Best Medicine Universities in Europe [2026 Rankings]

1

United Kingdom | England

University College London

For Medicine

#1 in United Kingdom #4 in the World

36% Acceptance

42,000 Enrollment

1826 Founded

2

United Kingdom | England

University of Oxford

For Medicine

#2 in United Kingdom #16 in the World

22% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1096 Founded

3

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

Heidelberg University – Germany

For Medicine

#1 in Germany #22 in the World

45% Acceptance

28,413 Enrollment

1386 Founded

4

Sweden | Stockholm

Karolinska Institute

For Medicine

#1 in Sweden #23 in the World

57% Acceptance

8,070 Enrollment

1861 Founded

5

United Kingdom | England

University of Cambridge

For Medicine

#3 in United Kingdom #35 in the World

21% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1209 Founded

6

United Kingdom | England

Imperial College London

For Medicine

#4 in United Kingdom #40 in the World

41% Acceptance

17,565 Enrollment

1907 Founded

7

Belgium | Leuven

Catholic University of Leuven

For Medicine

#1 in Belgium #44 in the World

33% Acceptance

62,693 Enrollment

1425 Founded

8

France | Ile-de-France

Pierre and Marie Curie University

For Medicine

#1 in France #47 in the World

20% Acceptance

35,114 Enrollment

1150 Founded

9

United Kingdom | England

King’s College London

For Medicine

#5 in United Kingdom #49 in the World

43% Acceptance

42,000 Enrollment

1829 Founded

10

Germany | Brandenburg

Charite – Medical University of Berlin

For Medicine

#2 in Germany #50 in the World

38% Acceptance

9,340 Enrollment

1710 Founded

11

Denmark | Copenhagen

University of Copenhagen

For Medicine

#1 in Denmark #51 in the World

37% Acceptance

33,020 Enrollment

1479 Founded

12

Netherlands | Nijmegen

Radboud University

For Medicine

#1 in Netherlands #52 in the World

43% Acceptance

34,000 Enrollment

1923 Founded

13

Germany | Bavaria

University of Munich

For Medicine

#3 in Germany #54 in the World

55% Acceptance

52,418 Enrollment

1472 Founded

14

Netherlands | Amsterdam

University of Amsterdam

For Medicine

#2 in Netherlands #58 in the World

51% Acceptance

41,000 Enrollment

1632 Founded

15

Sweden | Lund

Lund University

For Medicine

#2 in Sweden #60 in the World

58% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1666 Founded

16

United Kingdom | England

University of Manchester

For Medicine

#6 in United Kingdom #72 in the World

40% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1824 Founded

17

Italy | Lombardy

University of Milan

For Medicine

#1 in Italy #75 in the World

21% Acceptance

65,234 Enrollment

1924 Founded

18

United Kingdom | Scotland

University of Edinburgh

For Medicine

#7 in United Kingdom #79 in the World

51% Acceptance

24,409 Enrollment

1583 Founded

19

Italy | Lazio

Sapienza University of Rome

For Medicine

#2 in Italy #89 in the World

39% Acceptance

100,155 Enrollment

1303 Founded

20

Switzerland | Zurich

University of Zurich

For Medicine

#1 in Switzerland #90 in the World

19% Acceptance

25,732 Enrollment

21

Finland | Helsinki

University of Helsinki

For Medicine

#1 in Finland #95 in the World

12% Acceptance

31,312 Enrollment

1640 Founded

22

United Kingdom | England

University of Liverpool

For Medicine

#8 in United Kingdom #96 in the World

24% Acceptance

28,693 Enrollment

1881 Founded

23

Italy | Veneto

University of Padua

For Medicine

#3 in Italy #98 in the World

40% Acceptance

70,000 Enrollment

1222 Founded

24

United Kingdom | England

University of Birmingham

For Medicine

#9 in United Kingdom #100 in the World

38% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1900 Founded

25

Germany | Hamburg State

University of Hamburg

For Medicine

#4 in Germany #101 in the World

39% Acceptance

43,957 Enrollment

1919 Founded

26

Switzerland | Bern

University of Bern

For Medicine

#2 in Switzerland #104 in the World

26% Acceptance

19,608 Enrollment

27

Netherlands | Utrecht

Utrecht University

For Medicine

#3 in Netherlands #108 in the World

22% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1636 Founded

28

Netherlands | Groningen

University of Groningen

For Medicine

#4 in Netherlands #110 in the World

50% Acceptance

34,000 Enrollment

1614 Founded

29

Austria | Vienna

Medical University of Vienna

For Medicine

#1 in Austria #111 in the World

35% Acceptance

7,915 Enrollment

2004 Founded

30

Sweden | Gothenburg

University of Gothenburg

For Medicine

#3 in Sweden #114 in the World

55% Acceptance

36,003 Enrollment

1891 Founded

31

United Kingdom | England

University of Bristol

For Medicine

#10 in United Kingdom #115 in the World

63% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1909 Founded

32

Spain | Barcelona

University of Barcelona

For Medicine

#1 in Spain #117 in the World

69% Acceptance

64,236 Enrollment

33

Germany | Lower Saxony

Hannover Medical School

For Medicine

#5 in Germany #119 in the World

10% Acceptance

3,843 Enrollment

1965 Founded

34

Netherlands | Rotterdam

Erasmus University Rotterdam

For Medicine

#5 in Netherlands #122 in the World

53% Acceptance

18,000 Enrollment

1913 Founded

35

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

University of Bologna

For Medicine

#4 in Italy #124 in the World

73% Acceptance

96,945 Enrollment

1088 Founded

36

United Kingdom | Scotland

University of Glasgow

For Medicine

#11 in United Kingdom #127 in the World

48% Acceptance

28,693 Enrollment

1451 Founded

37

Germany | Hesse

Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main

For Medicine

#6 in Germany #131 in the World

50% Acceptance

43,461 Enrollment

1914 Founded

38

Netherlands | Maastricht

Maastricht University

For Medicine

#6 in Netherlands #134 in the World

53% Acceptance

18,000 Enrollment

1976 Founded

39

Norway | Oslo

University of Oslo

For Medicine

#1 in Norway #136 in the World

27% Acceptance

26,650 Enrollment

1811 Founded

40

United Kingdom | England

University of Nottingham

For Medicine

#12 in United Kingdom #137 in the World

32% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1948 Founded

41

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf

For Medicine

#7 in Germany #138 in the World

51% Acceptance

37,473 Enrollment

1965 Founded

42

Germany | Rhineland-Palatinate

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

For Medicine

#8 in Germany #139 in the World

28% Acceptance

33,132 Enrollment

1946 Founded

43

Germany | Bavaria

Technical University of Munich

For Medicine

#9 in Germany #140 in the World

46% Acceptance

44,000 Enrollment

1868 Founded

44

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

University of Tubingen

For Medicine

#10 in Germany #143 in the World

33% Acceptance

28,238 Enrollment

1477 Founded

45

Greece | Athens

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

For Medicine

#1 in Greece #146 in the World

19% Acceptance

70,461 Enrollment

1837 Founded

46

Sweden | Uppsala

Uppsala University

For Medicine

#4 in Sweden #150 in the World

69% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1477 Founded

47

United Kingdom | England

University of Sheffield

For Medicine

#13 in United Kingdom #151 in the World

28% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1905 Founded

48

United Kingdom | England

University of Leeds

For Medicine

#14 in United Kingdom #154 in the World

48% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1904 Founded

49

Germany | Bavaria

University of Erlangen Nuremberg

For Medicine

#11 in Germany #156 in the World

46% Acceptance

39,658 Enrollment

1743 Founded

50

Denmark | Aarhus

Aarhus University

For Medicine

#2 in Denmark #158 in the World

42% Acceptance

33,020 Enrollment

1928 Founded

51

United Kingdom | England

Newcastle University

For Medicine

#15 in United Kingdom #159 in the World

23% Acceptance

28,693 Enrollment

1963 Founded

52

United Kingdom | England

University of Southampton

For Medicine

#16 in United Kingdom #160 in the World

32% Acceptance

21,335 Enrollment

1952 Founded

53

Italy | Piedmont

University of Turin

For Medicine

#5 in Italy #164 in the World

37% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1404 Founded

54

Italy | Tuscany

University of Florence

For Medicine

#6 in Italy #169 in the World

30% Acceptance

96,945 Enrollment

1321 Founded

55

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

For Medicine

#2 in France #175 in the World

15% Acceptance

38,007 Enrollment

1809 Founded

56

Italy | Campania

Federico II University of Naples

For Medicine

#7 in Italy #176 in the World

31% Acceptance

80,000 Enrollment

1224 Founded

57

Belgium | Ghent

Ghent University

For Medicine

#2 in Belgium #179 in the World

34% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1817 Founded

58

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

University of Freiburg

For Medicine

#12 in Germany #180 in the World

33% Acceptance

23,938 Enrollment

1457 Founded

59

Austria | Vienna

University of Vienna

For Medicine

#2 in Austria #182 in the World

33% Acceptance

93,628 Enrollment

1365 Founded

60

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

University of Cologne

For Medicine

#13 in Germany #184 in the World

33% Acceptance

52,204 Enrollment

1388 Founded

61

Netherlands | Leiden

Leiden University

For Medicine

#7 in Netherlands #187 in the World

30% Acceptance

33,474 Enrollment

1575 Founded

62

Netherlands | Amsterdam

Free University Amsterdam

For Medicine

#8 in Netherlands #190 in the World

45% Acceptance

41,000 Enrollment

1880 Founded

63

United Kingdom | England

University of London

For Medicine

#17 in United Kingdom #191 in the World

36% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1836 Founded

64

Spain | Cerdanyola del Valles

Autonomous University of Barcelona

For Medicine

#2 in Spain #192 in the World

54% Acceptance

30,926 Enrollment

65

Germany | Brandenburg

Free University of Berlin

For Medicine

#14 in Germany #196 in the World

15% Acceptance

37,908 Enrollment

1948 Founded

66

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

University of Bonn

For Medicine

#15 in Germany #198 in the World

36% Acceptance

38,043 Enrollment

1818 Founded

67

Germany | Lower Saxony

University of Gottingen

For Medicine

#16 in Germany #200 in the World

34% Acceptance

31,619 Enrollment

1734 Founded

68

Switzerland | Lausanne

University of Lausanne

For Medicine

#3 in Switzerland #201 in the World

31% Acceptance

16,908 Enrollment

69

Italy | Lombardy

Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

For Medicine

#8 in Italy #202 in the World

40% Acceptance

23,000 Enrollment

1921 Founded

70

Belgium | Liege

University of Liege

For Medicine

#3 in Belgium #205 in the World

34% Acceptance

27,678 Enrollment

1817 Founded

71

Sweden | Umea

Umea University

For Medicine

#5 in Sweden #206 in the World

61% Acceptance

34,237 Enrollment

1965 Founded

72

United Kingdom | England

Queen Mary University of London

For Medicine

#18 in United Kingdom #211 in the World

18% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1989 Founded

73

Germany | Schleswig-Holstein

University of Lubeck

For Medicine

#17 in Germany #215 in the World

37% Acceptance

5,968 Enrollment

1964 Founded

74

Germany | Bavaria

University of Wurzburg

For Medicine

#18 in Germany #216 in the World

23% Acceptance

27,149 Enrollment

1402 Founded

75

Italy | Tuscany

University of Pisa

For Medicine

#9 in Italy #217 in the World

39% Acceptance

47,736 Enrollment

1343 Founded

76

Switzerland | Basel

University of Basel

For Medicine

#4 in Switzerland #218 in the World

28% Acceptance

12,896 Enrollment

77

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

University of Munster

For Medicine

#19 in Germany #219 in the World

14% Acceptance

43,728 Enrollment

1780 Founded

78

United Kingdom | Wales

Cardiff University

For Medicine

#19 in United Kingdom #226 in the World

39% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1997 Founded

79

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

RWTH Aachen University

For Medicine

#20 in Germany #227 in the World

35% Acceptance

47,521 Enrollment

1870 Founded

80

Germany | Brandenburg

Humboldt University of Berlin

For Medicine

#21 in Germany #232 in the World

34% Acceptance

36,232 Enrollment

1809 Founded

81

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

University of Ulm

For Medicine

#22 in Germany #233 in the World

50% Acceptance

10,164 Enrollment

1967 Founded

82

Switzerland | Geneva

University of Geneva

For Medicine

#5 in Switzerland #235 in the World

25% Acceptance

17,744 Enrollment

83

United Kingdom | Scotland

University of Aberdeen

For Medicine

#20 in United Kingdom #238 in the World

38% Acceptance

24,409 Enrollment

1495 Founded

84

Norway | Bergen

University of Bergen

For Medicine

#2 in Norway #241 in the World

28% Acceptance

16,900 Enrollment

1946 Founded

85

Czech Republic | Prague

Charles University

For Medicine

#1 in Czech Republic #244 in the World

35% Acceptance

49,508 Enrollment

1348 Founded

86

United Kingdom | England

St George’s, University of London

For Medicine

#21 in United Kingdom #246 in the World

64% Acceptance

42,000 Enrollment

1733 Founded

87

Germany | Hesse

University of Marburg

For Medicine

#23 in Germany #248 in the World

54% Acceptance

22,612 Enrollment

1527 Founded

88

Italy | Lombardy

University of Pavia

For Medicine

#10 in Italy #253 in the World

40% Acceptance

23,849 Enrollment

1361 Founded

89

United Kingdom | England

University of Leicester

For Medicine

#22 in United Kingdom #255 in the World

39% Acceptance

24,409 Enrollment

1957 Founded

90

Switzerland | Zurich

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

For Medicine

#6 in Switzerland #263 in the World

8% Acceptance

23,420 Enrollment

91

Italy | Veneto

University of Verona

For Medicine

#11 in Italy #264 in the World

28% Acceptance

23,000 Enrollment

1959 Founded

92

Germany | Saxony

University of Leipzig

For Medicine

#24 in Germany #266 in the World

10% Acceptance

31,088 Enrollment

1409 Founded

93

Portugal | Porto

University of Porto

For Medicine

#1 in Portugal #267 in the World

31% Acceptance

29,178 Enrollment

1911 Founded

94

Finland | Turku

University of Turku

For Medicine

#2 in Finland #270 in the World

18% Acceptance

20,800 Enrollment

1920 Founded

95

Italy | Liguria

University of Genoa

For Medicine

#12 in Italy #271 in the World

39% Acceptance

36,728 Enrollment

1481 Founded

96

Germany | Hesse

University of Giessen

For Medicine

#25 in Germany #272 in the World

70% Acceptance

27,184 Enrollment

1607 Founded

97

Greece | Thessaloniki

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

For Medicine

#2 in Greece #275 in the World

20% Acceptance

92,090 Enrollment

1925 Founded

98

Belgium | Louvain-la-Neuve

Catholic University of Louvain

For Medicine

#4 in Belgium #278 in the World

34% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1425 Founded

99

Switzerland | Lausanne

Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

For Medicine

#7 in Switzerland #280 in the World

23% Acceptance

12,576 Enrollment

100

United Kingdom | Scotland

University of Dundee

For Medicine

#23 in United Kingdom #283 in the World

49% Acceptance

28,693 Enrollment

1967 Founded

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