56 Full-time PhD programmes in Climate Studies & Meteorology

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.

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

The Antarctic Studies course at the University of Canterbury are coordinated by Gateway Antarctica, the Centre for Antarctic Studies and Research at Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury. 

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.

The department offers an Atmospheric Science Ph.D. program at Colorado State University for students who want to obtain the highest academic degree available in the field of atmospheric science. 

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.

The Climate Variability and Impacts program of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) studies the life in the oceans—the distribution, abundance, and production of marine species along with the processes that govern species' spread and development.

The Atmospheric Sciences degree from The University of Arizona is primarily a research degree. The candidate must complete at least 36 units of graduate course credit in the major field, including a core of 6 units of dynamic meteorology and 6 units of physical meteorology.  

A Doctor of Philosophy degree at University of Wisconsin Madison is offered with a major in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences. Candidates may enter with a Master's degree or for more qualified students, directly after earning a bachelor's degree.

Graduate Atmospheric Sciences programs at University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign leading to the Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees are offered.

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. 

The School of Earth and Climate Sciences at The University of Maine offers MS and PhD degrees in Earth and Climate Sciences. 

The Earth and Atmospheric Sciences program at Georgia Institute of Technology aims to produce breakthrough discoveries through research in Earth, atmospheric, ocean, and planetary sciences as well as interdisciplinary research involving the Earth system and the environment.

The University of Oklahoma School of Meteorology is internationally recognized for innovative, state-of-the-art education and research in the Atmospheric Sciences. 

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 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. 

The Atmospheric Science (ATSC) program at the University of British Columbia is interdisciplinary, with professors in the departments of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science; Geography; Chemistry; Mathematics; Soil Science; and Mechanical Engineering.

The Atmospheric Sciences Program (ASP) at The Ohio State University is designed to provide students with a basic foundation in the physical principles, theory, methodological skills, and applications central to the disciplines of meteorology and climatology. We seek to produce scholars and scientists able to perform academic research work of the highest quality.

Atmospheric science concerns the study of processes in the atmosphere, from the planetary boundary layer to the ionosphere. Applications relate to the analysis and prediction of weather and climate. This Atmospheric Science program is offered by Cornell University.