Rankings of universities in the European Union have been published by Quacquarelli Symonds and the Shanghai Ranking Consultancy (ARWU).
[1] (without universities in countries outside the European Union) American universities largely dominate the Shanghai Ranking, with almost half of the top 100 universities.
The European Union comes second, with 19 universities in the top 100 of the Academic World University Rankings 2022 and 21 ranked universities, followed by the United Kingdom, said the European Commission, which has published a note on this classification in November 2021.
Canada, Australia, China and Switzerland are also well represented in the top 100.
[3] (apply filter by location "Europe" without universities in countries outside the European Union) Ranking of universities in the United Kingdom