Top Universities in Europe

The University Review Ranking of top European universities 2016 is calculated from information available on the US News, Guardian and ARWU websites.

List of Top Universities In Europe

University Review European Ranking 2012	University Name	Country	ARWU Europe 2011	THE/USnews Europe Rank 2012	UR world Ranking 2012
1	University of Cambridge	United Kingdom	1	2	4
2	University of Oxford	United Kingdom	2	1	8
3	Imperial College London	United Kingdom	5	3	16
4	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich	Switzerland	4	4	17
5	University College London	United Kingdom	3	5	18
6	Karolinska Institute	Sweden	8	6	33
7	University of Edinburgh	United Kingdom	13	7	40
8	University of Manchester	United Kingdom	9	11	41
9	Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich	Germany	12	8	44
10	University of Zürich	Switzerland	11	14	48
11	Utrecht University	Netherlands	10	18	52
12	King's College London	United Kingdom	15	12	53
13	Université Pierre et Marie Curie	France	6	25	55
14	École Normale Supérieure	France	20	13	56
15	University of Bristol	United Kingdom	17	16	59
16	Heidelberg University	Germany	15	20	62
17	TU München	Germany	14	28	63
18	Leiden University	Netherlands	19	22	64
19	Uppsala University	Sweden	17	27	68
20	Georg-August-Universität Göttingen	Germany	29	19	69
21	University of Helsinki	Finland	21	29	71
22	École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne	Switzerland	32 to 53	9	75
23	University of Copenhagen	Denmark	7	49	77
24	University of Sheffield	United Kingdom	27	32	79
25	Katholieke Universiteit Leuven	Belgium	32 to 53	17	82
26	Ghent University	Belgium	28	35	87
27	Universität Basel	Switzerland	26	36	88
28	Wageningen University and Research Center	Netherlands	32 to 53	21	91
29	Lund University	Sweden	32 to 53	23	95
30	Stockholm University	Sweden	24	45	96
31	University of Amsterdam	Netherlands	32 to 53	30	98
32	Aarhus University	Denmark	30	41	99
33	University of Nottingham	United Kingdom	25	51	100
34	University of Sussex	United Kingdom	32 to 53	31	102
35	University of Birmingham	United Kingdom	31	54	109
36	University of Geneva	Switzerland	32 to 53	44	111
37	University of Oslo	Norway	22	68	112
38	Durham University	United Kingdom	54 to 68	24	113
39	University of Leeds	United Kingdom	32 to 53	47	114
40	University of Groningen	Netherlands	32 to 53	48	116
41	University of Glasgow	United Kingdom	54 to 68	33	120
42	Delft University of Technology	Netherlands	54 to 68	34	121
43	VU University Amsterdam	Netherlands	32 to 53	59	124
44	University of Bern	Switzerland	54 to 68	37	125
45	Université Catholique de Louvain	Belgium	32 to 53	64	130
46	Université Paris 7	France	32 to 53	64	131
47	London School of Economics	United Kingdom	69 to 96	10	132
48	University of Southampton	United Kingdom	54 to 68	42	134
49	Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main	Germany	32 to 53	68	136
50	University of Liverpool	United Kingdom	32 to 53	68	137
51	University of Tübingen	Germany	32 to 53	72	140
52	École Polytechnique	France	69 to 96	15	141
53	University of Vienna	Austria	54 to 68	50	142
54	University of Freiburg	Germany	32 to 53	74	143
55	Erasmus University Rotterdam	Netherlands	54 to 68	57	146
56	University of Warwick	United Kingdom	54 to 68	57	147
57	Radboud University Nijmegen	Netherlands	54 to 68	59	148
58	University of St Andrews	United Kingdom	69 to 96	26	149
59	Université Libre de Bruxelles	Belgium	32 to 53	77 to 89	150
60	University of Strasbourg	France	32 to 53	77 to 89	152
61	Universität Würzburg	Germany	32 to 53	77 to 89	154
62	Technical University of Denmark	Denmark	54 to 68	67	160
63	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Russian Federation	23	95 to 99	162
64	Université de Lausanne	Switzerland	69 to 96	38	163
65	Trinity College Dublin	Republic of Ireland	69 to 96	39	164
66	University of York	United Kingdom	69 to 96	40	165
67	Queen Mary London	United Kingdom	69 to 96	42	166
68	Lancaster University	United Kingdom	69 to 96	45	167
69	Cardiff University	United Kingdom	54 to 68	77 to 89	169
70	University of East Anglia	United Kingdom	69 to 96	52	174
71	Newcastle University	United Kingdom	69 to 96	53	175
72	University of Aberdeen	United Kingdom	69 to 96	55	177
73	University of Hamburg	Germany	54 to 68	77 to 89	182
74	University of Milan	Italy	54 to 68	77 to 89	183
75	University of Padua	Italy	54 to 68	77 to 89	184
76	Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster	Germany	32 to 53	95 to 99	186
77	University of Reading	United Kingdom	69 to 96	62	187
78	Aachen University	Germany	69 to 96	63	188
79	KTH Royal Institute of Technology	Sweden	69 to 96	72	193
80	Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel	Germany	54 to 68	90 to 94	194
81	University of Bergen	Norway	69 to 96	75	198
82	University of Leicester	United Kingdom	69 to 96	76	200
83	University of Pisa	Italy	32 to 53	100 to 101	201
84	Sapienza University of Rome	Italy	32 to 53	100 to 101	202
85	University of Barcelona	Spain	69 to 96	77 to 89	204
86	University of Gothenburg	Sweden	69 to 96	77 to 89	207
87	University of Innsbruck	Austria	69 to 96	77 to 89	208
88	Umeå University	Sweden	69 to 96	77 to 89	212
89	University of Bologna	Italy	69 to 96	77 to 89	216
90	Chalmers University of Technology	Sweden	69 to 96	77 to 89	217
91	University of Exeter	United Kingdom	97 to 101	56	225
92	University College Dublin	Republic of Ireland	97 to 101	59	226
93	University of Bochum	Germany	69 to 96	90 to 94	229
94	TU Dresden	Germany	69 to 96	90 to 94	230
95	Norwegian University of Science and Technology	Norway	69 to 96	90 to 94	233
96	University of Southern Denmark	Denmark	69 to 96	90 to 94	234
97	University of Dundee	United Kingdom	97 to 101	66	236
98	Pompeu Fabra University	Spain	97 to 101	71	237
99	University of Antwerp	Belgium	69 to 96	95 to 99	238
100	Autonomous University of Madrid	Spain	69 to 96	95 to 99	239
101	Université Montpellier 2	France	97 to 101	95 to 99	242

References

Wikipedia; Individual University Websites; ARWU; US News Ranks; Guardian British Universities.