Best Universities for Astrophysics and Astronomy in Europe
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Below is a list of best universities in Europe ranked based on their research performance in Astrophysics and Astronomy. A graph of 83.9M citations received by 2.4M academic papers made by 1,172 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 of Cambridge
- Acceptance Rate
- 21%
- Founded
- 1209
2. University of Oxford
- Acceptance Rate
- 22%
- Founded
- 1096
4. University College London
- Enrollment
- 42,000
- Founded
- 1826
5. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
- Acceptance Rate
- 8%
- Enrollment
- 23,420
6. Imperial College London
- Enrollment
- 17,565
- Founded
- 1907
9. Durham University
- Enrollment
- 19,520
- Founded
- 1832
11. Leiden University
- Acceptance Rate
- 30%
- Enrollment
- 33,474
- Founded
- 1575
13. University of Amsterdam
- Acceptance Rate
- 51%
- Enrollment
- 41,000
- Founded
- 1632
14. University of Edinburgh
- Acceptance Rate
- 51%
- Founded
- 1583
20. University of Southampton
- Enrollment
- 21,335
- Founded
- 1952
23. Delft University of Technology
- Acceptance Rate
- 50%
- Enrollment
- 24,703
- Founded
- 1842
25. Utrecht University
- Acceptance Rate
- 22%
- Enrollment
- 40,000
- Founded
- 1636
27. University of Groningen
- Acceptance Rate
- 50%
- Enrollment
- 34,000
- Founded
- 1614
38. University of Zurich
- Acceptance Rate
- 19%
- Enrollment
- 25,732
39. University of Leicester
- Enrollment
- 24,409
- Male:Female
- 46:54
- Founded
- 1957
45. University of Bristol
- Acceptance Rate
- 63%
- Enrollment
- 27,513
- Founded
- 1909
51. Queen Mary University of London
- Acceptance Rate
- 18%
- Founded
- 1989
53. University of Sussex
- Enrollment
- 17,319
- Male:Female
- 44:56
- Founded
- 1961
55. University of Warwick
- Enrollment
- 27,278
- Founded
- 1965
59. University of St Andrews
- Enrollment
- 10,425
- Founded
- 1413
81. University of Exeter
- Acceptance Rate
- 73%
- Founded
- 1955
84. Eindhoven University of Technology
- Acceptance Rate
- 50%
- Enrollment
- 13,069
- Founded
- 1956
87. University of Liverpool
- Enrollment
- 28,693
- Founded
- 1881
95. Charles University
- Acceptance Rate
- 35%
- Enrollment
- 49,508
- Founded
- 1348