Universities in Britain, Spain, France, Germany, Italy offer quality bachelor's, master's and doctoral programs in economics. European universities often offer studies in English, the form of study is part-time. The duration of the programs varies from two years to five.

Programs in economics and econometrics cover a wide range of specialties:
- macroeconomics
- finance
- audit
- taxation
- Information Systems
- strategic management
- risk management and others.

TOP universities and business schools have business incubators to support the launch of student startups. Many courses include paid internships with large companies and government agencies.
Graduates of European universities become highly demanded specialists in the labor market - they find work in the first 3-6 months after receiving their diplomas.

Best Economics & Econometrics universities in Europe 2026 - QS World University rankings
| 1 | The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) |
| 2 | University of Oxford |
| 3 | University of Cambridge |
| 4 | UCL |
| 5 | Bocconi University |
| 6 | ETH Zurich |
| 7 | The University of Warwick |
| 8 | Imperial College London |
| 9 | Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona) |
| 10 | University of Zurich |
| 11 | Paris School of Economics |
| 12 | London Business School |
| 13 | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit盲t M眉nchen |
| 14 | Universit茅 Paris 1 Panth茅on-Sorbonne |
| 15 | Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universit盲t Bonn |
| 16 | Institut Polytechnique de Paris |
| 17 | Stockholm School of Economics |
| 18 | Erasmus University Rotterdam |
| 19 | Universit盲t Mannheim |
| 20 | KU Leuven |
| 21 | University of Amsterdam |
| 22 | Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) |
| 23 | Universitat Aut貌noma de Barcelona |
| 24 | Universit茅 Toulouse 1 Capitole |
| 25 | The University of Manchester |
| 26 | Barcelona School of Economics |
| 27 | Universit茅 PSL |
| 28 | Tilburg University |
| 29 | Alma Mater Studiorum - Universit脿 di Bologna |
| 30 | The University of Edinburgh |
| 31 | Sciences Po |
| 32 | Universit茅 catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain) |
| 33 | Queen Mary University of London |
| 34 | HEC Paris |
| 35 | University of Copenhagen |
| 36 | University of Nottingham |
| 37 | Humboldt-Universit盲t zu Berlin |
| 38 | WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business) |
| 39 | University of Bristol |
| 40 | University of Glasgow |
| 41 | HSE University |
| 42 | University of St.Gallen |
| 43 | King's College London |
| 44 | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam |
| 45 | Copenhagen Business School |
| 46 | Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin |
| 47 | Maastricht University |
| 48 | Luiss University |
| 49 | Universidade Nova de Lisboa |
| 50 | Universitat de Barcelona |