Best Universities for International Relations and Diplomacy in Europe
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Below is a list of best universities in Europe ranked based on their research performance in International Relations and Diplomacy. A graph of 239K citations received by 27.9K academic papers made by 199 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. London School of Economics and Political Science
- Acceptance Rate
- 8%
- Enrollment
- 9,218
- Founded
- 1895
2. University of Oxford
- Acceptance Rate
- 22%
- Founded
- 1096
4. University of Warwick
- Enrollment
- 27,278
- Founded
- 1965
5. University of Cambridge
- Acceptance Rate
- 21%
- Founded
- 1209
8. University of Sussex
- Enrollment
- 17,319
- Male:Female
- 44:56
- Founded
- 1961
11. University College London
- Enrollment
- 42,000
- Founded
- 1826
15. University of London
- Enrollment
- 50,000
- Founded
- 1836
20. Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
- Acceptance Rate
- 20%
- Enrollment
- 692
22. University of Bristol
- Acceptance Rate
- 63%
- Enrollment
- 27,513
- Founded
- 1909
23. Leiden University
- Acceptance Rate
- 30%
- Enrollment
- 27,713
- Founded
- 1575
25. University of Exeter
- Acceptance Rate
- 73%
- Founded
- 1955
26. Lancaster University
- Acceptance Rate
- 22%
- Founded
- 1964
27. University of St Andrews
- Enrollment
- 10,425
- Founded
- 1413
31. University of Leicester
- Enrollment
- 24,409
- Male:Female
- 46:54
- Founded
- 1957
35. University of Edinburgh
- Acceptance Rate
- 51%
- Founded
- 1583
36. University of East Anglia
- Acceptance Rate
- 22%
- Founded
- 1963
37. SOAS, University of London
- Acceptance Rate
- 44%
- Enrollment
- 6,295
- Founded
- 1916
38. University of Amsterdam
- Acceptance Rate
- 51%
- Enrollment
- 41,000
- Founded
- 1632
39. University of Westminster
- Enrollment
- 19,000
- Founded
- 1838
40. Durham University
- Enrollment
- 19,520
- Founded
- 1832
46. University of Bath
- Acceptance Rate
- 67%
- Enrollment
- 18,857
- Male:Female
- 53:47
- Founded
- 1966
48. Queen Mary University of London
- Acceptance Rate
- 18%
- Founded
- 1989
50. Loughborough University
- Enrollment
- 19,449
- Founded
- 1966
55. University of Southampton
- Enrollment
- 21,335
- Founded
- 1952
57. University of Liverpool
- Enrollment
- 28,693
- Founded
- 1881
58. Queen's University Belfast
- Acceptance Rate
- 31%
- Founded
- 1849
59. Brunel University London
- Acceptance Rate
- 54%
- Founded
- 1966
61. Maastricht University
- Enrollment
- 18,000
- Founded
- 1976
72. Utrecht University
- Acceptance Rate
- 22%
- Founded
- 1636
78. University of Groningen
- Acceptance Rate
- 50%
- Enrollment
- 34,000
- Founded
- 1614
79. Free University Amsterdam
- Acceptance Rate
- 45%
- Founded
- 1880
88. University of Bradford
- Acceptance Rate
- 63%
- Founded
- 1966
89. University of York
- Acceptance Rate
- 20%
- Founded
- 1963
94. University of Stirling
- Acceptance Rate
- 11%
- Enrollment
- 14,000
- Founded
- 1967
95. Oxford Brookes University
- Enrollment
- 16,900
- Founded
- 1865
96. Coventry University
- Enrollment
- 22,980
- Founded
- 1992
97. University of Zurich
- Acceptance Rate
- 19%
- Enrollment
- 25,732