotics

#2 in Spain

#76 in the World

Enrollment: 29,812

20. Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Norway | Trondheim

For Robotics

#1 in Norway

#79 in the World

Enrollment: 42,031
Founded: 1996

21. University of Bielefeld

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Robotics

#81 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 24,488
Founded: 1969

22. Pierre and Marie Curie University

France | Ile-de-France

For Robotics

#1 in France

#82 in the World

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

23. Catholic University of Leuven

Belgium | Leuven

For Robotics

#85 in the World

Enrollment: 62,693
Founded: 1425

24. University of Pisa

Italy | Tuscany

For Robotics

#6 in Italy

#87 in the World

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

25. University of Zurich

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Switzerland | Zurich

For Robotics

#3 in Switzerland

#91 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Enrollment: 25,732

26. Eindhoven University of Technology

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Netherlands | Eindhoven

For Robotics

#3 in the Netherlands

#95 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 13,069
Founded: 1956

27. Carlos III University, Madrid

For Robotics

#3 in Spain

#100 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Founded: 1989

28. University of Sheffield

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United Kingdom | England

For Robotics

#3 in the United Kingdom

#101 in the World

Founded: 1905

29. Free University of Brussels

Belgium | Brussels

For Robotics

#102 in the World

Enrollment: 31,606
Founded: 1834

30. Linkoping University

Sweden | Linkoping

For Robotics

#2 in Sweden

#106 in the World

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

31. University of Cambridge

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United Kingdom | England

For Robotics

#4 in the United Kingdom

#108 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

32. University of Hertfordshire

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United Kingdom | England

For Robotics

#5 in the United Kingdom

#111 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1992

33. University of Coimbra

Portugal | Coimbra

For Robotics

#116 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Enrollment: 25,580
Founded: 1290

34. University of Bologna

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Robotics

#7 in Italy

#117 in the World

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

35. National Technical University of Athens

Greece | Athens

For Robotics

#1 in Greece

#124 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1836

36. University of Padua

For Robotics

#8 in Italy

#126 in the World

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

37. University of Southern Denmark

Denmark | Odense

For Robotics

#133 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Founded: 1966

38. University of Cassino and Southern Lazio

For Robotics

#9 in Italy

#134 in the World

Founded: 1979

39. King's College London

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United Kingdom | England

For Robotics

#6 in the United Kingdom

#135 in the World

Founded: 1829

40. Orebro University

Sweden | Orebro

For Robotics

#3 in Sweden

#137 in the World

Enrollment: 11,638
Male:Female: 39:61
Founded: 1977

41. Utrecht University

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Netherlands | Utrecht

For Robotics

#4 in the Netherlands

#140 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1636

42. RWTH Aachen University

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Robotics

#141 in the World

Enrollment: 47,521
Founded: 1870

43. University of Stuttgart

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Robotics

#144 in the World

Enrollment: 22,616
Founded: 1829

44. University College London

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United Kingdom | England

For Robotics

#7 in the United Kingdom

#145 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

45. Czech Technical University in Prague

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Czech Republic | Prague

For Robotics

#1 in the Czech Republic

#147 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Enrollment: 19,080
Founded: 1707

46. University of Edinburgh

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United Kingdom | Scotland

For Robotics

#8 in the United Kingdom

#150 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

47. University of Bremen

Germany | Bremen State

For Robotics

#151 in the World

Enrollment: 17,984
Founded: 1971

48. University of Bristol

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | England

For Robotics

#9 in the United Kingdom

#152 in the World

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

49. University of Seville

Spain | Seville

For Robotics

#4 in Spain

#154 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1505

50. University of the West of England

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | England

For Robotics

#10 in the United Kingdom

#157 in the World

Enrollment: 30,732
Founded: 1992

51. University of Malaga

For Robotics

#5 in Spain

#158 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Enrollment: 36,054
Founded: 1972

52. Technical University of Madrid

For Robotics

#6 in Spain

#160 in the World

Founded: 1971

53. University of Lisbon

Portugal | Lisbon

For Robotics

#166 in the World

Enrollment: 49,769
Founded: 1911

54. Aalborg University

Denmark | Aalborg

For Robotics

#170 in the World

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

55. Vienna University of Technology

Austria | Vienna

For Robotics

#173 in the World

Enrollment: 29,341
Founded: 1872

56. University of Patras

Greece | Patras

For Robotics

#2 in Greece

#177 in the World

Enrollment: 21,000
Founded: 1964

57. University of Nottingham

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | England

For Robotics

#11 in the United Kingdom

#180 in the World

Founded: 1948

58. University of Hamburg

Germany | Hamburg State

For Robotics

#10 in Germany

#181 in the World

Enrollment: 43,957
Founded: 1919

59. Free University of Brussels - VUB

Belgium | Brussels

For Robotics

#182 in the World

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

60. Polytechnic University of Turin

Italy | Piedmont

For Robotics

#10 in Italy

#185 in the World

Founded: 1859

61. University of Essex

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | England

For Robotics

#12 in the United Kingdom

#187 in the World

Founded: 1964

62. Heriot-Watt University

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Robotics

#13 in the United Kingdom

#195 in the World

Founded: 1966

63. Technical University of Cluj-Napoca

Romania | Cluj-Napoca

For Robotics

#197 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1948

64. University of Porto

Portugal | Porto

For Robotics

#202 in the World

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

65. Technical University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Robotics

#11 in Germany

#204 in the World

Enrollment: 34,842
Founded: 1946

66. Poznan University of Technology

Poland | Poznan

For Robotics

#1 in Poland

#207 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 15,903
Male:Female: 67:33
Founded: 1919

67. Leibniz University of Hanover

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Robotics

#12 in Germany

#211 in the World

Enrollment: 28,018
Founded: 1831

68. University of Zagreb

Croatia | Zagreb

For Robotics

#212 in the World

Enrollment: 65,436
Founded: 1874

69. University of Glasgow

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United Kingdom | Scotland

For Robotics

#14 in the United Kingdom

#213 in the World

Founded: 1451

70. University of Manchester

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United Kingdom | England

For Robotics

#15 in the United Kingdom

#217 in the World

Founded: 1824

71. University of Plymouth

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United Kingdom | England

For Robotics

#16 in the United Kingdom

#225 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1992

72. Warsaw University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Robotics

#2 in Poland

#231 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 71%
Enrollment: 27,072
Founded: 1826

73. University of Modena and Reggio Emilia

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Robotics

#11 in Italy

#234 in the World

Founded: 1175

74. University of Montpellier

France | Occitanie

For Robotics

#2 in France

#237 in the World

Enrollment: 46,578
Founded: 1289

75. Polytechnic University of Valencia

Spain | Valencia

For Robotics

#7 in Spain

#247 in the World

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

76. University of Ljubljana

Slovenia | Ljubljana

For Robotics

#248 in the World

Enrollment: 37,874
Founded: 1919

77. Politehnica University of Bucharest

Romania | Bucharest

For Robotics

#249 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 28,360
Founded: 1864

78. University of Minho

Portugal | Braga

For Robotics

#254 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 19,077
Founded: 1973

79. University of Sussex

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | England

For Robotics

#17 in the United Kingdom

#256 in the World

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

80. University of Siena

Italy | Tuscany

For Robotics

#12 in Italy

#257 in the World

Founded: 1240

81. University of Tampere

Finland | Tampere

For Robotics

#260 in the World

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

82. Central School of Nantes

France | Pays de la Loire

For Robotics

#3 in France

#265 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 16%
Enrollment: 2,287
Founded: 1919

83. TU Dortmund University

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Robotics

#13 in Germany

#268 in the World

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

84. University of Tubingen

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Robotics

#14 in Germany

#269 in the World

Enrollment: 28,238
Male:Female: 41:59
Founded: 1477

85. University of Duisburg - Essen

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Robotics

#15 in Germany

#272 in the World

Enrollment: 43,281
Founded: 2003

86. Lund University

For Robotics

#4 in Sweden

#274 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1666

87. Braunschweig University of Technology

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Robotics

#16 in Germany

#275 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Enrollment: 17,794
Founded: 1745

88. University of Birmingham

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United Kingdom | England

For Robotics

#18 in the United Kingdom

#278 in the World

Founded: 1900

89. University of Amsterdam

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Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Robotics

#5 in the Netherlands

#281 in the World

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

90. Budapest University of Technology and Economics

Hungary | Budapest

For Robotics

#282 in the World

Enrollment: 20,152
Founded: 1782

91. University of Catania

For Robotics

#13 in Italy

#284 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 44,338
Founded: 1434

92. Wroclaw University of Technology

Poland | Wroclaw

For Robotics

#3 in Poland

#296 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 27,388
Founded: 1945

93. University of Girona

For Robotics

#8 in Spain

#303 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 15,336

94. Ilmenau University of Technology

Germany | Thuringia

For Robotics

#17 in Germany

#306 in the World

Enrollment: 4,889
Founded: 1953

95. Cranfield University

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | England

For Robotics

#19 in the United Kingdom

#308 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 59%
Enrollment: 4,825
Founded: 1993

96. Technical University of Kosice

Slovakia | Kosice

For Robotics

#309 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Enrollment: 9,714
Founded: 1952

97. University of Wurzburg

Germany | Bavaria

For Robotics

#18 in Germany

#314 in the World

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

98. University of Leeds

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | England

For Robotics

#20 in the United Kingdom

#317 in the World

Founded: 1904

99. University of Alicante

Spain | San Vicente del Raspeig

For Robotics

#9 in Spain

#318 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1979

100. Loughborough University

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | England

For Robotics

#21 in the United Kingdom

#319 in the World

Enrollment: 19,449
Founded: 1966

Engineering subfields in Europe

Acoustical Engineering1182

Aerospace Engineering1129

Agricultural Engineering255

Applied/Engineering Physics461

Architectural Engineering553

Architecture514

Automation and Control engineering541

Automotive Engineering650

Biochemical Engineering453

Biomedical Engineering558

Biotechnology755

Chemical Engineering1037

Civil Engineering966

Computer Engineering589

Computer Networking1122

Construction Management444

Electrical Engineering1212

Electronic Engineering877

Engineering Management468

Environmental Engineering726

Firefighting and Fire Science287

Geotechnical Engineering849

Human-Computer Interaction849

Industrial Engineering399

Landscape Architecture404

Marine Engineering336

Materials Science1347

Mechanical Engineering1304

Metallurgical Engineering1147

Mining Engineering286

Nanotechnology987

Nuclear Engineering360

Operations Research665

Optical Engineering1260

Petroleum Engineering414

Polymer science and Plastics engineering353

Product and Industrial Design348

Reliability and Quality Engineering615

Remote Sensing670

Renewable Energy Engineering617

Structural Engineering1036

Systems Engineering991

Technical Drawing361

Telecommunications1141

Transportation Engineering576