Best Universities for Journalism and Digital Media 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 Journalism and Digital Media. A graph of 2.14M citations received by 103K academic papers made by 485 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 Oxford

United Kingdom | England

For Journalism and Digital Media

#1 in the United Kingdom

#20 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

2. University of Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Journalism and Digital Media

#1 in the Netherlands

#25 in the World

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

3. University of Cambridge

United Kingdom | England

For Journalism and Digital Media

#2 in the United Kingdom

#38 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

4. University College London

United Kingdom | England

For Journalism and Digital Media

#3 in the United Kingdom

#49 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

5. University of Manchester

United Kingdom | England

For Journalism and Digital Media

#4 in the United Kingdom

#65 in the World

Founded: 1824

6. University of Groningen

Netherlands | Groningen

For Journalism and Digital Media

#2 in the Netherlands

#67 in the World

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

7. Catholic University of Leuven

Belgium | Leuven

For Journalism and Digital Media

#1 in Belgium

#69 in the World

Enrollment: 62,693
Founded: 1425

8. University of Helsinki

Finland | Helsinki

For Journalism and Digital Media

#1 in Finland

#73 in the World

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

9. University of Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Journalism and Digital Media

#1 in Switzerland

#75 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Enrollment: 25,732

10. Cardiff University

United Kingdom | Wales

For Journalism and Digital Media

#5 in the United Kingdom

#81 in the World

Founded: 1997

11. University of Sheffield

United Kingdom | England

For Journalism and Digital Media

#6 in the United Kingdom

#96 in the World

Founded: 1905

12. King's College London

United Kingdom | England

For Journalism and Digital Media

#7 in the United Kingdom

#102 in the World

Founded: 1829

13. Imperial College London

United Kingdom | England

For Journalism and Digital Media

#8 in the United Kingdom

#103 in the World

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

14. University of Copenhagen

Denmark | Copenhagen

For Journalism and Digital Media

#1 in Denmark

#104 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Founded: 1479

15. Polytechnic University of Valencia

Spain | Valencia

For Journalism and Digital Media

#1 in Spain

#108 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 28,450
Founded: 1968

16. Utrecht University

Netherlands | Utrecht

For Journalism and Digital Media

#3 in the Netherlands

#110 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1636

17. University of Glasgow

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Journalism and Digital Media

#9 in the United Kingdom

#111 in the World

Founded: 1451

18. London School of Economics and Political Science

United Kingdom | England

For Journalism and Digital Media

#10 in the United Kingdom

#113 in the World

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

19. Stockholm University

Sweden | Stockholm

For Journalism and Digital Media

#1 in Sweden

#118 in the World

Enrollment: 37,484
Founded: 1878

20. Aarhus University

Denmark | Aarhus

For Journalism and Digital Media

#2 in Denmark

#121 in the World

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

21. University of Nottingham

United Kingdom | England

For Journalism and Digital Media

#11 in the United Kingdom

#124 in the World

Founded: 1948

22. University of Liverpool

United Kingdom | England

For Journalism and Digital Media

#12 in the United Kingdom

#129 in the World

Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

23. Lund University

Sweden | Lund

For Journalism and Digital Media

#2 in Sweden

#132 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1666

24. University of Leeds

United Kingdom | England

For Journalism and Digital Media

#13 in the United Kingdom

#133 in the World

Founded: 1904

25. Delft University of Technology

Netherlands | Delft

For Journalism and Digital Media

#4 in the Netherlands

#136 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 24,703
Founded: 1842

26. Autonomous University of Madrid

Spain | Madrid

For Journalism and Digital Media

#2 in Spain

#137 in the World

Founded: 1968

27. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Journalism and Digital Media

#2 in Switzerland

#142 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 23,420

28. University of Tampere

Finland | Tampere

For Journalism and Digital Media

#2 in Finland

#143 in the World

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

29. University of Leicester

United Kingdom | England

For Journalism and Digital Media

#14 in the United Kingdom

#144 in the World

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

30. Complutense University of Madrid

Spain | Madrid

For Journalism and Digital Media

#3 in Spain

#145 in the World

Enrollment: 71,806
Founded: 1508

31. University of Edinburgh

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Journalism and Digital Media

#15 in the United Kingdom

#150 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

32. Free University Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Journalism and Digital Media

#5 in the Netherlands

#152 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1880

33. Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

Switzerland | Lausanne

For Journalism and Digital Media

#3 in Switzerland

#154 in the World

Enrollment: 12,576

34. University of Southampton

United Kingdom | England

For Journalism and Digital Media

#16 in the United Kingdom

#157 in the World

Enrollment: 21,335
Founded: 1952

35. University of Oslo

Norway | Oslo

For Journalism and Digital Media

#1 in Norway

#167 in the World

Enrollment: 26,650
Founded: 1811

36. University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Journalism and Digital Media

#1 in Germany

#168 in the World

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

37. Lancaster University

United Kingdom | England

For Journalism and Digital Media

#17 in the United Kingdom

#171 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1964

38. City, University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Journalism and Digital Media

#18 in the United Kingdom

#172 in the World

Founded: 1966

39. Technical University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Journalism and Digital Media

#2 in Germany

#174 in the World

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

40. University of Bologna

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Journalism and Digital Media

#1 in Italy

#176 in the World

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

41. University of Vienna

Austria | Vienna

For Journalism and Digital Media

#1 in Austria

#177 in the World

Enrollment: 93,628
Founded: 1365

42. University of Bristol

United Kingdom | England

For Journalism and Digital Media

#19 in the United Kingdom

#178 in the World

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

43. Ghent University

Belgium | Ghent

For Journalism and Digital Media

#2 in Belgium

#181 in the World

Enrollment: 41,669
Founded: 1817

44. University of Munster

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Journalism and Digital Media

#3 in Germany

#184 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 43,728
Founded: 1780

45. Free University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Journalism and Digital Media

#4 in Germany

#186 in the World

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

46. University of Seville

Spain | Seville

For Journalism and Digital Media

#4 in Spain

#187 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1505

47. University College Dublin

Ireland | Dublin

For Journalism and Digital Media

#1 in Ireland

#188 in the World

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

48. Eindhoven University of Technology

Netherlands | Eindhoven

For Journalism and Digital Media

#6 in the Netherlands

#189 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1956

49. Erasmus University Rotterdam

Netherlands | Rotterdam

For Journalism and Digital Media

#7 in the Netherlands

#191 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 53%
Founded: 1913

50. University of Valencia

Spain | Valencia

For Journalism and Digital Media

#5 in Spain

#198 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Enrollment: 58,390

51. University of Turin

Italy | Piedmont

For Journalism and Digital Media

#2 in Italy

#202 in the World

Founded: 1404

52. Leiden University

Netherlands | Leiden

For Journalism and Digital Media

#8 in the Netherlands

#204 in the World

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

53. Uppsala University

Sweden | Uppsala

For Journalism and Digital Media

#3 in Sweden

#208 in the World

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

54. Radboud University

Netherlands | Nijmegen

For Journalism and Digital Media

#9 in the Netherlands

#212 in the World

Founded: 1923

55. University of Warwick

United Kingdom | England

For Journalism and Digital Media

#20 in the United Kingdom

#213 in the World

Enrollment: 27,278
Founded: 1965

56. Free University of Brussels - VUB

Belgium | Brussels

For Journalism and Digital Media

#3 in Belgium

#216 in the World

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

57. Newcastle University

United Kingdom | England

For Journalism and Digital Media

#21 in the United Kingdom

#219 in the World

Founded: 1963

58. Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

For Journalism and Digital Media

#1 in France

#221 in the World

Enrollment: 38,007
Founded: 1809

59. Aalto University

Finland | Espoo

For Journalism and Digital Media

#3 in Finland

#222 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 11,440
Founded: 2010

60. University of Southern Denmark

Denmark | Odense

For Journalism and Digital Media

#3 in Denmark

#227 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Founded: 1966

61. Pompeu Fabra University

Spain | Barcelona

For Journalism and Digital Media

#6 in Spain

#231 in the World

Enrollment: 15,801

62. Dublin City University

Ireland | Dublin

For Journalism and Digital Media

#2 in Ireland

#233 in the World

Enrollment: 17,989
Founded: 1989

63. Bournemouth University

United Kingdom | England

For Journalism and Digital Media

#22 in the United Kingdom

#234 in the World

Enrollment: 14,293
Founded: 1992

64. Queen's University Belfast

United Kingdom | Northern Ireland

For Journalism and Digital Media

#23 in the United Kingdom

#235 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1849

65. University of Birmingham

United Kingdom | England

For Journalism and Digital Media

#24 in the United Kingdom

#243 in the World

Founded: 1900

66. Paul Sabatier University - Toulouse III

France | Occitanie

For Journalism and Digital Media

#2 in France

#244 in the World

Enrollment: 29,680
Founded: 1960

67. University of Antwerp

Belgium | Antwerp

For Journalism and Digital Media

#4 in Belgium

#245 in the World

Founded: 2003

68. University of Twente

Netherlands | Enschede

For Journalism and Digital Media

#10 in the Netherlands

#250 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1961

69. University of York

United Kingdom | England

For Journalism and Digital Media

#25 in the United Kingdom

#251 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1963

70. University of Bath

United Kingdom | England

For Journalism and Digital Media

#26 in the United Kingdom

#252 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Enrollment: 18,857
Male:Female: 53:47
Founded: 1966

71. University of Ljubljana

Slovenia | Ljubljana

For Journalism and Digital Media

#1 in Slovenia

#255 in the World

Enrollment: 37,874
Founded: 1919

72. University of Gothenburg

Sweden | Gothenburg

For Journalism and Digital Media

#4 in Sweden

#258 in the World

Enrollment: 36,003
Founded: 1891

73. Nottingham Trent University

United Kingdom | England

For Journalism and Digital Media

#27 in the United Kingdom

#260 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1992

74. University of Wolverhampton

United Kingdom | England

For Journalism and Digital Media

#28 in the United Kingdom

#263 in the World

Founded: 1992

75. University of Alicante

Spain | San Vicente del Raspeig

For Journalism and Digital Media

#7 in Spain

#264 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1979

76. Copenhagen Business School

Denmark | Frederiksberg

For Journalism and Digital Media

#4 in Denmark

#265 in the World

Founded: 1917

77. Loughborough University

United Kingdom | England

For Journalism and Digital Media

#29 in the United Kingdom

#267 in the World

Enrollment: 19,449
Founded: 1966

78. RWTH Aachen University

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Journalism and Digital Media

#5 in Germany

#268 in the World

Enrollment: 47,521
Founded: 1870

79. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Greece | Thessaloniki

For Journalism and Digital Media

#1 in Greece

#269 in the World

Enrollment: 92,090
Founded: 1925

80. University of Hamburg

Germany | Hamburg State

For Journalism and Digital Media

#6 in Germany

#270 in the World

Enrollment: 43,957
Founded: 1919

81. Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Germany | Rhineland-Palatinate

For Journalism and Digital Media

#7 in Germany

#273 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 28%
Enrollment: 33,132
Founded: 1946

82. National University of Ireland, Galway

Ireland | Galway

For Journalism and Digital Media

#3 in Ireland

#274 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Founded: 1845

83. University of Turku

Finland | Turku

For Journalism and Digital Media

#4 in Finland

#277 in the World

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

84. University of Bergen

Norway | Bergen

For Journalism and Digital Media

#2 in Norway

#285 in the World

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1946

85. University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Journalism and Digital Media

#1 in Poland

#286 in the World

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

86. University of Saragossa

Spain | Zaragoza

For Journalism and Digital Media

#8 in Spain

#287 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1542

87. Swansea University

United Kingdom | Wales

For Journalism and Digital Media

#30 in the United Kingdom

#289 in the World

Founded: 1920

88. University of Duisburg - Essen

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Journalism and Digital Media

#8 in Germany

#291 in the World

Enrollment: 43,281
Founded: 2003

89. Dublin Institute of Technology

Ireland | Dublin

For Journalism and Digital Media

#4 in Ireland

#292 in the World

Enrollment: 20,000
Founded: 1992

90. University of Santiago de Compostela

Spain | Santiago de Compostela

For Journalism and Digital Media

#9 in Spain

#293 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1495

91. University of Minho

Portugal | Braga

For Journalism and Digital Media

#1 in Portugal

#294 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 19,077
Founded: 1973

92. University of Regensburg

Germany | Bavaria

For Journalism and Digital Media

#9 in Germany

#297 in the World

Enrollment: 20,702
Founded: 1962

93. University of Exeter

United Kingdom | England

For Journalism and Digital Media

#31 in the United Kingdom

#298 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1955

94. University of Patras

Greece | Patras

For Journalism and Digital Media

#2 in Greece

#299 in the World

Enrollment: 21,000
Founded: 1964

95. Sapienza University of Rome

Italy | Lazio

For Journalism and Digital Media

#3 in Italy

#302 in the World

Enrollment: 100,155
Founded: 1303

96. University of Florence

Italy | Tuscany

For Journalism and Digital Media

#4 in Italy

#304 in the World

Founded: 1321

97. Jagiellonian University

Poland | Krakow

For Journalism and Digital Media

#2 in Poland

#309 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 53%
Enrollment: 41,661
Founded: 1364

98. Queen Mary University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Journalism and Digital Media

#32 in the United Kingdom

#310 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1989

99. University of Lisbon

Portugal | Lisbon

For Journalism and Digital Media

#2 in Portugal

#314 in the World

Enrollment: 49,769
Founded: 1911

100. Carlos III University, Madrid

Spain | Getafe

For Journalism and Digital Media

#10 in Spain

#315 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Founded: 1989

Liberal Arts & Social Sciences subfields in Europe

Broadcast Journalism335

Classics and Ancient History715

Communications and Public Relations882

Criminology and Criminal Justice406

Demography1096

Early Childhood Education337

Intellectual Property and Patent Law329

International Law381

International Relations and Diplomacy334

Law1428

Law Enforcement336

Library and Information science788

Linguistics1362

Media Studies438

Military science360

Negotiation and Conflict Resolution390

Occupational Safety and Health301

Philosophy1439

Political Economy431

Political Science1436

Public Policy / Administration523

Publishing360

Radio and Television broadcasting387

Social Work323

Sociology1410

Special Education379

Sports / Exercise science394

Theology / Divinity / Religious studies988

Urban and Regional planning583