Top European Universities

			School Name	Country
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1	3	2=	University of CAMBRIDGE	United Kingdom	100	100	99	89	98	95	99.5
2	4	2=	University of OXFORD	United Kingdom	100	100	100	85	96	96	98.9
3	6	5	IMPERIAL College London	United Kingdom	99	100	100	83	98	100	98.4
4	7	9	UCL (University College London)	United Kingdom	96	99	100	89	96	100	98.1
5	22	24	KING'S College London	United Kingdom	93	98	89	70	91	85	89.5
6	23	23	University of EDINBURGH	United Kingdom	96	99	82	70	91	82	89.3
7	24	42	ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology...	Switzerland	95	82	56	99	100	94	89.1
8	28	26	École Normale Supérieure, PARIS	France	93	72	68	99	29	69	84.8
9	29	30	University of MANCHESTER	United Kingdom	91	100	82	56	91	84	84.4
10	32	37	University of BRISTOL	United Kingdom	83	99	82	74	85	74	84.1
11	34=	28	ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE	France	80	96	100	58	62	93	83.0
12	48	93=	University of COPENHAGEN	Denmark	88	59	100	45	67	69	78.5
13	49	53=	TRINITY College Dublin	Ireland	90	96	68	42	99	76	78.2
14	50=	117=	Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de LAUSANNE...	Switzerland	63	71	93	77	100	100	78.1
15	53	48	University of AMSTERDAM	Netherlands	88	77	80	61	73	32	78.0
16	57	60	HEIDELBERG Universität	Germany	87	59	81	58	54	81	76.9
17	63	71=	UPPSALA University	Sweden	91	60	43	85	70	41	74.9
18	64	84	LEIDEN University	Netherlands	87	61	35	97	74	41	74.8
19	66	59	LONDON School of Economics and Political...	United Kingdom	88	100	59	26	100	100	74.2
20	67	89	UTRECHT University	Netherlands	89	66	62	72	45	24	74.0
21	68	105	University of GENEVA	Switzerland	69	36	58	98	97	100	73.9
22	69	57	University of WARWICK	United Kingdom	83	100	60	38	92	97	73.8
23	72	61	Katholieke Universiteit LEUVEN	Belgium	92	83	34	72	52	51	73.1
24	73	83	University of GLASGOW	United Kingdom	72	78	67	69	95	60	73.0
25	75	65=	University of BIRMINGHAM	United Kingdom	73	94	57	65	82	72	72.3
26	76	68	University of SHEFFIELD	United Kingdom	69	97	68	60	81	72	72.2
27=	78=	63	DELFT University of Technology	Netherlands	78	87	66	49	80	66	71.8
27=	78=	67	Technische Universität MÜNCHEN	Germany	73	59	86	57	54	77	71.8
29=	81=	114=	University of AARHUS	Denmark	76	38	72	74	67	58	71.5
29=	81=	74=	University of YORK	United Kingdom	62	93	77	57	95	84	71.5
31	83=	76	University of ST ANDREWS	United Kingdom	59	95	74	62	92	99	71.3
32	86	70	University of NOTTINGHAM	United Kingdom	72	98	64	46	90	89	71.0
33	88	106	LUND University	Sweden	82	68	45	68	68	52	70.0
34	91=	100	University of HELSINKI	Finland	88	43	55	71	51	21	69.6
35	93=	65=	Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München	Germany	84	45	69	51	51	70	69.5
36	99=	80=	University of SOUTHAMPTON	United Kingdom	63	90	61	61	87	83	68.6
37	104	80=	University of LEEDS	United Kingdom	72	98	57	50	71	64	68.3
38	106=	140=	University of ZURICH	Switzerland	76	38	21	99	99	68	68.1
39	108	177=	University College DUBLIN	Ireland	72	91	67	33	95	82	68.0
40	111	111	MAASTRICHT University	Netherlands	51	72	80	72	61	100	67.4
41	115	85=	University of VIENNA	Austria	89	67	10	67	64	85	66.6
42	116	123	Université catholique de LOUVAIN (UCL)	Belgium	85	63	19	74	49	73	66.4
43	122=	109	DURHAM University	United Kingdom	60	99	50	65	84	62	65.4
44	126	163=	ERASMUS University Rotterdam	Netherlands	58	98	46	81	57	50	65.2
45	128	130=	EINDHOVEN University of Technology	Netherlands	57	55	100	41	98	42	64.8
46	130	121	University of SUSSEX	United Kingdom	60	54	51	72	92	79	64.1
47	131	114=	University of BASEL	Switzerland	62	32	98	34	84	80	63.9
48=	133=	99	CARDIFF University	United Kingdom	61	89	66	39	71	77	63.4
48=	133=	101	University of LIVERPOOL	United Kingdom	54	81	69	55	80	67	63.4
48=	133=	130=	Technical University of DENMARK	Denmark	45	42	99	63	90	56	63.4
51	136	124	University of GHENT	Belgium	68	47	84	43	40	43	63.1
52	137=	146	Freie Universität BERLIN	Germany	85	22	24	72	47	68	62.6
53	139	126=	HUMBOLDT-Universität zu Berlin	Germany	79	43	64	36	42	56	62.5
54	140	157	Ecole normale supérieure de LYON	France	41	57	100	68	47	56	62.4
55	142	148	WAGENINGEN University	Netherlands	41	35	90	80	42	97	62.0
56	144=	173=	University of GRONINGEN	Netherlands	63	49	67	60	61	34	61.8
57	147=	144	Universität FREIBURG	Germany	64	30	91	42	26	67	61.2
58	149	132=	Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie PARIS V...	France	66	17	89	40	24	90	61.0
59	152	145	University of BATH	United Kingdom	49	98	46	55	92	93	60.4
60	153	137=	University of ABERDEEN	United Kingdom	44	71	78	51	91	80	60.3
61=	155=	304=	VU University AMSTERDAM	Netherlands	64	50	84	38	37	31	59.8
61=	155=	142=	Eberhard Karls Universität TÜBINGEN	Germany	61	30	71	58	55	51	59.8
63	160	149=	QUEEN MARY, University of London	United Kingdom	55	66	77	23	96	92	59.1
64	161	217	University of LAUSANNE	Switzerland	48	51	41	85	85	82	59.0
65=	162=	129	NEWCASTLE University, NEWCASTLE Upon Tyn...	United Kingdom	40	88	68	55	82	79	58.7
65=	162=	197=	CHALMERS University of Technology	Sweden	64	48	40	70	42	60	58.7
67	166=	168=	Universität GÖTTINGEN	Germany	69	25	65	46	39	52	58.3
68	169	209=	Universität FRANKFURT am Main	Germany	54	51	66	57	30	80	58.0
69	170=	147	University of LANCASTER	United Kingdom	52	77	60	37	90	80	57.9
70	173	192=	KTH, ROYAL Institute of Technology	Sweden	59	58	47	46	70	98	57.8
71=	177=	188=	University of OSLO	Norway	67	41	57	43	46	60	57.5
71=	177=	185=	University of LEICESTER	United Kingdom	37	59	63	71	77	95	57.5
73=	183=	154	Université Libre de BRUXELLES (ULB)	Belgium	63	62	19	65	50	96	56.9
73=	183=	231=	Lomonosov MOSCOW STATE University	Russia	80	72	39	31	17	25	56.9
75	186=	194	University of BARCELONA	Spain	77	52	19	60	24	38	56.4
76	188=	203=	Technische Universität BERLIN	Germany	62	50	46	39	71	85	56.1
77	190	165	Universität STUTTGART	Germany	52	58	77	28	46	89	55.9
78=	192=	214	University of BERN	Switzerland	40	28	59	83	93	45	55.4
78=	192=	173=	University of BOLOGNA	Italy	81	69	21	40	26	28	55.4
80	194	180=	University of READING	United Kingdom	44	76	56	49	80	77	55.3
81	195	187	University of ANTWERP	Belgium	43	37	99	37	56	59	55.1
82=	200=	185=	University of TWENTE	Netherlands	52	48	57	51	68	50	54.3
82=	200=	248=	University of ATHENS	Greece	40	47	67	72	0	92	54.3
84	202	205=	QUEEN'S University of Belfast	United Kingdom	42	83	58	44	97	47	54.2
85	205	183	Università degli Studi di ROMA - La Sapi...	Italy	86	51	13	43	18	24	53.8
86=	207=	184	Université Louis Pasteur STRASBOURG I	France	54	50	29	69	44	83	53.6
86=	207=	171=	Universität KARLSRUHE	Germany	48	48	74	34	51	81	53.6
86=	207=	227=	Sciences Po PARIS	France	36	75	96	17	55	100	53.6
89	211	170	HELSINKI University of Technology TKK	Finland	49	42	84	32	62	41	53.5
90	213	171=	University of DUNDEE	United Kingdom	39	37	66	63	83	62	53.3
91	214=	229=	Vrije University BRUSSELS (VUB)	Belgium	46	50	88	38	20	46	53.0
92	216=	182	Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochsc...	Germany	46	57	78	28	52	71	52.8
93	221	195=	Radboud Universiteit NIJMEGEN	Netherlands	38	12	77	69	75	34	52.1
94	223	190	University of SURREY	United Kingdom	35	77	55	42	92	94	51.8
95	224=	239=	SAINT-PETERSBURG State University	Russia	61	55	75	20	17	13	51.7
96	226	286=	University College CORK	Ireland	44	80	52	34	92	58	51.5
97	227=	225=	University of BERGEN	Norway	52	32	31	67	79	51	51.2
98	230=	237=	LOUGHBOROUGH University	United Kingdom	43	88	46	31	86	81	50.8
99	237=	220	University of EXETER	United Kingdom	39	82	43	44	84	68	49.8
100=	239=	246=	STOCKHOLM University	Sweden	62	39	22	49	90	24	49.7
100=	239=	295=	Université Paris Sorbonne (PARIS IV)	France	76	64	15	18	22	83	49.7
102	244=	166=	VIENNA University of Technology	Austria	49	48	45	35	70	83	49.1
103	246=	237=	University of TURKU	Finland	49	34	56	53	46	17	49.0
104	253	243=	School of Oriental and African Studies, ...	United Kingdom	41	64	53	19	99	100	48.2
105	254=	306	Universidad Autónoma de MADRID	Spain	53	49	18	72	31	28	48.0
106=	256=	225=	Universität INNSBRUCK	Austria	46	22	15	73	72	97	47.8
106=	256=	258	Universidad Autónoma de BARCELONA	Spain	65	35	26	47	30	25	47.8
108=	258=	276=	University of GOTHENBURG	Sweden	49	35	57	46	16	38	47.7
108=	258=	272	University of ESSEX	United Kingdom	42	32	52	32	98	99	47.7
110	261	290	CHARLES University	Czech Republic	57	29	49	29	30	68	47.5
111	264=	276=	Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universitä...	Germany	48	26	39	58	39	65	47.3
112	266	267=	Université Paris-Sud PARIS XI	France	45	14	52	55	32	78	47.1
113	270	252	University of STRATHCLYDE	United Kingdom	37	86	43	34	88	53	46.8
114=	271=	262	University of LIEGE	Belgium	36	37	17	91	29	81	46.4
114=	271=	243=	Technische Universität DRESDEN	Germany	40	35	77	31	39	49	46.4
116	274=	216	Universität HAMBURG	Germany	55	29	49	30	32	60	46.1
117=	276=	270=	Universität WÜRZBURG	Germany	38	22	52	65	44	39	45.9
117=	276=	263	Universität ULM	Germany	16	25	100	58	39	51	45.9
119	280	273=	STOCKHOLM School of Economics	Sweden	26	91	30	53	80	92	45.8
120	282	275	Université Joseph-Fourier, GRENOBLE I	France	47	38	43	46	30	60	45.6
121=	284=	239=	Technische Universität DARMSTADT	Germany	36	40	70	29	38	85	45.4
121=	284=	279	Karl-Franzens-Universität GRAZ	Austria	50	34	21	62	44	44	45.4
123	288	369=	Université PARIS I Panthéon Sorbonne	France	61	51	22	19	30	87	44.6
124	290	301=	University of MONTPELLIER II - Sciences ...	France	29	28	68	54	23	71	44.4
125	291=	343=	Politecnico di MILANO	Italy	54	80	23	31	23	34	44.1
127	294	401-500	École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées E...	France	24	61	93	27	34	26	43.7
128	295	317	University of SOUTHERN DENMARK	Denmark	27	23	68	50	58	61	43.6
129=	296=	292=	BRUNEL University	United Kingdom	32	76	35	31	93	83	43.4
129=	296=	312=	University of PADUA	Italy	55	32	12	68	17	13	43.4
131	299	299	UMEÅ University	Sweden	30	21	51	56	82	48	43.0
132	300=	331=	JAGIELLONIAN University	Poland	49	41	57	24	20	24	42.9
133	302	300	DUBLIN City University	Ireland	30	72	47	27	75	82	42.6
134	303=	312=	Universität DÜSSELDORF	Germany	28	21	47	70	23	74	42.5
135	306	401-500	University Complutense MADRID	Spain	67	51	0	33	32	24	42.2
136	309=	356=	University of EAST Anglia (UEA)	United Kingdom	24	34	56	46	75	81	41.9
137	311	401-500	ROYAL HOLLOWAY University of London	United Kingdom	27	30	47	40	93	99	41.7
138	312	292=	Universität LEIPZIG	Germany	50	22	13	62	31	40	41.6
139	313=	267=	KUOPIO University	Finland	16	6	83	72	32	19	41.5
140	316=	266	ASTON University	United Kingdom	29	78	17	48	85	72	41.3
141	318	319=	Universität KÖLN (Cologne)	Germany	44	36	20	48	44	65	41.2
142=	320=	270=	Universität ERLANGEN-NÜRNBERG	Germany	28	21	46	61	64	45	41.0
142=	320=	292=	University of TROMSO	Norway	20	17	99	32	49	33	41.0
144=	325=	311	Universität KONSTANZ	Germany	41	21	28	58	50	41	40.9
144=	325=	362=	University of ST GALLEN	Switzerland	29	90	25	22	100	98	40.9
146=	328=	301=	NORWEGIAN University of Science and Tech...	Norway	38	40	26	47	82	35	40.8
146=	328=	351=	DUBLIN Institute of Technology	Ireland	22	65	91	18	25	32	40.8
146=	328=	312=	Universität BIELEFELD	Germany	49	13	18	56	41	41	40.8
149	332	330	Johannes Gutenberg Universität MAINZ	Germany	24	22	27	89	29	67	40.7
150	333	325	University of PISA	Italy	57	24	11	52	16	18	40.6
151	336	319=	University of TAMPERE	Finland	44	29	47	33	32	21	40.0
152=	342=	339=	Universitat POMPEU FABRA	Spain	38	18	42	34	95	31	39.2
152=	342=	345=	WARSAW University	Poland	51	67	19	27	22	15	39.2
154=	347=	401-500	SWANSEA University	United Kingdom	25	51	46	32	77	67	38.7
154=	347=	297	Universität BAYREUTH	Germany	27	14	71	37	44	38	38.7
156=	349=	392	Universität MANNHEIM	Germany	22	44	8	96	24	51	38.6
156=	349=	333	Ruhr-Universität BOCHUM	Germany	36	32	29	47	46	56	38.6
156=	349=	329	University of FLORENCE	Italy	55	18	17	43	20	25	38.6
159	357=	345=	Universität des SAARLANDES	Germany	24	6	38	64	69	64	38.2
160	362=	401-500	Université PARIS VII Denis Diderot	France	40	19	28	39	34	75	37.8
161=	368=	401-500	National University of Ireland, GALWAY	Ireland	36	56	27	21	72	70	37.4
161=	368=	341=	Universität MARBURG	Germany	20	17	64	48	43	51	37.4
163	372	354=	University of OULU	Finland	28	18	66	41	20	18	37.1
164	374	401-500	BILKENT University	Turkey	39	6	49	24	85	15	36.8
165	375	364=	Universität BREMEN	Germany	40	23	21	39	43	69	36.7
166	376=	390	ISTANBUL Technical University	Turkey	37	32	51	23	46	13	36.6
167=	382=	401-500	Université des Sciences et Technologies ...	France	27	30	45	34	33	89	36.4
167=	382=	316	Universität JENA	Germany	27	20	57	43	25	28	36.4
169	387=	319=	University of COIMBRA	Portugal	50	16	28	29	24	21	36.2
170=	391=	349	University of BRADFORD	United Kingdom	24	43	29	33	80	96	35.8
170=	391=	374=	University of JYVÄSKYLÄ	Finland	35	6	58	29	44	20	35.8
172=	394=	401-500	University of LIMERICK	Ireland	21	65	46	23	87	33	35.7
172=	394=	401-500	GOLDSMITHS, University of London	United Kingdom	35	25	29	22	79	88	35.7
174=	398=	401-500	University of NAPLES - Federico II	Italy	36	21	8	74	20	15	35.5
174=	398=	339=	Universität of MÜNSTER	Germany	31	16	42	41	42	36	35.5
176	400=	401-500	BANGOR University	United Kingdom	26	21	41	40	68	51	35.4
177=	401-500	401-500	HEC School of Management	France	21	96	14	20	93	94	35.2
177=	401-500	378=	Universität REGENSBURG	Germany	26	6	33	64	43	38	35.2
179=	401-500	391	Université PARIS V Descartes	France	33	20	22	45	42	75	35.0
179=	401-500	371=	WARSAW University of Technology	Poland	31	71	44	21	17	14	35.0
181=	401-500	341=	Universidade Nova de LISBOA	Portugal	36	11	44	29	34	44	34.9
181=	401-500	319=	University of NAVARRA	Spain	25	42	45	30	30	65	34.9
183	401-500	374=	University of TRIESTE	Italy	40	18	19	50	16	36	34.8
184	401-500	401-500	University of LJUBLJANA	Slovenia	36	22	54	22	24	18	34.7
185	401-500	401-500	TOMSK STATE University	Russia	20	18	95	18	16	13	34.5
186=	401-500	388=	Università degli Studi di PAVIA	Italy	35	17	18	60	17	26	34.4
186=	401-500	360=	University of TOULOUSE III Paul Sabatier...	France	31	18	25	43	45	75	34.4
188	401-500	401-500	HERIOT-WATT University	United Kingdom	17	36	31	38	90	98	34.3
189	401-500	388=	Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu KIEL	Germany	19	16	47	54	42	40	33.9
190	401-500	401-500	ABERYSTWYTH University	United Kingdom	28	28	32	33	63	57	33.8
191=	401-500	371=	LINKÖPING University	Sweden	31	26	38	40	16	32	33.7
191=	401-500	401-500	Université Claude Bernard LYON I	France	30	17	26	50	25	55	33.7
193=	401-500	401-500	Università Commerciale Luigi BOCCONI	Italy	26	96	26	19	33	46	33.6
193=	401-500	401-500	NOVOSIBIRSK STATE University	Russia	38	29	41	19	24	27	33.6
195=	401-500	401-500	EÖTVÖS LORÁND University	Hungary	35	33	31	30	31	24	33.4
195=	401-500	401-500	ISTANBUL University	Turkey	36	25	49	20	17	21	33.4
197	401-500	401-500	Justus-Liebig-Universität GIEßEN	Germany	20	14	32	64	40	38	33.2
198	401-500	401-500	Université PARIS IX Dauphine	France	32	52	19	22	34	94	33.1
199=	401-500	368	Johannes Kepler University LINZ	Austria	34	29	21	31	63	39	33.0
199=	401-500	401-500	Aristotelian University of THESSALONIKI	Greece	38	32	9	34	0	99	33.0