Best Universities for Genealogy 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 Genealogy. A graph of 593K citations received by 37.5K academic papers made by 288 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

United Kingdom | England

For Genealogy

#1 in the United Kingdom

#3 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

2. University College London

United Kingdom | England

For Genealogy

#2 in the United Kingdom

#4 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

3. University of Oxford

United Kingdom | England

For Genealogy

#3 in the United Kingdom

#5 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

4. University of Edinburgh

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Genealogy

#4 in the United Kingdom

#17 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

5. University of Helsinki

Finland | Helsinki

For Genealogy

#25 in the World

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

6. University of Reading

United Kingdom | England

For Genealogy

#5 in the United Kingdom

#35 in the World

Founded: 1892

7. University of Leicester

United Kingdom | England

For Genealogy

#6 in the United Kingdom

#36 in the World

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

8. University of Manchester

United Kingdom | England

For Genealogy

#7 in the United Kingdom

#45 in the World

Founded: 1824

9. University of Copenhagen

Denmark | Copenhagen

For Genealogy

#50 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Founded: 1479

10. University of Vigo

For Genealogy

#1 in Spain

#55 in the World

Enrollment: 18,577
Founded: 1989

11. University of Glasgow

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Genealogy

#8 in the United Kingdom

#57 in the World

Founded: 1451

12. King's College London

United Kingdom | England

For Genealogy

#9 in the United Kingdom

#61 in the World

Founded: 1829

13. University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Genealogy

#10 in the United Kingdom

#64 in the World

Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1836

14. University of Liverpool

United Kingdom | England

For Genealogy

#11 in the United Kingdom

#67 in the World

Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

15. University of Birmingham

United Kingdom | England

For Genealogy

#12 in the United Kingdom

#69 in the World

Founded: 1900

16. University of Montpellier

France | Occitanie

For Genealogy

#1 in France

#70 in the World

Enrollment: 46,578
Founded: 1289

17. University of Bristol

United Kingdom | England

For Genealogy

#13 in the United Kingdom

#74 in the World

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

18. University of Nottingham

United Kingdom | England

For Genealogy

#14 in the United Kingdom

#75 in the World

Founded: 1948

19. Utrecht University

Netherlands | Utrecht

For Genealogy

#1 in the Netherlands

#77 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1636

20. Heidelberg University - Germany

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Genealogy

#78 in the World

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

21. University of Warwick

United Kingdom | England

For Genealogy

#15 in the United Kingdom

#84 in the World

Enrollment: 27,278
Founded: 1965

22. University of Leeds

United Kingdom | England

For Genealogy

#16 in the United Kingdom

#85 in the World

Founded: 1904

23. University of Sheffield

United Kingdom | England

For Genealogy

#17 in the United Kingdom

#87 in the World

Founded: 1905

24. Durham University

United Kingdom | England

For Genealogy

#18 in the United Kingdom

#90 in the World

Enrollment: 19,520
Founded: 1832

25. University of Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Genealogy

#2 in the Netherlands

#95 in the World

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

26. University of Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Genealogy

#1 in Switzerland

#97 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Enrollment: 25,732

27. Catholic University of Leuven

Belgium | Leuven

For Genealogy

#98 in the World

Enrollment: 62,693
Founded: 1425

28. Sapienza University of Rome

For Genealogy

#1 in Italy

#100 in the World

Enrollment: 100,155
Founded: 1303

29. Stockholm University

Sweden | Stockholm

For Genealogy

#1 in Sweden

#101 in the World

Enrollment: 37,484
Founded: 1878

30. University of St Andrews

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Genealogy

#19 in the United Kingdom

#109 in the World

Enrollment: 10,425
Founded: 1413

31. Uppsala University

Sweden | Uppsala

For Genealogy

#2 in Sweden

#111 in the World

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

32. London School of Economics and Political Science

United Kingdom | England

For Genealogy

#20 in the United Kingdom

#113 in the World

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

33. Free University of Brussels - VUB

Belgium | Brussels

For Genealogy

#114 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Enrollment: 11,101
Founded: 1970

34. Karolinska Institute

Sweden | Stockholm

For Genealogy

#3 in Sweden

#116 in the World

Enrollment: 8,070
Founded: 1861

35. Leiden University

Netherlands | Leiden

For Genealogy

#3 in the Netherlands

#117 in the World

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

36. Newcastle University

United Kingdom | England

For Genealogy

#21 in the United Kingdom

#118 in the World

Founded: 1963

37. University of Vienna

Austria | Vienna

For Genealogy

#120 in the World

Enrollment: 93,628
Founded: 1365

38. University of Aberdeen

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Genealogy

#22 in the United Kingdom

#125 in the World

Founded: 1495

39. University of Southampton

United Kingdom | England

For Genealogy

#23 in the United Kingdom

#126 in the World

Enrollment: 21,335
Founded: 1952

40. University of York

United Kingdom | England

For Genealogy

#24 in the United Kingdom

#128 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1963

41. Lund University

For Genealogy

#4 in Sweden

#129 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1666

42. Trinity College Dublin, University of Dublin

Ireland | Dublin

For Genealogy

#139 in the World

Enrollment: 20,430
Founded: 1592

43. Cardiff University

United Kingdom | Wales

For Genealogy

#25 in the United Kingdom

#143 in the World

Founded: 1997

44. University of Exeter

United Kingdom | England

For Genealogy

#26 in the United Kingdom

#145 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1955

45. Queen Mary University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Genealogy

#27 in the United Kingdom

#147 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1989

46. University of Oslo

For Genealogy

#1 in Norway

#150 in the World

Enrollment: 26,650
Founded: 1811

47. Queen's University Belfast

United Kingdom | Northern Ireland

For Genealogy

#28 in the United Kingdom

#154 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1849

48. University of Padua

For Genealogy

#2 in Italy

#156 in the World

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

49. University of Sussex

United Kingdom | England

For Genealogy

#29 in the United Kingdom

#157 in the World

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

50. Free University Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Genealogy

#4 in the Netherlands

#161 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1880

51. Aarhus University

Denmark | Aarhus

For Genealogy

#170 in the World

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

52. Pierre and Marie Curie University

France | Ile-de-France

For Genealogy

#2 in France

#171 in the World

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

53. Erasmus University Rotterdam

Netherlands | Rotterdam

For Genealogy

#5 in the Netherlands

#173 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 53%
Founded: 1913

54. University of Bergen

Norway | Bergen

For Genealogy

#2 in Norway

#180 in the World

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1946

55. Radboud University

Netherlands | Nijmegen

For Genealogy

#6 in the Netherlands

#185 in the World

Founded: 1923

56. Royal Agricultural University

United Kingdom | England

For Genealogy

#30 in the United Kingdom

#189 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Enrollment: 1,100
Founded: 2013

57. University of Essex

United Kingdom | England

For Genealogy

#31 in the United Kingdom

#190 in the World

Founded: 1964

58. Royal Holloway, University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Genealogy

#32 in the United Kingdom

#192 in the World

Founded: 1849

59. University of Gothenburg

Sweden | Gothenburg

For Genealogy

#5 in Sweden

#194 in the World

Enrollment: 36,003
Founded: 1891

60. University of Groningen

Netherlands | Groningen

For Genealogy

#7 in the Netherlands

#196 in the World

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

61. University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Genealogy

#198 in the World

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

62. University College Dublin

Ireland | Dublin

For Genealogy

#199 in the World

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

63. University of Kent

United Kingdom | England

For Genealogy

#33 in the United Kingdom

#204 in the World

Founded: 1965

64. Free University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Genealogy

#205 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Enrollment: 37,608
Founded: 1948

65. University of Perugia

For Genealogy

#3 in Italy

#208 in the World

Enrollment: 26,732
Founded: 1308

66. University of East Anglia

United Kingdom | England

For Genealogy

#34 in the United Kingdom

#209 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1963

67. University of Geneva

Switzerland | Geneva

For Genealogy

#2 in Switzerland

#216 in the World

Enrollment: 17,744

68. University of Hamburg

Germany | Hamburg State

For Genealogy

#218 in the World

Enrollment: 43,957
Founded: 1919

69. University of Surrey

United Kingdom | England

For Genealogy

#35 in the United Kingdom

#219 in the World

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1966

70. Imperial College London

United Kingdom | England

For Genealogy

#36 in the United Kingdom

#222 in the World

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

71. Free University of Brussels

Belgium | Brussels

For Genealogy

#223 in the World

Enrollment: 31,606
Founded: 1834

72. Umea University

For Genealogy

#6 in Sweden

#233 in the World

Enrollment: 34,237
Founded: 1965

73. Birkbeck, University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Genealogy

#37 in the United Kingdom

#235 in the World

Founded: 1823

74. University of Bologna

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Genealogy

#4 in Italy

#237 in the World

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

75. University of Tampere

Finland | Tampere

For Genealogy

#239 in the World

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

76. University of Lausanne

Switzerland | Lausanne

For Genealogy

#3 in Switzerland

#240 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Enrollment: 16,919

77. Eotvos Lorand University

Hungary | Budapest

For Genealogy

#242 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Enrollment: 2,800
Founded: 1635

78. Ulster University

United Kingdom | Northern Ireland

For Genealogy

#38 in the United Kingdom

#249 in the World

Founded: 1968

79. Complutense University of Madrid

For Genealogy

#2 in Spain

#251 in the World

Enrollment: 71,806
Founded: 1508

80. University of Wales

United Kingdom | Wales

For Genealogy

#39 in the United Kingdom

#254 in the World

Founded: 1893

81. Lancaster University

United Kingdom | England

For Genealogy

#40 in the United Kingdom

#256 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1964

82. Maastricht University

Netherlands | Maastricht

For Genealogy

#8 in the Netherlands

#259 in the World

Enrollment: 18,000
Founded: 1976

83. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Genealogy

#4 in Switzerland

#260 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 23,420

84. University of Hull

United Kingdom | England

For Genealogy

#41 in the United Kingdom

#263 in the World

Founded: 1954

85. University of Turin

Italy | Piedmont

For Genealogy

#5 in Italy

#265 in the World

Founded: 1404

86. University of Florence

Italy | Tuscany

For Genealogy

#6 in Italy

#267 in the World

Founded: 1321

87. University of Santiago de Compostela

Spain | Santiago de Compostela

For Genealogy

#3 in Spain

#272 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1495

88. Goldsmiths, University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Genealogy

#42 in the United Kingdom

#275 in the World

Founded: 1904

89. University of Gottingen

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Genealogy

#276 in the World

Enrollment: 31,619
Founded: 1734

90. University of Iceland

Iceland | Reykjavik

For Genealogy

#1 in Iceland

#278 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 92%
Enrollment: 12,992
Founded: 1911

91. University of Barcelona

Spain | Barcelona

For Genealogy

#4 in Spain

#279 in the World

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

92. University of Stirling

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Genealogy

#43 in the United Kingdom

#281 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 14,000
Founded: 1967

93. Humboldt University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Genealogy

#283 in the World

Enrollment: 36,378
Founded: 1809

94. Autonomous University of Barcelona

Spain | Cerdanyola del Valles

For Genealogy

#5 in Spain

#285 in the World

Enrollment: 30,926

95. University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Genealogy

#1 in Poland

#287 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Enrollment: 42,700
Founded: 1816

96. University of Cologne

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Genealogy

#290 in the World

Enrollment: 52,204
Male:Female: 39:61
Founded: 1388

97. University of Bern

Switzerland | Bern

For Genealogy

#5 in Switzerland

#292 in the World

Enrollment: 18,576

98. University of Jyvaskyla

Finland | Jyvaskyla

For Genealogy

#297 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 13,870
Male:Female: 40:60
Founded: 1934

99. Swansea University

United Kingdom | Wales

For Genealogy

#44 in the United Kingdom

#298 in the World

Founded: 1920

100. Linkoping University

Sweden | Linkoping

For Genealogy

#7 in Sweden

#300 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Enrollment: 22,441
Founded: 1975

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