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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 |
| 2 | University of Oxford |
| 3 | University of Cambridge |
| 4 | University of Leeds |
| 5 | Imperial College London |
| 6 | Utrecht University |
| 7 | University of Bristol |
| 8 | Delft University of Technology |
| 9 | UCL |
| 10 | Sorbonne University |
| 11 | The University of Edinburgh |
| 12 | University of Exeter |
| 13 | Université Grenoble Alpes |
| 14 | University of Southampton |
| 15 | University of Reading |
| 16 | Wageningen University & Research |
| 17 | Universität Bremen |
| 18 | Christian-Albrechts-University zu Kiel |
| 19 | Durham University |
| 20 | Ghent University |
| 21 | Institut Polytechnique de Paris |
| 22 | KIT, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology |
| 23 | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München |
| 24 | Stockholm University |
| 25 | The University of Manchester |
| 26 | Universitat de Barcelona |
| 27 | University of Bern |
| 28 | University of Copenhagen |
| 29 | University of Helsinki |
| 30 | University of Oslo |
| 31 | University of St Andrews |
| 32 | University of Vienna |
| 33 | Università di Padova |
| 34 | Universität Potsdam |
| 35 | Université PSL |
| 36 | Université Paris-Saclay |
| 37 | Université de Montpellier |
| 38 | Aarhus University |
| 39 | Aix-Marseille University |
| 40 | Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna |
| 41 | Cardiff University |
| 42 | Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen |
| 43 | Freie Universitaet Berlin |
| 44 | Lund University |
| 45 | Newcastle University |
| 46 | Norwegian University of Science And Technology |
| 47 | Sapienza University of Rome |
| 48 | Technical University of Denmark |
| 49 | Technical University of Munich |
| 50 | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya · BarcelonaTech (UPC) |
