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 3.13M citations received by 332K academic papers made by 715 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

#3 in the World
Acceptance Rate
21%
Founded
1209

3. University College London

For Classics and Ancient History

#4 in the World
Enrollment
42,000
Founded
1826

5. University of Edinburgh

For Classics and Ancient History

#16 in the World
Acceptance Rate
51%
Founded
1583

9. London School of Economics and Political Science

For Classics and Ancient History

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

10. University of Bristol

For Classics and Ancient History

#29 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

12. University of Warwick

For Classics and Ancient History

#35 in the World
Enrollment
27,278
Founded
1965

14. University of London

For Classics and Ancient History

#39 in the World
Enrollment
50,000
Founded
1836

15. University of Liverpool

For Classics and Ancient History

#45 in the World
Enrollment
28,693
Founded
1881

16. University of St Andrews

For Classics and Ancient History

#46 in the World
Enrollment
10,425
Founded
1413

20. Catholic University of Leuven

For Classics and Ancient History

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

21. University of Exeter

For Classics and Ancient History

#55 in the World
Acceptance Rate
73%
Founded
1955

22. University of Zurich

For Classics and Ancient History

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

23. Leiden University

For Classics and Ancient History

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

24. University of Southampton

For Classics and Ancient History

#70 in the World
Enrollment
21,335
Founded
1952

25. University of York

For Classics and Ancient History

#73 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Founded
1963

26. University of Amsterdam

For Classics and Ancient History

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

28. University of Leicester

For Classics and Ancient History

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

29. University of Sussex

For Classics and Ancient History

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

30. University of Copenhagen

For Classics and Ancient History

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

31. Imperial College London

For Classics and Ancient History

#87 in the World
Enrollment
17,565
Founded
1907

32. Heidelberg University - Germany

For Classics and Ancient History

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

33. University of Munich

For Classics and Ancient History

#2 in Germany
#95 in the World
Acceptance Rate
55%
Enrollment
52,418
Founded
1472

34. Sapienza University of Rome

For Classics and Ancient History

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

35. Uppsala University

For Classics and Ancient History

#1 in Sweden
#98 in the World
Acceptance Rate
69%
Enrollment
35,556
Founded
1477

37. Pierre and Marie Curie University

For Classics and Ancient History

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

39. University of Vienna

For Classics and Ancient History

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

40. University of Oslo

For Classics and Ancient History

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

41. University of East Anglia

For Classics and Ancient History

#113 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1963

42. Utrecht University

For Classics and Ancient History

#117 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1636

43. SOAS, University of London

For Classics and Ancient History

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

44. University of Geneva

For Classics and Ancient History

#123 in the World
Enrollment
17,744

45. University of Groningen

For Classics and Ancient History

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

46. University College Dublin

For Classics and Ancient History

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

48. Lund University

For Classics and Ancient History

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

49. University of Helsinki

For Classics and Ancient History

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

50. University of Liege

For Classics and Ancient History

#2 in Belgium
#140 in the World
Enrollment
25,421
Founded
1817

52. Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main

For Classics and Ancient History

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

53. Trinity College Dublin, University of Dublin

For Classics and Ancient History

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

55. University of Bologna

For Classics and Ancient History

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

57. Free University of Berlin

For Classics and Ancient History

#4 in Germany
#153 in the World
Acceptance Rate
15%
Enrollment
37,608
Founded
1948

58. University of Padua

For Classics and Ancient History

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

59. Queen Mary University of London

For Classics and Ancient History

#157 in the World
Acceptance Rate
18%
Founded
1989

60. University of Tubingen

For Classics and Ancient History

#5 in Germany
#158 in the World
Enrollment
27,770
Male:Female
41:59
Founded
1477

61. University of Milan

For Classics and Ancient History

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

63. University of Warsaw

For Classics and Ancient History

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

64. Aarhus University

For Classics and Ancient History

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

65. Free University Amsterdam

For Classics and Ancient History

#166 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Founded
1880

66. Queen's University Belfast

For Classics and Ancient History

#169 in the World
Acceptance Rate
31%
Founded
1849

67. Erasmus University Rotterdam

For Classics and Ancient History

#174 in the World
Acceptance Rate
53%
Founded
1913

68. University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne

For Classics and Ancient History

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

69. Complutense University of Madrid

For Classics and Ancient History

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

70. University of Bonn

For Classics and Ancient History

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

71. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

For Classics and Ancient History

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

72. Stockholm University

For Classics and Ancient History

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

73. Kiel University

For Classics and Ancient History

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

75. University of Basel

For Classics and Ancient History

#195 in the World
Enrollment
12,896

76. Lancaster University

For Classics and Ancient History

#203 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1964

77. University of Florence

For Classics and Ancient History

#5 in Italy
#206 in the World
Founded
1321

78. University of Barcelona

For Classics and Ancient History

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

79. University of Hamburg

For Classics and Ancient History

#8 in Germany
#208 in the World
Enrollment
43,957
Founded
1919

80. Ghent University

For Classics and Ancient History

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

81. Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

For Classics and Ancient History

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

82. University of Gothenburg

For Classics and Ancient History

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

85. University of Cologne

For Classics and Ancient History

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

86. University of Marburg

For Classics and Ancient History

#11 in Germany
#230 in the World
Enrollment
22,612
Founded
1527

87. University of Antwerp

For Classics and Ancient History

#4 in Belgium
#233 in the World
Founded
2003

89. University of Bergen

For Classics and Ancient History

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

90. Catholic University of Louvain

For Classics and Ancient History

#5 in Belgium
#239 in the World
Enrollment
40,000
Founded
1425

92. University of Lisbon

For Classics and Ancient History

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

93. University of Gottingen

For Classics and Ancient History

#12 in Germany
#251 in the World
Enrollment
31,619
Founded
1734

94. Tilburg University

For Classics and Ancient History

#252 in the World
Acceptance Rate
57%
Enrollment
17,378
Founded
1927

95. University of Bern

For Classics and Ancient History

#255 in the World
Enrollment
18,576

96. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

For Classics and Ancient History

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

97. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

For Classics and Ancient History

#259 in the World
Acceptance Rate
8%
Enrollment
23,420

98. National Research University Higher School of Economics

For Classics and Ancient History

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

99. Free University of Brussels - VUB

For Classics and Ancient History

#6 in Belgium
#262 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Enrollment
11,101
Founded
1970

100. University of Bradford

For Classics and Ancient History

#263 in the World
Acceptance Rate
63%
Founded
1966