100+ Best Agricultural Science schools in UK [2023 Rankings]

Below is a list of best universities in the United Kingdom ranked based on their research performance in Agricultural Science. A graph of 146M citations received by 5.15M academic papers made by 114 universities in the United Kingdom 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. University of Reading

England | Reading

For Agricultural Science

#5 in Europe

#48 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 86%
Founded: 1892

2. University of Oxford

England | Oxford

For Agricultural Science

#7 in Europe

#53 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1096

3. University of Cambridge

England | Cambridge

For Agricultural Science

#9 in Europe

#59 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

4. Imperial College London

England | London

For Agricultural Science

#12 in Europe

#62 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

5. University of Nottingham

England | Nottingham

For Agricultural Science

#19 in Europe

#83 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1948

6. University of Edinburgh

Scotland | Edinburgh

For Agricultural Science

#20 in Europe

#91 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

7. University of Bristol

England | Bristol

For Agricultural Science

#21 in Europe

#93 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Enrollment: 27,513
Founded: 1909

8. University of Sheffield

England | Sheffield

For Agricultural Science

#22 in Europe

#100 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1905

9. Aberystwyth University

Wales | Aberystwyth

For Agricultural Science

#23 in Europe

#105 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1872

10. University of Leeds

England | Leeds

For Agricultural Science

#27 in Europe

#125 in the World

Founded: 1904

11. University of Manchester

England | Manchester

For Agricultural Science

#30 in Europe

#133 in the World

Founded: 1824

12. University of Aberdeen

Scotland | Aberdeen

For Agricultural Science

#37 in Europe

#147 in the World

Founded: 1495

13. Newcastle University

England | Newcastle upon Tyne

For Agricultural Science

#39 in Europe

#151 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Founded: 1963

14. University College London

England | London

For Agricultural Science

#41 in Europe

#153 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

15. University of London

England | London

For Agricultural Science

#43 in Europe

#155 in the World

Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1836

16. University of York

England | York

For Agricultural Science

#44 in Europe

#158 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1963

17. Lancaster University

England | Lancaster

For Agricultural Science

#45 in Europe

#161 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1964

18. University of East Anglia

England | Norwich

For Agricultural Science

#47 in Europe

#166 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1963

19. University of Birmingham

England | Birmingham

For Agricultural Science

#49 in Europe

#173 in the World

Founded: 1900

20. Bangor University

Wales | Bangor

For Agricultural Science

#56 in Europe

#190 in the World

Enrollment: 11,270
Founded: 1884

21. University of Exeter

England | Exeter

For Agricultural Science

#61 in Europe

#202 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1955

22. University of Sussex

England | Brighton

For Agricultural Science

#64 in Europe

#205 in the World

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

23. University of Southampton

England | Southampton

For Agricultural Science

#67 in Europe

#209 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Enrollment: 21,335
Founded: 1952

24. University of Liverpool

England | Liverpool

For Agricultural Science

#90 in Europe

#271 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

25. University of Glasgow

Scotland | Glasgow

For Agricultural Science

#91 in Europe

#274 in the World

Founded: 1451

26. Cranfield University

England | Cranfield

For Agricultural Science

#93 in Europe

#285 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Enrollment: 4,825
Founded: 1993

27. University of Warwick

England | Coventry

For Agricultural Science

#99 in Europe

#310 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 27,278
Founded: 1965

28. King's College London

England | London

For Agricultural Science

#107 in Europe

#321 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1829

29. University of Stirling

Scotland | Stirling

For Agricultural Science

#118 in Europe

#375 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 14,000
Founded: 1967

30. Cardiff University

Wales | Cardiff

For Agricultural Science

#119 in Europe

#377 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1997

31. Queen's University Belfast

Northern Ireland | Belfast

For Agricultural Science

#124 in Europe

#391 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1849

32. Durham University

England | Durham

For Agricultural Science

#125 in Europe

#393 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Enrollment: 19,520
Founded: 1832

33. University of Essex

England | Colchester

For Agricultural Science

#140 in Europe

#433 in the World

Founded: 1964

34. University of Wales

Wales | Cardiff

For Agricultural Science

#141 in Europe

#437 in the World

Founded: 1893

35. Queen Mary University of London

England | London

For Agricultural Science

#145 in Europe

#445 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Founded: 1989

36. University of Leicester

England | Leicester

For Agricultural Science

#146 in Europe

#448 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Enrollment: 24,409
Male:Female: 46:54
Founded: 1957

37. University of Dundee

Scotland | Dundee

For Agricultural Science

#147 in Europe

#454 in the World

Founded: 1967

38. Loughborough University

England | Loughborough

For Agricultural Science

#149 in Europe

#461 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Enrollment: 19,449
Founded: 1966

39. Royal Holloway, University of London

England | Egham

For Agricultural Science

#173 in Europe

#551 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1849

40. University of Strathclyde

Scotland | Glasgow

For Agricultural Science

#180 in Europe

#566 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Founded: 1964

41. University of Bath

England | Bath

For Agricultural Science

#189 in Europe

#587 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Enrollment: 18,857
Male:Female: 53:47
Founded: 1966

42. University of Plymouth

England | Plymouth

For Agricultural Science

#194 in Europe

#594 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Founded: 1992

43. Aston University

England | Birmingham

For Agricultural Science

#202 in Europe

#628 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1895

44. University of Greenwich

England | London

For Agricultural Science

#204 in Europe

#631 in the World

Founded: 1890

45. University of Surrey

England | Guildford

For Agricultural Science

#224 in Europe

#695 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1966

46. University of St Andrews

Scotland | St Andrews

For Agricultural Science

#233 in Europe

#715 in the World

Enrollment: 10,425
Founded: 1413

47. London School of Economics and Political Science

England | London

For Agricultural Science

#243 in Europe

#734 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 9%
Founded: 1895

48. Swansea University

Wales | Swansea

For Agricultural Science

#246 in Europe

#744 in the World

Founded: 1920

49. Scotland's Rural College

Scotland | Edinburgh

For Agricultural Science

#249 in Europe

#752 in the World

Enrollment: 6,000
Founded: 2012

50. Harper Adams University

Wales | Newport

For Agricultural Science

#253 in Europe

#763 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 96%
Founded: 2012

51. University of Hull

England | Kingston upon Hull

For Agricultural Science

#256 in Europe

#779 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 1954

52. Royal Agricultural University

England | Cirencester

For Agricultural Science

#260 in Europe

#805 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Enrollment: 1,100
Founded: 2013

53. University of Kent

England | Canterbury

For Agricultural Science

#279 in Europe

#865 in the World

Founded: 1965

54. SOAS, University of London

England | London

For Agricultural Science

#295 in Europe

#927 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 44%
Enrollment: 8,200
Founded: 1916

55. Ulster University

Northern Ireland | Coleraine

For Agricultural Science

#303 in Europe

#962 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Founded: 1968

56. Brunel University London

England | Uxbridge

For Agricultural Science

#312 in Europe

#984 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1966

57. Coventry University

England | Coventry

For Agricultural Science

#335 in Europe

#1078 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 32%
Enrollment: 22,980
Founded: 1992

58. Oxford Brookes University

England | Oxford

For Agricultural Science

#340 in Europe

#1095 in the World

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1865

59. University of Hertfordshire

England | Hatfield

For Agricultural Science

#349 in Europe

#1134 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1992

60. Royal Veterinary College University of London

England | London

For Agricultural Science

#351 in Europe

#1148 in the World

Founded: 1791

61. University of the West of England

England | Bristol

For Agricultural Science

#352 in Europe

#1151 in the World

Enrollment: 30,732
Founded: 1992

62. University of Portsmouth

England | Portsmouth

For Agricultural Science

#353 in Europe

#1158 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1992

63. City, University of London

England | London

For Agricultural Science

#354 in Europe

#1165 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1966

64. Heriot-Watt University

Scotland | Edinburgh

For Agricultural Science

#358 in Europe

#1181 in the World

Founded: 1966

65. University of Wolverhampton

England | Wolverhampton

For Agricultural Science

#367 in Europe

#1219 in the World

Founded: 1992

66. Northumbria University

England | Newcastle upon Tyne

For Agricultural Science

#369 in Europe

#1225 in the World

Founded: 1992

67. Liverpool John Moores University

England | Liverpool

For Agricultural Science

#370 in Europe

#1226 in the World

Founded: 1992

68. University of South Wales

Wales | Pontypridd

For Agricultural Science

#380 in Europe

#1281 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1841

69. University of Bradford

England | Bradford

For Agricultural Science

#382 in Europe

#1290 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 52%
Founded: 1966

70. Manchester Metropolitan University

England | Manchester

For Agricultural Science

#383 in Europe

#1293 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Founded: 1992

71. Keele University

England | Keele

For Agricultural Science

#387 in Europe

#1302 in the World

Founded: 1962

72. University of Salford

England | Salford

For Agricultural Science

#396 in Europe

#1370 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Founded: 1967

73. Birkbeck, University of London

England | London

For Agricultural Science

#398 in Europe

#1382 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 1823

74. Nottingham Trent University

England | Nottingham

For Agricultural Science

#421 in Europe

#1471 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1992

75. Bournemouth University

England | Poole

For Agricultural Science

#441 in Europe

#1560 in the World

Enrollment: 14,293
Founded: 1992

76. University of Lincoln

England | Lincoln

For Agricultural Science

#443 in Europe

#1567 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 91%
Founded: 1992

77. De Montfort University

England | Leicester

For Agricultural Science

#447 in Europe

#1608 in the World

Founded: 1992

78. Middlesex University

England | London

For Agricultural Science

#454 in Europe

#1664 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 1973

79. St George's, University of London

England | London

For Agricultural Science

#456 in Europe

#1670 in the World

Founded: 1733

80. University of Central Lancashire

England | Preston

For Agricultural Science

#468 in Europe

#1737 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Founded: 1992

81. University of East London

England | London

For Agricultural Science

#476 in Europe

#1759 in the World

Founded: 1992

82. Anglia Ruskin University

England | Cambridge

For Agricultural Science

#480 in Europe

#1768 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 52%
Founded: 1858

83. University of Gloucestershire

England | Cheltenham

For Agricultural Science

#486 in Europe

#1797 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Founded: 2001

84. University of Huddersfield

England | Huddersfield

For Agricultural Science

#496 in Europe

#1841 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1992

85. University of Brighton

England | Brighton

For Agricultural Science

#512 in Europe

#1960 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1992

86. Abertay University

Scotland | Dundee

For Agricultural Science

#513 in Europe

#1962 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Founded: 1994

87. University of Cumbria

England | Carlisle

For Agricultural Science

#518 in Europe

#2017 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Founded: 2007

88. Sheffield Hallam University

England | Sheffield

For Agricultural Science

#532 in Europe

#2114 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 43%
Founded: 1992

89. Kingston University

England | Kingston upon Thames

For Agricultural Science

#542 in Europe

#2165 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1992

90. Robert Gordon University

Scotland | Aberdeen

For Agricultural Science

#543 in Europe

#2169 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1992

91. London South Bank University

England | London

For Agricultural Science

#559 in Europe

#2212 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1892

92. Edinburgh Napier University

Scotland | Edinburgh

For Agricultural Science

#560 in Europe

#2216 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 56%
Founded: 1992

93. Glasgow Caledonian University

Scotland | Glasgow

For Agricultural Science

#561 in Europe

#2219 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 23%
Founded: 1993

94. Teesside University

England | Middlesbrough

For Agricultural Science

#573 in Europe

#2274 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Enrollment: 19,290
Founded: 1992

95. University of Worcester

England | Worcester

For Agricultural Science

#578 in Europe

#2305 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Enrollment: 10,798
Founded: 2005

96. Goldsmiths, University of London

England | London

For Agricultural Science

#584 in Europe

#2358 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1904

97. University of Northampton

England | Northampton

For Agricultural Science

#586 in Europe

#2370 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 2005

98. University of Westminster

England | London

For Agricultural Science

#590 in Europe

#2383 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 19,000
Founded: 1838

99. University of the West of Scotland

Scotland | Paisley

For Agricultural Science

#597 in Europe

#2401 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 27%
Enrollment: 15,555
Founded: 1897

100. London Metropolitan University

England | London

For Agricultural Science

#604 in Europe

#2439 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Founded: 1848

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