About Wageningen University:
| 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World University Rankings | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 148 | 156 | 159 | 160 | 159 | 155 | 156 | 166 | 171 |
| Field | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agriculture | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Engineering | 255 | - | 274 | 243 | 285 | - | 283 | 253 | - | 275 | 273 | 301-350 | 301-350 | 301-350 | 351-400 | 401-450 | - | - |
| Life Sciences | 209 | 205 | 172 | 158 | 150 | 142 | 151 | 149 | 154 | 162 | 165 | 165 | 153 | 142 | 150 | 166 | 166 | 153 |
| Medicine | 278 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 294 | - | 262 | 243 | 221 | 218 | 234 | 248 | 301-350 | 351-400 | 351-400 |
| Natural Sciences | - | - | 282 | 230 | 291 | - | - | 292 | - | 301-350 | 292 | 301-350 | 301-350 | 301-350 | 301-350 | 254 | 258 | 301-350 |
| Social Sciences | 177 | 158 | 147 | 151 | 139 | 135 | 97 | 93 | 84 | 93 | 91 | 93 | 89 | 92 | 102 | 94 | 124 | 113 |
| Subject | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agricultural Sciences | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Biology & Biochemistry | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 111 | 99 | - | 72 | 77 | 106 | 80 |
| Chemistry | 204 | 250 | 288 | 255 | 262 | 298 | 301-350 | 294 | 301-350 | 301-350 | 351-400 | 351-400 | 401-450 | 401-450 | 401-450 |
| Chemical Engineering | 70 | 124 | 139 | 122 | 138 | 173 | 135 | 159 | 166 | 137 | 104 | 96 | 141 | 194 | 215 |
| Civil Engineering | 36 | 27 | 44 | 49 | 37 | 45 | 45 | 64 | 64 | 62 | 295 | - | 291 | 288 | 301-350 |
| Clinical Medicine | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 249 | 244 | 275 | 276 | 294 | 271 | 351-400 |
| Computer Science | - | - | - | - | - | - | 351-400 | 351-400 | 451-500 | 401-450 | 401-450 | 351-400 | 401-450 | 401-450 | 401-450 |
| Economics & Business | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 174 | 183 | 196 | 205 | 216 | 206 | 226 |
| Electrical Engineering | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 301-350 | 301-350 | 351-400 | 301-350 | 301-350 |
| Environment / Ecology | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| Geosciences | 57 | 83 | 70 | 72 | 65 | 58 | 53 | 62 | 49 | 37 | 38 | 47 | 36 | 35 | 28 |
| Immunology | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 217 | 232 | 253 | 252 | 262 | 247 | 261 |
| Materials Science | 254 | - | - | - | - | - | 351-400 | 351-400 | 351-400 | 301-350 | 351-400 | - | - | - | - |
| Mathematics | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 451-500 | 401-450 | 351-400 | 451-500 | 451-500 | - | - |
| Mechanical Engineering | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Microbiology | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 23 | 26 | 33 | 26 | 32 | 28 | 28 |
| Molecular Biology & Genetics | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 181 | 202 | 180 | 205 | 227 | 225 | 220 |
| Neuroscience & Behavior | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pharmacology & Toxicolog | - | 239 | 247 | 241 | 234 | 290 | 266 | 256 | 277 | 298 | 301-350 | 301-350 | 351-400 | 401-450 | 401-450 |
| Physics | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Plant & Animal Science | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| Psychiatry / Psychology | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Social Sciences, General | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 68 | 65 | 67 | 72 | 68 | 96 | 82 |
| Space Science | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Energy Science & Engineering | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Environmental Science & Engineering | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 5 |
| Biomedical Engineering | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |