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World University Rankings 2026: Greece

16 universities ranked in Greece, out of 2,287 worldwide. No official admissions or graduate-earnings data is used for Greece yet, so the within-country part (35%) is estimated from each university’s standing among Greece’s universities on the global measures.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens: Thomas Wolf, www.foto-tw.de · CC BY-SA 3.0 de; National Technical University of Athens: C messier · CC BY-SA 4.0; Aristotle University of Thessaloniki: Мико · CC BY-SA 4.0; University of Patras: Victoria Daskalou · CC BY-SA 3.0; University of Crete: Tomisti · CC BY-SA 4.0.

National rankRank	University	World rank	Overall score	Research	Alumni outcomes	Admissions & earnings (in country)	World rank range
1	National and Kapodistrian University of Athens	=130	56.9	85	89	est.	77–435
2	National Technical University of Athens	=425	45.7	75	76	est.	215–911
3	Aristotle University of Thessaloniki	=654	40.2	73	2	est.	321–1291
4	University of Patras	=688	39.4	72	46	est.	379–1395
5	University of Crete	=889	35.4	66	22	est.	485–1678
6	Democritus University of Thrace	=939	34.7	64	45	est.	525–1674
7	University of Thessaly	=958	34.3	64	22	est.	551–1767
8	University of Ioannina	984	33.8	62	47	est.	566–1798
9	University of West Attica	=1287	29.2	52	41	est.	777–2042
10	International Hellenic University	=1363	28.5	50	22	est.	801–2102
11	Hellenic Mediterranean University	=1660	26.4	41	22	est.	922–2168
12	Technical University of Crete	=1733	26.0	39	22	est.	972–2185
13	University of the Aegean	=1906	25.1	33	22	est.	1034–2217
14	University of Piraeus	=1971	24.8	28	48	est.	1013–2219
15	University of the Peloponnese	=2073	24.2	26	22	est.	1086–2239
16	Hellenic Open University	=2119	23.9	20	43	est.	1096–2242

16 universities

Research Index for Greece · All of Europe · All countries

National rank follows the world ranking: universities are listed in world-rank order and keep a shared rank where their world rank is shared. Research and Alumni outcomes are percentiles among all 2,287 ranked universities; Admissions & earnings is the position within the university’s own country (est. where no official data exists). How the ranking works.