Best Universities for Gerontology in Europe

Updated: March 02, 2025

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Europe ranked based on their research performance in Gerontology. A graph of 13M citations received by 347K academic papers made by 637 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 Gerontology

#1 in the United Kingdom

#6 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

2. Karolinska Institute

Sweden | Stockholm

For Gerontology

#1 in Sweden

#18 in the World

Enrollment: 8,070
Founded: 1861

3. King's College London

United Kingdom | England

For Gerontology

#2 in the United Kingdom

#27 in the World

Founded: 1829

4. University of Oxford

United Kingdom | England

For Gerontology

#3 in the United Kingdom

#40 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

5. University of Cambridge

United Kingdom | England

For Gerontology

#4 in the United Kingdom

#52 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

6. University of Manchester

United Kingdom | England

For Gerontology

#5 in the United Kingdom

#63 in the World

Founded: 1824

7. Lund University

For Gerontology

#2 in Sweden

#65 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1666

8. University of Edinburgh

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Gerontology

#6 in the United Kingdom

#68 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

9. University of Glasgow

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Gerontology

#7 in the United Kingdom

#69 in the World

Founded: 1451

10. University of Helsinki

Finland | Helsinki

For Gerontology

#72 in the World

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

11. University of Southampton

United Kingdom | England

For Gerontology

#8 in the United Kingdom

#75 in the World

Enrollment: 21,335
Founded: 1952

12. University of Sheffield

United Kingdom | England

For Gerontology

#9 in the United Kingdom

#76 in the World

Founded: 1905

13. University of Bristol

United Kingdom | England

For Gerontology

#10 in the United Kingdom

#85 in the World

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

14. Radboud University

Netherlands | Nijmegen

For Gerontology

#1 in the Netherlands

#86 in the World

Founded: 1923

15. Newcastle University

United Kingdom | England

For Gerontology

#11 in the United Kingdom

#87 in the World

Founded: 1963

16. Free University Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Gerontology

#2 in the Netherlands

#89 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1880

17. University of Gothenburg

Sweden | Gothenburg

For Gerontology

#3 in Sweden

#97 in the World

Enrollment: 36,003
Founded: 1891

18. Maastricht University

Netherlands | Maastricht

For Gerontology

#3 in the Netherlands

#99 in the World

Enrollment: 18,000
Founded: 1976

19. University of Copenhagen

Denmark | Copenhagen

For Gerontology

#101 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Founded: 1479

20. University of Groningen

Netherlands | Groningen

For Gerontology

#4 in the Netherlands

#106 in the World

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

21. Imperial College London

United Kingdom | England

For Gerontology

#12 in the United Kingdom

#108 in the World

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

22. Erasmus University Rotterdam

Netherlands | Rotterdam

For Gerontology

#5 in the Netherlands

#116 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 53%
Founded: 1913

23. University of Liverpool

United Kingdom | England

For Gerontology

#13 in the United Kingdom

#117 in the World

Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

24. University of Nottingham

United Kingdom | England

For Gerontology

#14 in the United Kingdom

#119 in the World

Founded: 1948

25. Stockholm University

Sweden | Stockholm

For Gerontology

#4 in Sweden

#120 in the World

Enrollment: 37,484
Founded: 1878

26. University of Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Gerontology

#6 in the Netherlands

#122 in the World

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

27. Umea University

For Gerontology

#5 in Sweden

#124 in the World

Enrollment: 34,237
Founded: 1965

28. University of Birmingham

United Kingdom | England

For Gerontology

#15 in the United Kingdom

#136 in the World

Founded: 1900

29. University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Gerontology

#16 in the United Kingdom

#144 in the World

Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1836

30. Heidelberg University - Germany

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Gerontology

#147 in the World

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

31. University of Oslo

For Gerontology

#1 in Norway

#149 in the World

Enrollment: 26,650
Founded: 1811

32. Catholic University of Leuven

Belgium | Leuven

For Gerontology

#150 in the World

Enrollment: 62,693
Founded: 1425

33. University of Leeds

United Kingdom | England

For Gerontology

#17 in the United Kingdom

#152 in the World

Founded: 1904

34. University of Southern Denmark

Denmark | Odense

For Gerontology

#159 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Founded: 1966

35. University of Exeter

United Kingdom | England

For Gerontology

#18 in the United Kingdom

#161 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1955

36. University of Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Gerontology

#1 in Switzerland

#162 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Enrollment: 25,732

37. Aarhus University

Denmark | Aarhus

For Gerontology

#163 in the World

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

38. Uppsala University

Sweden | Uppsala

For Gerontology

#6 in Sweden

#170 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1477

39. Ghent University

Belgium | Ghent

For Gerontology

#172 in the World

Enrollment: 41,669
Founded: 1817

40. Trinity College Dublin, University of Dublin

Ireland | Dublin

For Gerontology

#175 in the World

Enrollment: 20,430
Founded: 1592

41. University of Bologna

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Gerontology

#1 in Italy

#176 in the World

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

42. University of Eastern Finland

Finland | Joensuu

For Gerontology

#181 in the World

Enrollment: 15,500
Founded: 2010

43. University of Padua

For Gerontology

#2 in Italy

#186 in the World

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

44. Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

Italy | Lombardy

For Gerontology

#3 in Italy

#187 in the World

Founded: 1921

45. University of Turku

Finland | Turku

For Gerontology

#191 in the World

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

46. University of Leicester

United Kingdom | England

For Gerontology

#19 in the United Kingdom

#194 in the World

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

47. University of Jyvaskyla

Finland | Jyvaskyla

For Gerontology

#196 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 13,870
Male:Female: 40:60
Founded: 1934

48. University of Porto

Portugal | Porto

For Gerontology

#201 in the World

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

49. University of Tampere

Finland | Tampere

For Gerontology

#202 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 18,400
Male:Female: 47:53
Founded: 1925

50. Sapienza University of Rome

For Gerontology

#4 in Italy

#203 in the World

Enrollment: 100,155
Founded: 1303

51. Utrecht University

Netherlands | Utrecht

For Gerontology

#7 in the Netherlands

#204 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1636

52. University of Aberdeen

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Gerontology

#20 in the United Kingdom

#206 in the World

Founded: 1495

53. University of York

United Kingdom | England

For Gerontology

#21 in the United Kingdom

#211 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1963

54. Cardiff University

United Kingdom | Wales

For Gerontology

#22 in the United Kingdom

#215 in the World

Founded: 1997

55. Wageningen University

Netherlands | Wageningen

For Gerontology

#8 in the Netherlands

#222 in the World

Enrollment: 12,819
Founded: 1918

56. Queen Mary University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Gerontology

#23 in the United Kingdom

#226 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1989

57. Charite - Medical University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Gerontology

#228 in the World

Enrollment: 9,340
Founded: 1710

58. Ulster University

United Kingdom | Northern Ireland

For Gerontology

#24 in the United Kingdom

#229 in the World

Founded: 1968

59. Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Norway | Trondheim

For Gerontology

#2 in Norway

#230 in the World

Enrollment: 42,031
Founded: 1996

60. Pierre and Marie Curie University

France | Ile-de-France

For Gerontology

#1 in France

#232 in the World

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

61. University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Gerontology

#5 in Italy

#233 in the World

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

62. Complutense University of Madrid

For Gerontology

#1 in Spain

#235 in the World

Enrollment: 71,806
Founded: 1508

63. University of Hamburg

Germany | Hamburg State

For Gerontology

#236 in the World

Enrollment: 43,957
Founded: 1919

64. University of Dundee

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Gerontology

#25 in the United Kingdom

#237 in the World

Founded: 1967

65. University of Warwick

United Kingdom | England

For Gerontology

#26 in the United Kingdom

#239 in the World

Enrollment: 27,278
Founded: 1965

66. University of Bergen

Norway | Bergen

For Gerontology

#3 in Norway

#247 in the World

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1946

67. University of Barcelona

Spain | Barcelona

For Gerontology

#2 in Spain

#248 in the World

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

68. St George's, University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Gerontology

#27 in the United Kingdom

#252 in the World

Founded: 1733

69. University of Oulu

For Gerontology

#253 in the World

Enrollment: 2,900
Founded: 1958

70. Tilburg University

Netherlands | Tilburg

For Gerontology

#9 in the Netherlands

#255 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Enrollment: 17,378
Founded: 1927

71. University of Leipzig

Germany | Saxony

For Gerontology

#256 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 31,088
Founded: 1409

72. Autonomous University of Madrid

For Gerontology

#3 in Spain

#259 in the World

Founded: 1968

73. University of Granada

Spain | Granada

For Gerontology

#4 in Spain

#265 in the World

Founded: 1531

74. Leiden University

Netherlands | Leiden

For Gerontology

#10 in the Netherlands

#266 in the World

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

75. Paul Sabatier University - Toulouse III

France | Occitanie

For Gerontology

#2 in France

#274 in the World

Enrollment: 29,680
Founded: 1960

76. University College Cork

For Gerontology

#275 in the World

Enrollment: 21,894
Founded: 1845

77. Queen's University Belfast

United Kingdom | Northern Ireland

For Gerontology

#28 in the United Kingdom

#277 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1849

78. University of Geneva

Switzerland | Geneva

For Gerontology

#2 in Switzerland

#278 in the World

Enrollment: 17,744

79. University of Valencia

Spain | Valencia

For Gerontology

#5 in Spain

#281 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Enrollment: 58,390

80. Linkoping University

Sweden | Linkoping

For Gerontology

#7 in Sweden

#290 in the World

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

81. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Greece | Athens

For Gerontology

#1 in Greece

#291 in the World

Enrollment: 70,461
Founded: 1837

82. Free University of Brussels - VUB

Belgium | Brussels

For Gerontology

#295 in the World

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

83. University of Liege

Belgium | Liege

For Gerontology

#297 in the World

Enrollment: 27,678
Founded: 1817

84. University of East Anglia

United Kingdom | England

For Gerontology

#29 in the United Kingdom

#300 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1963

85. London School of Economics and Political Science

United Kingdom | England

For Gerontology

#30 in the United Kingdom

#304 in the World

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

86. University of Lausanne

Switzerland | Lausanne

For Gerontology

#3 in Switzerland

#305 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Enrollment: 16,908

87. Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

For Gerontology

#3 in France

#309 in the World

Enrollment: 38,007
Founded: 1809

88. University of Surrey

United Kingdom | England

For Gerontology

#31 in the United Kingdom

#310 in the World

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1966

89. University of Bordeaux

France | Nouvelle-Aquitaine

For Gerontology

#4 in France

#314 in the World

Enrollment: 54,000
Founded: 1441

90. Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Gerontology

#315 in the World

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

91. University of Bern

Switzerland | Bern

For Gerontology

#4 in Switzerland

#317 in the World

Enrollment: 18,576

92. University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Gerontology

#320 in the World

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

93. University of Basel

Switzerland | Basel

For Gerontology

#5 in Switzerland

#325 in the World

Enrollment: 12,896

94. University of Erlangen Nuremberg

Germany | Bavaria

For Gerontology

#326 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Enrollment: 39,658
Founded: 1743

95. University College Dublin

Ireland | Dublin

For Gerontology

#327 in the World

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

96. Loughborough University

United Kingdom | England

For Gerontology

#32 in the United Kingdom

#328 in the World

Enrollment: 19,449
Founded: 1966

97. Autonomous University of Barcelona

Spain | Cerdanyola del Valles

For Gerontology

#6 in Spain

#331 in the World

Enrollment: 30,926

98. University of Florence

Italy | Tuscany

For Gerontology

#6 in Italy

#333 in the World

Founded: 1321

99. Friedrich Schiller University of Jena

Germany | Thuringia

For Gerontology

#339 in the World

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

100. University of Lisbon

Portugal | Lisbon

For Gerontology

#342 in the World

Enrollment: 49,769
Founded: 1911

Medicine subfields in Europe

Anatomy and Physiology1011

Anesthesiology707

Bioethics/Medical Ethics363

Biomedical Engineering558

Clinical Psychology796

Critical Care Nursing595

Epidemiology414

Family medicine679

Forensic Science301

Gastroenterology and Hepatology559

Health Science911

Healthcare Management (MHA)750

Medical Physics360

Neurosurgery299

Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB-GYN)758

Occupational Therapy450

Oncology and Cancer research782

Ophthalmology505

Orthodontics634

Paramedicine and Emergency medicine619

Pharmacology780

Physical Therapy945

Plastic Surgery305

Public Health1146

Radiation Therapy462

Radiology and Nuclear medicine1039

Respiratory Therapy333

Sonography and Ultrasound330

Sports / Exercise science446

Sports Medicine754