Explore TOP 100 best universities in the world in ecology for international students according to QS World University Rankings! The study of ecology, the science of the interaction of living beings with each other and with the environment is one of the most promising areas of education.
Ecology studies both systems, including changes caused by humans, and systems with natural conditions. It is closely related to biology, chemistry, mathematics, geography, physics, epidemiology, biogeochemistry, sociology. The main goal of ecology is to develop principles for the rational use of natural resources.
Environmental specialists are becoming more and more in demand by the public sector, large manufacturing companies. By studying the relationships between different parts of ecosystems, especially the role of humans in this system, ecologists are studying how to interact with the environment, how to properly use its resources, and how this interaction works.
The Bachelor of Ecology degree is an excellent foundation for those who want to continue their education in the field of geology, crop production, forestry, mycology, environmental biology, animal biology, soil science, environmental economics, environmental impact and health studies, sustainable management. Programs in ecology include basic courses on Earth, natural sciences. In addition to the main lectures and seminars, students will conduct many practical classes, field work, engage in practical research.
Top 100 best universities in the world in 2026 QS: Environmental Sciences
| Rank | University | Overall Score |
| 1 | Harvard University | 94,6 |
| 2 | Wageningen University & Research | 94,1 |
| 3 | University of Oxford | 93,9 |
| 4 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | 93,7 |
| =5 | Stanford University | 93,5 |
| =5 | Berkeley University of California | 93,5 |
| 7 | ETH Zurich – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich | 92,4 |
| 8 | University of Cambridge | 92,3 |
| 9 | National University of Singapore | 91,5 |
| 10 | Tsinghua University | 91,4 |
| 11 | Imperial College London | 90,5 |
| 12 | University of British Columbia | 90,2 |
| 13 | Delft University of Technology | 88,8 |
| 14 | Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU) | 87,9 |
| 15 | Peking University | 87,8 |
| =16 | University of California Los Angeles UCLA | 87,0 |
| =16 | Yale University | 87,0 |
| =18 | McGill University | 86,8 |
| =18 | The University of Queensland | 86,8 |
| 20 | Columbia University | 86,5 |
| 21 | University of Toronto | 86,2 |
| 22 | University of Melbourne | 86,1 |
| 23 | University of California Davis | 85,6 |
| 24 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 85,4 |
| =25 | California Institute of Technology (Caltech) | 85,1 |
| =25 | Stockholm University | 85,1 |
| 27 | Cornell University | 85,0 |
| =28 | École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne | 84,3 |
| =28 | Lund University | 84,3 |
| =28 | University College London UCL | 84,3 |
| =31 | University of Tokyo | 84,2 |
| =31 | University of Washington | 84,2 |
| 33 | The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney) | 84,1 |
| 34 | The University of Manchester | 84,0 |
| 35 | Princeton University | 83,9 |
| 36 | Technical University of Denmark | 83,8 |
| 37 | The University of Edinburgh | 83,7 |
| 38 | Texas A&M University | 83,6 |
| =39 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 83,5 |
| =39 | University of Exeter | 83,5 |
| =39 | The University of Hong Kong | 83,5 |
| 42 | Utrecht University | 83,4 |
| 43 | Duke University | 83,2 |
| =44 | The Australian National University | 82,9 |
| =44 | Universidade Federal de São Paulo | 82,9 |
| =46 | Ghent University | 82,5 |
| =46 | Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | 82,5 |
| =46 | University of Leeds | 82,5 |
| 49 | University of Colorado at Boulder | 82,3 |
| 50 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) | 82,2 |
| =51 | Pennsylvania State University | 82,1 |
| =51 | Universitat de Barcelona | 82,1 |
| =51 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 82,1 |
| 54 | Seoul National University | 82,0 |
| =55 | Johns Hopkins University | 81,8 |
| =55 | Michigan State University | 81,8 |
| =55 | The University of Texas at Austin | 81,8 |
| 58 | The University of Sydney | 81,5 |
| =59 | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | 81,4 |
| =59 | University of Copenhagen | 81,4 |
| =61 | Shanghai Jiao Tong University | 81,2 |
| =61 | Zhejiang University | 81,2 |
| =63 | Politecnico di Milano | 80,9 |
| =63 | University of Wisconsin - Madison | 80,9 |
| 65 | KIT, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology | 80,7 |
| =66 | KU Leuven | 80,6 |
| =66 | Monash University | 80,6 |
| =66 | Technische Universität München | 80,6 |
| 69 | Purdue University | 80,5 |
| 70 | Nanjing University | 80,4 |
| =71 | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences | 80,3 |
| =71 | University of Helsinki | 80,3 |
| 73 | Arizona State University | 80,1 |
| 74 | KTH Royal Institute of Technology | 79,8 |
| 75 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 79,5 |
| 76 | Universiti Malaya (UM) | 79,3 |
| 77 | University of Colorado at Boulder | 79,2 |
| 78 | Kyoto University | 79,1 |
| 79 | Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin | 79,0 |
| =80 | Aarhus University | 78,8 |
| =80 | University of Reading | 78,8 |
| =82 | University of California, San Diego (UCSD) | 78,5 |
| =82 | University of East Anglia (UEA) | 78,5 |
| =84 | National Taiwan University (NTU) | 78,4 |
| =84 | Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin) | 78,4 |
| 86 | Korea University | 78,1 |
| 87 | Tongji University | 78,0 |
| =88 | University of Chinese Academy of Sciences | 77,9 |
| =88 | Uppsala University | 77,9 |
| =90 | Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (UC) | 77,7 |
| =90 | The University of Adelaide | 77,7 |
| =92 | Newcastle University | 77,6 |
| =92 | The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) | 77,6 |
| =92 | University of Bristol | 77,6 |
| =92 | University of Florida | 77,6 |
| =96 | Lancaster University | 77,5 |
| =96 | The University of Sheffield | 77,5 |
| =96 | University of Alberta | 77,5 |
| =96 | University of Technology Sydney | 77,5 |
| =100 | Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT) | 77,4 |
