40 Best Forestry schools in the United Kingdom

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in the United Kingdom ranked based on their research performance in Forestry. A graph of 282K citations received by 5.14K academic papers made by 40 universities in the United Kingdom 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. University of Oxford

England | Oxford

For Forestry

#4 in Europe

#16 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1096

2. University of Cambridge

England | Cambridge

For Forestry

#9 in Europe

#40 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

3. University of Leeds

England | Leeds

For Forestry

#10 in Europe

#57 in the World

Founded: 1904

4. University of East Anglia

England | Norwich

For Forestry

#11 in Europe

#58 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1963

5. University of Edinburgh

Scotland | Edinburgh

For Forestry

#13 in Europe

#64 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

6. University of Reading

England | Reading

For Forestry

#14 in Europe

#66 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 86%
Founded: 1892

7. University of Aberdeen

Scotland | Aberdeen

For Forestry

#21 in Europe

#91 in the World

Founded: 1495

8. University of Sheffield

England | Sheffield

For Forestry

#27 in Europe

#104 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1905

9. Imperial College London

England | London

For Forestry

#28 in Europe

#106 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

10. Bangor University

Wales | Bangor

For Forestry

#40 in Europe

#157 in the World

Enrollment: 11,270
Founded: 1884

11. University College London

England | London

For Forestry

#43 in Europe

#165 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

12. University of Nottingham

England | Nottingham

For Forestry

#48 in Europe

#186 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1948

13. University of Stirling

Scotland | Stirling

For Forestry

#52 in Europe

#194 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Enrollment: 14,000
Founded: 1967

14. University of Bristol

England | Bristol

For Forestry

#56 in Europe

#204 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Enrollment: 27,513
Founded: 1909

15. University of London

England | London

For Forestry

#58 in Europe

#207 in the World

Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1836

16. Cranfield University

England | Cranfield

For Forestry

#60 in Europe

#210 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Enrollment: 4,825
Founded: 1993

17. University of York

England | York

For Forestry

#62 in Europe

#216 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1963

18. University of Warwick

England | Coventry

For Forestry

#63 in Europe

#222 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 27,278
Founded: 1965

19. Durham University

England | Durham

For Forestry

#67 in Europe

#234 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Enrollment: 19,520
Founded: 1832

20. University of Kent

England | Canterbury

For Forestry

#75 in Europe

#250 in the World

Founded: 1965

21. Lancaster University

England | Lancaster

For Forestry

#77 in Europe

#256 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1964

22. University of Greenwich

England | London

For Forestry

#82 in Europe

#277 in the World

Founded: 1890

23. University of Southampton

England | Southampton

For Forestry

#86 in Europe

#291 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Enrollment: 21,335
Founded: 1952

24. University of Leicester

England | Leicester

For Forestry

#94 in Europe

#308 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Enrollment: 24,409
Male:Female: 46:54
Founded: 1957

25. University of Birmingham

England | Birmingham

For Forestry

#95 in Europe

#312 in the World

Founded: 1900

26. Aberystwyth University

Wales | Aberystwyth

For Forestry

#96 in Europe

#313 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1872

27. University of Manchester

England | Manchester

For Forestry

#104 in Europe

#337 in the World

Founded: 1824

28. University of Exeter

England | Exeter

For Forestry

#110 in Europe

#357 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1955

29. Newcastle University

England | Newcastle upon Tyne

For Forestry

#111 in Europe

#358 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Founded: 1963

30. Oxford Brookes University

England | Oxford

For Forestry

#112 in Europe

#361 in the World

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1865

31. King's College London

England | London

For Forestry

#116 in Europe

#371 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 13%
Founded: 1829

32. Swansea University

Wales | Swansea

For Forestry

#123 in Europe

#389 in the World

Founded: 1920

33. University of Sussex

England | Brighton

For Forestry

#128 in Europe

#401 in the World

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

34. University of Liverpool

England | Liverpool

For Forestry

#157 in Europe

#481 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

35. Bournemouth University

England | Poole

For Forestry

#164 in Europe

#504 in the World

Enrollment: 14,293
Founded: 1992

36. Cardiff University

Wales | Cardiff

For Forestry

#165 in Europe

#506 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1997

37. University of Wolverhampton

England | Wolverhampton

For Forestry

#166 in Europe

#509 in the World

Founded: 1992

38. University of Glasgow

Scotland | Glasgow

For Forestry

#173 in Europe

#534 in the World

Founded: 1451

39. University of Dundee

Scotland | Dundee

For Forestry

#182 in Europe

#561 in the World

Founded: 1967

40. Scotland's Rural College

Scotland | Edinburgh

For Forestry

#190 in Europe

#592 in the World

Enrollment: 6,000
Founded: 2012

The best cities to study Forestry in the United Kingdom based on the number of universities and their ranks are Oxford, Cambridge, Leeds, and Norwich.