Earth & Marine Sciences 2018

ETH Zurich remains the best place in the world to study earth & marine sciences, according to this year’s ranking. It’s one of five Swiss universities to be featured in the ranking, although only one other - the University of Bern - is ranked within the top 100.

As with most of the subjects in this year’s rankings, US institutions are the most-featured, with 55 American universities included. By contrast, Argentina, Austria, Finland, Mexico, Russia, Singapore, South Korea and Turkey are represented just once.

The QS World University Rankings by Subject are based upon academic reputation, employer reputation and research impact (click here to read the full methodology).

Use the interactive table below to filter the rankings by location, and click on individual universities for more information. Registered users will also be able to use the site’s Compare function to see facts and statistics about multiple universities side-by-side.

Interested in other courses besides earth & marine sciences? The QS World University Rankings by Subject 2018 cover 48 different subjects. Click here to see the full list.