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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #16 |
The University of Tokyo
Japan |
77.8 | 89.8 | 96.9 | 58.1 |
| #28 |
Tsinghua University
China |
74.7 | 80.9 | 88.1 | 63.6 |
| #29 |
Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)
Malaysia |
74.2 | 75.6 | 64.5 | 74.8 |
| #43 |
University of Bristol
United Kingdom |
71.4 | 65.0 | 70.2 | 79.7 |
| #35 | 72.7 | 73.1 | 75.9 | 71.3 | |
| #2 |
University of California, Berkeley (UCB)
United States |
88.5 | 91.8 | 83.1 | 85.8 |
| #50 |
University of California, Irvine
United States |
70.4 | 56.2 | 61.8 | 90.3 |
| #26 |
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
United States |
74.9 | 78.0 | 86.1 | 68.3 |
| #13 |
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom |
79.5 | 81.9 | 98.9 | 71.7 |
| #43 |
University of Colorado at Boulder
United States |
71.4 | 67.7 | 45.0 | 82.6 |
| #39 |
University of Edinburgh
United Kingdom |
71.9 | 65.3 | 79.9 | 78.2 |
| #37 |
University of Hong Kong (HKU)
Hong Kong |
72.5 | 69.5 | 88.4 | 72.3 |
| #22 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
United States |
75.6 | 72.2 | 74.3 | 80.2 |
| #50 |
University of Manchester
United Kingdom |
70.4 | 70.8 | 82.0 | 67.0 |
| #41 |
University of Melbourne
Australia |
71.8 | 71.4 | 91.3 | 67.5 |
| #19 |
University of Michigan
United States |
76.7 | 74.9 | 79.1 | 78.3 |
| #7 |
University of Oxford
United Kingdom |
81.4 | 84.5 | 96.5 | 73.7 |
| #18 |
University of Queensland (UQ)
Australia |
77.1 | 72.3 | 86.2 | 80.9 |
| #48 |
University of Sheffield
United Kingdom |
71.0 | 65.3 | 66.1 | 79.3 |
| #42 |
University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin)
United States |
71.7 | 72.1 | 72.8 | 71.0 |
| #10 |
University of Toronto
Canada |
80.6 | 73.8 | 80.8 | 89.0 |
| #39 |
University of Washington
United States |
71.9 | 73.4 | 65.7 | 71.5 |
| #23 |
University of Wisconsin-Madison
United States |
75.2 | 73.2 | 69.5 | 79.2 |
| #30 |
University of York
United Kingdom |
74.1 | 54.0 | 71.2 | 100.0 |
| #23 |
Wageningen University
Netherlands |
75.2 | 75.2 | 56.0 | 80.1 |














