The Times Higher Education World University Rankings powered by Thomson Reuters are the only global university performance tables to judge world class universities across all of their core missions - teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook. The top universities rankings employ 13 carefully calibrated performance indicators to provide the most comprehensive and balanced comparisons available, which are trusted by students, academics, university leaders, industry and governments.
World rankings - Europe
| Rank | Institution | Location | Overall score change criteria |
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| 4 | University of Oxford | United Kingdom |
93.6
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| 6 | University of Cambridge | United Kingdom |
92.4
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| 8 | Imperial College London | United Kingdom |
90.7
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| 15 | ETH Zürich – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich | Switzerland |
85.0
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| 17 | University College London | United Kingdom |
83.2
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| 32 | Karolinska Institute | Sweden |
73.1
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| 36 | University of Edinburgh | United Kingdom |
72.0
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| 45 | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München | Germany |
67.6
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| 46 | École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne | Switzerland |
66.3
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| 47 | London School of Economics and Political Science | United Kingdom |
66.0
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| 48 | University of Manchester | United Kingdom |
65.7
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| 56 | King's College London | United Kingdom |
63.2
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| 59 | École Normale Supérieure | France |
62.0
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| 61 | University of Zürich | Switzerland |
61.9
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| 63 | École Polytechnique | France |
61.5
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| 66 | University of Bristol | United Kingdom |
60.9
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| 67 | KU Leuven | Belgium |
60.8
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| 68 | Utrecht University | Netherlands |
60.4
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| 69 | Georg-August-Universität Göttingen | Germany |
60.3
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| 73 | Universität Heidelberg | Germany |
58.7
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| 75 | Wageningen University and Research Center | Netherlands |
57.4
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| 79 | Leiden University | Netherlands |
57.0
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| 80 | Lund University | Sweden |
56.9
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| 83 | Durham University | United Kingdom |
56.4
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| 84 | Université Pierre et Marie Curie | France |
56.0
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| 85 | University of St Andrews | United Kingdom |
55.7
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| 87 | Uppsala University | Sweden |
55.2
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| 88 | Technische Universität München | Germany |
55.1
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| 91 | University of Helsinki | Finland |
54.8
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| 92 | University of Amsterdam | Netherlands |
54.7
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| 99 | University of Sussex | United Kingdom |
53.9
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| 101 | University of Sheffield | United Kingdom |
53.6
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| 102 | University of Glasgow | United Kingdom |
53.4
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| 104 | Delft University of Technology | Netherlands |
53.1
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| 106 | Ghent University | Belgium |
53.0
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| 107 | Royal Holloway, University of London | United Kingdom |
52.9
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| 109 | Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin | Germany |
52.6
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| 111 | Universität Basel | Switzerland |
52.2
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| 112 | University of Bern | Switzerland |
52.1
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| 115 | Eindhoven University of Technology | Netherlands |
51.3
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| 116 | Université de Lausanne | Switzerland |
51.2
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| 117 | Trinity College Dublin | Republic of Ireland |
51.1
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| 121 | University of York | United Kingdom |
50.4
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| 125 | Aarhus University | Denmark |
50.0
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| 127 | Queen Mary, University of London | United Kingdom |
49.9
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| 127 | University of Southampton | United Kingdom |
49.9
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| 130 | University of Geneva | Switzerland |
49.8
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| 131 | Lancaster University | United Kingdom |
49.7
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| 131 | Stockholm University | Sweden |
49.7
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| 133 | University of Leeds | United Kingdom |
49.5
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| 134 | University of Groningen | Netherlands |
49.2
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| 135 | University of Copenhagen | Denmark |
49.0
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| 139 | University of Vienna | Austria |
47.9
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| 140 | University of Nottingham | United Kingdom |
47.7
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| 141 | École Normale Supérieure de Lyon | France |
47.6
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| 145 | University of East Anglia | United Kingdom |
47.3
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| 146 | Newcastle University | United Kingdom |
47.0
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| 148 | University of Birmingham | United Kingdom |
46.9
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| 149 | Birkbeck, University of London | United Kingdom |
46.8
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| 151 | University of Aberdeen | United Kingdom |
46.6
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| 151 | Freie Universität Berlin | Germany |
46.6
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| 156 | University of Exeter | United Kingdom |
46.1
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| 157 | Erasmus University Rotterdam | Netherlands |
46.0
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| 157 | University of Warwick | United Kingdom |
46.0
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| 159 | University College Dublin | Republic of Ireland |
45.9
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| 159 | Radboud University Nijmegen | Netherlands |
45.9
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| 159 | VU University Amsterdam | Netherlands |
45.9
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| 164 | University of Reading | United Kingdom |
45.7
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| 168 | RWTH Aachen University | Germany |
45.1
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| 169 | Université Catholique de Louvain | Belgium |
45.0
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| 169 | Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 | France |
45.0
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| 176 | University of Dundee | United Kingdom |
44.5
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| 178 | Technical University of Denmark | Denmark |
44.1
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| 181 | Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main | Germany |
43.6
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| 181 | University of Liverpool | United Kingdom |
43.6
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| 181 | University of Oslo | Norway |
43.6
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| 186 | Pompeu Fabra University | Spain |
43.1
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| 187 | KTH Royal Institute of Technology | Sweden |
43.0
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| 187 | Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen | Germany |
43.0
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| 189 | Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg | Germany |
42.9
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| 191 | University of Bergen | Norway |
42.8
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| 194 | Universität Konstanz | Germany |
42.5
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| 196 | Karlsruhe Institute of Technology | Germany |
41.6
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| 197 | University of Leicester | United Kingdom |
41.5
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| 197 | Maastricht University | Netherlands |
41.5
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| 200 | University of Twente | Netherlands |
41.4
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| 201-225 | Autonomous University of Barcelona | Spain |
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| 201-225 | University of Barcelona | Spain |
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| 201-225 | Université Libre de Bruxelles | Belgium |
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| 201-225 | Cardiff University | United Kingdom |
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| 201-225 | University of Essex | United Kingdom |
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| 201-225 | University of Gothenburg | Sweden |
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| 201-225 | University of Innsbruck | Austria |
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| 201-225 | University of Strasbourg | France |
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| 201-225 | Universität Ulm | Germany |
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| 201-225 | Umeå University | Sweden |
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| 201-225 | Universität Würzburg | Germany |
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| 226-250 | University of Bologna | Italy |
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| 226-250 | Chalmers University of Technology | Sweden |
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| 226-250 | Universität Hamburg | Germany |
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| 226-250 | University of Milan | Italy |
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| 226-250 | University of Milan-Bicocca | Italy |
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| 226-250 | University of Padua | Italy |
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| 226-250 | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences | Sweden |
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| 226-250 | University of Trieste | Italy |
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| 251-275 | Bangor University | United Kingdom |
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| 251-275 | University of Bath | United Kingdom |
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| 251-275 | Universität Bielefeld | Germany |
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| 251-275 | Ruhr-Universität Bochum | Germany |
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| 251-275 | Brunel University | United Kingdom |
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| 251-275 | Technische Universität Dresden | Germany |
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| 251-275 | Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz | Austria |
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| 251-275 | Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel | Germany |
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| 251-275 | Johannes Kepler Universität Linz | Austria |
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| 251-275 | Norwegian University of Science and Technology | Norway |
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| 251-275 | Queen's University Belfast | United Kingdom |
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| 251-275 | University of Southern Denmark | Denmark |
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| 251-275 | Tilburg University | Netherlands |
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| 276-300 | Aberystwyth University | United Kingdom |
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| 276-300 | University of Antwerp | Belgium |
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| 276-300 | Autonomous University of Madrid | Spain |
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| 276-300 | University of Crete | Greece |
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| 276-300 | Technische Universität Darmstadt | Germany |
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| 276-300 | University of Iceland | Iceland |
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| 276-300 | Lomonosov Moscow State University | Russian Federation |
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| 276-300 | Université Montpellier 2 | France |
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| 276-300 | Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster | Germany |
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| 276-300 | University of Trento | Italy |
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| 276-300 | University of Tromsø | Norway |
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| 301-350 | Aalborg University | Denmark |
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| 301-350 | Aalto University | Finland |
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| 301-350 | Aveiro University | Portugal |
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| 301-350 | University College Cork | Republic of Ireland |
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| 301-350 | University of Eastern Finland | Finland |
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| 301-350 | University of Ferrara | Italy |
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| 301-350 | University of Hertfordshire | United Kingdom |
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| 301-350 | University of Hull | United Kingdom |
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| 301-350 | Jagiellonian University | Poland |
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| 301-350 | Keele University | United Kingdom |
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| 301-350 | Université de Liège | Belgium |
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| 301-350 | Linköping University | Sweden |
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| 301-350 | University of Modena and Reggio Emilia | Italy |
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| 301-350 | University of Pisa | Italy |
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| 301-350 | Plymouth University | United Kingdom |
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| 301-350 | Polytechnic University of Milan | Italy |
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| 301-350 | University of Porto | Portugal |
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| 301-350 | Charles University in Prague | Czech Republic |
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| 301-350 | Sapienza University of Rome | Italy |
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| 301-350 | University of Stirling | United Kingdom |
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| 301-350 | University of Surrey | United Kingdom |
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| 301-350 | University of Tampere | Finland |
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| 301-350 | University of Valencia | Spain |
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| 301-350 | Vienna University of Technology | Austria |
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| 301-350 | Vrije Universiteit Brussel | Belgium |
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| 301-350 | University of Warsaw | Poland |
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| 350-400 | Aston University | United Kingdom |
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| 350-400 | University of Bari Aldo Moro | Italy |
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| 350-400 | University of Coimbra | Portugal |
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| 350-400 | Leibniz Universität Hannover | Germany |
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| 350-400 | Heriot-Watt University | United Kingdom |
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| 350-400 | University of Kent | United Kingdom |
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| 350-400 | Liverpool John Moores University | United Kingdom |
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| 350-400 | Loughborough University | United Kingdom |
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| 350-400 | National University of Ireland, Galway | Republic of Ireland |
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| 350-400 | National University of Ireland, Maynooth | Republic of Ireland |
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| 350-400 | New University of Lisbon | Portugal |
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| 350-400 | Université Paris 13 | France |
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| 350-400 | Polytechnic University of Catalonia | Spain |
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| 350-400 | Polytechnic University of Turin | Italy |
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| 350-400 | Polytechnic University of Valencia | Spain |
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| 350-400 | Saint Petersburg State University | Russian Federation |
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| 350-400 | University of Salento | Italy |
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| 350-400 | University of Strathclyde | United Kingdom |
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| 350-400 | Swansea University | United Kingdom |
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| 350-400 | University of Tartu | Estonia |
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| 350-400 | University of Turku | Finland |
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| 350-400 | University of Zaragoza | Spain |
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