Best Universities for Plastic Surgery 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 Plastic Surgery. A graph of 134K citations received by 10.6K academic papers made by 142 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 Plastic Surgery

#1 in the United Kingdom

#22 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

2. Sapienza University of Rome

For Plastic Surgery

#1 in Italy

#27 in the World

Enrollment: 100,155
Founded: 1303

3. Lund University

For Plastic Surgery

#1 in Sweden

#38 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1666

4. Hannover Medical School

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Plastic Surgery

#44 in the World

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

5. University of Rome Tor Vergata

For Plastic Surgery

#2 in Italy

#47 in the World

Founded: 1982

6. University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Plastic Surgery

#3 in Italy

#53 in the World

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

7. Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

Italy | Lombardy

For Plastic Surgery

#4 in Italy

#60 in the World

Founded: 1921

8. Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome

For Plastic Surgery

#5 in Italy

#67 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1993

9. Medical University of Lodz

For Plastic Surgery

#1 in Poland

#70 in the World

Founded: 1950

10. Karolinska Institute

Sweden | Stockholm

For Plastic Surgery

#2 in Sweden

#74 in the World

Enrollment: 8,070
Founded: 1861

11. Radboud University

Netherlands | Nijmegen

For Plastic Surgery

#1 in the Netherlands

#75 in the World

Founded: 1923

12. Heidelberg University - Germany

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Plastic Surgery

#76 in the World

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

13. Maastricht University

Netherlands | Maastricht

For Plastic Surgery

#2 in the Netherlands

#88 in the World

Enrollment: 18,000
Founded: 1976

14. Technical University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Plastic Surgery

#92 in the World

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

15. Federico II University of Naples

Italy | Campania

For Plastic Surgery

#6 in Italy

#96 in the World

Enrollment: 73,553
Founded: 1224

16. Catholic University of Leuven

Belgium | Leuven

For Plastic Surgery

#98 in the World

Enrollment: 62,693
Founded: 1425

17. Medical University of Innsbruck

Austria | Innsbruck

For Plastic Surgery

#99 in the World

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

18. University of Verona

For Plastic Surgery

#7 in Italy

#103 in the World

Enrollment: 23,000
Founded: 1959

19. University of Padua

For Plastic Surgery

#8 in Italy

#107 in the World

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

20. Polytechnic University of Bari

For Plastic Surgery

#9 in Italy

#111 in the World

Founded: 1990

21. Medical University of Vienna

Austria | Vienna

For Plastic Surgery

#113 in the World

Enrollment: 7,915
Founded: 2004

22. University of Parma

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Plastic Surgery

#10 in Italy

#117 in the World

Founded: 1117

23. University of Liverpool

United Kingdom | England

For Plastic Surgery

#2 in the United Kingdom

#118 in the World

Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

24. University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Plastic Surgery

#119 in the World

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

25. University of Siena

Italy | Tuscany

For Plastic Surgery

#11 in Italy

#121 in the World

Founded: 1240

26. University of Manchester

United Kingdom | England

For Plastic Surgery

#3 in the United Kingdom

#122 in the World

Founded: 1824

27. Pierre and Marie Curie University

France | Ile-de-France

For Plastic Surgery

#1 in France

#124 in the World

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

28. University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli

Italy | Campania

For Plastic Surgery

#12 in Italy

#126 in the World

Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1991

29. Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

For Plastic Surgery

#2 in France

#133 in the World

Enrollment: 38,007
Founded: 1809

30. University of Oxford

United Kingdom | England

For Plastic Surgery

#4 in the United Kingdom

#134 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

31. University of Turin

Italy | Piedmont

For Plastic Surgery

#13 in Italy

#135 in the World

Founded: 1404

32. University of Freiburg

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Plastic Surgery

#136 in the World

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

33. Imperial College London

United Kingdom | England

For Plastic Surgery

#5 in the United Kingdom

#137 in the World

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

34. Erasmus University Rotterdam

Netherlands | Rotterdam

For Plastic Surgery

#3 in the Netherlands

#139 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 53%
Founded: 1913

35. University of Lubeck

Germany | Schleswig-Holstein

For Plastic Surgery

#143 in the World

Enrollment: 5,968
Founded: 1964

36. Ruhr University Bochum

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Plastic Surgery

#150 in the World

Enrollment: 42,954
Founded: 1962

37. University of Erlangen Nuremberg

Germany | Bavaria

For Plastic Surgery

#154 in the World

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

38. Autonomous University of Barcelona

Spain | Cerdanyola del Valles

For Plastic Surgery

#1 in Spain

#155 in the World

Enrollment: 30,926

39. RWTH Aachen University

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Plastic Surgery

#157 in the World

Enrollment: 47,521
Founded: 1870

40. Ghent University

Belgium | Ghent

For Plastic Surgery

#158 in the World

Enrollment: 41,669
Founded: 1817

41. University of Groningen

Netherlands | Groningen

For Plastic Surgery

#4 in the Netherlands

#162 in the World

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

42. Medical University of Graz

For Plastic Surgery

#163 in the World

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

43. University of Sassari

Italy | Sardinia

For Plastic Surgery

#14 in Italy

#167 in the World

Founded: 1558

44. University of Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Plastic Surgery

#5 in the Netherlands

#168 in the World

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

45. University of Innsbruck

Austria | Innsbruck

For Plastic Surgery

#173 in the World

Enrollment: 28,278
Male:Female: 47:53
Founded: 1669

46. University of Cambridge

United Kingdom | England

For Plastic Surgery

#6 in the United Kingdom

#175 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

47. University of Udine

Italy | Friuli-Venezia Giulia

For Plastic Surgery

#15 in Italy

#177 in the World

Founded: 1978

48. University of Bologna

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Plastic Surgery

#16 in Italy

#184 in the World

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

49. University of Genoa

Italy | Liguria

For Plastic Surgery

#17 in Italy

#187 in the World

Enrollment: 36,728
Founded: 1481

50. University of Florence

Italy | Tuscany

For Plastic Surgery

#18 in Italy

#188 in the World

Founded: 1321

51. Charles University

Czech Republic | Prague

For Plastic Surgery

#1 in the Czech Republic

#190 in the World

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

52. University of Regensburg

Germany | Bavaria

For Plastic Surgery

#10 in Germany

#195 in the World

Enrollment: 20,702
Founded: 1962

53. University of Gothenburg

Sweden | Gothenburg

For Plastic Surgery

#3 in Sweden

#196 in the World

Enrollment: 36,003
Founded: 1891

54. Free University Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Plastic Surgery

#6 in the Netherlands

#202 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1880

55. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Greece | Athens

For Plastic Surgery

#1 in Greece

#204 in the World

Enrollment: 70,461
Founded: 1837

56. King's College London

United Kingdom | England

For Plastic Surgery

#7 in the United Kingdom

#209 in the World

Founded: 1829

57. Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Plastic Surgery

#11 in Germany

#210 in the World

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

58. Paracelsus Medical University

Austria | Salzburg

For Plastic Surgery

#211 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 2002

59. Paris-Est Creteil Val-de-Marne University

France | Ile-de-France

For Plastic Surgery

#3 in France

#212 in the World

Enrollment: 37,313
Founded: 1970

60. University of Porto

Portugal | Porto

For Plastic Surgery

#216 in the World

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

61. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Greece | Thessaloniki

For Plastic Surgery

#2 in Greece

#227 in the World

Enrollment: 92,090
Founded: 1925

62. University of Ulm

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Plastic Surgery

#12 in Germany

#230 in the World

Enrollment: 10,164
Founded: 1967

63. University of Copenhagen

Denmark | Copenhagen

For Plastic Surgery

#233 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Founded: 1479

64. University of Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Plastic Surgery

#1 in Switzerland

#234 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Enrollment: 25,732

65. University of Bristol

United Kingdom | England

For Plastic Surgery

#8 in the United Kingdom

#237 in the World

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

66. University of Rostock

Germany | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

For Plastic Surgery

#13 in Germany

#238 in the World

Enrollment: 12,996
Male:Female: 50:50
Founded: 1419

67. University of Bari

For Plastic Surgery

#19 in Italy

#241 in the World

Founded: 1924

68. Charite - Medical University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Plastic Surgery

#14 in Germany

#242 in the World

Enrollment: 8,877
Founded: 1710

69. University of the West of England

United Kingdom | England

For Plastic Surgery

#9 in the United Kingdom

#244 in the World

Enrollment: 30,732
Founded: 1992

70. University of Modena and Reggio Emilia

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Plastic Surgery

#20 in Italy

#249 in the World

Founded: 1175

71. University of Vienna

Austria | Vienna

For Plastic Surgery

#250 in the World

Enrollment: 93,628
Founded: 1365

72. University of Tubingen

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Plastic Surgery

#15 in Germany

#255 in the World

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

73. University of Cologne

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Plastic Surgery

#16 in Germany

#258 in the World

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

74. Free University of Brussels - VUB

Belgium | Brussels

For Plastic Surgery

#260 in the World

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

75. University of Helsinki

Finland | Helsinki

For Plastic Surgery

#263 in the World

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

76. University of Tampere

Finland | Tampere

For Plastic Surgery

#266 in the World

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

77. Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main

Germany | Hesse

For Plastic Surgery

#17 in Germany

#267 in the World

Enrollment: 43,461
Founded: 1914

78. Anglia Ruskin University

United Kingdom | England

For Plastic Surgery

#10 in the United Kingdom

#269 in the World

Founded: 1858

79. Leiden University

Netherlands | Leiden

For Plastic Surgery

#7 in the Netherlands

#270 in the World

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

80. University of Edinburgh

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Plastic Surgery

#11 in the United Kingdom

#273 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

81. University of St. Gallen

Switzerland | St. Gallen

For Plastic Surgery

#2 in Switzerland

#274 in the World

Enrollment: 7,666

82. University of Lausanne

Switzerland | Lausanne

For Plastic Surgery

#3 in Switzerland

#276 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Enrollment: 16,919

83. St George's, University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Plastic Surgery

#12 in the United Kingdom

#279 in the World

Founded: 1733

84. University of Barcelona

Spain | Barcelona

For Plastic Surgery

#2 in Spain

#281 in the World

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

85. University of Belgrade

Serbia | Belgrade

For Plastic Surgery

#1 in Serbia

#300 in the World

Enrollment: 75,047

86. Free University of Brussels

Belgium | Brussels

For Plastic Surgery

#303 in the World

Enrollment: 31,606
Founded: 1834

87. University of Basel

Switzerland | Basel

For Plastic Surgery

#4 in Switzerland

#306 in the World

Enrollment: 12,896

88. Uppsala University

Sweden | Uppsala

For Plastic Surgery

#4 in Sweden

#309 in the World

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

89. University of Hull

United Kingdom | England

For Plastic Surgery

#13 in the United Kingdom

#311 in the World

Founded: 1954

90. University of Munster

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Plastic Surgery

#18 in Germany

#314 in the World

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

91. University of Perugia

For Plastic Surgery

#21 in Italy

#315 in the World

Enrollment: 26,732
Founded: 1308

92. University of Bradford

United Kingdom | England

For Plastic Surgery

#14 in the United Kingdom

#317 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 1966

93. University of Insubria

Italy | Lombardy

For Plastic Surgery

#22 in Italy

#320 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 1998

94. Paul Sabatier University - Toulouse III

France | Occitanie

For Plastic Surgery

#4 in France

#322 in the World

Enrollment: 29,680
Founded: 1960

95. University of Leipzig

Germany | Saxony

For Plastic Surgery

#19 in Germany

#323 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 10%
Enrollment: 31,088
Founded: 1409

96. University of Cagliari

Italy | Sardinia

For Plastic Surgery

#23 in Italy

#326 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 26,069
Founded: 1620

97. UiT The Arctic University of Norway

Norway | Tromso

For Plastic Surgery

#1 in Norway

#328 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Enrollment: 17,808
Founded: 1968

98. Utrecht University

Netherlands | Utrecht

For Plastic Surgery

#8 in the Netherlands

#330 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1636

99. Nicolaus Copernicus University

For Plastic Surgery

#2 in Poland

#333 in the World

Enrollment: 28,900
Founded: 1945

100. University of Geneva

Switzerland | Geneva

For Plastic Surgery

#5 in Switzerland

#334 in the World

Enrollment: 17,744

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

Public Health1106

Radiation Therapy440

Radiology and Nuclear medicine1017

Respiratory Therapy333

Sonography and Ultrasound329

Sports / Exercise science394

Sports Medicine690