Nature Index: Earth & Environmental Sciences (2025)

Recorded placements 109

Institutions the Index records in this table. A placement here is a placement anywhere: the Index reports each institution's best, whatever its scope.

1. #3Zhejiang University3rd in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
2. #4Peking University4th in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
3. #7ETH Zurich7th in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
4. #13Tsinghua University13th in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
5. #15University of California, San Diego15th in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
6. #17California Institute of Technology17th in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
7. #18University of Science and Technology of China18th in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
8. #19Massachusetts Institute of Technology19th in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
9. #20Fudan University20th in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
10. #21University of Washington21st in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
11. #22University of Tokyo22nd in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
12. #24Columbia University24th in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
13. #25Stanford University25th in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
14. #28Pennsylvania State University28th in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
15. #29Utrecht University29th in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
16. #31University of Wisconsin-Madison31st in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
17. #33University of Texas at Austin33rd in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
18. #36Princeton University36th in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
19. #37University of Oxford37th in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
20. #38University of Cambridge38th in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
21. #40Harvard University40th in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
22. #41Shanghai Jiao Tong University41st in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
23. #42Seoul National University42nd in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
24. #44University of Michigan-Ann Arbor44th in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
25. #47Monash University47th in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
26. #48University of California, Berkeley48th in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
27. #49Hong Kong University of Science and Technology49th in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
28. #52University of Alberta52nd in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
29. #54University of California, Los Angeles54th in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
30. #57University of Maryland, College Park57th in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
31. #59University of Toronto59th in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
32. #61Yale University61st in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
33. #70Imperial College London70th in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
34. #71Brown University71st in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
35. #72Cornell University72nd in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
36. #74McGill University74th in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
37. #77University of Bristol77th in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
38. #78University of Southern California78th in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
39. #80Delft University of Technology80th in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
40. #83University of New South Wales83rd in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
41. #85University College London85th in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
42. #87University of Leeds87th in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
43. #88Australian National University88th in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
44. #89University of Queensland89th in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
45. #90University of Copenhagen90th in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
46. #92University of British Columbia92nd in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
47. #93Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich93rd in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
48. #97University of Minnesota97th in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
49. #100Yonsei University100th in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
50. #102Duke University102nd in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
51. #105Curtin University105th in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
52. #107University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign107th in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
53. #109University of Vienna109th in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
54. #110Nanyang Technological University110th in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
55. #116National University of Singapore116th in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
56. #118Purdue University118th in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
57. #120University of Edinburgh120th in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
58. #122University of Southampton122nd in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
59. #124Hebrew University of Jerusalem124th in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
60. #127Rice University127th in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
61. #128University of Hong Kong128th in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
62. #130King Abdullah University of Science and Technology130th in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
63. #132University of Melbourne132nd in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
64. #135Tohoku University135th in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
65. #139Georgia Institute of Technology139th in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
66. #145Ohio State University145th in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
67. #148University of Manchester148th in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
68. #151University of Pennsylvania151st in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
69. #158Johns Hopkins University158th in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
70. #162University of Sao Paulo162nd in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
71. #163City University of Hong Kong163rd in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
72. #170National Autonomous University of Mexico170th in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
73. #172PSL University172nd in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
74. #181Kyoto University181st in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
75. #182University of Sydney182nd in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
76. #183University of Birmingham183rd in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
77. #184Chinese University of Hong Kong184th in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
78. #185University of Western Australia185th in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
79. #190New York University190th in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
80. #197Macquarie University197th in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
81. #203Victoria University203rd in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
82. #205Lund University205th in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
83. #212Technical University of Munich212th in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
84. #214University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill214th in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
85. #221Durham University221st in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
86. #223EPFL223rd in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
87. #234University of Amsterdam234th in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
88. #235University of Chicago235th in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
89. #237Northwestern University237th in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
90. #246Sorbonne University246th in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
91. #258Institute of Science Tokyo258th in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
92. #272University of Sheffield272nd in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
93. #278RMIT University278th in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
94. #294Deakin University294th in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
95. #303Griffith University303rd in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
96. #323Tel Aviv University323rd in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
97. #325University of St Andrews325th in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
98. #331University of Auckland331st in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
99. #340University of Adelaide340th in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
100. #360University of Zurich360th in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
101. #361KU Leuven361st in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
102. #382Carnegie Mellon University382nd in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
103. #383James Cook University383rd in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
104. #394Boston University394th in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
105. #405Southern Cross University405th in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
106. #412KTH Royal Institute of Technology412th in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
107. #425Korea University425th in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
108. #436Osaka University436th in the world for Earth & environmental sciences
109. #456University of Technology Sydney456th in the world for Earth & environmental sciences