Best Universities for Criminology and Criminal Justice in Europe
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Below is a list of best universities in Europe ranked based on their research performance in Criminology and Criminal Justice. A graph of 2.27M citations received by 149K academic papers made by 468 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 Cambridge
- Acceptance Rate
- 21%
- Founded
- 1209
2. University of Oxford
- Acceptance Rate
- 22%
- Founded
- 1096
3. University College London
- Enrollment
- 42,000
- Founded
- 1826
4. London School of Economics and Political Science
- Acceptance Rate
- 8%
- Enrollment
- 9,218
- Founded
- 1895
6. University of Amsterdam
- Acceptance Rate
- 51%
- Enrollment
- 41,000
- Founded
- 1632
9. University of Edinburgh
- Acceptance Rate
- 51%
- Founded
- 1583
13. University of Leicester
- Enrollment
- 24,409
- Male:Female
- 46:54
- Founded
- 1957
15. University of Liverpool
- Enrollment
- 28,693
- Founded
- 1881
17. Utrecht University
- Acceptance Rate
- 22%
- Enrollment
- 40,000
- Founded
- 1636
18. University of Warwick
- Enrollment
- 27,278
- Founded
- 1965
19. Leiden University
- Acceptance Rate
- 30%
- Enrollment
- 33,474
- Founded
- 1575
20. University of Bristol
- Acceptance Rate
- 63%
- Enrollment
- 27,513
- Founded
- 1909
21. University of London
- Enrollment
- 50,000
- Founded
- 1836
26. Durham University
- Enrollment
- 19,520
- Founded
- 1832
28. University of Portsmouth
- Acceptance Rate
- 69%
- Founded
- 1992
29. Queen's University Belfast
- Acceptance Rate
- 31%
- Founded
- 1849
30. University of York
- Acceptance Rate
- 20%
- Founded
- 1963
31. Lancaster University
- Acceptance Rate
- 22%
- Founded
- 1964
32. University of Sussex
- Enrollment
- 17,319
- Male:Female
- 44:56
- Founded
- 1961
35. Free University Amsterdam
- Acceptance Rate
- 45%
- Founded
- 1880
38. University of Surrey
- Enrollment
- 16,900
- Founded
- 1966
40. University of Exeter
- Acceptance Rate
- 73%
- Founded
- 1955
41. Queen Mary University of London
- Acceptance Rate
- 18%
- Founded
- 1989
42. Tilburg University
- Acceptance Rate
- 57%
- Enrollment
- 19,178
- Founded
- 1927
43. Erasmus University Rotterdam
- Acceptance Rate
- 53%
- Founded
- 1913
45. University of Southampton
- Enrollment
- 21,335
- Founded
- 1952
50. Nottingham Trent University
- Acceptance Rate
- 22%
- Founded
- 1992
53. University of Stirling
- Acceptance Rate
- 11%
- Enrollment
- 14,000
- Founded
- 1967
55. University of Lausanne
- Acceptance Rate
- 31%
- Enrollment
- 16,908
57. Loughborough University
- Enrollment
- 19,449
- Founded
- 1966
58. University of Huddersfield
- Acceptance Rate
- 69%
- Founded
- 1992
61. Sheffield Hallam University
- Acceptance Rate
- 69%
- Founded
- 1992
62. University of Zurich
- Acceptance Rate
- 19%
- Enrollment
- 25,732
65. University of St Andrews
- Enrollment
- 10,425
- Founded
- 1413
68. University of Central Lancashire
- Acceptance Rate
- 72%
- Founded
- 1992
70. University of Groningen
- Acceptance Rate
- 50%
- Enrollment
- 34,000
- Founded
- 1614
71. Teesside University
- Enrollment
- 19,290
- Founded
- 1992
72. University of the West of England
- Enrollment
- 30,732
- Founded
- 1992
73. Brunel University London
- Acceptance Rate
- 54%
- Founded
- 1966
77. Maastricht University
- Enrollment
- 18,000
- Founded
- 1976
79. University of Plymouth
- Acceptance Rate
- 77%
- Founded
- 1992
82. Imperial College London
- Enrollment
- 17,565
- Founded
- 1907
83. De Montfort University
- Enrollment
- 29,000
- Founded
- 1992
86. University of East Anglia
- Acceptance Rate
- 22%
- Founded
- 1963
91. University of Westminster
- Enrollment
- 19,000
- Founded
- 1838
93. University of Bath
- Acceptance Rate
- 67%
- Enrollment
- 18,857
- Male:Female
- 53:47
- Founded
- 1966
97. Coventry University
- Enrollment
- 22,980
- Founded
- 1992
