Best Theology / Divinity / Religious studies Schools in Europe
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Below is a list of best universities in Europe ranked based on their research performance in Theology / Divinity / Religious studies. A graph of 555M citations received by 24.7M academic papers made by 925 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
- Acceptance Rate
- 18%
- Founded
- 1096
2. University of Cambridge
- Acceptance Rate
- 21%
- Founded
- 1209
3. University of Edinburgh
- Acceptance Rate
- 51%
- Founded
- 1583
4. University College London
- Enrollment
- 42,000
- Founded
- 1826
5. King's College London
- Acceptance Rate
- 13%
- Founded
- 1829
6. University of Amsterdam
- Acceptance Rate
- 14%
- Enrollment
- 31,123
- Founded
- 1632
10. Durham University
- Acceptance Rate
- 41%
- Enrollment
- 19,520
- Founded
- 1832
12. London School of Economics and Political Science
- Acceptance Rate
- 9%
- Founded
- 1895
13. University of Bristol
- Acceptance Rate
- 68%
- Enrollment
- 27,513
- Founded
- 1909
14. Utrecht University
- Acceptance Rate
- 14%
- Founded
- 1636
15. University of Warwick
- Acceptance Rate
- 14%
- Enrollment
- 27,278
- Founded
- 1965
18. University of Nottingham
- Acceptance Rate
- 11%
- Founded
- 1948
20. University of Exeter
- Acceptance Rate
- 73%
- Founded
- 1955
21. University of Sheffield
- Acceptance Rate
- 14%
- Founded
- 1905
24. Free University Amsterdam
- Acceptance Rate
- 45%
- Founded
- 1880
27. University of Sussex
- Enrollment
- 17,319
- Male:Female
- 44:56
- Founded
- 1961
30. University of London
- Enrollment
- 50,000
- Founded
- 1836
31. University of Groningen
- Acceptance Rate
- 8%
- Enrollment
- 34,000
- Founded
- 1614
32. Cardiff University
- Acceptance Rate
- 20%
- Founded
- 1997
33. Lancaster University
- Acceptance Rate
- 19%
- Founded
- 1964
36. University of St Andrews
- Enrollment
- 10,425
- Founded
- 1413
37. University of Southampton
- Acceptance Rate
- 84%
- Enrollment
- 21,335
- Founded
- 1952
41. Erasmus University Rotterdam
- Acceptance Rate
- 53%
- Founded
- 1913
42. Queen Mary University of London
- Acceptance Rate
- 44%
- Founded
- 1989
44. Leiden University
- Acceptance Rate
- 63%
- Enrollment
- 27,713
- Founded
- 1575
45. University of Liverpool
- Acceptance Rate
- 14%
- Enrollment
- 28,693
- Founded
- 1881
46. Newcastle University
- Acceptance Rate
- 87%
- Founded
- 1963
47. University of Zurich
- Acceptance Rate
- 19%
- Enrollment
- 25,732
49. University of Aberdeen
- Founded
- 1495
53. Tilburg University
- Acceptance Rate
- 57%
- Enrollment
- 17,378
- Founded
- 1927
54. University of Reading
- Acceptance Rate
- 86%
- Founded
- 1892
55. University of York
- Acceptance Rate
- 20%
- Founded
- 1963
56. Maastricht University
- Enrollment
- 18,000
- Founded
- 1976
57. Masaryk University
- Acceptance Rate
- 38%
- Enrollment
- 32,963
- Male:Female
- 37:63
- Founded
- 1919
58. University of Kent
- Founded
- 1965
64. University of East Anglia
- Acceptance Rate
- 22%
- Founded
- 1963
67. Delft University of Technology
- Acceptance Rate
- 82%
- Enrollment
- 24,703
- Founded
- 1842
69. Wageningen University
- Enrollment
- 12,819
- Founded
- 1918
70. University of Leicester
- Acceptance Rate
- 72%
- Enrollment
- 24,409
- Male:Female
- 46:54
- Founded
- 1957
72. University of Essex
- Founded
- 1964
73. University of Geneva
- Acceptance Rate
- 21%
- Enrollment
- 17,744
78. Birkbeck, University of London
- Acceptance Rate
- 76%
- Founded
- 1823
80. Royal Holloway, University of London
- Acceptance Rate
- 17%
- Founded
- 1849
81. University of Stirling
- Acceptance Rate
- 11%
- Enrollment
- 14,000
- Founded
- 1967
83. Loughborough University
- Acceptance Rate
- 68%
- Enrollment
- 19,449
- Founded
- 1966
84. Imperial College London
- Acceptance Rate
- 15%
- Enrollment
- 17,565
- Founded
- 1907
87. SOAS, University of London
- Acceptance Rate
- 44%
- Enrollment
- 8,200
- Founded
- 1916
89. Queen's University Belfast
- Acceptance Rate
- 31%
- Founded
- 1849
97. Manchester Metropolitan University
- Acceptance Rate
- 80%
- Founded
- 1992
98. University of Surrey
- Acceptance Rate
- 65%
- Enrollment
- 16,900
- Founded
- 1966
99. University of Wales
- Founded
- 1893