Best Entrepreneurship Universities in Europe [2026 Rankings]

1

Netherlands | Rotterdam

Erasmus University Rotterdam

For Entrepreneurship

#1 in Netherlands #1 in the World

53% Acceptance

18,000 Enrollment

1913 Founded

2

Denmark | Frederiksberg

Copenhagen Business School

For Entrepreneurship

#1 in Denmark #2 in the World

30% Acceptance

7,610 Enrollment

1917 Founded

3

Netherlands | Amsterdam

University of Amsterdam

For Entrepreneurship

#2 in Netherlands #13 in the World

51% Acceptance

41,000 Enrollment

1632 Founded

4

Switzerland | St. Gallen

University of St. Gallen

For Entrepreneurship

#1 in Switzerland #14 in the World

33% Acceptance

7,666 Enrollment

5

Netherlands | Utrecht

Utrecht University

For Entrepreneurship

#3 in Netherlands #15 in the World

22% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1636 Founded

6

United Kingdom | England

University of Nottingham

For Entrepreneurship

#1 in United Kingdom #17 in the World

32% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1948 Founded

7

Spain | Cerdanyola del Valles

Autonomous University of Barcelona

For Entrepreneurship

#1 in Spain #18 in the World

54% Acceptance

30,926 Enrollment

8

Spain | Valencia

University of Valencia

For Entrepreneurship

#2 in Spain #19 in the World

51% Acceptance

58,390 Enrollment

9

United Kingdom | England

University of Cambridge

For Entrepreneurship

#2 in United Kingdom #23 in the World

21% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1209 Founded

10

United Kingdom | England

Durham University

For Entrepreneurship

#3 in United Kingdom #24 in the World

46% Acceptance

19,520 Enrollment

1832 Founded

11

United Kingdom | England

University of Sheffield

For Entrepreneurship

#4 in United Kingdom #25 in the World

28% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1905 Founded

12

United Kingdom | England

Imperial College London

For Entrepreneurship

#5 in United Kingdom #32 in the World

41% Acceptance

17,565 Enrollment

1907 Founded

13

United Kingdom | England

University of Warwick

For Entrepreneurship

#6 in United Kingdom #33 in the World

23% Acceptance

27,278 Enrollment

1965 Founded

14

Italy | Lombardy

Polytechnic University of Milan

For Entrepreneurship

#1 in Italy #34 in the World

28% Acceptance

48,645 Enrollment

1863 Founded

15

Sweden | Stockholm

Stockholm School of Economics

For Entrepreneurship

#2 in Sweden #36 in the World

48% Acceptance

1,830 Enrollment

1909 Founded

16

United Kingdom | Scotland

University of Strathclyde

For Entrepreneurship

#7 in United Kingdom #39 in the World

47% Acceptance

18,857 Enrollment

1964 Founded

17

United Kingdom | England

London School of Economics and Political Science

For Entrepreneurship

#8 in United Kingdom #40 in the World

8% Acceptance

9,218 Enrollment

1895 Founded

18

Spain | Seville

University of Seville

For Entrepreneurship

#3 in Spain #43 in the World

45% Acceptance

36,054 Enrollment

1505 Founded

19

Denmark | Odense

University of Southern Denmark

For Entrepreneurship

#2 in Denmark #44 in the World

35% Acceptance

33,020 Enrollment

1966 Founded

20

Denmark | Aarhus

Aarhus University

For Entrepreneurship

#3 in Denmark #48 in the World

42% Acceptance

33,020 Enrollment

1928 Founded

21

United Kingdom | England

University of Oxford

For Entrepreneurship

#9 in United Kingdom #51 in the World

22% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1096 Founded

22

Netherlands | Amsterdam

Free University Amsterdam

For Entrepreneurship

#4 in Netherlands #52 in the World

45% Acceptance

41,000 Enrollment

1880 Founded

23

Sweden | Lund

Lund University

For Entrepreneurship

#3 in Sweden #54 in the World

58% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1666 Founded

24

Belgium | Leuven

Catholic University of Leuven

For Entrepreneurship

#1 in Belgium #56 in the World

33% Acceptance

62,693 Enrollment

1425 Founded

25

United Kingdom | England

Lancaster University

For Entrepreneurship

#10 in United Kingdom #57 in the World

22% Acceptance

15,555 Enrollment

1964 Founded

26

Finland | Lappeenranta

Lappeenranta University of Technology

For Entrepreneurship

#1 in Finland #63 in the World

28% Acceptance

5,300 Enrollment

1969 Founded

27

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

University of Bologna

For Entrepreneurship

#2 in Italy #69 in the World

73% Acceptance

96,945 Enrollment

1088 Founded

28

United Kingdom | England

University of Manchester

For Entrepreneurship

#11 in United Kingdom #77 in the World

40% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1824 Founded

29

Italy | Lombardy

Bocconi University

For Entrepreneurship

#3 in Italy #78 in the World

23% Acceptance

9,080 Enrollment

1902 Founded

30

United Kingdom | England

London Business School

For Entrepreneurship

#12 in United Kingdom #79 in the World

25% Acceptance

4,000 Enrollment

1964 Founded

31

Germany | Bavaria

Technical University of Munich

For Entrepreneurship

#3 in Germany #80 in the World

46% Acceptance

44,000 Enrollment

1868 Founded

32

Denmark | Aalborg

Aalborg University

For Entrepreneurship

#4 in Denmark #83 in the World

40% Acceptance

20,353 Enrollment

1974 Founded

33

Finland | Espoo

Aalto University

For Entrepreneurship

#2 in Finland #84 in the World

18% Acceptance

11,440 Enrollment

2010 Founded

34

Netherlands | Groningen

University of Groningen

For Entrepreneurship

#5 in Netherlands #85 in the World

50% Acceptance

34,000 Enrollment

1614 Founded

35

Sweden | Stockholm

KTH Royal Institute of Technology

For Entrepreneurship

#4 in Sweden #86 in the World

41% Acceptance

14,278 Enrollment

1827 Founded

36

United Kingdom | Scotland

University of Edinburgh

For Entrepreneurship

#13 in United Kingdom #87 in the World

51% Acceptance

24,409 Enrollment

1583 Founded

37

United Kingdom | England

University of Sussex

For Entrepreneurship

#14 in United Kingdom #89 in the World

35% Acceptance

17,319 Enrollment

1961 Founded

38

Netherlands | Tilburg

Tilburg University

For Entrepreneurship

#6 in Netherlands #93 in the World

57% Acceptance

19,178 Enrollment

1927 Founded

39

Spain | Valencia

Polytechnic University of Valencia

For Entrepreneurship

#5 in Spain #95 in the World

50% Acceptance

28,450 Enrollment

1968 Founded

40

United Kingdom | England

University of Reading

For Entrepreneurship

#15 in United Kingdom #96 in the World

37% Acceptance

11,270 Enrollment

1892 Founded

41

Netherlands | Maastricht

Maastricht University

For Entrepreneurship

#7 in Netherlands #100 in the World

53% Acceptance

18,000 Enrollment

1976 Founded

42

United Kingdom | Northern Ireland

Ulster University

For Entrepreneurship

#16 in United Kingdom #101 in the World

55% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1968 Founded

43

Netherlands | Wageningen

Wageningen University

For Entrepreneurship

#8 in Netherlands #106 in the World

47% Acceptance

12,819 Enrollment

1918 Founded

44

United Kingdom | England

University of Southampton

For Entrepreneurship

#17 in United Kingdom #109 in the World

32% Acceptance

21,335 Enrollment

1952 Founded

45

United Kingdom | England

University of Leeds

For Entrepreneurship

#18 in United Kingdom #110 in the World

48% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1904 Founded

46

United Kingdom | England

University College London

For Entrepreneurship

#19 in United Kingdom #112 in the World

36% Acceptance

42,000 Enrollment

1826 Founded

47

Finland | Turku

University of Turku

For Entrepreneurship

#3 in Finland #120 in the World

18% Acceptance

20,800 Enrollment

1920 Founded

48

United Kingdom | England

Newcastle University

For Entrepreneurship

#21 in United Kingdom #122 in the World

23% Acceptance

28,693 Enrollment

1963 Founded

49

United Kingdom | Scotland

University of Glasgow

For Entrepreneurship

#22 in United Kingdom #124 in the World

48% Acceptance

28,693 Enrollment

1451 Founded

50

United Kingdom | England

University of Birmingham

For Entrepreneurship

#23 in United Kingdom #126 in the World

38% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1900 Founded

51

Austria | Vienna

Vienna University of Economics and Business

For Entrepreneurship

#1 in Austria #129 in the World

31% Acceptance

22,392 Enrollment

1975 Founded

52

Sweden | Linkoping

Linkoping University

For Entrepreneurship

#5 in Sweden #130 in the World

41% Acceptance

22,441 Enrollment

1975 Founded

53

Sweden | Gothenburg

Chalmers University of Technology

For Entrepreneurship

#6 in Sweden #132 in the World

79% Acceptance

10,773 Enrollment

1829 Founded

54

Sweden | Uppsala

Uppsala University

For Entrepreneurship

#7 in Sweden #145 in the World

69% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1477 Founded

55

United Kingdom | Wales

Cardiff University

For Entrepreneurship

#24 in United Kingdom #146 in the World

39% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1997 Founded

56

Belgium | Ghent

Ghent University

For Entrepreneurship

#2 in Belgium #149 in the World

34% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1817 Founded

57

Russia | Moscow

National Research University Higher School of Economics

For Entrepreneurship

#1 in Russia #151 in the World

19% Acceptance

16,401 Enrollment

1992 Founded

58

Sweden | Lulea

Lulea University of Technology

For Entrepreneurship

#8 in Sweden #152 in the World

53% Acceptance

19,155 Enrollment

1997 Founded

59

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

University of Hohenheim

For Entrepreneurship

#5 in Germany #159 in the World

34% Acceptance

8,392 Enrollment

1818 Founded

60

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

RWTH Aachen University

For Entrepreneurship

#6 in Germany #160 in the World

35% Acceptance

47,521 Enrollment

1870 Founded

61

United Kingdom | England

Brunel University London

For Entrepreneurship

#25 in United Kingdom #163 in the World

54% Acceptance

19,449 Enrollment

1966 Founded

62

Italy | Piedmont

University of Turin

For Entrepreneurship

#5 in Italy #164 in the World

37% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1404 Founded

63

Finland | Jyvaskyla

University of Jyvaskyla

For Entrepreneurship

#4 in Finland #166 in the World

60% Acceptance

13,870 Enrollment

1934 Founded

64

Portugal | Lisbon

University of Lisbon

For Entrepreneurship

#2 in Portugal #167 in the World

37% Acceptance

49,769 Enrollment

1911 Founded

65

Spain | Madrid

Complutense University of Madrid

For Entrepreneurship

#7 in Spain #170 in the World

56% Acceptance

58,390 Enrollment

1508 Founded

66

United Kingdom | England

Manchester Metropolitan University

For Entrepreneurship

#26 in United Kingdom #172 in the World

53% Acceptance

22,980 Enrollment

1992 Founded

67

Spain | Granada

University of Granada

For Entrepreneurship

#8 in Spain #173 in the World

53% Acceptance

56,842 Enrollment

1531 Founded

68

Belgium | Louvain-la-Neuve

Catholic University of Louvain

For Entrepreneurship

#3 in Belgium #175 in the World

34% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1425 Founded

69

Netherlands | Enschede

University of Twente

For Entrepreneurship

#9 in Netherlands #179 in the World

51% Acceptance

24,703 Enrollment

1961 Founded

70

Russia | Saint Petersburg

St. Petersburg State University

For Entrepreneurship

#2 in Russia #189 in the World

14% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1724 Founded

71

United Kingdom | England

University of Liverpool

For Entrepreneurship

#29 in United Kingdom #195 in the World

24% Acceptance

28,693 Enrollment

1881 Founded

72

United Kingdom | England

Nottingham Trent University

For Entrepreneurship

#30 in United Kingdom #196 in the World

22% Acceptance

19,710 Enrollment

1992 Founded

73

United Kingdom | England

University of Surrey

For Entrepreneurship

#32 in United Kingdom #201 in the World

32% Acceptance

16,900 Enrollment

1966 Founded

74

Belgium | Liege

University of Liege

For Entrepreneurship

#4 in Belgium #203 in the World

34% Acceptance

27,678 Enrollment

1817 Founded

75

United Kingdom | England

Loughborough University

For Entrepreneurship

#34 in United Kingdom #212 in the World

44% Acceptance

19,449 Enrollment

1966 Founded

76

United Kingdom | England

University of Bath

For Entrepreneurship

#35 in United Kingdom #214 in the World

67% Acceptance

18,857 Enrollment

1966 Founded

77

Norway | Trondheim

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

For Entrepreneurship

#1 in Norway #222 in the World

27% Acceptance

44,000 Enrollment

1996 Founded

78

Norway | Bergen

Norwegian School of Economics

For Entrepreneurship

#2 in Norway #225 in the World

12% Acceptance

3,453 Enrollment

1936 Founded

79

Netherlands | Eindhoven

Eindhoven University of Technology

For Entrepreneurship

#10 in Netherlands #229 in the World

50% Acceptance

13,069 Enrollment

1956 Founded

80

United Kingdom | England

Royal Holloway, University of London

For Entrepreneurship

#41 in United Kingdom #240 in the World

55% Acceptance

17,319 Enrollment

1849 Founded

81

Sweden | Gothenburg

University of Gothenburg

For Entrepreneurship

#9 in Sweden #243 in the World

55% Acceptance

36,003 Enrollment

1891 Founded

82

United Kingdom | England

University of Essex

For Entrepreneurship

#42 in United Kingdom #247 in the World

52% Acceptance

29,000 Enrollment

1964 Founded

83

Sweden | Umea

Umea University

For Entrepreneurship

#10 in Sweden #261 in the World

61% Acceptance

34,237 Enrollment

1965 Founded

84

Switzerland | Lausanne

Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

For Entrepreneurship

#2 in Switzerland #267 in the World

23% Acceptance

12,576 Enrollment

85

Sweden | Stockholm

Stockholm University

For Entrepreneurship

#11 in Sweden #280 in the World

52% Acceptance

37,484 Enrollment

1878 Founded

86

Netherlands | Delft

Delft University of Technology

For Entrepreneurship

#11 in Netherlands #281 in the World

50% Acceptance

24,703 Enrollment

1842 Founded

87

Italy | Lazio

Sapienza University of Rome

For Entrepreneurship

#8 in Italy #282 in the World

39% Acceptance

100,155 Enrollment

1303 Founded

88

Portugal | Braga

University of Minho

For Entrepreneurship

#3 in Portugal #287 in the World

40% Acceptance

19,077 Enrollment

1973 Founded

89

Portugal | Aveiro

University of Aveiro

For Entrepreneurship

#4 in Portugal #288 in the World

60% Acceptance

13,000 Enrollment

1973 Founded

90

Switzerland | Zurich

University of Zurich

For Entrepreneurship

#3 in Switzerland #293 in the World

19% Acceptance

25,732 Enrollment

91

Portugal | Porto

University of Porto

For Entrepreneurship

#5 in Portugal #299 in the World

31% Acceptance

29,178 Enrollment

1911 Founded

92

Poland | Warsaw

University of Warsaw

For Entrepreneurship

#2 in Poland #300 in the World

25% Acceptance

42,700 Enrollment

1816 Founded

93

Germany | Bavaria

University of Munich

For Entrepreneurship

#12 in Germany #304 in the World

55% Acceptance

52,418 Enrollment

1472 Founded

94

Italy | Trentino-South Tyrol

University of Trento

For Entrepreneurship

#10 in Italy #313 in the World

73% Acceptance

16,239 Enrollment

1962 Founded

95

United Kingdom | England

City, University of London

For Entrepreneurship

#46 in United Kingdom #314 in the World

55% Acceptance

22,980 Enrollment

1966 Founded

96

Germany | Bremen State

University of Bremen

For Entrepreneurship

#14 in Germany #319 in the World

52% Acceptance

17,984 Enrollment

1971 Founded

97

Germany | Bavaria

University of Bayreuth

For Entrepreneurship

#15 in Germany #327 in the World

30% Acceptance

12,773 Enrollment

1972 Founded

98

United Kingdom | England

University of Exeter

For Entrepreneurship

#47 in United Kingdom #335 in the World

73% Acceptance

11,270 Enrollment

1955 Founded

99

Switzerland | Zurich

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

For Entrepreneurship

#4 in Switzerland #339 in the World

8% Acceptance

23,420 Enrollment

100

Ireland | Cork

University College Cork

For Entrepreneurship

#2 in Ireland #341 in the World

48% Acceptance

21,894 Enrollment

1845 Founded

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