Best Dental 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 Dentistry. A graph of 7.29M citations received by 324K academic papers made by 641 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 Gothenburg

Sweden | Gothenburg

For Dentistry

#1 in Sweden

#3 in the World

Enrollment: 36,003
Founded: 1891

2. University College London

United Kingdom | England

For Dentistry

#1 in the United Kingdom

#7 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

3. University of Bern

Switzerland | Bern

For Dentistry

#1 in Switzerland

#9 in the World

Enrollment: 18,576

4. University of Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Dentistry

#2 in Switzerland

#15 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Enrollment: 25,732

5. Catholic University of Leuven

Belgium | Leuven

For Dentistry

#21 in the World

Enrollment: 62,693
Founded: 1425

6. Radboud University

Netherlands | Nijmegen

For Dentistry

#1 in the Netherlands

#22 in the World

Founded: 1923

7. King's College London

United Kingdom | England

For Dentistry

#2 in the United Kingdom

#23 in the World

Founded: 1829

8. University of Oslo

For Dentistry

#1 in Norway

#26 in the World

Enrollment: 26,650
Founded: 1811

9. University of Helsinki

Finland | Helsinki

For Dentistry

#27 in the World

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

10. Karolinska Institute

Sweden | Stockholm

For Dentistry

#2 in Sweden

#28 in the World

Enrollment: 8,070
Founded: 1861

11. University of Manchester

United Kingdom | England

For Dentistry

#3 in the United Kingdom

#42 in the World

Founded: 1824

12. University of Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Dentistry

#2 in the Netherlands

#45 in the World

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

13. University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Dentistry

#1 in Italy

#46 in the World

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

14. Lund University

For Dentistry

#3 in Sweden

#53 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1666

15. University of Copenhagen

Denmark | Copenhagen

For Dentistry

#54 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Founded: 1479

16. University of Groningen

Netherlands | Groningen

For Dentistry

#3 in the Netherlands

#55 in the World

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

17. University of Birmingham

United Kingdom | England

For Dentistry

#4 in the United Kingdom

#61 in the World

Founded: 1900

18. University of Bologna

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Dentistry

#2 in Italy

#63 in the World

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

19. Pierre and Marie Curie University

France | Ile-de-France

For Dentistry

#1 in France

#64 in the World

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

20. Umea University

For Dentistry

#4 in Sweden

#65 in the World

Enrollment: 34,237
Founded: 1965

21. Aarhus University

Denmark | Aarhus

For Dentistry

#71 in the World

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

22. Sapienza University of Rome

For Dentistry

#3 in Italy

#77 in the World

Enrollment: 100,155
Founded: 1303

23. Imperial College London

United Kingdom | England

For Dentistry

#5 in the United Kingdom

#78 in the World

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

24. University of Liverpool

United Kingdom | England

For Dentistry

#6 in the United Kingdom

#80 in the World

Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

25. University of Geneva

Switzerland | Geneva

For Dentistry

#3 in Switzerland

#84 in the World

Enrollment: 17,744

26. Complutense University of Madrid

For Dentistry

#1 in Spain

#85 in the World

Enrollment: 71,806
Founded: 1508

27. University of Edinburgh

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Dentistry

#7 in the United Kingdom

#87 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

28. Queen Mary University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Dentistry

#8 in the United Kingdom

#88 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1989

29. University of Bristol

United Kingdom | England

For Dentistry

#9 in the United Kingdom

#89 in the World

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

30. Heidelberg University - Germany

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Dentistry

#90 in the World

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

31. University of Bergen

Norway | Bergen

For Dentistry

#2 in Norway

#92 in the World

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1946

32. Newcastle University

United Kingdom | England

For Dentistry

#10 in the United Kingdom

#94 in the World

Founded: 1963

33. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Greece | Athens

For Dentistry

#1 in Greece

#95 in the World

Enrollment: 70,461
Founded: 1837

34. University of Sheffield

United Kingdom | England

For Dentistry

#11 in the United Kingdom

#98 in the World

Founded: 1905

35. University of Oxford

United Kingdom | England

For Dentistry

#12 in the United Kingdom

#99 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

36. Charite - Medical University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Dentistry

#100 in the World

Enrollment: 8,877
Founded: 1710

37. University of Florence

Italy | Tuscany

For Dentistry

#4 in Italy

#101 in the World

Founded: 1321

38. University of Turku

Finland | Turku

For Dentistry

#104 in the World

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

39. University of Leeds

United Kingdom | England

For Dentistry

#13 in the United Kingdom

#109 in the World

Founded: 1904

40. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Greece | Thessaloniki

For Dentistry

#2 in Greece

#111 in the World

Enrollment: 92,090
Founded: 1925

41. University of Cambridge

United Kingdom | England

For Dentistry

#14 in the United Kingdom

#112 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

42. University of Wales

United Kingdom | Wales

For Dentistry

#15 in the United Kingdom

#114 in the World

Founded: 1893

43. University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Dentistry

#115 in the World

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

44. University of Glasgow

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Dentistry

#16 in the United Kingdom

#119 in the World

Founded: 1451

45. University of Erlangen Nuremberg

Germany | Bavaria

For Dentistry

#122 in the World

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

46. University of Turin

Italy | Piedmont

For Dentistry

#5 in Italy

#123 in the World

Founded: 1404

47. University of Freiburg

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Dentistry

#137 in the World

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

48. Federico II University of Naples

Italy | Campania

For Dentistry

#6 in Italy

#144 in the World

Enrollment: 73,553
Founded: 1224

49. University of Oulu

For Dentistry

#146 in the World

Enrollment: 2,900
Founded: 1958

50. Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Germany | Rhineland-Palatinate

For Dentistry

#148 in the World

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

51. Ghent University

Belgium | Ghent

For Dentistry

#151 in the World

Enrollment: 41,669
Founded: 1817

52. Cardiff University

United Kingdom | Wales

For Dentistry

#17 in the United Kingdom

#157 in the World

Founded: 1997

53. Utrecht University

Netherlands | Utrecht

For Dentistry

#4 in the Netherlands

#160 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1636

54. G. d'Annunzio University of Chieti

Italy | Abruzzo

For Dentistry

#7 in Italy

#161 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 24,716
Founded: 1965

55. University of Bonn

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Dentistry

#164 in the World

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

56. University of Munster

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Dentistry

#165 in the World

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

57. Malmo University

For Dentistry

#5 in Sweden

#168 in the World

Enrollment: 15,625
Founded: 1998

58. University of Hamburg

Germany | Hamburg State

For Dentistry

#170 in the World

Enrollment: 43,957
Founded: 1919

59. University of Granada

Spain | Granada

For Dentistry

#2 in Spain

#171 in the World

Founded: 1531

60. University of Vienna

Austria | Vienna

For Dentistry

#172 in the World

Enrollment: 93,628
Founded: 1365

61. University of Gottingen

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Dentistry

#10 in Germany

#175 in the World

Enrollment: 31,619
Founded: 1734

62. RWTH Aachen University

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Dentistry

#11 in Germany

#177 in the World

Enrollment: 47,521
Founded: 1870

63. Hannover Medical School

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Dentistry

#12 in Germany

#178 in the World

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

64. University of Barcelona

Spain | Barcelona

For Dentistry

#3 in Spain

#183 in the World

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

65. University of Zagreb

Croatia | Zagreb

For Dentistry

#186 in the World

Enrollment: 65,436
Founded: 1874

66. University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Dentistry

#18 in the United Kingdom

#189 in the World

Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1836

67. Moscow State University

Russia | Moscow

For Dentistry

#1 in Russia

#192 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

68. Free University Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Dentistry

#5 in the Netherlands

#194 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1880

69. University of Pisa

Italy | Tuscany

For Dentistry

#8 in Italy

#195 in the World

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

70. Medical University of Vienna

Austria | Vienna

For Dentistry

#196 in the World

Enrollment: 7,915
Founded: 2004

71. University of Padua

For Dentistry

#9 in Italy

#199 in the World

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

72. Kiel University

Germany | Schleswig-Holstein

For Dentistry

#13 in Germany

#200 in the World

Enrollment: 27,468
Founded: 1665

73. University of Siena

Italy | Tuscany

For Dentistry

#10 in Italy

#201 in the World

Founded: 1240

74. University of Basel

Switzerland | Basel

For Dentistry

#4 in Switzerland

#208 in the World

Enrollment: 12,896

75. University of Valencia

Spain | Valencia

For Dentistry

#4 in Spain

#210 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Enrollment: 58,390

76. Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main

Germany | Hesse

For Dentistry

#14 in Germany

#211 in the World

Enrollment: 43,461
Founded: 1914

77. University of Giessen

Germany | Hesse

For Dentistry

#15 in Germany

#216 in the World

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

78. University of Dundee

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Dentistry

#19 in the United Kingdom

#220 in the World

Founded: 1967

79. University of Tubingen

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Dentistry

#16 in Germany

#223 in the World

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

80. University of Ferrara

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Dentistry

#11 in Italy

#227 in the World

Enrollment: 22,800
Founded: 1391

81. Technical University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Dentistry

#17 in Germany

#229 in the World

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

82. Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Dentistry

#18 in Germany

#232 in the World

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

83. University of Belgrade

Serbia | Belgrade

For Dentistry

#1 in Serbia

#237 in the World

Enrollment: 75,047

84. Charles University

Czech Republic | Prague

For Dentistry

#1 in the Czech Republic

#239 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 49,508
Founded: 1348

85. University of Santiago de Compostela

Spain | Santiago de Compostela

For Dentistry

#5 in Spain

#244 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1495

86. Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

For Dentistry

#2 in France

#245 in the World

Enrollment: 38,007
Founded: 1809

87. University of Rome Tor Vergata

For Dentistry

#12 in Italy

#255 in the World

Founded: 1982

88. University of Liege

Belgium | Liege

For Dentistry

#258 in the World

Enrollment: 25,421
Founded: 1817

89. Queen's University Belfast

United Kingdom | Northern Ireland

For Dentistry

#20 in the United Kingdom

#260 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1849

90. Humboldt University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Dentistry

#19 in Germany

#261 in the World

Enrollment: 36,378
Founded: 1809

91. Polytechnic University of Bari

For Dentistry

#13 in Italy

#262 in the World

Founded: 1990

92. University of Cologne

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Dentistry

#20 in Germany

#264 in the World

Enrollment: 52,204
Male:Female: 39:61
Founded: 1388

93. Trinity College Dublin, University of Dublin

Ireland | Dublin

For Dentistry

#268 in the World

Enrollment: 20,430
Founded: 1592

94. Saarland University

Germany | Saarland

For Dentistry

#21 in Germany

#271 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Enrollment: 16,604
Founded: 1948

95. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Dentistry

#5 in Switzerland

#272 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 23,420

96. Dresden University of Technology

Germany | Saxony

For Dentistry

#22 in Germany

#274 in the World

Enrollment: 31,517
Founded: 1828

97. Uppsala University

Sweden | Uppsala

For Dentistry

#6 in Sweden

#275 in the World

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

98. University of Seville

Spain | Seville

For Dentistry

#6 in Spain

#276 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1505

99. Semmelweis University

Hungary | Budapest

For Dentistry

#277 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Founded: 1769

100. Jagiellonian University

Poland | Krakow

For Dentistry

#1 in Poland

#279 in the World

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

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