Best Universities for Agricultural Engineering 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 Agricultural Engineering. A graph of 405K citations received by 20.2K academic papers made by 213 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

#2 in the World

Enrollment: 12,819
Founded: 1918

2. Catholic University of Leuven

Belgium | Leuven

For Agricultural Engineering

#1 in Belgium

#16 in the World

Enrollment: 62,693
Founded: 1425

3. University of Cordoba

Spain | Cordoba

For Agricultural Engineering

#1 in Spain

#20 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1972

4. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Sweden | Uppsala

For Agricultural Engineering

#1 in Sweden

#21 in the World

Enrollment: 5,675
Founded: 1977

5. University of Hohenheim

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Agricultural Engineering

#1 in Germany

#29 in the World

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

6. Polytechnic University of Bari

Italy | Apulia

For Agricultural Engineering

#1 in Italy

#40 in the World

Founded: 1990

7. University of Bonn

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Agricultural Engineering

#2 in Germany

#41 in the World

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

8. University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Agricultural Engineering

#2 in Italy

#48 in the World

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

9. Warsaw University of Life Sciences

Poland | Warsaw

For Agricultural Engineering

#1 in Poland

#52 in the World

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

10. Polytechnic University of Valencia

Spain | Valencia

For Agricultural Engineering

#2 in Spain

#53 in the World

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

11. Ghent University

Belgium | Ghent

For Agricultural Engineering

#2 in Belgium

#56 in the World

Enrollment: 41,669
Founded: 1817

12. University of Reading

United Kingdom | England

For Agricultural Engineering

#1 in the United Kingdom

#57 in the World

Founded: 1892

13. University of Lisbon

Portugal | Lisbon

For Agricultural Engineering

#1 in Portugal

#61 in the World

Enrollment: 49,769
Founded: 1911

14. University of Twente

Netherlands | Enschede

For Agricultural Engineering

#2 in the Netherlands

#62 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1961

15. University College Dublin

Ireland | Dublin

For Agricultural Engineering

#1 in Ireland

#63 in the World

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

16. Cranfield University

United Kingdom | England

For Agricultural Engineering

#2 in the United Kingdom

#66 in the World

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

17. Aarhus University

Denmark | Aarhus

For Agricultural Engineering

#1 in Denmark

#69 in the World

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

18. University of Bologna

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Agricultural Engineering

#3 in Italy

#70 in the World

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

19. University of Almeria

Spain | Almeria

For Agricultural Engineering

#3 in Spain

#71 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1993

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

France | Ile-de-France

For Agricultural Engineering

#1 in France

#72 in the World

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

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

Austria | Vienna

For Agricultural Engineering

#1 in Austria

#74 in the World

Enrollment: 12,509
Founded: 1872

22. University of Turin

Italy | Piedmont

For Agricultural Engineering

#4 in Italy

#78 in the World

Founded: 1404

23. Utrecht University

Netherlands | Utrecht

For Agricultural Engineering

#3 in the Netherlands

#79 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1636

24. University of Nottingham

United Kingdom | England

For Agricultural Engineering

#3 in the United Kingdom

#82 in the World

Founded: 1948

25. Lancaster University

United Kingdom | England

For Agricultural Engineering

#4 in the United Kingdom

#87 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1964

26. Technical University of Madrid

Spain | Madrid

For Agricultural Engineering

#4 in Spain

#89 in the World

Founded: 1971

27. University of Montpellier

France | Occitanie

For Agricultural Engineering

#2 in France

#90 in the World

Enrollment: 46,578
Founded: 1289

28. Montpellier SupAgro

France | Occitanie

For Agricultural Engineering

#3 in France

#91 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 2007

29. National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine

Ukraine | Kyiv

For Agricultural Engineering

#1 in Ukraine

#95 in the World

Enrollment: 26,000
Founded: 1898

30. Imperial College London

United Kingdom | England

For Agricultural Engineering

#5 in the United Kingdom

#97 in the World

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

31. University of Copenhagen

Denmark | Copenhagen

For Agricultural Engineering

#2 in Denmark

#98 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Founded: 1479

32. Technical University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Agricultural Engineering

#3 in Germany

#101 in the World

Enrollment: 35,149
Founded: 1946

33. Agricultural University of Athens

Greece | Athens

For Agricultural Engineering

#1 in Greece

#102 in the World

Founded: 1920

34. University of Castilla La Mancha

Spain | Ciudad Real

For Agricultural Engineering

#5 in Spain

#107 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1982

35. Kuban State Agricultural University

Russia | Krasnodar

For Agricultural Engineering

#1 in Russia

#108 in the World

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

36. University of Padua

Italy | Veneto

For Agricultural Engineering

#5 in Italy

#109 in the World

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

37. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Greece | Thessaloniki

For Agricultural Engineering

#2 in Greece

#110 in the World

Enrollment: 92,090
Founded: 1925

38. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Agricultural Engineering

#1 in Switzerland

#113 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 23,420

39. Newcastle University

United Kingdom | England

For Agricultural Engineering

#6 in the United Kingdom

#119 in the World

Founded: 1963

40. University of Liege

Belgium | Liege

For Agricultural Engineering

#3 in Belgium

#121 in the World

Enrollment: 25,421
Founded: 1817

41. University of York

United Kingdom | England

For Agricultural Engineering

#7 in the United Kingdom

#123 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1963

42. University of Lleida

Spain | Lleida

For Agricultural Engineering

#6 in Spain

#129 in the World

Enrollment: 11,089

43. University of Florence

Italy | Tuscany

For Agricultural Engineering

#6 in Italy

#142 in the World

Founded: 1321

44. University of Dundee

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Agricultural Engineering

#8 in the United Kingdom

#146 in the World

Founded: 1967

45. University of Aberdeen

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Agricultural Engineering

#9 in the United Kingdom

#149 in the World

Founded: 1495

46. University of Novi Sad

Serbia | Novi Sad

For Agricultural Engineering

#1 in Serbia

#152 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 80%
Enrollment: 50,750

47. Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies

Italy | Tuscany

For Agricultural Engineering

#7 in Italy

#153 in the World

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

48. Technical University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Agricultural Engineering

#4 in Germany

#154 in the World

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

49. Delft University of Technology

Netherlands | Delft

For Agricultural Engineering

#4 in the Netherlands

#156 in the World

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

50. Sapienza University of Rome

Italy | Lazio

For Agricultural Engineering

#8 in Italy

#164 in the World

Enrollment: 100,155
Founded: 1303

51. University of Bari

Italy | Apulia

For Agricultural Engineering

#9 in Italy

#166 in the World

Founded: 1924

52. University of Edinburgh

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Agricultural Engineering

#10 in the United Kingdom

#167 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

53. University of Thessaly

Greece | Volos

For Agricultural Engineering

#3 in Greece

#169 in the World

Enrollment: 12,000
Founded: 1984

54. University of Tuscia

Italy | Lazio

For Agricultural Engineering

#10 in Italy

#175 in the World

Founded: 1979

55. University of Gottingen

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Agricultural Engineering

#5 in Germany

#176 in the World

Enrollment: 31,619
Founded: 1734

56. University of Seville

Spain | Seville

For Agricultural Engineering

#7 in Spain

#181 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1505

57. KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Sweden | Stockholm

For Agricultural Engineering

#2 in Sweden

#188 in the World

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

58. National Technical University of Athens

Greece | Athens

For Agricultural Engineering

#4 in Greece

#189 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1836

59. University of Oxford

United Kingdom | England

For Agricultural Engineering

#11 in the United Kingdom

#190 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

60. University of Kassel

Germany | Hesse

For Agricultural Engineering

#6 in Germany

#191 in the World

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

61. University of Saragossa

Spain | Zaragoza

For Agricultural Engineering

#8 in Spain

#194 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1542

62. University of Helsinki

Finland | Helsinki

For Agricultural Engineering

#1 in Finland

#196 in the World

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

63. Complutense University of Madrid

Spain | Madrid

For Agricultural Engineering

#9 in Spain

#197 in the World

Enrollment: 71,806
Founded: 1508

64. University of Life Sciences of Lublin

Poland | Lublin

For Agricultural Engineering

#2 in Poland

#198 in the World

Founded: 1955

65. Poznan University of Life Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Agricultural Engineering

#3 in Poland

#200 in the World

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

66. Technical University of Denmark

Denmark | Kongens Lyngby

For Agricultural Engineering

#3 in Denmark

#202 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1829

67. Federico II University of Naples

Italy | Campania

For Agricultural Engineering

#11 in Italy

#203 in the World

Enrollment: 73,553
Founded: 1224

68. Polytechnic University of Cartagena

Spain | Cartagena

For Agricultural Engineering

#10 in Spain

#205 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1998

69. University of Debrecen

Hungary | Debrecen

For Agricultural Engineering

#1 in Hungary

#209 in the World

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

70. University of Agriculture of Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Agricultural Engineering

#4 in Poland

#212 in the World

Enrollment: 10,840
Founded: 1890

71. Catholic University of Louvain

Belgium | Louvain-la-Neuve

For Agricultural Engineering

#4 in Belgium

#213 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1425

72. Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

Switzerland | Lausanne

For Agricultural Engineering

#2 in Switzerland

#214 in the World

Enrollment: 12,576

73. University of Santiago de Compostela

Spain | Santiago de Compostela

For Agricultural Engineering

#11 in Spain

#218 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1495

74. University of Pisa

Italy | Tuscany

For Agricultural Engineering

#12 in Italy

#222 in the World

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

75. Autonomous University of Barcelona

Spain | Cerdanyola del Valles

For Agricultural Engineering

#12 in Spain

#224 in the World

Enrollment: 30,926

76. University of Leeds

United Kingdom | England

For Agricultural Engineering

#12 in the United Kingdom

#225 in the World

Founded: 1904

77. Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague

Czech Republic | Prague

For Agricultural Engineering

#1 in the Czech Republic

#230 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Enrollment: 20,141
Founded: 1906

78. University of Minho

Portugal | Braga

For Agricultural Engineering

#2 in Portugal

#235 in the World

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

79. University of Cambridge

United Kingdom | England

For Agricultural Engineering

#13 in the United Kingdom

#236 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

80. University of Catania

Italy | Sicily

For Agricultural Engineering

#13 in Italy

#237 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1434

81. University of Perugia

Italy | Umbria

For Agricultural Engineering

#14 in Italy

#241 in the World

Enrollment: 26,732
Founded: 1308

82. University College London

United Kingdom | England

For Agricultural Engineering

#14 in the United Kingdom

#243 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

83. University of Palermo

Italy | Sicily

For Agricultural Engineering

#15 in Italy

#245 in the World

Founded: 1806

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

Romania | Cluj-Napoca

For Agricultural Engineering

#1 in Romania

#246 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 1869

85. Basilicata University

Italy | Basilicata

For Agricultural Engineering

#16 in Italy

#249 in the World

Enrollment: 6,631
Founded: 1982

86. Szent Istvan University

Hungary | Godollo

For Agricultural Engineering

#2 in Hungary

#250 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Founded: 2000

87. Braunschweig University of Technology

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Agricultural Engineering

#7 in Germany

#251 in the World

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

88. Lund University

Sweden | Lund

For Agricultural Engineering

#3 in Sweden

#253 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1666

89. Polytechnic University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Agricultural Engineering

#17 in Italy

#258 in the World

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

90. Polytechnic University of Turin

Italy | Piedmont

For Agricultural Engineering

#18 in Italy

#264 in the World

Founded: 1859

91. Agrocampus Ouest

France | Brittany

For Agricultural Engineering

#4 in France

#266 in the World

Enrollment: 2,000
Founded: 2008

92. Leibniz University of Hanover

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Agricultural Engineering

#8 in Germany

#269 in the World

Enrollment: 28,817
Founded: 1831

93. University of Belgrade

Serbia | Belgrade

For Agricultural Engineering

#2 in Serbia

#272 in the World

Enrollment: 75,047

94. Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

Italy | Lombardy

For Agricultural Engineering

#19 in Italy

#275 in the World

Founded: 1921

95. Mendel University in Brno

Czech Republic | Brno

For Agricultural Engineering

#2 in the Czech Republic

#279 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1919

96. Scotland's Rural College

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Agricultural Engineering

#15 in the United Kingdom

#281 in the World

Enrollment: 6,000
Founded: 2012

97. National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse

France | Occitanie

For Agricultural Engineering

#5 in France

#283 in the World

Enrollment: 4,148
Founded: 1969

98. Humboldt University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Agricultural Engineering

#9 in Germany

#285 in the World

Enrollment: 36,378
Founded: 1809

99. Harper Adams University

United Kingdom | Wales

For Agricultural Engineering

#16 in the United Kingdom

#286 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 96%
Founded: 2012

100. Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria

Italy | Calabria

For Agricultural Engineering

#20 in Italy

#287 in the World

Enrollment: 8,950
Founded: 1982

Engineering subfields in Europe

Acoustical Engineering1135

Aerospace Engineering1090

Applied/Engineering Physics419

Architectural Engineering501

Architecture479

Automation and Control engineering521

Automotive Engineering605

Aviation377

Biochemical Engineering398

Biomedical Engineering528

Biotechnology716

Chemical Engineering1007

Civil Engineering921

Computer Engineering572

Computer Networking1083

Construction Management396

Electrical Engineering1180

Electronic Engineering851

Engineering Management405

Environmental Engineering679

Firefighting and Fire Science299

Geotechnical Engineering812

Human-Computer Interaction792

Industrial Engineering397

Landscape Architecture453

Marine Engineering327

Materials Science1327

Mechanical Engineering1276

Metallurgical Engineering1132

Mining Engineering288

Nanotechnology971

Nuclear Engineering338

Operations Research627

Optical Engineering1236

Petroleum Engineering378

Polymer science and Plastics engineering367

Product and Industrial Design350

Reliability and Quality Engineering576

Remote Sensing628

Renewable Energy Engineering595

Robotics466

Structural Engineering990

Systems Engineering948

Technical Drawing326

Telecommunications1102

Transportation Engineering536