Best Music Universities in Europe [2026 Rankings]

1

United Kingdom | England

University of Cambridge

For Music

#1 in United Kingdom #7 in the World

21% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1209 Founded

2

United Kingdom | England

University College London

For Music

#2 in United Kingdom #13 in the World

36% Acceptance

42,000 Enrollment

1826 Founded

3

United Kingdom | England

University of Oxford

For Music

#3 in United Kingdom #15 in the World

22% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1096 Founded

4

Spain | Barcelona

Pompeu Fabra University

For Music

#1 in Spain #16 in the World

55% Acceptance

15,801 Enrollment

5

Sweden | Uppsala

Uppsala University

For Music

#1 in Sweden #21 in the World

69% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1477 Founded

6

United Kingdom | Scotland

University of Edinburgh

For Music

#4 in United Kingdom #24 in the World

51% Acceptance

24,409 Enrollment

1583 Founded

7

Finland | Helsinki

University of Helsinki

For Music

#1 in Finland #26 in the World

12% Acceptance

31,312 Enrollment

1640 Founded

8

United Kingdom | England

Goldsmiths, University of London

For Music

#5 in United Kingdom #29 in the World

64% Acceptance

6,863 Enrollment

1904 Founded

9

United Kingdom | England

Queen Mary University of London

For Music

#6 in United Kingdom #34 in the World

18% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1989 Founded

10

United Kingdom | England

University of London

For Music

#7 in United Kingdom #35 in the World

36% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1836 Founded

11

Belgium | Liege

University of Liege

For Music

#1 in Belgium #37 in the World

34% Acceptance

27,678 Enrollment

1817 Founded

12

United Kingdom | England

University of Leeds

For Music

#8 in United Kingdom #43 in the World

48% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1904 Founded

13

United Kingdom | England

University of Sheffield

For Music

#9 in United Kingdom #45 in the World

28% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1905 Founded

14

Finland | Jyvaskyla

University of Jyvaskyla

For Music

#2 in Finland #46 in the World

60% Acceptance

13,870 Enrollment

1934 Founded

15

Italy | Veneto

University of Padua

For Music

#1 in Italy #50 in the World

40% Acceptance

70,000 Enrollment

1222 Founded

16

United Kingdom | England

University of Manchester

For Music

#10 in United Kingdom #53 in the World

40% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1824 Founded

17

Denmark | Aarhus

Aarhus University

For Music

#1 in Denmark #54 in the World

42% Acceptance

33,020 Enrollment

1928 Founded

18

Denmark | Copenhagen

University of Copenhagen

For Music

#2 in Denmark #59 in the World

37% Acceptance

33,020 Enrollment

1479 Founded

19

United Kingdom | England

University of Exeter

For Music

#11 in United Kingdom #60 in the World

73% Acceptance

11,270 Enrollment

1955 Founded

20

Austria | Vienna

University of Vienna

For Music

#1 in Austria #61 in the World

33% Acceptance

93,628 Enrollment

1365 Founded

21

Netherlands | Utrecht

Utrecht University

For Music

#1 in Netherlands #67 in the World

22% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1636 Founded

22

United Kingdom | England

Durham University

For Music

#12 in United Kingdom #69 in the World

46% Acceptance

19,520 Enrollment

1832 Founded

23

France | Ile-de-France

Pierre and Marie Curie University

For Music

#1 in France #71 in the World

20% Acceptance

35,114 Enrollment

1150 Founded

24

Belgium | Leuven

Catholic University of Leuven

For Music

#2 in Belgium #77 in the World

33% Acceptance

62,693 Enrollment

1425 Founded

25

Norway | Oslo

University of Oslo

For Music

#1 in Norway #80 in the World

27% Acceptance

26,650 Enrollment

1811 Founded

26

Ireland | Dublin

University College Dublin

For Music

#1 in Ireland #84 in the World

42% Acceptance

33,321 Enrollment

1854 Founded

27

United Kingdom | Scotland

University of Glasgow

For Music

#14 in United Kingdom #89 in the World

48% Acceptance

28,693 Enrollment

1451 Founded

28

United Kingdom | England

University of Liverpool

For Music

#15 in United Kingdom #91 in the World

24% Acceptance

28,693 Enrollment

1881 Founded

29

United Kingdom | England

University of Reading

For Music

#16 in United Kingdom #93 in the World

37% Acceptance

11,270 Enrollment

1892 Founded

30

United Kingdom | England

University of Nottingham

For Music

#17 in United Kingdom #94 in the World

32% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1948 Founded

31

United Kingdom | England

Keele University

For Music

#18 in United Kingdom #103 in the World

52% Acceptance

24,409 Enrollment

1962 Founded

32

Netherlands | Amsterdam

University of Amsterdam

For Music

#2 in Netherlands #106 in the World

51% Acceptance

41,000 Enrollment

1632 Founded

33

Spain | Barcelona

University of Barcelona

For Music

#2 in Spain #107 in the World

69% Acceptance

64,236 Enrollment

34

Italy | Lombardy

University of Milan

For Music

#2 in Italy #109 in the World

21% Acceptance

65,234 Enrollment

1924 Founded

35

United Kingdom | England

University of Southampton

For Music

#19 in United Kingdom #110 in the World

32% Acceptance

21,335 Enrollment

1952 Founded

36

Sweden | Stockholm

KTH Royal Institute of Technology

For Music

#2 in Sweden #115 in the World

41% Acceptance

14,278 Enrollment

1827 Founded

37

Germany | Bavaria

University of Munich

For Music

#1 in Germany #117 in the World

55% Acceptance

52,418 Enrollment

1472 Founded

38

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

Heidelberg University – Germany

For Music

#2 in Germany #118 in the World

45% Acceptance

28,413 Enrollment

1386 Founded

39

Germany | Brandenburg

Free University of Berlin

For Music

#3 in Germany #123 in the World

15% Acceptance

37,908 Enrollment

1948 Founded

40

United Kingdom | England

Royal Holloway, University of London

For Music

#20 in United Kingdom #124 in the World

55% Acceptance

17,319 Enrollment

1849 Founded

41

Switzerland | Zurich

University of Zurich

For Music

#1 in Switzerland #125 in the World

19% Acceptance

25,732 Enrollment

42

United Kingdom | England

University of Birmingham

For Music

#21 in United Kingdom #126 in the World

38% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1900 Founded

43

Belgium | Ghent

Ghent University

For Music

#3 in Belgium #129 in the World

34% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1817 Founded

44

United Kingdom | England

Royal College of Music

For Music

#22 in United Kingdom #132 in the World

66% Acceptance

1,000 Enrollment

1882 Founded

45

United Kingdom | England

University of York

For Music

#23 in United Kingdom #133 in the World

20% Acceptance

27,278 Enrollment

1963 Founded

46

United Kingdom | England

Newcastle University

For Music

#24 in United Kingdom #136 in the World

23% Acceptance

28,693 Enrollment

1963 Founded

47

United Kingdom | England

City, University of London

For Music

#25 in United Kingdom #137 in the World

55% Acceptance

22,980 Enrollment

1966 Founded

48

Switzerland | Geneva

University of Geneva

For Music

#2 in Switzerland #138 in the World

25% Acceptance

17,744 Enrollment

49

Netherlands | Nijmegen

Radboud University

For Music

#3 in Netherlands #139 in the World

43% Acceptance

34,000 Enrollment

1923 Founded

50

Denmark | Aalborg

Aalborg University

For Music

#3 in Denmark #140 in the World

40% Acceptance

20,353 Enrollment

1974 Founded

51

Switzerland | Lausanne

Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

For Music

#3 in Switzerland #141 in the World

23% Acceptance

12,576 Enrollment

52

United Kingdom | England

University of Roehampton

For Music

#26 in United Kingdom #145 in the World

72% Acceptance

6,863 Enrollment

2004 Founded

53

United Kingdom | England

University of Bristol

For Music

#27 in United Kingdom #146 in the World

63% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1909 Founded

54

United Kingdom | England

University of Warwick

For Music

#28 in United Kingdom #150 in the World

23% Acceptance

27,278 Enrollment

1965 Founded

55

Sweden | Lund

Lund University

For Music

#3 in Sweden #152 in the World

58% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1666 Founded

56

United Kingdom | England

University of East Anglia

For Music

#29 in United Kingdom #155 in the World

22% Acceptance

24,409 Enrollment

1963 Founded

57

Germany | Hamburg State

University of Hamburg

For Music

#4 in Germany #156 in the World

39% Acceptance

43,957 Enrollment

1919 Founded

58

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

For Music

#2 in France #164 in the World

15% Acceptance

38,007 Enrollment

1809 Founded

59

Sweden | Gothenburg

University of Gothenburg

For Music

#4 in Sweden #166 in the World

55% Acceptance

36,003 Enrollment

1891 Founded

60

Sweden | Stockholm

Karolinska Institute

For Music

#5 in Sweden #171 in the World

57% Acceptance

8,070 Enrollment

1861 Founded

61

United Kingdom | England

University of Sussex

For Music

#30 in United Kingdom #175 in the World

35% Acceptance

17,319 Enrollment

1961 Founded

62

United Kingdom | England

Imperial College London

For Music

#31 in United Kingdom #180 in the World

41% Acceptance

17,565 Enrollment

1907 Founded

63

Germany | Hesse

Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main

For Music

#5 in Germany #184 in the World

50% Acceptance

43,461 Enrollment

1914 Founded

64

Netherlands | Leiden

Leiden University

For Music

#4 in Netherlands #188 in the World

30% Acceptance

33,474 Enrollment

1575 Founded

65

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

University of Tubingen

For Music

#6 in Germany #189 in the World

33% Acceptance

28,238 Enrollment

1477 Founded

66

Germany | Thuringia

Friedrich Schiller University of Jena

For Music

#7 in Germany #190 in the World

60% Acceptance

17,345 Enrollment

1558 Founded

67

Italy | Lazio

Sapienza University of Rome

For Music

#4 in Italy #191 in the World

39% Acceptance

100,155 Enrollment

1303 Founded

68

Norway | Trondheim

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

For Music

#3 in Norway #202 in the World

27% Acceptance

44,000 Enrollment

1996 Founded

69

Greece | Thessaloniki

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

For Music

#1 in Greece #205 in the World

20% Acceptance

92,090 Enrollment

1925 Founded

70

Poland | Poznan

Adam Mickiewicz University

For Music

#1 in Poland #207 in the World

58% Acceptance

37,013 Enrollment

1919 Founded

71

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

University of Freiburg

For Music

#8 in Germany #213 in the World

33% Acceptance

23,938 Enrollment

1457 Founded

72

Netherlands | Rotterdam

Erasmus University Rotterdam

For Music

#5 in Netherlands #217 in the World

53% Acceptance

18,000 Enrollment

1913 Founded

73

United Kingdom | Wales

Cardiff University

For Music

#35 in United Kingdom #218 in the World

39% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1997 Founded

74

United Kingdom | England

University of Leicester

For Music

#36 in United Kingdom #219 in the World

39% Acceptance

24,409 Enrollment

1957 Founded

75

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

University of Munster

For Music

#9 in Germany #224 in the World

14% Acceptance

43,728 Enrollment

1780 Founded

76

United Kingdom | Scotland

University of St Andrews

For Music

#38 in United Kingdom #227 in the World

33% Acceptance

10,425 Enrollment

1413 Founded

77

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

University of Bologna

For Music

#5 in Italy #233 in the World

73% Acceptance

96,945 Enrollment

1088 Founded

78

Spain | Madrid

Autonomous University of Madrid

For Music

#3 in Spain #234 in the World

53% Acceptance

58,390 Enrollment

1968 Founded

79

Poland | Warsaw

University of Warsaw

For Music

#2 in Poland #240 in the World

25% Acceptance

42,700 Enrollment

1816 Founded

80

Spain | San Vicente del Raspeig

University of Alicante

For Music

#4 in Spain #241 in the World

70% Acceptance

14,343 Enrollment

1979 Founded

81

Finland | Espoo

Aalto University

For Music

#4 in Finland #245 in the World

18% Acceptance

11,440 Enrollment

2010 Founded

82

Sweden | Stockholm

Stockholm University

For Music

#6 in Sweden #249 in the World

52% Acceptance

37,484 Enrollment

1878 Founded

83

Norway | Bergen

University of Bergen

For Music

#4 in Norway #258 in the World

28% Acceptance

16,900 Enrollment

1946 Founded

84

Poland | Krakow

Jagiellonian University

For Music

#3 in Poland #259 in the World

53% Acceptance

33,549 Enrollment

1364 Founded

85

United Kingdom | England

Manchester Metropolitan University

For Music

#40 in United Kingdom #260 in the World

53% Acceptance

22,980 Enrollment

1992 Founded

86

Spain | Granada

University of Granada

For Music

#5 in Spain #261 in the World

53% Acceptance

56,842 Enrollment

1531 Founded

87

Portugal | Lisbon

New University of Lisbon

For Music

#1 in Portugal #263 in the World

38% Acceptance

20,077 Enrollment

1973 Founded

88

Finland | Turku

University of Turku

For Music

#5 in Finland #266 in the World

18% Acceptance

20,800 Enrollment

1920 Founded

89

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

University of Cologne

For Music

#11 in Germany #268 in the World

33% Acceptance

52,204 Enrollment

1388 Founded

90

Germany | Bavaria

Technical University of Munich

For Music

#12 in Germany #270 in the World

46% Acceptance

44,000 Enrollment

1868 Founded

91

Spain | Madrid

Complutense University of Madrid

For Music

#6 in Spain #272 in the World

56% Acceptance

58,390 Enrollment

1508 Founded

92

Netherlands | Groningen

University of Groningen

For Music

#6 in Netherlands #279 in the World

50% Acceptance

34,000 Enrollment

1614 Founded

93

Denmark | Kongens Lyngby

Technical University of Denmark

For Music

#4 in Denmark #286 in the World

38% Acceptance

33,020 Enrollment

1829 Founded

94

Portugal | Porto

University of Porto

For Music

#2 in Portugal #297 in the World

31% Acceptance

29,178 Enrollment

1911 Founded

95

Austria | Innsbruck

University of Innsbruck

For Music

#4 in Austria #302 in the World

34% Acceptance

28,278 Enrollment

1669 Founded

96

Italy | Tuscany

University of Florence

For Music

#6 in Italy #303 in the World

30% Acceptance

96,945 Enrollment

1321 Founded

97

Switzerland | Zurich

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

For Music

#6 in Switzerland #315 in the World

8% Acceptance

23,420 Enrollment

98

United Kingdom | England

University of Surrey

For Music

#42 in United Kingdom #321 in the World

32% Acceptance

16,900 Enrollment

1966 Founded

99

Spain | Malaga

University of Malaga

For Music

#7 in Spain #325 in the World

45% Acceptance

36,054 Enrollment

1972 Founded

100

Germany | Bavaria

University of Wurzburg

For Music

#15 in Germany #333 in the World

23% Acceptance

27,149 Enrollment

1402 Founded

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