Best Universities for Telecommunications in Europe

Updated: March 15, 2026

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Europe ranked based on their research performance in Telecommunications. A graph of 53.1M citations received by 2.03M academic papers made by 1,149 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 | Lausanne

For Telecommunications

#1 in Switzerland

#17 in the World

Enrollment: 12,576

2. Imperial College London

United Kingdom | England

For Telecommunications

#1 in the United Kingdom

#33 in the World

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

3. University of Cambridge

United Kingdom | England

For Telecommunications

#2 in the United Kingdom

#34 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

4. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Telecommunications

#2 in Switzerland

#35 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 23,420

5. Delft University of Technology

Netherlands | Delft

For Telecommunications

#1 in the Netherlands

#36 in the World

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

6. University of Oxford

United Kingdom | England

For Telecommunications

#3 in the United Kingdom

#42 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

7. University of Southampton

United Kingdom | England

For Telecommunications

#4 in the United Kingdom

#50 in the World

Enrollment: 21,335
Founded: 1952

8. University College London

United Kingdom | England

For Telecommunications

#5 in the United Kingdom

#51 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

9. KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Sweden | Stockholm

For Telecommunications

#1 in Sweden

#52 in the World

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

10. Catholic University of Leuven

Belgium | Leuven

For Telecommunications

#1 in Belgium

#59 in the World

Enrollment: 62,693
Founded: 1425

11. Technical University of Catalonia

Spain | Barcelona

For Telecommunications

#1 in Spain

#72 in the World

Enrollment: 29,812

12. Technical University of Denmark

Denmark | Kongens Lyngby

For Telecommunications

#1 in Denmark

#79 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1829

13. Polytechnic University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Telecommunications

#1 in Italy

#83 in the World

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

14. Technical University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Telecommunications

#1 in Germany

#88 in the World

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

15. Polytechnic University of Turin

Italy | Piedmont

For Telecommunications

#2 in Italy

#95 in the World

Founded: 1859

16. Aalborg University

Denmark | Aalborg

For Telecommunications

#2 in Denmark

#97 in the World

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

17. University of Edinburgh

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Telecommunications

#6 in the United Kingdom

#98 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

18. Chalmers University of Technology

Sweden | Gothenburg

For Telecommunications

#2 in Sweden

#99 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Enrollment: 10,773
Founded: 1829

19. University of Manchester

United Kingdom | England

For Telecommunications

#7 in the United Kingdom

#106 in the World

Founded: 1824

20. Eindhoven University of Technology

Netherlands | Eindhoven

For Telecommunications

#2 in the Netherlands

#107 in the World

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

21. University of Bologna

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Telecommunications

#3 in Italy

#108 in the World

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

22. RWTH Aachen University

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Telecommunications

#2 in Germany

#109 in the World

Enrollment: 47,521
Founded: 1870

23. Ghent University

Belgium | Ghent

For Telecommunications

#2 in Belgium

#113 in the World

Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1817

24. Sapienza University of Rome

Italy | Lazio

For Telecommunications

#4 in Italy

#114 in the World

Enrollment: 100,155
Founded: 1303

25. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Telecommunications

#3 in Germany

#115 in the World

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

26. University of Erlangen Nuremberg

Germany | Bavaria

For Telecommunications

#4 in Germany

#122 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Enrollment: 39,658
Founded: 1743

27. Lund University

Sweden | Lund

For Telecommunications

#3 in Sweden

#124 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1666

28. Pierre and Marie Curie University

France | Ile-de-France

For Telecommunications

#1 in France

#135 in the World

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

29. University of Padua

Italy | Veneto

For Telecommunications

#5 in Italy

#136 in the World

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

30. University of Bristol

United Kingdom | England

For Telecommunications

#8 in the United Kingdom

#137 in the World

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

31. Vienna University of Technology

Austria | Vienna

For Telecommunications

#1 in Austria

#138 in the World

Enrollment: 29,341
Founded: 1872

32. University of Pisa

Italy | Tuscany

For Telecommunications

#6 in Italy

#143 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Enrollment: 47,736
Founded: 1343

33. Technical University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Telecommunications

#5 in Germany

#144 in the World

Enrollment: 34,842
Founded: 1946

34. Linkoping University

Sweden | Linkoping

For Telecommunications

#4 in Sweden

#158 in the World

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

35. University of Twente

Netherlands | Enschede

For Telecommunications

#3 in the Netherlands

#159 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1961

36. Polytechnic University of Valencia

Spain | Valencia

For Telecommunications

#2 in Spain

#160 in the World

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

37. University of Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Telecommunications

#4 in the Netherlands

#161 in the World

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

38. University of Oulu

Finland | Oulu

For Telecommunications

#1 in Finland

#163 in the World

Enrollment: 2,900
Founded: 1958

39. University of Stuttgart

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Telecommunications

#6 in Germany

#168 in the World

Enrollment: 22,616
Founded: 1829

40. University of Surrey

United Kingdom | England

For Telecommunications

#9 in the United Kingdom

#169 in the World

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1966

41. Queen Mary University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Telecommunications

#10 in the United Kingdom

#170 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1989

42. University of Sheffield

United Kingdom | England

For Telecommunications

#11 in the United Kingdom

#173 in the World

Founded: 1905

43. Dresden University of Technology

Germany | Saxony

For Telecommunications

#7 in Germany

#174 in the World

Enrollment: 31,517
Founded: 1828

44. University of Glasgow

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Telecommunications

#12 in the United Kingdom

#180 in the World

Founded: 1451

45. University of Nottingham

United Kingdom | England

For Telecommunications

#13 in the United Kingdom

#187 in the World

Founded: 1948

46. University of Birmingham

United Kingdom | England

For Telecommunications

#14 in the United Kingdom

#188 in the World

Founded: 1900

47. Aalto University

Finland | Espoo

For Telecommunications

#2 in Finland

#189 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 11,440
Founded: 2010

48. University of Tampere

Finland | Tampere

For Telecommunications

#3 in Finland

#194 in the World

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

49. Darmstadt University of Technology

Germany | Hesse

For Telecommunications

#8 in Germany

#200 in the World

Enrollment: 24,969
Founded: 1877

50. Uppsala University

Sweden | Uppsala

For Telecommunications

#5 in Sweden

#201 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1477

51. King's College London

United Kingdom | England

For Telecommunications

#15 in the United Kingdom

#202 in the World

Founded: 1829

52. University of Leeds

United Kingdom | England

For Telecommunications

#16 in the United Kingdom

#203 in the World

Founded: 1904

53. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Greece | Thessaloniki

For Telecommunications

#1 in Greece

#209 in the World

Enrollment: 92,090
Founded: 1925

54. Technical University of Madrid

Spain | Madrid

For Telecommunications

#3 in Spain

#213 in the World

Founded: 1971

55. TELECOM ParisTech

France | Ile-de-France

For Telecommunications

#2 in France

#215 in the World

Enrollment: 2,000
Founded: 1878

56. University of Hamburg

Germany | Hamburg State

For Telecommunications

#9 in Germany

#217 in the World

Enrollment: 43,957
Founded: 1919

57. National Technical University of Athens

Greece | Athens

For Telecommunications

#2 in Greece

#218 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1836

58. Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Norway | Trondheim

For Telecommunications

#1 in Norway

#221 in the World

Enrollment: 44,000
Founded: 1996

59. University of Strathclyde

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Telecommunications

#17 in the United Kingdom

#222 in the World

Founded: 1964

60. Normal Superior School

France | Ile-de-France

For Telecommunications

#3 in France

#223 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 2,536
Founded: 1794

61. Paris-Sud University

France | Ile-de-France

For Telecommunications

#4 in France

#232 in the World

Enrollment: 23,270
Founded: 2014

62. Catholic University of Louvain

Belgium | Louvain-la-Neuve

For Telecommunications

#3 in Belgium

#233 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1425

63. University of Gottingen

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Telecommunications

#10 in Germany

#234 in the World

Enrollment: 31,619
Founded: 1734

64. Aarhus University

Denmark | Aarhus

For Telecommunications

#3 in Denmark

#237 in the World

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

65. Federico II University of Naples

Italy | Campania

For Telecommunications

#7 in Italy

#239 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1224

66. University of Bath

United Kingdom | England

For Telecommunications

#18 in the United Kingdom

#243 in the World

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

67. Moscow State University

Russia | Moscow

For Telecommunications

#1 in Russia

#244 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

68. University of Liverpool

United Kingdom | England

For Telecommunications

#19 in the United Kingdom

#249 in the World

Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

69. Lancaster University

United Kingdom | England

For Telecommunications

#20 in the United Kingdom

#252 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1964

70. Queen's University Belfast

United Kingdom | Northern Ireland

For Telecommunications

#21 in the United Kingdom

#263 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1849

71. Utrecht University

Netherlands | Utrecht

For Telecommunications

#5 in the Netherlands

#265 in the World

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

72. University of Florence

Italy | Tuscany

For Telecommunications

#8 in Italy

#268 in the World

Founded: 1321

73. University of Rome Tor Vergata

Italy | Lazio

For Telecommunications

#9 in Italy

#269 in the World

Founded: 1982

74. University of Warwick

United Kingdom | England

For Telecommunications

#22 in the United Kingdom

#272 in the World

Enrollment: 27,278
Founded: 1965

75. Loughborough University

United Kingdom | England

For Telecommunications

#23 in the United Kingdom

#274 in the World

Enrollment: 19,449
Founded: 1966

76. University of Patras

Greece | Patras

For Telecommunications

#3 in Greece

#275 in the World

Enrollment: 21,000
Founded: 1964

77. Warsaw University of Technology

Poland | Warsaw

For Telecommunications

#1 in Poland

#276 in the World

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

78. University of Oslo

Norway | Oslo

For Telecommunications

#2 in Norway

#278 in the World

Enrollment: 26,650
Founded: 1811

79. Grenoble Alpes University

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

For Telecommunications

#5 in France

#280 in the World

Enrollment: 53,949
Founded: 1339

80. Czech Technical University in Prague

Czech Republic | Prague

For Telecommunications

#1 in the Czech Republic

#281 in the World

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

81. University of Lisbon

Portugal | Lisbon

For Telecommunications

#1 in Portugal

#282 in the World

Enrollment: 49,769
Founded: 1911

82. Ruhr University Bochum

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Telecommunications

#11 in Germany

#283 in the World

Enrollment: 42,954
Founded: 1962

83. University of Copenhagen

Denmark | Copenhagen

For Telecommunications

#4 in Denmark

#284 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Founded: 1479

84. Graz University of Technology

Austria | Graz

For Telecommunications

#2 in Austria

#287 in the World

Enrollment: 16,436
Founded: 1874

85. Polytechnic School

France | Ile-de-France

For Telecommunications

#6 in France

#289 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 2,790
Founded: 1794

86. Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

For Telecommunications

#7 in France

#290 in the World

Enrollment: 38,007
Founded: 1809

87. University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Telecommunications

#12 in Germany

#291 in the World

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

88. University of Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Telecommunications

#3 in Switzerland

#297 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Enrollment: 25,732

89. Heidelberg University - Germany

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Telecommunications

#13 in Germany

#309 in the World

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

90. University of Trento

Italy | Trentino-South Tyrol

For Telecommunications

#10 in Italy

#311 in the World

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

91. University of Freiburg

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Telecommunications

#14 in Germany

#313 in the World

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

92. University College Dublin

Ireland | Dublin

For Telecommunications

#1 in Ireland

#314 in the World

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

93. University of York

United Kingdom | England

For Telecommunications

#24 in the United Kingdom

#315 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1963

94. University of Aveiro

Portugal | Aveiro

For Telecommunications

#2 in Portugal

#317 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 13,000
Founded: 1973

95. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Greece | Athens

For Telecommunications

#4 in Greece

#320 in the World

Enrollment: 70,461
Founded: 1837

96. University of Helsinki

Finland | Helsinki

For Telecommunications

#4 in Finland

#321 in the World

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

97. University of Saragossa

Spain | Zaragoza

For Telecommunications

#4 in Spain

#326 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1542

98. University of Groningen

Netherlands | Groningen

For Telecommunications

#6 in the Netherlands

#329 in the World

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

99. Newcastle University

United Kingdom | England

For Telecommunications

#25 in the United Kingdom

#331 in the World

Founded: 1963

100. Carlos III University, Madrid

Spain | Getafe

For Telecommunications

#5 in Spain

#333 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Founded: 1989

Engineering subfields in Europe

Acoustical Engineering1187

Aerospace Engineering1139

Agricultural Engineering248

Applied/Engineering Physics468

Architectural Engineering564

Architecture522

Automation and Control engineering547

Automotive Engineering665

Aviation362

Biochemical Engineering460

Biomedical Engineering565

Biotechnology768

Chemical Engineering1043

Civil Engineering973

Computer Engineering592

Computer Networking1124

Construction Management448

Electrical Engineering1217

Electronic Engineering879

Engineering Management482

Environmental Engineering733

Firefighting and Fire Science296

Geotechnical Engineering853

Human-Computer Interaction858

Industrial Engineering390

Landscape Architecture408

Marine Engineering344

Materials Science1349

Mechanical Engineering1306

Metallurgical Engineering1155

Mining Engineering295

Nanotechnology992

Nuclear Engineering363

Operations Research670

Optical Engineering1268

Petroleum Engineering420

Polymer science and Plastics engineering352

Product and Industrial Design352

Reliability and Quality Engineering622

Remote Sensing677

Renewable Energy Engineering626

Robotics496

Structural Engineering1041

Systems Engineering995

Technical Drawing373

Transportation Engineering589