Best Universities for Agricultural Engineering 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 Agricultural Engineering. A graph of 583K citations received by 25.1K academic papers made by 237 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 Agricultural Engineering

#1 in the Netherlands

#1 in the World

Enrollment: 12,819
Founded: 1918

2. Catholic University of Leuven

Belgium | Leuven

For Agricultural Engineering

#1 in Belgium

#21 in the World

Enrollment: 62,693
Founded: 1425

3. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Sweden | Uppsala

For Agricultural Engineering

#1 in Sweden

#23 in the World

Enrollment: 5,675
Founded: 1977

4. University of Cordoba

Spain | Cordoba

For Agricultural Engineering

#1 in Spain

#27 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1972

5. University of Hohenheim

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Agricultural Engineering

#1 in Germany

#34 in the World

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

6. University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Agricultural Engineering

#1 in Italy

#45 in the World

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

7. Ghent University

Belgium | Ghent

For Agricultural Engineering

#2 in Belgium

#51 in the World

Enrollment: 41,669
Founded: 1817

8. Warsaw University of Life Sciences

Poland | Warsaw

For Agricultural Engineering

#1 in Poland

#53 in the World

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

9. University of Bonn

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Agricultural Engineering

#2 in Germany

#57 in the World

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

10. Polytechnic University of Valencia

Spain | Valencia

For Agricultural Engineering

#2 in Spain

#59 in the World

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

11. University of Bologna

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Agricultural Engineering

#2 in Italy

#62 in the World

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

12. Kuban State Agricultural University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Agricultural Engineering

#1 in Russia

#63 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Enrollment: 12,000
Founded: 1922

13. University of Reading

United Kingdom | England

For Agricultural Engineering

#1 in the United Kingdom

#64 in the World

Founded: 1892

14. Aarhus University

Denmark | Aarhus

For Agricultural Engineering

#1 in Denmark

#65 in the World

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

15. University of Twente

Netherlands | Enschede

For Agricultural Engineering

#2 in the Netherlands

#66 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1961

16. Cranfield University

United Kingdom | England

For Agricultural Engineering

#2 in the United Kingdom

#69 in the World

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

17. University of Lisbon

Portugal | Lisbon

For Agricultural Engineering

#1 in Portugal

#70 in the World

Enrollment: 49,769
Founded: 1911

18. University College Dublin

Ireland | Dublin

For Agricultural Engineering

#1 in Ireland

#73 in the World

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

19. University of Padua

Italy | Veneto

For Agricultural Engineering

#3 in Italy

#79 in the World

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

20. University of Almeria

Spain | Almeria

For Agricultural Engineering

#3 in Spain

#85 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1993

21. University of Turin

Italy | Piedmont

For Agricultural Engineering

#4 in Italy

#87 in the World

Founded: 1404

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

Austria | Vienna

For Agricultural Engineering

#1 in Austria

#89 in the World

Enrollment: 12,509
Founded: 1872

23. Mendel University in Brno

Czech Republic | Brno

For Agricultural Engineering

#1 in the Czech Republic

#92 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1919

24. University of Nottingham

United Kingdom | England

For Agricultural Engineering

#3 in the United Kingdom

#93 in the World

Founded: 1948

25. University of Copenhagen

Denmark | Copenhagen

For Agricultural Engineering

#2 in Denmark

#98 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Founded: 1479

26. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Agricultural Engineering

#1 in Switzerland

#102 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 23,420

27. Technical University of Madrid

Spain | Madrid

For Agricultural Engineering

#4 in Spain

#106 in the World

Founded: 1971

28. Agricultural University of Athens

Greece | Athens

For Agricultural Engineering

#1 in Greece

#112 in the World

Founded: 1920

29. Utrecht University

Netherlands | Utrecht

For Agricultural Engineering

#3 in the Netherlands

#114 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1636

30. Montpellier SupAgro

France | Occitanie

For Agricultural Engineering

#1 in France

#116 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 2007

31. University of Liege

Belgium | Liege

For Agricultural Engineering

#3 in Belgium

#124 in the World

Enrollment: 27,678
Founded: 1817

32. Imperial College London

United Kingdom | England

For Agricultural Engineering

#4 in the United Kingdom

#125 in the World

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

33. Lancaster University

United Kingdom | England

For Agricultural Engineering

#5 in the United Kingdom

#127 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1964

34. University of Castilla La Mancha

Spain | Ciudad Real

For Agricultural Engineering

#5 in Spain

#128 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1982

35. University of Novi Sad

Serbia | Novi Sad

For Agricultural Engineering

#1 in Serbia

#131 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Enrollment: 48,791

36. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Greece | Thessaloniki

For Agricultural Engineering

#2 in Greece

#132 in the World

Enrollment: 92,090
Founded: 1925

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

France | Ile-de-France

For Agricultural Engineering

#2 in France

#135 in the World

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

38. Technical University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Agricultural Engineering

#3 in Germany

#142 in the World

Enrollment: 34,842
Founded: 1946

39. Poznan University of Life Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Agricultural Engineering

#2 in Poland

#143 in the World

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

40. University of Lleida

Spain | Lleida

For Agricultural Engineering

#6 in Spain

#146 in the World

Enrollment: 10,674

41. University of Gottingen

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Agricultural Engineering

#4 in Germany

#148 in the World

Enrollment: 31,619
Founded: 1734

42. University of Montpellier

France | Occitanie

For Agricultural Engineering

#3 in France

#150 in the World

Enrollment: 46,578
Founded: 1289

43. University of Thessaly

Greece | Volos

For Agricultural Engineering

#3 in Greece

#154 in the World

Enrollment: 12,000
Founded: 1984

44. University of Florence

Italy | Tuscany

For Agricultural Engineering

#5 in Italy

#155 in the World

Founded: 1321

45. Technical University of Denmark

Denmark | Kongens Lyngby

For Agricultural Engineering

#3 in Denmark

#162 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1829

46. Delft University of Technology

Netherlands | Delft

For Agricultural Engineering

#4 in the Netherlands

#164 in the World

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

47. University of Dundee

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Agricultural Engineering

#6 in the United Kingdom

#165 in the World

Founded: 1967

48. National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine

Ukraine | Kyiv

For Agricultural Engineering

#1 in Ukraine

#166 in the World

Enrollment: 26,000
Founded: 1898

49. University of Bari

Italy | Apulia

For Agricultural Engineering

#6 in Italy

#167 in the World

Founded: 1924

50. Szent Istvan University

Hungary | Godollo

For Agricultural Engineering

#1 in Hungary

#168 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 2000

51. Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague

Czech Republic | Prague

For Agricultural Engineering

#2 in the Czech Republic

#169 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 1906

52. University of Debrecen

Hungary | Debrecen

For Agricultural Engineering

#2 in Hungary

#170 in the World

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

53. University of Tuscia

Italy | Lazio

For Agricultural Engineering

#7 in Italy

#174 in the World

Founded: 1979

54. Federico II University of Naples

Italy | Campania

For Agricultural Engineering

#8 in Italy

#180 in the World

Enrollment: 73,553
Founded: 1224

55. University of Agriculture of Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Agricultural Engineering

#3 in Poland

#181 in the World

Enrollment: 10,840
Founded: 1890

56. Polytechnic University of Cartagena

Spain | Cartagena

For Agricultural Engineering

#7 in Spain

#184 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1998

57. University of Aberdeen

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Agricultural Engineering

#7 in the United Kingdom

#189 in the World

Founded: 1495

58. University of Catania

Italy | Sicily

For Agricultural Engineering

#9 in Italy

#191 in the World

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

59. Technical University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Agricultural Engineering

#5 in Germany

#194 in the World

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

60. University of York

United Kingdom | England

For Agricultural Engineering

#8 in the United Kingdom

#195 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1963

61. Newcastle University

United Kingdom | England

For Agricultural Engineering

#9 in the United Kingdom

#200 in the World

Founded: 1963

62. Sapienza University of Rome

Italy | Lazio

For Agricultural Engineering

#10 in Italy

#203 in the World

Enrollment: 100,155
Founded: 1303

63. University of Seville

Spain | Seville

For Agricultural Engineering

#8 in Spain

#204 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1505

64. Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

Switzerland | Lausanne

For Agricultural Engineering

#2 in Switzerland

#214 in the World

Enrollment: 12,576

65. University of Life Sciences of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Agricultural Engineering

#4 in Poland

#218 in the World

Founded: 1955

66. Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra

Slovakia | Nitra

For Agricultural Engineering

#1 in Slovakia

#220 in the World

Founded: 1952

67. University of Kassel

Germany | Hesse

For Agricultural Engineering

#6 in Germany

#221 in the World

Enrollment: 25,043
Male:Female: 50:50
Founded: 1971

68. University of Helsinki

Finland | Helsinki

For Agricultural Engineering

#1 in Finland

#226 in the World

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

69. Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies

Italy | Tuscany

For Agricultural Engineering

#11 in Italy

#228 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Enrollment: 1,000
Founded: 1987

70. University of Belgrade

Serbia | Belgrade

For Agricultural Engineering

#2 in Serbia

#230 in the World

Enrollment: 75,047

71. University of Leeds

United Kingdom | England

For Agricultural Engineering

#10 in the United Kingdom

#233 in the World

Founded: 1904

72. University of Oxford

United Kingdom | England

For Agricultural Engineering

#11 in the United Kingdom

#235 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

73. Lund University

Sweden | Lund

For Agricultural Engineering

#2 in Sweden

#236 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1666

74. University of Pisa

Italy | Tuscany

For Agricultural Engineering

#12 in Italy

#237 in the World

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

75. University of Palermo

Italy | Sicily

For Agricultural Engineering

#13 in Italy

#239 in the World

Founded: 1806

76. University College London

United Kingdom | England

For Agricultural Engineering

#12 in the United Kingdom

#240 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

77. University of Saragossa

Spain | Zaragoza

For Agricultural Engineering

#9 in Spain

#243 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1542

78. Polytechnic University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Agricultural Engineering

#14 in Italy

#246 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 28%
Enrollment: 48,645
Male:Female: 65:35
Founded: 1863

79. University of Edinburgh

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Agricultural Engineering

#13 in the United Kingdom

#254 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

80. University of Zagreb

Croatia | Zagreb

For Agricultural Engineering

#1 in Croatia

#255 in the World

Enrollment: 65,436
Founded: 1874

81. University of Manchester

United Kingdom | England

For Agricultural Engineering

#14 in the United Kingdom

#256 in the World

Founded: 1824

82. Agrocampus Ouest

France | Brittany

For Agricultural Engineering

#4 in France

#258 in the World

Enrollment: 2,000
Founded: 2008

83. University of Cambridge

United Kingdom | England

For Agricultural Engineering

#15 in the United Kingdom

#259 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

84. University of Santiago de Compostela

Spain | Santiago de Compostela

For Agricultural Engineering

#10 in Spain

#262 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1495

85. Basilicata University

Italy | Basilicata

For Agricultural Engineering

#15 in Italy

#263 in the World

Enrollment: 6,631
Founded: 1982

86. National Technical University of Athens

Greece | Athens

For Agricultural Engineering

#4 in Greece

#264 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1836

87. KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Sweden | Stockholm

For Agricultural Engineering

#3 in Sweden

#274 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Enrollment: 14,278
Founded: 1827

88. Catholic University of Louvain

Belgium | Louvain-la-Neuve

For Agricultural Engineering

#4 in Belgium

#275 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1425

89. Braunschweig University of Technology

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Agricultural Engineering

#7 in Germany

#276 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Enrollment: 17,794
Founded: 1745

90. University of Minho

Portugal | Braga

For Agricultural Engineering

#2 in Portugal

#279 in the World

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

91. Complutense University of Madrid

Spain | Madrid

For Agricultural Engineering

#11 in Spain

#280 in the World

Enrollment: 71,806
Founded: 1508

92. University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca

Romania | Cluj-Napoca

For Agricultural Engineering

#1 in Romania

#281 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 1869

93. Polytechnic University of Turin

Italy | Piedmont

For Agricultural Engineering

#16 in Italy

#288 in the World

Founded: 1859

94. Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

Italy | Lombardy

For Agricultural Engineering

#17 in Italy

#289 in the World

Founded: 1921

95. Harper Adams University

United Kingdom | Wales

For Agricultural Engineering

#16 in the United Kingdom

#291 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 96%
Founded: 2012

96. University of Maribor

Slovenia | Maribor

For Agricultural Engineering

#1 in Slovenia

#295 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 13,500
Founded: 1961

97. University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

Poland | Olsztyn

For Agricultural Engineering

#5 in Poland

#296 in the World

Enrollment: 22,800
Founded: 1999

98. University of Porto

Portugal | Porto

For Agricultural Engineering

#3 in Portugal

#300 in the World

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

99. Omsk State Agrarian University n.a. P. A. Stolypin

Russia | Omsk

For Agricultural Engineering

#2 in Russia

#301 in the World

Founded: 1918

100. Leibniz University of Hanover

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Agricultural Engineering

#8 in Germany

#304 in the World

Enrollment: 28,018
Founded: 1831

Engineering subfields in Europe

Acoustical Engineering1182

Aerospace Engineering1129

Applied/Engineering Physics461

Architectural Engineering553

Architecture514

Automation and Control engineering541

Automotive Engineering650

Aviation379

Biochemical Engineering453

Biomedical Engineering558

Biotechnology755

Chemical Engineering1037

Civil Engineering966

Computer Engineering589

Computer Networking1122

Construction Management444

Electrical Engineering1212

Electronic Engineering877

Engineering Management468

Environmental Engineering726

Firefighting and Fire Science287

Geotechnical Engineering849

Human-Computer Interaction849

Industrial Engineering399

Landscape Architecture404

Marine Engineering336

Materials Science1347

Mechanical Engineering1304

Metallurgical Engineering1147

Mining Engineering286

Nanotechnology987

Nuclear Engineering360

Operations Research665

Optical Engineering1260

Petroleum Engineering414

Polymer science and Plastics engineering353

Product and Industrial Design348

Reliability and Quality Engineering615

Remote Sensing670

Renewable Energy Engineering617

Robotics488

Structural Engineering1036

Systems Engineering991

Technical Drawing361

Telecommunications1141

Transportation Engineering576