Best Forestry Schools 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 Forestry. A graph of 10M citations received by 315K academic papers made by 658 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 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 Liege

Belgium | Liege

For Forestry

#36 in the World

Enrollment: 27,678
Founded: 1817

6. University of Oxford

United Kingdom | England

For Forestry

#1 in the United Kingdom

#38 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

7. University of Copenhagen

Denmark | Copenhagen

For Forestry

#40 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Founded: 1479

8. Technical University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Forestry

#45 in the World

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

9. University of Cambridge

United Kingdom | England

For Forestry

#2 in the United Kingdom

#47 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

10. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Forestry

#1 in Switzerland

#48 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 23,420

11. University of Edinburgh

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Forestry

#3 in the United Kingdom

#57 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

12. Ghent University

Belgium | Ghent

For Forestry

#61 in the World

Enrollment: 41,669
Founded: 1817

13. University of Freiburg

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Forestry

#66 in the World

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

14. Aarhus University

Denmark | Aarhus

For Forestry

#68 in the World

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

15. University of Reading

United Kingdom | England

For Forestry

#4 in the United Kingdom

#69 in the World

Founded: 1892

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

Austria | Vienna

For Forestry

#70 in the World

Enrollment: 12,509
Founded: 1872

17. Catholic University of Leuven

Belgium | Leuven

For Forestry

#71 in the World

Enrollment: 62,693
Founded: 1425

18. Utrecht University

Netherlands | Utrecht

For Forestry

#2 in the Netherlands

#73 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
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 | Scotland

For Forestry

#5 in the United Kingdom

#91 in the World

Founded: 1495

23. Imperial College London

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

#100 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1666

25. University College London

United Kingdom | England

For Forestry

#7 in the United Kingdom

#105 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

26. University of Leeds

United Kingdom | England

For Forestry

#8 in the United Kingdom

#110 in the World

Founded: 1904

27. University of Padua

For Forestry

#1 in Italy

#111 in the World

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

28. University of Bristol

United Kingdom | England

For Forestry

#9 in the United Kingdom

#112 in the World

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

29. University of Nottingham

United Kingdom | England

For Forestry

#10 in the United Kingdom

#116 in the World

Founded: 1948

30. University College Dublin

Ireland | Dublin

For Forestry

#118 in the World

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

31. University of Lisbon

Portugal | Lisbon

For Forestry

#122 in the World

Enrollment: 49,769
Founded: 1911

32. Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague

Czech Republic | Prague

For Forestry

#1 in the Czech Republic

#127 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 57%
Founded: 1906

33. University of Florence

Italy | Tuscany

For Forestry

#2 in Italy

#130 in the World

Founded: 1321

34. Bangor University

United Kingdom | Wales

For Forestry

#11 in the United Kingdom

#131 in the World

Enrollment: 11,270
Founded: 1884

35. University of Santiago de Compostela

Spain | Santiago de Compostela

For Forestry

#1 in Spain

#132 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1495

36. University of Eastern Finland

Finland | Joensuu

For Forestry

#136 in the World

Enrollment: 15,500
Founded: 2010

37. University of Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Forestry

#2 in Switzerland

#143 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Enrollment: 25,732

38. Technical University of Madrid

For Forestry

#2 in Spain

#144 in the World

Founded: 1971

39. University of Bern

Switzerland | Bern

For Forestry

#3 in Switzerland

#150 in the World

Enrollment: 18,576

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

France | Ile-de-France

For Forestry

#1 in France

#154 in the World

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

41. Autonomous University of Barcelona

Spain | Cerdanyola del Valles

For Forestry

#3 in Spain

#156 in the World

Enrollment: 30,926

42. University of Lorraine

France | Grand Est

For Forestry

#2 in France

#158 in the World

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

43. University of Montpellier

France | Occitanie

For Forestry

#3 in France

#161 in the World

Enrollment: 46,578
Founded: 1289

44. University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Forestry

#3 in Italy

#162 in the World

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

45. University of East Anglia

United Kingdom | England

For Forestry

#12 in the United Kingdom

#164 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1963

46. Warsaw University of Life Sciences

Poland | Warsaw

For Forestry

#1 in Poland

#166 in the World

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

47. University of Sheffield

United Kingdom | England

For Forestry

#13 in the United Kingdom

#171 in the World

Founded: 1905

48. University of Bayreuth

Germany | Bavaria

For Forestry

#173 in the World

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

49. University of Tuscia

For Forestry

#4 in Italy

#179 in the World

Founded: 1979

50. University of Basel

Switzerland | Basel

For Forestry

#4 in Switzerland

#182 in the World

Enrollment: 12,896

51. Umea University

For Forestry

#3 in Sweden

#184 in the World

Enrollment: 34,237
Founded: 1965

52. University of Agriculture of Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Forestry

#2 in Poland

#189 in the World

Enrollment: 10,840
Founded: 1890

53. Pierre and Marie Curie University

France | Ile-de-France

For Forestry

#4 in France

#192 in the World

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

54. Uppsala University

Sweden | Uppsala

For Forestry

#4 in Sweden

#196 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1477

55. Free University Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Forestry

#3 in the Netherlands

#197 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1880

56. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Greece | Thessaloniki

For Forestry

#1 in Greece

#202 in the World

Enrollment: 92,090
Founded: 1925

57. Kiel University

Germany | Schleswig-Holstein

For Forestry

#203 in the World

Enrollment: 27,468
Founded: 1665

58. Catholic University of Louvain

Belgium | Louvain-la-Neuve

For Forestry

#208 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1425

59. Poznan University of Life Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Forestry

#3 in Poland

#209 in the World

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

60. University of Turin

Italy | Piedmont

For Forestry

#5 in Italy

#210 in the World

Founded: 1404

61. University of Hamburg

Germany | Hamburg State

For Forestry

#213 in the World

Enrollment: 43,957
Founded: 1919

62. Mendel University in Brno

Czech Republic | Brno

For Forestry

#2 in the Czech Republic

#214 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 47%
Founded: 1919

63. Lancaster University

United Kingdom | England

For Forestry

#14 in the United Kingdom

#216 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1964

64. Aberystwyth University

United Kingdom | Wales

For Forestry

#15 in the United Kingdom

#221 in the World

Founded: 1872

65. University of Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Forestry

#4 in the Netherlands

#223 in the World

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

66. University of Liverpool

United Kingdom | England

For Forestry

#16 in the United Kingdom

#225 in the World

Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

67. University of Giessen

Germany | Hesse

For Forestry

#226 in the World

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

68. Agrocampus Ouest

France | Brittany

For Forestry

#5 in France

#228 in the World

Enrollment: 2,000
Founded: 2008

69. University of Ljubljana

Slovenia | Ljubljana

For Forestry

#229 in the World

Enrollment: 37,874
Founded: 1919

70. University of Bologna

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Forestry

#6 in Italy

#231 in the World

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

71. University of Bordeaux

France | Nouvelle-Aquitaine

For Forestry

#6 in France

#233 in the World

Enrollment: 54,000
Founded: 1441

72. University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Forestry

#10 in Germany

#237 in the World

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

73. Stockholm University

Sweden | Stockholm

For Forestry

#5 in Sweden

#239 in the World

Enrollment: 37,484
Founded: 1878

74. Complutense University of Madrid

For Forestry

#4 in Spain

#246 in the World

Enrollment: 71,806
Founded: 1508

75. Paul Sabatier University - Toulouse III

France | Occitanie

For Forestry

#7 in France

#253 in the World

Enrollment: 29,680
Founded: 1960

76. University of Cordoba

Spain | Cordoba

For Forestry

#5 in Spain

#254 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1972

77. University of Exeter

United Kingdom | England

For Forestry

#17 in the United Kingdom

#258 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1955

78. Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

Switzerland | Lausanne

For Forestry

#5 in Switzerland

#261 in the World

Enrollment: 12,576

79. Dresden University of Technology

Germany | Saxony

For Forestry

#11 in Germany

#262 in the World

Enrollment: 31,517
Founded: 1828

80. Montpellier SupAgro

France | Occitanie

For Forestry

#8 in France

#267 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 2007

81. University of Glasgow

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Forestry

#18 in the United Kingdom

#268 in the World

Founded: 1451

82. University of Kassel

Germany | Hesse

For Forestry

#12 in Germany

#271 in the World

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

83. Humboldt University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Forestry

#13 in Germany

#274 in the World

Enrollment: 36,232
Founded: 1809

84. University of Barcelona

Spain | Barcelona

For Forestry

#6 in Spain

#276 in the World

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

85. University of Birmingham

United Kingdom | England

For Forestry

#19 in the United Kingdom

#277 in the World

Founded: 1900

86. Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

For Forestry

#9 in France

#278 in the World

Enrollment: 38,007
Founded: 1809

87. University of York

United Kingdom | England

For Forestry

#20 in the United Kingdom

#281 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1963

88. Federico II University of Naples

Italy | Campania

For Forestry

#7 in Italy

#283 in the World

Enrollment: 73,553
Founded: 1224

89. Newcastle University

United Kingdom | England

For Forestry

#21 in the United Kingdom

#286 in the World

Founded: 1963

90. University of Turku

Finland | Turku

For Forestry

#288 in the World

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

91. University of Oslo

For Forestry

#2 in Norway

#292 in the World

Enrollment: 26,650
Founded: 1811

92. Free University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Forestry

#14 in Germany

#296 in the World

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

93. Delft University of Technology

Netherlands | Delft

For Forestry

#5 in the Netherlands

#301 in the World

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

94. University of Lleida

For Forestry

#7 in Spain

#303 in the World

Enrollment: 10,674

95. University of Southampton

United Kingdom | England

For Forestry

#22 in the United Kingdom

#304 in the World

Enrollment: 21,335
Founded: 1952

96. University of Vienna

Austria | Vienna

For Forestry

#306 in the World

Enrollment: 93,628
Founded: 1365

97. University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Forestry

#23 in the United Kingdom

#307 in the World

Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1836

98. University of Sussex

United Kingdom | England

For Forestry

#24 in the United Kingdom

#314 in the World

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

99. Technical University of Denmark

Denmark | Kongens Lyngby

For Forestry

#319 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1829

100. University of Zagreb

Croatia | Zagreb

For Forestry

#320 in the World

Enrollment: 65,436
Founded: 1874

Environmental Science subfields in Europe

Agricultural Science984

Earth science and Geophysics912

Environmental Chemistry846

Environmental Engineering726

Environmental Management1078

Geography and Cartography1426

Geotechnical Engineering849

Hydrology and Water resources management245

Meteorology and Atmospheric Science1118

Mining Engineering286

Oceanography1101

Paleontology1354

Petrology and Geochemistry781

Urban and Regional planning658

Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation760