World's Best Universities
Environmental Sciences
Students earning an environmental sciences degree can focus on nuclear waste disposal, global warming, and many other subjects. Environmental scientists can work in fields such as urban planning and water management. These are the world's top universities for environmental sciences. See the methodology.
| Rank | School | Overall Score | Academic Reputation Score | Employer Reputation Score | Citations per Paper Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 |
Stanford University
United States |
88.7 | 87.7 | 88.4 | 90.1 |
| #2 |
University of California, Berkeley (UCB)
United States |
88.5 | 91.8 | 83.1 | 85.8 |
| #3 |
Harvard University
United States |
88.3 | 87.7 | 100.0 | 86.0 |
| #4 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
United States |
87.5 | 100.0 | 90.3 | 71.1 |
| #5 |
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
United States |
82.3 | 79.6 | 63.8 | 90.3 |
| #6 |
Yale University
United States |
81.6 | 77.8 | 86.0 | 85.2 |
| #7 |
University of Oxford
United Kingdom |
81.4 | 84.5 | 96.5 | 73.7 |
| #8 | 81.0 | 77.4 | 84.6 | 84.6 | |
| #9 |
Australian National University (ANU)
Australia |
80.9 | 81.3 | 88.8 | 78.5 |
| #10 |
University of Toronto
Canada |
80.6 | 73.8 | 80.8 | 89.0 |
| #11 |
Imperial College London
United Kingdom |
79.8 | 81.4 | 82.4 | 77.2 |
| #11 |
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Singapore |
79.8 | 87.2 | 96.3 | 66.5 |
| #13 |
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom |
79.5 | 81.9 | 98.9 | 71.7 |
| #14 |
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)
United States |
79.1 | 67.4 | 66.4 | 96.9 |
| #15 |
Princeton University
United States |
78.0 | 73.5 | 85.3 | 81.9 |
| #16 |
The University of Tokyo
Japan |
77.8 | 89.8 | 96.9 | 58.1 |
| #17 |
Peking University
China |
77.4 | 76.5 | 95.0 | 74.1 |
| #18 |
University of Queensland (UQ)
Australia |
77.1 | 72.3 | 86.2 | 80.9 |
| #19 |
University of Michigan
United States |
76.7 | 74.9 | 79.1 | 78.3 |
| #20 |
Duke University
United States |
76.4 | 61.5 | 85.0 | 92.9 |
| #21 |
Seoul National University (SNU)
South Korea |
75.9 | 88.0 | 81.2 | 59.4 |
| #22 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
United States |
75.6 | 72.2 | 74.3 | 80.2 |
| #23 |
Lancaster University
United Kingdom |
75.2 | 66.2 | 62.5 | 89.6 |
| #23 |
University of Wisconsin-Madison
United States |
75.2 | 73.2 | 69.5 | 79.2 |
| #23 |
Wageningen University
Netherlands |
75.2 | 75.2 | 56.0 | 80.1 |














