Best Social Work Universities in Europe [2026 Rankings]

1

United Kingdom | England

University of York

For Social Work

#2 in United Kingdom #27 in the World

20% Acceptance

27,278 Enrollment

1963 Founded

2

United Kingdom | Scotland

University of Edinburgh

For Social Work

#3 in United Kingdom #30 in the World

51% Acceptance

24,409 Enrollment

1583 Founded

3

United Kingdom | England

University of Nottingham

For Social Work

#4 in United Kingdom #33 in the World

32% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1948 Founded

4

United Kingdom | England

University of Bristol

For Social Work

#5 in United Kingdom #34 in the World

63% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1909 Founded

5

United Kingdom | England

University of Birmingham

For Social Work

#6 in United Kingdom #37 in the World

38% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1900 Founded

6

United Kingdom | England

University of Manchester

For Social Work

#8 in United Kingdom #47 in the World

40% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1824 Founded

7

Sweden | Stockholm

Stockholm University

For Social Work

#1 in Sweden #48 in the World

52% Acceptance

37,484 Enrollment

1878 Founded

8

United Kingdom | England

University of East Anglia

For Social Work

#9 in United Kingdom #49 in the World

22% Acceptance

24,409 Enrollment

1963 Founded

9

United Kingdom | England

University College London

For Social Work

#10 in United Kingdom #55 in the World

36% Acceptance

42,000 Enrollment

1826 Founded

10

United Kingdom | England

University of Sheffield

For Social Work

#11 in United Kingdom #63 in the World

28% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1905 Founded

11

United Kingdom | Wales

Cardiff University

For Social Work

#12 in United Kingdom #65 in the World

39% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1997 Founded

12

United Kingdom | Northern Ireland

Ulster University

For Social Work

#15 in United Kingdom #69 in the World

55% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1968 Founded

13

United Kingdom | England

Brunel University London

For Social Work

#16 in United Kingdom #70 in the World

54% Acceptance

19,449 Enrollment

1966 Founded

14

United Kingdom | England

University of Sussex

For Social Work

#17 in United Kingdom #71 in the World

35% Acceptance

17,319 Enrollment

1961 Founded

15

United Kingdom | England

Lancaster University

For Social Work

#18 in United Kingdom #72 in the World

22% Acceptance

15,555 Enrollment

1964 Founded

16

United Kingdom | England

Durham University

For Social Work

#20 in United Kingdom #87 in the World

46% Acceptance

19,520 Enrollment

1832 Founded

17

Sweden | Gothenburg

University of Gothenburg

For Social Work

#2 in Sweden #93 in the World

55% Acceptance

36,003 Enrollment

1891 Founded

18

Sweden | Lund

Lund University

For Social Work

#3 in Sweden #97 in the World

58% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1666 Founded

19

United Kingdom | England

University of Kent

For Social Work

#21 in United Kingdom #98 in the World

50% Acceptance

17,319 Enrollment

1965 Founded

20

United Kingdom | England

University of Warwick

For Social Work

#22 in United Kingdom #100 in the World

23% Acceptance

27,278 Enrollment

1965 Founded

21

Belgium | Ghent

Ghent University

For Social Work

#1 in Belgium #103 in the World

34% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1817 Founded

22

United Kingdom | England

University of Southampton

For Social Work

#23 in United Kingdom #105 in the World

32% Acceptance

21,335 Enrollment

1952 Founded

23

United Kingdom | England

University of Bradford

For Social Work

#24 in United Kingdom #112 in the World

63% Acceptance

27,278 Enrollment

1966 Founded

24

Denmark | Aarhus

Aarhus University

For Social Work

#1 in Denmark #115 in the World

42% Acceptance

33,020 Enrollment

1928 Founded

25

United Kingdom | England

Manchester Metropolitan University

For Social Work

#26 in United Kingdom #117 in the World

53% Acceptance

22,980 Enrollment

1992 Founded

26

United Kingdom | England

London School of Economics and Political Science

For Social Work

#28 in United Kingdom #127 in the World

8% Acceptance

9,218 Enrollment

1895 Founded

27

Finland | Tampere

University of Tampere

For Social Work

#1 in Finland #128 in the World

12% Acceptance

18,400 Enrollment

1925 Founded

28

United Kingdom | England

University of Hull

For Social Work

#29 in United Kingdom #131 in the World

55% Acceptance

27,278 Enrollment

1954 Founded

29

United Kingdom | Scotland

University of Glasgow

For Social Work

#31 in United Kingdom #138 in the World

48% Acceptance

28,693 Enrollment

1451 Founded

30

United Kingdom | England

University of Leicester

For Social Work

#32 in United Kingdom #141 in the World

39% Acceptance

24,409 Enrollment

1957 Founded

31

Denmark | Aalborg

Aalborg University

For Social Work

#2 in Denmark #142 in the World

40% Acceptance

20,353 Enrollment

1974 Founded

32

Finland | Jyvaskyla

University of Jyvaskyla

For Social Work

#3 in Finland #143 in the World

60% Acceptance

13,870 Enrollment

1934 Founded

33

Finland | Helsinki

University of Helsinki

For Social Work

#4 in Finland #147 in the World

12% Acceptance

31,312 Enrollment

1640 Founded

34

United Kingdom | England

Royal Holloway, University of London

For Social Work

#33 in United Kingdom #148 in the World

55% Acceptance

17,319 Enrollment

1849 Founded

35

United Kingdom | England

University of Central Lancashire

For Social Work

#35 in United Kingdom #151 in the World

72% Acceptance

19,290 Enrollment

1992 Founded

36

Sweden | Linkoping

Linkoping University

For Social Work

#4 in Sweden #154 in the World

41% Acceptance

22,441 Enrollment

1975 Founded

37

United Kingdom | England

Bournemouth University

For Social Work

#37 in United Kingdom #163 in the World

55% Acceptance

14,293 Enrollment

1992 Founded

38

Sweden | Umea

Umea University

For Social Work

#5 in Sweden #164 in the World

61% Acceptance

34,237 Enrollment

1965 Founded

39

United Kingdom | England

University of Oxford

For Social Work

#38 in United Kingdom #167 in the World

22% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1096 Founded

40

Ireland | Galway

National University of Ireland, Galway

For Social Work

#1 in Ireland #170 in the World

43% Acceptance

33,321 Enrollment

1845 Founded

41

United Kingdom | England

University of Exeter

For Social Work

#39 in United Kingdom #171 in the World

73% Acceptance

11,270 Enrollment

1955 Founded

42

Ireland | Dublin

Trinity College Dublin, University of Dublin

For Social Work

#2 in Ireland #173 in the World

48% Acceptance

20,430 Enrollment

1592 Founded

43

Ireland | Dublin

University College Dublin

For Social Work

#3 in Ireland #178 in the World

42% Acceptance

33,321 Enrollment

1854 Founded

44

United Kingdom | England

University of Bath

For Social Work

#40 in United Kingdom #181 in the World

67% Acceptance

18,857 Enrollment

1966 Founded

45

United Kingdom | England

Keele University

For Social Work

#41 in United Kingdom #185 in the World

52% Acceptance

24,409 Enrollment

1962 Founded

46

United Kingdom | England

Nottingham Trent University

For Social Work

#42 in United Kingdom #187 in the World

22% Acceptance

19,710 Enrollment

1992 Founded

47

Netherlands | Amsterdam

University of Amsterdam

For Social Work

#1 in Netherlands #189 in the World

51% Acceptance

41,000 Enrollment

1632 Founded

48

United Kingdom | Scotland

University of Strathclyde

For Social Work

#43 in United Kingdom #193 in the World

47% Acceptance

18,857 Enrollment

1964 Founded

49

United Kingdom | England

University of Liverpool

For Social Work

#44 in United Kingdom #196 in the World

24% Acceptance

28,693 Enrollment

1881 Founded

50

United Kingdom | England

University of Leeds

For Social Work

#47 in United Kingdom #205 in the World

48% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1904 Founded

51

United Kingdom | England

Newcastle University

For Social Work

#48 in United Kingdom #207 in the World

23% Acceptance

28,693 Enrollment

1963 Founded

52

Norway | Stavanger

University of Stavanger

For Social Work

#1 in Norway #212 in the World

31% Acceptance

12,000 Enrollment

1994 Founded

53

Denmark | Copenhagen

University of Copenhagen

For Social Work

#3 in Denmark #216 in the World

37% Acceptance

33,020 Enrollment

1479 Founded

54

United Kingdom | England

Goldsmiths, University of London

For Social Work

#51 in United Kingdom #220 in the World

64% Acceptance

6,863 Enrollment

1904 Founded

55

United Kingdom | England

University of London

For Social Work

#52 in United Kingdom #222 in the World

36% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1836 Founded

56

Norway | Trondheim

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

For Social Work

#2 in Norway #226 in the World

27% Acceptance

44,000 Enrollment

1996 Founded

57

Belgium | Leuven

Catholic University of Leuven

For Social Work

#2 in Belgium #228 in the World

33% Acceptance

62,693 Enrollment

1425 Founded

58

Ireland | Cork

University College Cork

For Social Work

#4 in Ireland #229 in the World

48% Acceptance

21,894 Enrollment

1845 Founded

59

United Kingdom | Wales

University of Wales

For Social Work

#57 in United Kingdom #238 in the World

78% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1893 Founded

60

United Kingdom | England

Leeds Beckett University

For Social Work

#61 in United Kingdom #257 in the World

68% Acceptance

4,270 Enrollment

1992 Founded

61

Netherlands | Utrecht

Utrecht University

For Social Work

#2 in Netherlands #263 in the World

22% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1636 Founded

62

Netherlands | Amsterdam

Free University Amsterdam

For Social Work

#3 in Netherlands #267 in the World

45% Acceptance

41,000 Enrollment

1880 Founded

63

United Kingdom | England

Loughborough University

For Social Work

#63 in United Kingdom #269 in the World

44% Acceptance

19,449 Enrollment

1966 Founded

64

United Kingdom | England

University of Essex

For Social Work

#64 in United Kingdom #277 in the World

52% Acceptance

29,000 Enrollment

1964 Founded

65

Netherlands | Rotterdam

Erasmus University Rotterdam

For Social Work

#4 in Netherlands #282 in the World

53% Acceptance

18,000 Enrollment

1913 Founded

66

United Kingdom | England

University of Reading

For Social Work

#68 in United Kingdom #289 in the World

37% Acceptance

11,270 Enrollment

1892 Founded

67

United Kingdom | England

Sheffield Hallam University

For Social Work

#71 in United Kingdom #299 in the World

69% Acceptance

19,290 Enrollment

1992 Founded

68

Norway | Bergen

University of Bergen

For Social Work

#3 in Norway #306 in the World

28% Acceptance

16,900 Enrollment

1946 Founded

69

Sweden | Stockholm

Karolinska Institute

For Social Work

#10 in Sweden #310 in the World

57% Acceptance

8,070 Enrollment

1861 Founded

70

Spain | Madrid

Complutense University of Madrid

For Social Work

#1 in Spain #311 in the World

56% Acceptance

58,390 Enrollment

1508 Founded

71

Italy | Trentino-South Tyrol

Free University of Bozen

For Social Work

#1 in Italy #315 in the World

77% Acceptance

4,216 Enrollment

1997 Founded

72

Sweden | Uppsala

Uppsala University

For Social Work

#11 in Sweden #323 in the World

69% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1477 Founded

73

Spain | Girona

University of Girona

For Social Work

#2 in Spain #329 in the World

50% Acceptance

15,336 Enrollment

74

Italy | Trentino-South Tyrol

University of Trento

For Social Work

#2 in Italy #331 in the World

73% Acceptance

16,239 Enrollment

1962 Founded

75

United Kingdom | England

Canterbury Christ Church University

For Social Work

#74 in United Kingdom #335 in the World

82% Acceptance

10,798 Enrollment

2005 Founded

76

United Kingdom | England

City, University of London

For Social Work

#76 in United Kingdom #337 in the World

55% Acceptance

22,980 Enrollment

1966 Founded

77

Germany | Hesse

Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main

For Social Work

#3 in Germany #342 in the World

50% Acceptance

43,461 Enrollment

1914 Founded

78

United Kingdom | England

Liverpool John Moores University

For Social Work

#78 in United Kingdom #349 in the World

46% Acceptance

15,555 Enrollment

1992 Founded

79

Belgium | Antwerp

University of Antwerp

For Social Work

#4 in Belgium #350 in the World

33% Acceptance

62,693 Enrollment

2003 Founded

80

United Kingdom | England

University of Surrey

For Social Work

#79 in United Kingdom #355 in the World

32% Acceptance

16,900 Enrollment

1966 Founded

81

Finland | Turku

University of Turku

For Social Work

#5 in Finland #357 in the World

18% Acceptance

20,800 Enrollment

1920 Founded

82

Spain | Cerdanyola del Valles

Autonomous University of Barcelona

For Social Work

#3 in Spain #361 in the World

54% Acceptance

30,926 Enrollment

83

Netherlands | Tilburg

Tilburg University

For Social Work

#5 in Netherlands #362 in the World

57% Acceptance

19,178 Enrollment

1927 Founded

84

Spain | Malaga

University of Malaga

For Social Work

#4 in Spain #367 in the World

45% Acceptance

36,054 Enrollment

1972 Founded

85

Spain | Granada

University of Granada

For Social Work

#5 in Spain #379 in the World

53% Acceptance

56,842 Enrollment

1531 Founded

86

Italy | Lombardy

University of Milan

For Social Work

#3 in Italy #394 in the World

21% Acceptance

65,234 Enrollment

1924 Founded

87

Netherlands | Nijmegen

Radboud University

For Social Work

#6 in Netherlands #400 in the World

43% Acceptance

34,000 Enrollment

1923 Founded

88

United Kingdom | England

University of Cambridge

For Social Work

#81 in United Kingdom #401 in the World

21% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1209 Founded

89

United Kingdom | England

Oxford Brookes University

For Social Work

#83 in United Kingdom #411 in the World

62% Acceptance

16,900 Enrollment

1865 Founded

90

Italy | Lombardy

Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

For Social Work

#5 in Italy #412 in the World

40% Acceptance

23,000 Enrollment

1921 Founded

91

Croatia | Zagreb

University of Zagreb

For Social Work

#1 in Croatia #415 in the World

56% Acceptance

65,436 Enrollment

1874 Founded

92

Spain | Barcelona

University of Barcelona

For Social Work

#7 in Spain #420 in the World

69% Acceptance

64,236 Enrollment

93

Norway | Oslo

University of Oslo

For Social Work

#5 in Norway #430 in the World

27% Acceptance

26,650 Enrollment

1811 Founded

94

Poland | Warsaw

University of Warsaw

For Social Work

#1 in Poland #436 in the World

25% Acceptance

42,700 Enrollment

1816 Founded

95

Poland | Lodz

University of Lodz

For Social Work

#2 in Poland #445 in the World

64% Acceptance

23,188 Enrollment

1945 Founded

96

United Kingdom | England

Queen Mary University of London

For Social Work

#85 in United Kingdom #460 in the World

18% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1989 Founded

97

Spain | Barcelona

Pompeu Fabra University

For Social Work

#8 in Spain #472 in the World

55% Acceptance

15,801 Enrollment

98

Poland | Torun

Nicolaus Copernicus University

For Social Work

#3 in Poland #490 in the World

60% Acceptance

28,900 Enrollment

1945 Founded

99

Russia | Moscow

National Research University Higher School of Economics

For Social Work

#1 in Russia #496 in the World

19% Acceptance

16,401 Enrollment

1992 Founded

100

United Kingdom | England

University of Westminster

For Social Work

#92 in United Kingdom #520 in the World

56% Acceptance

19,000 Enrollment

1838 Founded

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