22 Best universities for Petrology and Geochemistry in Ukraine

Updated: March 15, 2026

Ranking by academic field

Below is a list of best universities in Ukraine ranked based on their research performance in Petrology and Geochemistry. A graph of 20.9K citations received by 3.77K academic papers made by 22 universities in Ukraine 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. Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#375 in Europe

#1062 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 30,000
Founded: 1834

2. National Mining University

Ukraine | Dnipro

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#455 in Europe

#1384 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 8,260
Founded: 1899

3. Sumy State University

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#476 in Europe

#1466 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 65%
Enrollment: 13,622
Founded: 1993

4. Lviv Polytechnic National University

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#494 in Europe

#1546 in the World

Enrollment: 31,973
Male:Female: 58:42
Founded: 1844

5. V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University

Ukraine | Kharkiv

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#503 in Europe

#1581 in the World

Enrollment: 16,860
Male:Female: 43:57
Founded: 1804

6. National Technical University of Ukraine Kyiv Polytechnic Institute

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#529 in Europe

#1687 in the World

Enrollment: 22,278
Male:Female: 69:31
Founded: 1898

7. Ivan Franko National University of Lviv

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#536 in Europe

#1705 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 19,770
Founded: 1661

8. National Technical University Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute

Ukraine | Kharkiv

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#614 in Europe

#2046 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 14,770
Male:Female: 63:37
Founded: 1885

9. Donetsk National Technical University

Ukraine | Pokrovsk

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#647 in Europe

#2270 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 78%
Founded: 1924

10. National Aviation University

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#674 in Europe

#2393 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 50,000
Founded: 1933

11. Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#707 in Europe

#2557 in the World

Founded: 1930

12. Odessa National University

Ukraine | Odesa

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#710 in Europe

#2579 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 82%
Enrollment: 7,000
Founded: 1865

13. Dnipropetrovsk National University

Ukraine | Dnipro

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#711 in Europe

#2589 in the World

Founded: 1918

14. National Aerospace University

Ukraine | Kharkiv

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#722 in Europe

#2652 in the World

Founded: 1930

15. Kryvyi Rih National University

Ukraine | Kryvyi Rih

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#730 in Europe

#2676 in the World

Founded: 2011

16. Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and Gas

Ukraine | Ivano-Frankivsk

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#733 in Europe

#2690 in the World

Enrollment: 4,331
Male:Female: 74:26
Founded: 1967

17. Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University

Ukraine | Chernivtsi

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#756 in Europe

#2768 in the World

Founded: 1875

18. National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#768 in Europe

#2840 in the World

Enrollment: 26,000
Founded: 1898

19. Kyiv National Economic University

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#771 in Europe

#2858 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Founded: 1906

20. Simon Kuznets Kharkiv National University of Economics

Ukraine | Kharkiv

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#785 in Europe

#2921 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 81%
Enrollment: 8,000
Founded: 1930

21. Ternopil National Economic University

Ukraine | Ternopil

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#788 in Europe

#2931 in the World

Founded: 1966

22. Kyiv National University of Trade and Economics

For Petrology and Geochemistry

#791 in Europe

#2950 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 60%
Enrollment: 35,000
Founded: 1946

The best cities to study Petrology and Geochemistry in Ukraine based on the number of universities and their ranks are Kyiv, Dnipro, Sumy, and Lviv.

Environmental Science subfields in Ukraine

Agricultural Science42

Earth science and Geophysics29

Environmental Chemistry24

Environmental Engineering17

Environmental Management48

Geography and Cartography71

Geotechnical Engineering30

Meteorology and Atmospheric Science59

Mining Engineering10

Urban and Regional planning24

Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation10