Best Universities for Statistics 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 Statistics. A graph of 112M citations received by 4.27M academic papers made by 1,333 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 College London

United Kingdom | England

For Statistics

#1 in the United Kingdom

#8 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

2. University of Oxford

United Kingdom | England

For Statistics

#2 in the United Kingdom

#10 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

3. University of Cambridge

United Kingdom | England

For Statistics

#3 in the United Kingdom

#17 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

4. Imperial College London

United Kingdom | England

For Statistics

#4 in the United Kingdom

#24 in the World

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

5. Catholic University of Leuven

Belgium | Leuven

For Statistics

#44 in the World

Enrollment: 62,693
Founded: 1425

6. University of Bristol

United Kingdom | England

For Statistics

#5 in the United Kingdom

#52 in the World

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

7. University of Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Statistics

#1 in the Netherlands

#54 in the World

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

8. University of Manchester

United Kingdom | England

For Statistics

#6 in the United Kingdom

#55 in the World

Founded: 1824

9. Karolinska Institute

Sweden | Stockholm

For Statistics

#1 in Sweden

#57 in the World

Enrollment: 8,070
Founded: 1861

10. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Statistics

#1 in Switzerland

#59 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 23,420

11. University of Edinburgh

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Statistics

#7 in the United Kingdom

#62 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

12. Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

Switzerland | Lausanne

For Statistics

#2 in Switzerland

#65 in the World

Enrollment: 12,576

13. Lund University

For Statistics

#2 in Sweden

#66 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1666

14. University of Copenhagen

Denmark | Copenhagen

For Statistics

#69 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Founded: 1479

15. Pierre and Marie Curie University

France | Ile-de-France

For Statistics

#1 in France

#74 in the World

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

16. Delft University of Technology

Netherlands | Delft

For Statistics

#2 in the Netherlands

#77 in the World

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

17. King's College London

United Kingdom | England

For Statistics

#8 in the United Kingdom

#85 in the World

Founded: 1829

18. Technical University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Statistics

#86 in the World

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

19. Heidelberg University - Germany

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Statistics

#90 in the World

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

20. Radboud University

Netherlands | Nijmegen

For Statistics

#3 in the Netherlands

#93 in the World

Founded: 1923

21. University of Southampton

United Kingdom | England

For Statistics

#9 in the United Kingdom

#96 in the World

Enrollment: 21,335
Founded: 1952

22. Utrecht University

Netherlands | Utrecht

For Statistics

#4 in the Netherlands

#100 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1636

23. University of Groningen

Netherlands | Groningen

For Statistics

#5 in the Netherlands

#103 in the World

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

24. University of Sheffield

United Kingdom | England

For Statistics

#10 in the United Kingdom

#106 in the World

Founded: 1905

25. Uppsala University

Sweden | Uppsala

For Statistics

#3 in Sweden

#107 in the World

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

26. University of Helsinki

Finland | Helsinki

For Statistics

#111 in the World

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

27. Sapienza University of Rome

For Statistics

#1 in Italy

#113 in the World

Enrollment: 100,155
Founded: 1303

28. University of Padua

For Statistics

#2 in Italy

#118 in the World

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

29. University of Glasgow

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Statistics

#11 in the United Kingdom

#122 in the World

Founded: 1451

30. University of Birmingham

United Kingdom | England

For Statistics

#12 in the United Kingdom

#123 in the World

Founded: 1900

31. Erasmus University Rotterdam

Netherlands | Rotterdam

For Statistics

#6 in the Netherlands

#125 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 53%
Founded: 1913

32. University of Nottingham

United Kingdom | England

For Statistics

#13 in the United Kingdom

#126 in the World

Founded: 1948

33. University of Bologna

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Statistics

#3 in Italy

#129 in the World

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

34. Ghent University

Belgium | Ghent

For Statistics

#132 in the World

Enrollment: 41,669
Founded: 1817

35. Aarhus University

Denmark | Aarhus

For Statistics

#134 in the World

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

36. RWTH Aachen University

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Statistics

#137 in the World

Enrollment: 47,521
Founded: 1870

37. University of Oslo

For Statistics

#1 in Norway

#140 in the World

Enrollment: 26,650
Founded: 1811

38. University of Leeds

United Kingdom | England

For Statistics

#14 in the United Kingdom

#144 in the World

Founded: 1904

39. University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Statistics

#145 in the World

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

40. University of Warwick

United Kingdom | England

For Statistics

#15 in the United Kingdom

#150 in the World

Enrollment: 27,278
Founded: 1965

41. University of Liverpool

United Kingdom | England

For Statistics

#16 in the United Kingdom

#153 in the World

Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

42. University of Barcelona

Spain | Barcelona

For Statistics

#1 in Spain

#154 in the World

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

43. University of York

United Kingdom | England

For Statistics

#17 in the United Kingdom

#156 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1963

44. University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Statistics

#4 in Italy

#158 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Enrollment: 65,234
Founded: 1924

45. University of Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Statistics

#3 in Switzerland

#161 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Enrollment: 25,732

46. Eindhoven University of Technology

Netherlands | Eindhoven

For Statistics

#7 in the Netherlands

#164 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1956

47. Maastricht University

Netherlands | Maastricht

For Statistics

#8 in the Netherlands

#165 in the World

Enrollment: 18,000
Founded: 1976

48. Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Norway | Trondheim

For Statistics

#2 in Norway

#166 in the World

Enrollment: 42,031
Founded: 1996

49. Vienna University of Technology

Austria | Vienna

For Statistics

#167 in the World

Enrollment: 29,341
Founded: 1872

50. Technical University of Denmark

Denmark | Kongens Lyngby

For Statistics

#168 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1829

51. Polytechnic University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Statistics

#5 in Italy

#169 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 28%
Enrollment: 48,645
Male:Female: 65:35
Founded: 1863

52. Newcastle University

United Kingdom | England

For Statistics

#18 in the United Kingdom

#175 in the World

Founded: 1963

53. Free University Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Statistics

#9 in the Netherlands

#176 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1880

54. University of Hamburg

Germany | Hamburg State

For Statistics

#177 in the World

Enrollment: 43,957
Founded: 1919

55. KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Sweden | Stockholm

For Statistics

#4 in Sweden

#178 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Enrollment: 14,278
Founded: 1827

56. University of Bern

Switzerland | Bern

For Statistics

#4 in Switzerland

#179 in the World

Enrollment: 18,576

57. Linkoping University

Sweden | Linkoping

For Statistics

#5 in Sweden

#190 in the World

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

58. Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

For Statistics

#2 in France

#193 in the World

Enrollment: 38,007
Founded: 1809

59. Leiden University

Netherlands | Leiden

For Statistics

#10 in the Netherlands

#197 in the World

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

60. University of Vienna

Austria | Vienna

For Statistics

#199 in the World

Enrollment: 93,628
Founded: 1365

61. Queen Mary University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Statistics

#19 in the United Kingdom

#200 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1989

62. University of Erlangen Nuremberg

Germany | Bavaria

For Statistics

#203 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Enrollment: 38,878
Founded: 1743

63. London School of Economics and Political Science

United Kingdom | England

For Statistics

#20 in the United Kingdom

#204 in the World

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

64. University of Gothenburg

Sweden | Gothenburg

For Statistics

#6 in Sweden

#205 in the World

Enrollment: 36,003
Founded: 1891

65. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Statistics

#208 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Enrollment: 23,321
Founded: 2009

66. Polytechnic University of Turin

Italy | Piedmont

For Statistics

#6 in Italy

#209 in the World

Founded: 1859

67. University of Granada

Spain | Granada

For Statistics

#2 in Spain

#211 in the World

Founded: 1531

68. Aalborg University

Denmark | Aalborg

For Statistics

#216 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 20,353
Founded: 1974

69. Technical University of Catalonia

Spain | Barcelona

For Statistics

#3 in Spain

#217 in the World

Enrollment: 29,812

70. Umea University

For Statistics

#7 in Sweden

#218 in the World

Enrollment: 34,237
Founded: 1965

71. Catholic University of Louvain

Belgium | Louvain-la-Neuve

For Statistics

#227 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1425

72. University of Bergen

Norway | Bergen

For Statistics

#3 in Norway

#228 in the World

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1946

73. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Greece | Athens

For Statistics

#1 in Greece

#229 in the World

Enrollment: 70,461
Founded: 1837

74. University of Bonn

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Statistics

#236 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Enrollment: 38,043
Founded: 1818

75. University of Oulu

For Statistics

#237 in the World

Enrollment: 2,900
Founded: 1958

76. St George's, University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Statistics

#21 in the United Kingdom

#238 in the World

Founded: 1733

77. University of Lisbon

Portugal | Lisbon

For Statistics

#240 in the World

Enrollment: 49,769
Founded: 1911

78. Paris-Sud University

France | Ile-de-France

For Statistics

#3 in France

#245 in the World

Enrollment: 31,400
Founded: 2014

79. Polytechnic University of Bari

For Statistics

#7 in Italy

#247 in the World

Founded: 1990

80. University of Freiburg

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Statistics

#250 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 23,938
Founded: 1457

81. University of Twente

Netherlands | Enschede

For Statistics

#11 in the Netherlands

#251 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1961

82. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Greece | Thessaloniki

For Statistics

#2 in Greece

#252 in the World

Enrollment: 92,090
Founded: 1925

83. Autonomous University of Barcelona

Spain | Cerdanyola del Valles

For Statistics

#4 in Spain

#256 in the World

Enrollment: 30,926

84. Chalmers University of Technology

Sweden | Gothenburg

For Statistics

#8 in Sweden

#257 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Enrollment: 10,912
Founded: 1829

85. University of Florence

Italy | Tuscany

For Statistics

#8 in Italy

#258 in the World

Founded: 1321

86. University of Lausanne

Switzerland | Lausanne

For Statistics

#5 in Switzerland

#259 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Enrollment: 16,919

87. University of Geneva

Switzerland | Geneva

For Statistics

#6 in Switzerland

#260 in the World

Enrollment: 17,744

88. University of Pisa

Italy | Tuscany

For Statistics

#9 in Italy

#261 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Enrollment: 49,108
Founded: 1343

89. Charite - Medical University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Statistics

#10 in Germany

#266 in the World

Enrollment: 8,877
Founded: 1710

90. University of Leicester

United Kingdom | England

For Statistics

#22 in the United Kingdom

#271 in the World

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

91. Cardiff University

United Kingdom | Wales

For Statistics

#23 in the United Kingdom

#272 in the World

Founded: 1997

92. Lancaster University

United Kingdom | England

For Statistics

#24 in the United Kingdom

#274 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1964

93. University of Porto

Portugal | Porto

For Statistics

#275 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Enrollment: 29,178
Founded: 1911

94. University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Statistics

#25 in the United Kingdom

#277 in the World

Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1836

95. Stockholm University

Sweden | Stockholm

For Statistics

#9 in Sweden

#279 in the World

Enrollment: 37,484
Founded: 1878

96. Free University of Brussels

Belgium | Brussels

For Statistics

#280 in the World

Enrollment: 31,606
Founded: 1834

97. Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main

Germany | Hesse

For Statistics

#11 in Germany

#281 in the World

Enrollment: 43,461
Founded: 1914

98. University of Stuttgart

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Statistics

#12 in Germany

#282 in the World

Enrollment: 22,616
Founded: 1829

99. University of Tampere

Finland | Tampere

For Statistics

#283 in the World

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

100. Federico II University of Naples

Italy | Campania

For Statistics

#10 in Italy

#285 in the World

Enrollment: 73,553
Founded: 1224

Mathematics subfields in Europe

Actuarial Science398

Applied Mathematics716

Blockchain and Cryptography642

Econometrics and Mathematical Economics832

Math Teachers911

Operations Research627