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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
| # | University | Ranking |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harvard University | 92.4 |
| =2 | University of Oxford | 92.3 |
| =2 | Wageningen University & Research | 92.3 |
| 4 | ETH Zurich | 91.4 |
| 5 | Stanford University | 91.3 |
| 6 | University of Cambridge | 90.6 |
| =7 | National University of Singapore (NUS) | 90.4 |
| =7 | Tsinghua University | 90.4 |
| 9 | University of California, Berkeley (UCB) | 89.8 |
| 10 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | 89.7 |
| 11 | Imperial College London | 88.5 |
| =12 | Delft University of Technology | 87.3 |
| =12 | Yale University | 87.3 |
| 14 | Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) | 87.1 |
| 15 | University of British Columbia | 85.7 |
| 16 | Peking University | 85.3 |
| 17 | Columbia University | 84.4 |
| =18 | The University of Queensland | 84.3 |
| =18 | University of California, Davis | 84.3 |
| 20 | The University of Melbourne | 83.4 |
| 21 | University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) | 83 |
| 22 | Utrecht University | 82.8 |
| =23 | UCL | 82.7 |
| =23 | University of Exeter | 82.7 |
| =25 | Cornell University | 82.6 |
| =25 | The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney) | 82.6 |
| =25 | University of Toronto | 82.6 |
| =28 | Technical University of Denmark | 82.5 |
| =28 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 82.5 |
| =30 | Texas A&M University | 82.2 |
| =30 | University of Washington | 82.2 |
| 32 | McGill University | 82.1 |
| 33 | Lund University | 82 |
| 34 | The Hong Kong Polytechnic University | 81.9 |
| 35 | Stockholm University | 81.7 |
| =36 | EPFL – École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne | 81.6 |
| =36 | The University of Tokyo | 81.6 |
| 38 | Princeton University | 81.5 |
| =39 | Georgia Institute of Technology | 81.4 |
| =39 | University of Leeds | 81.4 |
| 41 | Nanjing University | 81.3 |
| 42 | Duke University | 81.2 |
| =43 | Seoul National University | 81 |
| =43 | The University of Edinburgh | 81 |
| =45 | Arizona State University | 80.9 |
| =45 | The University of Manchester | 80.9 |
| =47 | California Institute of Technology (Caltech) | 80.5 |
| =47 | The University of Hong Kong | 80.5 |
| =49 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 80.4 |
| =49 | University of Texas at Austin | 80.4 |
| 51 | Universidade de São Paulo | 80.2 |
| =52 | Monash University | 80 |
| =52 | Zhejiang University | 80 |
| =54 | KU Leuven | 79.9 |
| =54 | Pennsylvania State University | 79.9 |
| =56 | University of Colorado Boulder | 79.8 |
| =56 | University of Florida | 79.8 |
| 58 | Korea University | 79.7 |
| =59 | Australian National University (ANU) | 79.6 |
| =59 | Ghent University | 79.6 |
| =59 | Universitat de Barcelona | 79.6 |
| =59 | University of Copenhagen | 79.6 |
| 63 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) | 79.2 |
| =64 | Beijing Normal University | 79.1 |
| =64 | The University of Sydney | 79.1 |
| 66 | Aarhus University | 78.9 |
| 67 | Politecnico di Milano | 78.8 |
| =68 | Harbin Institute of Technology | 78.7 |
| =68 | KTH Royal Institute of Technology | 78.7 |
| =68 | Technical University of Munich | 78.7 |
| =71 | Adelaide University | 78.6 |
| =71 | Shanghai Jiao Tong University | 78.6 |
| 73 | Johns Hopkins University | 78.5 |
| 74 | Tongji University | 78.4 |
| 75 | Yonsei University | 78.3 |
| 76 | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences | 78.2 |
| 77 | Michigan State University | 78 |
| 78 | Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD) | 77.8 |
| 79 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 77.7 |
| 80 | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | 77.6 |
| =81 | KIT, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology | 77.5 |
| =81 | Purdue University | 77.5 |
| =83 | Lancaster University | 77.4 |
| =83 | University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS) | 77.4 |
| =83 | University of Helsinki | 77.4 |
| 86 | University of Technology Sydney | 77.3 |
| 87 | Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB) | 77 |
| =88 | National Taiwan University (NTU) | 76.9 |
| =88 | University of Alberta | 76.9 |
| =90 | Colorado State University | 76.8 |
| =90 | University of Minnesota (System) | 76.8 |
| =92 | Kyoto University | 76.7 |
| =92 | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona | 76.7 |
| =92 | University of Waterloo | 76.7 |
| =95 | Beijing Institute of Technology | 76.6 |
| =95 | Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin) | 76.6 |
| =97 | Newcastle University | 76.4 |
| =97 | The University of Arizona | 76.4 |
| =97 | University of East Anglia (UEA) | 76.4 |
| =100 | Norwegian University of Science And Technology | 76.3 |
