The international QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026 confirms that the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (CZU) belongs among the global leaders in fields related to nature and sustainability. In Agriculture & Forestry, it ranked 58th in the world, the best result among all Czech universities in this year’s evaluation. It is also the Czech leader in Environmental Sciences.
Compared with last year, CZU improved in Agriculture & Forestry from 66th place, confirming a long-term upward trend – as recently as 2020, it was ranked in the 101–150 band. The university also achieved a strong result in Environmental Sciences, ranking first in the Czech Republic and placing in the 251–300 band worldwide.
“Agriculture, forestry, and environmental sciences are among the key areas that we have focused on at CZU for many years. These results reflect not only the quality of our teaching but also of our research in areas such as landscape management, nature conservation, and the sustainable use of natural resources. I am also pleased that, for the first time, we have been ranked in a subject area related to economics,” commented CZU Rector Michal Lošťák on the results.
In the overall QS World University Rankings 2026, CZU is placed in the 761–770 band worldwide.
The ranking primarily serves prospective students.
Among other things, the QS ranking serves as an important source of information for prospective students. It evaluates universities based on several criteria, including academic reputation, employer reputation, the quality of scientific output, and internationalization. This year’s results also point to growing competition from foreign universities, especially from Asia.
Despite the success of some Czech universities in specific subject areas, the Vědavýzkum.cz portal points to an overall decline in the reputation of Czech higher education institutions. “A total of 55 percent of Czech programmes recorded a decline in academic reputation, and half performed worse in employer reputation. Reputation is precisely the key factor that significantly influences a university’s position in the rankings,” the authors of the analysis state.