Best Occupational Therapy (OT) Schools in Europe

Updated: July 18, 2023

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Europe ranked based on their research performance in Occupational Therapy. A graph of 555M citations received by 24.7M academic papers made by 364 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. Karolinska Institute

Sweden | Stockholm

For Occupational Therapy

#1 in Sweden

#7 in the World

Enrollment: 8,070
Founded: 1861

2. Lund University

Sweden | Lund

For Occupational Therapy

#2 in Sweden

#13 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1666

3. University of Groningen

Netherlands | Groningen

For Occupational Therapy

#1 in the Netherlands

#29 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 34,000
Founded: 1614

4. Catholic University of Leuven

Belgium | Leuven

For Occupational Therapy

#1 in Belgium

#31 in the World

Enrollment: 62,693
Founded: 1425

5. Maastricht University

Netherlands | Maastricht

For Occupational Therapy

#2 in the Netherlands

#36 in the World

Enrollment: 18,000
Founded: 1976

6. University of Gothenburg

Sweden | Gothenburg

For Occupational Therapy

#3 in Sweden

#37 in the World

Enrollment: 36,003
Founded: 1891

7. Umea University

Sweden | Umea

For Occupational Therapy

#4 in Sweden

#41 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Enrollment: 34,237
Founded: 1965

8. King's College London

United Kingdom | England

For Occupational Therapy

#1 in the United Kingdom

#45 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1829

9. Linkoping University

Sweden | Linkoping

For Occupational Therapy

#5 in Sweden

#54 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Enrollment: 22,441
Founded: 1975

10. University of Southampton

United Kingdom | England

For Occupational Therapy

#2 in the United Kingdom

#57 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Enrollment: 21,335
Founded: 1952

11. University College London

United Kingdom | England

For Occupational Therapy

#3 in the United Kingdom

#60 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

12. University of Nottingham

United Kingdom | England

For Occupational Therapy

#4 in the United Kingdom

#62 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1948

13. University of Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Occupational Therapy

#3 in the Netherlands

#67 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 31,123
Founded: 1632

14. Free University Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Occupational Therapy

#4 in the Netherlands

#71 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1880

15. University of Manchester

United Kingdom | England

For Occupational Therapy

#5 in the United Kingdom

#72 in the World

Founded: 1824

16. University of Copenhagen

Denmark | Copenhagen

For Occupational Therapy

#1 in Denmark

#75 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Founded: 1479

17. University of Southern Denmark

Denmark | Odense

For Occupational Therapy

#2 in Denmark

#85 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 59%
Founded: 1966

18. University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Occupational Therapy

#1 in Germany

#87 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 55%
Enrollment: 50,918
Founded: 1472

19. University of Oslo

Norway | Oslo

For Occupational Therapy

#1 in Norway

#89 in the World

Enrollment: 26,650
Founded: 1811

20. Charite - Medical University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Occupational Therapy

#2 in Germany

#91 in the World

Enrollment: 8,877
Founded: 1710

21. University of Glasgow

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Occupational Therapy

#6 in the United Kingdom

#95 in the World

Founded: 1451

22. Sapienza University of Rome

Italy | Lazio

For Occupational Therapy

#1 in Italy

#96 in the World

Enrollment: 100,155
Founded: 1303

23. University of Oxford

United Kingdom | England

For Occupational Therapy

#7 in the United Kingdom

#97 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1096

24. University of Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Occupational Therapy

#1 in Switzerland

#98 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Enrollment: 25,732

25. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Occupational Therapy

#2 in Switzerland

#101 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Enrollment: 23,420

26. University of Leeds

United Kingdom | England

For Occupational Therapy

#8 in the United Kingdom

#102 in the World

Founded: 1904

27. University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Occupational Therapy

#2 in Italy

#104 in the World

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

28. University of Birmingham

United Kingdom | England

For Occupational Therapy

#9 in the United Kingdom

#105 in the World

Founded: 1900

29. University of Padua

Italy | Veneto

For Occupational Therapy

#3 in Italy

#107 in the World

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

30. Newcastle University

United Kingdom | England

For Occupational Therapy

#10 in the United Kingdom

#111 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Founded: 1963

31. Uppsala University

Sweden | Uppsala

For Occupational Therapy

#6 in Sweden

#118 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Enrollment: 35,556
Founded: 1477

32. Imperial College London

United Kingdom | England

For Occupational Therapy

#11 in the United Kingdom

#125 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

33. Radboud University

Netherlands | Nijmegen

For Occupational Therapy

#5 in the Netherlands

#126 in the World

Founded: 1923

34. University of Cambridge

United Kingdom | England

For Occupational Therapy

#12 in the United Kingdom

#129 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

35. Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

Italy | Lombardy

For Occupational Therapy

#4 in Italy

#136 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 66%
Founded: 1921

36. University of Tubingen

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Occupational Therapy

#3 in Germany

#137 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 28,515
Male:Female: 41:59
Founded: 1477

37. Medical University of Lodz

Poland | Lodz

For Occupational Therapy

#1 in Poland

#141 in the World

Founded: 1950

38. University of Exeter

United Kingdom | England

For Occupational Therapy

#13 in the United Kingdom

#142 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1955

39. Trinity College Dublin, University of Dublin

Ireland | Dublin

For Occupational Therapy

#1 in Ireland

#144 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 34%
Founded: 1592

40. Erasmus University Rotterdam

Netherlands | Rotterdam

For Occupational Therapy

#6 in the Netherlands

#146 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 53%
Founded: 1913

41. University of Liverpool

United Kingdom | England

For Occupational Therapy

#14 in the United Kingdom

#147 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

42. Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies

Italy | Tuscany

For Occupational Therapy

#5 in Italy

#150 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Enrollment: 1,000
Founded: 1987

43. Hannover Medical School

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Occupational Therapy

#4 in Germany

#151 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 3,256
Founded: 1965

44. Free University of Brussels - VUB

Belgium | Brussels

For Occupational Therapy

#2 in Belgium

#154 in the World

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

45. University of Bern

Switzerland | Bern

For Occupational Therapy

#3 in Switzerland

#155 in the World

Enrollment: 18,576

46. Medical University of Vienna

Austria | Vienna

For Occupational Therapy

#1 in Austria

#156 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Enrollment: 7,915
Founded: 2004

47. Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Norway | Trondheim

For Occupational Therapy

#2 in Norway

#158 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Enrollment: 42,031
Founded: 1996

48. Utrecht University

Netherlands | Utrecht

For Occupational Therapy

#7 in the Netherlands

#161 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1636

49. St George's, University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Occupational Therapy

#15 in the United Kingdom

#163 in the World

Founded: 1733

50. University of Edinburgh

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Occupational Therapy

#16 in the United Kingdom

#165 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

51. Free University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Occupational Therapy

#5 in Germany

#167 in the World

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

52. Brunel University London

United Kingdom | England

For Occupational Therapy

#17 in the United Kingdom

#168 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1966

53. University of Sheffield

United Kingdom | England

For Occupational Therapy

#18 in the United Kingdom

#169 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1905

54. Aalborg University

Denmark | Aalborg

For Occupational Therapy

#3 in Denmark

#171 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 20,353
Founded: 1974

55. Glasgow Caledonian University

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Occupational Therapy

#19 in the United Kingdom

#172 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Founded: 1993

56. University of Helsinki

Finland | Helsinki

For Occupational Therapy

#1 in Finland

#174 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Enrollment: 31,312
Founded: 1640

57. University of Florence

Italy | Tuscany

For Occupational Therapy

#6 in Italy

#177 in the World

Founded: 1321

58. Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

Switzerland | Lausanne

For Occupational Therapy

#4 in Switzerland

#178 in the World

Enrollment: 12,576

59. University of Twente

Netherlands | Enschede

For Occupational Therapy

#8 in the Netherlands

#179 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1961

60. Nicolaus Copernicus University

Poland | Torun

For Occupational Therapy

#2 in Poland

#185 in the World

Enrollment: 28,900
Founded: 1945

61. Aarhus University

Denmark | Aarhus

For Occupational Therapy

#4 in Denmark

#188 in the World

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

62. University of Bergen

Norway | Bergen

For Occupational Therapy

#3 in Norway

#189 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1946

63. University of Verona

Italy | Veneto

For Occupational Therapy

#7 in Italy

#190 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Enrollment: 23,000
Founded: 1959

64. Ghent University

Belgium | Ghent

For Occupational Therapy

#3 in Belgium

#195 in the World

Enrollment: 41,669
Founded: 1817

65. Cardiff University

United Kingdom | Wales

For Occupational Therapy

#20 in the United Kingdom

#196 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1997

66. University of Salford

United Kingdom | England

For Occupational Therapy

#21 in the United Kingdom

#199 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1967

67. University of Jyvaskyla

Finland | Jyvaskyla

For Occupational Therapy

#2 in Finland

#204 in the World

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

68. University of Freiburg

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Occupational Therapy

#6 in Germany

#205 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 24,391
Founded: 1457

69. University of Liege

Belgium | Liege

For Occupational Therapy

#4 in Belgium

#206 in the World

Enrollment: 25,421
Founded: 1817

70. University of Genoa

Italy | Liguria

For Occupational Therapy

#8 in Italy

#207 in the World

Enrollment: 36,728
Founded: 1481

71. University of East Anglia

United Kingdom | England

For Occupational Therapy

#22 in the United Kingdom

#208 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1963

72. Autonomous University of Barcelona

Spain | Cerdanyola del Valles

For Occupational Therapy

#1 in Spain

#209 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 75%
Enrollment: 30,926

73. Heidelberg University - Germany

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Occupational Therapy

#7 in Germany

#211 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Enrollment: 28,413
Male:Female: 45:55
Founded: 1386

74. University of Leicester

United Kingdom | England

For Occupational Therapy

#23 in the United Kingdom

#214 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Enrollment: 24,409
Male:Female: 46:54
Founded: 1957

75. Jonkoping University

Sweden | Jonkoping

For Occupational Therapy

#7 in Sweden

#215 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Enrollment: 9,567
Founded: 1977

76. Orebro University

Sweden | Orebro

For Occupational Therapy

#8 in Sweden

#217 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 28%
Enrollment: 11,638
Founded: 1977

77. Ulster University

United Kingdom | Northern Ireland

For Occupational Therapy

#24 in the United Kingdom

#222 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Founded: 1968

78. University of York

United Kingdom | England

For Occupational Therapy

#25 in the United Kingdom

#231 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1963

79. Keele University

United Kingdom | England

For Occupational Therapy

#26 in the United Kingdom

#232 in the World

Founded: 1962

80. Hasselt University

Belgium | Hasselt

For Occupational Therapy

#5 in Belgium

#235 in the World

Enrollment: 3,310
Founded: 1973

81. National University of Ireland, Galway

Ireland | Galway

For Occupational Therapy

#2 in Ireland

#237 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 86%
Founded: 1845

82. Lulea University of Technology

Sweden | Lulea

For Occupational Therapy

#9 in Sweden

#238 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Enrollment: 19,155
Founded: 1997

83. Malmo University

Sweden | Malmo

For Occupational Therapy

#10 in Sweden

#240 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 15,625
Founded: 1998

84. University of Lausanne

Switzerland | Lausanne

For Occupational Therapy

#5 in Switzerland

#242 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Enrollment: 16,919

85. University of Bologna

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Occupational Therapy

#9 in Italy

#244 in the World

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

86. University of Lubeck

Germany | Schleswig-Holstein

For Occupational Therapy

#8 in Germany

#245 in the World

Enrollment: 3,345
Founded: 1964

87. University of Rome Tor Vergata

Italy | Lazio

For Occupational Therapy

#10 in Italy

#246 in the World

Founded: 1982

88. University of Turin

Italy | Piedmont

For Occupational Therapy

#11 in Italy

#247 in the World

Founded: 1404

89. Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome

Italy | Lazio

For Occupational Therapy

#12 in Italy

#248 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1993

90. Catholic University of Louvain

Belgium | Louvain-la-Neuve

For Occupational Therapy

#6 in Belgium

#249 in the World

Enrollment: 35,000
Founded: 1425

91. University College Dublin

Ireland | Dublin

For Occupational Therapy

#3 in Ireland

#250 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 33,321
Founded: 1854

92. University of Lucerne

Switzerland | Lucerne

For Occupational Therapy

#6 in Switzerland

#253 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Enrollment: 2,944

93. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Greece | Athens

For Occupational Therapy

#1 in Greece

#254 in the World

Enrollment: 70,461
Founded: 1837

94. Vita-Salute San Raffaele University

Italy | Lombardy

For Occupational Therapy

#13 in Italy

#255 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1996

95. Polytechnic University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Occupational Therapy

#14 in Italy

#258 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 28%
Enrollment: 48,645
Male:Female: 65:35
Founded: 1863

96. Tilburg University

Netherlands | Tilburg

For Occupational Therapy

#9 in the Netherlands

#259 in the World

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

97. University of Erlangen Nuremberg

Germany | Bavaria

For Occupational Therapy

#9 in Germany

#260 in the World

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

98. University of Bristol

United Kingdom | England

For Occupational Therapy

#27 in the United Kingdom

#261 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Enrollment: 27,513
Founded: 1909

99. University of Ferrara

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Occupational Therapy

#15 in Italy

#263 in the World

Enrollment: 22,800
Founded: 1391

100. University of Limerick

Ireland | Limerick

For Occupational Therapy

#4 in Ireland

#273 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1972

Medicine subfields in Europe

Anatomy and Physiology915

Anesthesiology641

Audiology431

Bioethics/Medical Ethics357

Biomedical Engineering485

Cardiology671

Clinical Psychology696

Cosmetology319

Critical Care Nursing528

Gastroenterology and Hepatology508

Gerontology559

Health Science772

Healthcare Management (MHA)652

Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB-GYN)640

Oncology and Cancer research704

Ophthalmology439

Optometry327

Orthodontics586

Paramedicine and Emergency medicine551

Radiology and Nuclear medicine957

Respiratory Therapy332

Social Work327

Sonography and Ultrasound321

Sports / Exercise science353