Best Universities for Neurosurgery 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 Neurosurgery. A graph of 412K citations received by 22.9K academic papers made by 196 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 Neurosurgery

#1 in the United Kingdom

#1 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

2. Sapienza University of Rome

For Neurosurgery

#1 in Italy

#4 in the World

Enrollment: 100,155
Founded: 1303

3. Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

Italy | Lombardy

For Neurosurgery

#2 in Italy

#6 in the World

Founded: 1921

4. Heidelberg University - Germany

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Neurosurgery

#9 in the World

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

5. Charite - Medical University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Neurosurgery

#13 in the World

Enrollment: 8,877
Founded: 1710

6. Pierre and Marie Curie University

France | Ile-de-France

For Neurosurgery

#1 in France

#14 in the World

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

7. Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main

Germany | Hesse

For Neurosurgery

#17 in the World

Enrollment: 43,461
Founded: 1914

8. University of Oxford

United Kingdom | England

For Neurosurgery

#2 in the United Kingdom

#20 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

9. University of Liverpool

United Kingdom | England

For Neurosurgery

#3 in the United Kingdom

#21 in the World

Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

10. Lund University

For Neurosurgery

#1 in Sweden

#22 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1666

11. Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Neurosurgery

#23 in the World

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

12. University of Bern

Switzerland | Bern

For Neurosurgery

#1 in Switzerland

#24 in the World

Enrollment: 18,576

13. University of Verona

For Neurosurgery

#3 in Italy

#27 in the World

Enrollment: 23,000
Founded: 1959

14. Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Germany | Rhineland-Palatinate

For Neurosurgery

#31 in the World

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

15. University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Neurosurgery

#4 in Italy

#34 in the World

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

16. University of Padua

For Neurosurgery

#5 in Italy

#36 in the World

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

17. Federico II University of Naples

Italy | Campania

For Neurosurgery

#6 in Italy

#37 in the World

Enrollment: 73,553
Founded: 1224

18. University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Neurosurgery

#40 in the World

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

19. University of Ulm

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Neurosurgery

#41 in the World

Enrollment: 10,164
Founded: 1967

20. University of Turin

Italy | Piedmont

For Neurosurgery

#7 in Italy

#44 in the World

Founded: 1404

21. Saarland University

Germany | Saarland

For Neurosurgery

#47 in the World

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

22. University of Bonn

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Neurosurgery

#49 in the World

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

23. Karolinska Institute

Sweden | Stockholm

For Neurosurgery

#2 in Sweden

#50 in the World

Enrollment: 8,070
Founded: 1861

24. University of Hamburg

Germany | Hamburg State

For Neurosurgery

#10 in Germany

#51 in the World

Enrollment: 43,957
Founded: 1919

25. RWTH Aachen University

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Neurosurgery

#11 in Germany

#52 in the World

Enrollment: 47,521
Founded: 1870

26. University of Cambridge

United Kingdom | England

For Neurosurgery

#4 in the United Kingdom

#53 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

27. University of Erlangen Nuremberg

Germany | Bavaria

For Neurosurgery

#12 in Germany

#55 in the World

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

28. University of Marburg

Germany | Hesse

For Neurosurgery

#13 in Germany

#58 in the World

Enrollment: 22,612
Founded: 1527

29. Medical University of Vienna

Austria | Vienna

For Neurosurgery

#59 in the World

Enrollment: 7,915
Founded: 2004

30. University of Freiburg

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Neurosurgery

#14 in Germany

#60 in the World

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

31. Hannover Medical School

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Neurosurgery

#15 in Germany

#65 in the World

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

32. Radboud University

Netherlands | Nijmegen

For Neurosurgery

#1 in the Netherlands

#67 in the World

Founded: 1923

33. Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

For Neurosurgery

#2 in France

#68 in the World

Enrollment: 38,007
Founded: 1809

34. University of Wurzburg

Germany | Bavaria

For Neurosurgery

#16 in Germany

#76 in the World

Enrollment: 27,149
Male:Female: 41:59
Founded: 1402

35. University of Tubingen

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Neurosurgery

#17 in Germany

#78 in the World

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

36. Technical University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Neurosurgery

#18 in Germany

#80 in the World

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

37. Umea University

For Neurosurgery

#3 in Sweden

#81 in the World

Enrollment: 34,237
Founded: 1965

38. Free University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Neurosurgery

#19 in Germany

#82 in the World

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

39. University of Cologne

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Neurosurgery

#20 in Germany

#83 in the World

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

40. Catholic University of Leuven

Belgium | Leuven

For Neurosurgery

#85 in the World

Enrollment: 62,693
Founded: 1425

41. University of Florence

Italy | Tuscany

For Neurosurgery

#8 in Italy

#90 in the World

Founded: 1321

42. University of Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Neurosurgery

#2 in the Netherlands

#92 in the World

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

43. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Greece | Athens

For Neurosurgery

#1 in Greece

#98 in the World

Enrollment: 70,461
Founded: 1837

44. University of Messina

For Neurosurgery

#9 in Italy

#102 in the World

Enrollment: 24,780
Founded: 1548

45. University of Gottingen

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Neurosurgery

#21 in Germany

#104 in the World

Enrollment: 31,619
Founded: 1734

46. University of Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Neurosurgery

#2 in Switzerland

#107 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Enrollment: 25,732

47. Charles University

Czech Republic | Prague

For Neurosurgery

#1 in the Czech Republic

#110 in the World

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

48. University of Siena

Italy | Tuscany

For Neurosurgery

#10 in Italy

#111 in the World

Founded: 1240

49. University of Pavia

Italy | Lombardy

For Neurosurgery

#11 in Italy

#112 in the World

Enrollment: 23,849
Founded: 1361

50. Erasmus University Rotterdam

Netherlands | Rotterdam

For Neurosurgery

#3 in the Netherlands

#114 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 53%
Founded: 1913

51. Medical University of Innsbruck

Austria | Innsbruck

For Neurosurgery

#119 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Enrollment: 3,134
Founded: 2004

52. Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Norway | Trondheim

For Neurosurgery

#1 in Norway

#120 in the World

Enrollment: 42,031
Founded: 1996

53. University of Lubeck

Germany | Schleswig-Holstein

For Neurosurgery

#22 in Germany

#121 in the World

Enrollment: 5,968
Founded: 1964

54. University of Edinburgh

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Neurosurgery

#5 in the United Kingdom

#123 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

55. Vita-Salute San Raffaele University

Italy | Lombardy

For Neurosurgery

#12 in Italy

#126 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1996

56. University of Oslo

For Neurosurgery

#2 in Norway

#129 in the World

Enrollment: 26,650
Founded: 1811

57. University of Leipzig

Germany | Saxony

For Neurosurgery

#23 in Germany

#130 in the World

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

58. University of Genoa

Italy | Liguria

For Neurosurgery

#13 in Italy

#132 in the World

Enrollment: 36,728
Founded: 1481

59. University of Helsinki

Finland | Helsinki

For Neurosurgery

#133 in the World

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

60. University of Pisa

Italy | Tuscany

For Neurosurgery

#14 in Italy

#139 in the World

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

61. University of Brescia

Italy | Lombardy

For Neurosurgery

#15 in Italy

#140 in the World

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

62. University of Groningen

Netherlands | Groningen

For Neurosurgery

#4 in the Netherlands

#141 in the World

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

63. University of Liege

Belgium | Liege

For Neurosurgery

#144 in the World

Enrollment: 25,421
Founded: 1817

64. University of Giessen

Germany | Hesse

For Neurosurgery

#24 in Germany

#145 in the World

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

65. University of Nottingham

United Kingdom | England

For Neurosurgery

#6 in the United Kingdom

#148 in the World

Founded: 1948

66. University of Vienna

Austria | Vienna

For Neurosurgery

#151 in the World

Enrollment: 93,628
Founded: 1365

67. University of Bologna

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Neurosurgery

#16 in Italy

#152 in the World

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

68. University of Munster

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Neurosurgery

#25 in Germany

#154 in the World

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

69. Polytechnic University of Bari

For Neurosurgery

#17 in Italy

#158 in the World

Founded: 1990

70. Humboldt University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Neurosurgery

#26 in Germany

#161 in the World

Enrollment: 36,378
Founded: 1809

71. University of Gothenburg

Sweden | Gothenburg

For Neurosurgery

#4 in Sweden

#164 in the World

Enrollment: 36,003
Founded: 1891

72. Imperial College London

United Kingdom | England

For Neurosurgery

#7 in the United Kingdom

#173 in the World

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

73. University of Copenhagen

Denmark | Copenhagen

For Neurosurgery

#175 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Founded: 1479

74. University of Antwerp

Belgium | Antwerp

For Neurosurgery

#178 in the World

Founded: 2003

75. University of Rome Tor Vergata

For Neurosurgery

#18 in Italy

#180 in the World

Founded: 1982

76. University of Palermo

For Neurosurgery

#19 in Italy

#181 in the World

Founded: 1806

77. University of Barcelona

Spain | Barcelona

For Neurosurgery

#1 in Spain

#184 in the World

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

78. University of Parma

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Neurosurgery

#20 in Italy

#185 in the World

Founded: 1117

79. University of Graz

For Neurosurgery

#186 in the World

Enrollment: 32,230
Founded: 1585

80. Free University of Brussels

Belgium | Brussels

For Neurosurgery

#187 in the World

Enrollment: 31,606
Founded: 1834

81. University of Milano-Bicocca

Italy | Lombardy

For Neurosurgery

#21 in Italy

#189 in the World

Enrollment: 33,741
Founded: 1998

82. University of Bari

For Neurosurgery

#22 in Italy

#195 in the World

Founded: 1924

83. University of Oulu

For Neurosurgery

#199 in the World

Enrollment: 2,900
Founded: 1958

84. University of Innsbruck

Austria | Innsbruck

For Neurosurgery

#203 in the World

Enrollment: 28,278
Male:Female: 47:53
Founded: 1669

85. Medical University of Graz

For Neurosurgery

#206 in the World

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

86. University of Montpellier

France | Occitanie

For Neurosurgery

#3 in France

#208 in the World

Enrollment: 46,578
Founded: 1289

87. Catholic University of Louvain

Belgium | Louvain-la-Neuve

For Neurosurgery

#212 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1425

88. University of Glasgow

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Neurosurgery

#8 in the United Kingdom

#213 in the World

Founded: 1451

89. University of Bergen

Norway | Bergen

For Neurosurgery

#3 in Norway

#216 in the World

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1946

90. Nicolaus Copernicus University

For Neurosurgery

#1 in Poland

#217 in the World

Enrollment: 28,900
Founded: 1945

91. St George's, University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Neurosurgery

#9 in the United Kingdom

#219 in the World

Founded: 1733

92. University of Strasbourg

France | Grand Est

For Neurosurgery

#4 in France

#220 in the World

Enrollment: 10,077
Founded: 1621

93. University of Manchester

United Kingdom | England

For Neurosurgery

#10 in the United Kingdom

#227 in the World

Founded: 1824

94. University of Southern Denmark

Denmark | Odense

For Neurosurgery

#229 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Founded: 1966

95. Polytechnical University of Marche

For Neurosurgery

#23 in Italy

#231 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1969

96. University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli

Italy | Campania

For Neurosurgery

#24 in Italy

#232 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1991

97. University of Duisburg - Essen

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Neurosurgery

#27 in Germany

#234 in the World

Enrollment: 43,281
Founded: 2003

98. University of Regensburg

Germany | Bavaria

For Neurosurgery

#28 in Germany

#235 in the World

Enrollment: 20,702
Founded: 1962

99. Medical University of Lodz

For Neurosurgery

#2 in Poland

#236 in the World

Founded: 1950

100. University of Catania

For Neurosurgery

#25 in Italy

#240 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1434

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

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