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TOP-100 Best Universities in Agriculture 2026 QS Rankings

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TOP-100 Best Universities in Agriculture 2026 QS Rankings

Top 100 best universities in the world 2026 QS: Agriculture & Forestry

We offer an overview of TOP-100 best agricultural universities in the world according to QS World University Rankings. Leading universities offer high-quality bachelor's and master's programs for foreign students. Courses with the study of agriculture cover many areas: the content and structure of the programs depend on the specialization, it is possible to combine with other disciplines - forestry or zootechnics, for example. This is a great way to focus on a specific specialty.

Most undergraduate programs in agriculture last three to five years + leading universities offer internships that give students real practical experience.

Courses on agriculture include several modules:

Soil science and environmental science
Production and technology of crop production
Animal Sciences
Nutrition
Biological sciences
Animal Biology
Plant Science
Food Marketing
Farm Business Management
Economics of Agriculture
Soil science and ecology
Crop production and technology
Animal husbandry
Nutrition
Biosciences
Animal Biology
Plant Science
Food Marketing
Farm Business Management
Economics of agriculture.

Agriculture is one of the fastest growing sectors of production, the level of employment of graduates is extremely high. Professions are diverse, including farm manager, animal nutrition specialist, land agent, soil scientist, logistician. Graduates also have access to career options in research, technology, and agricultural marketing.

Top 100 best universities in the world 2026 QS: Agriculture & Forestry

Rank	University	Overall Score
1	Wageningen University & Research	99,0
2	University of California, Davis	92,5
3	Cornell University	89,9
4	Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences	89,1
5	Harvard University	84,7
6	Purdue University	84,2
7	University of Oxford	83,4
8	Ghent University	82,9
=9	China Agricultural University	82,3
=9	University of Cambridge	82,3
11	Norwegian University of Life Sciences	82,0
12	ETH Zurich - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology	81,7
13	University of California, Berkeley (UCB)	81,0
14	Iowa State University	80,9
15	University of Copenhagen	80,5
16	Michigan State University	80,4
17	Texas A&M University	80,3
18	University of Wisconsin-Madison	80,2
19	The University of Queensland	79,4
=20	L'Institut Agro (L'Institut Agro Dijon, L'Institut Agro Montpellier, L'Institut Agro Rennes Angers)	79,1
=20	University of Florida	79,1
22	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	78,9
23	University of British Columbia	78,7
=24	Universität Göttingen	78,1
=24	University of Guelph	78,1
26	Universität für Bodenkultur Wien	77,9
27	University of Reading	77,8
28	The Ohio State University	77,4
=29	KU Leuven	77,2
=29	North Carolina State University	77,2
31	University of Hohenheim	77,1
32	Universidade de São Paulo	76,9
33	The University of Melbourne	76,0
34	University of Minnesota Twin Cities	75,8
35	Zhejiang University	75,6
36	The University of Tokyo	75,5
37	University of Massachusetts Amherst	75,3
38	Université Paris-Saclay	75,2
39	Pennsylvania State University	75,0
40	Nanjing Agricultural University	74,8
=41	South China Agricultural University	74,6
=41	Warsaw University of Life Sciences – SGGW (WULS-SGGW)	74,6
43	Oregon State University	74,4
44	Technical University of Munich	74,3
45	Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp)	74,1
=46	Aarhus University	73,9
=46	The University of Western Australia	73,9
=46	University of Helsinki	73,9
49	Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University	73,6
50	Colorado State University	73,3
51	IPB University (a.k.a. Bogor Agricultural University)	73,2
=52	Kyoto University	73,1
=52	Seoul National University	73,1
54	Estonian University of Life Sciences	73,0
55	University of Nebraska - Lincoln	72,4
=56	Kansas State University	72,2
=56	The Australian National University	72,2
=56	Universitat Politècnica de València	72,2
=56	University of Agriculture, Faisalabad	72,2
60	Washington State University	72,1
61	Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology	72,0
=62	Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna	71,9
=62	Kasetsart University	71,9
64	The University of Georgia	71,5
=65	The University of Sydney	71,4
=65	University of Nottingham	71,4
67	Peking University	71,3
=68	The University of Edinburgh	71,0
=68	University College Dublin	71,0
70	McGill University	70,9
71	Massey University	70,8
72	Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague	70,3
73	Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn	70,0
74	Yale University	69,9
75	Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)	69,5
=76	Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU)	69,3
=76	The University of Adelaide	69,3
78	Università di Padova	69,2
=79	University College Cork	69,0
=79	University of Alberta	69,0
=81	Huazhong Agricultural University	68,7
=81	Lund University	68,7
=83	Jiangnan University	68,3
=83	The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney)	68,3
=85	National Taiwan University (NTU)	68,1
=85	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	68,1
87	University of Toronto	68,0
=88	Duke University	67,9
=88	Hokkaido University	67,9
90	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (UC)	67,8
=91	Stellenbosch University	67,7
=91	University of Maryland, College Park	67,7
=93	University of Chinese Academy of Sciences	67,6
=93	University of Naples - Federico II	67,6
95	Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV)	67,5
96	University of California, Riverside	67,4
97	University of Leeds	67,2
=98	Shanghai Jiao Tong University	67,1
=98	Universitat de Valencia	67,1
=98	University of Vienna	67,1

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