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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 | Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne |
| 8 | Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen |
| 9 | University of York |
| 10 | Aarhus University |
| 11 | Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna |
| 12 | Christian-Albrechts-University zu Kiel |
| 13 | Freie Universitaet Berlin |
| 14 | University of Leicester |
| 15 | Universität Heidelberg |
| 16 | University of Southampton |
| 17 | University of Copenhagen |
| 18 | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München |
| 19 | University of Exeter |
| 20 | The University of Sheffield |
| 21 | University of Vienna |
| 22 | The University of Edinburgh |
| 23 | University of Glasgow |
| 24 | Aix-Marseille University |
| 25 | University of Groningen |
| 26 | Cardiff University |
| 27 | Complutense University of Madrid |
| 28 | National and Kapodistrian University of Athens |
| 29 | Newcastle University |
| 30 | Novosibirsk State University |
| 31 | Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn |
| 32 | SOAS University of London |
| 33 | Sorbonne University |
| 34 | The University of Manchester |
| 35 | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
| 36 | Universitat de Barcelona |
| 37 | University College Dublin |
| 38 | University of Amsterdam |
| 39 | University of Bordeaux |
| 40 | University of Bristol |
| 41 | University of Cologne |
| 42 | University of Liverpool |
| 43 | University of Oslo |
| 44 | University of Reading |
| 45 | Università di Padova |
| 46 | Université PSL |
| 47 | Aristotle University of Thessaloniki |
| 48 | Ca' Foscari University of Venice |
| 49 | Charles University |
| 50 | Eötvös Loránd University |
