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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
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Ranked for Earth Sciences

ShanghaiRanking GRAS 2025

151–200Central South UniversityChangsha, China · World #96 151–200Claude Bernard University Lyon 1France · World 201–300 151–200Colorado School of MinesGolden, CO, United States · World 601–700 · UG fees ~₹43.9 lakh/yr 151–200Dalhousie UniversityHalifax, Nova Scotia, Canada · World 301–400Admission guide 151–200Dartmouth CollegeHanover, NH, United States · World 301–400 · UG fees ~₹65.4 lakh/yr 151–200East China Normal UniversityShanghai, China · World 201–300 151–200Free University BerlinBerlin, Germany 151–200Georgia Institute of TechnologyAtlanta, Georgia, United States · World 151–200 · UG fees ~₹33 lakh/yrAdmission guide 151–200Goethe University FrankfurtFrankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany · World 151–200Admission guide 151–200Hokkaido UniversityHokkaido, Japan · World 201–300 · UG fees ~₹3.3 lakh/yrAdmission guide 151–200Indiana University, BloomingtonBloomington, Indiana, United States · World 101–150 · UG fees ~₹42.5 lakh/yrAdmission guide 151–200Lund UniversityLund Municipality, Sweden · World 101–150Admission guide 151–200Nagoya UniversityNagoya, Japan · World 101–150Admission guide 151–200Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore, Singapore · World #88Admission guide 151–200New York UniversityNew York, NY, United States · World #28 · UG fees ~₹60.2 lakh/yr 151–200Newcastle UniversityNewcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom · World 201–300Admission guide 151–200NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyNorway · World 151–200 151–200Ohio State University, ColumbusColumbus, Ohio, United States · World #83 · UG fees ~₹45.4 lakh/yrAdmission guide 151–200Rice UniversityHouston, Texas, United States · World 101–150 · UG fees ~₹63.7 lakh/yrAdmission guide 151–200Roma Tre UniversityRome, Italy · World 901–1000 151–200Sapienza University of RomeRome, Italy · World 101–150Admission guide 151–200The Open UniversityDar es Salaam, United Kingdom · World 901–1000 151–200University of CalgaryCalgary, Alberta, Canada · World 151–200Admission guide 151–200The University of New Mexico, AlbuquerqueUnited States · World 501–600 151–200The University of Tennessee, KnoxvilleUnited States · World 201–300 151–200Tianjin UniversityTianjin, China · World 101–150 151–200UiT The Arctic University of NorwayTromsø Municipality, Norway · World 501–600 151–200University of Alaska FairbanksFairbanks, AK, United States · World 901–1000 · UG fees ~₹21.4 lakh/yr 151–200University of BonnBonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany · World #68Admission guide 151–200University of California, DavisDavis, California, United States · World 101–150 · UG fees ~₹48.8 lakh/yrAdmission guide 151–200University of East AngliaNorwich, United Kingdom · World 301–400Admission guide 151–200University of GenevaGeneva, Switzerland · World #58Admission guide 151–200University of GranadaGranada, Spain · World 301–400 151–200University of GrazGraz, Austria · World 601–700 151–200University of HelsinkiHelsinki, Finland · World #94 151–200University of IowaIowa City, IA, United States · World 301–400 · UG fees ~₹32 lakh/yr 151–200University of LisbonPortugal · World 201–300 151–200University of MainzMainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany · World 151–200Admission guide 151–200University of MontpellierMontpellier, France · World 151–200 · UG fees ~₹3.2 lakh/yrAdmission guide 151–200University of MuensterMünster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany · World 151–200Admission guide 151–200University of RennesRennes, France · World 401–500 151–200University of SydneyCamperdown, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia · World #72 · UG fees ~₹33.1 lakh/yrAdmission guide 151–200University of TartuEstonia · World 501–600 151–200University of TasmaniaHobart, Tasmania, Australia · World 301–400 151–200University of TuebingenTübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany · World 151–200Admission guide 151–200University of TwenteEnschede, Netherlands · World 501–600Admission guide 151–200Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityBlacksburg, VA, United States · World 201–300 · UG fees ~₹36.2 lakh/yr 151–200Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamAmsterdam, Netherlands · World 151–200Admission guide 151–200Washington University in St LouisSt. Louis, Missouri, United States · World #26 · UG fees ~₹63 lakh/yrAdmission guide 151–200Xiamen UniversityXiamen, China · World 101–150

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

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