119 PhD programmes in Environmental Sciences in Europe

The Agronomy, Forestry, Water and Environmental Sciences and Engineering programme offered by AgroParisTech - Institut des Sciences et Industries du Vivant et de l'Environnement addresses major global transitions by focusing on sustainable agriculture, resource management, and landscape design.

Mountain Environment and Agriculture at Free University of Bozen-Bolzano aims at providing talented and motivated students with in-depth research skills that will allow them to tackle relevant agricultural and environmental problems in mountain areas.

The PhD program Environmental Sciences and Biodiversity Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, offered for young researchers in the field mathematics and environmental sciences. 

The Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences programme offered by Stockholm University develops advanced research expertise in green biology across ecological, environmental, and plant-related systems.

The Interdisciplinary Life and Environmental Science programme offered by University of Oxford provides innovative training for graduates from a wide range of academic backgrounds who wish to conduct leading-edge bioscience, environmental science and archaeological science research.

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 excellent biological, ecosystemic, environmental and mathematical research in Göttingen requires the establishment of a corresponding integrated Master and PhD Programme for Environmental Informatics - PEI programme from University of Göttingen, in environmental informatics, from which important innovative scientific impulses and contributions can be expected.

Research in the Natural Resources and Environment programme of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia is carried out in a field focusing on the use of available geological resources from a perspective that seeks to minimise related environmental impact.

At Environmental Sciences from University of Nova Gorica during the research work, students can focus on studying basic phenomena in the environment, as well as improving technologies that reduce environmental pollution, as well as the development and introduction of new techniques for detecting pollutants in the environment.

The Department of Bioscience from Aarhus University conducts both basic research in a range of biological disciplines and research-based public sector consultancy in the areas of environmental management of marine and terrestrial ecosystems. Currently the research activities at the department are organized in 11 sections in which Department of  Ecoscience offers PhD studies.

The Science programme offered by Aalto University develops advanced research expertise in scientific discovery, technological innovation, quantitative analysis, and interdisciplinary problem-solving across fields such as physics, mathematics, computer science, biomedical engineering, and industrial engineering and management.

Climate change impacts many aspects of our environment, both natural and managed ecosystems. We offer a Environmental Sciences degree at the University of Nottingham. 

The Environmental Health Sciences programme from Masaryk University integrates PhD topics of environmental chemistry, toxicology and risk assessment with related problems of analysis and modelling of big data produced in current research of environmental factors affecting health. 

This Polar Studies course from the University of Cambridge embraces both the natural sciences and social sciences and humanities. 

The PhD programme in the department of Environmental Geography at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam has a strong methodological focus in developing, applying and interpreting novel approaches for the description, mapping, and modelling methods land and food systems on different spatial and temporal scales.

The aim of the International Environmental Doctoral School associated with the Centre for Polar Studies at the University of Silesia in Katowice is to provide a new generation of scientists with new opportunities for high-quality contributions to scientific research by offering them theoretical and practical training, designed to stimulate their intellectual growth and boost their academic status.

Embark on a transformative academic journey at the prestigious University of Catania, renowned for its excellence in education and research. The University's distinguished doctoral program in Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Science stands as a beacon of innovation and scholarly pursuit.

Benefit from the support of our expert academic and technical staff, unique location and ISO accredited labs to assist you in the undertaking of your research project with the Environmental Sciences degree at the University of Plymouth.

Our aim in the Planetary Surfaces and Atmospheres programme from The Open University UK is to understand better the variety and evolutionary behaviour of planetary environments from a physical science perspective, where appropriate, focussing on aspects related to habitability.

The Faculty of Natural Sciences at the University of Stirling is internationally renowned for research exploring the relationship between human behaviour, technology and the environment. It offers PhD in Environmental Science supervised by expert staff, and are proud of the key contributions made by research students to our achievements.