Best Universities for Early Childhood Education in Europe

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EduRank

Below is a list of best universities in Europe ranked based on their research performance in Early Childhood Education. A graph of 279K citations received by 15.7K academic papers made by 176 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 Gothenburg

For Early Childhood Education

#1 in Sweden
#13 in the World
Enrollment
36,003
Founded
1891

3. University of London

For Early Childhood Education

#41 in the World
Enrollment
50,000
Founded
1836

4. University of Helsinki

For Early Childhood Education

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

5. University College London

For Early Childhood Education

#50 in the World
Enrollment
42,000
Founded
1826

6. University of Amsterdam

For Early Childhood Education

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

7. Utrecht University

For Early Childhood Education

#58 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1636

8. University of Jyvaskyla

For Early Childhood Education

#2 in Finland
#61 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
13,870
Male:Female
40:60
Founded
1934

9. Erasmus University Rotterdam

For Early Childhood Education

#73 in the World
Acceptance Rate
53%
Founded
1913

10. University of Groningen

For Early Childhood Education

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

11. Maastricht University

For Early Childhood Education

#77 in the World
Enrollment
18,000
Founded
1976

12. Catholic University of Leuven

For Early Childhood Education

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

13. Dublin Institute of Technology

For Early Childhood Education

#1 in Ireland
#94 in the World
Enrollment
20,000
Founded
1992

14. University of Oxford

For Early Childhood Education

#96 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1096

15. University of Twente

For Early Childhood Education

#97 in the World
Acceptance Rate
51%
Founded
1961

16. University of Freiburg

For Early Childhood Education

#1 in Germany
#99 in the World
Acceptance Rate
33%
Enrollment
23,938
Founded
1457

18. University of Warwick

For Early Childhood Education

#102 in the World
Enrollment
27,278
Founded
1965

19. University of Munich

For Early Childhood Education

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

20. Stockholm University

For Early Childhood Education

#2 in Sweden
#110 in the World
Enrollment
37,484
Founded
1878

21. University of Edinburgh

For Early Childhood Education

#117 in the World
Acceptance Rate
51%
Founded
1583

23. University of Exeter

For Early Childhood Education

#124 in the World
Acceptance Rate
73%
Founded
1955

25. Leiden University

For Early Childhood Education

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

26. Malardalen University

For Early Childhood Education

#3 in Sweden
#137 in the World
Acceptance Rate
31%
Enrollment
12,884
Founded
1977

27. Umea University

For Early Childhood Education

#4 in Sweden
#139 in the World
Enrollment
34,237
Founded
1965

28. University of Cambridge

For Early Childhood Education

#140 in the World
Acceptance Rate
21%
Founded
1209

29. University of Turku

For Early Childhood Education

#3 in Finland
#141 in the World
Acceptance Rate
18%
Enrollment
20,800
Male:Female
38:62
Founded
1920

30. University of Roehampton

For Early Childhood Education

#145 in the World
Acceptance Rate
72%
Founded
2004

32. Ghent University

For Early Childhood Education

#2 in Belgium
#151 in the World
Enrollment
41,669
Founded
1817

33. University of Stavanger

For Early Childhood Education

#1 in Norway
#154 in the World
Acceptance Rate
31%
Enrollment
12,000
Founded
1994

34. University College Dublin

For Early Childhood Education

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

36. University of Oslo

For Early Childhood Education

#2 in Norway
#164 in the World
Enrollment
26,650
Founded
1811

37. Linkoping University

For Early Childhood Education

#5 in Sweden
#167 in the World
Acceptance Rate
41%
Enrollment
22,441
Founded
1975

38. University of Thessaly

For Early Childhood Education

#1 in Greece
#181 in the World
Enrollment
12,000
Founded
1984

39. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

For Early Childhood Education

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

40. University of Southampton

For Early Childhood Education

#188 in the World
Enrollment
21,335
Founded
1952

42. Aarhus University

For Early Childhood Education

#1 in Denmark
#194 in the World
Acceptance Rate
42%
Enrollment
33,020
Founded
1928

43. University of Koblenz-Landau

For Early Childhood Education

#3 in Germany
#195 in the World
Enrollment
15,757
Founded
1990

44. University of Tampere

For Early Childhood Education

#4 in Finland
#197 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
30,000
Founded
1925

45. Norwegian University of Science and Technology

For Early Childhood Education

#3 in Norway
#203 in the World
Enrollment
42,031
Founded
1996

46. University of Northampton

For Early Childhood Education

#204 in the World
Acceptance Rate
73%
Founded
2005

47. University of Padua

For Early Childhood Education

#1 in Italy
#206 in the World
Acceptance Rate
40%
Enrollment
62,876
Founded
1222

48. Lancaster University

For Early Childhood Education

#208 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1964

49. University of Plymouth

For Early Childhood Education

#209 in the World
Acceptance Rate
77%
Founded
1992

50. University of York

For Early Childhood Education

#210 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Founded
1963

52. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

For Early Childhood Education

#3 in Greece
#222 in the World
Enrollment
70,461
Founded
1837

54. Autonomous University of Madrid

For Early Childhood Education

#1 in Spain
#227 in the World
Founded
1968

55. University of Oulu

For Early Childhood Education

#5 in Finland
#233 in the World
Enrollment
2,900
Founded
1958

56. Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main

For Early Childhood Education

#4 in Germany
#234 in the World
Enrollment
43,461
Founded
1914

57. University of Cyprus

For Early Childhood Education

#1 in Cyprus
#237 in the World
Founded
1989

58. University of Antwerp

For Early Childhood Education

#3 in Belgium
#239 in the World
Founded
2003

59. Lund University

For Early Childhood Education

#6 in Sweden
#243 in the World
Enrollment
40,000
Founded
1666

62. University of Iceland

For Early Childhood Education

#1 in Iceland
#256 in the World
Acceptance Rate
92%
Enrollment
12,992
Founded
1911

63. University of Eastern Finland

For Early Childhood Education

#6 in Finland
#259 in the World
Enrollment
15,500
Founded
2010

64. University of Bristol

For Early Childhood Education

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

65. University of Sussex

For Early Childhood Education

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

66. University of Tubingen

For Early Childhood Education

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

67. Wageningen University

For Early Childhood Education

#287 in the World
Enrollment
12,819
Founded
1918

68. Ruhr University Bochum

For Early Childhood Education

#6 in Germany
#294 in the World
Enrollment
42,954
Founded
1962

69. Trinity College Dublin, University of Dublin

For Early Childhood Education

#3 in Ireland
#296 in the World
Enrollment
20,430
Founded
1592

72. University of Bath

For Early Childhood Education

#299 in the World
Acceptance Rate
67%
Enrollment
18,857
Male:Female
53:47
Founded
1966

73. University of Geneva

For Early Childhood Education

#307 in the World
Enrollment
17,744

74. University of Fribourg

For Early Childhood Education

#310 in the World
Acceptance Rate
33%
Enrollment
10,366

76. Karlstad University

For Early Childhood Education

#7 in Sweden
#314 in the World
Enrollment
12,935
Founded
1999

77. Free University of Berlin

For Early Childhood Education

#7 in Germany
#319 in the World
Acceptance Rate
15%
Enrollment
37,608
Founded
1948

78. University of Granada

For Early Childhood Education

#2 in Spain
#321 in the World
Founded
1531

79. Uppsala University

For Early Childhood Education

#8 in Sweden
#325 in the World
Acceptance Rate
69%
Enrollment
35,556
Founded
1477

80. Free University Amsterdam

For Early Childhood Education

#331 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Founded
1880

81. University of Seville

For Early Childhood Education

#3 in Spain
#332 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Founded
1505

83. Linnaeus University

For Early Childhood Education

#9 in Sweden
#335 in the World
Enrollment
24,355
Male:Female
40:60
Founded
1977

84. Queen's University Belfast

For Early Childhood Education

#336 in the World
Acceptance Rate
31%
Founded
1849

86. London School of Economics and Political Science

For Early Childhood Education

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

87. University of Luxembourg

For Early Childhood Education

#1 in Luxembourg
#343 in the World
Founded
2003

88. University of East Anglia

For Early Childhood Education

#347 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1963

89. Jonkoping University

For Early Childhood Education

#10 in Sweden
#349 in the World
Acceptance Rate
42%
Enrollment
9,567
Founded
1977

90. University of Crete

For Early Childhood Education

#4 in Greece
#350 in the World
Acceptance Rate
15%
Founded
1973

91. University of Copenhagen

For Early Childhood Education

#2 in Denmark
#352 in the World
Acceptance Rate
37%
Founded
1479

93. University of Portsmouth

For Early Childhood Education

#359 in the World
Acceptance Rate
69%
Founded
1992

94. University of Valencia

For Early Childhood Education

#4 in Spain
#364 in the World
Acceptance Rate
51%
Enrollment
58,390

95. Orebro University

For Early Childhood Education

#11 in Sweden
#367 in the World
Enrollment
11,638
Founded
1977

96. University of Porto

For Early Childhood Education

#1 in Portugal
#370 in the World
Acceptance Rate
31%
Enrollment
29,178
Founded
1911

97. Complutense University of Madrid

For Early Childhood Education

#5 in Spain
#371 in the World
Enrollment
71,806
Founded
1508

98. University of Lisbon

For Early Childhood Education

#2 in Portugal
#376 in the World
Enrollment
49,769
Founded
1911

99. University of Bielefeld

For Early Childhood Education

#8 in Germany
#377 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
24,488
Founded
1969

100. Durham University

For Early Childhood Education

#382 in the World
Enrollment
19,520
Founded
1832