Best Forestry Schools in Europe

Updated: March 15, 2026

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Europe ranked based on their research performance in Forestry. A graph of 10.8M citations received by 327K academic papers made by 668 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 Flag

Netherlands | Wageningen

For Forestry

#1 in the Netherlands

#2 in the World

Enrollment: 12,819
Founded: 1918

2. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Sweden | Uppsala

For Forestry

#1 in Sweden

#3 in the World

Enrollment: 5,675
Founded: 1977

3. University of Gottingen

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Forestry

#9 in the World

Enrollment: 31,619
Founded: 1734

4. University of Helsinki

Finland | Helsinki

For Forestry

#29 in the World

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

5. University of Copenhagen

Denmark | Copenhagen

For Forestry

#30 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Founded: 1479

6. Aarhus University

Denmark | Aarhus

For Forestry

#37 in the World

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

7. University of Liege

Belgium | Liege

For Forestry

#38 in the World

Enrollment: 27,678
Founded: 1817

8. University of Oxford

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | England

For Forestry

#1 in the United Kingdom

#40 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

9. Technical University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Forestry

#45 in the World

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

10. University of Cambridge

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | England

For Forestry

#2 in the United Kingdom

#49 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

11. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Switzerland Flag

Switzerland | Zurich

For Forestry

#1 in Switzerland

#50 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 23,420

12. University of Edinburgh

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Forestry

#3 in the United Kingdom

#60 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

13. Ghent University

Belgium | Ghent

For Forestry

#61 in the World

Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1817

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

Austria | Vienna

For Forestry

#66 in the World

Enrollment: 12,509
Founded: 1872

15. University of Freiburg

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Forestry

#67 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 33%
Enrollment: 23,938
Founded: 1457

16. Catholic University of Leuven

Belgium | Leuven

For Forestry

#70 in the World

Enrollment: 62,693
Founded: 1425

17. University of Reading

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | England

For Forestry

#4 in the United Kingdom

#71 in the World

Founded: 1892

18. Utrecht University

Netherlands Flag

Netherlands | Utrecht

For Forestry

#2 in the Netherlands

#74 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1636

19. University of Bonn

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Forestry

#79 in the World

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

20. Norwegian University of Life Sciences

For Forestry

#1 in Norway

#82 in the World

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

21. University of Hohenheim

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Forestry

#84 in the World

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

22. University of Aberdeen

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Forestry

#5 in the United Kingdom

#94 in the World

Founded: 1495

23. Imperial College London

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | England

For Forestry

#6 in the United Kingdom

#98 in the World

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

24. Lund University

For Forestry

#2 in Sweden

#99 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1666

25. University College London

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | England

For Forestry

#7 in the United Kingdom

#105 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

26. University of Padua

For Forestry

#1 in Italy

#107 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 70,000
Founded: 1222

27. University of Leeds

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | England

For Forestry

#8 in the United Kingdom

#109 in the World

Founded: 1904

28. University of Lisbon

Portugal | Lisbon

For Forestry

#115 in the World

Enrollment: 49,769
Founded: 1911

29. University of Bristol

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | England

For Forestry

#9 in the United Kingdom

#116 in the World

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

30. University College Dublin

Ireland | Dublin

For Forestry

#117 in the World

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

31. Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague

Czech Republic Flag

Czech Republic | Prague

For Forestry

#1 in the Czech Republic

#118 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 1906

32. University of Nottingham

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | England

For Forestry

#10 in the United Kingdom

#119 in the World

Founded: 1948

33. University of Florence

Italy | Tuscany

For Forestry

#2 in Italy

#128 in the World

Founded: 1321

34. Bangor University

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | Wales

For Forestry

#11 in the United Kingdom

#132 in the World

Enrollment: 11,270
Founded: 1884

35. University of Santiago de Compostela

Spain | Santiago de Compostela

For Forestry

#1 in Spain

#133 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 24,095
Founded: 1495

36. University of Eastern Finland

Finland | Joensuu

For Forestry

#135 in the World

Enrollment: 15,500
Founded: 2010

37. University of Zurich

Switzerland Flag

Switzerland | Zurich

For Forestry

#2 in Switzerland

#139 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Enrollment: 25,732

38. Technical University of Madrid

For Forestry

#2 in Spain

#146 in the World

Founded: 1971

39. University of Bern

Switzerland Flag

Switzerland | Bern

For Forestry

#3 in Switzerland

#147 in the World

Enrollment: 19,608

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

France | Ile-de-France

For Forestry

#1 in France

#149 in the World

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

41. University of Montpellier

France | Occitanie

For Forestry

#2 in France

#152 in the World

Enrollment: 49,000
Founded: 1289

42. Autonomous University of Barcelona

Spain | Cerdanyola del Valles

For Forestry

#3 in Spain

#157 in the World

Enrollment: 30,926

43. University of Lorraine

France | Grand Est

For Forestry

#3 in France

#159 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 60,404
Founded: 2012

44. University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Forestry

#3 in Italy

#160 in the World

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

45. Warsaw University of Life Sciences

Poland | Warsaw

For Forestry

#1 in Poland

#164 in the World

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

46. University of East Anglia

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | England

For Forestry

#12 in the United Kingdom

#169 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1963

47. University of Sheffield

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | England

For Forestry

#13 in the United Kingdom

#171 in the World

Founded: 1905

48. University of Tuscia

For Forestry

#4 in Italy

#176 in the World

Founded: 1979

49. University of Bayreuth

Germany | Bavaria

For Forestry

#178 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 12,773
Founded: 1972

50. University of Basel

Switzerland Flag

Switzerland | Basel

For Forestry

#4 in Switzerland

#182 in the World

Enrollment: 12,896

51. University of Agriculture of Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Forestry

#2 in Poland

#185 in the World

Enrollment: 10,840
Founded: 1890

52. Umea University

For Forestry

#3 in Sweden

#189 in the World

Enrollment: 34,237
Founded: 1965

53. Pierre and Marie Curie University

France | Ile-de-France

For Forestry

#4 in France

#190 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 35,114
Founded: 1150

54. Kiel University

Germany | Schleswig-Holstein

For Forestry

#198 in the World

Enrollment: 27,468
Founded: 1665

55. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Greece | Thessaloniki

For Forestry

#1 in Greece

#199 in the World

Enrollment: 92,090
Founded: 1925

56. Free University Amsterdam

Netherlands Flag

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Forestry

#3 in the Netherlands

#201 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1880

57. Uppsala University

Sweden | Uppsala

For Forestry

#4 in Sweden

#205 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1477

58. Poznan University of Life Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Forestry

#3 in Poland

#207 in the World

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

59. University of Turin

Italy | Piedmont

For Forestry

#5 in Italy

#209 in the World

Founded: 1404

60. Mendel University in Brno

Czech Republic Flag

Czech Republic | Brno

For Forestry

#2 in the Czech Republic

#211 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1919

61. Catholic University of Louvain

Belgium | Louvain-la-Neuve

For Forestry

#212 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1425

62. Lancaster University

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | England

For Forestry

#14 in the United Kingdom

#213 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1964

63. University of Hamburg

Germany | Hamburg State

For Forestry

#219 in the World

Enrollment: 43,957
Founded: 1919

64. University of Liverpool

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | England

For Forestry

#15 in the United Kingdom

#220 in the World

Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

65. University of Bologna

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Forestry

#6 in Italy

#221 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Enrollment: 96,945
Founded: 1088

66. University of Giessen

Germany | Hesse

For Forestry

#222 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 70%
Enrollment: 27,184
Founded: 1607

67. University of Ljubljana

Slovenia | Ljubljana

For Forestry

#224 in the World

Founded: 1919

68. Agrocampus Ouest

France | Brittany

For Forestry

#5 in France

#225 in the World

Enrollment: 2,000
Founded: 2008

69. University of Amsterdam

Netherlands Flag

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Forestry

#4 in the Netherlands

#228 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1632

70. Aberystwyth University

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | Wales

For Forestry

#16 in the United Kingdom

#231 in the World

Founded: 1872

71. Stockholm University

Sweden | Stockholm

For Forestry

#5 in Sweden

#237 in the World

Enrollment: 37,484
Founded: 1878

72. University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Forestry

#10 in Germany

#242 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 55%
Enrollment: 52,418
Founded: 1472

73. Complutense University of Madrid

For Forestry

#4 in Spain

#245 in the World

Founded: 1508

74. University of Cordoba

Spain | Cordoba

For Forestry

#5 in Spain

#251 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1972

75. University of Exeter

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | England

For Forestry

#17 in the United Kingdom

#252 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1955

76. Montpellier SupAgro

France | Occitanie

For Forestry

#6 in France

#254 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 2007

77. University of Bordeaux

France | Nouvelle-Aquitaine

For Forestry

#7 in France

#255 in the World

Enrollment: 46,845
Founded: 1441

78. Technical University of Denmark

Denmark | Kongens Lyngby

For Forestry

#259 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1829

79. Dresden University of Technology

Germany | Saxony

For Forestry

#11 in Germany

#262 in the World

Enrollment: 31,517
Founded: 1828

80. Humboldt University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Forestry

#12 in Germany

#264 in the World

Enrollment: 36,232
Founded: 1809

81. Paul Sabatier University - Toulouse III

France | Occitanie

For Forestry

#8 in France

#265 in the World

Enrollment: 29,680
Founded: 1960

82. Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

Switzerland Flag

Switzerland | Lausanne

For Forestry

#5 in Switzerland

#272 in the World

Enrollment: 12,576

83. University of Kassel

Germany | Hesse

For Forestry

#13 in Germany

#274 in the World

Enrollment: 21,352
Male:Female: 50:50
Founded: 1971

84. University of Birmingham

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | England

For Forestry

#18 in the United Kingdom

#276 in the World

Founded: 1900

85. Federico II University of Naples

Italy | Campania

For Forestry

#7 in Italy

#277 in the World

Enrollment: 80,000
Founded: 1224

86. University of Glasgow

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Forestry

#19 in the United Kingdom

#278 in the World

Founded: 1451

87. University of Barcelona

Spain | Barcelona

For Forestry

#6 in Spain

#279 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Enrollment: 64,236

88. Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

For Forestry

#9 in France

#283 in the World

Enrollment: 38,007
Founded: 1809

89. University of York

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | England

For Forestry

#20 in the United Kingdom

#284 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1963

90. Newcastle University

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | England

For Forestry

#21 in the United Kingdom

#289 in the World

Founded: 1963

91. University of Turku

Finland | Turku

For Forestry

#292 in the World

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

92. University of Oslo

For Forestry

#2 in Norway

#294 in the World

Enrollment: 26,650
Founded: 1811

93. Free University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Forestry

#14 in Germany

#295 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Enrollment: 37,908
Founded: 1948

94. University of Lleida

For Forestry

#7 in Spain

#299 in the World

Enrollment: 10,674

95. Delft University of Technology

Netherlands Flag

Netherlands | Delft

For Forestry

#5 in the Netherlands

#301 in the World

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

96. University of Vienna

Austria | Vienna

For Forestry

#307 in the World

Enrollment: 93,628
Founded: 1365

97. University of Southampton

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | England

For Forestry

#22 in the United Kingdom

#309 in the World

Enrollment: 21,335
Founded: 1952

98. University of Zagreb

Croatia | Zagreb

For Forestry

#310 in the World

Enrollment: 65,436
Founded: 1874

99. University of Sussex

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | England

For Forestry

#23 in the United Kingdom

#314 in the World

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

100. University of London

United Kingdom Flag

United Kingdom | England

For Forestry

#24 in the United Kingdom

#316 in the World

Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1836

Environmental Science subfields in Europe

Agricultural Science994

Earth science and Geophysics927

Environmental Chemistry850

Environmental Engineering733

Environmental Management1085

Geography and Cartography1430

Geotechnical Engineering853

Hydrology and Water resources management252

Meteorology and Atmospheric Science1127

Mining Engineering295

Oceanography1103

Paleontology1357

Petrology and Geochemistry791

Urban and Regional planning668

Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation771