Best Universities for Horticulture in Europe

Updated: March 02, 2025

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Europe ranked based on their research performance in Horticulture. A graph of 18.8M citations received by 548K academic papers made by 760 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

#10 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: 41,669
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

#53 in the World

Enrollment: 62,693
Founded: 1425

6. University of Helsinki

Finland | Helsinki

For Horticulture

#57 in the World

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

7. University of Reading

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | England

For Horticulture

#1 in the United Kingdom

#65 in the World

Founded: 1892

8. University of Copenhagen

Denmark | Copenhagen

For Horticulture

#68 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Founded: 1479

9. University of Nottingham

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | England

For Horticulture

#2 in the United Kingdom

#73 in the World

Founded: 1948

10. University of Cambridge

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | England

For Horticulture

#3 in the United Kingdom

#78 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

11. University of Gottingen

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Horticulture

#81 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

#85 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: 73,553
Founded: 1224

16. University of Bologna

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Horticulture

#2 in Italy

#99 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Enrollment: 79,999
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

Netherlands Flag

Netherlands | Utrecht

For Horticulture

#2 in the Netherlands

#107 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1636

19. Imperial College London

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | England

For Horticulture

#5 in the United Kingdom

#114 in the World

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

20. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Greece | Thessaloniki

For Horticulture

#1 in Greece

#117 in the World

Enrollment: 92,090
Founded: 1925

21. University of Turin

Italy | Piedmont

For Horticulture

#4 in Italy

#118 in the World

Founded: 1404

22. University of Bristol

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | England

For Horticulture

#6 in the United Kingdom

#120 in the World

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

23. University of Montpellier

France | Occitanie

For Horticulture

#1 in France

#121 in the World

Enrollment: 46,578
Founded: 1289

24. University of Cordoba

Spain | Cordoba

For Horticulture

#2 in Spain

#126 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1972

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. Technical University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Horticulture

#131 in the World

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

27. University of Pisa

Italy | Tuscany

For Horticulture

#5 in Italy

#134 in the World

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

28. Lund University

For Horticulture

#2 in Sweden

#136 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1666

29. University of Padua

For Horticulture

#6 in Italy

#139 in the World

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

30. University of Edinburgh

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Horticulture

#7 in the United Kingdom

#141 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

31. University of Liege

Belgium | Liege

For Horticulture

#143 in the World

Enrollment: 27,678
Founded: 1817

32. University of Zurich

Switzerland Flag

Switzerland | Zurich

For Horticulture

#2 in Switzerland

#150 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Enrollment: 25,732

33. University of Freiburg

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Horticulture

#153 in the World

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

34. University College London

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | England

For Horticulture

#8 in the United Kingdom

#154 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

35. Aarhus University

Denmark | Aarhus

For Horticulture

#158 in the World

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

36. Warsaw University of Life Sciences

Poland | Warsaw

For Horticulture

#1 in Poland

#160 in the World

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

37. University of Sheffield

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | England

For Horticulture

#9 in the United Kingdom

#163 in the World

Founded: 1905

38. Leiden University

Netherlands Flag

Netherlands | Leiden

For Horticulture

#3 in the Netherlands

#166 in the World

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

39. Agricultural University of Athens

Greece | Athens

For Horticulture

#2 in Greece

#175 in the World

Founded: 1920

40. University of Amsterdam

Netherlands Flag

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Horticulture

#4 in the Netherlands

#176 in the World

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

41. University of Lleida

For Horticulture

#3 in Spain

#178 in the World

Enrollment: 10,674

42. University of Bari

For Horticulture

#7 in Italy

#179 in the World

Founded: 1924

43. University of Valencia

Spain | Valencia

For Horticulture

#4 in Spain

#182 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Enrollment: 58,390

44. University of Agriculture of Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Horticulture

#2 in Poland

#192 in the World

Enrollment: 10,840
Founded: 1890

45. University of Belgrade

Serbia | Belgrade

For Horticulture

#1 in Serbia

#193 in the World

Enrollment: 75,047

46. University of Giessen

Germany | Hesse

For Horticulture

#194 in the World

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

47. University of Porto

Portugal | Porto

For Horticulture

#197 in the World

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

48. University of Florence

Italy | Tuscany

For Horticulture

#8 in Italy

#198 in the World

Founded: 1321

49. University of Granada

Spain | Granada

For Horticulture

#5 in Spain

#200 in the World

Founded: 1531

50. University of Barcelona

Spain | Barcelona

For Horticulture

#6 in Spain

#202 in the World

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

51. University of Ljubljana

Slovenia | Ljubljana

For Horticulture

#203 in the World

Enrollment: 37,874
Founded: 1919

52. University of York

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | England

For Horticulture

#10 in the United Kingdom

#204 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1963

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

Austria | Vienna

For Horticulture

#206 in the World

Enrollment: 12,509
Founded: 1872

54. University of Tubingen

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Horticulture

#209 in the World

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

55. University of Warwick

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | England

For Horticulture

#11 in the United Kingdom

#210 in the World

Enrollment: 27,278
Founded: 1965

56. Pierre and Marie Curie University

France | Ile-de-France

For Horticulture

#2 in France

#211 in the World

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

57. University of Aberdeen

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Horticulture

#12 in the United Kingdom

#216 in the World

Founded: 1495

58. Aberystwyth University

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | Wales

For Horticulture

#13 in the United Kingdom

#220 in the World

Founded: 1872

59. University of Wurzburg

Germany | Bavaria

For Horticulture

#221 in the World

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

60. University of Zagreb

Croatia | Zagreb

For Horticulture

#223 in the World

Enrollment: 65,436
Founded: 1874

61. University of Manchester

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | England

For Horticulture

#14 in the United Kingdom

#225 in the World

Founded: 1824

62. University of Leeds

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | England

For Horticulture

#15 in the United Kingdom

#227 in the World

Founded: 1904

63. University of Seville

Spain | Seville

For Horticulture

#7 in Spain

#232 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1505

64. Technical University of Madrid

For Horticulture

#8 in Spain

#233 in the World

Founded: 1971

65. University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Horticulture

#238 in the World

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

66. Complutense University of Madrid

For Horticulture

#9 in Spain

#241 in the World

Enrollment: 71,806
Founded: 1508

67. University of Lisbon

Portugal | Lisbon

For Horticulture

#242 in the World

Enrollment: 49,769
Founded: 1911

68. Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

For Horticulture

#3 in France

#243 in the World

Enrollment: 38,007
Founded: 1809

69. University of Catania

For Horticulture

#9 in Italy

#246 in the World

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

70. University of Life Sciences of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Horticulture

#3 in Poland

#247 in the World

Founded: 1955

71. Kiel University

Germany | Schleswig-Holstein

For Horticulture

#10 in Germany

#249 in the World

Enrollment: 27,468
Founded: 1665

72. University of Vienna

Austria | Vienna

For Horticulture

#252 in the World

Enrollment: 93,628
Founded: 1365

73. University of Birmingham

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | England

For Horticulture

#16 in the United Kingdom

#254 in the World

Founded: 1900

74. University of Murcia

For Horticulture

#10 in Spain

#255 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1272

75. Poznan University of Life Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Horticulture

#4 in Poland

#259 in the World

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

76. Catholic University of Louvain

Belgium | Louvain-la-Neuve

For Horticulture

#262 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1425

77. Lancaster University

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | England

For Horticulture

#17 in the United Kingdom

#264 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1964

78. University of Bordeaux

France | Nouvelle-Aquitaine

For Horticulture

#4 in France

#266 in the World

Enrollment: 54,000
Founded: 1441

79. University of Bern

Switzerland Flag

Switzerland | Bern

For Horticulture

#3 in Switzerland

#268 in the World

Enrollment: 18,576

80. Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

Switzerland Flag

Switzerland | Lausanne

For Horticulture

#4 in Switzerland

#270 in the World

Enrollment: 12,576

81. University of London

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | England

For Horticulture

#18 in the United Kingdom

#271 in the World

Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1836

82. Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Horticulture

#11 in Germany

#272 in the World

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

83. University of Hamburg

Germany | Hamburg State

For Horticulture

#12 in Germany

#275 in the World

Enrollment: 43,957
Founded: 1919

84. Autonomous University of Barcelona

Spain | Cerdanyola del Valles

For Horticulture

#11 in Spain

#279 in the World

Enrollment: 30,926

85. Radboud University

Netherlands Flag

Netherlands | Nijmegen

For Horticulture

#5 in the Netherlands

#281 in the World

Founded: 1923

86. University of Perugia

For Horticulture

#10 in Italy

#282 in the World

Enrollment: 26,732
Founded: 1308

87. University of Novi Sad

Serbia | Novi Sad

For Horticulture

#2 in Serbia

#284 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Enrollment: 48,791

88. University of Groningen

Netherlands Flag

Netherlands | Groningen

For Horticulture

#6 in the Netherlands

#285 in the World

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

89. Heidelberg University - Germany

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Horticulture

#13 in Germany

#286 in the World

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

90. Miguel Hernandez University of Elche

For Horticulture

#12 in Spain

#287 in the World

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

91. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Horticulture

#14 in Germany

#289 in the World

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

92. Sapienza University of Rome

For Horticulture

#11 in Italy

#290 in the World

Enrollment: 100,155
Founded: 1303

93. Uppsala University

Sweden | Uppsala

For Horticulture

#3 in Sweden

#292 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1477

94. Leibniz University of Hanover

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Horticulture

#15 in Germany

#299 in the World

Enrollment: 28,018
Founded: 1831

95. Moscow State University

Russia | Moscow

For Horticulture

#1 in Russia

#305 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

96. University of Tuscia

For Horticulture

#12 in Italy

#315 in the World

Founded: 1979

97. University of Debrecen

Hungary | Debrecen

For Horticulture

#322 in the World

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

98. University of Glasgow

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Horticulture

#19 in the United Kingdom

#326 in the World

Founded: 1451

99. Free University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Horticulture

#16 in Germany

#327 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Enrollment: 37,908
Founded: 1948

100. University of Bayreuth

Germany | Bavaria

For Horticulture

#17 in Germany

#330 in the World

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