Best Zoology Universities in Europe [2026 Rankings]

1

United Kingdom | England

University of Cambridge

For Zoology

#1 in United Kingdom #6 in the World

21% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1209 Founded

2

United Kingdom | England

University of Oxford

For Zoology

#2 in United Kingdom #7 in the World

22% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1096 Founded

3

Denmark | Copenhagen

University of Copenhagen

For Zoology

#1 in Denmark #14 in the World

37% Acceptance

33,020 Enrollment

1479 Founded

4

United Kingdom | England

University College London

For Zoology

#3 in United Kingdom #23 in the World

36% Acceptance

42,000 Enrollment

1826 Founded

5

Switzerland | Zurich

University of Zurich

For Zoology

#1 in Switzerland #28 in the World

19% Acceptance

25,732 Enrollment

6

United Kingdom | England

Imperial College London

For Zoology

#4 in United Kingdom #32 in the World

41% Acceptance

17,565 Enrollment

1907 Founded

7

Sweden | Uppsala

Uppsala University

For Zoology

#1 in Sweden #33 in the World

69% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1477 Founded

8

United Kingdom | Scotland

University of Edinburgh

For Zoology

#5 in United Kingdom #34 in the World

51% Acceptance

24,409 Enrollment

1583 Founded

9

France | Ile-de-France

Pierre and Marie Curie University

For Zoology

#1 in France #38 in the World

20% Acceptance

35,114 Enrollment

1150 Founded

10

United Kingdom | England

University of Bristol

For Zoology

#6 in United Kingdom #43 in the World

63% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1909 Founded

11

Belgium | Ghent

Ghent University

For Zoology

#1 in Belgium #45 in the World

34% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1817 Founded

12

United Kingdom | Scotland

University of Glasgow

For Zoology

#7 in United Kingdom #46 in the World

48% Acceptance

28,693 Enrollment

1451 Founded

13

Sweden | Lund

Lund University

For Zoology

#2 in Sweden #55 in the World

58% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1666 Founded

14

Finland | Helsinki

University of Helsinki

For Zoology

#1 in Finland #60 in the World

12% Acceptance

31,312 Enrollment

1640 Founded

15

Austria | Vienna

University of Vienna

For Zoology

#1 in Austria #62 in the World

33% Acceptance

93,628 Enrollment

1365 Founded

16

Switzerland | Bern

University of Bern

For Zoology

#2 in Switzerland #64 in the World

26% Acceptance

19,608 Enrollment

17

United Kingdom | England

University of Liverpool

For Zoology

#8 in United Kingdom #65 in the World

24% Acceptance

28,693 Enrollment

1881 Founded

18

Denmark | Aarhus

Aarhus University

For Zoology

#2 in Denmark #67 in the World

42% Acceptance

33,020 Enrollment

1928 Founded

19

Netherlands | Wageningen

Wageningen University

For Zoology

#1 in Netherlands #68 in the World

47% Acceptance

12,819 Enrollment

1918 Founded

20

France | Occitanie

University of Montpellier

For Zoology

#2 in France #74 in the World

13% Acceptance

49,000 Enrollment

1289 Founded

21

Sweden | Gothenburg

University of Gothenburg

For Zoology

#3 in Sweden #75 in the World

55% Acceptance

36,003 Enrollment

1891 Founded

22

United Kingdom | England

University of Sheffield

For Zoology

#9 in United Kingdom #78 in the World

28% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1905 Founded

23

Sweden | Uppsala

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

For Zoology

#4 in Sweden #80 in the World

58% Acceptance

5,675 Enrollment

1977 Founded

24

Netherlands | Utrecht

Utrecht University

For Zoology

#2 in Netherlands #82 in the World

22% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1636 Founded

25

Netherlands | Groningen

University of Groningen

For Zoology

#3 in Netherlands #84 in the World

50% Acceptance

34,000 Enrollment

1614 Founded

26

United Kingdom | England

University of London

For Zoology

#10 in United Kingdom #91 in the World

36% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1836 Founded

27

Netherlands | Leiden

Leiden University

For Zoology

#4 in Netherlands #92 in the World

30% Acceptance

33,474 Enrollment

1575 Founded

28

Norway | Oslo

University of Oslo

For Zoology

#1 in Norway #97 in the World

27% Acceptance

26,650 Enrollment

1811 Founded

29

Germany | Bavaria

University of Munich

For Zoology

#1 in Germany #99 in the World

55% Acceptance

52,418 Enrollment

1472 Founded

30

Belgium | Leuven

Catholic University of Leuven

For Zoology

#2 in Belgium #106 in the World

33% Acceptance

62,693 Enrollment

1425 Founded

31

Netherlands | Amsterdam

University of Amsterdam

For Zoology

#5 in Netherlands #107 in the World

51% Acceptance

41,000 Enrollment

1632 Founded

32

Sweden | Stockholm

Stockholm University

For Zoology

#5 in Sweden #111 in the World

52% Acceptance

37,484 Enrollment

1878 Founded

33

Spain | Barcelona

University of Barcelona

For Zoology

#1 in Spain #112 in the World

69% Acceptance

64,236 Enrollment

34

United Kingdom | England

University of Exeter

For Zoology

#12 in United Kingdom #117 in the World

73% Acceptance

11,270 Enrollment

1955 Founded

35

United Kingdom | England

University of Manchester

For Zoology

#13 in United Kingdom #119 in the World

40% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1824 Founded

36

Germany | Brandenburg

Free University of Berlin

For Zoology

#3 in Germany #121 in the World

15% Acceptance

37,908 Enrollment

1948 Founded

37

United Kingdom | England

Queen Mary University of London

For Zoology

#14 in United Kingdom #123 in the World

18% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1989 Founded

38

Germany | Hamburg State

University of Hamburg

For Zoology

#4 in Germany #127 in the World

39% Acceptance

43,957 Enrollment

1919 Founded

39

United Kingdom | Scotland

University of St Andrews

For Zoology

#16 in United Kingdom #134 in the World

33% Acceptance

10,425 Enrollment

1413 Founded

40

Italy | Lombardy

University of Milan

For Zoology

#1 in Italy #135 in the World

21% Acceptance

65,234 Enrollment

1924 Founded

41

Italy | Lazio

Sapienza University of Rome

For Zoology

#2 in Italy #137 in the World

39% Acceptance

100,155 Enrollment

1303 Founded

42

United Kingdom | England

University of Nottingham

For Zoology

#17 in United Kingdom #138 in the World

32% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1948 Founded

43

Belgium | Liege

University of Liege

For Zoology

#3 in Belgium #140 in the World

34% Acceptance

27,678 Enrollment

1817 Founded

44

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

University of Bonn

For Zoology

#5 in Germany #141 in the World

36% Acceptance

38,043 Enrollment

1818 Founded

45

Belgium | Antwerp

University of Antwerp

For Zoology

#4 in Belgium #143 in the World

33% Acceptance

62,693 Enrollment

2003 Founded

46

Italy | Veneto

University of Padua

For Zoology

#3 in Italy #145 in the World

40% Acceptance

70,000 Enrollment

1222 Founded

47

Russia | Moscow

Moscow State University

For Zoology

#1 in Russia #150 in the World

12% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1755 Founded

48

Spain | Valencia

University of Valencia

For Zoology

#2 in Spain #151 in the World

51% Acceptance

58,390 Enrollment

49

Germany | Lower Saxony

University of Gottingen

For Zoology

#6 in Germany #152 in the World

34% Acceptance

31,619 Enrollment

1734 Founded

50

Switzerland | Zurich

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

For Zoology

#4 in Switzerland #160 in the World

8% Acceptance

23,420 Enrollment

51

Spain | Madrid

Complutense University of Madrid

For Zoology

#3 in Spain #163 in the World

56% Acceptance

58,390 Enrollment

1508 Founded

52

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

For Zoology

#3 in France #166 in the World

15% Acceptance

38,007 Enrollment

1809 Founded

53

Norway | Bergen

University of Bergen

For Zoology

#2 in Norway #167 in the World

28% Acceptance

16,900 Enrollment

1946 Founded

54

Portugal | Porto

University of Porto

For Zoology

#1 in Portugal #169 in the World

31% Acceptance

29,178 Enrollment

1911 Founded

55

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

University of Tubingen

For Zoology

#7 in Germany #173 in the World

33% Acceptance

28,238 Enrollment

1477 Founded

56

United Kingdom | England

University of Leeds

For Zoology

#19 in United Kingdom #176 in the World

48% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1904 Founded

57

Germany | Bavaria

University of Wurzburg

For Zoology

#8 in Germany #181 in the World

23% Acceptance

27,149 Enrollment

1402 Founded

58

Germany | Hesse

Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main

For Zoology

#9 in Germany #182 in the World

50% Acceptance

43,461 Enrollment

1914 Founded

59

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

University of Freiburg

For Zoology

#10 in Germany #187 in the World

33% Acceptance

23,938 Enrollment

1457 Founded

60

United Kingdom | England

University of Sussex

For Zoology

#20 in United Kingdom #188 in the World

35% Acceptance

17,319 Enrollment

1961 Founded

61

United Kingdom | England

Newcastle University

For Zoology

#21 in United Kingdom #189 in the World

23% Acceptance

28,693 Enrollment

1963 Founded

62

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

Heidelberg University – Germany

For Zoology

#11 in Germany #190 in the World

45% Acceptance

28,413 Enrollment

1386 Founded

63

Germany | Brandenburg

Humboldt University of Berlin

For Zoology

#12 in Germany #191 in the World

34% Acceptance

36,232 Enrollment

1809 Founded

64

Italy | Campania

Federico II University of Naples

For Zoology

#4 in Italy #195 in the World

31% Acceptance

80,000 Enrollment

1224 Founded

65

Italy | Tuscany

University of Florence

For Zoology

#5 in Italy #197 in the World

30% Acceptance

96,945 Enrollment

1321 Founded

66

Germany | Schleswig-Holstein

Kiel University

For Zoology

#13 in Germany #198 in the World

45% Acceptance

27,468 Enrollment

1665 Founded

67

Finland | Turku

University of Turku

For Zoology

#2 in Finland #199 in the World

18% Acceptance

20,800 Enrollment

1920 Founded

68

United Kingdom | England

University of Southampton

For Zoology

#22 in United Kingdom #200 in the World

32% Acceptance

21,335 Enrollment

1952 Founded

69

United Kingdom | England

University of Birmingham

For Zoology

#23 in United Kingdom #204 in the World

38% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1900 Founded

70

Netherlands | Nijmegen

Radboud University

For Zoology

#6 in Netherlands #205 in the World

43% Acceptance

34,000 Enrollment

1923 Founded

71

Italy | Tuscany

University of Pisa

For Zoology

#6 in Italy #210 in the World

39% Acceptance

47,736 Enrollment

1343 Founded

72

Spain | Cerdanyola del Valles

Autonomous University of Barcelona

For Zoology

#4 in Spain #212 in the World

54% Acceptance

30,926 Enrollment

73

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

University of Bologna

For Zoology

#7 in Italy #215 in the World

73% Acceptance

96,945 Enrollment

1088 Founded

74

Italy | Piedmont

University of Turin

For Zoology

#8 in Italy #216 in the World

37% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1404 Founded

75

Portugal | Lisbon

University of Lisbon

For Zoology

#2 in Portugal #220 in the World

37% Acceptance

49,769 Enrollment

1911 Founded

76

United Kingdom | England

University of East Anglia

For Zoology

#25 in United Kingdom #226 in the World

22% Acceptance

24,409 Enrollment

1963 Founded

77

Poland | Krakow

Jagiellonian University

For Zoology

#1 in Poland #227 in the World

53% Acceptance

33,549 Enrollment

1364 Founded

78

Greece | Thessaloniki

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

For Zoology

#1 in Greece #229 in the World

20% Acceptance

92,090 Enrollment

1925 Founded

79

Spain | Granada

University of Granada

For Zoology

#5 in Spain #230 in the World

53% Acceptance

56,842 Enrollment

1531 Founded

80

Denmark | Kongens Lyngby

Technical University of Denmark

For Zoology

#3 in Denmark #237 in the World

38% Acceptance

33,020 Enrollment

1829 Founded

81

Germany | Bavaria

Technical University of Munich

For Zoology

#15 in Germany #240 in the World

46% Acceptance

44,000 Enrollment

1868 Founded

82

Poland | Poznan

Adam Mickiewicz University

For Zoology

#2 in Poland #241 in the World

58% Acceptance

37,013 Enrollment

1919 Founded

83

United Kingdom | England

University of York

For Zoology

#26 in United Kingdom #243 in the World

20% Acceptance

27,278 Enrollment

1963 Founded

84

Germany | Rhineland-Palatinate

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

For Zoology

#16 in Germany #247 in the World

28% Acceptance

33,132 Enrollment

1946 Founded

85

Ireland | Dublin

University College Dublin

For Zoology

#1 in Ireland #249 in the World

42% Acceptance

33,321 Enrollment

1854 Founded

86

Norway | Trondheim

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

For Zoology

#3 in Norway #255 in the World

27% Acceptance

44,000 Enrollment

1996 Founded

87

Sweden | Umea

Umea University

For Zoology

#6 in Sweden #263 in the World

61% Acceptance

34,237 Enrollment

1965 Founded

88

United Kingdom | England

University of Reading

For Zoology

#27 in United Kingdom #266 in the World

37% Acceptance

11,270 Enrollment

1892 Founded

89

Finland | Jyvaskyla

University of Jyvaskyla

For Zoology

#3 in Finland #268 in the World

60% Acceptance

13,870 Enrollment

1934 Founded

90

Russia | Saint Petersburg

St. Petersburg State University

For Zoology

#2 in Russia #281 in the World

14% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1724 Founded

91

Serbia | Belgrade

University of Belgrade

For Zoology

#1 in Serbia #282 in the World

81% Acceptance

75,047 Enrollment

92

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

University of Cologne

For Zoology

#18 in Germany #286 in the World

33% Acceptance

52,204 Enrollment

1388 Founded

93

United Kingdom | Wales

Cardiff University

For Zoology

#28 in United Kingdom #292 in the World

39% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1997 Founded

94

Germany | Bavaria

University of Bayreuth

For Zoology

#19 in Germany #293 in the World

30% Acceptance

12,773 Enrollment

1972 Founded

95

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

Ruhr University Bochum

For Zoology

#21 in Germany #308 in the World

28% Acceptance

42,954 Enrollment

1962 Founded

96

Norway | Aas

Norwegian University of Life Sciences

For Zoology

#5 in Norway #309 in the World

29% Acceptance

6,345 Enrollment

1859 Founded

97

France | Ile-de-France

Paris-Sud University

For Zoology

#6 in France #318 in the World

13% Acceptance

23,270 Enrollment

2014 Founded

98

Sweden | Stockholm

Karolinska Institute

For Zoology

#7 in Sweden #320 in the World

57% Acceptance

8,070 Enrollment

1861 Founded

99

Switzerland | Lausanne

Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

For Zoology

#6 in Switzerland #322 in the World

23% Acceptance

12,576 Enrollment

100

Germany | Bavaria

University of Erlangen Nuremberg

For Zoology

#22 in Germany #323 in the World

46% Acceptance

39,658 Enrollment

1743 Founded

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