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 |
