Best Machine Learning Universities in Europe [2026 Rankings]

1

United Kingdom | England

University of Oxford

For Machine Learning

#1 in United Kingdom #10 in the World

22% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1096 Founded

2

United Kingdom | England

University College London

For Machine Learning

#2 in United Kingdom #14 in the World

36% Acceptance

42,000 Enrollment

1826 Founded

3

United Kingdom | England

University of Cambridge

For Machine Learning

#3 in United Kingdom #18 in the World

21% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1209 Founded

4

Belgium | Leuven

Catholic University of Leuven

For Machine Learning

#1 in Belgium #33 in the World

33% Acceptance

62,693 Enrollment

1425 Founded

5

United Kingdom | England

Imperial College London

For Machine Learning

#4 in United Kingdom #40 in the World

41% Acceptance

17,565 Enrollment

1907 Founded

6

Switzerland | Zurich

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

For Machine Learning

#1 in Switzerland #41 in the World

8% Acceptance

23,420 Enrollment

7

Netherlands | Amsterdam

University of Amsterdam

For Machine Learning

#1 in Netherlands #51 in the World

51% Acceptance

41,000 Enrollment

1632 Founded

8

United Kingdom | England

University of Manchester

For Machine Learning

#5 in United Kingdom #55 in the World

40% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1824 Founded

9

United Kingdom | Scotland

University of Edinburgh

For Machine Learning

#6 in United Kingdom #57 in the World

51% Acceptance

24,409 Enrollment

1583 Founded

10

Switzerland | Lausanne

Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

For Machine Learning

#2 in Switzerland #69 in the World

23% Acceptance

12,576 Enrollment

11

Germany | Bavaria

Technical University of Munich

For Machine Learning

#1 in Germany #81 in the World

46% Acceptance

44,000 Enrollment

1868 Founded

12

Netherlands | Delft

Delft University of Technology

For Machine Learning

#2 in Netherlands #83 in the World

50% Acceptance

24,703 Enrollment

1842 Founded

13

Denmark | Copenhagen

University of Copenhagen

For Machine Learning

#1 in Denmark #99 in the World

37% Acceptance

33,020 Enrollment

1479 Founded

14

United Kingdom | England

University of Bristol

For Machine Learning

#7 in United Kingdom #101 in the World

63% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1909 Founded

15

Netherlands | Utrecht

Utrecht University

For Machine Learning

#3 in Netherlands #104 in the World

22% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1636 Founded

16

United Kingdom | England

University of Sheffield

For Machine Learning

#8 in United Kingdom #105 in the World

28% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1905 Founded

17

Netherlands | Nijmegen

Radboud University

For Machine Learning

#4 in Netherlands #114 in the World

43% Acceptance

34,000 Enrollment

1923 Founded

18

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

RWTH Aachen University

For Machine Learning

#2 in Germany #123 in the World

35% Acceptance

47,521 Enrollment

1870 Founded

19

Germany | Bavaria

University of Munich

For Machine Learning

#3 in Germany #127 in the World

55% Acceptance

52,418 Enrollment

1472 Founded

20

United Kingdom | England

University of Southampton

For Machine Learning

#9 in United Kingdom #129 in the World

32% Acceptance

21,335 Enrollment

1952 Founded

21

Italy | Lombardy

Polytechnic University of Milan

For Machine Learning

#1 in Italy #133 in the World

28% Acceptance

48,645 Enrollment

1863 Founded

22

France | Ile-de-France

Pierre and Marie Curie University

For Machine Learning

#1 in France #135 in the World

20% Acceptance

35,114 Enrollment

1150 Founded

23

Finland | Helsinki

University of Helsinki

For Machine Learning

#1 in Finland #136 in the World

12% Acceptance

31,312 Enrollment

1640 Founded

24

United Kingdom | England

University of Birmingham

For Machine Learning

#10 in United Kingdom #139 in the World

38% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1900 Founded

25

Spain | Granada

University of Granada

For Machine Learning

#1 in Spain #140 in the World

53% Acceptance

56,842 Enrollment

1531 Founded

26

Denmark | Kongens Lyngby

Technical University of Denmark

For Machine Learning

#2 in Denmark #143 in the World

38% Acceptance

33,020 Enrollment

1829 Founded

27

Belgium | Ghent

Ghent University

For Machine Learning

#2 in Belgium #147 in the World

34% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1817 Founded

28

Switzerland | Zurich

University of Zurich

For Machine Learning

#3 in Switzerland #151 in the World

19% Acceptance

25,732 Enrollment

29

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

University of Freiburg

For Machine Learning

#4 in Germany #155 in the World

33% Acceptance

23,938 Enrollment

1457 Founded

30

Italy | Lazio

Sapienza University of Rome

For Machine Learning

#2 in Italy #156 in the World

39% Acceptance

100,155 Enrollment

1303 Founded

31

United Kingdom | England

University of Nottingham

For Machine Learning

#11 in United Kingdom #160 in the World

32% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1948 Founded

32

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

Heidelberg University – Germany

For Machine Learning

#5 in Germany #164 in the World

45% Acceptance

28,413 Enrollment

1386 Founded

33

Netherlands | Groningen

University of Groningen

For Machine Learning

#5 in Netherlands #165 in the World

50% Acceptance

34,000 Enrollment

1614 Founded

34

Netherlands | Rotterdam

Erasmus University Rotterdam

For Machine Learning

#6 in Netherlands #166 in the World

53% Acceptance

18,000 Enrollment

1913 Founded

35

United Kingdom | Scotland

University of Glasgow

For Machine Learning

#13 in United Kingdom #168 in the World

48% Acceptance

28,693 Enrollment

1451 Founded

36

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

University of Bologna

For Machine Learning

#3 in Italy #169 in the World

73% Acceptance

96,945 Enrollment

1088 Founded

37

Sweden | Uppsala

Uppsala University

For Machine Learning

#1 in Sweden #176 in the World

69% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1477 Founded

38

United Kingdom | England

University of Warwick

For Machine Learning

#14 in United Kingdom #177 in the World

23% Acceptance

27,278 Enrollment

1965 Founded

39

Denmark | Aarhus

Aarhus University

For Machine Learning

#3 in Denmark #180 in the World

42% Acceptance

33,020 Enrollment

1928 Founded

40

Sweden | Lund

Lund University

For Machine Learning

#2 in Sweden #182 in the World

58% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1666 Founded

41

Italy | Veneto

University of Padua

For Machine Learning

#4 in Italy #183 in the World

40% Acceptance

70,000 Enrollment

1222 Founded

42

Netherlands | Eindhoven

Eindhoven University of Technology

For Machine Learning

#7 in Netherlands #185 in the World

50% Acceptance

13,069 Enrollment

1956 Founded

43

Norway | Trondheim

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

For Machine Learning

#1 in Norway #190 in the World

27% Acceptance

44,000 Enrollment

1996 Founded

44

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

TU Dortmund University

For Machine Learning

#6 in Germany #195 in the World

59% Acceptance

34,616 Enrollment

1968 Founded

45

Germany | Hamburg State

University of Hamburg

For Machine Learning

#7 in Germany #198 in the World

39% Acceptance

43,957 Enrollment

1919 Founded

46

Sweden | Stockholm

KTH Royal Institute of Technology

For Machine Learning

#3 in Sweden #199 in the World

41% Acceptance

14,278 Enrollment

1827 Founded

47

Germany | Brandenburg

Technical University of Berlin

For Machine Learning

#8 in Germany #208 in the World

23% Acceptance

34,842 Enrollment

1946 Founded

48

United Kingdom | England

University of Leeds

For Machine Learning

#15 in United Kingdom #209 in the World

48% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1904 Founded

49

Spain | Barcelona

Technical University of Catalonia

For Machine Learning

#2 in Spain #211 in the World

51% Acceptance

29,812 Enrollment

50

United Kingdom | England

University of Liverpool

For Machine Learning

#16 in United Kingdom #212 in the World

24% Acceptance

28,693 Enrollment

1881 Founded

51

Netherlands | Leiden

Leiden University

For Machine Learning

#8 in Netherlands #213 in the World

30% Acceptance

33,474 Enrollment

1575 Founded

52

Denmark | Aalborg

Aalborg University

For Machine Learning

#4 in Denmark #215 in the World

40% Acceptance

20,353 Enrollment

1974 Founded

53

Greece | Thessaloniki

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

For Machine Learning

#1 in Greece #216 in the World

20% Acceptance

92,090 Enrollment

1925 Founded

54

Portugal | Lisbon

University of Lisbon

For Machine Learning

#1 in Portugal #219 in the World

37% Acceptance

49,769 Enrollment

1911 Founded

55

Portugal | Porto

University of Porto

For Machine Learning

#2 in Portugal #227 in the World

31% Acceptance

29,178 Enrollment

1911 Founded

56

Netherlands | Amsterdam

Free University Amsterdam

For Machine Learning

#9 in Netherlands #228 in the World

45% Acceptance

41,000 Enrollment

1880 Founded

57

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

For Machine Learning

#9 in Germany #229 in the World

26% Acceptance

23,321 Enrollment

2009 Founded

58

Greece | Athens

National Technical University of Athens

For Machine Learning

#2 in Greece #230 in the World

20% Acceptance

18,000 Enrollment

1836 Founded

59

Netherlands | Enschede

University of Twente

For Machine Learning

#10 in Netherlands #232 in the World

51% Acceptance

24,703 Enrollment

1961 Founded

60

United Kingdom | England

University of York

For Machine Learning

#17 in United Kingdom #237 in the World

20% Acceptance

27,278 Enrollment

1963 Founded

61

United Kingdom | England

London School of Economics and Political Science

For Machine Learning

#18 in United Kingdom #238 in the World

8% Acceptance

9,218 Enrollment

1895 Founded

62

United Kingdom | England

Queen Mary University of London

For Machine Learning

#19 in United Kingdom #242 in the World

18% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1989 Founded

63

Netherlands | Maastricht

Maastricht University

For Machine Learning

#11 in Netherlands #243 in the World

53% Acceptance

18,000 Enrollment

1976 Founded

64

Norway | Oslo

University of Oslo

For Machine Learning

#2 in Norway #244 in the World

27% Acceptance

26,650 Enrollment

1811 Founded

65

Sweden | Stockholm

Karolinska Institute

For Machine Learning

#4 in Sweden #248 in the World

57% Acceptance

8,070 Enrollment

1861 Founded

66

Belgium | Louvain-la-Neuve

Catholic University of Louvain

For Machine Learning

#4 in Belgium #251 in the World

34% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1425 Founded

67

Austria | Vienna

University of Vienna

For Machine Learning

#1 in Austria #254 in the World

33% Acceptance

93,628 Enrollment

1365 Founded

68

United Kingdom | England

University of Surrey

For Machine Learning

#20 in United Kingdom #258 in the World

32% Acceptance

16,900 Enrollment

1966 Founded

69

United Kingdom | England

Newcastle University

For Machine Learning

#21 in United Kingdom #260 in the World

23% Acceptance

28,693 Enrollment

1963 Founded

70

United Kingdom | England

University of Essex

For Machine Learning

#22 in United Kingdom #264 in the World

52% Acceptance

29,000 Enrollment

1964 Founded

71

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

University of Bonn

For Machine Learning

#10 in Germany #265 in the World

36% Acceptance

38,043 Enrollment

1818 Founded

72

Ireland | Dublin

University College Dublin

For Machine Learning

#1 in Ireland #267 in the World

42% Acceptance

33,321 Enrollment

1854 Founded

73

Sweden | Umea

Umea University

For Machine Learning

#5 in Sweden #268 in the World

61% Acceptance

34,237 Enrollment

1965 Founded

74

Austria | Vienna

Vienna University of Technology

For Machine Learning

#2 in Austria #272 in the World

34% Acceptance

29,341 Enrollment

1872 Founded

75

Italy | Lombardy

University of Milan

For Machine Learning

#5 in Italy #274 in the World

21% Acceptance

65,234 Enrollment

1924 Founded

76

Netherlands | Tilburg

Tilburg University

For Machine Learning

#12 in Netherlands #275 in the World

57% Acceptance

19,178 Enrollment

1927 Founded

77

United Kingdom | England

University of Exeter

For Machine Learning

#23 in United Kingdom #277 in the World

73% Acceptance

11,270 Enrollment

1955 Founded

78

Spain | Madrid

Technical University of Madrid

For Machine Learning

#3 in Spain #285 in the World

53% Acceptance

28,450 Enrollment

1971 Founded

79

Germany | Bavaria

University of Erlangen Nuremberg

For Machine Learning

#11 in Germany #287 in the World

46% Acceptance

39,658 Enrollment

1743 Founded

80

Germany | Brandenburg

Humboldt University of Berlin

For Machine Learning

#12 in Germany #291 in the World

34% Acceptance

36,232 Enrollment

1809 Founded

81

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

For Machine Learning

#2 in France #292 in the World

15% Acceptance

38,007 Enrollment

1809 Founded

82

Spain | Barcelona

University of Barcelona

For Machine Learning

#4 in Spain #296 in the World

69% Acceptance

64,236 Enrollment

83

Sweden | Linkoping

Linkoping University

For Machine Learning

#6 in Sweden #299 in the World

41% Acceptance

22,441 Enrollment

1975 Founded

84

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

University of Tubingen

For Machine Learning

#13 in Germany #300 in the World

33% Acceptance

28,238 Enrollment

1477 Founded

85

Netherlands | Wageningen

Wageningen University

For Machine Learning

#13 in Netherlands #301 in the World

47% Acceptance

12,819 Enrollment

1918 Founded

86

Belgium | Liege

University of Liege

For Machine Learning

#5 in Belgium #304 in the World

34% Acceptance

27,678 Enrollment

1817 Founded

87

United Kingdom | Wales

Cardiff University

For Machine Learning

#24 in United Kingdom #305 in the World

39% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1997 Founded

88

Italy | Trentino-South Tyrol

University of Trento

For Machine Learning

#6 in Italy #306 in the World

73% Acceptance

16,239 Enrollment

1962 Founded

89

Italy | Piedmont

Polytechnic University of Turin

For Machine Learning

#7 in Italy #308 in the World

40% Acceptance

48,645 Enrollment

1859 Founded

90

Germany | Hesse

Darmstadt University of Technology

For Machine Learning

#14 in Germany #312 in the World

56% Acceptance

24,969 Enrollment

1877 Founded

91

Italy | Tuscany

University of Florence

For Machine Learning

#8 in Italy #313 in the World

30% Acceptance

96,945 Enrollment

1321 Founded

92

Spain | Valencia

Polytechnic University of Valencia

For Machine Learning

#5 in Spain #315 in the World

50% Acceptance

28,450 Enrollment

1968 Founded

93

United Kingdom | England

Lancaster University

For Machine Learning

#25 in United Kingdom #317 in the World

22% Acceptance

15,555 Enrollment

1964 Founded

94

Italy | Campania

Federico II University of Naples

For Machine Learning

#9 in Italy #319 in the World

31% Acceptance

80,000 Enrollment

1224 Founded

95

Greece | Patras

University of Patras

For Machine Learning

#3 in Greece #324 in the World

19% Acceptance

21,000 Enrollment

1964 Founded

96

Switzerland | Bern

University of Bern

For Machine Learning

#4 in Switzerland #325 in the World

26% Acceptance

19,608 Enrollment

97

Sweden | Stockholm

Stockholm University

For Machine Learning

#7 in Sweden #332 in the World

52% Acceptance

37,484 Enrollment

1878 Founded

98

Italy | Liguria

University of Genoa

For Machine Learning

#10 in Italy #337 in the World

39% Acceptance

36,728 Enrollment

1481 Founded

99

Finland | Tampere

University of Tampere

For Machine Learning

#2 in Finland #340 in the World

12% Acceptance

18,400 Enrollment

1925 Founded

100

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

University of Stuttgart

For Machine Learning

#15 in Germany #341 in the World

48% Acceptance

22,616 Enrollment

1829 Founded

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