Best Forestry Schools 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 Forestry. A graph of 7.43M citations received by 270K academic papers made by 597 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. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Sweden | Uppsala

For Forestry

#1 in Sweden

#2 in the World

Enrollment: 5,675
Founded: 1977

2. Wageningen University

Netherlands | Wageningen

For Forestry

#1 in the Netherlands

#3 in the World

Enrollment: 12,819
Founded: 1918

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

#28 in the World

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

5. University of Oxford

United Kingdom | England

For Forestry

#1 in the United Kingdom

#34 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

6. University of Liege

Belgium | Liege

For Forestry

#35 in the World

Enrollment: 25,421
Founded: 1817

7. University of Copenhagen

Denmark | Copenhagen

For Forestry

#36 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Founded: 1479

8. Technical University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Forestry

#42 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

#45 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

10. University of Edinburgh

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Forestry

#3 in the United Kingdom

#48 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

11. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Forestry

#1 in Switzerland

#50 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 23,420

12. Ghent University

Belgium | Ghent

For Forestry

#52 in the World

Enrollment: 41,669
Founded: 1817

13. University of Reading

United Kingdom | England

For Forestry

#4 in the United Kingdom

#58 in the World

Founded: 1892

14. Catholic University of Leuven

Belgium | Leuven

For Forestry

#59 in the World

Enrollment: 62,693
Founded: 1425

15. Aarhus University

Denmark | Aarhus

For Forestry

#60 in the World

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

16. University of Freiburg

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Forestry

#64 in the World

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

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

Austria | Vienna

For Forestry

#65 in the World

Enrollment: 12,509
Founded: 1872

18. Utrecht University

Netherlands | Utrecht

For Forestry

#2 in the Netherlands

#66 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1636

19. University of Hohenheim

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Forestry

#70 in the World

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

20. Norwegian University of Life Sciences

For Forestry

#1 in Norway

#74 in the World

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

21. University of Bonn

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

For Forestry

#78 in the World

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

22. Lund University

For Forestry

#2 in Sweden

#86 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1666

23. Imperial College London

United Kingdom | England

For Forestry

#5 in the United Kingdom

#93 in the World

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

24. University of Aberdeen

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Forestry

#6 in the United Kingdom

#94 in the World

Founded: 1495

25. University College London

United Kingdom | England

For Forestry

#7 in the United Kingdom

#97 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

26. University of Bristol

United Kingdom | England

For Forestry

#8 in the United Kingdom

#102 in the World

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

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

France | Ile-de-France

For Forestry

#1 in France

#106 in the World

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

28. University of Leeds

United Kingdom | England

For Forestry

#9 in the United Kingdom

#107 in the World

Founded: 1904

29. Polytechnic University of Bari

For Forestry

#1 in Italy

#108 in the World

Founded: 1990

30. University of Padua

For Forestry

#2 in Italy

#111 in the World

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

31. University College Dublin

Ireland | Dublin

For Forestry

#115 in the World

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

32. University of Nottingham

United Kingdom | England

For Forestry

#10 in the United Kingdom

#117 in the World

Founded: 1948

33. Bangor University

United Kingdom | Wales

For Forestry

#11 in the United Kingdom

#119 in the World

Enrollment: 11,270
Founded: 1884

34. University of Santiago de Compostela

Spain | Santiago de Compostela

For Forestry

#1 in Spain

#121 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Founded: 1495

35. University of Montpellier

France | Occitanie

For Forestry

#2 in France

#124 in the World

Enrollment: 46,578
Founded: 1289

36. University of Florence

Italy | Tuscany

For Forestry

#3 in Italy

#129 in the World

Founded: 1321

37. University of Lisbon

Portugal | Lisbon

For Forestry

#131 in the World

Enrollment: 49,769
Founded: 1911

38. University of Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Forestry

#2 in Switzerland

#133 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Enrollment: 25,732

39. University of East Anglia

United Kingdom | England

For Forestry

#12 in the United Kingdom

#135 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1963

40. Technical University of Madrid

For Forestry

#2 in Spain

#140 in the World

Founded: 1971

41. Autonomous University of Barcelona

Spain | Cerdanyola del Valles

For Forestry

#3 in Spain

#142 in the World

Enrollment: 30,926

42. University of Bern

Switzerland | Bern

For Forestry

#3 in Switzerland

#145 in the World

Enrollment: 18,576

43. University of Bayreuth

Germany | Bavaria

For Forestry

#149 in the World

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

44. University of Basel

Switzerland | Basel

For Forestry

#4 in Switzerland

#150 in the World

Enrollment: 12,896

45. Warsaw University of Life Sciences

Poland | Warsaw

For Forestry

#1 in Poland

#153 in the World

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

46. University of Sheffield

United Kingdom | England

For Forestry

#13 in the United Kingdom

#156 in the World

Founded: 1905

47. University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Forestry

#4 in Italy

#157 in the World

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

48. University of Bordeaux

France | Nouvelle-Aquitaine

For Forestry

#3 in France

#161 in the World

Enrollment: 54,000
Founded: 1441

49. Umea University

For Forestry

#3 in Sweden

#164 in the World

Enrollment: 34,237
Founded: 1965

50. Aberystwyth University

United Kingdom | Wales

For Forestry

#14 in the United Kingdom

#166 in the World

Founded: 1872

51. Pierre and Marie Curie University

France | Ile-de-France

For Forestry

#4 in France

#168 in the World

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

52. Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague

Czech Republic | Prague

For Forestry

#1 in the Czech Republic

#176 in the World

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

53. Uppsala University

Sweden | Uppsala

For Forestry

#4 in Sweden

#178 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Enrollment: 35,556
Founded: 1477

54. University of Agriculture of Krakow

Poland | Krakow

For Forestry

#2 in Poland

#180 in the World

Enrollment: 10,840
Founded: 1890

55. University of Tuscia

For Forestry

#5 in Italy

#181 in the World

Founded: 1979

56. Kiel University

Germany | Schleswig-Holstein

For Forestry

#184 in the World

Enrollment: 27,468
Founded: 1665

57. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Greece | Thessaloniki

For Forestry

#1 in Greece

#185 in the World

Enrollment: 92,090
Founded: 1925

58. University of Eastern Finland

Finland | Joensuu

For Forestry

#187 in the World

Enrollment: 15,500
Founded: 2010

59. Catholic University of Louvain

Belgium | Louvain-la-Neuve

For Forestry

#189 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1425

60. Agrocampus Ouest

France | Brittany

For Forestry

#5 in France

#198 in the World

Enrollment: 2,000
Founded: 2008

61. University of Liverpool

United Kingdom | England

For Forestry

#15 in the United Kingdom

#201 in the World

Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

62. Complutense University of Madrid

For Forestry

#4 in Spain

#203 in the World

Enrollment: 71,806
Founded: 1508

63. Lancaster University

United Kingdom | England

For Forestry

#16 in the United Kingdom

#207 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1964

64. University of Hamburg

Germany | Hamburg State

For Forestry

#208 in the World

Enrollment: 43,957
Founded: 1919

65. University of Giessen

Germany | Hesse

For Forestry

#210 in the World

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

66. University of Turin

Italy | Piedmont

For Forestry

#6 in Italy

#214 in the World

Founded: 1404

67. Paul Sabatier University - Toulouse III

France | Occitanie

For Forestry

#6 in France

#217 in the World

Enrollment: 29,680
Founded: 1960

68. Stockholm University

Sweden | Stockholm

For Forestry

#5 in Sweden

#221 in the World

Enrollment: 37,484
Founded: 1878

69. Free University Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Forestry

#3 in the Netherlands

#224 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1880

70. University of Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Forestry

#4 in the Netherlands

#225 in the World

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

71. Montpellier SupAgro

France | Occitanie

For Forestry

#7 in France

#226 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Founded: 2007

72. Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

Switzerland | Lausanne

For Forestry

#5 in Switzerland

#227 in the World

Enrollment: 12,576

73. University of Bologna

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Forestry

#7 in Italy

#228 in the World

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

74. University of Ljubljana

Slovenia | Ljubljana

For Forestry

#234 in the World

Enrollment: 37,874
Founded: 1919

75. Dresden University of Technology

Germany | Saxony

For Forestry

#10 in Germany

#235 in the World

Enrollment: 31,517
Founded: 1828

76. University of Kassel

Germany | Hesse

For Forestry

#11 in Germany

#236 in the World

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

77. University of Exeter

United Kingdom | England

For Forestry

#17 in the United Kingdom

#237 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1955

78. University of Glasgow

United Kingdom | Scotland

For Forestry

#18 in the United Kingdom

#238 in the World

Founded: 1451

79. University of Cordoba

Spain | Cordoba

For Forestry

#5 in Spain

#240 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 90%
Founded: 1972

80. Newcastle University

United Kingdom | England

For Forestry

#19 in the United Kingdom

#243 in the World

Founded: 1963

81. Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

For Forestry

#8 in France

#245 in the World

Enrollment: 38,007
Founded: 1809

82. University of York

United Kingdom | England

For Forestry

#20 in the United Kingdom

#247 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1963

83. University of Barcelona

Spain | Barcelona

For Forestry

#6 in Spain

#248 in the World

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

84. University of Birmingham

United Kingdom | England

For Forestry

#21 in the United Kingdom

#251 in the World

Founded: 1900

85. University of Munich

Germany | Bavaria

For Forestry

#12 in Germany

#252 in the World

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

86. Humboldt University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Forestry

#13 in Germany

#256 in the World

Enrollment: 36,378
Founded: 1809

87. University of Turku

Finland | Turku

For Forestry

#259 in the World

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

88. University of London

United Kingdom | England

For Forestry

#22 in the United Kingdom

#260 in the World

Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1836

89. Federico II University of Naples

Italy | Campania

For Forestry

#8 in Italy

#264 in the World

Enrollment: 73,553
Founded: 1224

90. University of Southampton

United Kingdom | England

For Forestry

#23 in the United Kingdom

#265 in the World

Enrollment: 21,335
Founded: 1952

91. University of Oslo

For Forestry

#2 in Norway

#266 in the World

Enrollment: 26,650
Founded: 1811

92. University of Innsbruck

Austria | Innsbruck

For Forestry

#267 in the World

Enrollment: 28,278
Male:Female: 47:53
Founded: 1669

93. University of Lorraine

France | Grand Est

For Forestry

#9 in France

#268 in the World

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

94. Free University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Forestry

#14 in Germany

#272 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Enrollment: 37,608
Founded: 1948

95. Poznan University of Life Sciences

Poland | Poznan

For Forestry

#3 in Poland

#276 in the World

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

96. Technical University of Denmark

Denmark | Kongens Lyngby

For Forestry

#279 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1829

97. University of Lleida

For Forestry

#7 in Spain

#281 in the World

Enrollment: 11,089

98. Delft University of Technology

Netherlands | Delft

For Forestry

#5 in the Netherlands

#284 in the World

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

99. University of Vienna

Austria | Vienna

For Forestry

#285 in the World

Enrollment: 93,628
Founded: 1365

100. University of Antwerp

Belgium | Antwerp

For Forestry

#286 in the World

Founded: 2003

Environmental Science subfields in Europe

Agricultural Science937

Earth science and Geophysics876

Environmental Chemistry830

Environmental Engineering679

Environmental Management1026

Geography and Cartography1420

Geotechnical Engineering812

Hydrology and Water resources management264

Meteorology and Atmospheric Science1068

Mining Engineering288

Oceanography1059

Paleontology1344

Petrology and Geochemistry740

Urban and Regional planning583

Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation731