Best Law Universities in Europe [2026 Rankings]

1

United Kingdom | England

University of Oxford

For Law

#1 in United Kingdom #5 in the World

22% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1096 Founded

2

United Kingdom | England

University College London

For Law

#2 in United Kingdom #9 in the World

36% Acceptance

42,000 Enrollment

1826 Founded

3

United Kingdom | England

University of Cambridge

For Law

#3 in United Kingdom #15 in the World

21% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1209 Founded

4

United Kingdom | England

University of Manchester

For Law

#4 in United Kingdom #30 in the World

40% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1824 Founded

5

United Kingdom | England

London School of Economics and Political Science

For Law

#5 in United Kingdom #32 in the World

8% Acceptance

9,218 Enrollment

1895 Founded

6

Netherlands | Amsterdam

University of Amsterdam

For Law

#1 in Netherlands #36 in the World

51% Acceptance

41,000 Enrollment

1632 Founded

7

United Kingdom | Scotland

University of Edinburgh

For Law

#7 in United Kingdom #51 in the World

51% Acceptance

24,409 Enrollment

1583 Founded

8

Belgium | Leuven

Catholic University of Leuven

For Law

#1 in Belgium #52 in the World

33% Acceptance

62,693 Enrollment

1425 Founded

9

United Kingdom | England

University of Bristol

For Law

#8 in United Kingdom #57 in the World

63% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1909 Founded

10

United Kingdom | England

University of Birmingham

For Law

#9 in United Kingdom #60 in the World

38% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1900 Founded

11

United Kingdom | England

University of Nottingham

For Law

#10 in United Kingdom #63 in the World

32% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1948 Founded

12

United Kingdom | England

University of Sheffield

For Law

#11 in United Kingdom #65 in the World

28% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1905 Founded

13

United Kingdom | England

University of Warwick

For Law

#12 in United Kingdom #67 in the World

23% Acceptance

27,278 Enrollment

1965 Founded

14

United Kingdom | England

Imperial College London

For Law

#13 in United Kingdom #69 in the World

41% Acceptance

17,565 Enrollment

1907 Founded

15

Denmark | Copenhagen

University of Copenhagen

For Law

#1 in Denmark #70 in the World

37% Acceptance

33,020 Enrollment

1479 Founded

16

Netherlands | Utrecht

Utrecht University

For Law

#2 in Netherlands #71 in the World

22% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1636 Founded

17

United Kingdom | England

University of Leeds

For Law

#14 in United Kingdom #72 in the World

48% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1904 Founded

18

United Kingdom | Scotland

University of Glasgow

For Law

#15 in United Kingdom #81 in the World

48% Acceptance

28,693 Enrollment

1451 Founded

19

United Kingdom | England

University of York

For Law

#16 in United Kingdom #82 in the World

20% Acceptance

27,278 Enrollment

1963 Founded

20

Denmark | Aarhus

Aarhus University

For Law

#2 in Denmark #88 in the World

42% Acceptance

33,020 Enrollment

1928 Founded

21

Netherlands | Rotterdam

Erasmus University Rotterdam

For Law

#3 in Netherlands #89 in the World

53% Acceptance

18,000 Enrollment

1913 Founded

22

United Kingdom | England

University of London

For Law

#17 in United Kingdom #91 in the World

36% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1836 Founded

23

United Kingdom | England

University of Southampton

For Law

#18 in United Kingdom #96 in the World

32% Acceptance

21,335 Enrollment

1952 Founded

24

Norway | Oslo

University of Oslo

For Law

#1 in Norway #104 in the World

27% Acceptance

26,650 Enrollment

1811 Founded

25

United Kingdom | Wales

Cardiff University

For Law

#19 in United Kingdom #105 in the World

39% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1997 Founded

26

Netherlands | Groningen

University of Groningen

For Law

#4 in Netherlands #106 in the World

50% Acceptance

34,000 Enrollment

1614 Founded

27

Switzerland | Zurich

University of Zurich

For Law

#1 in Switzerland #108 in the World

19% Acceptance

25,732 Enrollment

28

United Kingdom | England

University of Sussex

For Law

#20 in United Kingdom #112 in the World

35% Acceptance

17,319 Enrollment

1961 Founded

29

Netherlands | Nijmegen

Radboud University

For Law

#5 in Netherlands #114 in the World

43% Acceptance

34,000 Enrollment

1923 Founded

30

Netherlands | Leiden

Leiden University

For Law

#6 in Netherlands #116 in the World

30% Acceptance

33,474 Enrollment

1575 Founded

31

Sweden | Lund

Lund University

For Law

#1 in Sweden #117 in the World

58% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1666 Founded

32

United Kingdom | England

University of Liverpool

For Law

#21 in United Kingdom #119 in the World

24% Acceptance

28,693 Enrollment

1881 Founded

33

Finland | Helsinki

University of Helsinki

For Law

#1 in Finland #121 in the World

12% Acceptance

31,312 Enrollment

1640 Founded

34

Sweden | Stockholm

Stockholm University

For Law

#2 in Sweden #128 in the World

52% Acceptance

37,484 Enrollment

1878 Founded

35

United Kingdom | England

Lancaster University

For Law

#22 in United Kingdom #129 in the World

22% Acceptance

15,555 Enrollment

1964 Founded

36

United Kingdom | England

University of Exeter

For Law

#23 in United Kingdom #134 in the World

73% Acceptance

11,270 Enrollment

1955 Founded

37

Switzerland | Zurich

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

For Law

#2 in Switzerland #135 in the World

8% Acceptance

23,420 Enrollment

38

Netherlands | Amsterdam

Free University Amsterdam

For Law

#7 in Netherlands #136 in the World

45% Acceptance

41,000 Enrollment

1880 Founded

39

United Kingdom | England

Newcastle University

For Law

#24 in United Kingdom #140 in the World

23% Acceptance

28,693 Enrollment

1963 Founded

40

United Kingdom | England

Durham University

For Law

#25 in United Kingdom #148 in the World

46% Acceptance

19,520 Enrollment

1832 Founded

41

Sweden | Uppsala

Uppsala University

For Law

#3 in Sweden #149 in the World

69% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1477 Founded

42

Netherlands | Tilburg

Tilburg University

For Law

#8 in Netherlands #150 in the World

57% Acceptance

19,178 Enrollment

1927 Founded

43

Netherlands | Maastricht

Maastricht University

For Law

#9 in Netherlands #153 in the World

53% Acceptance

18,000 Enrollment

1976 Founded

44

Netherlands | Delft

Delft University of Technology

For Law

#10 in Netherlands #157 in the World

50% Acceptance

24,703 Enrollment

1842 Founded

45

Belgium | Ghent

Ghent University

For Law

#2 in Belgium #160 in the World

34% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1817 Founded

46

United Kingdom | England

University of Leicester

For Law

#26 in United Kingdom #163 in the World

39% Acceptance

24,409 Enrollment

1957 Founded

47

Sweden | Gothenburg

University of Gothenburg

For Law

#4 in Sweden #165 in the World

55% Acceptance

36,003 Enrollment

1891 Founded

48

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

University of Bologna

For Law

#1 in Italy #166 in the World

73% Acceptance

96,945 Enrollment

1088 Founded

49

United Kingdom | England

Queen Mary University of London

For Law

#27 in United Kingdom #169 in the World

18% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1989 Founded

50

Italy | Lazio

Sapienza University of Rome

For Law

#2 in Italy #170 in the World

39% Acceptance

100,155 Enrollment

1303 Founded

51

United Kingdom | England

University of East Anglia

For Law

#28 in United Kingdom #173 in the World

22% Acceptance

24,409 Enrollment

1963 Founded

52

United Kingdom | England

University of Reading

For Law

#29 in United Kingdom #181 in the World

37% Acceptance

11,270 Enrollment

1892 Founded

53

United Kingdom | England

Loughborough University

For Law

#30 in United Kingdom #182 in the World

44% Acceptance

19,449 Enrollment

1966 Founded

54

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

Heidelberg University – Germany

For Law

#1 in Germany #183 in the World

45% Acceptance

28,413 Enrollment

1386 Founded

55

Ireland | Dublin

University College Dublin

For Law

#1 in Ireland #188 in the World

42% Acceptance

33,321 Enrollment

1854 Founded

56

Germany | Hamburg State

University of Hamburg

For Law

#2 in Germany #190 in the World

39% Acceptance

43,957 Enrollment

1919 Founded

57

Sweden | Stockholm

Karolinska Institute

For Law

#5 in Sweden #192 in the World

57% Acceptance

8,070 Enrollment

1861 Founded

58

Austria | Vienna

University of Vienna

For Law

#1 in Austria #193 in the World

33% Acceptance

93,628 Enrollment

1365 Founded

59

Switzerland | Bern

University of Bern

For Law

#3 in Switzerland #195 in the World

26% Acceptance

19,608 Enrollment

60

Germany | Bavaria

University of Munich

For Law

#3 in Germany #196 in the World

55% Acceptance

52,418 Enrollment

1472 Founded

61

United Kingdom | England

University of Kent

For Law

#32 in United Kingdom #201 in the World

50% Acceptance

17,319 Enrollment

1965 Founded

62

United Kingdom | England

University of Essex

For Law

#34 in United Kingdom #213 in the World

52% Acceptance

29,000 Enrollment

1964 Founded

63

Ireland | Dublin

Trinity College Dublin, University of Dublin

For Law

#2 in Ireland #214 in the World

48% Acceptance

20,430 Enrollment

1592 Founded

64

Denmark | Frederiksberg

Copenhagen Business School

For Law

#3 in Denmark #215 in the World

30% Acceptance

7,610 Enrollment

1917 Founded

65

Netherlands | Wageningen

Wageningen University

For Law

#11 in Netherlands #216 in the World

47% Acceptance

12,819 Enrollment

1918 Founded

66

Netherlands | Enschede

University of Twente

For Law

#12 in Netherlands #219 in the World

51% Acceptance

24,703 Enrollment

1961 Founded

67

United Kingdom | England

University of Surrey

For Law

#35 in United Kingdom #221 in the World

32% Acceptance

16,900 Enrollment

1966 Founded

68

Norway | Trondheim

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

For Law

#2 in Norway #223 in the World

27% Acceptance

44,000 Enrollment

1996 Founded

69

Italy | Lombardy

University of Milan

For Law

#3 in Italy #227 in the World

21% Acceptance

65,234 Enrollment

1924 Founded

70

France | Ile-de-France

Pierre and Marie Curie University

For Law

#1 in France #230 in the World

20% Acceptance

35,114 Enrollment

1150 Founded

71

Spain | Cerdanyola del Valles

Autonomous University of Barcelona

For Law

#1 in Spain #231 in the World

54% Acceptance

30,926 Enrollment

72

Portugal | Lisbon

University of Lisbon

For Law

#1 in Portugal #232 in the World

37% Acceptance

49,769 Enrollment

1911 Founded

73

United Kingdom | Scotland

University of St Andrews

For Law

#36 in United Kingdom #234 in the World

33% Acceptance

10,425 Enrollment

1413 Founded

74

United Kingdom | England

University of Bath

For Law

#37 in United Kingdom #237 in the World

67% Acceptance

18,857 Enrollment

1966 Founded

75

Denmark | Aalborg

Aalborg University

For Law

#4 in Denmark #238 in the World

40% Acceptance

20,353 Enrollment

1974 Founded

76

Germany | Hesse

Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main

For Law

#4 in Germany #240 in the World

50% Acceptance

43,461 Enrollment

1914 Founded

77

Spain | Barcelona

University of Barcelona

For Law

#2 in Spain #241 in the World

69% Acceptance

64,236 Enrollment

78

Italy | Veneto

University of Padua

For Law

#4 in Italy #245 in the World

40% Acceptance

70,000 Enrollment

1222 Founded

79

United Kingdom | Scotland

University of Strathclyde

For Law

#38 in United Kingdom #252 in the World

47% Acceptance

18,857 Enrollment

1964 Founded

80

Germany | Bavaria

Technical University of Munich

For Law

#5 in Germany #254 in the World

46% Acceptance

44,000 Enrollment

1868 Founded

81

Switzerland | Lausanne

Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

For Law

#4 in Switzerland #261 in the World

23% Acceptance

12,576 Enrollment

82

Russia | Moscow

National Research University Higher School of Economics

For Law

#1 in Russia #262 in the World

19% Acceptance

16,401 Enrollment

1992 Founded

83

Switzerland | Geneva

University of Geneva

For Law

#5 in Switzerland #264 in the World

25% Acceptance

17,744 Enrollment

84

Norway | Bergen

University of Bergen

For Law

#3 in Norway #268 in the World

28% Acceptance

16,900 Enrollment

1946 Founded

85

Germany | Brandenburg

Free University of Berlin

For Law

#6 in Germany #269 in the World

15% Acceptance

37,908 Enrollment

1948 Founded

86

Finland | Tampere

University of Tampere

For Law

#2 in Finland #277 in the World

12% Acceptance

18,400 Enrollment

1925 Founded

87

Sweden | Umea

Umea University

For Law

#6 in Sweden #279 in the World

61% Acceptance

34,237 Enrollment

1965 Founded

88

Sweden | Linkoping

Linkoping University

For Law

#7 in Sweden #280 in the World

41% Acceptance

22,441 Enrollment

1975 Founded

89

Spain | Madrid

Complutense University of Madrid

For Law

#3 in Spain #284 in the World

56% Acceptance

58,390 Enrollment

1508 Founded

90

United Kingdom | Northern Ireland

Ulster University

For Law

#39 in United Kingdom #285 in the World

55% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1968 Founded

91

Spain | Granada

University of Granada

For Law

#4 in Spain #286 in the World

53% Acceptance

56,842 Enrollment

1531 Founded

92

Italy | Lombardy

Polytechnic University of Milan

For Law

#5 in Italy #289 in the World

28% Acceptance

48,645 Enrollment

1863 Founded

93

Belgium | Liege

University of Liege

For Law

#3 in Belgium #290 in the World

34% Acceptance

27,678 Enrollment

1817 Founded

94

Sweden | Stockholm

KTH Royal Institute of Technology

For Law

#8 in Sweden #291 in the World

41% Acceptance

14,278 Enrollment

1827 Founded

95

United Kingdom | England

Brunel University London

For Law

#40 in United Kingdom #293 in the World

54% Acceptance

19,449 Enrollment

1966 Founded

96

Belgium | Antwerp

University of Antwerp

For Law

#4 in Belgium #297 in the World

33% Acceptance

62,693 Enrollment

2003 Founded

97

United Kingdom | England

Keele University

For Law

#41 in United Kingdom #299 in the World

52% Acceptance

24,409 Enrollment

1962 Founded

98

Spain | Valencia

University of Valencia

For Law

#5 in Spain #302 in the World

51% Acceptance

58,390 Enrollment

99

Denmark | Odense

University of Southern Denmark

For Law

#5 in Denmark #303 in the World

35% Acceptance

33,020 Enrollment

1966 Founded

100

Netherlands | Eindhoven

Eindhoven University of Technology

For Law

#13 in Netherlands #304 in the World

50% Acceptance

13,069 Enrollment

1956 Founded

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