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Best Universities in Europe: Here are Europe’s top 15 universities – including the University of Edinburgh

By Lauren Jack

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Best Universities in Europe: Here are Europe's top 15 universities - including the University of Edinburgh

The University of Edinburgh has been named among the best in Europe for next year. It is one of several UK institutions to be named among the top 15 universities in Europe by the 2026 Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings. The University of Oxford was found, for the tenth year in a row, to be the global number one, with both Cambridge University and Imperial College London making up the top three for the continent. There were 700 universities across 43 European countries evaluated for the annual report, which is built on an analysis of research papers, Academic Reputation Survey results, detailed institutional data and more. But with so many institutions assessed, where did Scotland rank among the 15 best universities in Europe?