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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
| 1 | Wageningen University & Research |
| 2 | University of California, Davis |
| 3 | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences |
| 4 | Cornell University |
| 5 | China Agricultural University |
| 6 | Purdue University |
| 7 | Iowa State University |
| 8 | ETH Zurich |
| 9 | Ghent University |
| 10 | Norwegian University of Life Sciences |
| 11 | Texas A&M University |
| 12 | Michigan State University |
| 13 | University of Florida |
| 14 | University of British Columbia |
| 15 | University of Guelph |
| 16 | University of California, Berkeley (UCB) |
| 17 | University of Hohenheim |
| 18 | L'Institut Agro (L'Institut Agro Dijon, L'Institut Agro Montpellier, L'Institut Agro Rennes-Angers) |
| 19 | University of Reading |
| 20 | Nanjing Agricultural University |
| 21 | University of Göttingen |
| 22 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
| 23 | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| 24 | University of Copenhagen |
| 25 | North Carolina State University |
| 26 | The University of Queensland |
| 27 | University of Minnesota (System) |
| 28 | South China Agricultural University |
| 29 | The Ohio State University |
| 30 | Oregon State University |
| 31 | University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences Vienna |
| 32 | Universidade de São Paulo |
| 33 | University of Agriculture, Faisalabad |
| 34 | Aarhus University |
| 35 | KU Leuven |
| 36 | Universitat Politecnica de Valencia |
| 37 | Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University |
| 38 | University of Helsinki |
| 39 | Pennsylvania State University |
| 40 | University of Nebraska - Lincoln |
| 41 | Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
| 42 | Zhejiang University |
| 43 | Estonian University of Life Sciences |
| 44 | Technical University of Munich |
| 45 | University of Alberta |
| 46 | Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna |
| 47 | Université Paris-Saclay |
| 48 | IPB University (aka Bogor Agricultural University) |
| 49 | Massey University |
| 50 | Kansas State University |
