Best Human Rights Universities in Europe [2026 Rankings]

1

United Kingdom | England

University of Oxford

For Human Rights Law

#1 in United Kingdom #1 in the World

22% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1096 Founded

2

United Kingdom | England

London School of Economics and Political Science

For Human Rights Law

#2 in United Kingdom #2 in the World

8% Acceptance

9,218 Enrollment

1895 Founded

3

United Kingdom | England

University of Cambridge

For Human Rights Law

#3 in United Kingdom #8 in the World

21% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1209 Founded

4

Norway | Oslo

University of Oslo

For Human Rights Law

#1 in Norway #10 in the World

27% Acceptance

26,650 Enrollment

1811 Founded

5

United Kingdom | England

University College London

For Human Rights Law

#5 in United Kingdom #14 in the World

36% Acceptance

42,000 Enrollment

1826 Founded

6

United Kingdom | England

University of Essex

For Human Rights Law

#6 in United Kingdom #17 in the World

52% Acceptance

29,000 Enrollment

1964 Founded

7

Netherlands | Amsterdam

University of Amsterdam

For Human Rights Law

#1 in Netherlands #20 in the World

51% Acceptance

41,000 Enrollment

1632 Founded

8

Denmark | Copenhagen

University of Copenhagen

For Human Rights Law

#1 in Denmark #21 in the World

37% Acceptance

33,020 Enrollment

1479 Founded

9

Netherlands | Leiden

Leiden University

For Human Rights Law

#2 in Netherlands #22 in the World

30% Acceptance

33,474 Enrollment

1575 Founded

10

Netherlands | Utrecht

Utrecht University

For Human Rights Law

#3 in Netherlands #23 in the World

22% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1636 Founded

11

United Kingdom | England

University of Nottingham

For Human Rights Law

#8 in United Kingdom #28 in the World

32% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1948 Founded

12

United Kingdom | England

University of Bristol

For Human Rights Law

#9 in United Kingdom #30 in the World

63% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1909 Founded

13

United Kingdom | England

University of London

For Human Rights Law

#10 in United Kingdom #34 in the World

36% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1836 Founded

14

Switzerland | Geneva

Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

For Human Rights Law

#1 in Switzerland #36 in the World

20% Acceptance

1,141 Enrollment

15

United Kingdom | England

University of Sussex

For Human Rights Law

#11 in United Kingdom #37 in the World

35% Acceptance

17,319 Enrollment

1961 Founded

16

United Kingdom | England

University of Birmingham

For Human Rights Law

#12 in United Kingdom #38 in the World

38% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1900 Founded

17

Ireland | Galway

National University of Ireland, Galway

For Human Rights Law

#1 in Ireland #45 in the World

43% Acceptance

33,321 Enrollment

1845 Founded

18

United Kingdom | England

University of Leeds

For Human Rights Law

#13 in United Kingdom #46 in the World

48% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1904 Founded

19

United Kingdom | Northern Ireland

Ulster University

For Human Rights Law

#14 in United Kingdom #49 in the World

55% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1968 Founded

20

United Kingdom | Scotland

University of Edinburgh

For Human Rights Law

#15 in United Kingdom #50 in the World

51% Acceptance

24,409 Enrollment

1583 Founded

21

United Kingdom | England

Durham University

For Human Rights Law

#16 in United Kingdom #53 in the World

46% Acceptance

19,520 Enrollment

1832 Founded

22

Belgium | Leuven

Catholic University of Leuven

For Human Rights Law

#1 in Belgium #54 in the World

33% Acceptance

62,693 Enrollment

1425 Founded

23

United Kingdom | England

University of Warwick

For Human Rights Law

#17 in United Kingdom #56 in the World

23% Acceptance

27,278 Enrollment

1965 Founded

24

United Kingdom | England

Queen Mary University of London

For Human Rights Law

#18 in United Kingdom #57 in the World

18% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1989 Founded

25

United Kingdom | England

University of Sheffield

For Human Rights Law

#19 in United Kingdom #59 in the World

28% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1905 Founded

26

Netherlands | Tilburg

Tilburg University

For Human Rights Law

#4 in Netherlands #60 in the World

57% Acceptance

19,178 Enrollment

1927 Founded

27

United Kingdom | England

University of Liverpool

For Human Rights Law

#20 in United Kingdom #63 in the World

24% Acceptance

28,693 Enrollment

1881 Founded

28

Netherlands | Groningen

University of Groningen

For Human Rights Law

#5 in Netherlands #64 in the World

50% Acceptance

34,000 Enrollment

1614 Founded

29

Finland | Helsinki

University of Helsinki

For Human Rights Law

#1 in Finland #66 in the World

12% Acceptance

31,312 Enrollment

1640 Founded

30

Netherlands | Rotterdam

Erasmus University Rotterdam

For Human Rights Law

#6 in Netherlands #72 in the World

53% Acceptance

18,000 Enrollment

1913 Founded

31

United Kingdom | Scotland

University of Glasgow

For Human Rights Law

#21 in United Kingdom #77 in the World

48% Acceptance

28,693 Enrollment

1451 Founded

32

Belgium | Ghent

Ghent University

For Human Rights Law

#2 in Belgium #78 in the World

34% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1817 Founded

33

Sweden | Lund

Lund University

For Human Rights Law

#1 in Sweden #79 in the World

58% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1666 Founded

34

United Kingdom | England

University of Manchester

For Human Rights Law

#22 in United Kingdom #85 in the World

40% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1824 Founded

35

United Kingdom | England

SOAS, University of London

For Human Rights Law

#23 in United Kingdom #87 in the World

44% Acceptance

6,295 Enrollment

1916 Founded

36

Netherlands | Amsterdam

Free University Amsterdam

For Human Rights Law

#7 in Netherlands #88 in the World

45% Acceptance

41,000 Enrollment

1880 Founded

37

United Kingdom | England

Brunel University London

For Human Rights Law

#24 in United Kingdom #89 in the World

54% Acceptance

19,449 Enrollment

1966 Founded

38

Netherlands | Nijmegen

Radboud University

For Human Rights Law

#8 in Netherlands #92 in the World

43% Acceptance

34,000 Enrollment

1923 Founded

39

Switzerland | Zurich

University of Zurich

For Human Rights Law

#2 in Switzerland #99 in the World

19% Acceptance

25,732 Enrollment

40

Switzerland | Geneva

University of Geneva

For Human Rights Law

#3 in Switzerland #100 in the World

25% Acceptance

17,744 Enrollment

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