100+ Best Agricultural Science Schools in Europe [Rankings]

Below is a list of best universities in Europe ranked based on their research performance in Agricultural Science. A graph of 25.2M citations received by 885K academic papers made by 937 universities in Europe was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. Wageningen University

Netherlands | Wageningen

For Agricultural Science

#1 in the Netherlands

#3 in the World

Enrollment: 12,819
Founded: 1918

2. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Sweden | Uppsala

For Agricultural Science

#1 in Sweden

#12 in the World

Enrollment: 5,675
Founded: 1977

3. Ghent University

Belgium | Ghent

For Agricultural Science

#1 in Belgium

#34 in the World

Enrollment: 41,669
Founded: 1817

4. Catholic University of Leuven

Belgium | Leuven

For Agricultural Science

#2 in Belgium

#42 in the World

Enrollment: 62,693
Founded: 1425

5. University of Copenhagen

Denmark | Copenhagen

For Agricultural Science

#1 in Denmark

#44 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Founded: 1479

6. University of Hohenheim

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Agricultural Science

#1 in Germany

#46 in the World

Enrollment: 8,392
Male:Female: 43:57
Founded: 1818

7. University of Oxford

United Kingdom | England

For Agricultural Science

#1 in the United Kingdom

#56 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

8. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Agricultural Science

#1 in Switzerland

#58 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 23,420

9. University of Reading

United Kingdom | England

For Agricultural Science

#2 in the United Kingdom

#59 in the World

Founded: 1892

10. Utrecht University

Netherlands | Utrecht

For Agricultural Science

#2 in the Netherlands

#60 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1636

11. University of Gottingen

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Agricultural Science

#2 in Germany

#61 in the World

Enrollment: 31,619
Founded: 1734

12. University of Cambridge

United Kingdom | England

For Agricultural Science

#3 in the United Kingdom

#64 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

13. Imperial College London

United Kingdom | England

For Agricultural Science

#4 in the United Kingdom

#65 in the World

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

14. Aarhus University

Denmark | Aarhus

For Agricultural Science

#2 in Denmark

#66 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Enrollment: 33,020
Founded: 1928

15. Lund University

Sweden | Lund

For Agricultural Science

#2 in Sweden

#67 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1666

16. University of Helsinki

Finland | Helsinki

For Agricultural Science

#1 in Finland

#73 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 31,312
Founded: 1640

17. University of Bonn

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Agricultural Science

#3 in Germany

#78 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Enrollment: 38,043
Founded: 1818

18. Technical University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Agricultural Science

#4 in Germany

#79 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Enrollment: 44,000
Male:Female: 63:37
Founded: 1868

19. Polytechnic University of Bari

Italy | Apulia

For Agricultural Science

#1 in Italy

#81 in the World

Founded: 1990

20. University of Edinburgh

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Agricultural Science

#5 in the United Kingdom

#87 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

21. University of Nottingham

United Kingdom | England

For Agricultural Science

#6 in the United Kingdom

#89 in the World

Founded: 1948

22. University of Bristol

United Kingdom | England

For Agricultural Science

#7 in the United Kingdom

#94 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Enrollment: 27,513
Founded: 1909

23. University of Sheffield

United Kingdom | England

For Agricultural Science

#8 in the United Kingdom

#103 in the World

Founded: 1905

24. University of Montpellier

France | Occitanie

For Agricultural Science

#1 in France

#109 in the World

Enrollment: 46,578
Founded: 1289

25. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Greece | Thessaloniki

For Agricultural Science

#1 in Greece

#114 in the World

Enrollment: 92,090
Founded: 1925

26. Aberystwyth University

United Kingdom | Wales

For Agricultural Science

#9 in the United Kingdom

#119 in the World

Founded: 1872

27. University of Bologna

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Agricultural Science

#2 in Italy

#122 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Enrollment: 79,999
Founded: 1088

28. Technical University of Denmark

Denmark | Kongens Lyngby

For Agricultural Science

#3 in Denmark

#123 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1829

29. University College London

United Kingdom | England

For Agricultural Science

#10 in the United Kingdom

#124 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

30. University of Leeds

United Kingdom | England

For Agricultural Science

#11 in the United Kingdom

#128 in the World

Founded: 1904

31. University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Agricultural Science

#3 in Italy

#130 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Enrollment: 65,234
Founded: 1924

32. Federico II University of Naples

Italy | Campania

For Agricultural Science

#4 in Italy

#132 in the World

Enrollment: 73,553
Founded: 1224

33. Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

Switzerland | Lausanne

For Agricultural Science

#2 in Switzerland

#133 in the World

Enrollment: 12,576

34. University of Aberdeen

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Agricultural Science

#12 in the United Kingdom

#136 in the World

Founded: 1495

35. University of Padua

Italy | Veneto

For Agricultural Science

#5 in Italy

#137 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 62,876
Founded: 1222

36. University of Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Agricultural Science

#3 in Switzerland

#138 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Enrollment: 25,732

37. University of Manchester

United Kingdom | England

For Agricultural Science

#13 in the United Kingdom

#141 in the World

Founded: 1824

38. University of Almeria

Spain | Almeria

For Agricultural Science

#1 in Spain

#143 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1993

39. University of Liege

Belgium | Liege

For Agricultural Science

#3 in Belgium

#147 in the World

Enrollment: 25,421
Founded: 1817

40. Autonomous University of Barcelona

Spain | Cerdanyola del Valles

For Agricultural Science

#2 in Spain

#149 in the World

Enrollment: 30,926

41. Delft University of Technology

Netherlands | Delft

For Agricultural Science

#3 in the Netherlands

#152 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 24,703
Founded: 1842

42. University of Cordoba

Spain | Cordoba

For Agricultural Science

#3 in Spain

#156 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1972

43. University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Agricultural Science

#14 in the United Kingdom

#158 in the World

Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1836

44. University of York

United Kingdom | England

For Agricultural Science

#15 in the United Kingdom

#161 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1963

45. Lancaster University

United Kingdom | England

For Agricultural Science

#16 in the United Kingdom

#163 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1964

46. University of Giessen

Germany | Hesse

For Agricultural Science

#5 in Germany

#164 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Enrollment: 27,184
Founded: 1607

47. Newcastle University

United Kingdom | England

For Agricultural Science

#17 in the United Kingdom

#165 in the World

Founded: 1963

48. Polytechnic University of Valencia

Spain | Valencia

For Agricultural Science

#4 in Spain

#169 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 28,450
Founded: 1968

49. Warsaw University of Life Sciences

Poland | Warsaw

For Agricultural Science

#1 in Poland

#172 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 16,443
Founded: 1816

50. Technical University of Madrid

Spain | Madrid

For Agricultural Science

#5 in Spain

#173 in the World

Founded: 1971

51. Pierre and Marie Curie University

France | Ile-de-France

For Agricultural Science

#2 in France

#180 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 35,114
Founded: 1150

52. University of East Anglia

United Kingdom | England

For Agricultural Science

#18 in the United Kingdom

#181 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1963

53. Norwegian University of Life Sciences

Norway | Aas

For Agricultural Science

#1 in Norway

#183 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Enrollment: 6,345
Founded: 1859

54. University College Dublin

Ireland | Dublin

For Agricultural Science

#1 in Ireland

#184 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Enrollment: 33,321
Founded: 1854

55. University of Lisbon

Portugal | Lisbon

For Agricultural Science

#1 in Portugal

#185 in the World

Enrollment: 49,769
Founded: 1911

56. Catholic University of Louvain

Belgium | Louvain-la-Neuve

For Agricultural Science

#4 in Belgium

#190 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1425

57. University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna

Austria | Vienna

For Agricultural Science

#1 in Austria

#193 in the World

Enrollment: 12,509
Founded: 1872

58. Kiel University

Germany | Schleswig-Holstein

For Agricultural Science

#6 in Germany

#196 in the World

Enrollment: 27,468
Founded: 1665

59. Bangor University

United Kingdom | Wales

For Agricultural Science

#19 in the United Kingdom

#197 in the World

Enrollment: 11,270
Founded: 1884

60. University of Bayreuth

Germany | Bavaria

For Agricultural Science

#7 in Germany

#201 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 12,773
Founded: 1972

61. University of Valencia

Spain | Valencia

For Agricultural Science

#6 in Spain

#203 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Enrollment: 58,390

62. University of Groningen

Netherlands | Groningen

For Agricultural Science

#4 in the Netherlands

#204 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 34,000
Founded: 1614

63. Paris Institute of Technology for Life, Food and Environmental Sciences

France | Ile-de-France

For Agricultural Science

#3 in France

#205 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 2,300
Founded: 2007

64. Stockholm University

Sweden | Stockholm

For Agricultural Science

#3 in Sweden

#207 in the World

Enrollment: 37,484
Founded: 1878

65. University of Birmingham

United Kingdom | England

For Agricultural Science

#20 in the United Kingdom

#208 in the World

Founded: 1900

66. University of Turin

Italy | Piedmont

For Agricultural Science

#6 in Italy

#209 in the World

Founded: 1404

67. University of Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Agricultural Science

#5 in the Netherlands

#210 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1632

68. University of Southampton

United Kingdom | England

For Agricultural Science

#21 in the United Kingdom

#214 in the World

Enrollment: 21,335
Founded: 1952

69. University of Exeter

United Kingdom | England

For Agricultural Science

#22 in the United Kingdom

#215 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1955

70. Agricultural University of Athens

Greece | Athens

For Agricultural Science

#2 in Greece

#216 in the World

Founded: 1920

71. University of Freiburg

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Agricultural Science

#8 in Germany

#218 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 23,938
Founded: 1457

72. University of Sussex

United Kingdom | England

For Agricultural Science

#23 in the United Kingdom

#219 in the World

Enrollment: 17,319
Male:Female: 44:56
Founded: 1961

73. Free University Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Agricultural Science

#6 in the Netherlands

#220 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1880

74. University of Pisa

Italy | Tuscany

For Agricultural Science

#7 in Italy

#222 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Enrollment: 49,108
Founded: 1343

75. Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

For Agricultural Science

#4 in France

#223 in the World

Enrollment: 38,007
Founded: 1809

76. Uppsala University

Sweden | Uppsala

For Agricultural Science

#4 in Sweden

#224 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Enrollment: 35,556
Founded: 1477

77. University of Florence

Italy | Tuscany

For Agricultural Science

#8 in Italy

#226 in the World

Founded: 1321

78. University of Agriculture of Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Agricultural Science

#2 in Poland

#229 in the World

Enrollment: 10,840
Founded: 1890

79. University of Seville

Spain | Seville

For Agricultural Science

#7 in Spain

#230 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1505

80. University of Porto

Portugal | Porto

For Agricultural Science

#2 in Portugal

#233 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Enrollment: 29,178
Founded: 1911

81. University of Bern

Switzerland | Bern

For Agricultural Science

#4 in Switzerland

#235 in the World

Enrollment: 18,576

82. University of Hamburg

Germany | Hamburg State

For Agricultural Science

#9 in Germany

#239 in the World

Enrollment: 43,957
Founded: 1919

83. Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Norway | Trondheim

For Agricultural Science

#2 in Norway

#242 in the World

Enrollment: 42,031
Founded: 1996

84. University of Barcelona

Spain | Barcelona

For Agricultural Science

#8 in Spain

#245 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Enrollment: 64,236
Male:Female: 86:14

85. University of Granada

Spain | Granada

For Agricultural Science

#9 in Spain

#247 in the World

Founded: 1531

86. Complutense University of Madrid

Spain | Madrid

For Agricultural Science

#10 in Spain

#249 in the World

Enrollment: 71,806
Founded: 1508

87. University of Santiago de Compostela

Spain | Santiago de Compostela

For Agricultural Science

#11 in Spain

#254 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1495

88. University of Liverpool

United Kingdom | England

For Agricultural Science

#24 in the United Kingdom

#256 in the World

Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

89. Leiden University

Netherlands | Leiden

For Agricultural Science

#7 in the Netherlands

#260 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 27,713
Founded: 1575

90. University of Basel

Switzerland | Basel

For Agricultural Science

#5 in Switzerland

#261 in the World

Enrollment: 12,896

91. Sapienza University of Rome

Italy | Lazio

For Agricultural Science

#9 in Italy

#263 in the World

Enrollment: 100,155
Founded: 1303

92. Radboud University

Netherlands | Nijmegen

For Agricultural Science

#8 in the Netherlands

#269 in the World

Founded: 1923

93. University of Bari

Italy | Apulia

For Agricultural Science

#10 in Italy

#272 in the World

Founded: 1924

94. Poznan University of Life Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Agricultural Science

#3 in Poland

#273 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 11,500
Founded: 1870

95. University of Tubingen

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Agricultural Science

#10 in Germany

#274 in the World

Enrollment: 27,770
Male:Female: 41:59
Founded: 1477

96. Aalborg University

Denmark | Aalborg

For Agricultural Science

#4 in Denmark

#277 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 20,353
Founded: 1974

97. Technical University of Catalonia

Spain | Barcelona

For Agricultural Science

#12 in Spain

#279 in the World

Enrollment: 29,812

98. Humboldt University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Agricultural Science

#11 in Germany

#281 in the World

Enrollment: 36,378
Founded: 1809

99. University of Glasgow

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Agricultural Science

#25 in the United Kingdom

#282 in the World

Founded: 1451

100. University of Twente

Netherlands | Enschede

For Agricultural Science

#9 in the Netherlands

#283 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1961

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