European university ranking 2013/14

What are the best ranked European universities in 2013/14 ?
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University rankings are conducted by various magazines, newspapers, websites, governments and academics. The three most famous are the Academic Ranking of World Universities (aka ARWU or Shanghai Ranking), the Times Higher Education World University Rankings and the QS World University Rankings.

American universities have long dominated the global rankings. In Europe, the best universities are almost all British. Only Switzerland, Germany, France, Denmark and Sweden managed to get one or two universities in the top 50.

Here is a comparative table of the all European universities that appear in the global top 100 in at least one of the three rankings.

You can click on each column's title to sort results in ascending or descending order.

Rank	Universities	Country	ARWU	Times	QS WUR	Total Score
1	University of Cambridge	UK	5	7	3	15
2	University of Oxford	UK	10	2	6	18
3	Imperial College London	UK	24	10	5	39
4	ETH Zürich	Switzerland	20	14	12	46
5	University College London (UCL)	UK	21	21	4	46
6	University of Edinburgh	UK	51	39	17	107
7	Karolinska Institute	Sweden	44	36	ND	(120)
8	King's College London	UK	67	38	19	124
9	University of Manchester	UK	41	58	33	132
10	École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne	Switzerland	101+	37	19	157
11	École Normale Supérieure	France	71	65	28	164
12	University of Heidelberg	Germany	54	68	50	172
13	University of Bristol	UK	64	79	30	173
14	Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich	Germany	61	55	65	181
15	Technical University Munich	Germany	50	87	53	190
16	London School of Economics	UK	101+	32	68	201
17	Utrecht University	Netherlands	52	74	81	207
18	Leiden University	Netherlands	74	67	74	215
19	University of Copenhagen	Denmark	42	150	45	237
20	KU Leuven	Belgium	101+	61	77	239
21	University of Amsterdam	Netherlands	101+	83	58	242
22	University of Paris 6	France	37	96	112	245
22	University of Helsinki	Finland	76	100	69	245
24	University of Zurich	Switzerland	60	121	78	259
25	Uppsala University	Sweden	73	111	79	263
26	University of Geneva	Switzerland	69	124	71	264
27	University of Basel	Switzerland	83	74	110	267
28	University of Sheffield	UK	101+	112	71	284
29	University of Groningen	Netherlands	92	98	97	287
30	Lund University	Sweden	101+	123	67	291
31	George August University of Göttingen	Germany	101+	63	128	292
31	Ghent University	Belgium	85	85	122	292
33	Freie Universität Berlin	Germany	-	86	109	(293)
34	Aarhus University	Denmark	81	138	91	310
35	École Polytechnique	France	201+	70	41	312
36	Erasmus University Rotterdam	Netherlands	151+	73	92	316
36	University of Nottingham	UK	84	157	75	316
36	University of Birmingham	UK	101+	153	62	316
39	University of Glasgow	UK	151+	117	51	319
40	Wageningen University	Netherlands	101+	77	150	328
41	Humboldt University of Berlin	Germany	-	94	126	(330)
42	University of Paris-Sud (11)	France	39	114	189	342
43	University of Oslo	Norway	70	185	89	344
44	University of Freiburg	Germany	100	152	102	354
45	Stockholm University	Sweden	82	103	170	355
45	University of Warwick	UK	150+	141	64	355
47	Delft University of Technology	Netherlands	201+	69	95	365
48	Durham University	UK	201+	80	90	371
49	University of Southampton	UK	151+	146	86	383
50	University of Leeds	UK	151+	139	97	387
51	Trinity College Dublin	Ireland	201+	129	61	391
52	University of St Andrews	UK	201+	117	83	401
53	Maastricht University	Netherlands	201+	98	121	420
54	Moscow State University	Russia	79	232	120	431
55	University of Strasbourg	France	97	217	226	540

Number of universities listed in each World Top 100 ranking by country

1. United Kingdom : 37
2. Netherlands : 17
3. Germany : 13
4. Switzerland : 11
5. France : 9
6. Sweden : 6
7. Belgium/Denmark : 4
8. Finland : 2
9. Ireland/Russia : 1

Note that not a single Austrian, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Greek or Eastern European (except Russia) university made it to any of the Top 100.

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What are the best ranked European universities in 2013/14 ?

Number of universities listed in each World Top 100 ranking by country