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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #21 |
Seoul National University (SNU)
South Korea |
75.9 | 88.0 | 81.2 | 59.4 |
| #49 | 70.9 | 78.2 | 81.8 | 59.0 | |
| #50 |
University of Manchester
United Kingdom |
70.4 | 70.8 | 82.0 | 67.0 |
| #11 |
Imperial College London
United Kingdom |
79.8 | 81.4 | 82.4 | 77.2 |
| #46 |
Columbia University
United States |
71.1 | 65.0 | 82.5 | 75.9 |
| #2 |
University of California, Berkeley (UCB)
United States |
88.5 | 91.8 | 83.1 | 85.8 |
| #8 | 81.0 | 77.4 | 84.6 | 84.6 | |
| #20 |
Duke University
United States |
76.4 | 61.5 | 85.0 | 92.9 |
| #15 |
Princeton University
United States |
78.0 | 73.5 | 85.3 | 81.9 |
| #6 |
Yale University
United States |
81.6 | 77.8 | 86.0 | 85.2 |
| #26 |
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
United States |
74.9 | 78.0 | 86.1 | 68.3 |
| #18 |
University of Queensland (UQ)
Australia |
77.1 | 72.3 | 86.2 | 80.9 |
| #28 |
Tsinghua University
China |
74.7 | 80.9 | 88.1 | 63.6 |
| #1 |
Stanford University
United States |
88.7 | 87.7 | 88.4 | 90.1 |
| #37 |
University of Hong Kong (HKU)
Hong Kong |
72.5 | 69.5 | 88.4 | 72.3 |
| #9 |
Australian National University (ANU)
Australia |
80.9 | 81.3 | 88.8 | 78.5 |
| #4 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
United States |
87.5 | 100.0 | 90.3 | 71.1 |
| #41 |
University of Melbourne
Australia |
71.8 | 71.4 | 91.3 | 67.5 |
| #36 |
Kyoto University
Japan |
72.6 | 79.8 | 91.5 | 58.9 |
| #45 |
Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
Singapore |
71.2 | 71.8 | 92.7 | 65.0 |
| #17 |
Peking University
China |
77.4 | 76.5 | 95.0 | 74.1 |
| #11 |
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Singapore |
79.8 | 87.2 | 96.3 | 66.5 |
| #7 |
University of Oxford
United Kingdom |
81.4 | 84.5 | 96.5 | 73.7 |
| #16 |
The University of Tokyo
Japan |
77.8 | 89.8 | 96.9 | 58.1 |
| #13 |
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom |
79.5 | 81.9 | 98.9 | 71.7 |













