Top European Universities 2010-2011
  World RankOrdered by this column, descending Institution Country / Region Overall score Teaching International mix Industry income Research Citations
1 University of Cambridge United Kingdom
91.2
90.5
77.7
57.0
94.1
94.0
1 University of Oxford United Kingdom
91.2
88.2
77.2
73.5
93.9
95.1
3 Imperial College London United Kingdom
90.6
89.2
90.0
92.9
94.5
88.3
4 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich Switzerland
83.4
77.5
93.7
Data withheld by THE
87.8
83.1
5 University College London United Kingdom
78.4
74.0
90.8
39.0
81.6
80.6
6 Ecole Polytechnique France
69.5
57.9
77.9
Data withheld by THE
56.1
91.4
7 University of Edinburgh United Kingdom
69.2
59.9
67.3
42.2
61.9
86.8
8 Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris France
68.6
66.8
44.9
30.7
48.2
95.7
9 University of Göttingen Germany
67.0
57.3
44.5
31.7
55.9
92.5
9 Karolinska Institute Sweden
67.0
65.8
Data withheld by THE
73.3
72.7
62.3
11 École Polytechnique Federale of Lausanne Switzerland
66.5
55.0
100.0
38.0
56.1
83.8
12 University of Munich Germany
63.0
59.1
43.1
40.4
57.5
76.4
13 University of Bristol United Kingdom
61.4
49.6
67.2
36.2
53.1
80.9
14 Trinity College Dublin Ireland
60.3
47.7
84.2
31.6
45.3
84.4
15 King's College London United Kingdom
59.7
48.5
85.9
44.1
54.5
72.1
16 University of Sussex United Kingdom
59.5
42.4
72.8
29.1
42.4
91.6
17 University of York United Kingdom
59.1
47.9
66.6
36.2
46.2
81.9
18 Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg Germany
59.0
59.2
63.4
39.1
47.5
70.3
19 Durham University United Kingdom
58.9
39.8
65.7
33.9
44.1
91.0
20 London School of Economics and Political Science United Kingdom
58.3
62.4
99.5
38.4
56.2
51.6
21 University of Manchester United Kingdom
58.0
56.5
79.1
39.0
56.2
59.2
22 Royal Holloway, University of London United Kingdom
57.9
37.7
92.9
30.5
36.2
93.2
23 Lund University Sweden
57.8
46.3
56.8
33.2
60.8
67.6
24 University of Zurich Switzerland
57.7
56.6
87.9
43.8
47.0
65.0
24 University of Southampton United Kingdom
57.7
50.8
69.0
37.7
47.8
72.9
26 University College Dublin Ireland
57.5
42.4
87.0
Data withheld by THE
36.6
86.3
27 University of Basel Switzerland
57.3
50.2
91.3
45.8
37.1
78.3
28 ENS de Lyon France
57.0
51.1
37.6
26.1
34.4
88.8
29 Technical University of Munich Germany
56.9
50.4
85.3
Data withheld by THE
43.2
71.2
30 University of Helsinki Finland
56.6
49.0
24.2
30.2
51.4
75.4
31 University of St. Andrews United Kingdom
56.5
44.8
85.7
32.6
47.7
72.9
32 Eindhoven University of Technology Netherlands
55.3
55.4
44.9
99.8
51.7
56.9
33 University of Geneva Switzerland
55.0
46.6
95.7
32.7
49.7
63.1
34 Catholic University of Leuven Belgium
54.8
57.7
29.6
97.7
62.9
45.2
35 Queen Mary, University of London United Kingdom
54.6
39.7
91.0
38.9
44.1
73.5
36 Technical University of Denmark Denmark
54.5
46.2
64.0
95.5
46.9
64.6
37 Ghent University Belgium
54.4
52.8
24.7
97.1
59.1
52.8
37 Leiden University Netherlands
54.4
47.3
40.0
100.0
54.9
59.3
37 Lancaster University United Kingdom
54.4
43.5
73.8
28.8
41.9
74.9
40 University of Glasgow United Kingdom
54.2
45.6
55.1
61.0
50.3
65.1
41 Stockholm University Sweden
54.0
36.9
Data withheld by THE
31.7
49.2
75.9
42 University of Freiburg Germany
53.3
52.4
46.2
79.8
41.4
64.3
43 University of Bergen Norway
52.7
39.9
66.6
41.5
42.1
73.1
44 University of Lausanne Switzerland
52.6
43.1
84.1
42.5
50.5
59.1
45 University of Sheffield United Kingdom
52.5
48.9
62.7
40.3
49.2
58.4
46 VU University Amsterdam Netherlands
52.3
47.6
30.6
81.4
51.6
58.5
47 Pierre and Marie Curie University France
52.2
51.9
30.7
26.4
37.2
71.5
47 University of Dundee United Kingdom
52.2
34.1
54.4
49.3
41.0
79.3
49 University of Barcelona Spain
52.1
34.1
22.3
30.0
33.7
91.9
50 Utrecht University Netherlands
52.0
43.4
52.6
55.3
53.0
58.8
51 Wageningen University and Research Center Netherlands
51.9
58.5
24.3
Data withheld by THE
48.8
53.0
52 University of Birmingham United Kingdom
51.8
50.3
73.8
34.8
50.7
52.1
53 Uppsala University Sweden
51.6
49.6
77.9
39.5
62.2
40.7
54 University of Aberdeen United Kingdom
51.4
37.8
86.1
47.0
45.2
64.6
55 Delft University of Technology Netherlands
51.3
55.5
47.4
99.4
67.7
29.0
56 Birkbeck, University of London United Kingdom
51.2
41.2
88.5
27.4
35.8
70.6
56 Newcastle University United Kingdom
51.2
42.7
80.5
31.1
42.8
63.6
58 Pompeu Fabra University Spain
51.1
35.0
44.1
40.0
33.0
84.7
59 Erasmus University Rotterdam Netherlands
50.4
39.4
58.6
Data withheld by THE
43.6
65.5
60 University of Amsterdam Netherlands
50.0
42.5
38.2
38.8
49.2
60.2
60 University of Liverpool United Kingdom
50.0
40.8
59.8
40.6
47.8
59.6
62 Aarhus University Denmark
49.9
38.1
33.4
61.5
55.6
57.3
63 University of Würzburg Germany
49.8
48.7
40.3
Data withheld by THE
40.9
60.4
63 University of Leeds United Kingdom
49.8
46.2
50.0
38.3
48.0
55.6
65 University of Groningen Netherlands
49.7
41.7
35.5
34.2
56.4
54.1
66 Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main Germany
49.4
39.2
56.1
41.6
37.3
69.5
67 Bielefeld University Germany
49.3
39.9
Data withheld by THE
Data withheld by THE
35.7
70.4
68 University of East Anglia United Kingdom
49.0
42.1
62.8
29.7
40.4
62.8
68 University of Nottingham United Kingdom
49.0
46.8
74.8
38.4
44.1
52.5
70 University of Copenhagen Denmark
48.8
44.1
45.8
26.1
45.7
58.3
71 Humboldt University of Berlin Germany
48.5
50.9
46.1
27.8
44.5
52.0
71 University of Bonn Germany
48.5
46.8
46.8
29.4
33.8
65.3
73 RWTH Aachen University Germany
48.2
50.0
63.8
56.6
42.5
48.9
74 University of Exeter United Kingdom
47.6
40.4
62.8
32.2
42.5
57.9
75 University of Twente Netherlands
47.5
49.9
62.4
49.8
48.3
42.0
76 University of Konstanz Germany
47.3
42.7
93.6
Data withheld by THE
40.1
51.3
77 University of Innsbruck Austria
47.2
37.9
99.5
35.0
34.8
60.2
77 Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Germany
47.2
45.0
47.3
40.0
35.4
60.7
79 Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen Germany
47.0
45.9
57.8
32.3
36.3
57.3
80 Royal Institute of Technology Sweden
46.8
49.1
64.2
100.0
56.2
29.2
81 University of Vienna Austria
46.7
47.6
63.2
27.0
45.7
45.6
82 Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Sweden
46.2
43.3
Data withheld by THE
99.9
49.5
41.7

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