2015 Best Universities in Europe
Our rankings of the 2015 Best Universities in Europe are based exclusively on factors actual college freshmen said were most important to their college decision. According to the most recent nationwide survey published by the Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA , these factors include academic reputation, financial aid offerings, overall cost, and success of graduates in the post-college job market. Each of these factors were weighted equally in our ranking and data was derived from a variety of publicly available sources, including U.S. News & World Report , the National Center for Education Statistics , Teaching, Research, Citation Flow, Industry Income, International Outlook, Referring Domains, Google Page Rank, Alexa Traffic Rank, and Trust Flow.
1 University of Oxford, United Kingdom
2 University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
3 Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Switzerland
4 Imperial College London, United Kingdom
5 The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
6 University College London, United Kingdom
7 Universität Wien, Austria
8 London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), United Kingdom
9 Universität Freiburg, Germany
10 Karolinska Institute, Sweden
11 Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
12 École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
13 Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
14 King's College London, United Kingdom
15 Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
16 Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
17 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
18 Universitetet i Oslo, Norway
19 University of Manchester, United Kingdom
20 KU Leuven, Belgium
21 University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
22 Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany
23 Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
24 École Normale Supérieure, France
25 Norges teknisk-naturvitenskaplige universitet, Norway
26 Universität München, Germany
27 Leiden University, Netherlands
28 Universität Heidelberg, Germany
29 Moscow State University, Russia
30 Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany
31 Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
32 École Polytechnique, France
33 Universiteit Twente, Netherlands
34 Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem, Hungary
35 Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands
36 Universität Basel, Switzerland
37 The London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom
38 Utrecht University, Netherlands
39 Università degli Studi di Bologna, Italy
40 Wageningen University and Research Center, Netherlands
41 Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Italy
42 University of Bristol, United Kingdom
43 Universität Hamburg, Germany
44 Durham University, United Kingdom
45 University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
46 Univerza v Ljubljani, Slovenia
47 Ghent University, Belgium
48 Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen, Germany
49 Technische Universität München, Germany
50 Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
51 Kungliga Tekniska högskolan, Sweden
52 Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France
53 Universität Leipzig, Germany
54 Københavns Universitet, Denmark
55 University of Groningen, Netherlands
56 Universität zu Köln, Germany
57 Maastricht University, Netherlands
58 Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
59 University of York, United Kingdom
60 University of Helsinki, Finland
61 Universidade do Porto, Portugal
62 Royal Holloway, University of London, United Kingdom
63 Technische Universität Wien, Austria
64 Stockholm University, Sweden
65 Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Germany
66 Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
67 The University of Manchester, United Kingdom
68 Universiteit van Amsterdam, Netherlands
69 University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
70 Universidad de Granada, Spain
71 Queen Mary, University of London, United Kingdom
72 Université Paris-Sud, France
73 Uppsala Universitet, Sweden
74 Linköpings Universitet, Sweden
75 Ceské vysoké ucení technické v Praze, Czech Republic
76 KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
77 Université de Genève, Switzerland
78 University of St Andrews, United Kingdom
79 Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
80 Universidad de Sevilla, Spain
81 Universiteit Utrecht, Netherlands
82 University of Zürich, Switzerland
83 University of Sussex, United Kingdom
84 University of Leeds, United Kingdom
85 Universität Duisburg-Essen, Germany
86 Technische Universiteit Delft, Netherlands
87 Universität Stuttgart, Germany
88 Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
89 Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands
90 Westfälische Wilhelms-Universitat Münster, Germany
91 Université de Lausanne, Switzerland
92 Lancaster University, United Kingdom
93 The University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
94 Università degli Studi di Pisa, Italy
95 Universitetet i Bergen, Norway
96 Lunds Universitet, Sweden
100 University of Warwick, United Kingdom
101 VU University Amsterdam, Netherlands
102 Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
103 Universitat de València, Spain
104 University of Southampton, United Kingdom
105 University of Exeter, United Kingdom
106 University of Copenhagen, Denmark
107 University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
108 Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
109 Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany
110 Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France
111 Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany
112 Universität Bremen, Germany
113 Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
114 University College Dublin, Ireland
115 Technische Universität Chemnitz, Germany
116 University of Leicester, United Kingdom
117 Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
118 Pompeu Fabra University, Spain
119 University of Antwerp, Belgium
120 The University of Warwick, United Kingdom
121 Göteborgs universitet, Sweden
122 University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
123 University of Vienna, Austria
124 Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Germany
125 Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
126 Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain
127 University of East Anglia, United Kingdom
128 Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
129 Masarykova univerzita, Czech Republic
130 Université Paris Diderot, France
131 Universität Bonn, Germany
132 National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
133 University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom
134 Newcastle University, United Kingdom
135 Mines ParisTech, France
136 Univerza v Mariboru, Slovenia
137 University of Reading, United Kingdom
138 University of Dundee, United Kingdom
139 Aalborg Universitet, Denmark
140 National Technical University of Athens, Greece
141 University of Bergen, Norway
142 Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain
143 Birkbeck, University of London, United Kingdom
144 Cardiff University, United Kingdom
145 Universität Bern, Switzerland
146 Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy
147 University of Gothenburg, Sweden
148 University of Innsbruck, Austria
149 St George's, University of London, United Kingdom
150 University of Strasbourg, France
151 Uniwersytet Warszawski, Poland
152 University of Trento, Italy
153 Universidad del País Vasco, Spain
154 Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Germany
155 Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
156 Universität Ulm, Germany
157 Universidad de Alicante, Spain
158 Heinrich-Heine-Universitaet Düsseldorf, Germany
159 Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
160 University of Barcelona, Spain
161 Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany
162 Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
163 Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Germany
164 Universität Konstanz, Germany
164 University of Milan-Bicocca, Italy
165 Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
166 Tilburg University, Netherlands
167 University of Trieste, Italy
168 University of Turin, Italy
169 Vienna University of Technology, Austria
170 Universität Würzburg, Germany
171 Brunel University, United Kingdom
172 University of Essex, United Kingdom
173 Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
174 University of Iceland, Iceland
175 Medical University of Vienna, Austria
176 Université Montpellier 2, France
177 Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
178 University of Pavia, Italy
179 Queen's University Belfast, United Kingdom
180 Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
181 University of Bath, United Kingdom
182University of Bologna, Italy
183 Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
184 University College Cork, Ireland
185 University of Milan, Italy
186 Plymouth University, United Kingdom
187 Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy
188 University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
189 Aalto University, Finland
190 Aberystwyth University, United Kingdom
191 Bangor University, United Kingdom
192 Universität Bayreuth, Germany
193 Universität Bielefeld, Germany
194 Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France
195 University of Crete, Greece
196 University of Eastern Finland, Finland
197 Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom
198 University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
199 Keele University, United Kingdom
200 Université de Liège, Belgium