Best Universities for Sports / Exercise science in Europe

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EduRank

Below is a list of best universities in Europe ranked based on their research performance in Sports / Exercise science. A graph of 2.53M citations received by 90.9K academic papers made by 394 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

For Sports / Exercise science

#1 in Sweden
#6 in the World
Enrollment
8,070
Founded
1861

2. University of Copenhagen

For Sports / Exercise science

#1 in Denmark
#17 in the World
Acceptance Rate
37%
Founded
1479

3. University College London

For Sports / Exercise science

#18 in the World
Enrollment
42,000
Founded
1826

4. Loughborough University

For Sports / Exercise science

#19 in the World
Enrollment
19,449
Founded
1966

5. Maastricht University

For Sports / Exercise science

#24 in the World
Enrollment
18,000
Founded
1976

6. University of Granada

For Sports / Exercise science

#1 in Spain
#29 in the World
Founded
1531

7. Catholic University of Leuven

For Sports / Exercise science

#1 in Belgium
#32 in the World
Enrollment
62,693
Founded
1425

8. Norwegian University of Science and Technology

For Sports / Exercise science

#1 in Norway
#33 in the World
Enrollment
42,031
Founded
1996

9. Norwegian School of Sport Sciences

For Sports / Exercise science

#2 in Norway
#36 in the World
Acceptance Rate
24%
Founded
1968

10. University of Southern Denmark

For Sports / Exercise science

#2 in Denmark
#40 in the World
Acceptance Rate
35%
Founded
1966

11. University of Jyvaskyla

For Sports / Exercise science

#1 in Finland
#43 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Enrollment
13,870
Male:Female
40:60
Founded
1934

12. University of Bristol

For Sports / Exercise science

#45 in the World
Acceptance Rate
63%
Enrollment
27,513
Founded
1909

14. Ghent University

For Sports / Exercise science

#2 in Belgium
#49 in the World
Enrollment
41,669
Founded
1817

16. University of Exeter

For Sports / Exercise science

#64 in the World
Acceptance Rate
73%
Founded
1955

17. University of Porto

For Sports / Exercise science

#1 in Portugal
#72 in the World
Acceptance Rate
31%
Enrollment
29,178
Founded
1911

19. Lund University

For Sports / Exercise science

#2 in Sweden
#79 in the World
Enrollment
40,000
Founded
1666

20. University of Cambridge

For Sports / Exercise science

#80 in the World
Acceptance Rate
21%
Founded
1209

21. University of Groningen

For Sports / Exercise science

#90 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Enrollment
34,000
Founded
1614

22. University of Gothenburg

For Sports / Exercise science

#3 in Sweden
#95 in the World
Enrollment
36,003
Founded
1891

24. Free University Amsterdam

For Sports / Exercise science

#109 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Founded
1880

25. Medical University of Lodz

For Sports / Exercise science

#1 in Poland
#114 in the World
Founded
1950

27. University of Helsinki

For Sports / Exercise science

#2 in Finland
#120 in the World
Acceptance Rate
12%
Enrollment
31,312
Founded
1640

28. Heidelberg University - Germany

For Sports / Exercise science

#1 in Germany
#124 in the World
Acceptance Rate
45%
Enrollment
28,413
Male:Female
45:55
Founded
1386

29. University of Lisbon

For Sports / Exercise science

#2 in Portugal
#126 in the World
Enrollment
49,769
Founded
1911

30. University of Saragossa

For Sports / Exercise science

#2 in Spain
#129 in the World
Acceptance Rate
50%
Founded
1542

31. University of Oxford

For Sports / Exercise science

#132 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1096

32. German Sport University Cologne

For Sports / Exercise science

#2 in Germany
#136 in the World
Acceptance Rate
30%
Enrollment
6,000
Founded
1947

34. University of Limerick

For Sports / Exercise science

#1 in Ireland
#147 in the World
Founded
1972

35. University of Basel

For Sports / Exercise science

#152 in the World
Enrollment
12,896

36. University of Leicester

For Sports / Exercise science

#153 in the World
Enrollment
24,409
Male:Female
46:54
Founded
1957

37. University of Castilla La Mancha

For Sports / Exercise science

#3 in Spain
#156 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1982

38. University of Valencia

For Sports / Exercise science

#4 in Spain
#158 in the World
Acceptance Rate
51%
Enrollment
58,390

39. Charite - Medical University of Berlin

For Sports / Exercise science

#3 in Germany
#160 in the World
Enrollment
8,877
Founded
1710

40. University of Turku

For Sports / Exercise science

#3 in Finland
#161 in the World
Acceptance Rate
18%
Enrollment
20,800
Male:Female
38:62
Founded
1920

41. University of Zurich

For Sports / Exercise science

#164 in the World
Acceptance Rate
19%
Enrollment
25,732

43. Umea University

For Sports / Exercise science

#4 in Sweden
#167 in the World
Enrollment
34,237
Founded
1965

44. University of Eastern Finland

For Sports / Exercise science

#4 in Finland
#168 in the World
Enrollment
15,500
Founded
2010

45. University of Oslo

For Sports / Exercise science

#3 in Norway
#170 in the World
Enrollment
26,650
Founded
1811

46. University of Bath

For Sports / Exercise science

#171 in the World
Acceptance Rate
67%
Enrollment
18,857
Male:Female
53:47
Founded
1966

47. University of Edinburgh

For Sports / Exercise science

#173 in the World
Acceptance Rate
51%
Founded
1583

48. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

For Sports / Exercise science

#1 in Greece
#175 in the World
Enrollment
70,461
Founded
1837

49. Orebro University

For Sports / Exercise science

#5 in Sweden
#178 in the World
Enrollment
11,638
Founded
1977

51. University of Milan

For Sports / Exercise science

#1 in Italy
#184 in the World
Acceptance Rate
21%
Enrollment
65,234
Founded
1924

52. University of Amsterdam

For Sports / Exercise science

#185 in the World
Acceptance Rate
51%
Enrollment
41,000
Founded
1632

53. University of Verona

For Sports / Exercise science

#2 in Italy
#192 in the World
Enrollment
23,000
Founded
1959

56. Free University of Brussels - VUB

For Sports / Exercise science

#3 in Belgium
#195 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Enrollment
11,101
Founded
1970

57. Utrecht University

For Sports / Exercise science

#197 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1636

58. Glasgow Caledonian University

For Sports / Exercise science

#199 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1993

59. University of Murcia

For Sports / Exercise science

#5 in Spain
#200 in the World
Acceptance Rate
60%
Founded
1272

60. University of Liverpool

For Sports / Exercise science

#203 in the World
Enrollment
28,693
Founded
1881

61. University of Lausanne

For Sports / Exercise science

#204 in the World
Acceptance Rate
31%
Enrollment
16,919

62. Linkoping University

For Sports / Exercise science

#6 in Sweden
#205 in the World
Acceptance Rate
41%
Enrollment
22,441
Founded
1975

65. Trinity College Dublin, University of Dublin

For Sports / Exercise science

#2 in Ireland
#212 in the World
Enrollment
20,430
Founded
1592

67. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

For Sports / Exercise science

#2 in Greece
#221 in the World
Enrollment
92,090
Founded
1925

68. Sapienza University of Rome

For Sports / Exercise science

#3 in Italy
#222 in the World
Enrollment
100,155
Founded
1303

69. University of Thessaly

For Sports / Exercise science

#3 in Greece
#223 in the World
Enrollment
12,000
Founded
1984

70. University of Extremadura

For Sports / Exercise science

#6 in Spain
#224 in the World
Acceptance Rate
70%
Founded
1973

71. University of Padua

For Sports / Exercise science

#4 in Italy
#227 in the World
Acceptance Rate
40%
Enrollment
62,876
Founded
1222

72. University of Zagreb

For Sports / Exercise science

#1 in Croatia
#234 in the World
Enrollment
65,436
Founded
1874

73. Technical University of Munich

For Sports / Exercise science

#4 in Germany
#235 in the World
Acceptance Rate
46%
Enrollment
44,000
Male:Female
63:37
Founded
1868

75. University of Tartu

For Sports / Exercise science

#1 in Estonia
#237 in the World
Enrollment
13,000
Male:Female
33:67

76. UiT The Arctic University of Norway

For Sports / Exercise science

#4 in Norway
#238 in the World
Acceptance Rate
25%
Enrollment
17,808
Founded
1968

77. University of Bern

For Sports / Exercise science

#240 in the World
Enrollment
18,576

78. Hannover Medical School

For Sports / Exercise science

#5 in Germany
#245 in the World
Acceptance Rate
10%
Enrollment
3,843
Founded
1965

79. Erasmus University Rotterdam

For Sports / Exercise science

#246 in the World
Acceptance Rate
53%
Founded
1913

80. University of Oulu

For Sports / Exercise science

#5 in Finland
#248 in the World
Enrollment
2,900
Founded
1958

81. Autonomous University of Madrid

For Sports / Exercise science

#7 in Spain
#250 in the World
Founded
1968

82. Imperial College London

For Sports / Exercise science

#253 in the World
Enrollment
17,565
Founded
1907

83. University of Munich

For Sports / Exercise science

#6 in Germany
#254 in the World
Acceptance Rate
55%
Enrollment
52,418
Founded
1472

85. University of East Anglia

For Sports / Exercise science

#259 in the World
Acceptance Rate
22%
Founded
1963

86. Coventry University

For Sports / Exercise science

#260 in the World
Enrollment
22,980
Founded
1992

87. University of Southampton

For Sports / Exercise science

#264 in the World
Enrollment
21,335
Founded
1952

88. Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main

For Sports / Exercise science

#7 in Germany
#267 in the World
Enrollment
43,461
Founded
1914

89. University College Dublin

For Sports / Exercise science

#3 in Ireland
#270 in the World
Acceptance Rate
42%
Enrollment
33,321
Founded
1854

90. Harokopio University

For Sports / Exercise science

#4 in Greece
#274 in the World
Founded
1990

91. University of Bergen

For Sports / Exercise science

#5 in Norway
#275 in the World
Enrollment
16,900
Founded
1946

92. University of Lille

For Sports / Exercise science

#1 in France
#277 in the World
Enrollment
80,000
Founded
2018

93. Aarhus University

For Sports / Exercise science

#3 in Denmark
#280 in the World
Acceptance Rate
42%
Enrollment
33,020
Founded
1928

94. University of Barcelona

For Sports / Exercise science

#8 in Spain
#281 in the World
Acceptance Rate
69%
Enrollment
64,236
Male:Female
86:14

95. Democritus University of Thrace

For Sports / Exercise science

#5 in Greece
#282 in the World
Acceptance Rate
20%
Enrollment
29,000
Founded
1973

96. Bangor University

For Sports / Exercise science

#284 in the World
Enrollment
11,270
Founded
1884

97. Wageningen University

For Sports / Exercise science

#285 in the World
Enrollment
12,819
Founded
1918

100. Nicolaus Copernicus University

For Sports / Exercise science

#2 in Poland
#291 in the World
Enrollment
28,900
Founded
1945