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Europe Public Universities Rankings 2024

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			AD Scientific Index - World University/Institution Rankings 2024								Total Number of Scientists in University/Institution
Country Ranking	Region Ranking	World Ranking	University / Institution	Country	Founded	Source	Best Scientist in University/Institution World Rank / Name		Total Institutions in Country	Total Scientists in Index	In top %3	In top %10	In top %20	In top %30	In top %40	In top %50	In top %60	In top %70	In top %80	In top %90	Total Scientists in Index
1	1	2	University of Oxford	United Kingdom	1096	Public	73	Daniela Bortoletto	310	3126	385	860	1,331	1,778	2,210	2,576	2,876	3,040	3,105	3,125	3,126
2	2	6	University College London	United Kingdom	1826	Public	30	Karl Friston	310	2746	344	814	1,248	1,645	2,006	2,318	2,563	2,680	2,739	2,745	2,746
3	3	8	University of Cambridge	United Kingdom	1209	Public	67	Nicholas Wareham	310	1966	257	504	751	936	1,154	1,341	1,584	1,809	1,929	1,961	1,966
4	4	11	Imperial College London	United Kingdom	1907	Public	83	Peter J Barnes	310	2142	236	609	985	1,280	1,547	1,807	1,991	2,082	2,126	2,141	2,142
1	5	18	Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule ETH Zürich	Switzerland	1855	Public	242	Aebersold R	123	1992	193	426	659	885	1,167	1,430	1,718	1,887	1,970	1,990	1,992
5	6	23	King's College London	United Kingdom	1829	Public	71	Tim D Spector	310	1579	184	432	700	923	1,151	1,333	1,488	1,540	1,571	1,577	1,579
6	7	27	University of Manchester	United Kingdom	1824	Public	190	Darren Price	310	1556	173	478	704	854	1,116	1,311	1,468	1,537	1,551	1,556	1,556
1	8	30	Utrecht University	Netherlands	1636	Public	203	Diederick E. Grobbee	101	1624	169	443	694	928	1,091	1,263	1,420	1,546	1,608	1,621	1,624
1	9	34	Catholic University of Leuven	Belgium	1834	Public	458	Peter Carmeliet	84	1593	146	380	631	837	1,030	1,202	1,363	1,513	1,579	1,591	1,593
2	10	36	University of Groningen	Netherlands	1614	Public	1029	Cisca Wijmenga	101	1364	142	384	611	808	965	1,113	1,238	1,319	1,351	1,362	1,364
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2	11	43	École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne	Switzerland	1969	Public	12	Michael Graetzel	123	1222	131	307	475	629	739	841	990	1,135	1,206	1,222	1,222
3	12	44	Leiden University	Netherlands	1575	Public	797	Ewout W. Steyerberg	101	1277	131	295	479	639	776	936	1,101	1,217	1,271	1,277	1,277
1	13	47	Karolinska Institute	Sweden	1861	Public	609	Tomas Hökfelt	90	1275	124	306	497	671	858	975	1,111	1,206	1,269	1,274	1,275
1	14	49	University of Copenhagen	Denmark	1479	Public	37	Matthias Mann	53	994	121	377	684	863	934	961	973	980	985	989	994
7	15	50	University of Edinburgh	United Kingdom	1583	Public	416	Ian Deary	310	1483	119	358	611	838	1,005	1,211	1,350	1,442	1,474	1,480	1,483
2	16	56	Ghent University	Belgium	1817	Public	675	Marc Van Montagu	84	1282	109	311	507	680	881	1,026	1,159	1,224	1,266	1,278	1,282
3	17	59	Universität Zürich	Switzerland	1833	Public	301	Florencia Canelli	123	1021	106	280	440	579	708	828	930	987	1,014	1,021	1,021
4	18	60	University of Amsterdam	Netherlands	1632	Public	2723	Rajamani Krishna	101	1261	103	292	497	688	845	980	1,093	1,203	1,249	1,260	1,261
1	19	64	Ludwig Maximilians Universität München	Germany	1472	Public	364	H Erich Wichmann	531	839	100	250	402	502	562	616	675	752	827	839	839
8	20	65	University of Bristol	United Kingdom	1876	Public	20	George Davey Smith	310	1201	100	247	424	605	766	918	1,050	1,151	1,195	1,201	1,201
1	21	67	Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza	Italy	1303	Public	133	Shahram Rahatlou	246	2065	98	385	808	1,140	1,418	1,600	1,708	1,850	2,042	2,064	2,065
9	22	68	University of Birmingham	United Kingdom	1900	Public	1657	Niladri Sahoo	310	1466	98	320	600	828	1,019	1,220	1,385	1,440	1,465	1,466	1,466
10	23	69	University of Nottingham	United Kingdom	1948	Public	2861	Michael Doherty	310	1342	97	286	534	748	923	1,062	1,189	1,274	1,326	1,342	1,342
5	24	71	Wageningen University & Research Centre	Netherlands	1918	Public	472	Willem M De Vos	101	1202	96	322	538	712	844	958	1,055	1,147	1,194	1,202	1,202
2	25	76	Università degli Studi di Padova	Italy	1222	Public	441	Mia Tosi	246	1380	89	331	672	921	1,086	1,208	1,305	1,363	1,379	1,380	1,380
1	26	77	National and Kapodistrian University of Athens	Greece	1837	Public	116	Christine Kourkoumelis	69	1429	88	336	630	852	1,048	1,220	1,335	1,404	1,427	1,429	1,429
3	27	78	Università di Bologna	Italy	1088	Public	129	Nicola Semprini Cesari	246	1594	87	321	606	878	1,095	1,257	1,362	1,481	1,580	1,594	1,594
1	28	80	University of Oslo	Norway	1811	Public	1720	Ole A Andreassen	74	1598	86	315	571	806	1,011	1,195	1,388	1,527	1,588	1,598	1,598
4	29	82	Università degli Studi di Milano	Italy	1924	Public	393	Carlo La Vecchia	246	1050	84	264	477	678	807	904	968	1,018	1,045	1,049	1,050
1	30	83	University of Helsinki	Finland	1640	Public	14	Jaakko Tuomilehto	59	1382	84	262	495	685	888	1,073	1,238	1,328	1,374	1,382	1,382
11	31	84	University of Leeds	United Kingdom	1904	Public	362	Joshua Freeman	310	1314	83	287	536	761	933	1,073	1,185	1,261	1,300	1,313	1,314
2	32	85	Ruprecht Karls Universität Heidelberg	Germany	1386	Public	111	Andre Schoening	531	711	83	188	271	355	433	492	554	628	692	711	711
2	33	86	Uppsala University	Sweden	1477	Public	773	Lars Wallentin	90	1382	81	241	465	678	860	1,041	1,193	1,327	1,368	1,379	1,382
1	34	87	Universitat de Barcelona	Spain	1450	Public	769	Eugeni Graugés Pous	329	1319	80	299	561	743	800	846	909	1,072	1,273	1,311	1,319
12	35	88	Queen Mary University of London	United Kingdom	1989	Public	105	Jonathan Hays	310	876	80	206	358	485	592	682	771	832	869	876	876
4	36	89	Université de Geneve	Switzerland	1559	Public	39	Sergio Gonzalez-Sevilla	123	842	80	190	320	438	537	640	726	802	832	842	842
6	37	90	Maastricht University	Netherlands	1976	Public	2399	Cees Van Der Vleuten	101	668	80	181	290	375	457	521	587	640	665	668	668
2	38	92	Aarhus University	Denmark	1928	Public	1335	Henrik Toft Sorensen	53	1364	79	290	545	742	931	1,106	1,249	1,323	1,350	1,360	1,364
3	39	94	Lund University	Sweden	1666	Public	326	Else Lytken	90	1210	78	251	447	615	781	923	1,047	1,159	1,199	1,207	1,210
3	40	95	Technische Universität München	Germany	1868	Public	1063	Thomas Meitinger	531	1408	78	246	431	592	783	932	1,061	1,225	1,372	1,406	1,408
13	41	99	University of Sheffield	United Kingdom	1905	Public	793	John Kanis	310	1169	71	287	516	708	857	978	1,079	1,142	1,160	1,168	1,169
4	42	106	University of Gothenburg	Sweden	1891	Public	917	Henrik Zetterberg	90	1026	66	210	381	523	673	800	930	1,002	1,024	1,024	1,026
4	43	109	Universität Tubingen	Germany	1477	Public	979	Niels Birbaumer	531	628	66	163	282	379	461	520	579	617	625	628	628
14	44	114	University of Exeter	United Kingdom	1955	Public	702	Kevin J Gaston	310	901	64	196	357	481	610	724	810	863	892	900	901
5	45	115	Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II	Italy	1224	Public	445	Mario Merola	246	1598	63	301	629	888	1,100	1,246	1,348	1,454	1,581	1,595	1,598
15	46	117	Newcastle University	United Kingdom	1963	Public	2703	Ian McKeith	310	808	62	191	346	470	583	669	729	785	804	806	808
5	47	118	Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Universität Karlsruhe)	Germany	2009	Public	520	Ralf Ulrich ⁱ	531	1146	62	161	311	428	552	665	809	975	1,122	1,146	1,146
3	48	120	Technical University of Denmark	Denmark	1829	Public	221	Jens Norskov	53	1353	60	251	454	672	845	1,012	1,150	1,274	1,329	1,349	1,353
6	49	122	Università degli Studi di Firenze	Italy	1321	Public	1110	Claudiu T Supuran	246	1142	59	219	454	634	776	868	929	1,021	1,119	1,142	1,142
16	50	125	University of York	United Kingdom	1963	Public	878	Alan Baddeley	310	795	58	180	342	450	569	648	727	767	789	795	795