10 Best Forestry schools in Switzerland

Updated: February 29, 2024

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Switzerland ranked based on their research performance in Forestry. A graph of 292K citations received by 7.98K academic papers made by 10 universities in Switzerland 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. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Forestry

#11 in Europe

#50 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 23,420

2. University of Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Forestry

#38 in Europe

#133 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Enrollment: 25,732

3. University of Bern

Switzerland | Bern

For Forestry

#42 in Europe

#145 in the World

Enrollment: 18,576

4. University of Basel

Switzerland | Basel

For Forestry

#44 in Europe

#150 in the World

Enrollment: 12,896

5. Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

Switzerland | Lausanne

For Forestry

#72 in Europe

#227 in the World

Enrollment: 12,576

6. University of Lausanne

Switzerland | Lausanne

For Forestry

#181 in Europe

#503 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Enrollment: 16,919

7. University of Geneva

Switzerland | Geneva

For Forestry

#244 in Europe

#734 in the World

Enrollment: 17,744

8. University of Neuchatel

Switzerland | Neuchatel

For Forestry

#265 in Europe

#790 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 25%
Enrollment: 4,282

9. University of Fribourg

Switzerland | Fribourg

For Forestry

#314 in Europe

#995 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 10,366

10. Bern University of Applied Sciences

Switzerland | Bern

For Forestry

#349 in Europe

#1134 in the World

Enrollment: 6,970

The best cities to study Forestry in Switzerland based on the number of universities and their ranks are Zurich, Bern, Basel, and Lausanne.

Environmental Science subfields in Switzerland

Agricultural Science16

Earth science and Geophysics16

Environmental Chemistry13

Environmental Engineering12

Environmental Management17

Geography and Cartography19

Geotechnical Engineering15

Hydrology and Water resources management8

Meteorology and Atmospheric Science17

Mining Engineering5

Petrology and Geochemistry13

Urban and Regional planning10

Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation13