Best Astrobiology Universities in Europe [2026 Rankings]

1

France | Ile-de-France

Pierre and Marie Curie University

For Astrobiology

#1 in France #10 in the World

20% Acceptance

35,114 Enrollment

1150 Founded

2

United Kingdom | England

University College London

For Astrobiology

#1 in United Kingdom #17 in the World

36% Acceptance

42,000 Enrollment

1826 Founded

3

United Kingdom | England

University of Cambridge

For Astrobiology

#2 in United Kingdom #18 in the World

21% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1209 Founded

4

Belgium | Liege

University of Liege

For Astrobiology

#1 in Belgium #20 in the World

34% Acceptance

27,678 Enrollment

1817 Founded

5

United Kingdom | England

University of Oxford

For Astrobiology

#3 in United Kingdom #21 in the World

22% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1096 Founded

6

United Kingdom | England

Imperial College London

For Astrobiology

#4 in United Kingdom #27 in the World

41% Acceptance

17,565 Enrollment

1907 Founded

7

Switzerland | Bern

University of Bern

For Astrobiology

#1 in Switzerland #31 in the World

26% Acceptance

19,608 Enrollment

8

Switzerland | Zurich

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

For Astrobiology

#2 in Switzerland #36 in the World

8% Acceptance

23,420 Enrollment

9

Denmark | Copenhagen

University of Copenhagen

For Astrobiology

#1 in Denmark #38 in the World

37% Acceptance

33,020 Enrollment

1479 Founded

10

Netherlands | Leiden

Leiden University

For Astrobiology

#1 in Netherlands #42 in the World

30% Acceptance

33,474 Enrollment

1575 Founded

11

United Kingdom | England

University of Manchester

For Astrobiology

#5 in United Kingdom #46 in the World

40% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1824 Founded

12

Sweden | Stockholm

Stockholm University

For Astrobiology

#1 in Sweden #51 in the World

52% Acceptance

37,484 Enrollment

1878 Founded

13

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

University of Munster

For Astrobiology

#1 in Germany #54 in the World

14% Acceptance

43,728 Enrollment

1780 Founded

14

United Kingdom | England

University of Bristol

For Astrobiology

#6 in United Kingdom #59 in the World

63% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1909 Founded

15

United Kingdom | England

University of Leeds

For Astrobiology

#7 in United Kingdom #62 in the World

48% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1904 Founded

16

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

Heidelberg University – Germany

For Astrobiology

#2 in Germany #66 in the World

45% Acceptance

28,413 Enrollment

1386 Founded

17

France | Ile-de-France

Paris-Sud University

For Astrobiology

#2 in France #71 in the World

13% Acceptance

23,270 Enrollment

2014 Founded

18

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

For Astrobiology

#3 in France #75 in the World

15% Acceptance

38,007 Enrollment

1809 Founded

19

Belgium | Leuven

Catholic University of Leuven

For Astrobiology

#2 in Belgium #76 in the World

33% Acceptance

62,693 Enrollment

1425 Founded

20

United Kingdom | Scotland

University of St Andrews

For Astrobiology

#8 in United Kingdom #78 in the World

33% Acceptance

10,425 Enrollment

1413 Founded

21

Sweden | Lund

Lund University

For Astrobiology

#2 in Sweden #83 in the World

58% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1666 Founded

22

United Kingdom | England

Queen Mary University of London

For Astrobiology

#9 in United Kingdom #85 in the World

18% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1989 Founded

23

Russia | Moscow

Moscow State University

For Astrobiology

#1 in Russia #86 in the World

12% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1755 Founded

24

Austria | Vienna

University of Vienna

For Astrobiology

#1 in Austria #87 in the World

33% Acceptance

93,628 Enrollment

1365 Founded

25

Italy | Tuscany

University of Pisa

For Astrobiology

#1 in Italy #88 in the World

39% Acceptance

47,736 Enrollment

1343 Founded

26

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

University of Cologne

For Astrobiology

#3 in Germany #89 in the World

33% Acceptance

52,204 Enrollment

1388 Founded

27

Norway | Oslo

University of Oslo

For Astrobiology

#1 in Norway #94 in the World

27% Acceptance

26,650 Enrollment

1811 Founded

28

United Kingdom | England

University of Birmingham

For Astrobiology

#10 in United Kingdom #96 in the World

38% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1900 Founded

29

Italy | Lazio

Sapienza University of Rome

For Astrobiology

#2 in Italy #97 in the World

39% Acceptance

100,155 Enrollment

1303 Founded

30

Germany | Brandenburg

Free University of Berlin

For Astrobiology

#4 in Germany #98 in the World

15% Acceptance

37,908 Enrollment

1948 Founded

31

Denmark | Aarhus

Aarhus University

For Astrobiology

#2 in Denmark #100 in the World

42% Acceptance

33,020 Enrollment

1928 Founded

32

Netherlands | Amsterdam

University of Amsterdam

For Astrobiology

#2 in Netherlands #101 in the World

51% Acceptance

41,000 Enrollment

1632 Founded

33

United Kingdom | England

University of Leicester

For Astrobiology

#11 in United Kingdom #104 in the World

39% Acceptance

24,409 Enrollment

1957 Founded

34

Finland | Helsinki

University of Helsinki

For Astrobiology

#1 in Finland #105 in the World

12% Acceptance

31,312 Enrollment

1640 Founded

35

United Kingdom | Scotland

University of Edinburgh

For Astrobiology

#12 in United Kingdom #106 in the World

51% Acceptance

24,409 Enrollment

1583 Founded

36

Italy | Veneto

University of Padua

For Astrobiology

#3 in Italy #107 in the World

40% Acceptance

70,000 Enrollment

1222 Founded

37

Denmark | Kongens Lyngby

Technical University of Denmark

For Astrobiology

#3 in Denmark #112 in the World

38% Acceptance

33,020 Enrollment

1829 Founded

38

United Kingdom | England

Durham University

For Astrobiology

#13 in United Kingdom #117 in the World

46% Acceptance

19,520 Enrollment

1832 Founded

39

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

University of Bologna

For Astrobiology

#4 in Italy #120 in the World

73% Acceptance

96,945 Enrollment

1088 Founded

40

Switzerland | Geneva

University of Geneva

For Astrobiology

#3 in Switzerland #122 in the World

25% Acceptance

17,744 Enrollment

41

United Kingdom | England

University of Sheffield

For Astrobiology

#14 in United Kingdom #123 in the World

28% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1905 Founded

42

Germany | Bavaria

University of Munich

For Astrobiology

#5 in Germany #125 in the World

55% Acceptance

52,418 Enrollment

1472 Founded

43

Germany | Rhineland-Palatinate

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

For Astrobiology

#6 in Germany #127 in the World

28% Acceptance

33,132 Enrollment

1946 Founded

44

Netherlands | Utrecht

Utrecht University

For Astrobiology

#3 in Netherlands #132 in the World

22% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1636 Founded

45

United Kingdom | Scotland

University of Glasgow

For Astrobiology

#15 in United Kingdom #138 in the World

48% Acceptance

28,693 Enrollment

1451 Founded

46

Germany | Lower Saxony

Braunschweig University of Technology

For Astrobiology

#7 in Germany #142 in the World

51% Acceptance

17,794 Enrollment

1745 Founded

47

United Kingdom | England

Lancaster University

For Astrobiology

#16 in United Kingdom #152 in the World

22% Acceptance

15,555 Enrollment

1964 Founded

48

Switzerland | Lausanne

Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

For Astrobiology

#4 in Switzerland #153 in the World

23% Acceptance

12,576 Enrollment

49

Italy | Tuscany

University of Florence

For Astrobiology

#5 in Italy #154 in the World

30% Acceptance

96,945 Enrollment

1321 Founded

50

Spain | Barcelona

University of Barcelona

For Astrobiology

#1 in Spain #156 in the World

69% Acceptance

64,236 Enrollment

51

United Kingdom | England

University of Warwick

For Astrobiology

#17 in United Kingdom #158 in the World

23% Acceptance

27,278 Enrollment

1965 Founded

52

Germany | Bavaria

Technical University of Munich

For Astrobiology

#8 in Germany #161 in the World

46% Acceptance

44,000 Enrollment

1868 Founded

53

Netherlands | Delft

Delft University of Technology

For Astrobiology

#4 in Netherlands #162 in the World

50% Acceptance

24,703 Enrollment

1842 Founded

54

Sweden | Uppsala

Uppsala University

For Astrobiology

#3 in Sweden #164 in the World

69% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1477 Founded

55

Spain | Madrid

Complutense University of Madrid

For Astrobiology

#2 in Spain #169 in the World

56% Acceptance

58,390 Enrollment

1508 Founded

56

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

University of Tubingen

For Astrobiology

#9 in Germany #175 in the World

33% Acceptance

28,238 Enrollment

1477 Founded

57

Switzerland | Zurich

University of Zurich

For Astrobiology

#5 in Switzerland #181 in the World

19% Acceptance

25,732 Enrollment

58

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

Ruhr University Bochum

For Astrobiology

#10 in Germany #182 in the World

28% Acceptance

42,954 Enrollment

1962 Founded

59

United Kingdom | England

University of Reading

For Astrobiology

#18 in United Kingdom #193 in the World

37% Acceptance

11,270 Enrollment

1892 Founded

60

Germany | Thuringia

Friedrich Schiller University of Jena

For Astrobiology

#11 in Germany #194 in the World

60% Acceptance

17,345 Enrollment

1558 Founded

61

United Kingdom | England

University of Southampton

For Astrobiology

#19 in United Kingdom #195 in the World

32% Acceptance

21,335 Enrollment

1952 Founded

62

Germany | Brandenburg

Technical University of Berlin

For Astrobiology

#12 in Germany #196 in the World

23% Acceptance

34,842 Enrollment

1946 Founded

63

Germany | Lower Saxony

University of Gottingen

For Astrobiology

#13 in Germany #197 in the World

34% Acceptance

31,619 Enrollment

1734 Founded

64

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

University of Bonn

For Astrobiology

#14 in Germany #198 in the World

36% Acceptance

38,043 Enrollment

1818 Founded

65

Germany | Hesse

Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main

For Astrobiology

#15 in Germany #200 in the World

50% Acceptance

43,461 Enrollment

1914 Founded

66

Germany | Hamburg State

University of Hamburg

For Astrobiology

#16 in Germany #202 in the World

39% Acceptance

43,957 Enrollment

1919 Founded

67

Italy | Piedmont

University of Turin

For Astrobiology

#6 in Italy #204 in the World

37% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1404 Founded

68

Netherlands | Nijmegen

Radboud University

For Astrobiology

#5 in Netherlands #205 in the World

43% Acceptance

34,000 Enrollment

1923 Founded

69

United Kingdom | England

University of Exeter

For Astrobiology

#20 in United Kingdom #208 in the World

73% Acceptance

11,270 Enrollment

1955 Founded

70

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

For Astrobiology

#17 in Germany #209 in the World

26% Acceptance

23,321 Enrollment

2009 Founded

71

United Kingdom | England

University of Liverpool

For Astrobiology

#21 in United Kingdom #211 in the World

24% Acceptance

28,693 Enrollment

1881 Founded

72

Netherlands | Groningen

University of Groningen

For Astrobiology

#6 in Netherlands #214 in the World

50% Acceptance

34,000 Enrollment

1614 Founded

73

Italy | Lombardy

University of Milan

For Astrobiology

#7 in Italy #219 in the World

21% Acceptance

65,234 Enrollment

1924 Founded

74

United Kingdom | Wales

Cardiff University

For Astrobiology

#22 in United Kingdom #220 in the World

39% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1997 Founded

75

Netherlands | Amsterdam

Free University Amsterdam

For Astrobiology

#7 in Netherlands #225 in the World

45% Acceptance

41,000 Enrollment

1880 Founded

76

Netherlands | Eindhoven

Eindhoven University of Technology

For Astrobiology

#8 in Netherlands #226 in the World

50% Acceptance

13,069 Enrollment

1956 Founded

77

Germany | Schleswig-Holstein

Kiel University

For Astrobiology

#18 in Germany #229 in the World

45% Acceptance

27,468 Enrollment

1665 Founded

78

United Kingdom | England

University of Nottingham

For Astrobiology

#24 in United Kingdom #231 in the World

32% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1948 Founded

79

Italy | Campania

Federico II University of Naples

For Astrobiology

#8 in Italy #236 in the World

31% Acceptance

80,000 Enrollment

1224 Founded

80

Germany | Bavaria

University of Bayreuth

For Astrobiology

#19 in Germany #237 in the World

30% Acceptance

12,773 Enrollment

1972 Founded

81

Germany | Bavaria

University of Erlangen Nuremberg

For Astrobiology

#20 in Germany #242 in the World

46% Acceptance

39,658 Enrollment

1743 Founded

82

United Kingdom | England

University of Sussex

For Astrobiology

#25 in United Kingdom #246 in the World

35% Acceptance

17,319 Enrollment

1961 Founded

83

Netherlands | Wageningen

Wageningen University

For Astrobiology

#9 in Netherlands #247 in the World

47% Acceptance

12,819 Enrollment

1918 Founded

84

Greece | Thessaloniki

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

For Astrobiology

#1 in Greece #249 in the World

20% Acceptance

92,090 Enrollment

1925 Founded

85

Sweden | Stockholm

Karolinska Institute

For Astrobiology

#4 in Sweden #250 in the World

57% Acceptance

8,070 Enrollment

1861 Founded

86

United Kingdom | England

University of Kent

For Astrobiology

#26 in United Kingdom #255 in the World

50% Acceptance

17,319 Enrollment

1965 Founded

87

Portugal | Porto

University of Porto

For Astrobiology

#1 in Portugal #256 in the World

31% Acceptance

29,178 Enrollment

1911 Founded

88

Belgium | Louvain-la-Neuve

Catholic University of Louvain

For Astrobiology

#4 in Belgium #259 in the World

34% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1425 Founded

89

Germany | Brandenburg

Charite – Medical University of Berlin

For Astrobiology

#23 in Germany #267 in the World

38% Acceptance

9,340 Enrollment

1710 Founded

90

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

University of Stuttgart

For Astrobiology

#24 in Germany #271 in the World

48% Acceptance

22,616 Enrollment

1829 Founded

91

Germany | Brandenburg

Humboldt University of Berlin

For Astrobiology

#25 in Germany #272 in the World

34% Acceptance

36,232 Enrollment

1809 Founded

92

Norway | Trondheim

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

For Astrobiology

#2 in Norway #278 in the World

27% Acceptance

44,000 Enrollment

1996 Founded

93

Belgium | Ghent

Ghent University

For Astrobiology

#5 in Belgium #279 in the World

34% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1817 Founded

94

United Kingdom | England

University of Surrey

For Astrobiology

#28 in United Kingdom #280 in the World

32% Acceptance

16,900 Enrollment

1966 Founded

95

Sweden | Stockholm

KTH Royal Institute of Technology

For Astrobiology

#5 in Sweden #283 in the World

41% Acceptance

14,278 Enrollment

1827 Founded

96

Ireland | Dublin

University College Dublin

For Astrobiology

#1 in Ireland #288 in the World

42% Acceptance

33,321 Enrollment

1854 Founded

97

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

University of Freiburg

For Astrobiology

#26 in Germany #292 in the World

33% Acceptance

23,938 Enrollment

1457 Founded

98

Spain | Bilbao

University of the Basque Country

For Astrobiology

#3 in Spain #295 in the World

60% Acceptance

63,000 Enrollment

99

Greece | Athens

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

For Astrobiology

#2 in Greece #297 in the World

19% Acceptance

70,461 Enrollment

1837 Founded

100

Spain | Granada

University of Granada

For Astrobiology

#4 in Spain #298 in the World

53% Acceptance

56,842 Enrollment

1531 Founded

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