Best Universities for Gerontology 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 Gerontology. A graph of 8.77M citations received by 292K academic papers made by 597 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

#17 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

#45 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

5. University of Cambridge

United Kingdom | England

For Gerontology

#4 in the United Kingdom

#53 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

6. University of Manchester

United Kingdom | England

For Gerontology

#5 in the United Kingdom

#59 in the World

Founded: 1824

7. University of Edinburgh

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Gerontology

#6 in the United Kingdom

#65 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

8. Lund University

For Gerontology

#2 in Sweden

#68 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1666

9. University of Helsinki

Finland | Helsinki

For Gerontology

#71 in the World

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

10. University of Southampton

United Kingdom | England

For Gerontology

#7 in the United Kingdom

#73 in the World

Enrollment: 21,335
Founded: 1952

11. University of Glasgow

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Gerontology

#8 in the United Kingdom

#76 in the World

Founded: 1451

12. University of Bristol

United Kingdom | England

For Gerontology

#9 in the United Kingdom

#77 in the World

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

13. University of Sheffield

United Kingdom | England

For Gerontology

#10 in the United Kingdom

#85 in the World

Founded: 1905

14. Newcastle University

United Kingdom | England

For Gerontology

#11 in the United Kingdom

#88 in the World

Founded: 1963

15. Radboud University

Netherlands | Nijmegen

For Gerontology

#1 in the Netherlands

#93 in the World

Founded: 1923

16. Maastricht University

Netherlands | Maastricht

For Gerontology

#2 in the Netherlands

#100 in the World

Enrollment: 18,000
Founded: 1976

17. University of Copenhagen

Denmark | Copenhagen

For Gerontology

#101 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Founded: 1479

18. University of Groningen

Netherlands | Groningen

For Gerontology

#3 in the Netherlands

#104 in the World

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

19. University of Gothenburg

Sweden | Gothenburg

For Gerontology

#3 in Sweden

#105 in the World

Enrollment: 36,003
Founded: 1891

20. Free University Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Gerontology

#4 in the Netherlands

#108 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1880

21. University of Liverpool

United Kingdom | England

For Gerontology

#12 in the United Kingdom

#111 in the World

Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

22. Imperial College London

United Kingdom | England

For Gerontology

#13 in the United Kingdom

#115 in the World

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

23. Erasmus University Rotterdam

Netherlands | Rotterdam

For Gerontology

#5 in the Netherlands

#118 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 53%
Founded: 1913

24. University of Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Gerontology

#6 in the Netherlands

#122 in the World

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

25. Stockholm University

Sweden | Stockholm

For Gerontology

#4 in Sweden

#125 in the World

Enrollment: 37,484
Founded: 1878

26. Umea University

For Gerontology

#5 in Sweden

#126 in the World

Enrollment: 34,237
Founded: 1965

27. University of Nottingham

United Kingdom | England

For Gerontology

#14 in the United Kingdom

#132 in the World

Founded: 1948

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

#149 in the World

Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1836

30. Heidelberg University - Germany

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Gerontology

#151 in the World

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

31. University of Leeds

United Kingdom | England

For Gerontology

#17 in the United Kingdom

#153 in the World

Founded: 1904

32. University of Oslo

For Gerontology

#1 in Norway

#160 in the World

Enrollment: 26,650
Founded: 1811

33. Catholic University of Leuven

Belgium | Leuven

For Gerontology

#162 in the World

Enrollment: 62,693
Founded: 1425

34. University of Southern Denmark

Denmark | Odense

For Gerontology

#163 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Founded: 1966

35. Aarhus University

Denmark | Aarhus

For Gerontology

#166 in the World

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

36. Ghent University

Belgium | Ghent

For Gerontology

#168 in the World

Enrollment: 41,669
Founded: 1817

37. University of Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Gerontology

#1 in Switzerland

#171 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Enrollment: 25,732

38. Uppsala University

Sweden | Uppsala

For Gerontology

#6 in Sweden

#174 in the World

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

39. University of Bologna

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Gerontology

#1 in Italy

#176 in the World

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

40. Trinity College Dublin, University of Dublin

Ireland | Dublin

For Gerontology

#178 in the World

Enrollment: 20,430
Founded: 1592

41. University of Exeter

United Kingdom | England

For Gerontology

#18 in the United Kingdom

#182 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1955

42. University of Padua

For Gerontology

#2 in Italy

#186 in the World

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

43. University of Eastern Finland

Finland | Joensuu

For Gerontology

#188 in the World

Enrollment: 15,500
Founded: 2010

44. University of Leicester

United Kingdom | England

For Gerontology

#19 in the United Kingdom

#190 in the World

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

45. University of Aberdeen

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Gerontology

#20 in the United Kingdom

#192 in the World

Founded: 1495

46. University of Turku

Finland | Turku

For Gerontology

#195 in the World

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

47. University of York

United Kingdom | England

For Gerontology

#21 in the United Kingdom

#197 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1963

48. Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

Italy | Lombardy

For Gerontology

#3 in Italy

#199 in the World

Founded: 1921

49. University of Jyvaskyla

Finland | Jyvaskyla

For Gerontology

#202 in the World

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

50. University of Tampere

Finland | Tampere

For Gerontology

#204 in the World

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

51. Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Norway | Trondheim

For Gerontology

#2 in Norway

#205 in the World

Enrollment: 42,031
Founded: 1996

52. Utrecht University

Netherlands | Utrecht

For Gerontology

#7 in the Netherlands

#213 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1636

53. Complutense University of Madrid

For Gerontology

#1 in Spain

#214 in the World

Enrollment: 71,806
Founded: 1508

54. St George's, University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Gerontology

#22 in the United Kingdom

#220 in the World

Founded: 1733

55. University of Porto

Portugal | Porto

For Gerontology

#221 in the World

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

56. Pierre and Marie Curie University

France | Ile-de-France

For Gerontology

#1 in France

#222 in the World

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

57. Cardiff University

United Kingdom | Wales

For Gerontology

#23 in the United Kingdom

#223 in the World

Founded: 1997

58. Queen Mary University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Gerontology

#24 in the United Kingdom

#226 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1989

59. Ulster University

United Kingdom | Northern Ireland

For Gerontology

#25 in the United Kingdom

#228 in the World

Founded: 1968

60. Sapienza University of Rome

For Gerontology

#4 in Italy

#229 in the World

Enrollment: 100,155
Founded: 1303

61. University of Bergen

Norway | Bergen

For Gerontology

#3 in Norway

#230 in the World

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1946

62. University of Dundee

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Gerontology

#26 in the United Kingdom

#236 in the World

Founded: 1967

63. University of Hamburg

Germany | Hamburg State

For Gerontology

#240 in the World

Enrollment: 43,957
Founded: 1919

64. University of Liege

Belgium | Liege

For Gerontology

#248 in the World

Enrollment: 25,421
Founded: 1817

65. University of Barcelona

Spain | Barcelona

For Gerontology

#2 in Spain

#251 in the World

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

66. Charite - Medical University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Gerontology

#252 in the World

Enrollment: 8,877
Founded: 1710

67. University of Leipzig

Germany | Saxony

For Gerontology

#253 in the World

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

68. University of Oulu

For Gerontology

#255 in the World

Enrollment: 2,900
Founded: 1958

69. University of Geneva

Switzerland | Geneva

For Gerontology

#2 in Switzerland

#257 in the World

Enrollment: 17,744

70. Autonomous University of Madrid

For Gerontology

#3 in Spain

#259 in the World

Founded: 1968

71. Tilburg University

Netherlands | Tilburg

For Gerontology

#8 in the Netherlands

#262 in the World

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

72. Leiden University

Netherlands | Leiden

For Gerontology

#9 in the Netherlands

#263 in the World

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

73. University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Gerontology

#5 in Italy

#265 in the World

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

74. Paul Sabatier University - Toulouse III

France | Occitanie

For Gerontology

#2 in France

#267 in the World

Enrollment: 29,680
Founded: 1960

75. University of East Anglia

United Kingdom | England

For Gerontology

#27 in the United Kingdom

#268 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1963

76. Wageningen University

Netherlands | Wageningen

For Gerontology

#10 in the Netherlands

#270 in the World

Enrollment: 12,819
Founded: 1918

77. University of Warwick

United Kingdom | England

For Gerontology

#28 in the United Kingdom

#272 in the World

Enrollment: 27,278
Founded: 1965

78. Linkoping University

Sweden | Linkoping

For Gerontology

#7 in Sweden

#275 in the World

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

79. University of Granada

Spain | Granada

For Gerontology

#4 in Spain

#285 in the World

Founded: 1531

80. University of Surrey

United Kingdom | England

For Gerontology

#29 in the United Kingdom

#287 in the World

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1966

81. Queen's University Belfast

United Kingdom | Northern Ireland

For Gerontology

#30 in the United Kingdom

#288 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1849

82. Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

For Gerontology

#3 in France

#289 in the World

Enrollment: 38,007
Founded: 1809

83. London School of Economics and Political Science

United Kingdom | England

For Gerontology

#31 in the United Kingdom

#293 in the World

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

84. Polytechnic University of Bari

For Gerontology

#6 in Italy

#294 in the World

Founded: 1990

85. University of Erlangen Nuremberg

Germany | Bavaria

For Gerontology

#297 in the World

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

86. University of Wales

United Kingdom | Wales

For Gerontology

#32 in the United Kingdom

#298 in the World

Founded: 1893

87. University of Bordeaux

France | Nouvelle-Aquitaine

For Gerontology

#4 in France

#299 in the World

Enrollment: 54,000
Founded: 1441

88. Free University of Brussels - VUB

Belgium | Brussels

For Gerontology

#300 in the World

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

89. Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Gerontology

#301 in the World

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

90. University College Cork

For Gerontology

#303 in the World

Enrollment: 21,894
Founded: 1845

91. University of Valencia

Spain | Valencia

For Gerontology

#5 in Spain

#305 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Enrollment: 58,390

92. University of Lausanne

Switzerland | Lausanne

For Gerontology

#3 in Switzerland

#308 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Enrollment: 16,919

93. University of Kent

United Kingdom | England

For Gerontology

#33 in the United Kingdom

#310 in the World

Founded: 1965

94. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Greece | Athens

For Gerontology

#1 in Greece

#312 in the World

Enrollment: 70,461
Founded: 1837

95. University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Gerontology

#316 in the World

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

96. Keele University

United Kingdom | England

For Gerontology

#34 in the United Kingdom

#323 in the World

Founded: 1962

97. Loughborough University

United Kingdom | England

For Gerontology

#35 in the United Kingdom

#324 in the World

Enrollment: 19,449
Founded: 1966

98. Medical University of Lodz

For Gerontology

#1 in Poland

#332 in the World

Founded: 1950

99. Friedrich Schiller University of Jena

Germany | Thuringia

For Gerontology

#335 in the World

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

100. University of Bern

Switzerland | Bern

For Gerontology

#4 in Switzerland

#337 in the World

Enrollment: 18,576

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