Best Universities for Animal Science in Europe

Updated: February 29, 2024

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Europe ranked based on their research performance in Animal Science. A graph of 5.78M citations received by 239K academic papers made by 532 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 Animal Science

#1 in the Netherlands

#8 in the World

Enrollment: 12,819
Founded: 1918

2. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Sweden | Uppsala

For Animal Science

#1 in Sweden

#10 in the World

Enrollment: 5,675
Founded: 1977

3. University of Copenhagen

Denmark | Copenhagen

For Animal Science

#28 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Founded: 1479

4. Ghent University

Belgium | Ghent

For Animal Science

#31 in the World

Enrollment: 41,669
Founded: 1817

5. Utrecht University

Netherlands | Utrecht

For Animal Science

#2 in the Netherlands

#35 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1636

6. University of Bristol

United Kingdom | England

For Animal Science

#1 in the United Kingdom

#36 in the World

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

7. University College Dublin

Ireland | Dublin

For Animal Science

#38 in the World

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

8. Aarhus University

Denmark | Aarhus

For Animal Science

#42 in the World

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

9. University of Edinburgh

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Animal Science

#2 in the United Kingdom

#45 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

10. University of Helsinki

Finland | Helsinki

For Animal Science

#48 in the World

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

11. Norwegian University of Life Sciences

For Animal Science

#1 in Norway

#54 in the World

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

12. University of Nottingham

United Kingdom | England

For Animal Science

#3 in the United Kingdom

#55 in the World

Founded: 1948

13. University of Cambridge

United Kingdom | England

For Animal Science

#4 in the United Kingdom

#60 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

14. University of Reading

United Kingdom | England

For Animal Science

#5 in the United Kingdom

#62 in the World

Founded: 1892

15. University of Liege

Belgium | Liege

For Animal Science

#65 in the World

Enrollment: 25,421
Founded: 1817

16. University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Animal Science

#1 in Italy

#67 in the World

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

17. Catholic University of Leuven

Belgium | Leuven

For Animal Science

#70 in the World

Enrollment: 62,693
Founded: 1425

18. University of Hohenheim

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Animal Science

#71 in the World

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

19. University of Aberdeen

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Animal Science

#6 in the United Kingdom

#74 in the World

Founded: 1495

20. Autonomous University of Barcelona

Spain | Cerdanyola del Valles

For Animal Science

#1 in Spain

#78 in the World

Enrollment: 30,926

21. University of Padua

For Animal Science

#2 in Italy

#82 in the World

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

22. University of Glasgow

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Animal Science

#7 in the United Kingdom

#88 in the World

Founded: 1451

23. University of Liverpool

United Kingdom | England

For Animal Science

#8 in the United Kingdom

#94 in the World

Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

24. Lund University

For Animal Science

#2 in Sweden

#95 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1666

25. Royal Veterinary College University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Animal Science

#9 in the United Kingdom

#97 in the World

Founded: 1791

26. University of Bologna

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Animal Science

#3 in Italy

#98 in the World

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

27. Complutense University of Madrid

For Animal Science

#2 in Spain

#103 in the World

Enrollment: 71,806
Founded: 1508

28. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Greece | Thessaloniki

For Animal Science

#1 in Greece

#104 in the World

Enrollment: 92,090
Founded: 1925

29. University of Oxford

United Kingdom | England

For Animal Science

#10 in the United Kingdom

#107 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

30. University of Bern

Switzerland | Bern

For Animal Science

#1 in Switzerland

#108 in the World

Enrollment: 18,576

31. University of Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Animal Science

#2 in Switzerland

#109 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Enrollment: 25,732

32. University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

Poland | Olsztyn

For Animal Science

#1 in Poland

#114 in the World

Enrollment: 22,800
Founded: 1999

33. University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Animal Science

#120 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 2,274
Founded: 1778

34. Free University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Animal Science

#121 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Enrollment: 37,608
Founded: 1948

35. University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna

Austria | Vienna

For Animal Science

#123 in the World

Enrollment: 2,404
Founded: 1897

36. University of Saragossa

Spain | Zaragoza

For Animal Science

#3 in Spain

#124 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1542

37. University of Stirling

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Animal Science

#11 in the United Kingdom

#127 in the World

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

38. Karolinska Institute

Sweden | Stockholm

For Animal Science

#3 in Sweden

#128 in the World

Enrollment: 8,070
Founded: 1861

39. Technical University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Animal Science

#129 in the World

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

40. Newcastle University

United Kingdom | England

For Animal Science

#12 in the United Kingdom

#131 in the World

Founded: 1963

41. Aberystwyth University

United Kingdom | Wales

For Animal Science

#13 in the United Kingdom

#134 in the World

Founded: 1872

42. University of Zagreb

Croatia | Zagreb

For Animal Science

#135 in the World

Enrollment: 65,436
Founded: 1874

43. University of Gottingen

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Animal Science

#136 in the World

Enrollment: 31,619
Founded: 1734

44. University of Leeds

United Kingdom | England

For Animal Science

#14 in the United Kingdom

#138 in the World

Founded: 1904

45. Warsaw University of Life Sciences

Poland | Warsaw

For Animal Science

#2 in Poland

#142 in the World

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

46. Kiel University

Germany | Schleswig-Holstein

For Animal Science

#147 in the World

Enrollment: 27,468
Founded: 1665

47. Maastricht University

Netherlands | Maastricht

For Animal Science

#3 in the Netherlands

#152 in the World

Enrollment: 18,000
Founded: 1976

48. University of Porto

Portugal | Porto

For Animal Science

#153 in the World

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

49. University of Giessen

Germany | Hesse

For Animal Science

#154 in the World

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

50. University of Groningen

Netherlands | Groningen

For Animal Science

#4 in the Netherlands

#157 in the World

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

51. University of Murcia

For Animal Science

#4 in Spain

#158 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1272

52. Technical University of Denmark

Denmark | Kongens Lyngby

For Animal Science

#159 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1829

53. Uppsala University

Sweden | Uppsala

For Animal Science

#4 in Sweden

#163 in the World

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

54. Loughborough University

United Kingdom | England

For Animal Science

#15 in the United Kingdom

#164 in the World

Enrollment: 19,449
Founded: 1966

55. University of Gothenburg

Sweden | Gothenburg

For Animal Science

#5 in Sweden

#166 in the World

Enrollment: 36,003
Founded: 1891

56. Polytechnic University of Bari

For Animal Science

#4 in Italy

#167 in the World

Founded: 1990

57. University of Birmingham

United Kingdom | England

For Animal Science

#16 in the United Kingdom

#171 in the World

Founded: 1900

58. University of Bonn

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Animal Science

#172 in the World

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

59. Queen's University Belfast

United Kingdom | Northern Ireland

For Animal Science

#17 in the United Kingdom

#174 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1849

60. University College London

United Kingdom | England

For Animal Science

#18 in the United Kingdom

#178 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

61. University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Animal Science

#187 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 55%
Enrollment: 52,418
Founded: 1472

62. University of Barcelona

Spain | Barcelona

For Animal Science

#5 in Spain

#188 in the World

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

63. University of Bergen

Norway | Bergen

For Animal Science

#2 in Norway

#189 in the World

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1946

64. Technical University of Madrid

For Animal Science

#6 in Spain

#190 in the World

Founded: 1971

65. University of Cordoba

Spain | Cordoba

For Animal Science

#7 in Spain

#191 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1972

66. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Animal Science

#3 in Switzerland

#192 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 23,420

67. UiT The Arctic University of Norway

Norway | Tromso

For Animal Science

#3 in Norway

#198 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Enrollment: 17,808
Founded: 1968

68. University of Oslo

For Animal Science

#4 in Norway

#200 in the World

Enrollment: 26,650
Founded: 1811

69. University of Exeter

United Kingdom | England

For Animal Science

#19 in the United Kingdom

#202 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1955

70. University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Animal Science

#20 in the United Kingdom

#204 in the World

Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1836

71. University of Turin

Italy | Piedmont

For Animal Science

#5 in Italy

#205 in the World

Founded: 1404

72. University of Leon

For Animal Science

#8 in Spain

#206 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1979

73. Imperial College London

United Kingdom | England

For Animal Science

#21 in the United Kingdom

#211 in the World

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

74. Royal Agricultural University

United Kingdom | England

For Animal Science

#22 in the United Kingdom

#214 in the World

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

75. Scotland's Rural College

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Animal Science

#23 in the United Kingdom

#215 in the World

Enrollment: 6,000
Founded: 2012

76. Federico II University of Naples

Italy | Campania

For Animal Science

#6 in Italy

#217 in the World

Enrollment: 73,553
Founded: 1224

77. Agricultural University of Athens

Greece | Athens

For Animal Science

#2 in Greece

#225 in the World

Founded: 1920

78. Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Norway | Trondheim

For Animal Science

#5 in Norway

#227 in the World

Enrollment: 42,031
Founded: 1996

79. University of Agriculture of Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Animal Science

#3 in Poland

#228 in the World

Enrollment: 10,840
Founded: 1890

80. University of Life Sciences of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Animal Science

#4 in Poland

#234 in the World

Founded: 1955

81. National Veterinary School of Toulouse

France | Occitanie

For Animal Science

#1 in France

#235 in the World

Founded: 1828

82. University of Santiago de Compostela

Spain | Santiago de Compostela

For Animal Science

#9 in Spain

#240 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1495

83. University College Cork

For Animal Science

#243 in the World

Enrollment: 21,894
Founded: 1845

84. Agrocampus Ouest

France | Brittany

For Animal Science

#2 in France

#244 in the World

Enrollment: 2,000
Founded: 2008

85. Polytechnic University of Valencia

Spain | Valencia

For Animal Science

#10 in Spain

#248 in the World

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

86. University of Southampton

United Kingdom | England

For Animal Science

#24 in the United Kingdom

#250 in the World

Enrollment: 21,335
Founded: 1952

87. Bangor University

United Kingdom | Wales

For Animal Science

#25 in the United Kingdom

#254 in the World

Enrollment: 11,270
Founded: 1884

88. Szent Istvan University

Hungary | Godollo

For Animal Science

#257 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 2000

89. University of Granada

Spain | Granada

For Animal Science

#11 in Spain

#259 in the World

Founded: 1531

90. Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

For Animal Science

#3 in France

#265 in the World

Enrollment: 38,007
Founded: 1809

91. Stockholm University

Sweden | Stockholm

For Animal Science

#6 in Sweden

#266 in the World

Enrollment: 37,484
Founded: 1878

92. University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Spain | Las Palmas

For Animal Science

#12 in Spain

#269 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Founded: 1979

93. University of Bari

For Animal Science

#7 in Italy

#273 in the World

Founded: 1924

94. University of Extremadura

Spain | Badajoz

For Animal Science

#13 in Spain

#274 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1973

95. University of Lleida

For Animal Science

#14 in Spain

#276 in the World

Enrollment: 11,089

96. Poznan University of Life Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Animal Science

#5 in Poland

#277 in the World

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

97. Pierre and Marie Curie University

France | Ile-de-France

For Animal Science

#4 in France

#279 in the World

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

98. University of Sassari

Italy | Sardinia

For Animal Science

#8 in Italy

#295 in the World

Founded: 1558

99. University of Eastern Finland

Finland | Joensuu

For Animal Science

#298 in the World

Enrollment: 15,500
Founded: 2010

100. University of Antwerp

Belgium | Antwerp

For Animal Science

#302 in the World

Founded: 2003