Best Universities for Earth science / Geoscience / Geophysics in Europe
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Below is a list of best universities in Europe ranked based on their research performance in Earth science and Geophysics. A graph of 34.2M citations received by 1.09M academic papers made by 927 universities in Europe 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
- Acceptance Rate
- 21%
- Founded
- 1209
2. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
- Acceptance Rate
- 8%
- Enrollment
- 23,420
3. Utrecht University
- Acceptance Rate
- 22%
- Enrollment
- 40,000
- Founded
- 1636
4. University of Oxford
- Acceptance Rate
- 22%
- Founded
- 1096
5. Imperial College London
- Enrollment
- 17,565
- Founded
- 1907
6. Delft University of Technology
- Acceptance Rate
- 50%
- Enrollment
- 24,703
- Founded
- 1842
7. University of Bristol
- Acceptance Rate
- 63%
- Enrollment
- 27,513
- Founded
- 1909
8. University College London
- Enrollment
- 42,000
- Founded
- 1826
13. University of Edinburgh
- Acceptance Rate
- 51%
- Founded
- 1583
14. Durham University
- Enrollment
- 19,520
- Founded
- 1832
16. University of Southampton
- Enrollment
- 21,335
- Founded
- 1952
22. University of Liverpool
- Enrollment
- 28,693
- Founded
- 1881
25. University of Leicester
- Enrollment
- 24,409
- Male:Female
- 46:54
- Founded
- 1957
49. Free University Amsterdam
- Acceptance Rate
- 45%
- Founded
- 1880
62. University of Zurich
- Acceptance Rate
- 19%
- Enrollment
- 25,732
66. Wageningen University
- Enrollment
- 12,819
- Founded
- 1918
67. University of Exeter
- Acceptance Rate
- 73%
- Founded
- 1955
70. University of Lausanne
- Acceptance Rate
- 31%
- Enrollment
- 16,908
72. Lancaster University
- Acceptance Rate
- 22%
- Founded
- 1964
76. University of East Anglia
- Acceptance Rate
- 22%
- Founded
- 1963
77. Charles University
- Acceptance Rate
- 35%
- Enrollment
- 49,508
- Founded
- 1348
79. University of St Andrews
- Enrollment
- 10,425
- Founded
- 1413
96. University of Amsterdam
- Acceptance Rate
- 51%
- Enrollment
- 41,000
- Founded
- 1632
97. University of Twente
- Acceptance Rate
- 51%
- Founded
- 1961