Aarhus University is doing well in terms of agricultural research. In the National Taiwan University (NTU) Ranking for world universities 2014, Aarhus University is number 11 in the field of Agricultural Sciences, and is only surpassed in Europe by Wageningen University (the Netherlands) in first place, Ghent University (Belgium) in fifth place, and the University of Copenhagen (Denmark) in ninth place.

The ranking of the universities is based on performance indicators including the number of published journal articles, the research impact of the articles, and the number of citations. 

Aarhus University is number 87 in the Overall Ranking 2014.