Best Cryptography and Distributed computing Universities in Europe [2026 Rankings]

1

Switzerland | Zurich

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#1 in Switzerland #19 in the World

8% Acceptance

23,420 Enrollment

2

Switzerland | Lausanne

Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#2 in Switzerland #20 in the World

23% Acceptance

12,576 Enrollment

3

Belgium | Leuven

Catholic University of Leuven

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#1 in Belgium #24 in the World

33% Acceptance

62,693 Enrollment

1425 Founded

4

Denmark | Aarhus

Aarhus University

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#1 in Denmark #32 in the World

42% Acceptance

33,020 Enrollment

1928 Founded

5

United Kingdom | England

University of Cambridge

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#1 in United Kingdom #35 in the World

21% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1209 Founded

6

Spain | Barcelona

Technical University of Catalonia

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#1 in Spain #37 in the World

51% Acceptance

29,812 Enrollment

7

Netherlands | Eindhoven

Eindhoven University of Technology

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#1 in Netherlands #41 in the World

50% Acceptance

13,069 Enrollment

1956 Founded

8

Germany | Hesse

Darmstadt University of Technology

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#1 in Germany #43 in the World

56% Acceptance

24,969 Enrollment

1877 Founded

9

Germany | Bavaria

Technical University of Munich

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#2 in Germany #45 in the World

46% Acceptance

44,000 Enrollment

1868 Founded

10

United Kingdom | England

Imperial College London

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#2 in United Kingdom #49 in the World

41% Acceptance

17,565 Enrollment

1907 Founded

11

Sweden | Stockholm

KTH Royal Institute of Technology

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#1 in Sweden #51 in the World

41% Acceptance

14,278 Enrollment

1827 Founded

12

United Kingdom | Scotland

University of Edinburgh

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#3 in United Kingdom #58 in the World

51% Acceptance

24,409 Enrollment

1583 Founded

13

Italy | Lombardy

Polytechnic University of Milan

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#1 in Italy #63 in the World

28% Acceptance

48,645 Enrollment

1863 Founded

14

United Kingdom | England

University of York

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#4 in United Kingdom #67 in the World

20% Acceptance

27,278 Enrollment

1963 Founded

15

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

University of Bologna

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#2 in Italy #70 in the World

73% Acceptance

96,945 Enrollment

1088 Founded

16

Netherlands | Delft

Delft University of Technology

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#2 in Netherlands #72 in the World

50% Acceptance

24,703 Enrollment

1842 Founded

17

United Kingdom | England

University of Oxford

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#5 in United Kingdom #75 in the World

22% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1096 Founded

18

Germany | Brandenburg

Technical University of Berlin

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#3 in Germany #77 in the World

23% Acceptance

34,842 Enrollment

1946 Founded

19

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

Ruhr University Bochum

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#4 in Germany #85 in the World

28% Acceptance

42,954 Enrollment

1962 Founded

20

Austria | Vienna

Vienna University of Technology

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#1 in Austria #88 in the World

34% Acceptance

29,341 Enrollment

1872 Founded

21

United Kingdom | England

University College London

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#6 in United Kingdom #91 in the World

36% Acceptance

42,000 Enrollment

1826 Founded

22

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#5 in Germany #92 in the World

26% Acceptance

23,321 Enrollment

2009 Founded

23

Italy | Tuscany

University of Pisa

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#3 in Italy #96 in the World

39% Acceptance

47,736 Enrollment

1343 Founded

24

Italy | Piedmont

Polytechnic University of Turin

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#4 in Italy #104 in the World

40% Acceptance

48,645 Enrollment

1859 Founded

25

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

RWTH Aachen University

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#6 in Germany #105 in the World

35% Acceptance

47,521 Enrollment

1870 Founded

26

Italy | Lazio

Sapienza University of Rome

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#5 in Italy #108 in the World

39% Acceptance

100,155 Enrollment

1303 Founded

27

Denmark | Kongens Lyngby

Technical University of Denmark

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#2 in Denmark #119 in the World

38% Acceptance

33,020 Enrollment

1829 Founded

28

United Kingdom | England

Newcastle University

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#7 in United Kingdom #122 in the World

23% Acceptance

28,693 Enrollment

1963 Founded

29

Belgium | Louvain-la-Neuve

Catholic University of Louvain

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#2 in Belgium #123 in the World

34% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1425 Founded

30

United Kingdom | England

University of Bristol

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#8 in United Kingdom #131 in the World

63% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1909 Founded

31

Austria | Graz

Graz University of Technology

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#2 in Austria #136 in the World

41% Acceptance

16,436 Enrollment

1874 Founded

32

France | Ile-de-France

Pierre and Marie Curie University

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#2 in France #138 in the World

20% Acceptance

35,114 Enrollment

1150 Founded

33

Spain | Valencia

Polytechnic University of Valencia

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#2 in Spain #139 in the World

50% Acceptance

28,450 Enrollment

1968 Founded

34

Denmark | Aalborg

Aalborg University

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#3 in Denmark #142 in the World

40% Acceptance

20,353 Enrollment

1974 Founded

35

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

University of Stuttgart

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#7 in Germany #144 in the World

48% Acceptance

22,616 Enrollment

1829 Founded

36

Germany | Bavaria

University of Erlangen Nuremberg

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#8 in Germany #146 in the World

46% Acceptance

39,658 Enrollment

1743 Founded

37

Netherlands | Enschede

University of Twente

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#3 in Netherlands #150 in the World

51% Acceptance

24,703 Enrollment

1961 Founded

38

United Kingdom | England

Royal Holloway, University of London

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#9 in United Kingdom #155 in the World

55% Acceptance

17,319 Enrollment

1849 Founded

39

Germany | Saxony

Dresden University of Technology

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#10 in Germany #164 in the World

28% Acceptance

31,517 Enrollment

1828 Founded

40

United Kingdom | England

Lancaster University

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#10 in United Kingdom #165 in the World

22% Acceptance

15,555 Enrollment

1964 Founded

41

United Kingdom | England

University of Manchester

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#11 in United Kingdom #167 in the World

40% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1824 Founded

42

Netherlands | Amsterdam

Free University Amsterdam

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#4 in Netherlands #168 in the World

45% Acceptance

41,000 Enrollment

1880 Founded

43

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

TU Dortmund University

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#11 in Germany #172 in the World

59% Acceptance

34,616 Enrollment

1968 Founded

44

Sweden | Gothenburg

Chalmers University of Technology

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#2 in Sweden #175 in the World

79% Acceptance

10,773 Enrollment

1829 Founded

45

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

University of Mannheim

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#12 in Germany #180 in the World

27% Acceptance

11,532 Enrollment

1907 Founded

46

Belgium | Ghent

Ghent University

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#3 in Belgium #181 in the World

34% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1817 Founded

47

United Kingdom | England

University of Surrey

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#12 in United Kingdom #183 in the World

32% Acceptance

16,900 Enrollment

1966 Founded

48

United Kingdom | England

University of Southampton

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#13 in United Kingdom #199 in the World

32% Acceptance

21,335 Enrollment

1952 Founded

49

Greece | Athens

National Technical University of Athens

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#1 in Greece #200 in the World

20% Acceptance

18,000 Enrollment

1836 Founded

50

Portugal | Lisbon

University of Lisbon

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#1 in Portugal #203 in the World

37% Acceptance

49,769 Enrollment

1911 Founded

51

United Kingdom | Scotland

University of Glasgow

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#14 in United Kingdom #208 in the World

48% Acceptance

28,693 Enrollment

1451 Founded

52

Finland | Espoo

Aalto University

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#1 in Finland #214 in the World

18% Acceptance

11,440 Enrollment

2010 Founded

53

Norway | Trondheim

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#1 in Norway #216 in the World

27% Acceptance

44,000 Enrollment

1996 Founded

54

Greece | Patras

University of Patras

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#2 in Greece #218 in the World

19% Acceptance

21,000 Enrollment

1964 Founded

55

Sweden | Linkoping

Linkoping University

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#3 in Sweden #225 in the World

41% Acceptance

22,441 Enrollment

1975 Founded

56

Italy | Lombardy

University of Milan

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#7 in Italy #227 in the World

21% Acceptance

65,234 Enrollment

1924 Founded

57

Germany | Hamburg State

University of Hamburg

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#14 in Germany #230 in the World

39% Acceptance

43,957 Enrollment

1919 Founded

58

Sweden | Uppsala

Uppsala University

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#4 in Sweden #232 in the World

69% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1477 Founded

59

Netherlands | Utrecht

Utrecht University

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#5 in Netherlands #233 in the World

22% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1636 Founded

60

Germany | Schleswig-Holstein

Kiel University

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#15 in Germany #235 in the World

45% Acceptance

27,468 Enrollment

1665 Founded

61

Netherlands | Amsterdam

University of Amsterdam

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#6 in Netherlands #237 in the World

51% Acceptance

41,000 Enrollment

1632 Founded

62

Hungary | Budapest

Budapest University of Technology and Economics

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#1 in Hungary #238 in the World

40% Acceptance

20,152 Enrollment

1782 Founded

63

Spain | Getafe

Carlos III University, Madrid

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#4 in Spain #240 in the World

27% Acceptance

14,343 Enrollment

1989 Founded

64

Italy | Veneto

University of Padua

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#8 in Italy #241 in the World

40% Acceptance

70,000 Enrollment

1222 Founded

65

United Kingdom | England

University of Warwick

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#15 in United Kingdom #246 in the World

23% Acceptance

27,278 Enrollment

1965 Founded

66

Ireland | Dublin

University College Dublin

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#1 in Ireland #248 in the World

42% Acceptance

33,321 Enrollment

1854 Founded

67

United Kingdom | England

Queen Mary University of London

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#16 in United Kingdom #258 in the World

18% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1989 Founded

68

Germany | Brandenburg

Humboldt University of Berlin

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#16 in Germany #260 in the World

34% Acceptance

36,232 Enrollment

1809 Founded

69

Italy | Calabria

University of Calabria

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#9 in Italy #261 in the World

21% Acceptance

19,401 Enrollment

1972 Founded

70

Poland | Krakow

AGH University of Science and Technology

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#1 in Poland #262 in the World

52% Acceptance

19,750 Enrollment

1919 Founded

71

Finland | Tampere

University of Tampere

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#2 in Finland #264 in the World

12% Acceptance

18,400 Enrollment

1925 Founded

72

Spain | Madrid

Technical University of Madrid

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#5 in Spain #265 in the World

53% Acceptance

28,450 Enrollment

1971 Founded

73

Norway | Oslo

University of Oslo

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#2 in Norway #267 in the World

27% Acceptance

26,650 Enrollment

1811 Founded

74

Ireland | Dublin

Trinity College Dublin, University of Dublin

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#2 in Ireland #268 in the World

48% Acceptance

20,430 Enrollment

1592 Founded

75

Italy | Piedmont

University of Turin

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#10 in Italy #272 in the World

37% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1404 Founded

76

Italy | Campania

Federico II University of Naples

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#11 in Italy #274 in the World

31% Acceptance

80,000 Enrollment

1224 Founded

77

Netherlands | Groningen

University of Groningen

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#7 in Netherlands #278 in the World

50% Acceptance

34,000 Enrollment

1614 Founded

78

Germany | Lower Saxony

Braunschweig University of Technology

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#17 in Germany #280 in the World

51% Acceptance

17,794 Enrollment

1745 Founded

79

Sweden | Lund

Lund University

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#5 in Sweden #282 in the World

58% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1666 Founded

80

Germany | Rhineland-Palatinate

Technical University of Kaiserslautern

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#18 in Germany #286 in the World

30% Acceptance

13,607 Enrollment

1970 Founded

81

Finland | Oulu

University of Oulu

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#3 in Finland #296 in the World

31% Acceptance

2,900 Enrollment

1958 Founded

82

Germany | Hesse

Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#19 in Germany #297 in the World

50% Acceptance

43,461 Enrollment

1914 Founded

83

France | Ile-de-France

Paris-Sud University

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#9 in France #308 in the World

13% Acceptance

23,270 Enrollment

2014 Founded

84

Spain | Malaga

University of Malaga

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#6 in Spain #311 in the World

45% Acceptance

36,054 Enrollment

1972 Founded

85

Spain | Madrid

Complutense University of Madrid

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#7 in Spain #315 in the World

56% Acceptance

58,390 Enrollment

1508 Founded

86

Austria | Vienna

University of Vienna

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#3 in Austria #318 in the World

33% Acceptance

93,628 Enrollment

1365 Founded

87

Greece | Thessaloniki

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#3 in Greece #324 in the World

20% Acceptance

92,090 Enrollment

1925 Founded

88

Italy | Liguria

University of Genoa

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#15 in Italy #330 in the World

39% Acceptance

36,728 Enrollment

1481 Founded

89

Portugal | Porto

University of Porto

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#2 in Portugal #335 in the World

31% Acceptance

29,178 Enrollment

1911 Founded

90

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#10 in France #340 in the World

15% Acceptance

38,007 Enrollment

1809 Founded

91

Greece | Athens

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#4 in Greece #343 in the World

19% Acceptance

70,461 Enrollment

1837 Founded

92

Italy | Trentino-South Tyrol

University of Trento

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#16 in Italy #352 in the World

73% Acceptance

16,239 Enrollment

1962 Founded

93

Netherlands | Nijmegen

Radboud University

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#8 in Netherlands #353 in the World

43% Acceptance

34,000 Enrollment

1923 Founded

94

Switzerland | Geneva

University of Geneva

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#3 in Switzerland #358 in the World

25% Acceptance

17,744 Enrollment

95

Poland | Warsaw

Warsaw University of Technology

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#2 in Poland #361 in the World

71% Acceptance

27,072 Enrollment

1826 Founded

96

Portugal | Coimbra

University of Coimbra

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#3 in Portugal #365 in the World

13% Acceptance

25,580 Enrollment

1290 Founded

97

United Kingdom | England

University of Leeds

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#19 in United Kingdom #375 in the World

48% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1904 Founded

98

United Kingdom | England

University of Birmingham

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#20 in United Kingdom #377 in the World

38% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1900 Founded

99

United Kingdom | England

University of London

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#21 in United Kingdom #385 in the World

36% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1836 Founded

100

Poland | Wroclaw

Wroclaw University of Technology

For Cryptography and Distributed computing

#3 in Poland #386 in the World

30% Acceptance

27,388 Enrollment

1945 Founded

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