Times Higher Education World University Rankings data reveal the top 200 universities in Europe
| Rank | Institution | Country |
| 1 | University of Oxford | UK |
| 2 | University of Cambridge | UK |
| 3 | Imperial College London | UK |
| 4 | ETH Zurich – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich | Switzerland |
| 5 | University College London (UCL) | UK |
| 6 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) | UK |
| 7 | University of Edinburgh | UK |
| 8 | King’s College London | UK |
| 9 | Karolinska Institute | Sweden |
| 10 | LMU Munich | Germany |
| 11 | École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) | Switzerland |
| 12 | KU Leuven | Belgium |
| 13 | Heidelberg University | Germany |
| 14 | Wageningen University and Research Center | Netherlands |
| 15 | Humboldt University of Berlin | Germany |
| 16 | Technical University of Munich | Germany |
| 17 | École Normale Supérieure | France |
| 18 | University of Manchester | UK |
| 19 | University of Amsterdam | Netherlands |
| 20 | Utrecht University | Netherlands |
| 21 | Delft University of Technology | Netherlands |
| 22 | Leiden University | Netherlands |
| 23 | University of Bristol | UK |
| 24 | Durham University | UK |
| 25 | Erasmus University Rotterdam | Netherlands |
| 26 | Free University of Berlin | Germany |
| 27 | University of Groningen | Netherlands |
| 28 | University of Glasgow | UK |
| 28 | University of Helsinki | Finland |
| 30 | University of Tübingen | Germany |