Best Forestry Universities in Europe [2026 Rankings]

1

Netherlands | Wageningen

Wageningen University

#8 in Netherlands #206 in the World

47% Acceptance

12,819 Enrollment

1918 Founded

2

Sweden | Uppsala

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

#10 in Sweden #427 in the World

58% Acceptance

5,675 Enrollment

1977 Founded

3

Germany | Lower Saxony

University of Gottingen

#8 in Germany #149 in the World

34% Acceptance

31,619 Enrollment

1734 Founded

4

Finland | Helsinki

University of Helsinki

#1 in Finland #84 in the World

12% Acceptance

31,312 Enrollment

1640 Founded

5

Denmark | Copenhagen

University of Copenhagen

#1 in Denmark #61 in the World

37% Acceptance

33,020 Enrollment

1479 Founded

6

Denmark | Aarhus

Aarhus University

#2 in Denmark #101 in the World

42% Acceptance

33,020 Enrollment

1928 Founded

7

Belgium | Liege

University of Liege

#3 in Belgium #226 in the World

34% Acceptance

27,678 Enrollment

1817 Founded

8

United Kingdom | England

University of Oxford

#1 in United Kingdom #3 in the World

22% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1096 Founded

9

Germany | Bavaria

Technical University of Munich

#3 in Germany #85 in the World

46% Acceptance

44,000 Enrollment

1868 Founded

10

United Kingdom | England

University of Cambridge

#2 in United Kingdom #6 in the World

21% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1209 Founded

11

Switzerland | Zurich

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

#1 in Switzerland #52 in the World

8% Acceptance

23,420 Enrollment

12

United Kingdom | Scotland

University of Edinburgh

#4 in United Kingdom #36 in the World

51% Acceptance

24,409 Enrollment

1583 Founded

13

Belgium | Ghent

Ghent University

#2 in Belgium #132 in the World

34% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1817 Founded

14

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

University of Freiburg

#10 in Germany #161 in the World

33% Acceptance

23,938 Enrollment

1457 Founded

15

Belgium | Leuven

Catholic University of Leuven

#1 in Belgium #62 in the World

33% Acceptance

62,693 Enrollment

1425 Founded

16

United Kingdom | England

University of Reading

#29 in United Kingdom #288 in the World

37% Acceptance

11,270 Enrollment

1892 Founded

17

Netherlands | Utrecht

Utrecht University

#2 in Netherlands #78 in the World

22% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1636 Founded

18

Germany | North Rhine-Westphalia

University of Bonn

#7 in Germany #139 in the World

36% Acceptance

38,043 Enrollment

1818 Founded

19

Norway | Aas

Norwegian University of Life Sciences

#5 in Norway #955 in the World

29% Acceptance

6,345 Enrollment

1859 Founded

20

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

University of Hohenheim

#50 in Germany #678 in the World

34% Acceptance

8,392 Enrollment

1818 Founded

21

United Kingdom | England

Imperial College London

#5 in United Kingdom #38 in the World

41% Acceptance

17,565 Enrollment

1907 Founded

22

Sweden | Lund

Lund University

#1 in Sweden #95 in the World

58% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1666 Founded

23

United Kingdom | England

University College London

#3 in United Kingdom #16 in the World

36% Acceptance

42,000 Enrollment

1826 Founded

24

Italy | Veneto

University of Padua

#4 in Italy #153 in the World

40% Acceptance

70,000 Enrollment

1222 Founded

25

United Kingdom | England

University of Leeds

#10 in United Kingdom #99 in the World

48% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1904 Founded

26

Portugal | Lisbon

University of Lisbon

#1 in Portugal #220 in the World

37% Acceptance

49,769 Enrollment

1911 Founded

27

United Kingdom | England

University of Bristol

#9 in United Kingdom #96 in the World

63% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1909 Founded

28

Ireland | Dublin

University College Dublin

#1 in Ireland #225 in the World

42% Acceptance

33,321 Enrollment

1854 Founded

29

Czech Republic | Prague

Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague

#6 in Czech Republic #1076 in the World

57% Acceptance

32,963 Enrollment

1906 Founded

30

United Kingdom | England

University of Nottingham

#13 in United Kingdom #133 in the World

32% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1948 Founded

31

Italy | Tuscany

University of Florence

#9 in Italy #260 in the World

30% Acceptance

96,945 Enrollment

1321 Founded

32

Switzerland | Zurich

University of Zurich

#2 in Switzerland #81 in the World

19% Acceptance

25,732 Enrollment

33

Spain | Madrid

Technical University of Madrid

#10 in Spain #378 in the World

53% Acceptance

28,450 Enrollment

1971 Founded

34

Switzerland | Bern

University of Bern

#5 in Switzerland #169 in the World

26% Acceptance

19,608 Enrollment

35

France | Occitanie

University of Montpellier

#5 in France #358 in the World

13% Acceptance

49,000 Enrollment

1289 Founded

36

Spain | Cerdanyola del Valles

Autonomous University of Barcelona

#3 in Spain #210 in the World

54% Acceptance

30,926 Enrollment

37

Italy | Lombardy

University of Milan

#3 in Italy #146 in the World

21% Acceptance

65,234 Enrollment

1924 Founded

38

Poland | Warsaw

Warsaw University of Life Sciences

#28 in Poland #1166 in the World

60% Acceptance

16,443 Enrollment

1816 Founded

39

United Kingdom | England

University of East Anglia

#32 in United Kingdom #333 in the World

22% Acceptance

24,409 Enrollment

1963 Founded

40

United Kingdom | England

University of Sheffield

#14 in United Kingdom #138 in the World

28% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1905 Founded

41

Germany | Bavaria

University of Bayreuth

#44 in Germany #540 in the World

30% Acceptance

12,773 Enrollment

1972 Founded

42

Sweden | Umea

Umea University

#9 in Sweden #318 in the World

61% Acceptance

34,237 Enrollment

1965 Founded

43

France | Ile-de-France

Pierre and Marie Curie University

#1 in France #182 in the World

20% Acceptance

35,114 Enrollment

1150 Founded

44

Germany | Schleswig-Holstein

Kiel University

#23 in Germany #272 in the World

45% Acceptance

27,468 Enrollment

1665 Founded

45

Greece | Thessaloniki

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

#2 in Greece #292 in the World

20% Acceptance

92,090 Enrollment

1925 Founded

46

Netherlands | Amsterdam

Free University Amsterdam

#7 in Netherlands #188 in the World

45% Acceptance

41,000 Enrollment

1880 Founded

47

Sweden | Uppsala

Uppsala University

#2 in Sweden #103 in the World

69% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1477 Founded

48

Italy | Piedmont

University of Turin

#5 in Italy #221 in the World

37% Acceptance

5,000 Enrollment

1404 Founded

49

Belgium | Louvain-la-Neuve

Catholic University of Louvain

#4 in Belgium #256 in the World

34% Acceptance

40,000 Enrollment

1425 Founded

50

United Kingdom | England

Lancaster University

#33 in United Kingdom #340 in the World

22% Acceptance

15,555 Enrollment

1964 Founded

51

Germany | Hamburg State

University of Hamburg

#4 in Germany #110 in the World

39% Acceptance

43,957 Enrollment

1919 Founded

52

United Kingdom | England

University of Liverpool

#18 in United Kingdom #164 in the World

24% Acceptance

28,693 Enrollment

1881 Founded

53

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

University of Bologna

#1 in Italy #104 in the World

73% Acceptance

96,945 Enrollment

1088 Founded

54

Netherlands | Amsterdam

University of Amsterdam

#1 in Netherlands #76 in the World

51% Acceptance

41,000 Enrollment

1632 Founded

55

United Kingdom | Wales

Aberystwyth University

#62 in United Kingdom #691 in the World

63% Acceptance

11,270 Enrollment

1872 Founded

56

Sweden | Stockholm

Stockholm University

#5 in Sweden #198 in the World

52% Acceptance

37,484 Enrollment

1878 Founded

57

Germany | Bavaria

University of Munich

#2 in Germany #69 in the World

55% Acceptance

52,418 Enrollment

1472 Founded

58

Spain | Madrid

Complutense University of Madrid

#2 in Spain #160 in the World

56% Acceptance

58,390 Enrollment

1508 Founded

59

United Kingdom | England

University of Exeter

#22 in United Kingdom #214 in the World

73% Acceptance

11,270 Enrollment

1955 Founded

60

Denmark | Kongens Lyngby

Technical University of Denmark

#3 in Denmark #183 in the World

38% Acceptance

33,020 Enrollment

1829 Founded

61

Germany | Saxony

Dresden University of Technology

#14 in Germany #196 in the World

28% Acceptance

31,517 Enrollment

1828 Founded

62

Germany | Brandenburg

Humboldt University of Berlin

#9 in Germany #157 in the World

34% Acceptance

36,232 Enrollment

1809 Founded

63

Switzerland | Lausanne

Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

#3 in Switzerland #125 in the World

23% Acceptance

12,576 Enrollment

64

Germany | Hesse

University of Kassel

#52 in Germany #723 in the World

36% Acceptance

21,352 Enrollment

1971 Founded

65

United Kingdom | England

University of Birmingham

#11 in United Kingdom #108 in the World

38% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1900 Founded

66

Italy | Campania

Federico II University of Naples

#8 in Italy #255 in the World

31% Acceptance

80,000 Enrollment

1224 Founded

67

United Kingdom | Scotland

University of Glasgow

#8 in United Kingdom #94 in the World

48% Acceptance

28,693 Enrollment

1451 Founded

68

Spain | Barcelona

University of Barcelona

#1 in Spain #116 in the World

69% Acceptance

64,236 Enrollment

69

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

#2 in France #262 in the World

15% Acceptance

38,007 Enrollment

1809 Founded

70

United Kingdom | England

University of York

#20 in United Kingdom #193 in the World

20% Acceptance

27,278 Enrollment

1963 Founded

71

United Kingdom | England

Newcastle University

#17 in United Kingdom #159 in the World

23% Acceptance

28,693 Enrollment

1963 Founded

72

Finland | Turku

University of Turku

#4 in Finland #371 in the World

18% Acceptance

20,800 Enrollment

1920 Founded

73

Norway | Oslo

University of Oslo

#1 in Norway #98 in the World

27% Acceptance

26,650 Enrollment

1811 Founded

74

Germany | Brandenburg

Free University of Berlin

#6 in Germany #131 in the World

15% Acceptance

37,908 Enrollment

1948 Founded

75

Netherlands | Delft

Delft University of Technology

#5 in Netherlands #137 in the World

50% Acceptance

24,703 Enrollment

1842 Founded

76

Austria | Vienna

University of Vienna

#1 in Austria #100 in the World

33% Acceptance

93,628 Enrollment

1365 Founded

77

United Kingdom | England

University of Southampton

#12 in United Kingdom #122 in the World

32% Acceptance

21,335 Enrollment

1952 Founded

78

Croatia | Zagreb

University of Zagreb

#1 in Croatia #352 in the World

56% Acceptance

65,436 Enrollment

1874 Founded

79

United Kingdom | England

University of Sussex

#25 in United Kingdom #268 in the World

35% Acceptance

17,319 Enrollment

1961 Founded

80

United Kingdom | England

University of London

#30 in United Kingdom #303 in the World

36% Acceptance

50,000 Enrollment

1836 Founded

81

Serbia | Belgrade

University of Belgrade

#1 in Serbia #324 in the World

81% Acceptance

75,047 Enrollment

82

United Kingdom | England

University of Manchester

#6 in United Kingdom #54 in the World

40% Acceptance

27,513 Enrollment

1824 Founded

83

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

#15 in Germany #197 in the World

26% Acceptance

23,321 Enrollment

2009 Founded

84

Belgium | Antwerp

University of Antwerp

#6 in Belgium #370 in the World

33% Acceptance

62,693 Enrollment

2003 Founded

85

United Kingdom | England

University of Warwick

#15 in United Kingdom #140 in the World

23% Acceptance

27,278 Enrollment

1965 Founded

86

Spain | Granada

University of Granada

#5 in Spain #273 in the World

53% Acceptance

56,842 Enrollment

1531 Founded

87

Italy | Tuscany

University of Pisa

#6 in Italy #237 in the World

39% Acceptance

47,736 Enrollment

1343 Founded

88

United Kingdom | England

Durham University

#23 in United Kingdom #257 in the World

46% Acceptance

19,520 Enrollment

1832 Founded

89

Italy | Lazio

Sapienza University of Rome

#2 in Italy #119 in the World

39% Acceptance

100,155 Enrollment

1303 Founded

90

Netherlands | Enschede

University of Twente

#11 in Netherlands #305 in the World

51% Acceptance

24,703 Enrollment

1961 Founded

91

Germany | Saxony-Anhalt

Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg

#33 in Germany #383 in the World

50% Acceptance

19,387 Enrollment

1817 Founded

92

Austria | Innsbruck

University of Innsbruck

#2 in Austria #278 in the World

34% Acceptance

28,278 Enrollment

1669 Founded

93

Russia | Moscow

Moscow State University

#1 in Russia #167 in the World

12% Acceptance

20,188 Enrollment

1755 Founded

94

Spain | Valencia

Polytechnic University of Valencia

#11 in Spain #380 in the World

50% Acceptance

28,450 Enrollment

1968 Founded

95

Netherlands | Leiden

Leiden University

#6 in Netherlands #158 in the World

30% Acceptance

33,474 Enrollment

1575 Founded

96

Germany | Bavaria

University of Wurzburg

#20 in Germany #239 in the World

23% Acceptance

27,149 Enrollment

1402 Founded

97

Netherlands | Groningen

University of Groningen

#3 in Netherlands #118 in the World

50% Acceptance

34,000 Enrollment

1614 Founded

98

Portugal | Porto

University of Porto

#2 in Portugal #229 in the World

31% Acceptance

29,178 Enrollment

1911 Founded

99

Spain | Madrid

Autonomous University of Madrid

#6 in Spain #293 in the World

53% Acceptance

58,390 Enrollment

1968 Founded

100

Spain | Valencia

University of Valencia

#4 in Spain #240 in the World

51% Acceptance

58,390 Enrollment

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