University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, ViennaAbout
BOKU is one of the best universities for sustainability in Europe and brings together scientific, technical and socio-economic topics. BOKU is a leading institute, where science and students exchange ideas with actors from economics and politics on the sustainable development of our society.
History
The „Hochschülchen“ (Rainer Schubert-Soldern), which is located on Türkenschanze since 1896, once was a small agricultural college founded in 1872.
The „grüne Universität im Grünen/green university on the green“ was soon called „alma mater viridis“ - „grüne Nährmutter/ green foster mother“.
Education
Today BOKU is a modern, international University of Life Sciences with 9 Bachelor and 25 Master programmes for more than 10.000 students.
Research
Department of Material Sciences and Process Engineering (MAP)
Department of Biotechnology (DBT)
Department of Water - Atmosphere - Environment (WAU)
Department of Nanobiotechnology (DNBT)
Department of Chemistry (DCH)
Department of Integrative Biology and Biodiversity Research (DIB)
Department of Food Science and Technology (DLWT)
Department of Landscape, Spatial and Infrastructure Sciences
Department of Economics and Social Sciences (WiSo)
Department of Sustainable Agricultural Systems
Department of Civil Engineering and Natural Hazards
Department of Forest- and Soil Sciences
Department of Crop Sciences (DNW)
Department of Agrobiotechnology, IFA-Tulln
Department of Applied Genetics and Cell Biology (DAGZ)
Career
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University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, ViennaKey Statistics & Highlights
#501Ranking
42Scholarships
Public Institution Type
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, ViennaOverview
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University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, ViennaRankings
Study Portals Meta Ranking
Top 11.1%Austria
Top 14.6%Worldwide
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Academic Ranking of World Universities
501
By Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Climbed 100 places compared to 2025
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3 year trend Academic Ranking of World Universities
2024
2025
2026
601
601
501
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Best Global Universities Rankings
710
By U.S. News & World Report
Dropped 57 places compared to 2026
Best Global Universities Rankings by U.S. News & World Report presents all the top universities from the U.S. and 60 other countries around the world. They measure the rate of students going to their second year of studies, as well as the rate of students who graduate. It also asks university representatives on the performance of universities, and evaluates university resources, teacher salaries, graduation rates, student academic achievements and satisfaction. After calculating and comparing these criteria, U.S. News ranks the top international universities accordingly.
3 year trend Best Global Universities Rankings
2025
2026
2027
623
653
710
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BOKU Classification- E-Journals- E-Books- Databases
Interlibrary loan
Textbook collection consists of about 8.000 items. The books are grouped by subject like in the main reading room. There is one textbook collection located in the Main Library and on in the Special Library BIO.
Desiderata book
ICT services
Who are your IT contacts? What are the first important steps? Where can you get more information?
PCs, servers, accounts, data protection, virus protection, safe handling of emails or phishing information
The basis for your daily work – emails, files, printing, word processing
How can I use the internet and services? Via cable, wireless or in one of our pc rooms?
Campus life
BOKU Türkenschanze
BOKU Muthgasse
BOKU Tulln
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, ViennaCampus Locations
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, ViennaStudent Reviews & Awards
3.9
Based on 8 reviews
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4/5
Best University of Vienna
Boku, the university of Life Sciences of Vienna is a really nice place to study. There are many possibilities to study, meet friends and it is simply nice to be there, no matter if you have something to do or not. I reall like the interdisciplinary approach, all programmes at BOKU have. Especially for a bachelors program it makes sense for me to get input from many different disciplines and to learn the different "languages" of each discipline. In many subjects there is the possibility to discuss with the teachers ant to also ask critical questions. What could be improved in my eyes is, that at least in my programm there are no oral exams but mostly multiple choice tests.
What I like most about studying at BOKU (beneath learning new intersting things) is the social life. People are open for new acquaintances and it is easy to start a conversation and making friends.
Posted byProvided by ESN
Studied fromOct 2020 - Feb 2024
Posted onApr 2025
3/5
Studying as international student
Greetings,
Me as nepali student studying at Bangladesh was quite tuff at the beginning but later on the friend circles and the professor was greater help to establish my identity and sports like football table tennis and volleyball give me more recognize as who i am so overall experience of my honor's life in bangladesh as nepali student was quite thrilling
Posted byNirmal Shrestha
Studied fromMar 2020 - Sep 2025
Posted onNov 2025
1/5
BOKU university
One of the leading agricultural university in Europe. It has great history in agriculture. Advance technologies related to agriculture are available and most important teacher are very excellent in their field of studies