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 465K citations received by 18.8K academic papers made by 206 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

2. University College London

For Early Childhood Education

#19 in the World
Enrollment
42,000
Founded
1826

4. University of Helsinki

For Early Childhood Education

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

5. University of Amsterdam

For Early Childhood Education

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

6. University of Jyvaskyla

For Early Childhood Education

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

7. Utrecht University

For Early Childhood Education

#53 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Enrollment
40,000
Founded
1636

8. University of London

For Early Childhood Education

#56 in the World
Enrollment
50,000
Founded
1836

9. Erasmus University Rotterdam

For Early Childhood Education

#59 in the World
Acceptance Rate
53%
Founded
1913

10. Stockholm University

For Early Childhood Education

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

11. Maastricht University

For Early Childhood Education

#76 in the World
Enrollment
18,000
Founded
1976

12. Catholic University of Leuven

For Early Childhood Education

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

13. University of Groningen

For Early Childhood Education

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

14. University of Munich

For Early Childhood Education

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

15. University of Edinburgh

For Early Childhood Education

#87 in the World
Acceptance Rate
51%
Founded
1583

16. University of Twente

For Early Childhood Education

#88 in the World
Acceptance Rate
51%
Founded
1961

18. University of Oxford

For Early Childhood Education

#93 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1096

19. University of Freiburg

For Early Childhood Education

#2 in Germany
#100 in the World
Acceptance Rate
33%
Enrollment
23,938
Founded
1457

20. University of Warwick

For Early Childhood Education

#112 in the World
Enrollment
27,278
Founded
1965

21. University of Stavanger

For Early Childhood Education

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

22. University of Exeter

For Early Childhood Education

#117 in the World
Acceptance Rate
73%
Founded
1955

23. Dublin Institute of Technology

For Early Childhood Education

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

24. Malardalen University

For Early Childhood Education

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

26. University of Cambridge

For Early Childhood Education

#130 in the World
Acceptance Rate
21%
Founded
1209

27. Ghent University

For Early Childhood Education

#2 in Belgium
#132 in the World
Enrollment
50,000
Founded
1817

28. Leiden University

For Early Childhood Education

#136 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
33,474
Founded
1575

29. University College Dublin

For Early Childhood Education

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

31. University of Oslo

For Early Childhood Education

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

32. University of Turku

For Early Childhood Education

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

34. University of Roehampton

For Early Childhood Education

#149 in the World
Acceptance Rate
72%
Founded
2004

35. University of Northampton

For Early Childhood Education

#151 in the World
Acceptance Rate
73%
Founded
2005

36. Umea University

For Early Childhood Education

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

37. University of Tampere

For Early Childhood Education

#4 in Finland
#155 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
18,400
Male:Female
47:53
Founded
1925

38. Aarhus University

For Early Childhood Education

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

39. Linkoping University

For Early Childhood Education

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

40. Free University Amsterdam

For Early Childhood Education

#162 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Founded
1880

41. University of Southampton

For Early Childhood Education

#167 in the World
Enrollment
21,335
Founded
1952

42. University of Thessaly

For Early Childhood Education

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

44. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

For Early Childhood Education

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

45. Norwegian University of Science and Technology

For Early Childhood Education

#3 in Norway
#183 in the World
Enrollment
44,000
Founded
1996

46. University of Eastern Finland

For Early Childhood Education

#5 in Finland
#186 in the World
Enrollment
15,500
Founded
2010

47. University of Padua

For Early Childhood Education

#1 in Italy
#188 in the World
Acceptance Rate
40%
Enrollment
70,000
Founded
1222

48. University of Cyprus

For Early Childhood Education

#1 in Cyprus
#189 in the World
Enrollment
6,919
Founded
1989

49. University of Plymouth

For Early Childhood Education

#191 in the World
Acceptance Rate
77%
Founded
1992

50. University of Copenhagen

For Early Childhood Education

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

51. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

For Early Childhood Education

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

52. University of Oulu

For Early Childhood Education

#6 in Finland
#198 in the World
Enrollment
2,900
Founded
1958

55. University of York

For Early Childhood Education

#231 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Founded
1963

56. University of Koblenz-Landau

For Early Childhood Education

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

57. Lund University

For Early Childhood Education

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

59. University of Bristol

For Early Childhood Education

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

60. University of Antwerp

For Early Childhood Education

#3 in Belgium
#245 in the World
Founded
2003

63. Lancaster University

For Early Childhood Education

#255 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1964

64. Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main

For Early Childhood Education

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

65. University of Granada

For Early Childhood Education

#1 in Spain
#258 in the World
Enrollment
56,842
Founded
1531

67. University of Seville

For Early Childhood Education

#2 in Spain
#260 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Founded
1505

68. Ruhr University Bochum

For Early Childhood Education

#5 in Germany
#261 in the World
Enrollment
42,954
Founded
1962

69. University of Iceland

For Early Childhood Education

#1 in Iceland
#267 in the World
Acceptance Rate
92%
Enrollment
14,000
Founded
1911

70. Trinity College Dublin, University of Dublin

For Early Childhood Education

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

71. Uppsala University

For Early Childhood Education

#7 in Sweden
#278 in the World
Acceptance Rate
69%
Founded
1477

72. Linnaeus University

For Early Childhood Education

#8 in Sweden
#284 in the World
Enrollment
24,355
Founded
1977

73. University of Sussex

For Early Childhood Education

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

74. Durham University

For Early Childhood Education

#293 in the World
Enrollment
19,520
Founded
1832

75. University of Luxembourg

For Early Childhood Education

#1 in Luxembourg
#296 in the World
Founded
2003

77. University of Tubingen

For Early Childhood Education

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

78. University of Crete

For Early Childhood Education

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

79. University of Fribourg

For Early Childhood Education

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

80. University of Geneva

For Early Childhood Education

#309 in the World
Enrollment
17,744

81. Wageningen University

For Early Childhood Education

#311 in the World
Enrollment
12,819
Founded
1918

82. Autonomous University of Madrid

For Early Childhood Education

#3 in Spain
#316 in the World
Founded
1968

84. Free University of Berlin

For Early Childhood Education

#7 in Germany
#321 in the World
Acceptance Rate
15%
Enrollment
37,908
Founded
1948

85. University of Bath

For Early Childhood Education

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

86. University of Valencia

For Early Childhood Education

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

87. University of Porto

For Early Childhood Education

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

88. Western Norway University of Applied Sciences

For Early Childhood Education

#4 in Norway
#335 in the World
Enrollment
17,000
Founded
2017

89. University of Girona

For Early Childhood Education

#5 in Spain
#336 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
15,336

90. Dublin City University

For Early Childhood Education

#4 in Ireland
#337 in the World
Enrollment
17,989
Founded
1989

91. Karlstad University

For Early Childhood Education

#9 in Sweden
#340 in the World
Enrollment
12,935
Founded
1999

93. Malmo University

For Early Childhood Education

#10 in Sweden
#347 in the World
Enrollment
15,625
Founded
1998

94. University of Graz

For Early Childhood Education

#1 in Austria
#349 in the World
Enrollment
32,230
Founded
1585

95. Queen's University Belfast

For Early Childhood Education

#350 in the World
Acceptance Rate
31%
Founded
1849

96. London School of Economics and Political Science

For Early Childhood Education

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

97. University of Ioannina

For Early Childhood Education

#5 in Greece
#353 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Enrollment
18,356
Founded
1970

98. University of Bamberg

For Early Childhood Education

#8 in Germany
#354 in the World
Acceptance Rate
40%
Enrollment
11,000
Founded
1972

99. Aalborg University

For Early Childhood Education

#3 in Denmark
#356 in the World
Acceptance Rate
40%
Enrollment
20,353
Founded
1974