Top Universities in Netherlands

34 universities in Netherlands with a measured position, 20 of them ranked worldwide.

#UniversityCityWorld rankCitations
1 Maastricht University Maastricht #0 12,259,875
2 Tilburg University Tilburg #0 2,176,571
3 Hogeschool Rotterdam #0 1,420,060
4 UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education #0 497,976
5 Avans University of Applied Sciences #0 46,732
6 University for Humanistics (UH) #0 35,005
7 Hogeschool Inholland #0 28,161
8 Stenden University #0 24,344
9 Foundation University #0 22,398
10 Islamic University of Rotterdam #0 254
11 Delft University of Technology Delft #47 (2026) 11,337,785
12 University of Amsterdam Amsterdam #55 (2026) 28,238,252
13 Utrecht University Utrecht #103 (2026) 21,610,237
14 Leiden University #119 (2026) 12,213,225
15 Erasmus University Rotterdam #140 (2026) 12,738,468
16 Eindhoven University of Technology Eindhoven #140 (2026) 6,932,544
17 University of Groningen Groningen #147 (2026) 22,662,333
18 Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Amsterdam #194 (2026) 11,962,598
19 University of Twente #203 (2026) 6,040,835
20 Radboud University #279 (2026) 25,569,409
21 Hogeschool van Amsterdam not ranked 756,576
22 Hogeschool Utrecht not ranked 575,807
23 Open University of the Netherlands not ranked 466,239
24 Hogeschool Leiden not ranked 422,807
25 Fontys University of Applied Sciences not ranked 215,657
26 HAN University of Applied Sciences not ranked 160,431
27 Hanze University Groningen not ranked 135,331
28 Zuyd University not ranked 108,324
29 Institute of Social Studies not ranked 55,366
30 De Haagse Hogeschool not ranked 54,531
31 Nyenrode Business University not ranked 53,661
32 Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht (HKU) not ranked 11,142
33 Hotelschool The Hague not ranked 6,221
34 Wittenborg University of Applied Sciences Apeldoorn not ranked 1,801

What the two columns mean

World rank is the university's QS World University Rankings position. Citations are the number of times work published by the university has been cited, as recorded in OpenAlex; it is the measure used to order universities that QS does not rank at all.

The two do not always agree. A large research university can out-cite a smaller one that sits above it in QS, because QS weighs reputation surveys and staff ratios as well as research.

Rankings in other countries

USA 981 ranked Japan 337 ranked India 306 ranked China 283 ranked South Korea 170 ranked Brazil 164 ranked Iran 160 ranked Indonesia 143 ranked Mexico 134 ranked France 108 ranked Poland 106 ranked Germany 103 ranked