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Best for Earth & Environmental Sciences

The planet — geology, climate, oceans, ecology and geography.

What you would study

Bachelor's: BS / BSc Earth Science, Geography, Environmental Science
Master's / PhD: MS / MSc; PhD
Class 12 stream: PCM, PCB
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Exams you may need

For bachelor's: SAT (USA) · IELTS/TOEFL
For master's: GRE (some programmes) · IELTS/TOEFL

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Ranked for Earth Sciences

ShanghaiRanking GRAS 2025

51–75Arizona State UniversityTempe, Arizona, United States · World 151–200 · UG fees ~₹37.4 lakh/yrAdmission guide 51–75Curtin UniversityBentley, Perth, Western Australia, Australia · World 201–300Admission guide 51–75Durham UniversityDurham, United Kingdom · World 201–300 · UG fees ~₹44.4 lakh/yrAdmission guide 51–75Kiel UniversityKiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany · World 201–300Admission guide 51–75King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologyJeddah, Saudi Arabia · World 201–300 51–75Ocean University of ChinaChina · World 301–400 51–75Paris-Saclay UniversityGif-sur-Yvette, France · World #13 · UG fees ~₹3.2 lakh/yrAdmission guide 51–75Pennsylvania State University, University ParkUniversity Park, Pennsylvania, United States · World 101–150Admission guide 51–75Purdue University, West LafayetteWest Lafayette, Indiana, United States · World 101–150Admission guide 51–75Southern University of Science and TechnologyTaoyuan Subdistrict, China · World 101–150 51–75The University of ManchesterManchester, England, United Kingdom · World #46Admission guide 51–75The University of New South WalesKensington, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · World #80Admission guide 51–75Tongji UniversityChina · World 101–150 51–75Tsinghua UniversityBeijing, China · World #18 51–75University of BremenBremen, Germany · World 501–600 51–75University of California, IrvineIrvine, California, United States · World #79 · UG fees ~₹54.9 lakh/yrAdmission guide 51–75University of California, RiversideRiverside, CA, United States · World 201–300 · UG fees ~₹47.7 lakh/yr 51–75University of Hawaii at ManoaHonolulu, United States · World 301–400 51–75University of Michigan, Ann ArborAnn Arbor, MI, United States · World #33 · UG fees ~₹58.4 lakh/yr 51–75University of Minnesota, Twin CitiesMinneapolis, MN, United States · World #51 · UG fees ~₹36.8 lakh/yr 51–75University of MunichMunich, Bavaria, Germany · World #42Admission guide 51–75University of OsloNorway · World #83 51–75University of St AndrewsSt Andrews, Fife, United Kingdom · World 301–400 · UG fees ~₹42.2 lakh/yrAdmission guide 51–75University of VictoriaVictoria, British Columbia, Canada · World 301–400Admission guide 51–75Zhejiang UniversityHangzhou, China · World #24 76–100Boston UniversityBoston, Massachusetts, United States · World 101–150 · UG fees ~₹70 lakh/yrAdmission guide 76–100Colorado State UniversityFort Collins, CO, United States · World 301–400 · UG fees ~₹33.3 lakh/yr 76–100Complutense University of MadridMadrid, Spain · World 301–400 76–100Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, Maryland, United States · World #19 · UG fees ~₹62.5 lakh/yrAdmission guide 76–100National Autonomous University of MexicoMexico City, Mexico · World 201–300 76–100Northwest UniversityXi'an, China · World 401–500 76–100Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New BrunswickNew Brunswick, New Jersey, United States · World 151–200Admission guide 76–100Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina · World #30 76–100The Australian National UniversityCanberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia · World 101–150Admission guide 76–100The University of EdinburghEdinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom · World #37Admission guide 76–100The University of QueenslandSt Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia · World #65Admission guide 76–100The University of ReadingReading, Berkshire, United Kingdom · World 401–500 · UG fees ~₹34.1 lakh/yrAdmission guide 76–100Tohoku UniversitySendai, Japan · World 201–300 · UG fees ~₹3.3 lakh/yrAdmission guide 76–100University of BolognaBologna, Italy · World 201–300 76–100University of HamburgHamburg, Germany · World 201–300Admission guide 76–100University of LausanneLausanne, Switzerland · World 101–150Admission guide 76–100University of MilanMilan, Italy · World 151–200Admission guide 76–100University of PotsdamPotsdam, Germany · World 301–400 76–100University of Sao PauloSão Carlos, Brazil · World 101–150 76–100University of SaskatchewanSaskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada · World 401–500Admission guide 76–100University of South FloridaTampa, FL, United States · World 401–500 · UG fees ~₹16.6 lakh/yr 76–100University of ViennaVienna, Austria · World 101–150 76–100University of Western BrittanyFrance 76–100Uppsala UniversityUppsala Municipality, Sweden · World #93Admission guide 76–100Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityXi'an, China · World #92

Source: ShanghaiRanking Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2025 — Earth Sciences. Beyond the top 100 ranks are published in bands.

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