Best Photography Universities in Europe [2026 Rankings]

1

United Kingdom | England

University College London

#3 in United Kingdom #16 in the World

36% Acceptance

42,000 Enrollment

1826 Founded

2

United Kingdom | England

Loughborough University

#36 in United Kingdom #356 in the World

44% Acceptance

19,449 Enrollment

1966 Founded

3

United Kingdom | England

University of Cambridge

#2 in United Kingdom #6 in the World

21% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1209 Founded

4

United Kingdom | England

University of Oxford

#1 in United Kingdom #3 in the World

22% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1096 Founded

5

United Kingdom | England

University of Westminster

#73 in United Kingdom #877 in the World

56% Acceptance

19,000 Enrollment

1838 Founded

6

United Kingdom | England

University of Bristol

#9 in United Kingdom #96 in the World

63% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1909 Founded

7

Sweden | Lulea

Lulea University of Technology

#11 in Sweden #912 in the World

53% Acceptance

19,155 Enrollment

1997 Founded

8

United Kingdom | England

University of Warwick

#15 in United Kingdom #140 in the World

23% Acceptance

27,278 Enrollment

1965 Founded

9

United Kingdom | England

Durham University

#23 in United Kingdom #257 in the World

46% Acceptance

19,520 Enrollment

1832 Founded

10

Netherlands | Amsterdam

University of Amsterdam

#1 in Netherlands #76 in the World

51% Acceptance

41,000 Enrollment

1632 Founded

11

United Kingdom | England

University of Leeds

#10 in United Kingdom #99 in the World

48% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1904 Founded

12

Belgium | Ghent

Ghent University

#2 in Belgium #132 in the World

34% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1817 Founded

13

Finland | Helsinki

University of Helsinki

#1 in Finland #84 in the World

12% Acceptance

31,312 Enrollment

1640 Founded

14

Denmark | Copenhagen

University of Copenhagen

#1 in Denmark #61 in the World

37% Acceptance

33,020 Enrollment

1479 Founded

15

Finland | Tampere

University of Tampere

#2 in Finland #342 in the World

12% Acceptance

18,400 Enrollment

1925 Founded

16

United Kingdom | England

University of Birmingham

#11 in United Kingdom #108 in the World

38% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1900 Founded

17

United Kingdom | England

University of Surrey

#31 in United Kingdom #317 in the World

32% Acceptance

16,900 Enrollment

1966 Founded

18

Belgium | Leuven

Catholic University of Leuven

#1 in Belgium #62 in the World

33% Acceptance

62,693 Enrollment

1425 Founded

19

United Kingdom | England

University of Manchester

#6 in United Kingdom #54 in the World

40% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1824 Founded

20

United Kingdom | Wales

Cardiff University

#21 in United Kingdom #207 in the World

39% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1997 Founded

21

United Kingdom | England

University of Nottingham

#13 in United Kingdom #133 in the World

32% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1948 Founded

22

United Kingdom | Scotland

University of Edinburgh

#4 in United Kingdom #36 in the World

51% Acceptance

24,409 Enrollment

1583 Founded

23

United Kingdom | Scotland

University of Glasgow

#8 in United Kingdom #94 in the World

48% Acceptance

28,693 Enrollment

1451 Founded

24

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

University of Bonn

#7 in Germany #139 in the World

36% Acceptance

38,043 Enrollment

1818 Founded

25

Germany | Bavaria

University of Munich

#2 in Germany #69 in the World

55% Acceptance

52,418 Enrollment

1472 Founded

26

United Kingdom | Wales

University of Wales

#97 in United Kingdom #1462 in the World

78% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1893 Founded

27

United Kingdom | England

University of Sheffield

#14 in United Kingdom #138 in the World

28% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1905 Founded

28

United Kingdom | England

Goldsmiths, University of London

#64 in United Kingdom #761 in the World

64% Acceptance

6,863 Enrollment

1904 Founded

29

Switzerland | Lausanne

Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

#3 in Switzerland #125 in the World

23% Acceptance

12,576 Enrollment

30

France | Ile-de-France

Pierre and Marie Curie University

#1 in France #182 in the World

20% Acceptance

35,114 Enrollment

1150 Founded

31

Denmark | Aarhus

Aarhus University

#2 in Denmark #101 in the World

42% Acceptance

33,020 Enrollment

1928 Founded

32

Finland | Espoo

Aalto University

#3 in Finland #346 in the World

18% Acceptance

11,440 Enrollment

2010 Founded

33

United Kingdom | England

University of Southampton

#12 in United Kingdom #122 in the World

32% Acceptance

21,335 Enrollment

1952 Founded

34

United Kingdom | England

Royal Holloway, University of London

#44 in United Kingdom #544 in the World

55% Acceptance

17,319 Enrollment

1849 Founded

35

United Kingdom | England

Newcastle University

#17 in United Kingdom #159 in the World

23% Acceptance

28,693 Enrollment

1963 Founded

36

Germany | Bavaria

University of Erlangen Nuremberg

#13 in Germany #190 in the World

46% Acceptance

39,658 Enrollment

1743 Founded

37

Switzerland | Zurich

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

#1 in Switzerland #52 in the World

8% Acceptance

23,420 Enrollment

38

United Kingdom | England

Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London

#108 in United Kingdom #1765 in the World

79% Acceptance

10,425 Enrollment

1932 Founded

39

Ireland | Dublin

University College Dublin

#1 in Ireland #225 in the World

42% Acceptance

33,321 Enrollment

1854 Founded

40

Spain | Madrid

Complutense University of Madrid

#2 in Spain #160 in the World

56% Acceptance

58,390 Enrollment

1508 Founded

41

United Kingdom | England

University of Exeter

#22 in United Kingdom #214 in the World

73% Acceptance

11,270 Enrollment

1955 Founded

42

Austria | Vienna

Vienna University of Technology

#3 in Austria #388 in the World

34% Acceptance

29,341 Enrollment

1872 Founded

43

Sweden | Stockholm

Stockholm University

#5 in Sweden #198 in the World

52% Acceptance

37,484 Enrollment

1878 Founded

44

United Kingdom | England

University of Roehampton

#95 in United Kingdom #1390 in the World

72% Acceptance

6,863 Enrollment

2004 Founded

45

United Kingdom | England

University of Liverpool

#18 in United Kingdom #164 in the World

24% Acceptance

28,693 Enrollment

1881 Founded

46

United Kingdom | Northern Ireland

Ulster University

#43 in United Kingdom #512 in the World

55% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1968 Founded

47

United Kingdom | England

Brunel University London

#40 in United Kingdom #494 in the World

54% Acceptance

19,449 Enrollment

1966 Founded

48

United Kingdom | England

Birkbeck, University of London

#53 in United Kingdom #626 in the World

50% Acceptance

17,319 Enrollment

1823 Founded

49

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

University of Bologna

#1 in Italy #104 in the World

73% Acceptance

96,945 Enrollment

1088 Founded

50

Denmark | Aalborg

Aalborg University

#4 in Denmark #347 in the World

40% Acceptance

20,353 Enrollment

1974 Founded

51

Austria | Vienna

University of Vienna

#1 in Austria #100 in the World

33% Acceptance

93,628 Enrollment

1365 Founded

52

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

Heidelberg University – Germany

#1 in Germany #49 in the World

45% Acceptance

28,413 Enrollment

1386 Founded

53

United Kingdom | England

Lancaster University

#33 in United Kingdom #340 in the World

22% Acceptance

15,555 Enrollment

1964 Founded

54

Belgium | Liege

University of Liege

#3 in Belgium #226 in the World

34% Acceptance

27,678 Enrollment

1817 Founded

55

United Kingdom | England

University of Kent

#38 in United Kingdom #416 in the World

50% Acceptance

17,319 Enrollment

1965 Founded

56

Finland | Oulu

University of Oulu

#5 in Finland #441 in the World

31% Acceptance

2,900 Enrollment

1958 Founded

57

Germany | Lower Saxony

University of Gottingen

#8 in Germany #149 in the World

34% Acceptance

31,619 Enrollment

1734 Founded

58

United Kingdom | England

University of Leicester

#24 in United Kingdom #264 in the World

39% Acceptance

24,409 Enrollment

1957 Founded

59

Italy | Tuscany

University of Florence

#9 in Italy #260 in the World

30% Acceptance

96,945 Enrollment

1321 Founded

60

Spain | Valencia

University of Valencia

#4 in Spain #240 in the World

51% Acceptance

58,390 Enrollment

61

Sweden | Lund

Lund University

#1 in Sweden #95 in the World

58% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1666 Founded

62

Italy | Veneto

University of Padua

#4 in Italy #153 in the World

40% Acceptance

70,000 Enrollment

1222 Founded

63

Spain | Valencia

Polytechnic University of Valencia

#11 in Spain #380 in the World

50% Acceptance

28,450 Enrollment

1968 Founded

64

Switzerland | Bern

University of Bern

#5 in Switzerland #169 in the World

26% Acceptance

19,608 Enrollment

65

Portugal | Lisbon

New University of Lisbon

#4 in Portugal #487 in the World

38% Acceptance

20,077 Enrollment

1973 Founded

66

Switzerland | Zurich

University of Zurich

#2 in Switzerland #81 in the World

19% Acceptance

25,732 Enrollment

67

Norway | Oslo

University of Oslo

#1 in Norway #98 in the World

27% Acceptance

26,650 Enrollment

1811 Founded

68

Spain | Granada

University of Granada

#5 in Spain #273 in the World

53% Acceptance

56,842 Enrollment

1531 Founded

69

United Kingdom | England

Imperial College London

#5 in United Kingdom #38 in the World

41% Acceptance

17,565 Enrollment

1907 Founded

70

Germany | Hesse

Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main

#38 in Germany #442 in the World

50% Acceptance

43,461 Enrollment

1914 Founded

71

Sweden | Stockholm

Karolinska Institute

#3 in Sweden #136 in the World

57% Acceptance

8,070 Enrollment

1861 Founded

72

United Kingdom | England

Queen Mary University of London

#19 in United Kingdom #191 in the World

18% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1989 Founded

73

Belgium | Louvain-la-Neuve

Catholic University of Louvain

#4 in Belgium #256 in the World

34% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1425 Founded

74

United Kingdom | England

Bournemouth University

#74 in United Kingdom #901 in the World

55% Acceptance

14,293 Enrollment

1992 Founded

75

Netherlands | Utrecht

Utrecht University

#2 in Netherlands #78 in the World

22% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1636 Founded

76

United Kingdom | England

University of East Anglia

#32 in United Kingdom #333 in the World

22% Acceptance

24,409 Enrollment

1963 Founded

77

United Kingdom | England

University of York

#20 in United Kingdom #193 in the World

20% Acceptance

27,278 Enrollment

1963 Founded

78

Ireland | Cork

University College Cork

#3 in Ireland #408 in the World

48% Acceptance

21,894 Enrollment

1845 Founded

79

United Kingdom | England

University of Sussex

#25 in United Kingdom #268 in the World

35% Acceptance

17,319 Enrollment

1961 Founded

80

Belgium | Antwerp

University of Antwerp

#6 in Belgium #370 in the World

33% Acceptance

62,693 Enrollment

2003 Founded

81

United Kingdom | England

University of Essex

#39 in United Kingdom #472 in the World

52% Acceptance

29,000 Enrollment

1964 Founded

82

Spain | Girona

University of Girona

#33 in Spain #900 in the World

50% Acceptance

15,336 Enrollment

83

Italy | Lombardy

University of Milan

#3 in Italy #146 in the World

21% Acceptance

65,234 Enrollment

1924 Founded

84

Portugal | Lisbon

University of Lisbon

#1 in Portugal #220 in the World

37% Acceptance

49,769 Enrollment

1911 Founded

85

Italy | Lazio

Sapienza University of Rome

#2 in Italy #119 in the World

39% Acceptance

100,155 Enrollment

1303 Founded

86

Sweden | Gothenburg

University of Gothenburg

#4 in Sweden #181 in the World

55% Acceptance

36,003 Enrollment

1891 Founded

87

Portugal | Porto

University of Porto

#2 in Portugal #229 in the World

31% Acceptance

29,178 Enrollment

1911 Founded

88

Netherlands | Amsterdam

Free University Amsterdam

#7 in Netherlands #188 in the World

45% Acceptance

41,000 Enrollment

1880 Founded

89

Spain | San Vicente del Raspeig

University of Alicante

#17 in Spain #543 in the World

70% Acceptance

14,343 Enrollment

1979 Founded

90

Germany | Hamburg State

University of Hamburg

#4 in Germany #110 in the World

39% Acceptance

43,957 Enrollment

1919 Founded

91

Germany | Brandenburg

Technical University of Berlin

#19 in Germany #224 in the World

23% Acceptance

34,842 Enrollment

1946 Founded

92

United Kingdom | England

London School of Economics and Political Science

#16 in United Kingdom #154 in the World

8% Acceptance

9,218 Enrollment

1895 Founded

93

Ireland | Galway

National University of Ireland, Galway

#4 in Ireland #631 in the World

43% Acceptance

33,321 Enrollment

1845 Founded

94

United Kingdom | Wales

Aberystwyth University

#62 in United Kingdom #691 in the World

63% Acceptance

11,270 Enrollment

1872 Founded

95

Netherlands | Eindhoven

Eindhoven University of Technology

#10 in Netherlands #287 in the World

50% Acceptance

13,069 Enrollment

1956 Founded

96

United Kingdom | England

University of Reading

#29 in United Kingdom #288 in the World

37% Acceptance

11,270 Enrollment

1892 Founded

97

Greece | Athens

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

#1 in Greece #228 in the World

19% Acceptance

70,461 Enrollment

1837 Founded

98

Italy | Piedmont

University of Turin

#5 in Italy #221 in the World

37% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1404 Founded

99

Netherlands | Nijmegen

Radboud University

#4 in Netherlands #127 in the World

43% Acceptance

34,000 Enrollment

1923 Founded

100

United Kingdom | England

University of London

#30 in United Kingdom #303 in the World

36% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1836 Founded

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