TOP-50 best architecture universities in Europe 2026 – QS Rankings

Check out our list of the best architecture universities in Europe according to QS World University rankings.

European universities are distinguished by high quality of student training, unique academic plans and wide demand. The educational process is based on the Bologna credit system, which implies the accumulation of credits - credits that indicate how many hours the student devotes to studying within the walls of the university. For example, to get a bachelor's degree, you need to collect about 360 credits (1 credit is equal to about 10 hours).

In Europe, education in English is common, but depending on the country, you can learn the local language and study in it.

Architecture is one of the most popular and directions, requiring great responsibility and attentiveness from the student. In the best European universities from our list, students are taught the correct drawings, drawings, sketches and sketches, give examples from three-dimensional graphics and animation, the guys practice creating flyers, crafts from different materials and collages.

In the course of the educational process, future architects design buildings and groups of buildings, cities and towns, develop new space-planning solutions, reconstruct architectural monuments, study the basics of urbanism, create landscape panoramas. Academic courses include the following disciplines:

• Theory of Architectural Design
• Architectural and construction technologies
• Construction management
• Quantitative topography
• Preservation and restoration of buildings
• Landscape architecture
• Regional planning
• Urban and rural settlement planning
• Urban Studies
• Housing policy
• Transport planning.

The European Diploma of Architect is highly valued all over the world. Graduates can find high-paying jobs abroad - in the UK, USA, Canada, Japan, Eastern Europe. After the end of training, pupils can work as:

• Employee of private architectural bureaus and large construction companies
• Designer of cottages and high-rise buildings
• Civil servant
• Landscape designer, urbanist
• Lecturer at a university, college and technical school.