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Rankings of universities in the European Union

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Rankings of universities in the European Union have been published by Quacquarelli Symonds and the Shanghai Ranking Consultancy (ARWU).

ARWU Ranking

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Rankings of Universities have been published by the Academic Ranking of World Universities 2024.[1] (without universities in countries outside the European Union)

American universities largely dominate the Shanghai Ranking, with almost half of the top 100 universities. The European Union comes second, with 19 universities in the top 100 of the Academic World University Rankings 2022 and 21 ranked universities, followed by the United Kingdom, said the European Commission, which has published a note on this classification in November 2021. Canada, Australia, China and Switzerland are also well represented in the top 100.[2]

Top 20 (2023) University Country
1 Paris Saclay University  France
2 University of Copenhagen  Denmark
3 Karolinska Institute  Sweden
4 Paris Sciences et Lettres University  France
5 Sorbonne University  France
6 Utrecht University  Netherlands
7 Heidelberg University  Germany
8 Technical University of Munich  Germany
9 Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich  Germany
10 University of Bonn  Germany
11 Paris Cité University  France
12 University of Groningen  Netherlands
13 Aarhus University  Denmark
14 Uppsala University  Sweden
15 Ghent University  Belgium
16 KU Leuven  Belgium
17 Erasmus University Rotterdam  Netherlands
18 Stockholm University  Sweden
19 Leiden University  Netherlands
20 Radboud University Nijmegen  Netherlands

QS Ranking

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Rankings of Universities have been published by QS World University Rankings.[3] (apply filter by location "Europe" without universities in countries outside the European Union)

Top 20 (2025) Top 20 (2024) University Country
1 1 Paris Sciences et Lettres University  France
2 2 Technical University of Munich  Germany
3 7 Polytechnic Institute of Paris  France
4 3 Delft University of Technology  Netherlands
5 5 University of Amsterdam  Netherlands
6 4 Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich  Germany
7 8 KU Leuven  Belgium
8 12 Sorbonne University  France
9 13 Paris Saclay University  France
10 11 KTH Royal Institute of Technology  Sweden
11 9 Lund University  Sweden
12 6 Heidelberg University  Germany
13 14 Trinity College Dublin  Ireland
14 17 Free University of Berlin  Germany
15 31 RWTH Aachen University  Germany
16 15 University of Copenhagen  Denmark
17 34 Karlsruhe Institute of Technology  Germany
18 10 Uppsala University  Sweden
19 19 Utrecht University  Netherlands
20 39 Technical University of Denmark  Denmark

See also

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Ranking of universities in the United Kingdom

References

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  1. ^ "ShanghaiRanking's Academic Ranking of World Universities". www.shanghairanking.com. Retrieved 2024-06-12.
  2. ^ "RESEARCH AND INNOVATION - University Rankings". ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 2024-06-12.
  3. ^ "QS World University Rankings: Europe 2024". Top Universities. 2024-06-10. Retrieved 2024-06-12.