Agricultural Research & Food Sciences: University of Hohenheim remains Germany’s No. 1 in the NTU ranking  [13.09.24]

Research ranking from National Taiwan University (NTU ranking) has confirmed top position in Germany since 2014 / 15th place in Europe and 53rd worldwide

In agricultural sciences – including food and nutritional sciences as well as horticultural sciences – the ranking of the National Taiwan University (NTU) certifies that the University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart has the highest level of research in Germany for the eleventh time in a row. The University of Hohenheim ranks 15th in Europe and 53rd worldwide. The NTU subject ranking for 2024 was published on 20 August 2024. It assesses the research performance of universities. All rankings can be found at www.uni-hohenheim.de/en/rankings

Germany's No. 1 in agricultural research and food sciences: This is where the National Taiwan University ranking has placed the University of Hohenheim since 2014. Each year, the NTU evaluates all international scientific publications for the globally respected ranking and weights the publications according to scientific productivity, excellence, and influence. This year’s ranking included 1,561 of the world’s top universities.

For the subject of Agricultural Sciences, the NTU ranking includes Food Science and Technology, Horticulture, and Nutritional Science and Dietetics.


International cooperation links the top universities

Together you are even better: The university maintains close partnerships with the global leaders in agricultural research.

Through the Euroleague for Life Sciences (ELLS), the University of Hohenheim has been closely linked to Wageningen University in the Netherlands – the world’s No. 2 – and many other leading universities in their respective countries for decades. The network is made up of joint study programs and intensive exchange of students and lecturers.

In the European Bioeconomy University (EBU), the University of Hohenheim cooperates with Wageningen University and seven other leading European universities on the topic of the bioeconomy. They have joined forces in this initiative to promote the bioeconomy as a sustainable way of doing business in Europe.

The world’s No. 1 – China Agricultural University – and the University of Hohenheim have been working together on numerous projects for decades. Currently, for example, in the German-Chinese DFG Research Training Group AMAIZE-P on the sustainable use of phosphorus.


Top Universities in Agricultural Research & Food Sciences in Germany, Europe, and the World 2024 (Source: NTU Ranking by Subject) – Agricultural Sciences

GERMANY

1. University of Hohenheim
2. Technical University of Munich
3. Georg August University of Göttingen
4. University of Bonn
5. Free University Berlin

EUROPE

1. Wageningen University (Netherlands)
2. University College Dublin (Ireland)
3. University of Copenhagen (Denmark)
4. University of Vigo (Spain)
4. Ghent University (Belgium)

15. University of Hohenheim

WORLD

1. China Agricultural University (China)
2. Wageningen University (Netherlands)
3. North West Agriculture and Forestry University (China)
4. Jiangnan University (China)
5. Zhejiang University (China)

53. University of Hohenheim


BACKGROUND: NTU – National Taiwan University Ranking

The Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities, also known as NTU Ranking, has been published annually by National Taiwan University since 2007. In 2011, the NTU Ranking by Subject was added. The selection of the 1,561 universities included in the 2024 ranking was based on diffenernt criteria than in the previous year.

The NTU Ranking evaluates the research performance of universities based on objective indicators. The focus is primarily on scientific publications. A total of eight indicators with different weightings are used for the overall evaluation, providing information on research productivity (25%), research impact (35%), and research excellence (40%).