Best Molecular Universities in Europe [2026 Rankings]

1

Germany | Bavaria

Technical University of Munich

For Molecular

#13 in Germany #128 in the World

46% Acceptance

44,000 Enrollment

1868 Founded

2

United Kingdom | England

University of Cambridge

For Molecular

#2 in United Kingdom #31 in the World

21% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1209 Founded

3

United Kingdom | England

University of Oxford

For Molecular

#1 in United Kingdom #24 in the World

22% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1096 Founded

4

France | Ile-de-France

Pierre and Marie Curie University

For Molecular

#1 in France #60 in the World

20% Acceptance

35,114 Enrollment

1150 Founded

5

Germany | Hesse

Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main

For Molecular

#10 in Germany #107 in the World

50% Acceptance

43,461 Enrollment

1914 Founded

6

United Kingdom | England

Imperial College London

For Molecular

#5 in United Kingdom #77 in the World

41% Acceptance

17,565 Enrollment

1907 Founded

7

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

Heidelberg University – Germany

For Molecular

#1 in Germany #19 in the World

45% Acceptance

28,413 Enrollment

1386 Founded

8

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

University of Bonn

For Molecular

#15 in Germany #141 in the World

36% Acceptance

38,043 Enrollment

1818 Founded

9

Germany | Rhineland-Palatinate

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

For Molecular

#7 in Germany #99 in the World

28% Acceptance

33,132 Enrollment

1946 Founded

10

Denmark | Aarhus

Aarhus University

For Molecular

#2 in Denmark #150 in the World

42% Acceptance

33,020 Enrollment

1928 Founded

11

Sweden | Uppsala

Uppsala University

For Molecular

#3 in Sweden #90 in the World

69% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1477 Founded

12

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

University of Munster

For Molecular

#20 in Germany #157 in the World

14% Acceptance

43,728 Enrollment

1780 Founded

13

Sweden | Lund

Lund University

For Molecular

#2 in Sweden #55 in the World

58% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1666 Founded

14

Germany | Brandenburg

Free University of Berlin

For Molecular

#11 in Germany #111 in the World

15% Acceptance

37,908 Enrollment

1948 Founded

15

Germany | Bavaria

University of Munich

For Molecular

#2 in Germany #32 in the World

55% Acceptance

52,418 Enrollment

1472 Founded

16

Germany | Lower Saxony

Hannover Medical School

For Molecular

#6 in Germany #98 in the World

10% Acceptance

3,843 Enrollment

1965 Founded

17

United Kingdom | England

University College London

For Molecular

#3 in United Kingdom #34 in the World

36% Acceptance

42,000 Enrollment

1826 Founded

18

United Kingdom | England

University of Manchester

For Molecular

#7 in United Kingdom #137 in the World

40% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1824 Founded

19

Austria | Innsbruck

University of Innsbruck

For Molecular

#2 in Austria #223 in the World

34% Acceptance

28,278 Enrollment

1669 Founded

20

Spain | Madrid

Autonomous University of Madrid

For Molecular

#1 in Spain #131 in the World

53% Acceptance

58,390 Enrollment

1968 Founded

21

Germany | Hamburg State

University of Hamburg

For Molecular

#12 in Germany #115 in the World

39% Acceptance

43,957 Enrollment

1919 Founded

22

Belgium | Leuven

Catholic University of Leuven

For Molecular

#1 in Belgium #73 in the World

33% Acceptance

62,693 Enrollment

1425 Founded

23

Germany | Bavaria

University of Erlangen Nuremberg

For Molecular

#16 in Germany #145 in the World

46% Acceptance

39,658 Enrollment

1743 Founded

24

Finland | Helsinki

University of Helsinki

For Molecular

#1 in Finland #81 in the World

12% Acceptance

31,312 Enrollment

1640 Founded

25

Netherlands | Groningen

University of Groningen

For Molecular

#6 in Netherlands #227 in the World

50% Acceptance

34,000 Enrollment

1614 Founded

26

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

For Molecular

#2 in France #151 in the World

15% Acceptance

38,007 Enrollment

1809 Founded

27

Netherlands | Amsterdam

Free University Amsterdam

For Molecular

#7 in Netherlands #271 in the World

45% Acceptance

41,000 Enrollment

1880 Founded

28

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

University of Cologne

For Molecular

#5 in Germany #94 in the World

33% Acceptance

52,204 Enrollment

1388 Founded

29

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

University of Tubingen

For Molecular

#3 in Germany #70 in the World

33% Acceptance

28,238 Enrollment

1477 Founded

30

Denmark | Copenhagen

University of Copenhagen

For Molecular

#1 in Denmark #84 in the World

37% Acceptance

33,020 Enrollment

1479 Founded

31

Netherlands | Utrecht

Utrecht University

For Molecular

#3 in Netherlands #97 in the World

22% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1636 Founded

32

Austria | Vienna

University of Vienna

For Molecular

#1 in Austria #95 in the World

33% Acceptance

93,628 Enrollment

1365 Founded

33

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

University of Freiburg

For Molecular

#8 in Germany #101 in the World

33% Acceptance

23,938 Enrollment

1457 Founded

34

Sweden | Stockholm

Stockholm University

For Molecular

#6 in Sweden #281 in the World

52% Acceptance

37,484 Enrollment

1878 Founded

35

Germany | Bavaria

University of Wurzburg

For Molecular

#9 in Germany #104 in the World

23% Acceptance

27,149 Enrollment

1402 Founded

36

Switzerland | Zurich

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

For Molecular

#1 in Switzerland #34 in the World

8% Acceptance

23,420 Enrollment

37

Netherlands | Amsterdam

University of Amsterdam

For Molecular

#1 in Netherlands #62 in the World

51% Acceptance

41,000 Enrollment

1632 Founded

38

Spain | Valencia

University of Valencia

For Molecular

#6 in Spain #412 in the World

51% Acceptance

58,390 Enrollment

39

Spain | Barcelona

University of Barcelona

For Molecular

#2 in Spain #184 in the World

69% Acceptance

64,236 Enrollment

40

Italy | Tuscany

University of Pisa

For Molecular

#16 in Italy #450 in the World

39% Acceptance

47,736 Enrollment

1343 Founded

41

United Kingdom | England

University of Liverpool

For Molecular

#17 in United Kingdom #241 in the World

24% Acceptance

28,693 Enrollment

1881 Founded

42

Netherlands | Nijmegen

Radboud University

For Molecular

#4 in Netherlands #110 in the World

43% Acceptance

34,000 Enrollment

1923 Founded

43

Germany | Hesse

University of Marburg

For Molecular

#14 in Germany #139 in the World

54% Acceptance

22,612 Enrollment

1527 Founded

44

Portugal | Coimbra

University of Coimbra

For Molecular

#4 in Portugal #764 in the World

13% Acceptance

25,580 Enrollment

1290 Founded

45

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

University of Bologna

For Molecular

#2 in Italy #182 in the World

73% Acceptance

96,945 Enrollment

1088 Founded

46

Germany | Lower Saxony

University of Gottingen

For Molecular

#17 in Germany #147 in the World

34% Acceptance

31,619 Enrollment

1734 Founded

47

Netherlands | Leiden

Leiden University

For Molecular

#2 in Netherlands #85 in the World

30% Acceptance

33,474 Enrollment

1575 Founded

48

Switzerland | Lausanne

Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

For Molecular

#2 in Switzerland #38 in the World

23% Acceptance

12,576 Enrollment

49

United Kingdom | England

University of Bristol

For Molecular

#13 in United Kingdom #208 in the World

63% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1909 Founded

50

Switzerland | Bern

University of Bern

For Molecular

#3 in Switzerland #126 in the World

26% Acceptance

19,608 Enrollment

51

Germany | Brandenburg

Humboldt University of Berlin

For Molecular

#23 in Germany #188 in the World

34% Acceptance

36,232 Enrollment

1809 Founded

52

Sweden | Linkoping

Linkoping University

For Molecular

#9 in Sweden #472 in the World

41% Acceptance

22,441 Enrollment

1975 Founded

53

France | Ile-de-France

Paris-Sud University

For Molecular

#2 in France #25 in the World

13% Acceptance

23,270 Enrollment

2014 Founded

54

Norway | Oslo

University of Oslo

For Molecular

#1 in Norway #136 in the World

27% Acceptance

26,650 Enrollment

1811 Founded

55

Switzerland | Geneva

University of Geneva

For Molecular

#2 in Switzerland #103 in the World

25% Acceptance

17,744 Enrollment

56

United Kingdom | England

University of Nottingham

For Molecular

#12 in United Kingdom #205 in the World

32% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1948 Founded

57

Italy | Lombardy

University of Milan

For Molecular

#1 in Italy #125 in the World

21% Acceptance

65,234 Enrollment

1924 Founded

58

Belgium | Liege

University of Liege

For Molecular

#3 in Belgium #177 in the World

34% Acceptance

27,678 Enrollment

1817 Founded

59

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

RWTH Aachen University

For Molecular

#28 in Germany #179 in the World

35% Acceptance

47,521 Enrollment

1870 Founded

60

Italy | Veneto

University of Padua

For Molecular

#3 in Italy #202 in the World

40% Acceptance

70,000 Enrollment

1222 Founded

61

Switzerland | Zurich

University of Zurich

For Molecular

#1 in Switzerland #59 in the World

19% Acceptance

25,732 Enrollment

62

Germany | Thuringia

Friedrich Schiller University of Jena

For Molecular

#32 in Germany #377 in the World

60% Acceptance

17,345 Enrollment

1558 Founded

63

Italy | Lazio

Sapienza University of Rome

For Molecular

#4 in Italy #213 in the World

39% Acceptance

100,155 Enrollment

1303 Founded

64

Spain | Bilbao

University of the Basque Country

For Molecular

#15 in Spain #625 in the World

60% Acceptance

63,000 Enrollment

65

Poland | Krakow

Jagiellonian University

For Molecular

#1 in Poland #413 in the World

53% Acceptance

33,549 Enrollment

1364 Founded

66

Germany | Saxony

Dresden University of Technology

For Molecular

#33 in Germany #389 in the World

28% Acceptance

31,517 Enrollment

1828 Founded

67

Belgium | Antwerp

University of Antwerp

For Molecular

#7 in Belgium #392 in the World

33% Acceptance

62,693 Enrollment

2003 Founded

68

Italy | Tuscany

University of Florence

For Molecular

#7 in Italy #251 in the World

30% Acceptance

96,945 Enrollment

1321 Founded

69

Germany | Schleswig-Holstein

Kiel University

For Molecular

#24 in Germany #211 in the World

45% Acceptance

27,468 Enrollment

1665 Founded

70

United Kingdom | England

University of Sheffield

For Molecular

#15 in United Kingdom #219 in the World

28% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1905 Founded

71

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

Ruhr University Bochum

For Molecular

#5 in Germany #42 in the World

28% Acceptance

42,954 Enrollment

1962 Founded

72

United Kingdom | England

University of Birmingham

For Molecular

#6 in United Kingdom #118 in the World

38% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1900 Founded

73

United Kingdom | England

University of Southampton

For Molecular

#9 in United Kingdom #153 in the World

32% Acceptance

21,335 Enrollment

1952 Founded

74

Belgium | Ghent

Ghent University

For Molecular

#2 in Belgium #171 in the World

34% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1817 Founded

75

United Kingdom | England

University of Sussex

For Molecular

#20 in United Kingdom #294 in the World

35% Acceptance

17,319 Enrollment

1961 Founded

76

Spain | Madrid

Complutense University of Madrid

For Molecular

#4 in Spain #318 in the World

56% Acceptance

58,390 Enrollment

1508 Founded

77

United Kingdom | Scotland

University of Edinburgh

For Molecular

#4 in United Kingdom #66 in the World

51% Acceptance

24,409 Enrollment

1583 Founded

78

Russia | Moscow

Moscow State University

For Molecular

#1 in Russia #51 in the World

12% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1755 Founded

79

Italy | Piedmont

University of Turin

For Molecular

#6 in Italy #232 in the World

37% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1404 Founded

80

United Kingdom | Scotland

University of Glasgow

For Molecular

#9 in United Kingdom #170 in the World

48% Acceptance

28,693 Enrollment

1451 Founded

81

Italy | Campania

Federico II University of Naples

For Molecular

#5 in Italy #221 in the World

31% Acceptance

80,000 Enrollment

1224 Founded

82

Italy | Umbria

University of Perugia

For Molecular

#8 in Italy #326 in the World

42% Acceptance

26,732 Enrollment

1308 Founded

83

Belgium | Louvain-la-Neuve

Catholic University of Louvain

For Molecular

#5 in Belgium #235 in the World

34% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1425 Founded

84

United Kingdom | England

University of York

For Molecular

#28 in United Kingdom #474 in the World

20% Acceptance

27,278 Enrollment

1963 Founded

85

United Kingdom | England

University of Exeter

For Molecular

#45 in United Kingdom #879 in the World

73% Acceptance

11,270 Enrollment

1955 Founded

86

United Kingdom | Scotland

University of St Andrews

For Molecular

#27 in United Kingdom #473 in the World

33% Acceptance

10,425 Enrollment

1413 Founded

87

Serbia | Belgrade

University of Belgrade

For Molecular

#1 in Serbia #649 in the World

81% Acceptance

75,047 Enrollment

88

Portugal | Lisbon

University of Lisbon

For Molecular

#2 in Portugal #527 in the World

37% Acceptance

49,769 Enrollment

1911 Founded

89

United Kingdom | England

University of Leeds

For Molecular

#16 in United Kingdom #224 in the World

48% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1904 Founded

90

Poland | Poznan

Adam Mickiewicz University

For Molecular

#15 in Poland #1028 in the World

58% Acceptance

37,013 Enrollment

1919 Founded

91

Sweden | Stockholm

KTH Royal Institute of Technology

For Molecular

#5 in Sweden #131 in the World

41% Acceptance

14,278 Enrollment

1827 Founded

92

Denmark | Kongens Lyngby

Technical University of Denmark

For Molecular

#2 in Denmark #119 in the World

38% Acceptance

33,020 Enrollment

1829 Founded

93

Ireland | Dublin

Trinity College Dublin, University of Dublin

For Molecular

#2 in Ireland #385 in the World

48% Acceptance

20,430 Enrollment

1592 Founded

94

France | Occitanie

University of Montpellier

For Molecular

#5 in France #296 in the World

13% Acceptance

49,000 Enrollment

1289 Founded

95

United Kingdom | England

University of Warwick

For Molecular

#19 in United Kingdom #251 in the World

23% Acceptance

27,278 Enrollment

1965 Founded

96

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

University of Stuttgart

For Molecular

#6 in Germany #46 in the World

48% Acceptance

22,616 Enrollment

1829 Founded

97

United Kingdom | England

Queen Mary University of London

For Molecular

#23 in United Kingdom #317 in the World

18% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1989 Founded

98

United Kingdom | England

Newcastle University

For Molecular

#11 in United Kingdom #178 in the World

23% Acceptance

28,693 Enrollment

1963 Founded

99

Spain | Granada

University of Granada

For Molecular

#10 in Spain #512 in the World

53% Acceptance

56,842 Enrollment

1531 Founded

100

Spain | Cerdanyola del Valles

Autonomous University of Barcelona

For Molecular

#3 in Spain #302 in the World

54% Acceptance

30,926 Enrollment

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