Best Universities for Horticulture 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 Horticulture. A graph of 15M citations received by 502K academic papers made by 726 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 Horticulture

#1 in the Netherlands

#11 in the World

Enrollment: 12,819
Founded: 1918

2. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Sweden | Uppsala

For Horticulture

#1 in Sweden

#21 in the World

Enrollment: 5,675
Founded: 1977

3. Ghent University

Belgium | Ghent

For Horticulture

#32 in the World

Enrollment: 41,669
Founded: 1817

4. University of Hohenheim

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Horticulture

#38 in the World

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

5. Catholic University of Leuven

Belgium | Leuven

For Horticulture

#50 in the World

Enrollment: 62,693
Founded: 1425

6. Polytechnic University of Bari

For Horticulture

#1 in Italy

#55 in the World

Founded: 1990

7. University of Helsinki

Finland | Helsinki

For Horticulture

#56 in the World

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

8. University of Reading

United Kingdom | England

For Horticulture

#1 in the United Kingdom

#58 in the World

Founded: 1892

9. University of Nottingham

United Kingdom | England

For Horticulture

#2 in the United Kingdom

#64 in the World

Founded: 1948

10. University of Copenhagen

Denmark | Copenhagen

For Horticulture

#65 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Founded: 1479

11. University of Cambridge

United Kingdom | England

For Horticulture

#3 in the United Kingdom

#70 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

12. University of Oxford

United Kingdom | England

For Horticulture

#4 in the United Kingdom

#74 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

13. University of Bonn

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Horticulture

#80 in the World

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

14. University of Gottingen

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Horticulture

#85 in the World

Enrollment: 31,619
Founded: 1734

15. University of Montpellier

France | Occitanie

For Horticulture

#1 in France

#88 in the World

Enrollment: 46,578
Founded: 1289

16. University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Horticulture

#2 in Italy

#94 in the World

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

17. Utrecht University

Netherlands | Utrecht

For Horticulture

#2 in the Netherlands

#95 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1636

18. Polytechnic University of Valencia

Spain | Valencia

For Horticulture

#1 in Spain

#96 in the World

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

19. University of Bologna

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Horticulture

#3 in Italy

#97 in the World

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

20. University of Bristol

United Kingdom | England

For Horticulture

#5 in the United Kingdom

#98 in the World

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

21. Federico II University of Naples

Italy | Campania

For Horticulture

#4 in Italy

#100 in the World

Enrollment: 73,553
Founded: 1224

22. Imperial College London

United Kingdom | England

For Horticulture

#6 in the United Kingdom

#101 in the World

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

23. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Greece | Thessaloniki

For Horticulture

#1 in Greece

#112 in the World

Enrollment: 92,090
Founded: 1925

24. University of Turin

Italy | Piedmont

For Horticulture

#5 in Italy

#113 in the World

Founded: 1404

25. Technical University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Horticulture

#116 in the World

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

26. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Horticulture

#1 in Switzerland

#119 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 23,420

27. University of Cordoba

Spain | Cordoba

For Horticulture

#2 in Spain

#120 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1972

28. Lund University

For Horticulture

#2 in Sweden

#124 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1666

29. University of Edinburgh

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Horticulture

#7 in the United Kingdom

#131 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

30. University of Pisa

Italy | Tuscany

For Horticulture

#6 in Italy

#134 in the World

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

31. University of Freiburg

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Horticulture

#135 in the World

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

32. University of Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Horticulture

#2 in Switzerland

#136 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Enrollment: 25,732

33. University of Sheffield

United Kingdom | England

For Horticulture

#8 in the United Kingdom

#137 in the World

Founded: 1905

34. University College London

United Kingdom | England

For Horticulture

#9 in the United Kingdom

#142 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

35. University of Liege

Belgium | Liege

For Horticulture

#144 in the World

Enrollment: 25,421
Founded: 1817

36. University of Padua

For Horticulture

#7 in Italy

#145 in the World

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

37. Aarhus University

Denmark | Aarhus

For Horticulture

#148 in the World

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

38. Leiden University

Netherlands | Leiden

For Horticulture

#3 in the Netherlands

#150 in the World

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

39. University of Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Horticulture

#4 in the Netherlands

#163 in the World

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

40. University of Lleida

For Horticulture

#3 in Spain

#164 in the World

Enrollment: 11,089

41. Warsaw University of Life Sciences

Poland | Warsaw

For Horticulture

#1 in Poland

#166 in the World

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

42. University of Valencia

Spain | Valencia

For Horticulture

#4 in Spain

#167 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Enrollment: 58,390

43. Agricultural University of Athens

Greece | Athens

For Horticulture

#2 in Greece

#169 in the World

Founded: 1920

44. Aberystwyth University

United Kingdom | Wales

For Horticulture

#10 in the United Kingdom

#170 in the World

Founded: 1872

45. University of Agriculture of Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Horticulture

#2 in Poland

#171 in the World

Enrollment: 10,840
Founded: 1890

46. University of Giessen

Germany | Hesse

For Horticulture

#172 in the World

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

47. University of Bari

For Horticulture

#8 in Italy

#173 in the World

Founded: 1924

48. University of Aberdeen

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Horticulture

#11 in the United Kingdom

#175 in the World

Founded: 1495

49. Pierre and Marie Curie University

France | Ile-de-France

For Horticulture

#2 in France

#176 in the World

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

50. University of Tubingen

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Horticulture

#179 in the World

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

51. University of York

United Kingdom | England

For Horticulture

#12 in the United Kingdom

#180 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1963

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

Austria | Vienna

For Horticulture

#181 in the World

Enrollment: 12,509
Founded: 1872

53. University of Granada

Spain | Granada

For Horticulture

#5 in Spain

#184 in the World

Founded: 1531

54. University of Wurzburg

Germany | Bavaria

For Horticulture

#185 in the World

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

55. University of Porto

Portugal | Porto

For Horticulture

#186 in the World

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

56. University of Barcelona

Spain | Barcelona

For Horticulture

#6 in Spain

#189 in the World

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

57. University of Florence

Italy | Tuscany

For Horticulture

#9 in Italy

#192 in the World

Founded: 1321

58. University of Leeds

United Kingdom | England

For Horticulture

#13 in the United Kingdom

#198 in the World

Founded: 1904

59. Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

For Horticulture

#3 in France

#205 in the World

Enrollment: 38,007
Founded: 1809

60. University of Vienna

Austria | Vienna

For Horticulture

#208 in the World

Enrollment: 93,628
Founded: 1365

61. University of Birmingham

United Kingdom | England

For Horticulture

#14 in the United Kingdom

#209 in the World

Founded: 1900

62. University of Seville

Spain | Seville

For Horticulture

#7 in Spain

#211 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1505

63. University of Bordeaux

France | Nouvelle-Aquitaine

For Horticulture

#4 in France

#212 in the World

Enrollment: 54,000
Founded: 1441

64. University of Murcia

For Horticulture

#8 in Spain

#217 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1272

65. University of Belgrade

Serbia | Belgrade

For Horticulture

#1 in Serbia

#219 in the World

Enrollment: 75,047

66. Complutense University of Madrid

For Horticulture

#9 in Spain

#220 in the World

Enrollment: 71,806
Founded: 1508

67. Kiel University

Germany | Schleswig-Holstein

For Horticulture

#221 in the World

Enrollment: 27,468
Founded: 1665

68. Lancaster University

United Kingdom | England

For Horticulture

#15 in the United Kingdom

#223 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1964

69. University of Ljubljana

Slovenia | Ljubljana

For Horticulture

#227 in the World

Enrollment: 37,874
Founded: 1919

70. University of Manchester

United Kingdom | England

For Horticulture

#16 in the United Kingdom

#228 in the World

Founded: 1824

71. Technical University of Madrid

For Horticulture

#10 in Spain

#230 in the World

Founded: 1971

72. University of Zagreb

Croatia | Zagreb

For Horticulture

#231 in the World

Enrollment: 65,436
Founded: 1874

73. University of Lisbon

Portugal | Lisbon

For Horticulture

#234 in the World

Enrollment: 49,769
Founded: 1911

74. University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Horticulture

#17 in the United Kingdom

#235 in the World

Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1836

75. Catholic University of Louvain

Belgium | Louvain-la-Neuve

For Horticulture

#237 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1425

76. University of Bern

Switzerland | Bern

For Horticulture

#3 in Switzerland

#240 in the World

Enrollment: 18,576

77. Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

Switzerland | Lausanne

For Horticulture

#4 in Switzerland

#241 in the World

Enrollment: 12,576

78. University of Groningen

Netherlands | Groningen

For Horticulture

#5 in the Netherlands

#245 in the World

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

79. University of Catania

For Horticulture

#10 in Italy

#249 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1434

80. Autonomous University of Barcelona

Spain | Cerdanyola del Valles

For Horticulture

#11 in Spain

#253 in the World

Enrollment: 30,926

81. Heidelberg University - Germany

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Horticulture

#10 in Germany

#254 in the World

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

82. University of Life Sciences of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Horticulture

#3 in Poland

#258 in the World

Founded: 1955

83. Uppsala University

Sweden | Uppsala

For Horticulture

#3 in Sweden

#260 in the World

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

84. University of Glasgow

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Horticulture

#18 in the United Kingdom

#261 in the World

Founded: 1451

85. University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Horticulture

#11 in Germany

#265 in the World

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

86. Leibniz University of Hanover

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Horticulture

#12 in Germany

#266 in the World

Enrollment: 28,817
Founded: 1831

87. Radboud University

Netherlands | Nijmegen

For Horticulture

#6 in the Netherlands

#269 in the World

Founded: 1923

88. University of Bayreuth

Germany | Bavaria

For Horticulture

#13 in Germany

#272 in the World

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

89. University of Hamburg

Germany | Hamburg State

For Horticulture

#14 in Germany

#273 in the World

Enrollment: 43,957
Founded: 1919

90. Technical University of Denmark

Denmark | Kongens Lyngby

For Horticulture

#275 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1829

91. University of Perugia

For Horticulture

#11 in Italy

#277 in the World

Enrollment: 26,732
Founded: 1308

92. Paris Institute of Technology for Life, Food and Environmental Sciences

France | Ile-de-France

For Horticulture

#5 in France

#278 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 2,300
Founded: 2007

93. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Horticulture

#15 in Germany

#281 in the World

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

94. Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Horticulture

#16 in Germany

#285 in the World

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

95. Moscow State University

Russia | Moscow

For Horticulture

#1 in Russia

#286 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

96. Free University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Horticulture

#17 in Germany

#288 in the World

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

97. University of Exeter

United Kingdom | England

For Horticulture

#19 in the United Kingdom

#290 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1955

98. University of Salamanca

Spain | Salamanca

For Horticulture

#12 in Spain

#292 in the World

Founded: 1218

99. Bangor University

United Kingdom | Wales

For Horticulture

#20 in the United Kingdom

#296 in the World

Enrollment: 11,270
Founded: 1884

100. Sapienza University of Rome

For Horticulture

#12 in Italy

#298 in the World

Enrollment: 100,155
Founded: 1303