Best Physical Therapy Schools 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 Physical Therapy. A graph of 22.9M citations received by 865K academic papers made by 885 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 Physical Therapy

#1 in the United Kingdom

#4 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

2. Karolinska Institute

Sweden | Stockholm

For Physical Therapy

#1 in Sweden

#10 in the World

Enrollment: 8,070
Founded: 1861

3. University of Copenhagen

Denmark | Copenhagen

For Physical Therapy

#20 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Founded: 1479

4. Catholic University of Leuven

Belgium | Leuven

For Physical Therapy

#26 in the World

Enrollment: 62,693
Founded: 1425

5. University of Oxford

United Kingdom | England

For Physical Therapy

#2 in the United Kingdom

#27 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

6. Radboud University

Netherlands | Nijmegen

For Physical Therapy

#1 in the Netherlands

#29 in the World

Founded: 1923

7. Lund University

For Physical Therapy

#2 in Sweden

#35 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1666

8. Maastricht University

Netherlands | Maastricht

For Physical Therapy

#2 in the Netherlands

#49 in the World

Enrollment: 18,000
Founded: 1976

9. King's College London

United Kingdom | England

For Physical Therapy

#3 in the United Kingdom

#50 in the World

Founded: 1829

10. University of Groningen

Netherlands | Groningen

For Physical Therapy

#3 in the Netherlands

#56 in the World

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

11. Free University Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Physical Therapy

#4 in the Netherlands

#57 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1880

12. University of Manchester

United Kingdom | England

For Physical Therapy

#4 in the United Kingdom

#62 in the World

Founded: 1824

13. University of Birmingham

United Kingdom | England

For Physical Therapy

#5 in the United Kingdom

#64 in the World

Founded: 1900

14. Heidelberg University - Germany

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Physical Therapy

#66 in the World

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

15. University of Gothenburg

Sweden | Gothenburg

For Physical Therapy

#3 in Sweden

#70 in the World

Enrollment: 36,003
Founded: 1891

16. Imperial College London

United Kingdom | England

For Physical Therapy

#6 in the United Kingdom

#73 in the World

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

17. Charite - Medical University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Physical Therapy

#79 in the World

Enrollment: 8,877
Founded: 1710

18. University of Southampton

United Kingdom | England

For Physical Therapy

#7 in the United Kingdom

#80 in the World

Enrollment: 21,335
Founded: 1952

19. University of Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Physical Therapy

#5 in the Netherlands

#83 in the World

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

20. University of Oslo

For Physical Therapy

#1 in Norway

#87 in the World

Enrollment: 26,650
Founded: 1811

21. Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Norway | Trondheim

For Physical Therapy

#2 in Norway

#89 in the World

Enrollment: 42,031
Founded: 1996

22. Umea University

For Physical Therapy

#4 in Sweden

#90 in the World

Enrollment: 34,237
Founded: 1965

23. University of Bristol

United Kingdom | England

For Physical Therapy

#8 in the United Kingdom

#91 in the World

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

24. University of Leeds

United Kingdom | England

For Physical Therapy

#9 in the United Kingdom

#92 in the World

Founded: 1904

25. University of Liverpool

United Kingdom | England

For Physical Therapy

#10 in the United Kingdom

#94 in the World

Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

26. University of Nottingham

United Kingdom | England

For Physical Therapy

#11 in the United Kingdom

#95 in the World

Founded: 1948

27. Newcastle University

United Kingdom | England

For Physical Therapy

#12 in the United Kingdom

#98 in the World

Founded: 1963

28. Pierre and Marie Curie University

France | Ile-de-France

For Physical Therapy

#1 in France

#100 in the World

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

29. Ghent University

Belgium | Ghent

For Physical Therapy

#103 in the World

Enrollment: 41,669
Founded: 1817

30. University of Southern Denmark

Denmark | Odense

For Physical Therapy

#104 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Founded: 1966

31. Sapienza University of Rome

For Physical Therapy

#1 in Italy

#106 in the World

Enrollment: 100,155
Founded: 1303

32. Loughborough University

United Kingdom | England

For Physical Therapy

#13 in the United Kingdom

#109 in the World

Enrollment: 19,449
Founded: 1966

33. University of Glasgow

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Physical Therapy

#14 in the United Kingdom

#110 in the World

Founded: 1451

34. University of Cambridge

United Kingdom | England

For Physical Therapy

#15 in the United Kingdom

#113 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

35. University of Jyvaskyla

Finland | Jyvaskyla

For Physical Therapy

#116 in the World

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

36. University of Edinburgh

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Physical Therapy

#16 in the United Kingdom

#118 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

37. University of Padua

For Physical Therapy

#2 in Italy

#121 in the World

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

38. University of Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Physical Therapy

#1 in Switzerland

#122 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Enrollment: 25,732

39. University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Physical Therapy

#3 in Italy

#125 in the World

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

40. University of Sheffield

United Kingdom | England

For Physical Therapy

#17 in the United Kingdom

#126 in the World

Founded: 1905

41. Aalborg University

Denmark | Aalborg

For Physical Therapy

#128 in the World

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

42. University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Physical Therapy

#135 in the World

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

43. Erasmus University Rotterdam

Netherlands | Rotterdam

For Physical Therapy

#6 in the Netherlands

#136 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 53%
Founded: 1913

44. Linkoping University

Sweden | Linkoping

For Physical Therapy

#5 in Sweden

#140 in the World

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

45. University of Helsinki

Finland | Helsinki

For Physical Therapy

#141 in the World

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

46. University of Bern

Switzerland | Bern

For Physical Therapy

#2 in Switzerland

#142 in the World

Enrollment: 18,576

47. Norwegian School of Sport Sciences

For Physical Therapy

#3 in Norway

#151 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 24%
Founded: 1968

48. Technical University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Physical Therapy

#153 in the World

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

49. University of Granada

Spain | Granada

For Physical Therapy

#1 in Spain

#154 in the World

Founded: 1531

50. Utrecht University

Netherlands | Utrecht

For Physical Therapy

#7 in the Netherlands

#156 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1636

51. Keele University

United Kingdom | England

For Physical Therapy

#18 in the United Kingdom

#157 in the World

Founded: 1962

52. St George's, University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Physical Therapy

#19 in the United Kingdom

#158 in the World

Founded: 1733

53. University of Exeter

United Kingdom | England

For Physical Therapy

#20 in the United Kingdom

#159 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1955

54. University of Liege

Belgium | Liege

For Physical Therapy

#167 in the World

Enrollment: 25,421
Founded: 1817

55. University of Tubingen

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Physical Therapy

#171 in the World

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

56. University of Aberdeen

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Physical Therapy

#21 in the United Kingdom

#172 in the World

Founded: 1495

57. Uppsala University

Sweden | Uppsala

For Physical Therapy

#6 in Sweden

#173 in the World

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

58. Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

For Physical Therapy

#2 in France

#177 in the World

Enrollment: 38,007
Founded: 1809

59. University of Bologna

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Physical Therapy

#4 in Italy

#178 in the World

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

60. Liverpool John Moores University

United Kingdom | England

For Physical Therapy

#22 in the United Kingdom

#184 in the World

Founded: 1992

61. Free University of Brussels - VUB

Belgium | Brussels

For Physical Therapy

#186 in the World

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

62. Aarhus University

Denmark | Aarhus

For Physical Therapy

#188 in the World

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

63. University of Hamburg

Germany | Hamburg State

For Physical Therapy

#190 in the World

Enrollment: 43,957
Founded: 1919

64. University of Bergen

Norway | Bergen

For Physical Therapy

#4 in Norway

#191 in the World

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1946

65. University of Porto

Portugal | Porto

For Physical Therapy

#196 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Enrollment: 29,178
Founded: 1911

66. University of Freiburg

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Physical Therapy

#199 in the World

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

67. Medical University of Vienna

Austria | Vienna

For Physical Therapy

#203 in the World

Enrollment: 7,915
Founded: 2004

68. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Greece | Athens

For Physical Therapy

#1 in Greece

#205 in the World

Enrollment: 70,461
Founded: 1837

69. Ulster University

United Kingdom | Northern Ireland

For Physical Therapy

#23 in the United Kingdom

#211 in the World

Founded: 1968

70. University of Barcelona

Spain | Barcelona

For Physical Therapy

#2 in Spain

#215 in the World

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

71. Manchester Metropolitan University

United Kingdom | England

For Physical Therapy

#24 in the United Kingdom

#221 in the World

Founded: 1992

72. Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

Italy | Lombardy

For Physical Therapy

#5 in Italy

#225 in the World

Founded: 1921

73. University of Erlangen Nuremberg

Germany | Bavaria

For Physical Therapy

#229 in the World

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

74. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Physical Therapy

#3 in Switzerland

#230 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 23,420

75. University of Verona

For Physical Therapy

#6 in Italy

#231 in the World

Enrollment: 23,000
Founded: 1959

76. Queen Mary University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Physical Therapy

#25 in the United Kingdom

#234 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1989

77. University of Bath

United Kingdom | England

For Physical Therapy

#26 in the United Kingdom

#236 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Enrollment: 18,857
Male:Female: 53:47
Founded: 1966

78. University of Basel

Switzerland | Basel

For Physical Therapy

#4 in Switzerland

#237 in the World

Enrollment: 12,896

79. Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Physical Therapy

#240 in the World

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

80. University of Tampere

Finland | Tampere

For Physical Therapy

#242 in the World

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

81. Hannover Medical School

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Physical Therapy

#10 in Germany

#244 in the World

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

82. Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

Switzerland | Lausanne

For Physical Therapy

#5 in Switzerland

#245 in the World

Enrollment: 12,576

83. German Sport University Cologne

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Physical Therapy

#11 in Germany

#246 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 6,000
Founded: 1947

84. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Greece | Thessaloniki

For Physical Therapy

#2 in Greece

#247 in the World

Enrollment: 92,090
Founded: 1925

85. University of Valencia

Spain | Valencia

For Physical Therapy

#3 in Spain

#248 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Enrollment: 58,390

86. University College Dublin

Ireland | Dublin

For Physical Therapy

#249 in the World

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

87. University of Rome Tor Vergata

For Physical Therapy

#7 in Italy

#251 in the World

Founded: 1982

88. University of Florence

Italy | Tuscany

For Physical Therapy

#8 in Italy

#252 in the World

Founded: 1321

89. Autonomous University of Barcelona

Spain | Cerdanyola del Valles

For Physical Therapy

#4 in Spain

#258 in the World

Enrollment: 30,926

90. Delft University of Technology

Netherlands | Delft

For Physical Therapy

#8 in the Netherlands

#262 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 24,703
Founded: 1842

91. University of Leicester

United Kingdom | England

For Physical Therapy

#27 in the United Kingdom

#265 in the World

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

92. Trinity College Dublin, University of Dublin

Ireland | Dublin

For Physical Therapy

#268 in the World

Enrollment: 20,430
Founded: 1592

93. Polytechnic University of Bari

For Physical Therapy

#9 in Italy

#271 in the World

Founded: 1990

94. University of Twente

Netherlands | Enschede

For Physical Therapy

#9 in the Netherlands

#272 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1961

95. University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Physical Therapy

#28 in the United Kingdom

#273 in the World

Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1836

96. Cardiff University

United Kingdom | Wales

For Physical Therapy

#29 in the United Kingdom

#274 in the World

Founded: 1997

97. University of Cologne

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Physical Therapy

#12 in Germany

#278 in the World

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

98. University of Lausanne

Switzerland | Lausanne

For Physical Therapy

#6 in Switzerland

#281 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Enrollment: 16,919

99. University of Lisbon

Portugal | Lisbon

For Physical Therapy

#282 in the World

Enrollment: 49,769
Founded: 1911

100. Ruhr University Bochum

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Physical Therapy

#13 in Germany

#284 in the World

Enrollment: 42,954
Founded: 1962

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

Plastic Surgery319

Public Health1106

Radiation Therapy440

Radiology and Nuclear medicine1017

Respiratory Therapy333

Sonography and Ultrasound329

Sports / Exercise science394

Sports Medicine690