Best Game design Universities in Europe [2026 Rankings]

1

United Kingdom | England

University College London

For Game Design and Development

#1 in United Kingdom #4 in the World

36% Acceptance

42,000 Enrollment

1826 Founded

2

Switzerland | Lausanne

Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

For Game Design and Development

#1 in Switzerland #16 in the World

23% Acceptance

12,576 Enrollment

3

Netherlands | Delft

Delft University of Technology

For Game Design and Development

#1 in Netherlands #19 in the World

50% Acceptance

24,703 Enrollment

1842 Founded

4

Finland | Tampere

University of Tampere

For Game Design and Development

#1 in Finland #21 in the World

12% Acceptance

18,400 Enrollment

1925 Founded

5

United Kingdom | England

University of Nottingham

For Game Design and Development

#2 in United Kingdom #22 in the World

32% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1948 Founded

6

Spain | Barcelona

University of Barcelona

For Game Design and Development

#1 in Spain #23 in the World

69% Acceptance

64,236 Enrollment

7

Denmark | Copenhagen

IT University of Copenhagen

For Game Design and Development

#1 in Denmark #26 in the World

23% Acceptance

2,500 Enrollment

1999 Founded

8

Germany | Hamburg State

University of Hamburg

For Game Design and Development

#1 in Germany #28 in the World

39% Acceptance

43,957 Enrollment

1919 Founded

9

United Kingdom | England

Imperial College London

For Game Design and Development

#3 in United Kingdom #33 in the World

41% Acceptance

17,565 Enrollment

1907 Founded

10

Denmark | Aalborg

Aalborg University

For Game Design and Development

#2 in Denmark #34 in the World

40% Acceptance

20,353 Enrollment

1974 Founded

11

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

RWTH Aachen University

For Game Design and Development

#2 in Germany #37 in the World

35% Acceptance

47,521 Enrollment

1870 Founded

12

Spain | Valencia

Polytechnic University of Valencia

For Game Design and Development

#2 in Spain #48 in the World

50% Acceptance

28,450 Enrollment

1968 Founded

13

Denmark | Copenhagen

University of Copenhagen

For Game Design and Development

#3 in Denmark #49 in the World

37% Acceptance

33,020 Enrollment

1479 Founded

14

Netherlands | Amsterdam

University of Amsterdam

For Game Design and Development

#2 in Netherlands #53 in the World

51% Acceptance

41,000 Enrollment

1632 Founded

15

Switzerland | Zurich

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

For Game Design and Development

#2 in Switzerland #54 in the World

8% Acceptance

23,420 Enrollment

16

Italy | Lombardy

Polytechnic University of Milan

For Game Design and Development

#1 in Italy #60 in the World

28% Acceptance

48,645 Enrollment

1863 Founded

17

Greece | Patras

University of Patras

For Game Design and Development

#1 in Greece #66 in the World

19% Acceptance

21,000 Enrollment

1964 Founded

18

Germany | Bavaria

Technical University of Munich

For Game Design and Development

#3 in Germany #68 in the World

46% Acceptance

44,000 Enrollment

1868 Founded

19

Austria | Graz

Graz University of Technology

For Game Design and Development

#1 in Austria #69 in the World

41% Acceptance

16,436 Enrollment

1874 Founded

20

United Kingdom | England

Nottingham Trent University

For Game Design and Development

#4 in United Kingdom #70 in the World

22% Acceptance

19,710 Enrollment

1992 Founded

21

Germany | Bavaria

University of Wurzburg

For Game Design and Development

#4 in Germany #72 in the World

23% Acceptance

27,149 Enrollment

1402 Founded

22

Netherlands | Utrecht

Utrecht University

For Game Design and Development

#3 in Netherlands #73 in the World

22% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1636 Founded

23

United Kingdom | Scotland

University of Glasgow

For Game Design and Development

#5 in United Kingdom #74 in the World

48% Acceptance

28,693 Enrollment

1451 Founded

24

Germany | Bavaria

University of Munich

For Game Design and Development

#5 in Germany #77 in the World

55% Acceptance

52,418 Enrollment

1472 Founded

25

Netherlands | Eindhoven

Eindhoven University of Technology

For Game Design and Development

#4 in Netherlands #82 in the World

50% Acceptance

13,069 Enrollment

1956 Founded

26

Netherlands | Enschede

University of Twente

For Game Design and Development

#5 in Netherlands #83 in the World

51% Acceptance

24,703 Enrollment

1961 Founded

27

Norway | Trondheim

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

For Game Design and Development

#1 in Norway #85 in the World

27% Acceptance

44,000 Enrollment

1996 Founded

28

United Kingdom | England

University of Manchester

For Game Design and Development

#6 in United Kingdom #88 in the World

40% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1824 Founded

29

Denmark | Aarhus

Aarhus University

For Game Design and Development

#4 in Denmark #91 in the World

42% Acceptance

33,020 Enrollment

1928 Founded

30

United Kingdom | England

University of Oxford

For Game Design and Development

#7 in United Kingdom #92 in the World

22% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1096 Founded

31

Germany | Hesse

Darmstadt University of Technology

For Game Design and Development

#6 in Germany #99 in the World

56% Acceptance

24,969 Enrollment

1877 Founded

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