Best Cosmetology Schools 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 Cosmetology. A graph of 599K citations received by 20.4K academic papers made by 217 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 Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Cosmetology

#7 in the World

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

2. Charite - Medical University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Cosmetology

#9 in the World

Enrollment: 8,877
Founded: 1710

3. University College London

United Kingdom | England

For Cosmetology

#1 in the United Kingdom

#13 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

4. University of Copenhagen

Denmark | Copenhagen

For Cosmetology

#15 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Founded: 1479

5. University of Bologna

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Cosmetology

#1 in Italy

#16 in the World

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

6. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Greece | Athens

For Cosmetology

#1 in Greece

#24 in the World

Enrollment: 70,461
Founded: 1837

7. University of Leeds

United Kingdom | England

For Cosmetology

#2 in the United Kingdom

#29 in the World

Founded: 1904

8. Sapienza University of Rome

For Cosmetology

#2 in Italy

#31 in the World

Enrollment: 100,155
Founded: 1303

9. Federico II University of Naples

Italy | Campania

For Cosmetology

#3 in Italy

#33 in the World

Enrollment: 73,553
Founded: 1224

10. Free University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Cosmetology

#41 in the World

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

11. University of Wales

United Kingdom | Wales

For Cosmetology

#3 in the United Kingdom

#44 in the World

Founded: 1893

12. University of Hamburg

Germany | Hamburg State

For Cosmetology

#46 in the World

Enrollment: 43,957
Founded: 1919

13. University of Genoa

Italy | Liguria

For Cosmetology

#4 in Italy

#54 in the World

Enrollment: 36,728
Founded: 1481

14. University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Cosmetology

#5 in Italy

#57 in the World

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

15. University of Helsinki

Finland | Helsinki

For Cosmetology

#60 in the World

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

16. Catholic University of Leuven

Belgium | Leuven

For Cosmetology

#62 in the World

Enrollment: 62,693
Founded: 1425

17. Radboud University

Netherlands | Nijmegen

For Cosmetology

#1 in the Netherlands

#65 in the World

Founded: 1923

18. University of Porto

Portugal | Porto

For Cosmetology

#66 in the World

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

19. University of Manchester

United Kingdom | England

For Cosmetology

#4 in the United Kingdom

#68 in the World

Founded: 1824

20. Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Cosmetology

#72 in the World

Enrollment: 37,473
Male:Female: 42:58
Founded: 1965

21. Heidelberg University - Germany

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Cosmetology

#74 in the World

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

22. Medical University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Cosmetology

#1 in Poland

#75 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Enrollment: 9,147
Founded: 1809

23. University of Bradford

United Kingdom | England

For Cosmetology

#5 in the United Kingdom

#76 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 1966

24. University of Barcelona

Spain | Barcelona

For Cosmetology

#1 in Spain

#79 in the World

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

25. Karolinska Institute

Sweden | Stockholm

For Cosmetology

#1 in Sweden

#80 in the World

Enrollment: 8,070
Founded: 1861

26. University of Marburg

Germany | Hesse

For Cosmetology

#88 in the World

Enrollment: 22,612
Founded: 1527

27. Medical University of Lodz

For Cosmetology

#2 in Poland

#91 in the World

Founded: 1950

28. Imperial College London

United Kingdom | England

For Cosmetology

#6 in the United Kingdom

#92 in the World

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

29. Pierre and Marie Curie University

France | Ile-de-France

For Cosmetology

#1 in France

#94 in the World

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

30. University of Santiago de Compostela

Spain | Santiago de Compostela

For Cosmetology

#2 in Spain

#95 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1495

31. King's College London

United Kingdom | England

For Cosmetology

#7 in the United Kingdom

#96 in the World

Founded: 1829

32. University of Tubingen

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Cosmetology

#97 in the World

Enrollment: 27,770
Male:Female: 41:59
Founded: 1477

33. University of Liege

Belgium | Liege

For Cosmetology

#98 in the World

Enrollment: 25,421
Founded: 1817

34. University of Nottingham

United Kingdom | England

For Cosmetology

#8 in the United Kingdom

#99 in the World

Founded: 1948

35. University of Florence

Italy | Tuscany

For Cosmetology

#6 in Italy

#100 in the World

Founded: 1321

36. University of Rome Tor Vergata

For Cosmetology

#7 in Italy

#101 in the World

Founded: 1982

37. Aarhus University

Denmark | Aarhus

For Cosmetology

#102 in the World

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

38. University of Ferrara

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Cosmetology

#8 in Italy

#106 in the World

Enrollment: 22,800
Founded: 1391

39. Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

Italy | Lombardy

For Cosmetology

#9 in Italy

#108 in the World

Founded: 1921

40. Otto von Guericke University of Magdeburg

Germany | Saxony-Anhalt

For Cosmetology

#111 in the World

Enrollment: 13,143
Founded: 1993

41. Technical University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Cosmetology

#10 in Germany

#113 in the World

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

42. University of Oxford

United Kingdom | England

For Cosmetology

#9 in the United Kingdom

#114 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

43. University of Lubeck

Germany | Schleswig-Holstein

For Cosmetology

#11 in Germany

#115 in the World

Enrollment: 5,968
Founded: 1964

44. University of Vienna

Austria | Vienna

For Cosmetology

#118 in the World

Enrollment: 93,628
Founded: 1365

45. Osnabruck University

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Cosmetology

#12 in Germany

#119 in the World

Enrollment: 13,628
Founded: 1974

46. Lund University

For Cosmetology

#2 in Sweden

#121 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1666

47. University of Nantes

France | Pays de la Loire

For Cosmetology

#2 in France

#125 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Enrollment: 37,252
Founded: 1460

48. University of Catania

For Cosmetology

#10 in Italy

#126 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1434

49. University of Gottingen

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Cosmetology

#13 in Germany

#132 in the World

Enrollment: 31,619
Founded: 1734

50. University of Munster

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Cosmetology

#14 in Germany

#133 in the World

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

51. Humboldt University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Cosmetology

#15 in Germany

#136 in the World

Enrollment: 36,378
Founded: 1809

52. University of Bonn

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Cosmetology

#16 in Germany

#138 in the World

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

53. Cardiff University

United Kingdom | Wales

For Cosmetology

#10 in the United Kingdom

#146 in the World

Founded: 1997

54. Nicolaus Copernicus University

For Cosmetology

#3 in Poland

#147 in the World

Enrollment: 28,900
Founded: 1945

55. University of Erlangen Nuremberg

Germany | Bavaria

For Cosmetology

#17 in Germany

#149 in the World

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

56. University of Padua

For Cosmetology

#11 in Italy

#150 in the World

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

57. University of Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Cosmetology

#1 in Switzerland

#151 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Enrollment: 25,732

58. Free University of Brussels - VUB

Belgium | Brussels

For Cosmetology

#152 in the World

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

59. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Greece | Thessaloniki

For Cosmetology

#2 in Greece

#153 in the World

Enrollment: 92,090
Founded: 1925

60. University of Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Cosmetology

#2 in the Netherlands

#154 in the World

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

61. Friedrich Schiller University of Jena

Germany | Thuringia

For Cosmetology

#18 in Germany

#160 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 17,345
Founded: 1558

62. University of Szeged

Hungary | Szeged

For Cosmetology

#166 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1872

63. Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

For Cosmetology

#3 in France

#170 in the World

Enrollment: 38,007
Founded: 1809

64. Polytechnic University of Bari

For Cosmetology

#12 in Italy

#174 in the World

Founded: 1990

65. University of Valencia

Spain | Valencia

For Cosmetology

#3 in Spain

#178 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Enrollment: 58,390

66. University of Liverpool

United Kingdom | England

For Cosmetology

#11 in the United Kingdom

#179 in the World

Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

67. University of Sheffield

United Kingdom | England

For Cosmetology

#12 in the United Kingdom

#182 in the World

Founded: 1905

68. Leiden University

Netherlands | Leiden

For Cosmetology

#3 in the Netherlands

#184 in the World

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

69. Newcastle University

United Kingdom | England

For Cosmetology

#13 in the United Kingdom

#185 in the World

Founded: 1963

70. Queen's University Belfast

United Kingdom | Northern Ireland

For Cosmetology

#14 in the United Kingdom

#186 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1849

71. University of Vigo

For Cosmetology

#4 in Spain

#188 in the World

Enrollment: 18,577
Founded: 1989

72. Ulster University

United Kingdom | Northern Ireland

For Cosmetology

#15 in the United Kingdom

#192 in the World

Founded: 1968

73. University of Coimbra

Portugal | Coimbra

For Cosmetology

#193 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Enrollment: 25,580
Founded: 1290

74. Ghent University

Belgium | Ghent

For Cosmetology

#196 in the World

Enrollment: 41,669
Founded: 1817

75. Dresden University of Technology

Germany | Saxony

For Cosmetology

#19 in Germany

#203 in the World

Enrollment: 31,517
Founded: 1828

76. Jagiellonian University

Poland | Krakow

For Cosmetology

#4 in Poland

#207 in the World

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

77. Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main

Germany | Hesse

For Cosmetology

#20 in Germany

#213 in the World

Enrollment: 43,461
Founded: 1914

78. University of Groningen

Netherlands | Groningen

For Cosmetology

#4 in the Netherlands

#215 in the World

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

79. Medical University of Graz

For Cosmetology

#222 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Enrollment: 4,346
Founded: 2004

80. University College Dublin

Ireland | Dublin

For Cosmetology

#226 in the World

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

81. University of Freiburg

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Cosmetology

#21 in Germany

#228 in the World

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

82. University of Verona

For Cosmetology

#13 in Italy

#229 in the World

Enrollment: 23,000
Founded: 1959

83. Free University of Brussels

Belgium | Brussels

For Cosmetology

#230 in the World

Enrollment: 31,606
Founded: 1834

84. Hannover Medical School

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Cosmetology

#22 in Germany

#232 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 3,843
Founded: 1965

85. University of Giessen

Germany | Hesse

For Cosmetology

#23 in Germany

#233 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Enrollment: 27,184
Founded: 1607

86. Poznan University of Medical Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Cosmetology

#5 in Poland

#237 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Founded: 1950

87. University of Regensburg

Germany | Bavaria

For Cosmetology

#24 in Germany

#241 in the World

Enrollment: 20,702
Founded: 1962

88. University of Siena

Italy | Tuscany

For Cosmetology

#14 in Italy

#242 in the World

Founded: 1240

89. University of Bari

For Cosmetology

#15 in Italy

#243 in the World

Founded: 1924

90. University of Seville

Spain | Seville

For Cosmetology

#5 in Spain

#247 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1505

91. University of Turin

Italy | Piedmont

For Cosmetology

#16 in Italy

#252 in the World

Founded: 1404

92. University of Ulm

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Cosmetology

#25 in Germany

#256 in the World

Enrollment: 10,164
Founded: 1967

93. University of Alcala

Spain | Alcala de Henares

For Cosmetology

#6 in Spain

#259 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Enrollment: 28,067
Founded: 1499

94. University of Bern

Switzerland | Bern

For Cosmetology

#2 in Switzerland

#260 in the World

Enrollment: 18,576

95. University of Pisa

Italy | Tuscany

For Cosmetology

#17 in Italy

#264 in the World

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

96. Ruhr University Bochum

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Cosmetology

#26 in Germany

#265 in the World

Enrollment: 42,954
Founded: 1962

97. University of Lisbon

Portugal | Lisbon

For Cosmetology

#266 in the World

Enrollment: 49,769
Founded: 1911

98. University of Birmingham

United Kingdom | England

For Cosmetology

#16 in the United Kingdom

#271 in the World

Founded: 1900

99. University of Brescia

Italy | Lombardy

For Cosmetology

#18 in Italy

#272 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 16,800
Founded: 1982

100. University of Reading

United Kingdom | England

For Cosmetology

#17 in the United Kingdom

#276 in the World

Founded: 1892

Medicine subfields in Europe

Anatomy and Physiology980

Anesthesiology688

Bioethics/Medical Ethics358

Biomedical Engineering528

Clinical Psychology751

Critical Care Nursing561

Epidemiology390

Family medicine634

Forensic Science309

Gastroenterology and Hepatology538

Health Science842

Healthcare Management (MHA)705

Medical Physics371

Neurosurgery318

Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB-GYN)711

Occupational Therapy408

Oncology and Cancer research752

Ophthalmology480

Orthodontics618

Paramedicine and Emergency medicine594

Pharmacology757

Physical Therapy885

Plastic Surgery319

Public Health1106

Radiation Therapy440

Radiology and Nuclear medicine1017

Respiratory Therapy333

Sonography and Ultrasound329

Sports / Exercise science394

Sports Medicine690