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TOP Universities for Archeology Studies in Europe, according to the QS World University Rankings, offer undergraduate and graduate programs for international students. Archeology deals with the reconstruction of ancient cultures, studies what people of different eras have done, used and left behind.
There are different types of archeology, including prehistoric, historical, classical and underwater; two of the main areas are historical and prehistoric archeology.
- Prehistoric focuses on the study of human history before the advent of writing.
- Historical explores later eras.
Leading universities in Europe offer to study various areas of archeology: from prehistoric art to laboratory work, zooarcheology, digital applications in archeology, Assyriology, biological anthropology, Egyptology, forensic archeology.
Europe's leading universities provide hands-on opportunities, field research and opportunities to work with experts on research projects. Thanks to effective equipment, laboratories, museums, students acquire the skills to analyze the remains of people, animals, objects, plants.
European universities offer the following programs with the study of archeology:
- Bachelor of Archeology
- Bachelor of Archeology, Anthropology
- Master in Archeology
- MPhil Archeology
- Master's Degree in Classical Archeology
- Master in Bioarcheology
- Master in Conservation of Archaeological and Museum Items
- PhD in Archeology.
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Best Archaeology universities in Europe 2026 - QS World University rankings
| 1 | University of Cambridge |
| 2 | University of Oxford |
| 3 | UCL |
| 4 | Durham University |
| 5 | Leiden University |
| 6 | Sapienza University of Rome |
| 7 | Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen |
| 8 | Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne |
| 9 | Freie Universität Berlin |
| 10 | Christian-Albrechts-University zu Kiel |
| 11 | Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg |
| 12 | Aarhus University |
| 13 | University of York |
| 14 | Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna |
| 15 | Aix-Marseille University |
| 16 | The University of Sheffield |
| 17 | University of Copenhagen |
| 18 | University of Vienna |
| 19 | Ludwig Maximilian Universität München |
| 20 | University of Southampton |
| 21 | The University of Edinburgh |
| 22 | University of Glasgow |
| 23 | Sorbonne University |
| 24 | The University of Exeter |
| 25 | Complutense University of Madrid |
| 26 | University of Leicester |
| 27 | Altai State University |
| 28 | Aristotle University of Thessaloniki |
| 29 | Ghent University |
| 30 | Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin |
| 31 | KU Leuven |
| 32 | Lomonosov Moscow State University |
| 33 | Newcastle University |
| 34 | Novosibirsk State University |
| 35 | Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn |
| 36 | The University of Manchester |
| 37 | Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin |
| 38 | Universidad de Sevilla |
| 39 | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
| 40 | Universitat de Barcelona |
| 41 | University College Dublin |
| 42 | University of Aberdeen |
| 43 | University of Amsterdam |
| 44 | University of Bordeaux |
| 45 | University of Cologne |
| 46 | University of Gothenburg |
| 47 | University of Liverpool |
| 48 | University of Oslo |
| 49 | University of Pisa |
| 50 | University of Reading |
