100 Best universities for Horticulture in the United Kingdom

Updated: February 29, 2024

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in the United Kingdom ranked based on their research performance in Horticulture. A graph of 2.96M citations received by 76.8K academic papers made by 102 universities in the United Kingdom 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 of Reading

England | Reading

For Horticulture

#8 in Europe

#58 in the World

Founded: 1892

2. University of Nottingham

England | Nottingham

For Horticulture

#9 in Europe

#64 in the World

Founded: 1948

3. University of Cambridge

England | Cambridge

For Horticulture

#11 in Europe

#70 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

4. University of Oxford

England | Oxford

For Horticulture

#12 in Europe

#74 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

5. University of Bristol

England | Bristol

For Horticulture

#20 in Europe

#98 in the World

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

6. Imperial College London

England | London

For Horticulture

#22 in Europe

#101 in the World

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

7. University of Edinburgh

Scotland | Edinburgh

For Horticulture

#29 in Europe

#131 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

8. University of Sheffield

England | Sheffield

For Horticulture

#33 in Europe

#137 in the World

Founded: 1905

9. University College London

England | London

For Horticulture

#34 in Europe

#142 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

10. Aberystwyth University

Wales | Aberystwyth

For Horticulture

#44 in Europe

#170 in the World

Founded: 1872

11. University of Aberdeen

Scotland | Aberdeen

For Horticulture

#48 in Europe

#175 in the World

Founded: 1495

12. University of York

For Horticulture

#51 in Europe

#180 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1963

13. University of Leeds

England | Leeds

For Horticulture

#58 in Europe

#198 in the World

Founded: 1904

14. University of Birmingham

England | Birmingham

For Horticulture

#61 in Europe

#209 in the World

Founded: 1900

15. Lancaster University

England | Lancaster

For Horticulture

#68 in Europe

#223 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1964

16. University of Manchester

England | Manchester

For Horticulture

#70 in Europe

#228 in the World

Founded: 1824

17. University of London

England | London

For Horticulture

#74 in Europe

#235 in the World

Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1836

18. University of Glasgow

Scotland | Glasgow

For Horticulture

#84 in Europe

#261 in the World

Founded: 1451

19. University of Exeter

England | Exeter

For Horticulture

#97 in Europe

#290 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1955

20. Bangor University

For Horticulture

#99 in Europe

#296 in the World

Enrollment: 11,270
Founded: 1884

21. University of Warwick

England | Coventry

For Horticulture

#105 in Europe

#309 in the World

Enrollment: 27,278
Founded: 1965

22. University of Southampton

England | Southampton

For Horticulture

#108 in Europe

#319 in the World

Enrollment: 21,335
Founded: 1952

23. King's College London

England | London

For Horticulture

#116 in Europe

#350 in the World

Founded: 1829

24. University of Liverpool

England | Liverpool

For Horticulture

#124 in Europe

#368 in the World

Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

25. University of Dundee

Scotland | Dundee

For Horticulture

#133 in Europe

#388 in the World

Founded: 1967

26. Newcastle University

England | Newcastle upon Tyne

For Horticulture

#140 in Europe

#401 in the World

Founded: 1963

27. University of East Anglia

England | Norwich

For Horticulture

#148 in Europe

#441 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1963

28. University of Wales

Wales | Cardiff

For Horticulture

#159 in Europe

#480 in the World

Founded: 1893

29. University of Essex

England | Colchester

For Horticulture

#162 in Europe

#483 in the World

Founded: 1964

30. University of Sussex

England | Brighton

For Horticulture

#168 in Europe

#501 in the World

Enrollment: 17,319
Male:Female: 44:56
Founded: 1961

31. Royal Holloway, University of London

England | Egham

For Horticulture

#172 in Europe

#513 in the World

Founded: 1849

32. University of Leicester

England | Leicester

For Horticulture

#174 in Europe

#526 in the World

Enrollment: 24,409
Male:Female: 46:54
Founded: 1957

33. Cardiff University

Wales | Cardiff

For Horticulture

#176 in Europe

#533 in the World

Founded: 1997

34. Durham University

England | Durham

For Horticulture

#182 in Europe

#546 in the World

Enrollment: 19,520
Founded: 1832

35. Cranfield University

England | Cranfield

For Horticulture

#184 in Europe

#550 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 59%
Enrollment: 4,825
Founded: 1993

36. Queen's University Belfast

Northern Ireland | Belfast

For Horticulture

#189 in Europe

#575 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1849

37. Ulster University

Northern Ireland | Coleraine

For Horticulture

#194 in Europe

#590 in the World

Founded: 1968

38. University of Stirling

Scotland | Stirling

For Horticulture

#203 in Europe

#617 in the World

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

39. University of Bath

For Horticulture

#209 in Europe

#637 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Enrollment: 18,857
Male:Female: 53:47
Founded: 1966

40. Queen Mary University of London

England | London

For Horticulture

#223 in Europe

#678 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1989

41. University of Greenwich

England | London

For Horticulture

#235 in Europe

#719 in the World

Founded: 1890

42. University of Strathclyde

Scotland | Glasgow

For Horticulture

#255 in Europe

#787 in the World

Founded: 1964

43. Royal Agricultural University

England | Cirencester

For Horticulture

#260 in Europe

#798 in the World

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

44. University of St Andrews

Scotland | St Andrews

For Horticulture

#265 in Europe

#819 in the World

Enrollment: 10,425
Founded: 1413

45. Loughborough University

England | Loughborough

For Horticulture

#266 in Europe

#826 in the World

Enrollment: 19,449
Founded: 1966

46. University of Surrey

England | Guildford

For Horticulture

#270 in Europe

#838 in the World

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1966

47. Harper Adams University

Wales | Newport

For Horticulture

#273 in Europe

#865 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 96%
Founded: 2012

48. Swansea University

Wales | Swansea

For Horticulture

#281 in Europe

#893 in the World

Founded: 1920

49. University of Hull

England | Kingston upon Hull

For Horticulture

#296 in Europe

#975 in the World

Founded: 1954

50. University of Kent

England | Canterbury

For Horticulture

#319 in Europe

#1121 in the World

Founded: 1965

51. University of Plymouth

England | Plymouth

For Horticulture

#328 in Europe

#1158 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 77%
Founded: 1992

52. Liverpool John Moores University

England | Liverpool

For Horticulture

#349 in Europe

#1283 in the World

Founded: 1992

53. Birkbeck, University of London

England | London

For Horticulture

#360 in Europe

#1335 in the World

Founded: 1823

54. Brunel University London

England | Uxbridge

For Horticulture

#370 in Europe

#1373 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 54%
Founded: 1966

55. Heriot-Watt University

Scotland | Edinburgh

For Horticulture

#371 in Europe

#1376 in the World

Founded: 1966

56. University of Hertfordshire

England | Hatfield

For Horticulture

#373 in Europe

#1382 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1992

57. University of the West of England

England | Bristol

For Horticulture

#387 in Europe

#1435 in the World

Enrollment: 30,732
Founded: 1992

58. Oxford Brookes University

England | Oxford

For Horticulture

#390 in Europe

#1452 in the World

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1865

59. Manchester Metropolitan University

England | Manchester

For Horticulture

#402 in Europe

#1495 in the World

Founded: 1992

60. University of Portsmouth

England | Portsmouth

For Horticulture

#403 in Europe

#1502 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1992

61. Aston University

England | Birmingham

For Horticulture

#409 in Europe

#1538 in the World

Founded: 1895

62. Northumbria University

England | Newcastle upon Tyne

For Horticulture

#410 in Europe

#1545 in the World

Founded: 1992

63. University of Salford

England | Salford

For Horticulture

#411 in Europe

#1550 in the World

Founded: 1967

64. Nottingham Trent University

England | Nottingham

For Horticulture

#415 in Europe

#1588 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1992

65. Keele University

England | Keele

For Horticulture

#427 in Europe

#1629 in the World

Founded: 1962

66. University of Wolverhampton

England | Wolverhampton

For Horticulture

#428 in Europe

#1633 in the World

Founded: 1992

67. University of Lincoln

England | Lincoln

For Horticulture

#453 in Europe

#1782 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1992

68. Abertay University

Scotland | Dundee

For Horticulture

#454 in Europe

#1784 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1994

69. University of Bradford

England | Bradford

For Horticulture

#466 in Europe

#1846 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Founded: 1966

70. Scotland's Rural College

Scotland | Edinburgh

For Horticulture

#469 in Europe

#1865 in the World

Enrollment: 6,000
Founded: 2012

71. London School of Economics and Political Science

England | London

For Horticulture

#474 in Europe

#1914 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 9,218
Founded: 1895

72. De Montfort University

England | Leicester

For Horticulture

#478 in Europe

#1928 in the World

Founded: 1992

73. University of East London

England | London

For Horticulture

#485 in Europe

#1980 in the World

Founded: 1992

74. Robert Gordon University

Scotland | Aberdeen

For Horticulture

#488 in Europe

#1995 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1992

75. Royal Veterinary College University of London

England | London

For Horticulture

#493 in Europe

#2029 in the World

Founded: 1791

76. Coventry University

England | Coventry

For Horticulture

#501 in Europe

#2098 in the World

Enrollment: 22,980
Founded: 1992

77. St George's, University of London

England | London

For Horticulture

#504 in Europe

#2110 in the World

Founded: 1733

78. University of Huddersfield

England | Huddersfield

For Horticulture

#522 in Europe

#2198 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1992

79. City, University of London

England | London

For Horticulture

#528 in Europe

#2245 in the World

Founded: 1966

80. University of Westminster

England | London

For Horticulture

#529 in Europe

#2248 in the World

Enrollment: 19,000
Founded: 1838

81. London Metropolitan University

England | London

For Horticulture

#531 in Europe

#2258 in the World

Founded: 1848

82. Sheffield Hallam University

England | Sheffield

For Horticulture

#541 in Europe

#2321 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1992

83. Anglia Ruskin University

England | Cambridge

For Horticulture

#543 in Europe

#2325 in the World

Founded: 1858

84. Middlesex University

England | London

For Horticulture

#551 in Europe

#2369 in the World

Founded: 1973

85. Goldsmiths, University of London

England | London

For Horticulture

#559 in Europe

#2395 in the World

Founded: 1904

86. London South Bank University

England | London

For Horticulture

#564 in Europe

#2416 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 83%
Founded: 1892

87. University of South Wales

Wales | Pontypridd

For Horticulture

#577 in Europe

#2503 in the World

Founded: 1841

88. University of Sunderland

England | Sunderland

For Horticulture

#579 in Europe

#2506 in the World

Enrollment: 19,090
Founded: 1992

89. University of Worcester

England | Worcester

For Horticulture

#587 in Europe

#2550 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 89%
Enrollment: 10,798
Founded: 2005

90. University of Brighton

England | Brighton

For Horticulture

#588 in Europe

#2558 in the World

Founded: 1992

91. University of Central Lancashire

England | Preston

For Horticulture

#595 in Europe

#2575 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1992

92. Teesside University

England | Middlesbrough

For Horticulture

#596 in Europe

#2583 in the World

Enrollment: 19,290
Founded: 1992

93. University of the West of Scotland

Scotland | Paisley

For Horticulture

#599 in Europe

#2612 in the World

Enrollment: 15,555
Founded: 1897

94. Glasgow Caledonian University

Scotland | Glasgow

For Horticulture

#604 in Europe

#2637 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1993

95. Edinburgh Napier University

Scotland | Edinburgh

For Horticulture

#605 in Europe

#2642 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1992

96. Bournemouth University

England | Poole

For Horticulture

#609 in Europe

#2664 in the World

Enrollment: 14,293
Founded: 1992

97. University of Bedfordshire

England | Luton

For Horticulture

#617 in Europe

#2701 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Founded: 2006

98. Kingston University

England | Kingston upon Thames

For Horticulture

#618 in Europe

#2730 in the World

Founded: 1992

99. University of Cumbria

England | Carlisle

For Horticulture

#626 in Europe

#2768 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 67%
Founded: 2007

100. University of Derby

England | Derby

For Horticulture

#630 in Europe

#2785 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Enrollment: 25,000
Founded: 1992

The best cities to study Horticulture in the United Kingdom based on the number of universities and their ranks are Reading, Nottingham, Cambridge, and Oxford.