Best Public Policy/Administration Universities in Europe [2026 Rankings]

1

United Kingdom | England

London School of Economics and Political Science

For Public Policy / Administration

#1 in United Kingdom #2 in the World

8% Acceptance

9,218 Enrollment

1895 Founded

2

United Kingdom | England

University of Oxford

For Public Policy / Administration

#2 in United Kingdom #3 in the World

22% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1096 Founded

3

United Kingdom | England

University of Birmingham

For Public Policy / Administration

#3 in United Kingdom #11 in the World

38% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1900 Founded

4

United Kingdom | England

University of Manchester

For Public Policy / Administration

#4 in United Kingdom #12 in the World

40% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1824 Founded

5

United Kingdom | England

University College London

For Public Policy / Administration

#5 in United Kingdom #13 in the World

36% Acceptance

42,000 Enrollment

1826 Founded

6

United Kingdom | England

University of Warwick

For Public Policy / Administration

#6 in United Kingdom #23 in the World

23% Acceptance

27,278 Enrollment

1965 Founded

7

United Kingdom | Scotland

University of Edinburgh

For Public Policy / Administration

#8 in United Kingdom #29 in the World

51% Acceptance

24,409 Enrollment

1583 Founded

8

United Kingdom | Wales

Cardiff University

For Public Policy / Administration

#9 in United Kingdom #34 in the World

39% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1997 Founded

9

United Kingdom | England

University of Cambridge

For Public Policy / Administration

#10 in United Kingdom #41 in the World

21% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1209 Founded

10

Denmark | Aarhus

Aarhus University

For Public Policy / Administration

#1 in Denmark #42 in the World

42% Acceptance

33,020 Enrollment

1928 Founded

11

United Kingdom | England

University of London

For Public Policy / Administration

#11 in United Kingdom #43 in the World

36% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1836 Founded

12

Belgium | Leuven

Catholic University of Leuven

For Public Policy / Administration

#1 in Belgium #44 in the World

33% Acceptance

62,693 Enrollment

1425 Founded

13

Netherlands | Utrecht

Utrecht University

For Public Policy / Administration

#1 in Netherlands #48 in the World

22% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1636 Founded

14

Netherlands | Amsterdam

University of Amsterdam

For Public Policy / Administration

#2 in Netherlands #52 in the World

51% Acceptance

41,000 Enrollment

1632 Founded

15

United Kingdom | England

University of Sheffield

For Public Policy / Administration

#12 in United Kingdom #54 in the World

28% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1905 Founded

16

Netherlands | Rotterdam

Erasmus University Rotterdam

For Public Policy / Administration

#3 in Netherlands #57 in the World

53% Acceptance

18,000 Enrollment

1913 Founded

17

Norway | Oslo

University of Oslo

For Public Policy / Administration

#1 in Norway #59 in the World

27% Acceptance

26,650 Enrollment

1811 Founded

18

Denmark | Copenhagen

University of Copenhagen

For Public Policy / Administration

#2 in Denmark #64 in the World

37% Acceptance

33,020 Enrollment

1479 Founded

19

United Kingdom | England

University of Bristol

For Public Policy / Administration

#13 in United Kingdom #66 in the World

63% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1909 Founded

20

United Kingdom | England

University of Leeds

For Public Policy / Administration

#14 in United Kingdom #67 in the World

48% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1904 Founded

21

United Kingdom | England

University of Sussex

For Public Policy / Administration

#15 in United Kingdom #72 in the World

35% Acceptance

17,319 Enrollment

1961 Founded

22

Netherlands | Leiden

Leiden University

For Public Policy / Administration

#4 in Netherlands #74 in the World

30% Acceptance

33,474 Enrollment

1575 Founded

23

United Kingdom | Scotland

University of Glasgow

For Public Policy / Administration

#16 in United Kingdom #80 in the World

48% Acceptance

28,693 Enrollment

1451 Founded

24

United Kingdom | England

University of Nottingham

For Public Policy / Administration

#17 in United Kingdom #81 in the World

32% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1948 Founded

25

Sweden | Gothenburg

University of Gothenburg

For Public Policy / Administration

#1 in Sweden #84 in the World

55% Acceptance

36,003 Enrollment

1891 Founded

26

United Kingdom | England

University of York

For Public Policy / Administration

#18 in United Kingdom #85 in the World

20% Acceptance

27,278 Enrollment

1963 Founded

27

Ireland | Dublin

Dublin Institute of Technology

For Public Policy / Administration

#1 in Ireland #94 in the World

59% Acceptance

20,000 Enrollment

1992 Founded

28

Sweden | Lund

Lund University

For Public Policy / Administration

#2 in Sweden #96 in the World

58% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1666 Founded

28 Best Universities in Europe for Public Policy/Administration

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