General information on ranking

Name of the ranking	QS University Rankings: Europe
Geographical scope	Europe
Name of person in charge of ranking	Ben Sowter
E-mail of person in charge of ranking	ben@qs.com
Website of the ranking	https://www.topuniversities.com/europe-university-...
Publication frequency	annual
First year of publication	2023
Most recent year of publication	2024
Date of last update	2024-07-25
Ranking organization	Quacquarelli Symonds Ltd (QS)
Website of the methodology	https://support.qs.com/hc/en-gb/articles/6637672827548-QS-Europe-Region-Rankings?__hsfp=1650267152&__hssc=238059679.7.1721920138941&__hstc=238059679.4ebf9b4bc64d328aa5aeabc923ca485a.1714902550821.1721851697081.1721920138941.8
Methodology	With QS Emerging Europe & Central Asia (EECA) University Rankings now discontinued, this ranking incorporates the majority of those countries that featured in EECA, as well as including countries from Northern, Southern and Western Europe that were previously only eligible for publication in our QS World University Ranking.  QS University Rankings: Europe considers the following 12 indicators: Academic Reputation – 30% Employer Reputation – 15% Citations per Paper – 10% Papers per Faculty – 5% International Research Network – 10% Employment Outcomes – 5% Faculty-Student Ratio – 5% International Student Diversity – 5% International Faculty Ratio – 5% Inbound Exchange Student Ratio – 2.5% Outbound Exchange Student Ratio – 2.5% Sustainability Score – 5% Along with the global QS Europe University Rankings, QS publishes 5 sub-regional derivative rankings as well: QS Europe University Rankings: Northern Europe, QS Europe University Rankings: Southern Europe, QS Europe University Rankings: Eastern Europe, QS Europe University Rankings: Western Europe, and QS Europe University Rankings: Western Asia. An overall rank in the global ranking is transformed into an overall rank in the corresponding sub-regional ranking, using same overall and indicator scores as the global ranking. Indicator ranks in the sub-regional rankings are not available.

Additional information

• Type of publication: internet, print - special publication
• Internet users access to ranking: open access
• Language of publication: English
• Main target groups: employers, higher education institutions, policymakers, governments and funding agencies, students and parents
• Level of comparison: institutional: 684
• Major dimensions covered: employability, internationalization, reputation, research, teaching, sustainability
• Structure of presentation: ordinary presentation (league tables)
• Data sources: data collected from HEIs by ranking organization, survey conducted exclusively by ranking organization, third-party database (data not provided by HEI)
• Quality assurance of ranking: advisory board
• Website of the ranking organization: http://www.topuniversities.com
• Types of the ranking organization: commercial/for-profit (incl. media)
• Types of rankings: regional