SLU in international university rankings

STINT, the Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education has awarded us the maximum five-star grade for our work with internationalisation, placing us alongside other leading Swedish universities. Read about the ranking here.

International rankings

QS Rankings

• Fourth best university in the world for agriculture and forestry, and 23rd for veterinary science, 2024

Leiden Ranking CWTS

• First place among Swedish universities for life and earth sciences, 2018–2021
• Tenth place among Swedish universities for scientific impact, 2018–2021

National Taiwan University Rankings

• 13th place worldwide for plant and animal sciences, 60th for agriculture and 26th for environment and ecology, 2023

Shanghai Ranking Lists

• The ARWU overall ranking sees SLU among the 301–400 best universities worldwide, 2024.
• SLU performs well in the GRAS academic subject ranking 2024, particularly for agricultural sciences (rank 5), ecology (rank 26), and  veterinary sciences (rank 35). 

Times Higher Education Ranking

• The new THE World University Rankings place SLU in the 351–400 interval, 2023.
• SLU ranks 58th among the world’s best young universities, making it the second best young university in Sweden, 2022.

Times Higher Education Impact Ranking

• As of 1 June 2023, we are now in the top 201–300 bracket of the 1 591 higher education institutions evaluated by the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2023.
• We rank 13th for SDG 2 – zero hunger, 29th for SDG 13 – climate action, and 39th for SDG14 – life below water.
• SLU performs well in global sustainability rankings, 28 April 2022.