Best Universities for Pediatrics 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 Pediatrics. A graph of 13.3M citations received by 474K academic papers made by 559 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 Pediatrics

#1 in the United Kingdom

#2 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

2. Karolinska Institute

Sweden | Stockholm

For Pediatrics

#1 in Sweden

#9 in the World

Enrollment: 8,070
Founded: 1861

3. University of Oxford

United Kingdom | England

For Pediatrics

#2 in the United Kingdom

#14 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

4. University of Liverpool

United Kingdom | England

For Pediatrics

#3 in the United Kingdom

#26 in the World

Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

5. Lund University

For Pediatrics

#2 in Sweden

#28 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1666

6. Radboud University

Netherlands | Nijmegen

For Pediatrics

#1 in the Netherlands

#39 in the World

Founded: 1923

7. University of Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Pediatrics

#2 in the Netherlands

#40 in the World

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

8. University of Helsinki

Finland | Helsinki

For Pediatrics

#43 in the World

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

9. University of Gothenburg

Sweden | Gothenburg

For Pediatrics

#3 in Sweden

#44 in the World

Enrollment: 36,003
Founded: 1891

10. University of Bristol

United Kingdom | England

For Pediatrics

#4 in the United Kingdom

#45 in the World

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

11. University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Pediatrics

#1 in Italy

#47 in the World

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

12. University of Copenhagen

Denmark | Copenhagen

For Pediatrics

#48 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Founded: 1479

13. Imperial College London

United Kingdom | England

For Pediatrics

#5 in the United Kingdom

#49 in the World

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

14. King's College London

United Kingdom | England

For Pediatrics

#6 in the United Kingdom

#50 in the World

Founded: 1829

15. Charite - Medical University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Pediatrics

#54 in the World

Enrollment: 8,877
Founded: 1710

16. Pierre and Marie Curie University

France | Ile-de-France

For Pediatrics

#1 in France

#57 in the World

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

17. Heidelberg University - Germany

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Pediatrics

#66 in the World

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

18. University of Southampton

United Kingdom | England

For Pediatrics

#7 in the United Kingdom

#67 in the World

Enrollment: 21,335
Founded: 1952

19. Newcastle University

United Kingdom | England

For Pediatrics

#8 in the United Kingdom

#74 in the World

Founded: 1963

20. University of Manchester

United Kingdom | England

For Pediatrics

#9 in the United Kingdom

#75 in the World

Founded: 1824

21. University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Pediatrics

#77 in the World

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

22. University of Padua

For Pediatrics

#2 in Italy

#78 in the World

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

23. University of Groningen

Netherlands | Groningen

For Pediatrics

#3 in the Netherlands

#80 in the World

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

24. University of Edinburgh

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Pediatrics

#10 in the United Kingdom

#84 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

25. Catholic University of Leuven

Belgium | Leuven

For Pediatrics

#86 in the World

Enrollment: 62,693
Founded: 1425

26. University of Cambridge

United Kingdom | England

For Pediatrics

#11 in the United Kingdom

#87 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

27. University of Nottingham

United Kingdom | England

For Pediatrics

#12 in the United Kingdom

#91 in the World

Founded: 1948

28. University of Birmingham

United Kingdom | England

For Pediatrics

#13 in the United Kingdom

#92 in the World

Founded: 1900

29. Sapienza University of Rome

For Pediatrics

#3 in Italy

#97 in the World

Enrollment: 100,155
Founded: 1303

30. Erasmus University Rotterdam

Netherlands | Rotterdam

For Pediatrics

#4 in the Netherlands

#98 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 53%
Founded: 1913

31. St George's, University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Pediatrics

#14 in the United Kingdom

#105 in the World

Founded: 1733

32. University of Glasgow

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Pediatrics

#15 in the United Kingdom

#109 in the World

Founded: 1451

33. University of Oslo

For Pediatrics

#1 in Norway

#111 in the World

Enrollment: 26,650
Founded: 1811

34. University of Barcelona

Spain | Barcelona

For Pediatrics

#1 in Spain

#113 in the World

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

35. University of Bergen

Norway | Bergen

For Pediatrics

#2 in Norway

#115 in the World

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1946

36. Uppsala University

Sweden | Uppsala

For Pediatrics

#4 in Sweden

#116 in the World

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

37. Umea University

For Pediatrics

#5 in Sweden

#123 in the World

Enrollment: 34,237
Founded: 1965

38. University of Turku

Finland | Turku

For Pediatrics

#124 in the World

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

39. Aarhus University

Denmark | Aarhus

For Pediatrics

#129 in the World

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

40. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Greece | Athens

For Pediatrics

#1 in Greece

#130 in the World

Enrollment: 70,461
Founded: 1837

41. University of Bologna

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Pediatrics

#4 in Italy

#132 in the World

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

42. University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Pediatrics

#16 in the United Kingdom

#134 in the World

Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1836

43. University of Pavia

Italy | Lombardy

For Pediatrics

#5 in Italy

#137 in the World

Enrollment: 23,849
Founded: 1361

44. University of Tampere

Finland | Tampere

For Pediatrics

#139 in the World

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

45. Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

Italy | Lombardy

For Pediatrics

#6 in Italy

#141 in the World

Founded: 1921

46. University of Turin

Italy | Piedmont

For Pediatrics

#7 in Italy

#142 in the World

Founded: 1404

47. Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Pediatrics

#146 in the World

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

48. University of Sheffield

United Kingdom | England

For Pediatrics

#17 in the United Kingdom

#149 in the World

Founded: 1905

49. Federico II University of Naples

Italy | Campania

For Pediatrics

#8 in Italy

#151 in the World

Enrollment: 73,553
Founded: 1224

50. Utrecht University

Netherlands | Utrecht

For Pediatrics

#5 in the Netherlands

#153 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1636

51. Polytechnic University of Bari

For Pediatrics

#9 in Italy

#154 in the World

Founded: 1990

52. University of Bern

Switzerland | Bern

For Pediatrics

#1 in Switzerland

#155 in the World

Enrollment: 18,576

53. Leiden University

Netherlands | Leiden

For Pediatrics

#6 in the Netherlands

#157 in the World

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

54. University of Florence

Italy | Tuscany

For Pediatrics

#10 in Italy

#161 in the World

Founded: 1321

55. Medical University of Vienna

Austria | Vienna

For Pediatrics

#163 in the World

Enrollment: 7,915
Founded: 2004

56. University of Hamburg

Germany | Hamburg State

For Pediatrics

#164 in the World

Enrollment: 43,957
Founded: 1919

57. University of Oulu

For Pediatrics

#167 in the World

Enrollment: 2,900
Founded: 1958

58. Hannover Medical School

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Pediatrics

#168 in the World

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

59. Queen Mary University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Pediatrics

#18 in the United Kingdom

#173 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1989

60. University of Leeds

United Kingdom | England

For Pediatrics

#19 in the United Kingdom

#174 in the World

Founded: 1904

61. University of Aberdeen

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Pediatrics

#20 in the United Kingdom

#175 in the World

Founded: 1495

62. University of Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Pediatrics

#2 in Switzerland

#176 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Enrollment: 25,732

63. Maastricht University

Netherlands | Maastricht

For Pediatrics

#7 in the Netherlands

#178 in the World

Enrollment: 18,000
Founded: 1976

64. Medical University of Lodz

For Pediatrics

#1 in Poland

#179 in the World

Founded: 1950

65. University of Leicester

United Kingdom | England

For Pediatrics

#21 in the United Kingdom

#180 in the World

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

66. Cardiff University

United Kingdom | Wales

For Pediatrics

#22 in the United Kingdom

#190 in the World

Founded: 1997

67. University of Pisa

Italy | Tuscany

For Pediatrics

#11 in Italy

#191 in the World

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

68. University of Southern Denmark

Denmark | Odense

For Pediatrics

#192 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Founded: 1966

69. Charles University

Czech Republic | Prague

For Pediatrics

#1 in the Czech Republic

#195 in the World

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

70. University of Verona

For Pediatrics

#12 in Italy

#200 in the World

Enrollment: 23,000
Founded: 1959

71. Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

For Pediatrics

#2 in France

#207 in the World

Enrollment: 38,007
Founded: 1809

72. University of Bonn

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Pediatrics

#208 in the World

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

73. Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Germany | Rhineland-Palatinate

For Pediatrics

#209 in the World

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

74. Linkoping University

Sweden | Linkoping

For Pediatrics

#6 in Sweden

#210 in the World

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

75. Autonomous University of Barcelona

Spain | Cerdanyola del Valles

For Pediatrics

#2 in Spain

#212 in the World

Enrollment: 30,926

76. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Greece | Thessaloniki

For Pediatrics

#2 in Greece

#213 in the World

Enrollment: 92,090
Founded: 1925

77. University of Wales

United Kingdom | Wales

For Pediatrics

#23 in the United Kingdom

#217 in the World

Founded: 1893

78. Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main

Germany | Hesse

For Pediatrics

#218 in the World

Enrollment: 43,461
Founded: 1914

79. Paris Descartes University

France | Ile-de-France

For Pediatrics

#3 in France

#223 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 31,704
Founded: 2019

80. University of Bari

For Pediatrics

#13 in Italy

#224 in the World

Founded: 1924

81. University of Messina

For Pediatrics

#14 in Italy

#225 in the World

Enrollment: 24,780
Founded: 1548

82. University of Ulm

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Pediatrics

#10 in Germany

#227 in the World

Enrollment: 10,164
Founded: 1967

83. Medical University of Innsbruck

Austria | Innsbruck

For Pediatrics

#228 in the World

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

84. University of Antwerp

Belgium | Antwerp

For Pediatrics

#229 in the World

Founded: 2003

85. University of Cologne

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Pediatrics

#11 in Germany

#230 in the World

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

86. Medical University of Warsaw

Poland | Warsaw

For Pediatrics

#2 in Poland

#231 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Enrollment: 9,147
Founded: 1809

87. Ulster University

United Kingdom | Northern Ireland

For Pediatrics

#24 in the United Kingdom

#234 in the World

Founded: 1968

88. University of Munster

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Pediatrics

#12 in Germany

#236 in the World

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

89. Humboldt University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Pediatrics

#13 in Germany

#243 in the World

Enrollment: 36,378
Founded: 1809

90. Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Norway | Trondheim

For Pediatrics

#3 in Norway

#244 in the World

Enrollment: 42,031
Founded: 1996

91. University of Siena

Italy | Tuscany

For Pediatrics

#15 in Italy

#245 in the World

Founded: 1240

92. University of Lubeck

Germany | Schleswig-Holstein

For Pediatrics

#14 in Germany

#246 in the World

Enrollment: 5,968
Founded: 1964

93. University of Genoa

Italy | Liguria

For Pediatrics

#16 in Italy

#247 in the World

Enrollment: 36,728
Founded: 1481

94. University of Erlangen Nuremberg

Germany | Bavaria

For Pediatrics

#15 in Germany

#250 in the World

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

95. University of Gottingen

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Pediatrics

#16 in Germany

#251 in the World

Enrollment: 31,619
Founded: 1734

96. University of Basel

Switzerland | Basel

For Pediatrics

#3 in Switzerland

#252 in the World

Enrollment: 12,896

97. University of Liege

Belgium | Liege

For Pediatrics

#257 in the World

Enrollment: 25,421
Founded: 1817

98. University of Catania

For Pediatrics

#17 in Italy

#259 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1434

99. University of Dundee

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Pediatrics

#25 in the United Kingdom

#261 in the World

Founded: 1967

100. Medical University of Graz

For Pediatrics

#262 in the World

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

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