Best Microbiology Universities in Europe [2026 Rankings]

1

Belgium | Ghent

Ghent University

For Microbiology

#1 in Belgium #19 in the World

34% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1817 Founded

2

United Kingdom | England

University of Oxford

For Microbiology

#1 in United Kingdom #20 in the World

22% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1096 Founded

3

United Kingdom | England

University College London

For Microbiology

#2 in United Kingdom #21 in the World

36% Acceptance

42,000 Enrollment

1826 Founded

4

Denmark | Copenhagen

University of Copenhagen

For Microbiology

#1 in Denmark #27 in the World

37% Acceptance

33,020 Enrollment

1479 Founded

5

Sweden | Stockholm

Karolinska Institute

For Microbiology

#1 in Sweden #29 in the World

57% Acceptance

8,070 Enrollment

1861 Founded

6

United Kingdom | England

Imperial College London

For Microbiology

#3 in United Kingdom #32 in the World

41% Acceptance

17,565 Enrollment

1907 Founded

7

Finland | Helsinki

University of Helsinki

For Microbiology

#1 in Finland #39 in the World

12% Acceptance

31,312 Enrollment

1640 Founded

8

Netherlands | Utrecht

Utrecht University

For Microbiology

#1 in Netherlands #41 in the World

22% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1636 Founded

9

Belgium | Leuven

Catholic University of Leuven

For Microbiology

#2 in Belgium #44 in the World

33% Acceptance

62,693 Enrollment

1425 Founded

10

Switzerland | Zurich

University of Zurich

For Microbiology

#1 in Switzerland #51 in the World

19% Acceptance

25,732 Enrollment

11

Sweden | Lund

Lund University

For Microbiology

#2 in Sweden #52 in the World

58% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1666 Founded

12

Netherlands | Wageningen

Wageningen University

For Microbiology

#2 in Netherlands #53 in the World

47% Acceptance

12,819 Enrollment

1918 Founded

13

Denmark | Kongens Lyngby

Technical University of Denmark

For Microbiology

#2 in Denmark #54 in the World

38% Acceptance

33,020 Enrollment

1829 Founded

14

France | Ile-de-France

Pierre and Marie Curie University

For Microbiology

#1 in France #60 in the World

20% Acceptance

35,114 Enrollment

1150 Founded

15

Netherlands | Nijmegen

Radboud University

For Microbiology

#3 in Netherlands #61 in the World

43% Acceptance

34,000 Enrollment

1923 Founded

16

United Kingdom | England

University of Cambridge

For Microbiology

#4 in United Kingdom #62 in the World

21% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1209 Founded

17

Sweden | Gothenburg

University of Gothenburg

For Microbiology

#3 in Sweden #63 in the World

55% Acceptance

36,003 Enrollment

1891 Founded

18

Netherlands | Amsterdam

University of Amsterdam

For Microbiology

#4 in Netherlands #64 in the World

51% Acceptance

41,000 Enrollment

1632 Founded

19

Spain | Barcelona

University of Barcelona

For Microbiology

#1 in Spain #67 in the World

69% Acceptance

64,236 Enrollment

20

United Kingdom | Scotland

University of Edinburgh

For Microbiology

#5 in United Kingdom #70 in the World

51% Acceptance

24,409 Enrollment

1583 Founded

21

Netherlands | Groningen

University of Groningen

For Microbiology

#5 in Netherlands #71 in the World

50% Acceptance

34,000 Enrollment

1614 Founded

22

United Kingdom | England

University of Liverpool

For Microbiology

#6 in United Kingdom #76 in the World

24% Acceptance

28,693 Enrollment

1881 Founded

23

Germany | Bavaria

University of Munich

For Microbiology

#1 in Germany #81 in the World

55% Acceptance

52,418 Enrollment

1472 Founded

24

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

Heidelberg University – Germany

For Microbiology

#2 in Germany #88 in the World

45% Acceptance

28,413 Enrollment

1386 Founded

25

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

University of Tubingen

For Microbiology

#3 in Germany #92 in the World

33% Acceptance

28,238 Enrollment

1477 Founded

26

United Kingdom | England

University of Birmingham

For Microbiology

#7 in United Kingdom #93 in the World

38% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1900 Founded

27

United Kingdom | England

University of Manchester

For Microbiology

#8 in United Kingdom #100 in the World

40% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1824 Founded

28

United Kingdom | England

University of Nottingham

For Microbiology

#9 in United Kingdom #102 in the World

32% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1948 Founded

29

Spain | Madrid

Complutense University of Madrid

For Microbiology

#2 in Spain #103 in the World

56% Acceptance

58,390 Enrollment

1508 Founded

30

Switzerland | Bern

University of Bern

For Microbiology

#2 in Switzerland #108 in the World

26% Acceptance

19,608 Enrollment

31

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

For Microbiology

#2 in France #112 in the World

15% Acceptance

38,007 Enrollment

1809 Founded

32

United Kingdom | England

University of Bristol

For Microbiology

#10 in United Kingdom #115 in the World

63% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1909 Founded

33

Italy | Lombardy

University of Milan

For Microbiology

#1 in Italy #120 in the World

21% Acceptance

65,234 Enrollment

1924 Founded

34

Sweden | Uppsala

Uppsala University

For Microbiology

#4 in Sweden #121 in the World

69% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1477 Founded

35

Germany | Bavaria

University of Wurzburg

For Microbiology

#4 in Germany #124 in the World

23% Acceptance

27,149 Enrollment

1402 Founded

36

United Kingdom | Scotland

University of Glasgow

For Microbiology

#11 in United Kingdom #131 in the World

48% Acceptance

28,693 Enrollment

1451 Founded

37

Germany | Brandenburg

Charite – Medical University of Berlin

For Microbiology

#5 in Germany #133 in the World

38% Acceptance

9,340 Enrollment

1710 Founded

38

Portugal | Porto

University of Porto

For Microbiology

#1 in Portugal #137 in the World

31% Acceptance

29,178 Enrollment

1911 Founded

39

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

University of Bologna

For Microbiology

#2 in Italy #138 in the World

73% Acceptance

96,945 Enrollment

1088 Founded

40

United Kingdom | England

University of London

For Microbiology

#13 in United Kingdom #140 in the World

36% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1836 Founded

41

Germany | Brandenburg

Free University of Berlin

For Microbiology

#6 in Germany #142 in the World

15% Acceptance

37,908 Enrollment

1948 Founded

42

Spain | Cerdanyola del Valles

Autonomous University of Barcelona

For Microbiology

#3 in Spain #147 in the World

54% Acceptance

30,926 Enrollment

43

Germany | Bavaria

Technical University of Munich

For Microbiology

#8 in Germany #148 in the World

46% Acceptance

44,000 Enrollment

1868 Founded

44

Italy | Campania

Federico II University of Naples

For Microbiology

#3 in Italy #151 in the World

31% Acceptance

80,000 Enrollment

1224 Founded

45

Switzerland | Zurich

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

For Microbiology

#3 in Switzerland #154 in the World

8% Acceptance

23,420 Enrollment

46

United Kingdom | Wales

Cardiff University

For Microbiology

#14 in United Kingdom #155 in the World

39% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1997 Founded

47

United Kingdom | England

University of Leeds

For Microbiology

#15 in United Kingdom #157 in the World

48% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1904 Founded

48

Ireland | Cork

University College Cork

For Microbiology

#1 in Ireland #164 in the World

48% Acceptance

21,894 Enrollment

1845 Founded

49

Italy | Lazio

Sapienza University of Rome

For Microbiology

#4 in Italy #166 in the World

39% Acceptance

100,155 Enrollment

1303 Founded

50

Sweden | Umea

Umea University

For Microbiology

#5 in Sweden #167 in the World

61% Acceptance

34,237 Enrollment

1965 Founded

51

Norway | Oslo

University of Oslo

For Microbiology

#1 in Norway #169 in the World

27% Acceptance

26,650 Enrollment

1811 Founded

52

Greece | Athens

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

For Microbiology

#1 in Greece #175 in the World

19% Acceptance

70,461 Enrollment

1837 Founded

53

Belgium | Liege

University of Liege

For Microbiology

#3 in Belgium #180 in the World

34% Acceptance

27,678 Enrollment

1817 Founded

54

United Kingdom | England

University of Sheffield

For Microbiology

#16 in United Kingdom #191 in the World

28% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1905 Founded

55

Sweden | Uppsala

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

For Microbiology

#6 in Sweden #192 in the World

58% Acceptance

5,675 Enrollment

1977 Founded

56

Switzerland | Geneva

University of Geneva

For Microbiology

#5 in Switzerland #193 in the World

25% Acceptance

17,744 Enrollment

57

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

University of Cologne

For Microbiology

#9 in Germany #194 in the World

33% Acceptance

52,204 Enrollment

1388 Founded

58

Finland | Turku

University of Turku

For Microbiology

#2 in Finland #198 in the World

18% Acceptance

20,800 Enrollment

1920 Founded

59

United Kingdom | England

Newcastle University

For Microbiology

#19 in United Kingdom #199 in the World

23% Acceptance

28,693 Enrollment

1963 Founded

60

Netherlands | Leiden

Leiden University

For Microbiology

#6 in Netherlands #202 in the World

30% Acceptance

33,474 Enrollment

1575 Founded

61

Germany | Lower Saxony

Hannover Medical School

For Microbiology

#10 in Germany #203 in the World

10% Acceptance

3,843 Enrollment

1965 Founded

62

Denmark | Aarhus

Aarhus University

For Microbiology

#3 in Denmark #204 in the World

42% Acceptance

33,020 Enrollment

1928 Founded

63

Belgium | Louvain-la-Neuve

Catholic University of Louvain

For Microbiology

#4 in Belgium #207 in the World

34% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1425 Founded

64

Austria | Vienna

University of Vienna

For Microbiology

#1 in Austria #208 in the World

33% Acceptance

93,628 Enrollment

1365 Founded

65

Ireland | Dublin

Trinity College Dublin, University of Dublin

For Microbiology

#2 in Ireland #218 in the World

48% Acceptance

20,430 Enrollment

1592 Founded

66

Italy | Veneto

University of Padua

For Microbiology

#5 in Italy #219 in the World

40% Acceptance

70,000 Enrollment

1222 Founded

67

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

University of Bonn

For Microbiology

#11 in Germany #220 in the World

36% Acceptance

38,043 Enrollment

1818 Founded

68

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

University of Freiburg

For Microbiology

#12 in Germany #223 in the World

33% Acceptance

23,938 Enrollment

1457 Founded

69

Germany | Hesse

Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main

For Microbiology

#13 in Germany #225 in the World

50% Acceptance

43,461 Enrollment

1914 Founded

70

Italy | Piedmont

University of Turin

For Microbiology

#6 in Italy #226 in the World

37% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1404 Founded

71

United Kingdom | England

University of Leicester

For Microbiology

#20 in United Kingdom #233 in the World

39% Acceptance

24,409 Enrollment

1957 Founded

72

Spain | Valencia

University of Valencia

For Microbiology

#5 in Spain #234 in the World

51% Acceptance

58,390 Enrollment

73

Portugal | Lisbon

University of Lisbon

For Microbiology

#2 in Portugal #241 in the World

37% Acceptance

49,769 Enrollment

1911 Founded

74

Germany | Lower Saxony

University of Gottingen

For Microbiology

#15 in Germany #242 in the World

34% Acceptance

31,619 Enrollment

1734 Founded

75

Italy | Lombardy

Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

For Microbiology

#7 in Italy #246 in the World

40% Acceptance

23,000 Enrollment

1921 Founded

76

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

University of Munster

For Microbiology

#16 in Germany #247 in the World

14% Acceptance

43,728 Enrollment

1780 Founded

77

Italy | Tuscany

University of Florence

For Microbiology

#8 in Italy #250 in the World

30% Acceptance

96,945 Enrollment

1321 Founded

78

Germany | Rhineland-Palatinate

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

For Microbiology

#17 in Germany #254 in the World

28% Acceptance

33,132 Enrollment

1946 Founded

79

Portugal | Braga

University of Minho

For Microbiology

#3 in Portugal #255 in the World

40% Acceptance

19,077 Enrollment

1973 Founded

80

France | Ile-de-France

Paris-Sud University

For Microbiology

#4 in France #256 in the World

13% Acceptance

23,270 Enrollment

2014 Founded

81

Norway | Aas

Norwegian University of Life Sciences

For Microbiology

#2 in Norway #261 in the World

29% Acceptance

6,345 Enrollment

1859 Founded

82

Greece | Thessaloniki

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

For Microbiology

#2 in Greece #265 in the World

20% Acceptance

92,090 Enrollment

1925 Founded

83

Italy | Umbria

University of Perugia

For Microbiology

#9 in Italy #267 in the World

42% Acceptance

26,732 Enrollment

1308 Founded

84

Ireland | Dublin

University College Dublin

For Microbiology

#3 in Ireland #271 in the World

42% Acceptance

33,321 Enrollment

1854 Founded

85

Germany | Hamburg State

University of Hamburg

For Microbiology

#18 in Germany #272 in the World

39% Acceptance

43,957 Enrollment

1919 Founded

86

United Kingdom | England

Queen Mary University of London

For Microbiology

#21 in United Kingdom #275 in the World

18% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1989 Founded

87

Germany | Bavaria

University of Erlangen Nuremberg

For Microbiology

#19 in Germany #277 in the World

46% Acceptance

39,658 Enrollment

1743 Founded

88

Serbia | Belgrade

University of Belgrade

For Microbiology

#1 in Serbia #282 in the World

81% Acceptance

75,047 Enrollment

89

United Kingdom | England

University of Reading

For Microbiology

#22 in United Kingdom #285 in the World

37% Acceptance

11,270 Enrollment

1892 Founded

90

United Kingdom | England

University of Warwick

For Microbiology

#24 in United Kingdom #290 in the World

23% Acceptance

27,278 Enrollment

1965 Founded

91

France | Occitanie

University of Montpellier

For Microbiology

#5 in France #291 in the World

13% Acceptance

49,000 Enrollment

1289 Founded

92

Austria | Vienna

Medical University of Vienna

For Microbiology

#2 in Austria #296 in the World

35% Acceptance

7,915 Enrollment

2004 Founded

93

Spain | Madrid

Autonomous University of Madrid

For Microbiology

#6 in Spain #297 in the World

53% Acceptance

58,390 Enrollment

1968 Founded

94

Spain | Seville

University of Seville

For Microbiology

#7 in Spain #299 in the World

45% Acceptance

36,054 Enrollment

1505 Founded

95

Belgium | Antwerp

University of Antwerp

For Microbiology

#6 in Belgium #301 in the World

33% Acceptance

62,693 Enrollment

2003 Founded

96

Portugal | Lisbon

New University of Lisbon

For Microbiology

#4 in Portugal #304 in the World

38% Acceptance

20,077 Enrollment

1973 Founded

97

Germany | Schleswig-Holstein

Kiel University

For Microbiology

#20 in Germany #307 in the World

45% Acceptance

27,468 Enrollment

1665 Founded

98

Italy | Tuscany

University of Pisa

For Microbiology

#11 in Italy #311 in the World

39% Acceptance

47,736 Enrollment

1343 Founded

99

Netherlands | Amsterdam

Free University Amsterdam

For Microbiology

#7 in Netherlands #312 in the World

45% Acceptance

41,000 Enrollment

1880 Founded

100

Germany | Brandenburg

Humboldt University of Berlin

For Microbiology

#21 in Germany #328 in the World

34% Acceptance

36,232 Enrollment

1809 Founded

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