Best universities in Europe, Verbalists
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The top 200 universities in Europe in 2016 – Times Higher Education World University Rankings

Best universities in Europe, Verbalists

When assessed on the number of universities in the top 200 in relation to GDP per capita, which reflects spending power, the UK and Germany rank highest.

Overall 22 countries are represented in the top 200 list, which draws upon data from the 800 universities from 70 countries in the overall THE World University Rankings.

Best universities in Europe 2016: top 200

Click each institution to view its full World University Rankings 2015-2016 results

Rank Institution Country
1 University of Oxford UK
2 University of Cambridge UK
3 Imperial College London UK
4 ETH Zurich – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich Switzerland
5 University College London (UCL) UK
6 London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) UK
7 University of Edinburgh UK
8 King’s College London UK
9 Karolinska Institute Sweden
10 LMU Munich Germany
11 École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) Switzerland
12 KU Leuven Belgium
13 Heidelberg University Germany
14 Wageningen University and Research Center Netherlands
15 Humboldt University of Berlin Germany
16 Technical University of Munich Germany
17 École Normale Supérieure France
18 University of Manchester UK
19 University of Amsterdam Netherlands
20 Utrecht University Netherlands
21 Delft University of Technology Netherlands
22 Leiden University Netherlands
23 University of Bristol UK
24 Durham University UK
25 Erasmus University Rotterdam Netherlands
26 Free University of Berlin Germany
27 University of Groningen Netherlands
28 University of Glasgow UK
28 University of Helsinki Finland
30 University of Tübingen Germany
31 University of Warwick UK
32 Uppsala University Sweden
33 University of Copenhagen Denmark
34 University of Freiburg Germany
35 University of St Andrews UK
36 Maastricht University Netherlands
37 Lund University Sweden
38 University of Exeter UK
39 University of Bonn Germany
40 University of Sheffield UK
41 Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) UK
42 University of Göttingen Germany
43 École Polytechnique France
43 University of Basel Switzerland
45 University of Zurich Switzerland
46 Aarhus University Denmark
46 University of Mannheim Germany
48 RWTH Aachen University Germany
48 University of Southampton UK
50 Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa Italy
51 Pierre and Marie Curie University France
52 Ghent University Belgium
53 University of Birmingham UK
54 University of Bern Switzerland
55 University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Germany
56 Radboud University Nijmegen Netherlands
56 University of Münster Germany
58 Royal Holloway, University of London UK
59 Lancaster University UK
60 University of Geneva Switzerland
60 University of York UK
62 University of Leeds UK
63 University of Oslo Norway
64 Stockholm University Sweden
65 Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Germany
66 University of Sussex UK
67 University of Vienna Austria
68 University of Nottingham UK
69 University of Lausanne Switzerland
70 Autonomous University of Barcelona Spain
71 University of East Anglia UK
71 University of Twente Netherlands
73 VU University Amsterdam Netherlands
74 KTH Royal Institute of Technology Sweden
75 University of Cologne Germany
76 University of Liverpool UK
77 TU Dresden Germany
78 Trinity College Dublin Republic of Ireland
79 Lomonosov Moscow State University Russian Federation
80 Pompeu Fabra University Spain
80 University of Reading UK
82 Technical University of Denmark Denmark
82 Université Catholique de Louvain Belgium
82 University of Leicester UK
85 University of Aberdeen UK
86 University of Barcelona Spain
87 University of Konstanz Germany
88 Eindhoven University of Technology Netherlands
88 University College Dublin Republic of Ireland
90 Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna Italy
90 University of Gothenburg Sweden
92 Cardiff University UK
92 University of Bergen Norway
94 University of Dundee UK
94 University of Würzburg Germany
96 Paris-Sud University France
97 University of Antwerp Belgium
98 Ulm University Germany
99 University of Luxembourg Luxembourg
100 Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin Germany
-9 Birkbeck, University of London UK
École Normale Supérieure de Lyon France
Goethe University Frankfurt Germany
Newcastle University UK
Paris Diderot University – Paris 7 France
Queen’s University Belfast UK
St George’s, University of London UK
University of Duisburg-Essen Germany
University of Stuttgart Germany
University of Trento Italy
-9 Joseph Fourier University France
Medical University of Vienna Austria
Peter the Great St Petersburg Polytechnic University  Russian Federation
Polytechnic University of Milan Italy
Royal Veterinary College UK
Technical University of Darmstadt Germany
Tilburg University Netherlands
University of Bologna Italy
University of Fribourg Switzerland
University of Kiel Germany
-9 Aalborg University Denmark
Aalto University Finland
Bielefeld University Germany
Chalmers University of Technology Sweden
Copenhagen Business School Denmark
Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz Germany
Paris Descartes University France
Sapienza University of Rome Italy
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Sweden
Vienna University of Technology Austria
-9 Aix-Marseille University France
Bayreuth University Germany
Linköping University Sweden
National University of Ireland, Galway Republic of Ireland
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Republic of Ireland
Tomsk Polytechnic University Russian Federation
University of Bath UK
University of Iceland Iceland
University of Liège Belgium
University of Surrey UK
-9 Justus Liebig University Giessen Germany
Ruhr University Bochum Germany
Technical University of Dortmund Germany
Umeå University Sweden
University of Bordeaux France
University of Hohenheim Germany
University of Innsbruck Austria
University of Padua Italy
University of Southern Denmark Denmark
University of Strasbourg France
University of Trieste Italy
University of Turku Finland
-9 Bangor University UK
Kazan Federal University Russian Federation
Montpellier University France
Plymouth University UK
University of Essex UK
University of Milan Italy
University of Turin Italy
Vrije Universiteit Brussel Belgium
-9 Aberystwyth University UK
Autonomous University of Madrid Spain
Leibniz University of Hanover Germany
National Research Nuclear University MePhI Russian Federation
Örebro University Sweden
Toulouse 1 Capitole University France
University of Bremen Germany
University of Kent UK
University of Naples Federico II Italy
University of Navarra Spain
University of Pavia Italy
VŠB – Technical University of Ostrava Czech Republic
-9 Loughborough University UK
Université Libre de Bruxelles Belgium
University of Crete Greece
University of Florence Italy
University of Greifswald Germany
University of Milan-Bicocca Italy
University of Stirling UK
Verona University Italy
-9 Instituto Superior Técnico Lisboa Portugal
Panthéon-Sorbonne University – Paris 1 France
Polytechnic University of Turin Italy
Swansea University UK
UiT The Arctic University of Norway Norway
University College Cork Republic of Ireland
University of Cyprus Cyprus
University of Eastern Finland Finland
University of Jyväskylä Finland
University of Tartu Estonia
-9 Graz University of Technology Austria
Lille 2 University – Health and Law France
National University of Ireland, Maynooth Republic of Ireland
Norwegian University of Science and Technology Norway
University of Kaiserslautern Germany
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia Italy
University of Oulu Finland
University of Rome II – Tor Vergata Italy
University of Rome III Italy
University of St Gallen Switzerland

The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2015-2016 list the best global universities and are the only international university performance tables to judge world class universities across all of their core missions – teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook.

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