Best Medical Schools in Europe

Below is a list of best universities in Europe ranked based on their research performance in Medicine. A graph of 555M citations received by 24.7M academic papers made by 1,401 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.

2. Karolinska Institute

For Medicine

#1 in Sweden
#17 in the World
Enrollment
8,070
Founded
1861

5. Imperial College London

For Medicine

#40 in the World
Acceptance Rate
15%
Enrollment
17,565
Founded
1907

9. University of Copenhagen

For Medicine

#1 in Denmark
#54 in the World
Acceptance Rate
37%
Founded
1479

10. Lund University

For Medicine

#2 in Sweden
#58 in the World
Acceptance Rate
34%
Enrollment
40,000
Founded
1666

11. University of Amsterdam

For Medicine

#61 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
31,123
Founded
1632

13. University of Milan

For Medicine

#1 in Italy
#66 in the World
Acceptance Rate
21%
Enrollment
65,234
Founded
1924

15. University of Helsinki

For Medicine

#1 in Finland
#78 in the World
Acceptance Rate
17%
Enrollment
31,312
Founded
1640

16. University of Munich

For Medicine

#2 in Germany
#79 in the World
Acceptance Rate
55%
Enrollment
50,918
Founded
1472

17. University of Padua

For Medicine

#2 in Italy
#82 in the World
Acceptance Rate
40%
Enrollment
62,876
Founded
1222

19. Sapienza University of Rome

For Medicine

#3 in Italy
#85 in the World
Enrollment
100,155
Founded
1303

20. University of Zurich

For Medicine

#89 in the World
Acceptance Rate
19%
Enrollment
25,732

21. University of Gothenburg

For Medicine

#3 in Sweden
#91 in the World
Enrollment
36,003
Founded
1891

22. Heidelberg University - Germany

For Medicine

#3 in Germany
#96 in the World
Acceptance Rate
17%
Enrollment
28,413
Male:Female
45:55
Founded
1386

24. University of Bristol

For Medicine

#101 in the World
Acceptance Rate
68%
Enrollment
27,513
Founded
1909

25. University of Barcelona

For Medicine

#1 in Spain
#105 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Enrollment
64,236
Male:Female
86:14

27. University of Groningen

For Medicine

#108 in the World
Acceptance Rate
8%
Enrollment
34,000
Founded
1614

28. University of Bologna

For Medicine

#4 in Italy
#111 in the World
Acceptance Rate
73%
Enrollment
79,999
Founded
1088

29. Utrecht University

For Medicine

#112 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Founded
1636

31. Hannover Medical School

For Medicine

#4 in Germany
#115 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
3,256
Founded
1965

32. University of Oslo

For Medicine

#1 in Norway
#116 in the World
Enrollment
26,650
Founded
1811

33. Medical University of Vienna

For Medicine

#1 in Austria
#117 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Enrollment
7,915
Founded
2004

34. Uppsala University

For Medicine

#4 in Sweden
#123 in the World
Acceptance Rate
75%
Enrollment
35,556
Founded
1477

35. University of Tubingen

For Medicine

#5 in Germany
#124 in the World
Acceptance Rate
8%
Enrollment
28,515
Male:Female
41:59
Founded
1477

40. Technical University of Munich

For Medicine

#6 in Germany
#133 in the World
Acceptance Rate
8%
Enrollment
44,000
Male:Female
63:37
Founded
1868

42. University of Erlangen Nuremberg

For Medicine

#7 in Germany
#137 in the World
Acceptance Rate
46%
Enrollment
38,878
Founded
1743

44. University of Liverpool

For Medicine

#142 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
28,693
Founded
1881

45. University of Southampton

For Medicine

#143 in the World
Acceptance Rate
84%
Enrollment
21,335
Founded
1952

48. Leiden University

For Medicine

#157 in the World
Acceptance Rate
63%
Enrollment
27,713
Founded
1575

49. University of Vienna

For Medicine

#2 in Austria
#160 in the World
Enrollment
93,628
Founded
1365

51. Ghent University

For Medicine

#2 in Belgium
#163 in the World
Enrollment
41,669
Founded
1817

52. Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main

For Medicine

#8 in Germany
#165 in the World
Acceptance Rate
77%
Enrollment
46,429
Founded
1914

54. University of Cologne

For Medicine

#9 in Germany
#167 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Enrollment
49,382
Male:Female
39:61
Founded
1388

55. University of Freiburg

For Medicine

#10 in Germany
#168 in the World
Acceptance Rate
33%
Enrollment
24,391
Founded
1457

56. University of Liege

For Medicine

#3 in Belgium
#172 in the World
Enrollment
25,421
Founded
1817

57. Umea University

For Medicine

#5 in Sweden
#174 in the World
Acceptance Rate
34%
Enrollment
34,237
Founded
1965

59. University of Bonn

For Medicine

#11 in Germany
#178 in the World
Acceptance Rate
36%
Enrollment
38,043
Founded
1818

60. Aarhus University

For Medicine

#2 in Denmark
#180 in the World
Acceptance Rate
42%
Enrollment
33,020
Founded
1928

61. Free University of Berlin

For Medicine

#12 in Germany
#182 in the World
Acceptance Rate
15%
Enrollment
37,608
Founded
1948

62. University of Gottingen

For Medicine

#13 in Germany
#183 in the World
Enrollment
31,619
Founded
1734

64. Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf

For Medicine

#14 in Germany
#187 in the World
Enrollment
37,473
Male:Female
42:58
Founded
1965

65. University of Wurzburg

For Medicine

#15 in Germany
#191 in the World
Acceptance Rate
18%
Enrollment
28,878
Male:Female
41:59
Founded
1402

66. University of Lausanne

For Medicine

#194 in the World
Acceptance Rate
31%
Enrollment
16,919

67. University of Munster

For Medicine

#16 in Germany
#195 in the World
Acceptance Rate
14%
Enrollment
44,692
Founded
1780

70. University of Pisa

For Medicine

#9 in Italy
#201 in the World
Acceptance Rate
39%
Enrollment
49,108
Founded
1343

73. Humboldt University of Berlin

For Medicine

#17 in Germany
#207 in the World
Acceptance Rate
18%
Enrollment
36,378
Founded
1809

76. University of Ulm

For Medicine

#18 in Germany
#215 in the World
Acceptance Rate
13%
Enrollment
10,747
Founded
1967

78. University of Geneva

For Medicine

#217 in the World
Acceptance Rate
21%
Enrollment
17,744

79. University of Bergen

For Medicine

#2 in Norway
#220 in the World
Acceptance Rate
29%
Enrollment
16,900
Founded
1946

80. RWTH Aachen University

For Medicine

#19 in Germany
#228 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
44,517
Founded
1870

81. University of Marburg

For Medicine

#20 in Germany
#229 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
24,758
Founded
1527

82. Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

For Medicine

#21 in Germany
#230 in the World
Acceptance Rate
35%
Enrollment
33,132
Founded
1946

83. University of Turku

For Medicine

#2 in Finland
#242 in the World
Acceptance Rate
18%
Enrollment
20,800
Male:Female
38:62
Founded
1920

84. University of Giessen

For Medicine

#22 in Germany
#244 in the World
Acceptance Rate
9%
Enrollment
27,727
Founded
1607

85. Charles University

For Medicine

#249 in the World
Acceptance Rate
35%
Enrollment
49,508
Founded
1348

86. University of Leicester

For Medicine

#250 in the World
Acceptance Rate
72%
Enrollment
24,409
Male:Female
46:54
Founded
1957

89. University of Verona

For Medicine

#10 in Italy
#255 in the World
Acceptance Rate
83%
Enrollment
23,000
Founded
1959

90. University of Pavia

For Medicine

#11 in Italy
#257 in the World
Enrollment
23,849
Founded
1361

92. University of Genoa

For Medicine

#12 in Italy
#268 in the World
Enrollment
36,728
Founded
1481

94. Kiel University

For Medicine

#23 in Germany
#270 in the World
Enrollment
25,277
Founded
1665

95. Complutense University of Madrid

For Medicine

#3 in Spain
#271 in the World
Acceptance Rate
77%
Enrollment
71,806
Founded
1508

96. University of Leipzig

For Medicine

#24 in Germany
#273 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
31,088
Founded
1409

99. University of Porto

For Medicine

#1 in Portugal
#286 in the World
Acceptance Rate
59%
Enrollment
29,178
Founded
1911