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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

#	University	Ranking
1	Wageningen University & Research	98.2
2	University of California, Davis	90.3
3	Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences	89.3
4	Cornell University	86.2
5	China Agricultural University	84.2
6	Purdue University	81.9
7	Iowa State University	81.5
8	ETH Zurich	80.3
9	Ghent University	79.9
10	Norwegian University of Life Sciences	79.3
11	Texas A&M University	79.2
12	Michigan State University	78.4
13	University of Florida	77.5
=14	University of British Columbia	77.3
=14	University of Guelph	77.3
16	University of California, Berkeley (UCB)	77.2
17	University of Hohenheim	76.8
18	L'Institut Agro (L'Institut Agro Dijon, L'Institut Agro Montpellier, L'Institut Agro Rennes-Angers)	76.7
19	University of Reading	76.5
20	Nanjing Agricultural University	76.4
21	University of Göttingen	76.1
=22	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	75.9
=22	University of Wisconsin-Madison	75.9
24	University of Copenhagen	75.8
25	North Carolina State University	74.5
26	The University of Queensland	73.5
27	University of Minnesota (System)	73.3
28	South China Agricultural University	72.9
29	The Ohio State University	72.6
=30	Oregon State University	72.3
=30	University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences Vienna	72.3
32	Universidade de São Paulo	72.1
33	University of Agriculture, Faisalabad	72
=34	Aarhus University	71.2
=34	KU Leuven	71.2
36	Universitat Politecnica de Valencia	70.8
37	Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University	70.4
38	University of Helsinki	70.3
39	Pennsylvania State University	70.2
40	University of Nebraska - Lincoln	70
=41	Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology	69.2
=41	Zhejiang University	69.2
=43	Estonian University of Life Sciences	68.9
=43	Technical University of Munich	68.9
=43	University of Alberta	68.9
=46	Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna	68.8
=46	Université Paris-Saclay	68.8
48	IPB University (aka Bogor Agricultural University)	68.7
49	Massey University	68.3
=50	Kansas State University	68.1
=50	The University of Western Australia	68.1
52	The University of Georgia	67.9
53	University College Dublin	67.6
=54	Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn	67.4
=54	University of Saskatchewan	67.4
56	Warsaw University of Life Sciences SGGW (WULS-SGGW)	67.3
57	Washington State University	67.2
=58	Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague	66.9
=58	Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp)	66.9
=60	Huazhong Agricultural University	66.7
=60	The University of Melbourne	66.7
62	University of Massachusetts Amherst	66.5
63	Colorado State University	66.4
64	Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)	66.3
65	McGill University	66.1
=66	Seoul National University	65.7
=66	The University of Tokyo	65.7
=66	Università di Padova	65.7
69	The University of Edinburgh	65.6
70	Australian National University (ANU)	65.5
=71	Adelaide University	65.3
=71	University of East Anglia (UEA)	65.3
=71	University of Florence	65.3
74	Kasetsart University	65.1
75	Université de Montpellier	65
76	The University of Sydney	64.9
=77	University of Missouri, Columbia	64.8
=77	University of Nottingham	64.8
=79	Beijing Forestry University	64.4
=79	Kyoto University	64.4
81	The University of Arizona	64
82	Lincoln University	63.9
=83	National Taiwan University (NTU)	63.8
=83	University of California, Riverside	63.8
=83	Yale University	63.8
86	Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM)	63.3
87	Harper Adams University	63.2
88	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	63.1
=89	Albert-Ludwigs-Universitaet Freiburg	63
=89	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (UC)	63
=89	Universidade de Vigo	63
=89	University of Toronto	63
=93	Hokkaido University	62.9
=93	University of Leeds	62.9
95	King Saud University	62.8
96	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)	62.5
97	MATE Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences	62.4
98	Jiangnan University	62.3
=99	UNESP	62.1
=99	University of Maryland, College Park	62.1

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