Best Universities for Horticulture in Europe

Updated: March 15, 2026

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Europe ranked based on their research performance in Horticulture. A graph of 19.9M citations received by 562K academic papers made by 766 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 Flag

Netherlands | Wageningen

For Horticulture

#1 in the Netherlands

#9 in the World

Enrollment: 12,819
Founded: 1918

2. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Sweden | Uppsala

For Horticulture

#1 in Sweden

#23 in the World

Enrollment: 5,675
Founded: 1977

3. Ghent University

Belgium | Ghent

For Horticulture

#35 in the World

Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1817

4. University of Hohenheim

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Horticulture

#47 in the World

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

5. Catholic University of Leuven

Belgium | Leuven

For Horticulture

#52 in the World

Enrollment: 62,693
Founded: 1425

6. University of Helsinki

Finland | Helsinki

For Horticulture

#58 in the World

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

7. University of Copenhagen

Denmark | Copenhagen

For Horticulture

#59 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Founded: 1479

8. University of Reading

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | England

For Horticulture

#1 in the United Kingdom

#69 in the World

Founded: 1892

9. University of Nottingham

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | England

For Horticulture

#2 in the United Kingdom

#75 in the World

Founded: 1948

10. University of Cambridge

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | England

For Horticulture

#3 in the United Kingdom

#84 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

11. University of Gottingen

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Horticulture

#85 in the World

Enrollment: 31,619
Founded: 1734

12. University of Oxford

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | England

For Horticulture

#4 in the United Kingdom

#86 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

13. University of Bonn

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Horticulture

#91 in the World

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

14. Polytechnic University of Valencia

Spain | Valencia

For Horticulture

#1 in Spain

#94 in the World

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

15. Federico II University of Naples

Italy | Campania

For Horticulture

#1 in Italy

#96 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1224

16. University of Bologna

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Horticulture

#2 in Italy

#98 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Enrollment: 96,945
Founded: 1088

17. University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Horticulture

#3 in Italy

#105 in the World

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

18. Utrecht University

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Netherlands | Utrecht

For Horticulture

#2 in the Netherlands

#109 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1636

19. University of Turin

Italy | Piedmont

For Horticulture

#4 in Italy

#111 in the World

Founded: 1404

20. University of Montpellier

France | Occitanie

For Horticulture

#1 in France

#112 in the World

Enrollment: 49,000
Founded: 1289

21. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Greece | Thessaloniki

For Horticulture

#1 in Greece

#113 in the World

Enrollment: 92,090
Founded: 1925

22. Aarhus University

Denmark | Aarhus

For Horticulture

#117 in the World

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

23. Imperial College London

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | England

For Horticulture

#5 in the United Kingdom

#121 in the World

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

24. University of Bristol

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | England

For Horticulture

#6 in the United Kingdom

#124 in the World

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

25. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Switzerland Flag

Switzerland | Zurich

For Horticulture

#1 in Switzerland

#127 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 23,420

26. University of Cordoba

Spain | Cordoba

For Horticulture

#2 in Spain

#128 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1972

27. University of Pisa

Italy | Tuscany

For Horticulture

#5 in Italy

#132 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Enrollment: 47,736
Founded: 1343

28. Technical University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Horticulture

#133 in the World

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

29. University of Padua

For Horticulture

#6 in Italy

#138 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 70,000
Founded: 1222

30. Lund University

For Horticulture

#2 in Sweden

#141 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1666

31. University of Liege

Belgium | Liege

For Horticulture

#146 in the World

Enrollment: 27,678
Founded: 1817

32. University of Edinburgh

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Horticulture

#7 in the United Kingdom

#153 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

33. University of Zurich

Switzerland Flag

Switzerland | Zurich

For Horticulture

#2 in Switzerland

#154 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Enrollment: 25,732

34. Warsaw University of Life Sciences

Poland | Warsaw

For Horticulture

#1 in Poland

#157 in the World

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

35. University College London

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | England

For Horticulture

#8 in the United Kingdom

#158 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

36. University of Freiburg

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Horticulture

#159 in the World

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

37. University of Sheffield

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | England

For Horticulture

#9 in the United Kingdom

#168 in the World

Founded: 1905

38. Leiden University

Netherlands Flag

Netherlands | Leiden

For Horticulture

#3 in the Netherlands

#169 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 33,474
Founded: 1575

39. Agricultural University of Athens

Greece | Athens

For Horticulture

#2 in Greece

#170 in the World

Founded: 1920

40. University of Bari

For Horticulture

#7 in Italy

#179 in the World

Founded: 1924

41. University of Amsterdam

Netherlands Flag

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Horticulture

#4 in the Netherlands

#180 in the World

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

42. University of Lleida

For Horticulture

#3 in Spain

#181 in the World

Enrollment: 10,674

43. University of Valencia

Spain | Valencia

For Horticulture

#4 in Spain

#184 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Enrollment: 58,390

44. University of Belgrade

Serbia | Belgrade

For Horticulture

#1 in Serbia

#189 in the World

Enrollment: 75,047

45. University of Agriculture of Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Horticulture

#2 in Poland

#193 in the World

Enrollment: 10,840
Founded: 1890

46. University of Porto

Portugal | Porto

For Horticulture

#198 in the World

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

47. University of Florence

Italy | Tuscany

For Horticulture

#8 in Italy

#199 in the World

Founded: 1321

48. University of Giessen

Germany | Hesse

For Horticulture

#200 in the World

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

49. University of Ljubljana

Slovenia | Ljubljana

For Horticulture

#203 in the World

Founded: 1919

50. University of Granada

Spain | Granada

For Horticulture

#5 in Spain

#205 in the World

Enrollment: 56,842
Founded: 1531

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

Austria | Vienna

For Horticulture

#208 in the World

Enrollment: 12,509
Founded: 1872

52. University of Barcelona

Spain | Barcelona

For Horticulture

#6 in Spain

#209 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Enrollment: 64,236

53. University of York

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | England

For Horticulture

#10 in the United Kingdom

#211 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1963

54. University of Warwick

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | England

For Horticulture

#11 in the United Kingdom

#213 in the World

Enrollment: 27,278
Founded: 1965

55. Pierre and Marie Curie University

France | Ile-de-France

For Horticulture

#2 in France

#215 in the World

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

56. University of Zagreb

Croatia | Zagreb

For Horticulture

#216 in the World

Enrollment: 65,436
Founded: 1874

57. University of Tubingen

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Horticulture

#218 in the World

Enrollment: 28,238
Male:Female: 41:59
Founded: 1477

58. University of Aberdeen

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Horticulture

#12 in the United Kingdom

#222 in the World

Founded: 1495

59. University of Wurzburg

Germany | Bavaria

For Horticulture

#223 in the World

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

60. University of Leeds

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | England

For Horticulture

#13 in the United Kingdom

#225 in the World

Founded: 1904

61. University of Manchester

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | England

For Horticulture

#14 in the United Kingdom

#226 in the World

Founded: 1824

62. Technical University of Madrid

For Horticulture

#7 in Spain

#227 in the World

Founded: 1971

63. University of Seville

Spain | Seville

For Horticulture

#8 in Spain

#230 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1505

64. University of Catania

For Horticulture

#9 in Italy

#233 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 44,338
Founded: 1434

65. University of Life Sciences of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Horticulture

#3 in Poland

#235 in the World

Founded: 1955

66. University of Lisbon

Portugal | Lisbon

For Horticulture

#239 in the World

Enrollment: 49,769
Founded: 1911

67. Aberystwyth University

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | Wales

For Horticulture

#15 in the United Kingdom

#240 in the World

Founded: 1872

68. University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Horticulture

#243 in the World

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

69. Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

For Horticulture

#3 in France

#245 in the World

Enrollment: 38,007
Founded: 1809

70. Complutense University of Madrid

For Horticulture

#9 in Spain

#246 in the World

Founded: 1508

71. Poznan University of Life Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Horticulture

#4 in Poland

#249 in the World

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

72. Kiel University

Germany | Schleswig-Holstein

For Horticulture

#10 in Germany

#250 in the World

Enrollment: 27,468
Founded: 1665

73. University of Vienna

Austria | Vienna

For Horticulture

#255 in the World

Enrollment: 93,628
Founded: 1365

74. University of Murcia

For Horticulture

#10 in Spain

#256 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1272

75. University of Birmingham

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | England

For Horticulture

#16 in the United Kingdom

#261 in the World

Founded: 1900

76. University of Bordeaux

France | Nouvelle-Aquitaine

For Horticulture

#4 in France

#264 in the World

Enrollment: 46,845
Founded: 1441

77. Catholic University of Louvain

Belgium | Louvain-la-Neuve

For Horticulture

#265 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1425

78. Lancaster University

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | England

For Horticulture

#17 in the United Kingdom

#270 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1964

79. University of Bern

Switzerland Flag

Switzerland | Bern

For Horticulture

#3 in Switzerland

#271 in the World

Enrollment: 19,608

80. Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

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Switzerland | Lausanne

For Horticulture

#4 in Switzerland

#274 in the World

Enrollment: 12,576

81. Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Horticulture

#11 in Germany

#276 in the World

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

82. University of Hamburg

Germany | Hamburg State

For Horticulture

#12 in Germany

#278 in the World

Enrollment: 43,957
Founded: 1919

83. Miguel Hernandez University of Elche

For Horticulture

#11 in Spain

#279 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 19,900
Founded: 1996

84. University of Novi Sad

Serbia | Novi Sad

For Horticulture

#2 in Serbia

#280 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Enrollment: 48,791

85. University of London

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | England

For Horticulture

#18 in the United Kingdom

#285 in the World

Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1836

86. University of Perugia

For Horticulture

#10 in Italy

#287 in the World

Enrollment: 26,732
Founded: 1308

87. Sapienza University of Rome

For Horticulture

#11 in Italy

#288 in the World

Enrollment: 100,155
Founded: 1303

88. Radboud University

Netherlands Flag

Netherlands | Nijmegen

For Horticulture

#5 in the Netherlands

#290 in the World

Founded: 1923

89. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Horticulture

#13 in Germany

#291 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Enrollment: 23,321
Founded: 2009

90. Autonomous University of Barcelona

Spain | Cerdanyola del Valles

For Horticulture

#12 in Spain

#293 in the World

Enrollment: 30,926

91. Technical University of Denmark

Denmark | Kongens Lyngby

For Horticulture

#298 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1829

92. Heidelberg University - Germany

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Horticulture

#14 in Germany

#299 in the World

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

93. University of Groningen

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Netherlands | Groningen

For Horticulture

#6 in the Netherlands

#301 in the World

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

94. Leibniz University of Hanover

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Horticulture

#15 in Germany

#305 in the World

Enrollment: 28,018
Founded: 1831

95. Moscow State University

Russia | Moscow

For Horticulture

#1 in Russia

#306 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

96. University of Tuscia

For Horticulture

#12 in Italy

#311 in the World

Founded: 1979

97. Uppsala University

Sweden | Uppsala

For Horticulture

#3 in Sweden

#316 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1477

98. University of Palermo

For Horticulture

#13 in Italy

#321 in the World

Founded: 1806

99. University of Debrecen

Hungary | Debrecen

For Horticulture

#327 in the World

Enrollment: 26,938
Male:Female: 47:53
Founded: 1912

100. University of Salamanca

Spain | Salamanca

For Horticulture

#13 in Spain

#330 in the World

Founded: 1218