Best Universities for Botany 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 Botany. A graph of 59.5M citations received by 2.03M academic papers made by 1,147 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. University College London

United Kingdom | England

For Botany

#1 in the United Kingdom

#21 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

2. Wageningen University

Netherlands | Wageningen

For Botany

#1 in the Netherlands

#22 in the World

Enrollment: 12,819
Founded: 1918

3. University of Cambridge

United Kingdom | England

For Botany

#2 in the United Kingdom

#23 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

4. University of Oxford

United Kingdom | England

For Botany

#3 in the United Kingdom

#26 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

5. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Sweden | Uppsala

For Botany

#1 in Sweden

#27 in the World

Enrollment: 5,675
Founded: 1977

6. Ghent University

Belgium | Ghent

For Botany

#40 in the World

Enrollment: 41,669
Founded: 1817

7. University of Copenhagen

Denmark | Copenhagen

For Botany

#41 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Founded: 1479

8. University of Helsinki

Finland | Helsinki

For Botany

#47 in the World

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

9. Catholic University of Leuven

Belgium | Leuven

For Botany

#49 in the World

Enrollment: 62,693
Founded: 1425

10. Lund University

For Botany

#2 in Sweden

#50 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1666

11. Imperial College London

United Kingdom | England

For Botany

#4 in the United Kingdom

#55 in the World

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

12. Utrecht University

Netherlands | Utrecht

For Botany

#2 in the Netherlands

#67 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1636

13. University of Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Botany

#1 in Switzerland

#71 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Enrollment: 25,732

14. University of Sheffield

United Kingdom | England

For Botany

#5 in the United Kingdom

#72 in the World

Founded: 1905

15. Pierre and Marie Curie University

France | Ile-de-France

For Botany

#1 in France

#73 in the World

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

16. University of Gottingen

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Botany

#74 in the World

Enrollment: 31,619
Founded: 1734

17. University of Bristol

United Kingdom | England

For Botany

#6 in the United Kingdom

#77 in the World

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

18. University of Edinburgh

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Botany

#7 in the United Kingdom

#79 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

19. University of Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Botany

#3 in the Netherlands

#85 in the World

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

20. University of Bonn

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Botany

#90 in the World

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

21. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Botany

#2 in Switzerland

#91 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 23,420

22. University of Manchester

United Kingdom | England

For Botany

#8 in the United Kingdom

#94 in the World

Founded: 1824

23. Uppsala University

Sweden | Uppsala

For Botany

#3 in Sweden

#97 in the World

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

24. Technical University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Botany

#103 in the World

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

25. University of Vienna

Austria | Vienna

For Botany

#104 in the World

Enrollment: 93,628
Founded: 1365

26. University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Botany

#1 in Italy

#106 in the World

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

27. University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Botany

#107 in the World

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

28. University of Tubingen

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Botany

#110 in the World

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

29. Polytechnic University of Bari

For Botany

#2 in Italy

#111 in the World

Founded: 1990

30. University of Nottingham

United Kingdom | England

For Botany

#9 in the United Kingdom

#113 in the World

Founded: 1948

31. Heidelberg University - Germany

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Botany

#114 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Enrollment: 28,413
Male:Female: 45:55
Founded: 1386

32. University of Freiburg

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Botany

#117 in the World

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

33. Aarhus University

Denmark | Aarhus

For Botany

#118 in the World

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

34. Radboud University

Netherlands | Nijmegen

For Botany

#4 in the Netherlands

#124 in the World

Founded: 1923

35. University of Groningen

Netherlands | Groningen

For Botany

#5 in the Netherlands

#125 in the World

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

36. Federico II University of Naples

Italy | Campania

For Botany

#3 in Italy

#126 in the World

Enrollment: 73,553
Founded: 1224

37. University of Reading

United Kingdom | England

For Botany

#10 in the United Kingdom

#127 in the World

Founded: 1892

38. University of Wurzburg

Germany | Bavaria

For Botany

#135 in the World

Enrollment: 27,149
Male:Female: 41:59
Founded: 1402

39. University of Barcelona

Spain | Barcelona

For Botany

#1 in Spain

#136 in the World

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

40. University of Padua

For Botany

#4 in Italy

#138 in the World

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

41. Leiden University

Netherlands | Leiden

For Botany

#6 in the Netherlands

#140 in the World

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

42. University of Hohenheim

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Botany

#141 in the World

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

43. University of Leeds

United Kingdom | England

For Botany

#11 in the United Kingdom

#142 in the World

Founded: 1904

44. University of Montpellier

France | Occitanie

For Botany

#2 in France

#143 in the World

Enrollment: 46,578
Founded: 1289

45. University of Bologna

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Botany

#5 in Italy

#144 in the World

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

46. University of Glasgow

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Botany

#12 in the United Kingdom

#146 in the World

Founded: 1451

47. University of Liege

Belgium | Liege

For Botany

#148 in the World

Enrollment: 25,421
Founded: 1817

48. Free University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Botany

#10 in Germany

#150 in the World

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

49. Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Botany

#11 in Germany

#151 in the World

Enrollment: 37,473
Male:Female: 42:58
Founded: 1965

50. University of Florence

Italy | Tuscany

For Botany

#6 in Italy

#155 in the World

Founded: 1321

51. Complutense University of Madrid

For Botany

#2 in Spain

#157 in the World

Enrollment: 71,806
Founded: 1508

52. University of Aberdeen

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Botany

#13 in the United Kingdom

#158 in the World

Founded: 1495

53. University of Hamburg

Germany | Hamburg State

For Botany

#12 in Germany

#161 in the World

Enrollment: 43,957
Founded: 1919

54. Sapienza University of Rome

For Botany

#7 in Italy

#162 in the World

Enrollment: 100,155
Founded: 1303

55. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Greece | Thessaloniki

For Botany

#1 in Greece

#164 in the World

Enrollment: 92,090
Founded: 1925

56. Stockholm University

Sweden | Stockholm

For Botany

#4 in Sweden

#165 in the World

Enrollment: 37,484
Founded: 1878

57. University of Birmingham

United Kingdom | England

For Botany

#14 in the United Kingdom

#166 in the World

Founded: 1900

58. University of Liverpool

United Kingdom | England

For Botany

#15 in the United Kingdom

#167 in the World

Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

59. University of Lausanne

Switzerland | Lausanne

For Botany

#3 in Switzerland

#171 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Enrollment: 16,919

60. Moscow State University

Russia | Moscow

For Botany

#1 in Russia

#173 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

61. Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

For Botany

#3 in France

#174 in the World

Enrollment: 38,007
Founded: 1809

62. University of Oslo

For Botany

#1 in Norway

#178 in the World

Enrollment: 26,650
Founded: 1811

63. Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

Switzerland | Lausanne

For Botany

#4 in Switzerland

#180 in the World

Enrollment: 12,576

64. University of Valencia

Spain | Valencia

For Botany

#3 in Spain

#181 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Enrollment: 58,390

65. University of Gothenburg

Sweden | Gothenburg

For Botany

#5 in Sweden

#186 in the World

Enrollment: 36,003
Founded: 1891

66. University of Bern

Switzerland | Bern

For Botany

#5 in Switzerland

#188 in the World

Enrollment: 18,576

67. University of Porto

Portugal | Porto

For Botany

#191 in the World

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

68. Autonomous University of Barcelona

Spain | Cerdanyola del Valles

For Botany

#4 in Spain

#194 in the World

Enrollment: 30,926

69. University of Pisa

Italy | Tuscany

For Botany

#8 in Italy

#195 in the World

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

70. Newcastle University

United Kingdom | England

For Botany

#16 in the United Kingdom

#197 in the World

Founded: 1963

71. University of Turin

Italy | Piedmont

For Botany

#9 in Italy

#198 in the World

Founded: 1404

72. University of Lisbon

Portugal | Lisbon

For Botany

#206 in the World

Enrollment: 49,769
Founded: 1911

73. Kiel University

Germany | Schleswig-Holstein

For Botany

#13 in Germany

#207 in the World

Enrollment: 27,468
Founded: 1665

74. University of Giessen

Germany | Hesse

For Botany

#14 in Germany

#209 in the World

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

75. Technical University of Denmark

Denmark | Kongens Lyngby

For Botany

#210 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1829

76. King's College London

United Kingdom | England

For Botany

#17 in the United Kingdom

#211 in the World

Founded: 1829

77. University of Basel

Switzerland | Basel

For Botany

#6 in Switzerland

#212 in the World

Enrollment: 12,896

78. Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main

Germany | Hesse

For Botany

#15 in Germany

#215 in the World

Enrollment: 43,461
Founded: 1914

79. University of Turku

Finland | Turku

For Botany

#217 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Enrollment: 20,800
Male:Female: 38:62
Founded: 1920

80. University of Granada

Spain | Granada

For Botany

#5 in Spain

#219 in the World

Founded: 1531

81. University of Southampton

United Kingdom | England

For Botany

#18 in the United Kingdom

#220 in the World

Enrollment: 21,335
Founded: 1952

82. University of York

United Kingdom | England

For Botany

#19 in the United Kingdom

#221 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1963

83. Umea University

For Botany

#6 in Sweden

#223 in the World

Enrollment: 34,237
Founded: 1965

84. University of Cologne

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Botany

#16 in Germany

#225 in the World

Enrollment: 52,204
Male:Female: 39:61
Founded: 1388

85. Karolinska Institute

Sweden | Stockholm

For Botany

#7 in Sweden

#227 in the World

Enrollment: 8,070
Founded: 1861

86. Queen's University Belfast

United Kingdom | Northern Ireland

For Botany

#20 in the United Kingdom

#234 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1849

87. University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Botany

#21 in the United Kingdom

#236 in the World

Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1836

88. Technical University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Botany

#17 in Germany

#237 in the World

Enrollment: 35,149
Founded: 1946

89. University of Bayreuth

Germany | Bavaria

For Botany

#18 in Germany

#241 in the World

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

90. University of Exeter

United Kingdom | England

For Botany

#22 in the United Kingdom

#248 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1955

91. Queen Mary University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Botany

#23 in the United Kingdom

#255 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1989

92. University of Geneva

Switzerland | Geneva

For Botany

#7 in Switzerland

#257 in the World

Enrollment: 17,744

93. Free University Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Botany

#7 in the Netherlands

#258 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1880

94. Charles University

Czech Republic | Prague

For Botany

#1 in the Czech Republic

#259 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 49,508
Founded: 1348

95. Humboldt University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Botany

#19 in Germany

#261 in the World

Enrollment: 36,378
Founded: 1809

96. University College Dublin

Ireland | Dublin

For Botany

#272 in the World

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

97. University of Murcia

For Botany

#6 in Spain

#275 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1272

98. Polytechnic University of Valencia

Spain | Valencia

For Botany

#7 in Spain

#276 in the World

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

99. University of Erlangen Nuremberg

Germany | Bavaria

For Botany

#20 in Germany

#278 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Enrollment: 38,878
Founded: 1743

100. University of Munster

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Botany

#21 in Germany

#280 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 43,728
Founded: 1780