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We present the ranking of the best universities for the study Earth & Marine Sciences: prestigious universities in Europe for foreign students wishing to obtain a specialization in the field of oceanology.
The best universities in Britain, France, Spain, Germany, Italy offer a wide range of programs: bachelor's, master's and doctoral courses in English and other foreign languages.
Dueing studying Earth & Marine Sciences students gain in-depth knowledge of the history of the ocean, physical processes, the chemical properties of water, ebb and flow.
The programs include the study of the role of the ocean in the formation of climate, the relationship of the ocean with climate change.
Best Earth & Marine Sciences universities in Europe 2026 - QS World University rankings
| 1 | ETH Zurich - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology |
| 2 | University of Cambridge |
| 3 | University of Oxford |
| 4 | UCL |
| 5 | University of Leeds |
| 6 | Imperial College London |
| 7 | Delft University of Technology |
| 8 | The University of Edinburgh |
| 9 | University of Bristol |
| 10 | Sorbonne University |
| 11 | Utrecht University |
| 12 | Université Grenoble Alpes |
| 13 | University of Southampton |
| 14 | Wageningen University & Research |
| 15 | The University of Exeter |
| 16 | University of Reading |
| 17 | University of Copenhagen |
| 18 | Durham University |
| 19 | Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna |
| 20 | Christian-Albrechts-University zu Kiel |
| 21 | Ghent University |
| 22 | KIT, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology |
| 23 | Ludwig Maximilian Universität München |
| 24 | Lund University |
| 25 | Stockholm University |
| 26 | Technical University of Munich |
| 27 | The University of Manchester |
| 28 | Universitat de Barcelona |
| 29 | University of Bergen |
| 30 | University of Bern |
| 31 | University of Geneva |
| 32 | University of Oslo |
| 33 | University of St Andrews |
| 34 | University of Vienna |
| 35 | Universität Bremen |
| 36 | Universität Hamburg |
| 37 | Universität Potsdam |
| 38 | Université PSL |
| 39 | Université Paris-Saclay |
| 40 | Université de Montpellier |
| 41 | Aarhus University |
| 42 | Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen |
| 43 | Freie Universität Berlin |
| 44 | Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main |
| 45 | KU Leuven |
| 46 | Newcastle University |
| 47 | Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn |
| 48 | Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg |
| 49 | Sapienza University of Rome |
| 50 | University of Aberdeen |
