Best Sports / Exercise science Universities in Europe [2026 Rankings]

1

Sweden | Stockholm

Karolinska Institute

For Sports / Exercise science

#1 in Sweden #6 in the World

57% Acceptance

8,070 Enrollment

1861 Founded

2

Denmark | Copenhagen

University of Copenhagen

For Sports / Exercise science

#1 in Denmark #13 in the World

37% Acceptance

33,020 Enrollment

1479 Founded

3

United Kingdom | England

University College London

For Sports / Exercise science

#1 in United Kingdom #18 in the World

36% Acceptance

42,000 Enrollment

1826 Founded

4

United Kingdom | England

Loughborough University

For Sports / Exercise science

#2 in United Kingdom #19 in the World

44% Acceptance

19,449 Enrollment

1966 Founded

5

Spain | Granada

University of Granada

For Sports / Exercise science

#1 in Spain #21 in the World

53% Acceptance

56,842 Enrollment

1531 Founded

6

Netherlands | Maastricht

Maastricht University

For Sports / Exercise science

#1 in Netherlands #25 in the World

53% Acceptance

18,000 Enrollment

1976 Founded

7

Norway | Trondheim

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

For Sports / Exercise science

#1 in Norway #28 in the World

27% Acceptance

44,000 Enrollment

1996 Founded

8

Belgium | Leuven

Catholic University of Leuven

For Sports / Exercise science

#1 in Belgium #33 in the World

33% Acceptance

62,693 Enrollment

1425 Founded

9

Denmark | Odense

University of Southern Denmark

For Sports / Exercise science

#2 in Denmark #36 in the World

35% Acceptance

33,020 Enrollment

1966 Founded

10

Belgium | Ghent

Ghent University

For Sports / Exercise science

#2 in Belgium #37 in the World

34% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1817 Founded

11

United Kingdom | England

University of Bristol

For Sports / Exercise science

#3 in United Kingdom #38 in the World

63% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1909 Founded

12

Norway | Oslo

Norwegian School of Sport Sciences

For Sports / Exercise science

#2 in Norway #39 in the World

24% Acceptance

17,000 Enrollment

1968 Founded

13

Finland | Jyvaskyla

University of Jyvaskyla

For Sports / Exercise science

#1 in Finland #42 in the World

60% Acceptance

13,870 Enrollment

1934 Founded

14

United Kingdom | England

Liverpool John Moores University

For Sports / Exercise science

#4 in United Kingdom #43 in the World

46% Acceptance

15,555 Enrollment

1992 Founded

15

United Kingdom | England

University of Birmingham

For Sports / Exercise science

#5 in United Kingdom #50 in the World

38% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1900 Founded

16

United Kingdom | England

University of Exeter

For Sports / Exercise science

#6 in United Kingdom #52 in the World

73% Acceptance

11,270 Enrollment

1955 Founded

17

United Kingdom | England

University of Cambridge

For Sports / Exercise science

#7 in United Kingdom #56 in the World

21% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1209 Founded

18

Portugal | Porto

University of Porto

For Sports / Exercise science

#1 in Portugal #59 in the World

31% Acceptance

29,178 Enrollment

1911 Founded

19

United Kingdom | Scotland

University of Glasgow

For Sports / Exercise science

#8 in United Kingdom #72 in the World

48% Acceptance

28,693 Enrollment

1451 Founded

20

Netherlands | Nijmegen

Radboud University

For Sports / Exercise science

#2 in Netherlands #85 in the World

43% Acceptance

34,000 Enrollment

1923 Founded

21

Netherlands | Groningen

University of Groningen

For Sports / Exercise science

#3 in Netherlands #87 in the World

50% Acceptance

34,000 Enrollment

1614 Founded

22

Netherlands | Amsterdam

Free University Amsterdam

For Sports / Exercise science

#4 in Netherlands #88 in the World

45% Acceptance

41,000 Enrollment

1880 Founded

23

Sweden | Lund

Lund University

For Sports / Exercise science

#2 in Sweden #90 in the World

58% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1666 Founded

24

Sweden | Gothenburg

University of Gothenburg

For Sports / Exercise science

#3 in Sweden #91 in the World

55% Acceptance

36,003 Enrollment

1891 Founded

24 Best Universities in Europe for Sports / Exercise science

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