Best Universities for Optometry 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 Optometry. A graph of 727K citations received by 47.1K academic papers made by 310 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 Optometry

#1 in the United Kingdom

#1 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

2. University of Manchester

United Kingdom | England

For Optometry

#2 in the United Kingdom

#15 in the World

Founded: 1824

3. Aston University

United Kingdom | England

For Optometry

#3 in the United Kingdom

#23 in the World

Founded: 1895

4. University of Liverpool

United Kingdom | England

For Optometry

#4 in the United Kingdom

#36 in the World

Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

5. City, University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Optometry

#5 in the United Kingdom

#37 in the World

Founded: 1966

6. University of Oxford

United Kingdom | England

For Optometry

#6 in the United Kingdom

#45 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

7. Heidelberg University - Germany

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Optometry

#48 in the World

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

8. Lund University

For Optometry

#1 in Sweden

#52 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1666

9. Catholic University of Leuven

Belgium | Leuven

For Optometry

#55 in the World

Enrollment: 62,693
Founded: 1425

10. University of Birmingham

United Kingdom | England

For Optometry

#7 in the United Kingdom

#62 in the World

Founded: 1900

11. Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main

Germany | Hesse

For Optometry

#64 in the World

Enrollment: 43,461
Founded: 1914

12. University of Bradford

United Kingdom | England

For Optometry

#8 in the United Kingdom

#65 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 1966

13. Imperial College London

United Kingdom | England

For Optometry

#9 in the United Kingdom

#72 in the World

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

14. Pierre and Marie Curie University

France | Ile-de-France

For Optometry

#1 in France

#78 in the World

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

15. Medical University of Vienna

Austria | Vienna

For Optometry

#79 in the World

Enrollment: 7,915
Founded: 2004

16. University of Cambridge

United Kingdom | England

For Optometry

#10 in the United Kingdom

#81 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

17. Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Germany | Rhineland-Palatinate

For Optometry

#84 in the World

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

18. King's College London

United Kingdom | England

For Optometry

#11 in the United Kingdom

#88 in the World

Founded: 1829

19. Ulster University

United Kingdom | Northern Ireland

For Optometry

#12 in the United Kingdom

#89 in the World

Founded: 1968

20. University of Murcia

For Optometry

#1 in Spain

#91 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1272

21. Glasgow Caledonian University

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Optometry

#13 in the United Kingdom

#92 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1993

22. University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Optometry

#94 in the World

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

23. University of Nottingham

United Kingdom | England

For Optometry

#14 in the United Kingdom

#95 in the World

Founded: 1948

24. University of Tubingen

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Optometry

#97 in the World

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

25. Queen's University Belfast

United Kingdom | Northern Ireland

For Optometry

#15 in the United Kingdom

#98 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1849

26. University of Valencia

Spain | Valencia

For Optometry

#2 in Spain

#101 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Enrollment: 58,390

27. University of Bristol

United Kingdom | England

For Optometry

#16 in the United Kingdom

#103 in the World

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

28. Cardiff University

United Kingdom | Wales

For Optometry

#17 in the United Kingdom

#104 in the World

Founded: 1997

29. University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Optometry

#1 in Italy

#111 in the World

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

30. Erasmus University Rotterdam

Netherlands | Rotterdam

For Optometry

#1 in the Netherlands

#112 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 53%
Founded: 1913

31. Karolinska Institute

Sweden | Stockholm

For Optometry

#2 in Sweden

#113 in the World

Enrollment: 8,070
Founded: 1861

32. University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Optometry

#18 in the United Kingdom

#117 in the World

Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1836

33. University of Copenhagen

Denmark | Copenhagen

For Optometry

#122 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Founded: 1479

34. Anglia Ruskin University

United Kingdom | England

For Optometry

#19 in the United Kingdom

#124 in the World

Founded: 1858

35. University of Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Optometry

#1 in Switzerland

#126 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Enrollment: 25,732

36. University of Sheffield

United Kingdom | England

For Optometry

#20 in the United Kingdom

#128 in the World

Founded: 1905

37. Maastricht University

Netherlands | Maastricht

For Optometry

#2 in the Netherlands

#129 in the World

Enrollment: 18,000
Founded: 1976

38. University of Glasgow

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Optometry

#21 in the United Kingdom

#130 in the World

Founded: 1451

39. University of Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Optometry

#3 in the Netherlands

#133 in the World

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

40. University of Minho

Portugal | Braga

For Optometry

#134 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 19,077
Founded: 1973

41. University of Freiburg

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Optometry

#135 in the World

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

42. University of Hamburg

Germany | Hamburg State

For Optometry

#136 in the World

Enrollment: 43,957
Founded: 1919

43. University of Edinburgh

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Optometry

#22 in the United Kingdom

#138 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

44. University of Aberdeen

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Optometry

#23 in the United Kingdom

#139 in the World

Founded: 1495

45. University of Alicante

Spain | San Vicente del Raspeig

For Optometry

#3 in Spain

#142 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1979

46. Dresden University of Technology

Germany | Saxony

For Optometry

#143 in the World

Enrollment: 31,517
Founded: 1828

47. Complutense University of Madrid

For Optometry

#4 in Spain

#148 in the World

Enrollment: 71,806
Founded: 1508

48. University of Erlangen Nuremberg

Germany | Bavaria

For Optometry

#149 in the World

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

49. Miguel Hernandez University of Elche

For Optometry

#5 in Spain

#151 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 19,900
Founded: 1996

50. University of Padua

For Optometry

#2 in Italy

#156 in the World

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

51. Radboud University

Netherlands | Nijmegen

For Optometry

#4 in the Netherlands

#160 in the World

Founded: 1923

52. University of Wales

United Kingdom | Wales

For Optometry

#24 in the United Kingdom

#163 in the World

Founded: 1893

53. University of Southampton

United Kingdom | England

For Optometry

#25 in the United Kingdom

#168 in the World

Enrollment: 21,335
Founded: 1952

54. University of Genoa

Italy | Liguria

For Optometry

#3 in Italy

#174 in the World

Enrollment: 36,728
Founded: 1481

55. University of Leicester

United Kingdom | England

For Optometry

#26 in the United Kingdom

#175 in the World

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

56. University of Gothenburg

Sweden | Gothenburg

For Optometry

#3 in Sweden

#178 in the World

Enrollment: 36,003
Founded: 1891

57. University of Valladolid

Spain | Valladolid

For Optometry

#6 in Spain

#180 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1346

58. University of Bonn

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Optometry

#10 in Germany

#181 in the World

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

59. University of Groningen

Netherlands | Groningen

For Optometry

#5 in the Netherlands

#183 in the World

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

60. University of Oslo

For Optometry

#1 in Norway

#184 in the World

Enrollment: 26,650
Founded: 1811

61. University of Helsinki

Finland | Helsinki

For Optometry

#186 in the World

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

62. University of Sussex

United Kingdom | England

For Optometry

#27 in the United Kingdom

#192 in the World

Enrollment: 17,319
Male:Female: 44:56
Founded: 1961

63. Sapienza University of Rome

For Optometry

#4 in Italy

#197 in the World

Enrollment: 100,155
Founded: 1303

64. University of Florence

Italy | Tuscany

For Optometry

#5 in Italy

#198 in the World

Founded: 1321

65. University of Vienna

Austria | Vienna

For Optometry

#199 in the World

Enrollment: 93,628
Founded: 1365

66. Autonomous University of Barcelona

Spain | Cerdanyola del Valles

For Optometry

#7 in Spain

#203 in the World

Enrollment: 30,926

67. University of Turin

Italy | Piedmont

For Optometry

#6 in Italy

#204 in the World

Founded: 1404

68. University of Crete

Greece | Rethymno

For Optometry

#1 in Greece

#206 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Founded: 1973

69. Semmelweis University

Hungary | Budapest

For Optometry

#207 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Founded: 1769

70. Utrecht University

Netherlands | Utrecht

For Optometry

#6 in the Netherlands

#208 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1636

71. Newcastle University

United Kingdom | England

For Optometry

#28 in the United Kingdom

#211 in the World

Founded: 1963

72. Charite - Medical University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Optometry

#11 in Germany

#214 in the World

Enrollment: 8,877
Founded: 1710

73. University of Dundee

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Optometry

#29 in the United Kingdom

#218 in the World

Founded: 1967

74. University of Bern

Switzerland | Bern

For Optometry

#2 in Switzerland

#228 in the World

Enrollment: 18,576

75. Dublin Institute of Technology

Ireland | Dublin

For Optometry

#229 in the World

Enrollment: 20,000
Founded: 1992

76. University of Cologne

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Optometry

#12 in Germany

#233 in the World

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

77. University of Santiago de Compostela

Spain | Santiago de Compostela

For Optometry

#8 in Spain

#235 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1495

78. University of Verona

For Optometry

#7 in Italy

#236 in the World

Enrollment: 23,000
Founded: 1959

79. Umea University

For Optometry

#4 in Sweden

#239 in the World

Enrollment: 34,237
Founded: 1965

80. University of Leeds

United Kingdom | England

For Optometry

#30 in the United Kingdom

#242 in the World

Founded: 1904

81. University of Marburg

Germany | Hesse

For Optometry

#13 in Germany

#245 in the World

Enrollment: 22,612
Founded: 1527

82. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Greece | Thessaloniki

For Optometry

#2 in Greece

#249 in the World

Enrollment: 92,090
Founded: 1925

83. University of Iceland

Iceland | Reykjavik

For Optometry

#1 in Iceland

#250 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 92%
Enrollment: 12,992
Founded: 1911

84. University of Basel

Switzerland | Basel

For Optometry

#3 in Switzerland

#257 in the World

Enrollment: 12,896

85. University of Lausanne

Switzerland | Lausanne

For Optometry

#4 in Switzerland

#258 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Enrollment: 16,919

86. Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Optometry

#14 in Germany

#259 in the World

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

87. University of Coimbra

Portugal | Coimbra

For Optometry

#264 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Enrollment: 25,580
Founded: 1290

88. University of Oulu

For Optometry

#266 in the World

Enrollment: 2,900
Founded: 1958

89. University of York

United Kingdom | England

For Optometry

#31 in the United Kingdom

#269 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1963

90. University of Regensburg

Germany | Bavaria

For Optometry

#15 in Germany

#273 in the World

Enrollment: 20,702
Founded: 1962

91. University of Rome Tor Vergata

For Optometry

#8 in Italy

#275 in the World

Founded: 1982

92. University of Granada

Spain | Granada

For Optometry

#9 in Spain

#277 in the World

Founded: 1531

93. Linkoping University

Sweden | Linkoping

For Optometry

#5 in Sweden

#280 in the World

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

94. University of Wurzburg

Germany | Bavaria

For Optometry

#16 in Germany

#282 in the World

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

95. University of Belgrade

Serbia | Belgrade

For Optometry

#1 in Serbia

#284 in the World

Enrollment: 75,047

96. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Greece | Athens

For Optometry

#3 in Greece

#287 in the World

Enrollment: 70,461
Founded: 1837

97. Vita-Salute San Raffaele University

Italy | Lombardy

For Optometry

#9 in Italy

#288 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1996

98. University of Liege

Belgium | Liege

For Optometry

#292 in the World

Enrollment: 25,421
Founded: 1817

99. University of Pisa

Italy | Tuscany

For Optometry

#10 in Italy

#294 in the World

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

100. University College Dublin

Ireland | Dublin

For Optometry

#296 in the World

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

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