Best Universities for Earth science / Geoscience / Geophysics in Europe

For Earth science and Geophysics

#1 in the United Kingdom

#5 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Founded: 1209

2. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Earth science and Geophysics

#1 in Switzerland

#9 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 8%
Enrollment: 23,420

3. Utrecht University

Netherlands | Utrecht

For Earth science and Geophysics

#1 in the Netherlands

#16 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1636

4. University of Oxford

For Earth science and Geophysics

#2 in the United Kingdom

#17 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1096

5. Imperial College London

For Earth science and Geophysics

#3 in the United Kingdom

#22 in the World

Enrollment: 17,565
Founded: 1907

6. Delft University of Technology

Netherlands | Delft

For Earth science and Geophysics

#2 in the Netherlands

#32 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 50%
Enrollment: 24,703
Founded: 1842

7. University of Bristol

For Earth science and Geophysics

#4 in the United Kingdom

#36 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 63%
Enrollment: 27,513
Founded: 1909

8. University College London

For Earth science and Geophysics

#5 in the United Kingdom

#37 in the World

Enrollment: 42,000
Founded: 1826

9. University of Leeds

For Earth science and Geophysics

#6 in the United Kingdom

#38 in the World

Founded: 1904

10. Pierre and Marie Curie University

France | Ile-de-France

For Earth science and Geophysics

#1 in France

#39 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 20%
Enrollment: 35,114
Founded: 1150

11. University of Oslo

Norway | Oslo

For Earth science and Geophysics

#1 in Norway

#42 in the World

Enrollment: 26,650
Founded: 1811

12. University of Edinburgh

For Earth science and Geophysics

#7 in the United Kingdom

#54 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Founded: 1583

13. Durham University

For Earth science and Geophysics

#8 in the United Kingdom

#55 in the World

Enrollment: 19,520
Founded: 1832

14. Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne

Switzerland | Lausanne

For Earth science and Geophysics

#2 in Switzerland

#57 in the World

Enrollment: 12,576

15. University of Southampton

For Earth science and Geophysics

#9 in the United Kingdom

#58 in the World

Enrollment: 21,335
Founded: 1952

16. University of Manchester

For Earth science and Geophysics

#10 in the United Kingdom

#61 in the World

Founded: 1824

17. University of Copenhagen

Denmark | Copenhagen

For Earth science and Geophysics

#1 in Denmark

#71 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 37%
Founded: 1479

18. University of Bern

Switzerland | Bern

For Earth science and Geophysics

#3 in Switzerland

#74 in the World

Enrollment: 18,576

19. Catholic University of Leuven

Belgium | Leuven

For Earth science and Geophysics

#1 in Belgium

#75 in the World

Enrollment: 62,693
Founded: 1425

20. University of Bergen

Norway | Bergen

For Earth science and Geophysics

#2 in Norway

#83 in the World

Enrollment: 16,900
Founded: 1946

21. University of Liverpool

For Earth science and Geophysics

#11 in the United Kingdom

#93 in the World

Enrollment: 28,693
Founded: 1881

22. University of Sheffield

For Earth science and Geophysics

#12 in the United Kingdom

#96 in the World

Founded: 1905

23. University of Leicester

For Earth science and Geophysics

#13 in the United Kingdom

#98 in the World

Enrollment: 24,409
Male:Female: 46:54
Founded: 1957

24. Stockholm University

Sweden | Stockholm

For Earth science and Geophysics

#1 in Sweden

#101 in the World

Enrollment: 37,484
Founded: 1878

25. Uppsala University

Sweden | Uppsala

For Earth science and Geophysics

#2 in Sweden

#103 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Founded: 1477

26. Moscow State University

Russia | Moscow

For Earth science and Geophysics

#1 in Russia

#105 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Founded: 1755

27. Grenoble Alpes University

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

For Earth science and Geophysics

#2 in France

#106 in the World

Enrollment: 57,000
Founded: 1339

28. Aarhus University

Denmark | Aarhus

For Earth science and Geophysics

#2 in Denmark

#107 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 42%
Enrollment: 33,020
Founded: 1928

29. Royal Holloway, University of London

For Earth science and Geophysics

#14 in the United Kingdom

#116 in the World

Founded: 1849

30. Lund University

Sweden | Lund

For Earth science and Geophysics

#3 in Sweden

#118 in the World

Enrollment: 40,000
Founded: 1666

31. University of Birmingham

For Earth science and Geophysics

#15 in the United Kingdom

#123 in the World

Founded: 1900

32. University of Gottingen

Germany | Lower Saxony

For Earth science and Geophysics

#1 in Germany

#124 in the World

Enrollment: 31,619
Founded: 1734

33. University of Montpellier

France | Occitanie

For Earth science and Geophysics

#3 in France

#125 in the World

Enrollment: 46,578
Founded: 1289

34. University of Bremen

Germany | Bremen State

For Earth science and Geophysics

#2 in Germany

#126 in the World

Enrollment: 17,984
Founded: 1971

35. Sapienza University of Rome

Italy | Lazio

For Earth science and Geophysics

#1 in Italy

#127 in the World

Enrollment: 100,155
Founded: 1303

36. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Earth science and Geophysics

#3 in Germany

#129 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 26%
Enrollment: 23,321
Founded: 2009

37. University of Padua

Italy | Veneto

For Earth science and Geophysics

#2 in Italy

#130 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 40%
Enrollment: 62,876
Founded: 1222

38. Kiel University

Germany | Schleswig-Holstein

For Earth science and Geophysics

#4 in Germany

#133 in the World

Enrollment: 27,468
Founded: 1665

39. Ghent University

Belgium | Ghent

For Earth science and Geophysics

#2 in Belgium

#134 in the World

Enrollment: 41,669
Founded: 1817

40. University of Florence

Italy | Tuscany

For Earth science and Geophysics

#3 in Italy

#138 in the World

Founded: 1321

41. University of Bologna

Italy | Emilia-Romagna

For Earth science and Geophysics

#4 in Italy

#144 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Enrollment: 79,999
Founded: 1088

42. RWTH Aachen University

For Earth science and Geophysics

#5 in Germany

#147 in the World

Enrollment: 47,521
Founded: 1870

43. Federico II University of Naples

Italy | Campania

For Earth science and Geophysics

#5 in Italy

#151 in the World

Enrollment: 73,553
Founded: 1224

44. University of Barcelona

Spain | Barcelona

For Earth science and Geophysics

#1 in Spain

#152 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 69%
Enrollment: 64,236
Male:Female: 86:14

45. Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

France | Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes

For Earth science and Geophysics

#4 in France

#157 in the World

Enrollment: 38,007
Founded: 1809

46. University of Helsinki

Finland | Helsinki

For Earth science and Geophysics

#1 in Finland

#159 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 12%
Enrollment: 31,312
Founded: 1640

47. University of Liege

Belgium | Liege

For Earth science and Geophysics

#3 in Belgium

#165 in the World

Enrollment: 27,678
Founded: 1817

48. Free University Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Earth science and Geophysics

#3 in the Netherlands

#166 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Founded: 1880

49. University of Tubingen

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Earth science and Geophysics

#6 in Germany

#168 in the World

Enrollment: 28,238
Male:Female: 41:59
Founded: 1477

50. University of Aberdeen

For Earth science and Geophysics

#16 in the United Kingdom

#174 in the World

Founded: 1495

51. University of Hamburg

Germany | Hamburg State

For Earth science and Geophysics

#7 in Germany

#175 in the World

Enrollment: 43,957
Founded: 1919

52. Technical University of Denmark

Denmark | Kongens Lyngby

For Earth science and Geophysics

#3 in Denmark

#177 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 38%
Founded: 1829

53. Newcastle University

For Earth science and Geophysics

#17 in the United Kingdom

#179 in the World

Founded: 1963

54. University of Potsdam

Germany | Brandenburg

For Earth science and Geophysics

#8 in Germany

#181 in the World

Enrollment: 20,406
Founded: 1991

55. University of Granada

Spain | Granada

For Earth science and Geophysics

#2 in Spain

#183 in the World

Founded: 1531

56. Complutense University of Madrid

Spain | Madrid

For Earth science and Geophysics

#3 in Spain

#186 in the World

Enrollment: 71,806
Founded: 1508

57. Technical University of Catalonia

Spain | Barcelona

For Earth science and Geophysics

#4 in Spain

#187 in the World

Enrollment: 29,812

58. University of Vienna

Austria | Vienna

For Earth science and Geophysics

#1 in Austria

#188 in the World

Enrollment: 93,628
Founded: 1365

59. Cardiff University

United Kingdom | Wales

For Earth science and Geophysics

#18 in the United Kingdom

#189 in the World

Founded: 1997

60. Ruhr University Bochum

For Earth science and Geophysics

#9 in Germany

#192 in the World

Enrollment: 42,954
Founded: 1962

61. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Greece | Thessaloniki

For Earth science and Geophysics

#1 in Greece

#193 in the World

Enrollment: 92,090
Founded: 1925

62. University of Munich

For Earth science and Geophysics

#10 in Germany

#196 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 55%
Enrollment: 52,418
Founded: 1472

63. University of Zurich

Switzerland | Zurich

For Earth science and Geophysics

#4 in Switzerland

#197 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 19%
Enrollment: 25,732

64. Technical University of Munich

For Earth science and Geophysics

#11 in Germany

#199 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Enrollment: 44,000
Male:Female: 63:37
Founded: 1868

65. Paul Sabatier University - Toulouse III

France | Occitanie

For Earth science and Geophysics

#5 in France

#200 in the World

Enrollment: 29,680
Founded: 1960

66. University of Exeter

For Earth science and Geophysics

#19 in the United Kingdom

#205 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 73%
Founded: 1955

67. Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Norway | Trondheim

For Earth science and Geophysics

#3 in Norway

#206 in the World

Enrollment: 42,031
Founded: 1996

68. Wageningen University

Netherlands | Wageningen

For Earth science and Geophysics

#4 in the Netherlands

#207 in the World

Enrollment: 12,819
Founded: 1918

69. University of Lausanne

Switzerland | Lausanne

For Earth science and Geophysics

#5 in Switzerland

#215 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 31%
Enrollment: 16,908

70. Polytechnic University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Earth science and Geophysics

#6 in Italy

#216 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 28%
Enrollment: 48,645
Male:Female: 65:35
Founded: 1863

71. University of East Anglia

For Earth science and Geophysics

#20 in the United Kingdom

#218 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1963

72. Lancaster University

For Earth science and Geophysics

#21 in the United Kingdom

#220 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 22%
Founded: 1964

73. University of Nottingham

For Earth science and Geophysics

#22 in the United Kingdom

#221 in the World

Founded: 1948

74. University of Milan

Italy | Lombardy

For Earth science and Geophysics

#7 in Italy

#222 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 21%
Enrollment: 65,234
Founded: 1924

75. University of Pisa

Italy | Tuscany

For Earth science and Geophysics

#8 in Italy

#223 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 39%
Enrollment: 49,108
Founded: 1343

76. University of Reading

For Earth science and Geophysics

#23 in the United Kingdom

#224 in the World

Founded: 1892

77. University of Lisbon

Portugal | Lisbon

For Earth science and Geophysics

#1 in Portugal

#225 in the World

Enrollment: 49,769
Founded: 1911

78. Charles University

Czech Republic | Prague

For Earth science and Geophysics

#1 in the Czech Republic

#229 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 35%
Enrollment: 49,508
Founded: 1348

79. University of St Andrews

For Earth science and Geophysics

#24 in the United Kingdom

#230 in the World

Enrollment: 10,425
Founded: 1413

80. Free University of Berlin

Germany | Brandenburg

For Earth science and Geophysics

#12 in Germany

#231 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 15%
Enrollment: 37,908
Founded: 1948

81. University of Iceland

Iceland | Reykjavik

For Earth science and Geophysics

#1 in Iceland

#237 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 92%
Enrollment: 14,000
Founded: 1911

82. University of Bayreuth

For Earth science and Geophysics

#13 in Germany

#239 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 30%
Enrollment: 12,773
Founded: 1972

83. Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main

Germany | Hesse

For Earth science and Geophysics

#14 in Germany

#240 in the World

Enrollment: 43,461
Founded: 1914

84. University of Munster

For Earth science and Geophysics

#15 in Germany

#246 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 14%
Enrollment: 43,728
Founded: 1780

85. University of Geneva

Switzerland | Geneva

For Earth science and Geophysics

#6 in Switzerland

#247 in the World

Enrollment: 17,744

86. University of Innsbruck

Austria | Innsbruck

For Earth science and Geophysics

#2 in Austria

#251 in the World

Enrollment: 28,278
Male:Female: 47:53
Founded: 1669

87. KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Sweden | Stockholm

For Earth science and Geophysics

#4 in Sweden

#259 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 41%
Enrollment: 14,278
Founded: 1827

88. Heidelberg University - Germany

Germany | Baden-Wurttemberg

For Earth science and Geophysics

#16 in Germany

#260 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 45%
Enrollment: 28,413
Male:Female: 45:55
Founded: 1386

89. University of Glasgow

For Earth science and Geophysics

#25 in the United Kingdom

#262 in the World

Founded: 1451

90. Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Germany | Rhineland-Palatinate

For Earth science and Geophysics

#17 in Germany

#266 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 28%
Enrollment: 33,132
Founded: 1946

91. University of Erlangen Nuremberg

For Earth science and Geophysics

#18 in Germany

#268 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 46%
Enrollment: 39,658
Founded: 1743

92. Darmstadt University of Technology

Germany | Hesse

For Earth science and Geophysics

#19 in Germany

#272 in the World

Enrollment: 24,969
Founded: 1877

93. University of Strasbourg

France | Grand Est

For Earth science and Geophysics

#6 in France

#274 in the World

Enrollment: 10,077
Founded: 1621

94. University of Bordeaux

France | Nouvelle-Aquitaine

For Earth science and Geophysics

#7 in France

#284 in the World

Enrollment: 54,000
Founded: 1441

95. University of Amsterdam

Netherlands | Amsterdam

For Earth science and Geophysics

#5 in the Netherlands

#285 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 51%
Enrollment: 41,000
Founded: 1632

96. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Greece | Athens

For Earth science and Geophysics

#2 in Greece

#286 in the World

Enrollment: 70,461
Founded: 1837

97. University of Bonn

For Earth science and Geophysics

#20 in Germany

#291 in the World

Acceptance Rate: 36%
Enrollment: 38,043
Founded: 1818

98. University of Genoa

Italy | Liguria

For Earth science and Geophysics

#9 in Italy

#292 in the World

Enrollment: 36,728
Founded: 1481

99. University of Cologne