The rankings 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.

This year’s Agriculture & Forestry rankings makes for another bountiful harvest for Wageningen University in the Netherlands, our top-ranked university for the second year in the row. Dutch readers will be interested to know Wageningen isn’t the only university in their country on this year’s list. The University of Twente also features this year.

300 universities have been ranked this year, an increase of 100 from last year, allowing many other universities to make their first appearance and a massive 53 countries to be included.

Interested in other courses besides Agriculture & Forestry? The QS World University Rankings by Subject 2017 covers 46 different subjects. Click here to see the full list.