Europe's best Nutrition and Food Science universities [Rankings]

Below is a list of best universities in Europe ranked based on their research performance in Nutrition and Food Science. A graph of 19.1M citations received by 631K academic papers made by 810 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 Nutrition and Food Science

#1 in the Netherlands

#3 in the World

Enrollment: 12,819
Founded: 1918

2. Ghent University

Belgium | Ghent

For Nutrition and Food Science

#1 in Belgium

#19 in the World

Enrollment: 41,669
Founded: 1817

3. Lund University

Sweden | Lund

For Nutrition and Food Science

#1 in Sweden

#20 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1666

4. Catholic University of Leuven

Belgium | Leuven

For Nutrition and Food Science

#2 in Belgium

#22 in the World

Enrollment: 62,693
Founded: 1425

5. University of Reading

United Kingdom | England

For Nutrition and Food Science

#1 in the United Kingdom

#27 in the World

Founded: 1892

6. University of Helsinki

Finland | Helsinki

For Nutrition and Food Science

#1 in Finland

#29 in the World

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

7. University College Cork

Ireland | Cork

For Nutrition and Food Science

#1 in Ireland

#31 in the World

Enrollment: 21,894
Founded: 1845

8. University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Nutrition and Food Science

#1 in Italy

#32 in the World

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

9. University of Copenhagen

Denmark | Copenhagen

For Nutrition and Food Science

#1 in Denmark

#35 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Founded: 1479

10. Technical University of Denmark

Denmark | Kongens Lyngby

For Nutrition and Food Science

#2 in Denmark

#41 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1829

11. Federico II University of Naples

Italy | Campania

For Nutrition and Food Science

#2 in Italy

#43 in the World

Enrollment: 73,553
Founded: 1224

12. University of Bologna

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Nutrition and Food Science

#3 in Italy

#46 in the World

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

13. Polytechnic University of Bari

Italy | Apulia

For Nutrition and Food Science

#4 in Italy

#48 in the World

Founded: 1990

14. University of Hohenheim

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Nutrition and Food Science

#1 in Germany

#50 in the World

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

15. Technical University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Nutrition and Food Science

#2 in Germany

#52 in the World

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

16. University of Porto

Portugal | Porto

For Nutrition and Food Science

#1 in Portugal

#55 in the World

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

17. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Sweden | Uppsala

For Nutrition and Food Science

#2 in Sweden

#57 in the World

Enrollment: 5,675
Founded: 1977

18. University of Nottingham

United Kingdom | England

For Nutrition and Food Science

#2 in the United Kingdom

#62 in the World

Founded: 1948

19. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Greece | Thessaloniki

For Nutrition and Food Science

#1 in Greece

#64 in the World

Enrollment: 92,090
Founded: 1925

20. Complutense University of Madrid

Spain | Madrid

For Nutrition and Food Science

#1 in Spain

#66 in the World

Enrollment: 71,806
Founded: 1508

21. University of Leeds

United Kingdom | England

For Nutrition and Food Science

#3 in the United Kingdom

#71 in the World

Founded: 1904

22. University of Granada

Spain | Granada

For Nutrition and Food Science

#2 in Spain

#72 in the World

Founded: 1531

23. University of Oxford

United Kingdom | England

For Nutrition and Food Science

#4 in the United Kingdom

#73 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

24. University of Barcelona

Spain | Barcelona

For Nutrition and Food Science

#3 in Spain

#78 in the World

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

25. Polytechnic University of Valencia

Spain | Valencia

For Nutrition and Food Science

#4 in Spain

#79 in the World

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

26. Utrecht University

Netherlands | Utrecht

For Nutrition and Food Science

#2 in the Netherlands

#83 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1636

27. University of Valencia

Spain | Valencia

For Nutrition and Food Science

#5 in Spain

#85 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Enrollment: 58,390

28. Warsaw University of Life Sciences

Poland | Warsaw

For Nutrition and Food Science

#1 in Poland

#86 in the World

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

29. University College London

United Kingdom | England

For Nutrition and Food Science

#5 in the United Kingdom

#91 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

30. University College Dublin

Ireland | Dublin

For Nutrition and Food Science

#2 in Ireland

#92 in the World

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

31. Agricultural University of Athens

Greece | Athens

For Nutrition and Food Science

#2 in Greece

#93 in the World

Founded: 1920

32. King's College London

United Kingdom | England

For Nutrition and Food Science

#6 in the United Kingdom

#99 in the World

Founded: 1829

33. University of Bristol

United Kingdom | England

For Nutrition and Food Science

#7 in the United Kingdom

#103 in the World

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

34. University of Saragossa

Spain | Zaragoza

For Nutrition and Food Science

#6 in Spain

#106 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1542

35. University of Zagreb

Croatia | Zagreb

For Nutrition and Food Science

#1 in Croatia

#110 in the World

Enrollment: 65,436
Founded: 1874

36. University of Padua

Italy | Veneto

For Nutrition and Food Science

#5 in Italy

#115 in the World

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

37. University of Belgrade

Serbia | Belgrade

For Nutrition and Food Science

#1 in Serbia

#116 in the World

Enrollment: 75,047

38. University of Groningen

Netherlands | Groningen

For Nutrition and Food Science

#3 in the Netherlands

#118 in the World

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

39. University of Liege

Belgium | Liege

For Nutrition and Food Science

#3 in Belgium

#119 in the World

Enrollment: 25,421
Founded: 1817

40. University of Bari

Italy | Apulia

For Nutrition and Food Science

#6 in Italy

#122 in the World

Founded: 1924

41. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Nutrition and Food Science

#1 in Switzerland

#123 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 23,420

42. University of Minho

Portugal | Braga

For Nutrition and Food Science

#2 in Portugal

#129 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 19,077
Founded: 1973

43. Autonomous University of Barcelona

Spain | Cerdanyola del Valles

For Nutrition and Food Science

#7 in Spain

#135 in the World

Enrollment: 30,926

44. Aarhus University

Denmark | Aarhus

For Nutrition and Food Science

#3 in Denmark

#137 in the World

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

45. Maastricht University

Netherlands | Maastricht

For Nutrition and Food Science

#4 in the Netherlands

#138 in the World

Enrollment: 18,000
Founded: 1976

46. University of Turin

Italy | Piedmont

For Nutrition and Food Science

#7 in Italy

#140 in the World

Founded: 1404

47. University of Cambridge

United Kingdom | England

For Nutrition and Food Science

#8 in the United Kingdom

#141 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

48. University of Murcia

Spain | Murcia

For Nutrition and Food Science

#8 in Spain

#143 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1272

49. Catholic University of Louvain

Belgium | Louvain-la-Neuve

For Nutrition and Food Science

#4 in Belgium

#150 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1425

50. University of Lleida

Spain | Lleida

For Nutrition and Food Science

#9 in Spain

#152 in the World

Enrollment: 11,089

51. Dublin Institute of Technology

Ireland | Dublin

For Nutrition and Food Science

#3 in Ireland

#153 in the World

Enrollment: 20,000
Founded: 1992

52. University of Santiago de Compostela

Spain | Santiago de Compostela

For Nutrition and Food Science

#10 in Spain

#157 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1495

53. University of Vigo

Spain | Vigo

For Nutrition and Food Science

#11 in Spain

#159 in the World

Enrollment: 18,577
Founded: 1989

54. University of Parma

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Nutrition and Food Science

#8 in Italy

#161 in the World

Founded: 1117

55. University of Turku

Finland | Turku

For Nutrition and Food Science

#2 in Finland

#163 in the World

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

56. University of Novi Sad

Serbia | Novi Sad

For Nutrition and Food Science

#2 in Serbia

#165 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Enrollment: 50,750

57. Sapienza University of Rome

Italy | Lazio

For Nutrition and Food Science

#9 in Italy

#167 in the World

Enrollment: 100,155
Founded: 1303

58. University of Seville

Spain | Seville

For Nutrition and Food Science

#12 in Spain

#169 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1505

59. University of Oslo

Norway | Oslo

For Nutrition and Food Science

#1 in Norway

#171 in the World

Enrollment: 26,650
Founded: 1811

60. University of Florence

Italy | Tuscany

For Nutrition and Food Science

#10 in Italy

#173 in the World

Founded: 1321

61. University of Pisa

Italy | Tuscany

For Nutrition and Food Science

#11 in Italy

#176 in the World

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

62. Autonomous University of Madrid

Spain | Madrid

For Nutrition and Food Science

#13 in Spain

#180 in the World

Founded: 1968

63. University of Cordoba

Spain | Cordoba

For Nutrition and Food Science

#14 in Spain

#185 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1972

64. University of Vienna

Austria | Vienna

For Nutrition and Food Science

#1 in Austria

#190 in the World

Enrollment: 93,628
Founded: 1365

65. Karolinska Institute

Sweden | Stockholm

For Nutrition and Food Science

#3 in Sweden

#191 in the World

Enrollment: 8,070
Founded: 1861

66. University of Lisbon

Portugal | Lisbon

For Nutrition and Food Science

#3 in Portugal

#193 in the World

Enrollment: 49,769
Founded: 1911

67. University of Montpellier

France | Occitanie

For Nutrition and Food Science

#1 in France

#194 in the World

Enrollment: 46,578
Founded: 1289

68. University of Bordeaux

France | Nouvelle-Aquitaine

For Nutrition and Food Science

#2 in France

#195 in the World

Enrollment: 54,000
Founded: 1441

69. University of Agriculture of Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Nutrition and Food Science

#2 in Poland

#196 in the World

Enrollment: 10,840
Founded: 1890

70. Imperial College London

United Kingdom | England

For Nutrition and Food Science

#9 in the United Kingdom

#197 in the World

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

71. University of Ljubljana

Slovenia | Ljubljana

For Nutrition and Food Science

#1 in Slovenia

#201 in the World

Enrollment: 37,874
Founded: 1919

72. University of Perugia

Italy | Umbria

For Nutrition and Food Science

#12 in Italy

#204 in the World

Enrollment: 26,732
Founded: 1308

73. University of Manchester

United Kingdom | England

For Nutrition and Food Science

#10 in the United Kingdom

#208 in the World

Founded: 1824

74. University of Birmingham

United Kingdom | England

For Nutrition and Food Science

#11 in the United Kingdom

#209 in the World

Founded: 1900

75. University of Messina

Italy | Sicily

For Nutrition and Food Science

#13 in Italy

#210 in the World

Enrollment: 24,780
Founded: 1548

76. University of Bonn

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Nutrition and Food Science

#3 in Germany

#215 in the World

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

77. Ulster University

United Kingdom | Northern Ireland

For Nutrition and Food Science

#12 in the United Kingdom

#216 in the World

Founded: 1968

78. University of Aberdeen

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Nutrition and Food Science

#13 in the United Kingdom

#218 in the World

Founded: 1495

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

Austria | Vienna

For Nutrition and Food Science

#2 in Austria

#223 in the World

Enrollment: 12,509
Founded: 1872

80. University of Glasgow

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Nutrition and Food Science

#14 in the United Kingdom

#226 in the World

Founded: 1451

81. University of Life Sciences of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Nutrition and Food Science

#3 in Poland

#227 in the World

Founded: 1955

82. University of Surrey

United Kingdom | England

For Nutrition and Food Science

#15 in the United Kingdom

#228 in the World

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1966

83. University of Liverpool

United Kingdom | England

For Nutrition and Food Science

#16 in the United Kingdom

#229 in the World

Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

84. Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Nutrition and Food Science

#4 in Germany

#231 in the World

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

85. University of Gottingen

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Nutrition and Food Science

#5 in Germany

#233 in the World

Enrollment: 31,619
Founded: 1734

86. University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Nutrition and Food Science

#17 in the United Kingdom

#237 in the World

Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1836

87. Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

For Nutrition and Food Science

#3 in France

#238 in the World

Enrollment: 38,007
Founded: 1809

88. University of Edinburgh

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Nutrition and Food Science

#18 in the United Kingdom

#239 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

89. Newcastle University

United Kingdom | England

For Nutrition and Food Science

#19 in the United Kingdom

#240 in the World

Founded: 1963

90. University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

Poland | Olsztyn

For Nutrition and Food Science

#4 in Poland

#242 in the World

Enrollment: 22,800
Founded: 1999

91. Norwegian University of Life Sciences

Norway | Aas

For Nutrition and Food Science

#2 in Norway

#244 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 29%
Enrollment: 6,345
Founded: 1859

92. University of Aveiro

Portugal | Aveiro

For Nutrition and Food Science

#4 in Portugal

#250 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 13,000
Founded: 1973

93. Delft University of Technology

Netherlands | Delft

For Nutrition and Food Science

#5 in the Netherlands

#251 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 24,703
Founded: 1842

94. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Greece | Athens

For Nutrition and Food Science

#3 in Greece

#252 in the World

Enrollment: 70,461
Founded: 1837

95. Poznan University of Life Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Nutrition and Food Science

#5 in Poland

#254 in the World

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

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

France | Ile-de-France

For Nutrition and Food Science

#4 in France

#258 in the World

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

97. University of Extremadura

Spain | Badajoz

For Nutrition and Food Science

#15 in Spain

#259 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Founded: 1973

98. University of Burgundy

France | Bourgogne-Franche-Comte

For Nutrition and Food Science

#5 in France

#262 in the World

Enrollment: 29,508
Founded: 1722

99. Queen's University Belfast

United Kingdom | Northern Ireland

For Nutrition and Food Science

#20 in the United Kingdom

#264 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1849

100. University of Hamburg

Germany | Hamburg State

For Nutrition and Food Science

#6 in Germany

#265 in the World

Enrollment: 43,957
Founded: 1919

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