Best Universities for Demography in Europe

Updated: February 29, 2024

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Europe ranked based on their research performance in Demography. A graph of 55.5M citations received by 1.73M academic papers made by 1,096 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 College London

United Kingdom | England

For Demography

#1 in the United Kingdom

#5 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

2. University of Oxford

United Kingdom | England

For Demography

#2 in the United Kingdom

#6 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

3. Karolinska Institute

Sweden | Stockholm

For Demography

#1 in Sweden

#10 in the World

Enrollment: 8,070
Founded: 1861

4. University of Cambridge

United Kingdom | England

For Demography

#3 in the United Kingdom

#22 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

5. Imperial College London

United Kingdom | England

For Demography

#4 in the United Kingdom

#30 in the World

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

6. University of Edinburgh

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Demography

#5 in the United Kingdom

#32 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

7. Lund University

For Demography

#2 in Sweden

#35 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1666

8. University of Helsinki

Finland | Helsinki

For Demography

#36 in the World

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

9. University of Copenhagen

Denmark | Copenhagen

For Demography

#37 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Founded: 1479

10. King's College London

United Kingdom | England

For Demography

#6 in the United Kingdom

#45 in the World

Founded: 1829

11. University of Bristol

United Kingdom | England

For Demography

#7 in the United Kingdom

#49 in the World

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

12. Uppsala University

Sweden | Uppsala

For Demography

#3 in Sweden

#50 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Enrollment: 35,556
Founded: 1477

13. University of Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Demography

#1 in the Netherlands

#58 in the World

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

14. University of Manchester

United Kingdom | England

For Demography

#8 in the United Kingdom

#61 in the World

Founded: 1824

15. University of Oslo

For Demography

#1 in Norway

#63 in the World

Enrollment: 26,650
Founded: 1811

16. University of Groningen

Netherlands | Groningen

For Demography

#2 in the Netherlands

#70 in the World

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

17. University of Glasgow

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Demography

#9 in the United Kingdom

#72 in the World

Founded: 1451

18. University of Gothenburg

Sweden | Gothenburg

For Demography

#4 in Sweden

#74 in the World

Enrollment: 36,003
Founded: 1891

19. Erasmus University Rotterdam

Netherlands | Rotterdam

For Demography

#3 in the Netherlands

#76 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 53%
Founded: 1913

20. Catholic University of Leuven

Belgium | Leuven

For Demography

#79 in the World

Enrollment: 62,693
Founded: 1425

21. Pierre and Marie Curie University

France | Ile-de-France

For Demography

#1 in France

#80 in the World

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

22. University of Sheffield

United Kingdom | England

For Demography

#10 in the United Kingdom

#84 in the World

Founded: 1905

23. Aarhus University

Denmark | Aarhus

For Demography

#86 in the World

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

24. University of Southampton

United Kingdom | England

For Demography

#11 in the United Kingdom

#89 in the World

Enrollment: 21,335
Founded: 1952

25. Heidelberg University - Germany

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Demography

#90 in the World

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

26. University of Liverpool

United Kingdom | England

For Demography

#12 in the United Kingdom

#97 in the World

Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

27. Umea University

For Demography

#5 in Sweden

#99 in the World

Enrollment: 34,237
Founded: 1965

28. University of Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Demography

#1 in Switzerland

#102 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Enrollment: 25,732

29. University of Birmingham

United Kingdom | England

For Demography

#13 in the United Kingdom

#104 in the World

Founded: 1900

30. Radboud University

Netherlands | Nijmegen

For Demography

#4 in the Netherlands

#105 in the World

Founded: 1923

31. Utrecht University

Netherlands | Utrecht

For Demography

#5 in the Netherlands

#106 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1636

32. Stockholm University

Sweden | Stockholm

For Demography

#6 in Sweden

#107 in the World

Enrollment: 37,484
Founded: 1878

33. University of Nottingham

United Kingdom | England

For Demography

#14 in the United Kingdom

#113 in the World

Founded: 1948

34. University of Leeds

United Kingdom | England

For Demography

#15 in the United Kingdom

#121 in the World

Founded: 1904

35. University of Bern

Switzerland | Bern

For Demography

#2 in Switzerland

#124 in the World

Enrollment: 18,576

36. Wageningen University

Netherlands | Wageningen

For Demography

#6 in the Netherlands

#126 in the World

Enrollment: 12,819
Founded: 1918

37. University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Demography

#1 in Italy

#127 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Enrollment: 65,234
Founded: 1924

38. University of Bergen

Norway | Bergen

For Demography

#2 in Norway

#130 in the World

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1946

39. Newcastle University

United Kingdom | England

For Demography

#16 in the United Kingdom

#132 in the World

Founded: 1963

40. University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Demography

#17 in the United Kingdom

#133 in the World

Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1836

41. Maastricht University

Netherlands | Maastricht

For Demography

#7 in the Netherlands

#138 in the World

Enrollment: 18,000
Founded: 1976

42. University of Barcelona

Spain | Barcelona

For Demography

#1 in Spain

#139 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Enrollment: 64,236
Male:Female: 86:14

43. University of Aberdeen

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Demography

#18 in the United Kingdom

#143 in the World

Founded: 1495

44. Free University Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Demography

#8 in the Netherlands

#144 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1880

45. University of Lausanne

Switzerland | Lausanne

For Demography

#3 in Switzerland

#147 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Enrollment: 16,919

46. Leiden University

Netherlands | Leiden

For Demography

#9 in the Netherlands

#150 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 27,713
Founded: 1575

47. University of Padua

For Demography

#2 in Italy

#151 in the World

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

48. Sapienza University of Rome

For Demography

#3 in Italy

#156 in the World

Enrollment: 100,155
Founded: 1303

49. University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Demography

#160 in the World

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

50. University of Bologna

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Demography

#4 in Italy

#161 in the World

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

51. Ghent University

Belgium | Ghent

For Demography

#164 in the World

Enrollment: 41,669
Founded: 1817

52. University of Montpellier

France | Occitanie

For Demography

#2 in France

#165 in the World

Enrollment: 46,578
Founded: 1289

53. London School of Economics and Political Science

United Kingdom | England

For Demography

#19 in the United Kingdom

#166 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 9,218
Founded: 1895

54. Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

For Demography

#3 in France

#169 in the World

Enrollment: 38,007
Founded: 1809

55. Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Norway | Trondheim

For Demography

#3 in Norway

#174 in the World

Enrollment: 42,031
Founded: 1996

56. University of Leicester

United Kingdom | England

For Demography

#20 in the United Kingdom

#175 in the World

Enrollment: 24,409
Male:Female: 46:54
Founded: 1957

57. University of Turku

Finland | Turku

For Demography

#176 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 20,800
Male:Female: 38:62
Founded: 1920

58. University of York

United Kingdom | England

For Demography

#21 in the United Kingdom

#178 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1963

59. Queen Mary University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Demography

#22 in the United Kingdom

#182 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1989

60. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Greece | Athens

For Demography

#1 in Greece

#185 in the World

Enrollment: 70,461
Founded: 1837

61. Autonomous University of Barcelona

Spain | Cerdanyola del Valles

For Demography

#2 in Spain

#187 in the World

Enrollment: 30,926

62. University of Southern Denmark

Denmark | Odense

For Demography

#188 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Founded: 1966

63. Charite - Medical University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Demography

#191 in the World

Enrollment: 8,877
Founded: 1710

64. University of Warwick

United Kingdom | England

For Demography

#23 in the United Kingdom

#194 in the World

Enrollment: 27,278
Founded: 1965

65. University of Vienna

Austria | Vienna

For Demography

#199 in the World

Enrollment: 93,628
Founded: 1365

66. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Sweden | Uppsala

For Demography

#7 in Sweden

#200 in the World

Enrollment: 5,675
Founded: 1977

67. University of Oulu

For Demography

#201 in the World

Enrollment: 2,900
Founded: 1958

68. University of Exeter

United Kingdom | England

For Demography

#24 in the United Kingdom

#202 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1955

69. University of Turin

Italy | Piedmont

For Demography

#5 in Italy

#204 in the World

Founded: 1404

70. University of Porto

Portugal | Porto

For Demography

#208 in the World

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

71. University of Hamburg

Germany | Hamburg State

For Demography

#210 in the World

Enrollment: 43,957
Founded: 1919

72. Polytechnic University of Bari

For Demography

#6 in Italy

#213 in the World

Founded: 1990

73. University of East Anglia

United Kingdom | England

For Demography

#25 in the United Kingdom

#214 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1963

74. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Demography

#4 in Switzerland

#216 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 23,420

75. University of Tampere

Finland | Tampere

For Demography

#217 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 30,000
Founded: 1925

76. Cardiff University

United Kingdom | Wales

For Demography

#26 in the United Kingdom

#223 in the World

Founded: 1997

77. University of Basel

Switzerland | Basel

For Demography

#5 in Switzerland

#225 in the World

Enrollment: 12,896

78. University of Sussex

United Kingdom | England

For Demography

#27 in the United Kingdom

#228 in the World

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

79. University of Eastern Finland

Finland | Joensuu

For Demography

#236 in the World

Enrollment: 15,500
Founded: 2010

80. University of Gottingen

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Demography

#247 in the World

Enrollment: 31,619
Founded: 1734

81. Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Demography

#249 in the World

Enrollment: 37,473
Male:Female: 42:58
Founded: 1965

82. University of Antwerp

Belgium | Antwerp

For Demography

#250 in the World

Founded: 2003

83. University of Florence

Italy | Tuscany

For Demography

#7 in Italy

#251 in the World

Founded: 1321

84. University of Geneva

Switzerland | Geneva

For Demography

#6 in Switzerland

#252 in the World

Enrollment: 17,744

85. Catholic University of Louvain

Belgium | Louvain-la-Neuve

For Demography

#254 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1425

86. Complutense University of Madrid

For Demography

#3 in Spain

#257 in the World

Enrollment: 71,806
Founded: 1508

87. University College Dublin

Ireland | Dublin

For Demography

#258 in the World

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

88. University of Liege

Belgium | Liege

For Demography

#265 in the World

Enrollment: 25,421
Founded: 1817

89. Charles University

Czech Republic | Prague

For Demography

#1 in the Czech Republic

#267 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 49,508
Founded: 1348

90. St George's, University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Demography

#28 in the United Kingdom

#269 in the World

Founded: 1733

91. University of Valencia

Spain | Valencia

For Demography

#4 in Spain

#270 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Enrollment: 58,390

92. University of Bonn

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Demography

#271 in the World

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

93. Trinity College Dublin, University of Dublin

Ireland | Dublin

For Demography

#272 in the World

Enrollment: 20,430
Founded: 1592

94. Queen's University Belfast

United Kingdom | Northern Ireland

For Demography

#29 in the United Kingdom

#274 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1849

95. University of Tubingen

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Demography

#281 in the World

Enrollment: 27,770
Male:Female: 41:59
Founded: 1477

96. UiT The Arctic University of Norway

Norway | Tromso

For Demography

#4 in Norway

#283 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Enrollment: 17,808
Founded: 1968

97. University of St Andrews

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Demography

#30 in the United Kingdom

#284 in the World

Enrollment: 10,425
Founded: 1413

98. University of Lisbon

Portugal | Lisbon

For Demography

#285 in the World

Enrollment: 49,769
Founded: 1911

99. Technical University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Demography

#286 in the World

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

100. Autonomous University of Madrid

For Demography

#5 in Spain

#289 in the World

Founded: 1968

Liberal Arts & Social Sciences subfields in Europe

Anthropology1005

Archaeology1389

Broadcast Journalism335

Classics and Ancient History715

Communications and Public Relations882

Criminology and Criminal Justice406

Early Childhood Education337

Education Majors1022

Forensic Science309

Gender Studies599

Human Rights Law369

Intellectual Property and Patent Law329

International Law381

International Relations and Diplomacy334

Journalism and Digital Media485

Law Enforcement336

Library and Information science788

Linguistics1362

Media Studies438

Military science360

Negotiation and Conflict Resolution390

Occupational Safety and Health301

Political Economy431

Political Science1436

Public Policy / Administration523

Radio and Television broadcasting387

Special Education379

Sports / Exercise science394

Theology / Divinity / Religious studies988

Urban and Regional planning583