Best Universities for Classics and Ancient History in Europe

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EduRank

Below is a list of best universities in Europe ranked based on their research performance in Classics and Ancient History. A graph of 4.87M citations received by 391K academic papers made by 797 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

For Classics and Ancient History

#1 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1096

2. University of Cambridge

For Classics and Ancient History

#2 in the World
Acceptance Rate
21%
Founded
1209

3. University College London

For Classics and Ancient History

#5 in the World
Enrollment
42,000
Founded
1826

4. University of Edinburgh

For Classics and Ancient History

#17 in the World
Acceptance Rate
51%
Founded
1583

9. London School of Economics and Political Science

For Classics and Ancient History

#27 in the World
Acceptance Rate
8%
Enrollment
9,218
Founded
1895

10. University of Bristol

For Classics and Ancient History

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

11. Durham University

For Classics and Ancient History

#33 in the World
Enrollment
19,520
Founded
1832

13. University of Warwick

For Classics and Ancient History

#41 in the World
Enrollment
27,278
Founded
1965

14. University of St Andrews

For Classics and Ancient History

#44 in the World
Enrollment
10,425
Founded
1413

17. University of London

For Classics and Ancient History

#50 in the World
Enrollment
50,000
Founded
1836

18. University of Liverpool

For Classics and Ancient History

#51 in the World
Enrollment
28,693
Founded
1881

20. University of Exeter

For Classics and Ancient History

#57 in the World
Acceptance Rate
73%
Founded
1955

21. University of Southampton

For Classics and Ancient History

#61 in the World
Enrollment
21,335
Founded
1952

22. University of Amsterdam

For Classics and Ancient History

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

23. Leiden University

For Classics and Ancient History

#65 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
27,713
Founded
1575

24. Catholic University of Leuven

For Classics and Ancient History

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

25. University of Zurich

For Classics and Ancient History

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

26. University of York

For Classics and Ancient History

#77 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Founded
1963

28. University of Sussex

For Classics and Ancient History

#80 in the World
Enrollment
17,319
Male:Female
44:56
Founded
1961

29. University of Copenhagen

For Classics and Ancient History

#1 in Denmark
#83 in the World
Acceptance Rate
37%
Founded
1479

30. University of Leicester

For Classics and Ancient History

#84 in the World
Enrollment
24,409
Male:Female
46:54
Founded
1957

31. Utrecht University

For Classics and Ancient History

#86 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1636

32. University of Munich

For Classics and Ancient History

#1 in Germany
#88 in the World
Acceptance Rate
55%
Enrollment
52,418
Founded
1472

33. Imperial College London

For Classics and Ancient History

#89 in the World
Enrollment
17,565
Founded
1907

34. Sapienza University of Rome

For Classics and Ancient History

#1 in Italy
#90 in the World
Enrollment
100,155
Founded
1303

35. SOAS, University of London

For Classics and Ancient History

#98 in the World
Acceptance Rate
44%
Enrollment
6,295
Founded
1916

36. Uppsala University

For Classics and Ancient History

#1 in Sweden
#103 in the World
Acceptance Rate
69%
Founded
1477

37. Heidelberg University - Germany

For Classics and Ancient History

#2 in Germany
#104 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Enrollment
28,413
Male:Female
45:55
Founded
1386

38. University of Oslo

For Classics and Ancient History

#1 in Norway
#105 in the World
Enrollment
26,650
Founded
1811

39. University of Vienna

For Classics and Ancient History

#1 in Austria
#113 in the World
Enrollment
93,628
Founded
1365

43. University of Groningen

For Classics and Ancient History

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

44. Pierre and Marie Curie University

For Classics and Ancient History

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

46. University of East Anglia

For Classics and Ancient History

#130 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1963

48. Queen Mary University of London

For Classics and Ancient History

#134 in the World
Acceptance Rate
18%
Founded
1989

49. University of Geneva

For Classics and Ancient History

#136 in the World
Enrollment
17,744

50. University of Helsinki

For Classics and Ancient History

#1 in Finland
#142 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
31,312
Founded
1640

51. University of Liege

For Classics and Ancient History

#2 in Belgium
#143 in the World
Enrollment
27,678
Founded
1817

52. University of Bologna

For Classics and Ancient History

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

53. Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main

For Classics and Ancient History

#3 in Germany
#146 in the World
Enrollment
43,461
Founded
1914

56. Free University of Berlin

For Classics and Ancient History

#4 in Germany
#153 in the World
Acceptance Rate
15%
Enrollment
37,908
Founded
1948

57. University of Warsaw

For Classics and Ancient History

#1 in Poland
#155 in the World
Acceptance Rate
25%
Enrollment
42,700
Founded
1816

58. University College Dublin

For Classics and Ancient History

#1 in Ireland
#157 in the World
Acceptance Rate
42%
Enrollment
33,321
Founded
1854

59. Lund University

For Classics and Ancient History

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

60. Aarhus University

For Classics and Ancient History

#2 in Denmark
#162 in the World
Acceptance Rate
42%
Enrollment
33,020
Founded
1928

61. Free University Amsterdam

For Classics and Ancient History

#163 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Founded
1880

62. Trinity College Dublin, University of Dublin

For Classics and Ancient History

#2 in Ireland
#164 in the World
Enrollment
20,430
Founded
1592

63. University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne

For Classics and Ancient History

#2 in France
#166 in the World
Enrollment
42,700
Founded
1971

64. Complutense University of Madrid

For Classics and Ancient History

#1 in Spain
#170 in the World
Enrollment
71,806
Founded
1508

65. University of Padua

For Classics and Ancient History

#3 in Italy
#173 in the World
Acceptance Rate
40%
Enrollment
62,876
Founded
1222

67. Erasmus University Rotterdam

For Classics and Ancient History

#175 in the World
Acceptance Rate
53%
Founded
1913

68. University of Milan

For Classics and Ancient History

#4 in Italy
#176 in the World
Acceptance Rate
21%
Enrollment
65,234
Founded
1924

69. University of Hamburg

For Classics and Ancient History

#5 in Germany
#177 in the World
Enrollment
43,957
Founded
1919

70. University of Bonn

For Classics and Ancient History

#6 in Germany
#180 in the World
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
38,043
Founded
1818

71. Queen's University Belfast

For Classics and Ancient History

#184 in the World
Acceptance Rate
31%
Founded
1849

72. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

For Classics and Ancient History

#1 in Greece
#186 in the World
Enrollment
70,461
Founded
1837

73. University of Belgrade

For Classics and Ancient History

#1 in Serbia
#190 in the World
Enrollment
75,047

74. Stockholm University

For Classics and Ancient History

#3 in Sweden
#194 in the World
Enrollment
37,484
Founded
1878

75. Lancaster University

For Classics and Ancient History

#195 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1964

76. Ghent University

For Classics and Ancient History

#3 in Belgium
#197 in the World
Enrollment
41,669
Founded
1817

77. National Research University Higher School of Economics

For Classics and Ancient History

#1 in Russia
#201 in the World
Acceptance Rate
19%
Founded
1992

78. University of Barcelona

For Classics and Ancient History

#2 in Spain
#203 in the World
Acceptance Rate
69%
Enrollment
64,236
Male:Female
86:14

79. Paris Institute of Political Studies

For Classics and Ancient History

#3 in France
#204 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Enrollment
11,196
Founded
1872

81. Kiel University

For Classics and Ancient History

#7 in Germany
#211 in the World
Enrollment
27,468
Founded
1665

82. University of Florence

For Classics and Ancient History

#5 in Italy
#213 in the World
Founded
1321

84. University of Basel

For Classics and Ancient History

#216 in the World
Enrollment
12,896

85. University of Tubingen

For Classics and Ancient History

#8 in Germany
#217 in the World
Enrollment
28,238
Male:Female
41:59
Founded
1477

86. Moscow State University

For Classics and Ancient History

#2 in Russia
#220 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Founded
1755

87. Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

For Classics and Ancient History

#9 in Germany
#226 in the World
Acceptance Rate
28%
Enrollment
33,132
Founded
1946

88. University of Gothenburg

For Classics and Ancient History

#4 in Sweden
#228 in the World
Enrollment
36,003
Founded
1891

90. Jagiellonian University

For Classics and Ancient History

#2 in Poland
#236 in the World
Acceptance Rate
53%
Enrollment
33,549
Founded
1364

91. University of Lisbon

For Classics and Ancient History

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

92. University of Cologne

For Classics and Ancient History

#10 in Germany
#240 in the World
Enrollment
52,204
Male:Female
39:61
Founded
1388

93. University of Bern

For Classics and Ancient History

#242 in the World
Enrollment
18,576

94. University of Bergen

For Classics and Ancient History

#2 in Norway
#245 in the World
Enrollment
16,900
Founded
1946

96. University of Gottingen

For Classics and Ancient History

#11 in Germany
#249 in the World
Enrollment
31,619
Founded
1734

97. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

For Classics and Ancient History

#2 in Greece
#250 in the World
Enrollment
92,090
Founded
1925

98. University of Antwerp

For Classics and Ancient History

#4 in Belgium
#252 in the World
Founded
2003

100. University of Marburg

For Classics and Ancient History

#12 in Germany
#262 in the World
Enrollment
22,612
Founded
1527