Best Universities for Veterinary 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 Veterinary. A graph of 3.75M citations received by 156K academic papers made by 432 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. Utrecht University

Netherlands | Utrecht

For Veterinary

#1 in the Netherlands

#2 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1636

2. University of Bristol

United Kingdom | England

For Veterinary

#1 in the United Kingdom

#6 in the World

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

3. University of Edinburgh

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Veterinary

#2 in the United Kingdom

#11 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

4. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Sweden | Uppsala

For Veterinary

#1 in Sweden

#12 in the World

Enrollment: 5,675
Founded: 1977

5. Ghent University

Belgium | Ghent

For Veterinary

#13 in the World

Enrollment: 41,669
Founded: 1817

6. Royal Veterinary College University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Veterinary

#3 in the United Kingdom

#15 in the World

Founded: 1791

7. University of Glasgow

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Veterinary

#4 in the United Kingdom

#20 in the World

Founded: 1451

8. Wageningen University

Netherlands | Wageningen

For Veterinary

#2 in the Netherlands

#24 in the World

Enrollment: 12,819
Founded: 1918

9. University of Liverpool

United Kingdom | England

For Veterinary

#5 in the United Kingdom

#26 in the World

Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

10. University of Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Veterinary

#1 in Switzerland

#28 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Enrollment: 25,732

11. University of Oxford

United Kingdom | England

For Veterinary

#6 in the United Kingdom

#37 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

12. University of Copenhagen

Denmark | Copenhagen

For Veterinary

#38 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Founded: 1479

13. University College Dublin

Ireland | Dublin

For Veterinary

#41 in the World

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

14. University of Cambridge

United Kingdom | England

For Veterinary

#7 in the United Kingdom

#45 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

15. Norwegian University of Life Sciences

For Veterinary

#1 in Norway

#46 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Enrollment: 6,345
Founded: 1859

16. University of Bern

Switzerland | Bern

For Veterinary

#2 in Switzerland

#48 in the World

Enrollment: 18,576

17. Polytechnic University of Bari

For Veterinary

#1 in Italy

#49 in the World

Founded: 1990

18. University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Veterinary

#50 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 2,274
Founded: 1778

19. University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Veterinary

#8 in the United Kingdom

#51 in the World

Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1836

20. Autonomous University of Barcelona

Spain | Cerdanyola del Valles

For Veterinary

#1 in Spain

#55 in the World

Enrollment: 30,926

21. University of Helsinki

Finland | Helsinki

For Veterinary

#57 in the World

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

22. Free University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Veterinary

#58 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Enrollment: 37,608
Founded: 1948

23. University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Veterinary

#2 in Italy

#62 in the World

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

24. University of Liege

Belgium | Liege

For Veterinary

#64 in the World

Enrollment: 25,421
Founded: 1817

25. Complutense University of Madrid

For Veterinary

#2 in Spain

#66 in the World

Enrollment: 71,806
Founded: 1508

26. University of Nottingham

United Kingdom | England

For Veterinary

#9 in the United Kingdom

#69 in the World

Founded: 1948

27. University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna

Austria | Vienna

For Veterinary

#72 in the World

Enrollment: 2,404
Founded: 1897

28. University of Bari

For Veterinary

#3 in Italy

#73 in the World

Founded: 1924

29. University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Veterinary

#74 in the World

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

30. Imperial College London

United Kingdom | England

For Veterinary

#10 in the United Kingdom

#81 in the World

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

31. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Greece | Thessaloniki

For Veterinary

#1 in Greece

#82 in the World

Enrollment: 92,090
Founded: 1925

32. University of Padua

For Veterinary

#4 in Italy

#93 in the World

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

33. University of Bologna

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Veterinary

#5 in Italy

#94 in the World

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

34. National Veterinary School of Toulouse

France | Occitanie

For Veterinary

#1 in France

#95 in the World

Founded: 1828

35. Institute of Tropical Medicine

Belgium | Antwerp

For Veterinary

#101 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Enrollment: 1,000
Founded: 1906

36. University of Pisa

Italy | Tuscany

For Veterinary

#6 in Italy

#109 in the World

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

37. Federico II University of Naples

Italy | Campania

For Veterinary

#7 in Italy

#110 in the World

Enrollment: 73,553
Founded: 1224

38. University of Montpellier

France | Occitanie

For Veterinary

#2 in France

#111 in the World

Enrollment: 46,578
Founded: 1289

39. University of Giessen

Germany | Hesse

For Veterinary

#113 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Enrollment: 27,184
Founded: 1607

40. Uppsala University

Sweden | Uppsala

For Veterinary

#2 in Sweden

#115 in the World

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

41. Aarhus University

Denmark | Aarhus

For Veterinary

#118 in the World

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

42. University of Santiago de Compostela

Spain | Santiago de Compostela

For Veterinary

#3 in Spain

#121 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1495

43. University College London

United Kingdom | England

For Veterinary

#11 in the United Kingdom

#123 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

44. University of Saragossa

Spain | Zaragoza

For Veterinary

#4 in Spain

#125 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1542

45. Scotland's Rural College

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Veterinary

#12 in the United Kingdom

#130 in the World

Enrollment: 6,000
Founded: 2012

46. University of Porto

Portugal | Porto

For Veterinary

#132 in the World

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

47. University of Basel

Switzerland | Basel

For Veterinary

#3 in Switzerland

#133 in the World

Enrollment: 12,896

48. Catholic University of Leuven

Belgium | Leuven

For Veterinary

#134 in the World

Enrollment: 62,693
Founded: 1425

49. Technical University of Denmark

Denmark | Kongens Lyngby

For Veterinary

#137 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1829

50. University of Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Veterinary

#3 in the Netherlands

#150 in the World

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

51. Royal Agricultural University

United Kingdom | England

For Veterinary

#13 in the United Kingdom

#152 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Enrollment: 1,100
Founded: 2013

52. Sapienza University of Rome

For Veterinary

#8 in Italy

#154 in the World

Enrollment: 100,155
Founded: 1303

53. University of Turin

Italy | Piedmont

For Veterinary

#9 in Italy

#159 in the World

Founded: 1404

54. University of Barcelona

Spain | Barcelona

For Veterinary

#5 in Spain

#162 in the World

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

55. Karolinska Institute

Sweden | Stockholm

For Veterinary

#3 in Sweden

#164 in the World

Enrollment: 8,070
Founded: 1861

56. University of Leipzig

Germany | Saxony

For Veterinary

#168 in the World

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

57. University of Leon

For Veterinary

#6 in Spain

#172 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1979

58. National Veterinary School of Alfort

France | Ile-de-France

For Veterinary

#3 in France

#175 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Enrollment: 800
Founded: 1765

59. University of Hohenheim

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Veterinary

#179 in the World

Enrollment: 8,392
Male:Female: 43:57
Founded: 1818

60. University of Aix-Marseilles

France | Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur

For Veterinary

#4 in France

#180 in the World

Enrollment: 78,000
Founded: 2012

61. Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Veterinary

#181 in the World

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

62. University of Aberdeen

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Veterinary

#14 in the United Kingdom

#183 in the World

Founded: 1495

63. University of Murcia

For Veterinary

#7 in Spain

#184 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1272

64. University of Ljubljana

Slovenia | Ljubljana

For Veterinary

#186 in the World

Enrollment: 37,874
Founded: 1919

65. Szent Istvan University

Hungary | Godollo

For Veterinary

#190 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 2000

66. University of Neuchatel

Switzerland | Neuchatel

For Veterinary

#4 in Switzerland

#191 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Enrollment: 4,282

67. University of Cordoba

Spain | Cordoba

For Veterinary

#8 in Spain

#194 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1972

68. Charite - Medical University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Veterinary

#197 in the World

Enrollment: 8,877
Founded: 1710

69. University of Reading

United Kingdom | England

For Veterinary

#15 in the United Kingdom

#198 in the World

Founded: 1892

70. University of Zagreb

Croatia | Zagreb

For Veterinary

#199 in the World

Enrollment: 65,436
Founded: 1874

71. Queen's University Belfast

United Kingdom | Northern Ireland

For Veterinary

#16 in the United Kingdom

#209 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1849

72. Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

For Veterinary

#5 in France

#210 in the World

Enrollment: 38,007
Founded: 1809

73. University of Warwick

United Kingdom | England

For Veterinary

#17 in the United Kingdom

#212 in the World

Enrollment: 27,278
Founded: 1965

74. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Veterinary

#5 in Switzerland

#215 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 23,420

75. Charles University

Czech Republic | Prague

For Veterinary

#1 in the Czech Republic

#216 in the World

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

76. University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno

Czech Republic | Brno

For Veterinary

#2 in the Czech Republic

#228 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 3,035
Founded: 1918

77. University of Sassari

Italy | Sardinia

For Veterinary

#10 in Italy

#233 in the World

Founded: 1558

78. University of Belgrade

Serbia | Belgrade

For Veterinary

#1 in Serbia

#235 in the World

Enrollment: 75,047

79. University of Gottingen

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Veterinary

#236 in the World

Enrollment: 31,619
Founded: 1734

80. University of Thessaly

For Veterinary

#2 in Greece

#245 in the World

Enrollment: 12,000
Founded: 1984

81. University of Leeds

United Kingdom | England

For Veterinary

#18 in the United Kingdom

#251 in the World

Founded: 1904

82. Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main

Germany | Hesse

For Veterinary

#10 in Germany

#255 in the World

Enrollment: 43,461
Founded: 1914

83. University of Perugia

For Veterinary

#11 in Italy

#257 in the World

Enrollment: 26,732
Founded: 1308

84. Pierre and Marie Curie University

France | Ile-de-France

For Veterinary

#6 in France

#258 in the World

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

85. University of Florence

Italy | Tuscany

For Veterinary

#12 in Italy

#262 in the World

Founded: 1321

86. University of Bonn

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Veterinary

#11 in Germany

#264 in the World

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

87. University of Manchester

United Kingdom | England

For Veterinary

#19 in the United Kingdom

#265 in the World

Founded: 1824

88. University of Navarra

Spain | Pamplona

For Veterinary

#9 in Spain

#271 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Enrollment: 12,779
Founded: 1952

89. Newcastle University

United Kingdom | England

For Veterinary

#20 in the United Kingdom

#272 in the World

Founded: 1963

90. University of Valencia

Spain | Valencia

For Veterinary

#10 in Spain

#274 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Enrollment: 58,390

91. University of Messina

For Veterinary

#13 in Italy

#278 in the World

Enrollment: 24,780
Founded: 1548

92. Free University of Brussels

Belgium | Brussels

For Veterinary

#281 in the World

Enrollment: 31,606
Founded: 1834

93. University of Southampton

United Kingdom | England

For Veterinary

#21 in the United Kingdom

#282 in the World

Enrollment: 21,335
Founded: 1952

94. University of Sheffield

United Kingdom | England

For Veterinary

#22 in the United Kingdom

#286 in the World

Founded: 1905

95. University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca

Romania | Cluj-Napoca

For Veterinary

#289 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 1869

96. Technical University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Veterinary

#12 in Germany

#293 in the World

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

97. University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

Poland | Olsztyn

For Veterinary

#1 in Poland

#297 in the World

Enrollment: 22,800
Founded: 1999

98. Medical University of Vienna

Austria | Vienna

For Veterinary

#313 in the World

Enrollment: 7,915
Founded: 2004

99. University of Vienna

Austria | Vienna

For Veterinary

#315 in the World

Enrollment: 93,628
Founded: 1365

100. University of Parma

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Veterinary

#14 in Italy

#320 in the World

Founded: 1117

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