20 PhD programmes in Climate Studies & Meteorology in Europe

The Climate Change, Sustainability and Society programme from University of Bristol  is designed to cultivate a new generation of researchers equipped to tackle the urgent social challenges of sustainability in the context of global environmental change.

The main characteristic of this doctoral programme in Energy Systems and Climate Change at Universidade de Aveiro aims to provide students with the necessary knowledge, techniques, and systemic vision essential for producing scientifically relevant contributions in the design, analysis, project development, control, and operation of systems that manage flows of energy.

They offer the graduate students a PhD degree in Atmosphere, Oceans and Climate at the University of Reading. 

The Meteorology discipline comprises studies of physical and chemical processes in the atmosphere. The research at Uppsala University is primarily focused on processes in the atmospheric boundary layer and the free troposphere – roughly spanning the lowest 10 kilometres of our atmosphere. 

This Atmospheric Sciences programme at The University of Manchester includes many areas of atmospheric science, exploring a range of physical, chemical and electrical processes.

The Environment and Climate Research programme at Wageningen University and Research supports PhD candidates in the natural and social environmental sciences during their PhD trajectory.

Embracing the ethos of environmental stewardship, the University School for Advanced Studies Pavia (IUSS) proudly offers the Sustainable Development and Climate Change doctoral program.

Holders of the Future Earth, Climate Change and Societal Challenges PhD at University of Bologna may find work opportunities in the public administration at the international, national, regional and local level, in all sectors of the economy, from environmental protection agencies to energy, transport and service industries and the national health system.

The PhD Program in Climate Change and Sustainable Development Policies is a joint initiative between the Instituto Superior Técnico and New University of Lisbon, working in partnership with the University of East Anglia, UK a leading international institution in these fields.

The Climate Change and Sustainable Development Policies course at Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon is a joint initiative between the Universidade de Lisboa and the NOVA University of Lisbon.

The challenges posed by climate change are at the forefront of many universities, but none more so than Exeter: we have more contributors on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change than any other university in the world. Climate Change and Environment at The University of Exeter is where they are addressed.

The PhD Climate Sciences program at University of Bern consists mainly of the PhD thesis involving 3 to 4 years (full time) of research work in a project within one of the research units of the faculty affiliated with the Graduate School of Climate Sciences. 

Atmospheric Science at Luleå University of Technology investigates the interactions of Earth and other planetary bodies with their environment.

The PhD programme of the Department of Water and Climate Risk at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam aims at developing data and modelling methods for the analysis of societal and environmental risk related to water and climate.

Environmental changes in Earth history can be used to help understand and predict the trajectory of future anthropogenically driven environmental change. This Climate Change, Past, Present and Future programme is offered at The Open University UK/

The Meteorology programme offered by Stockholm University develops advanced research expertise in atmospheric, oceanic, and climate processes.

The HITEC Energy and Climate programme at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf intends to create optimal conditions for these talented young researchers. Joint lectures and practical training encourage their understanding of topics and the related methods, including joint use of the scientific infrastructure.

The Environmental Physics and Meteorology at Comenius University Bratislava is an interdisciplinary science with a very wide range of research opportunities in academic and research and development institutes and universities.

The Metrology programme offered at Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava define methods and procedures for designing measurements at the highest metrological level, physical principles, design solutions and method of application of working measuring instruments and measurement standards in selected areas of measurement.

Climate Change and Ecosystem Services research at The Open University UK seeks to monitor and quantify climate-related change for a range of Earth’s systems, while increasing predictive capability through the development of Earth system models of intermediate complexity.