38 Best universities for Petrology and Geochemistry in the United Kingdom

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in the United Kingdom ranked based on their research performance in Petrology and Geochemistry. A graph of 693K citations received by 13.4K academic papers made by 38 universities in the United Kingdom was used to calculate publications' ratings, which then were adjusted for release dates and added to final scores.

We don't distinguish between undergraduate and graduate programs nor do we adjust for current majors offered. You can find information about granted degrees on a university page but always double-check with the university website.

1. University of Cambridge

England | Cambridge

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#1 in Europe

#12 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

2. University of Bristol

England | Bristol

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#3 in Europe

#21 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 68%
Enrollment: 27,513
Founded: 1909

3. University of Oxford

England | Oxford

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#4 in Europe

#22 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 18%
Founded: 1096

4. University of Leeds

England | Leeds

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#5 in Europe

#28 in the World

Founded: 1904

5. Durham University

England | Durham

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#6 in Europe

#29 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Enrollment: 19,520
Founded: 1832

6. University of Edinburgh

Scotland | Edinburgh

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#8 in Europe

#36 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

7. Imperial College London

England | London

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#9 in Europe

#43 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

8. University of Leicester

England | Leicester

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#12 in Europe

#56 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Enrollment: 24,409
Male:Female: 46:54
Founded: 1957

9. University of Liverpool

England | Liverpool

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#19 in Europe

#71 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

10. Royal Holloway, University of London

England | Egham

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#22 in Europe

#75 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 17%
Founded: 1849

11. Cardiff University

Wales | Cardiff

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#23 in Europe

#77 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Founded: 1997

12. University of Glasgow

Scotland | Glasgow

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#28 in Europe

#96 in the World

Founded: 1451

13. University of Manchester

England | Manchester

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#29 in Europe

#97 in the World

Founded: 1824

14. University of Birmingham

England | Birmingham

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#43 in Europe

#133 in the World

Founded: 1900

15. University of St Andrews

Scotland | St Andrews

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#48 in Europe

#143 in the World

Enrollment: 10,425
Founded: 1413

16. University of Aberdeen

Scotland | Aberdeen

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#50 in Europe

#149 in the World

Founded: 1495

17. Lancaster University

England | Lancaster

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#51 in Europe

#150 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Founded: 1964

18. Keele University

England | Keele

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#55 in Europe

#156 in the World

Founded: 1962

19. University College London

England | London

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#59 in Europe

#164 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

20. University of Sheffield

England | Sheffield

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#81 in Europe

#230 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Founded: 1905

21. University of Southampton

England | Southampton

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#82 in Europe

#239 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 84%
Enrollment: 21,335
Founded: 1952

22. University of Nottingham

England | Nottingham

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#87 in Europe

#250 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 11%
Founded: 1948

23. Birkbeck, University of London

England | London

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#91 in Europe

#258 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 76%
Founded: 1823

24. Newcastle University

England | Newcastle upon Tyne

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#94 in Europe

#265 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 87%
Founded: 1963

25. University of East Anglia

England | Norwich

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#97 in Europe

#268 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1963

26. Kingston University

England | Kingston upon Thames

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#101 in Europe

#276 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Founded: 1992

27. University of Reading

England | Reading

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#106 in Europe

#285 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 86%
Founded: 1892

28. Aberystwyth University

Wales | Aberystwyth

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#114 in Europe

#300 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 94%
Founded: 1872

29. University of Exeter

England | Exeter

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#124 in Europe

#313 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1955

30. University of London

England | London

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#125 in Europe

#314 in the World

Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1836

31. Queen's University Belfast

Northern Ireland | Belfast

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#130 in Europe

#324 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Founded: 1849

32. Heriot-Watt University

Scotland | Edinburgh

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#133 in Europe

#332 in the World

Founded: 1966

33. Oxford Brookes University

England | Oxford

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#157 in Europe

#424 in the World

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1865

34. University of Portsmouth

England | Portsmouth

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#164 in Europe

#451 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1992

35. University of Hull

England | Kingston upon Hull

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#179 in Europe

#503 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 79%
Founded: 1954

36. University of Plymouth

England | Plymouth

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#202 in Europe

#580 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 85%
Founded: 1992

37. University of Wales

Wales | Cardiff

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#211 in Europe

#612 in the World

Founded: 1893

38. University of Brighton

England | Brighton

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#212 in Europe

#616 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 72%
Founded: 1992

The best cities to study Petrology and Geochemistry in the United Kingdom based on the number of universities and their ranks are Cambridge, Bristol, Oxford, and Leeds.