Best Remote Sensing Universities in Europe [2026 Rankings]

1

Netherlands | Delft

Delft University of Technology

For Remote Sensing

#1 in Netherlands #15 in the World

50% Acceptance

24,703 Enrollment

1842 Founded

2

United Kingdom | England

University College London

For Remote Sensing

#1 in United Kingdom #17 in the World

36% Acceptance

42,000 Enrollment

1826 Founded

3

Switzerland | Zurich

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

For Remote Sensing

#1 in Switzerland #23 in the World

8% Acceptance

23,420 Enrollment

4

Germany | Bavaria

Technical University of Munich

For Remote Sensing

#1 in Germany #26 in the World

46% Acceptance

44,000 Enrollment

1868 Founded

5

United Kingdom | England

University of Oxford

For Remote Sensing

#2 in United Kingdom #29 in the World

22% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1096 Founded

6

Italy | Lombardy

Polytechnic University of Milan

For Remote Sensing

#1 in Italy #32 in the World

28% Acceptance

48,645 Enrollment

1863 Founded

7

Spain | Barcelona

Technical University of Catalonia

For Remote Sensing

#1 in Spain #44 in the World

51% Acceptance

29,812 Enrollment

8

Denmark | Kongens Lyngby

Technical University of Denmark

For Remote Sensing

#1 in Denmark #48 in the World

38% Acceptance

33,020 Enrollment

1829 Founded

9

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

For Remote Sensing

#2 in Germany #52 in the World

26% Acceptance

23,321 Enrollment

2009 Founded

10

Netherlands | Wageningen

Wageningen University

For Remote Sensing

#2 in Netherlands #57 in the World

47% Acceptance

12,819 Enrollment

1918 Founded

11

Italy | Lazio

Sapienza University of Rome

For Remote Sensing

#2 in Italy #58 in the World

39% Acceptance

100,155 Enrollment

1303 Founded

12

United Kingdom | England

University of Cambridge

For Remote Sensing

#3 in United Kingdom #60 in the World

21% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1209 Founded

13

France | Ile-de-France

Pierre and Marie Curie University

For Remote Sensing

#1 in France #68 in the World

20% Acceptance

35,114 Enrollment

1150 Founded

14

Switzerland | Zurich

University of Zurich

For Remote Sensing

#2 in Switzerland #69 in the World

19% Acceptance

25,732 Enrollment

15

Spain | Valencia

University of Valencia

For Remote Sensing

#2 in Spain #71 in the World

51% Acceptance

58,390 Enrollment

16

United Kingdom | England

Imperial College London

For Remote Sensing

#4 in United Kingdom #73 in the World

41% Acceptance

17,565 Enrollment

1907 Founded

17

Belgium | Leuven

Catholic University of Leuven

For Remote Sensing

#1 in Belgium #74 in the World

33% Acceptance

62,693 Enrollment

1425 Founded

18

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

University of Bonn

For Remote Sensing

#3 in Germany #75 in the World

36% Acceptance

38,043 Enrollment

1818 Founded

19

United Kingdom | England

University of Southampton

For Remote Sensing

#5 in United Kingdom #76 in the World

32% Acceptance

21,335 Enrollment

1952 Founded

20

Switzerland | Lausanne

Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

For Remote Sensing

#3 in Switzerland #77 in the World

23% Acceptance

12,576 Enrollment

21

Netherlands | Enschede

University of Twente

For Remote Sensing

#3 in Netherlands #78 in the World

51% Acceptance

24,703 Enrollment

1961 Founded

22

Italy | Trentino-South Tyrol

University of Trento

For Remote Sensing

#3 in Italy #81 in the World

73% Acceptance

16,239 Enrollment

1962 Founded

23

Austria | Vienna

Vienna University of Technology

For Remote Sensing

#1 in Austria #87 in the World

34% Acceptance

29,341 Enrollment

1872 Founded

24

United Kingdom | England

University of Reading

For Remote Sensing

#6 in United Kingdom #92 in the World

37% Acceptance

11,270 Enrollment

1892 Founded

25

Germany | Bremen State

University of Bremen

For Remote Sensing

#4 in Germany #94 in the World

52% Acceptance

17,984 Enrollment

1971 Founded

26

Italy | Tuscany

University of Florence

For Remote Sensing

#4 in Italy #95 in the World

30% Acceptance

96,945 Enrollment

1321 Founded

27

Germany | Bavaria

University of Munich

For Remote Sensing

#5 in Germany #96 in the World

55% Acceptance

52,418 Enrollment

1472 Founded

28

United Kingdom | England

University of Leeds

For Remote Sensing

#7 in United Kingdom #106 in the World

48% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1904 Founded

29

Belgium | Liege

University of Liege

For Remote Sensing

#2 in Belgium #109 in the World

34% Acceptance

27,678 Enrollment

1817 Founded

30

Portugal | Lisbon

University of Lisbon

For Remote Sensing

#1 in Portugal #112 in the World

37% Acceptance

49,769 Enrollment

1911 Founded

31

Netherlands | Utrecht

Utrecht University

For Remote Sensing

#4 in Netherlands #116 in the World

22% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1636 Founded

32

Belgium | Ghent

Ghent University

For Remote Sensing

#3 in Belgium #119 in the World

34% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1817 Founded

33

United Kingdom | England

University of Nottingham

For Remote Sensing

#8 in United Kingdom #123 in the World

32% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1948 Founded

34

Italy | Campania

Federico II University of Naples

For Remote Sensing

#5 in Italy #125 in the World

31% Acceptance

80,000 Enrollment

1224 Founded

35

Denmark | Copenhagen

University of Copenhagen

For Remote Sensing

#2 in Denmark #127 in the World

37% Acceptance

33,020 Enrollment

1479 Founded

36

Switzerland | Bern

University of Bern

For Remote Sensing

#4 in Switzerland #128 in the World

26% Acceptance

19,608 Enrollment

37

United Kingdom | England

University of Bristol

For Remote Sensing

#9 in United Kingdom #130 in the World

63% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1909 Founded

38

Finland | Helsinki

University of Helsinki

For Remote Sensing

#1 in Finland #133 in the World

12% Acceptance

31,312 Enrollment

1640 Founded

39

Italy | Piedmont

Polytechnic University of Turin

For Remote Sensing

#6 in Italy #134 in the World

40% Acceptance

48,645 Enrollment

1859 Founded

40

United Kingdom | Scotland

University of Edinburgh

For Remote Sensing

#10 in United Kingdom #135 in the World

51% Acceptance

24,409 Enrollment

1583 Founded

41

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

University of Stuttgart

For Remote Sensing

#6 in Germany #136 in the World

48% Acceptance

22,616 Enrollment

1829 Founded

42

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

Heidelberg University – Germany

For Remote Sensing

#7 in Germany #138 in the World

45% Acceptance

28,413 Enrollment

1386 Founded

43

Germany | Hamburg State

University of Hamburg

For Remote Sensing

#8 in Germany #142 in the World

39% Acceptance

43,957 Enrollment

1919 Founded

44

Greece | Athens

National Technical University of Athens

For Remote Sensing

#1 in Greece #146 in the World

20% Acceptance

18,000 Enrollment

1836 Founded

45

United Kingdom | England

University of Manchester

For Remote Sensing

#11 in United Kingdom #148 in the World

40% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1824 Founded

46

United Kingdom | England

Durham University

For Remote Sensing

#12 in United Kingdom #149 in the World

46% Acceptance

19,520 Enrollment

1832 Founded

47

Denmark | Aarhus

Aarhus University

For Remote Sensing

#3 in Denmark #150 in the World

42% Acceptance

33,020 Enrollment

1928 Founded

48

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

University of Bologna

For Remote Sensing

#7 in Italy #151 in the World

73% Acceptance

96,945 Enrollment

1088 Founded

49

Italy | Veneto

University of Padua

For Remote Sensing

#8 in Italy #152 in the World

40% Acceptance

70,000 Enrollment

1222 Founded

50

Greece | Thessaloniki

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

For Remote Sensing

#2 in Greece #154 in the World

20% Acceptance

92,090 Enrollment

1925 Founded

51

Ireland | Dublin

University College Dublin

For Remote Sensing

#1 in Ireland #155 in the World

42% Acceptance

33,321 Enrollment

1854 Founded

52

Sweden | Lund

Lund University

For Remote Sensing

#1 in Sweden #160 in the World

58% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1666 Founded

53

United Kingdom | England

Newcastle University

For Remote Sensing

#13 in United Kingdom #163 in the World

23% Acceptance

28,693 Enrollment

1963 Founded

54

United Kingdom | England

University of Leicester

For Remote Sensing

#14 in United Kingdom #164 in the World

39% Acceptance

24,409 Enrollment

1957 Founded

55

United Kingdom | England

University of Sheffield

For Remote Sensing

#15 in United Kingdom #169 in the World

28% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1905 Founded

56

Spain | Madrid

Technical University of Madrid

For Remote Sensing

#4 in Spain #171 in the World

53% Acceptance

28,450 Enrollment

1971 Founded

57

Italy | Tuscany

University of Pisa

For Remote Sensing

#9 in Italy #173 in the World

39% Acceptance

47,736 Enrollment

1343 Founded

58

United Kingdom | England

Lancaster University

For Remote Sensing

#16 in United Kingdom #175 in the World

22% Acceptance

15,555 Enrollment

1964 Founded

59

Norway | Oslo

University of Oslo

For Remote Sensing

#1 in Norway #190 in the World

27% Acceptance

26,650 Enrollment

1811 Founded

60

Norway | Trondheim

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

For Remote Sensing

#2 in Norway #191 in the World

27% Acceptance

44,000 Enrollment

1996 Founded

61

Russia | Moscow

Moscow State University

For Remote Sensing

#1 in Russia #199 in the World

12% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1755 Founded

62

Germany | Saxony

Dresden University of Technology

For Remote Sensing

#9 in Germany #200 in the World

28% Acceptance

31,517 Enrollment

1828 Founded

63

Sweden | Gothenburg

Chalmers University of Technology

For Remote Sensing

#2 in Sweden #204 in the World

79% Acceptance

10,773 Enrollment

1829 Founded

64

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

For Remote Sensing

#4 in France #208 in the World

15% Acceptance

38,007 Enrollment

1809 Founded

65

Belgium | Louvain-la-Neuve

Catholic University of Louvain

For Remote Sensing

#4 in Belgium #210 in the World

34% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1425 Founded

66

Germany | Lower Saxony

Leibniz University of Hanover

For Remote Sensing

#10 in Germany #212 in the World

50% Acceptance

28,018 Enrollment

1831 Founded

67

United Kingdom | England

University of Birmingham

For Remote Sensing

#17 in United Kingdom #215 in the World

38% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1900 Founded

68

Spain | Granada

University of Granada

For Remote Sensing

#5 in Spain #220 in the World

53% Acceptance

56,842 Enrollment

1531 Founded

69

United Kingdom | England

University of Exeter

For Remote Sensing

#18 in United Kingdom #229 in the World

73% Acceptance

11,270 Enrollment

1955 Founded

70

Denmark | Aalborg

Aalborg University

For Remote Sensing

#4 in Denmark #232 in the World

40% Acceptance

20,353 Enrollment

1974 Founded

71

Italy | Liguria

University of Genoa

For Remote Sensing

#10 in Italy #239 in the World

39% Acceptance

36,728 Enrollment

1481 Founded

72

Sweden | Stockholm

KTH Royal Institute of Technology

For Remote Sensing

#3 in Sweden #244 in the World

41% Acceptance

14,278 Enrollment

1827 Founded

73

Portugal | Porto

University of Porto

For Remote Sensing

#2 in Portugal #253 in the World

31% Acceptance

29,178 Enrollment

1911 Founded

74

Sweden | Uppsala

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

For Remote Sensing

#4 in Sweden #255 in the World

58% Acceptance

5,675 Enrollment

1977 Founded

75

United Kingdom | England

University of Surrey

For Remote Sensing

#19 in United Kingdom #262 in the World

32% Acceptance

16,900 Enrollment

1966 Founded

76

Sweden | Uppsala

Uppsala University

For Remote Sensing

#5 in Sweden #266 in the World

69% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1477 Founded

77

Greece | Athens

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

For Remote Sensing

#3 in Greece #269 in the World

19% Acceptance

70,461 Enrollment

1837 Founded

78

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

University of Cologne

For Remote Sensing

#11 in Germany #276 in the World

33% Acceptance

52,204 Enrollment

1388 Founded

79

Germany | Brandenburg

Technical University of Berlin

For Remote Sensing

#12 in Germany #280 in the World

23% Acceptance

34,842 Enrollment

1946 Founded

80

United Kingdom | Wales

Aberystwyth University

For Remote Sensing

#20 in United Kingdom #281 in the World

63% Acceptance

11,270 Enrollment

1872 Founded

81

Spain | Valencia

Polytechnic University of Valencia

For Remote Sensing

#8 in Spain #286 in the World

50% Acceptance

28,450 Enrollment

1968 Founded

82

Netherlands | Amsterdam

University of Amsterdam

For Remote Sensing

#5 in Netherlands #291 in the World

51% Acceptance

41,000 Enrollment

1632 Founded

83

Poland | Warsaw

Warsaw University of Technology

For Remote Sensing

#1 in Poland #292 in the World

71% Acceptance

27,072 Enrollment

1826 Founded

84

Germany | Brandenburg

Free University of Berlin

For Remote Sensing

#13 in Germany #293 in the World

15% Acceptance

37,908 Enrollment

1948 Founded

85

United Kingdom | Scotland

University of Glasgow

For Remote Sensing

#21 in United Kingdom #294 in the World

48% Acceptance

28,693 Enrollment

1451 Founded

86

France | Ile-de-France

Polytechnic School

For Remote Sensing

#6 in France #296 in the World

11% Acceptance

2,790 Enrollment

1794 Founded

87

Germany | Brandenburg

Humboldt University of Berlin

For Remote Sensing

#14 in Germany #298 in the World

34% Acceptance

36,232 Enrollment

1809 Founded

88

Austria | Vienna

University of Vienna

For Remote Sensing

#3 in Austria #301 in the World

33% Acceptance

93,628 Enrollment

1365 Founded

89

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

University of Munster

For Remote Sensing

#15 in Germany #303 in the World

14% Acceptance

43,728 Enrollment

1780 Founded

90

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

University of Freiburg

For Remote Sensing

#16 in Germany #307 in the World

33% Acceptance

23,938 Enrollment

1457 Founded

91

United Kingdom | England

Cranfield University

For Remote Sensing

#22 in United Kingdom #308 in the World

59% Acceptance

4,825 Enrollment

1993 Founded

92

Sweden | Stockholm

Stockholm University

For Remote Sensing

#6 in Sweden #312 in the World

52% Acceptance

37,484 Enrollment

1878 Founded

93

Netherlands | Amsterdam

Free University Amsterdam

For Remote Sensing

#6 in Netherlands #313 in the World

45% Acceptance

41,000 Enrollment

1880 Founded

94

Austria | Innsbruck

University of Innsbruck

For Remote Sensing

#4 in Austria #314 in the World

34% Acceptance

28,278 Enrollment

1669 Founded

95

Austria | Graz

Graz University of Technology

For Remote Sensing

#5 in Austria #317 in the World

41% Acceptance

16,436 Enrollment

1874 Founded

96

Germany | Bavaria

University of Erlangen Nuremberg

For Remote Sensing

#17 in Germany #325 in the World

46% Acceptance

39,658 Enrollment

1743 Founded

97

Spain | Barcelona

University of Barcelona

For Remote Sensing

#10 in Spain #335 in the World

69% Acceptance

64,236 Enrollment

98

Finland | Espoo

Aalto University

For Remote Sensing

#2 in Finland #336 in the World

18% Acceptance

11,440 Enrollment

2010 Founded

99

Spain | Madrid

Complutense University of Madrid

For Remote Sensing

#11 in Spain #337 in the World

56% Acceptance

58,390 Enrollment

1508 Founded

100

Germany | Lower Saxony

University of Gottingen

For Remote Sensing

#19 in Germany #347 in the World

34% Acceptance

31,619 Enrollment

1734 Founded

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