While Wageningen University is the top-ranked university for agriculture & forestry for a third year in a row, the University of Reading deserves a special mention for climbing four places to sixth this year.

These universities are two of seven European institutions in the top 20, one fewer than the number of American universities. The other five schools in the top 20 are from Canada (University of British Columbia, University of Guelph), Japan (University of Tokyo), China (China Agricultural University) and Australia (Australian National University).

The QS World University Rankings by Subject are based upon academic reputation, employer reputation and research impact (click here to read the full methodology).

Use the interactive table below to filter the rankings by location, and click on individual universities for more information. Registered users will also be able to use the site’s Compare function to see facts and statistics about multiple universities side-by-side.

Interested in other courses besides agriculture & forestry? The QS World University Rankings by Subject 2018 cover 48 different subjects. Click here to see the full list.