As May Begins, It’s Time for Fall 2024 Applicants to Start Planning and Choosing Their Target Schools and Majors. Earlier, ScienceNet listed the QS Top 10 Universities for Each Major in Engineering and Technology. In the comments, some readers requested to see the rankings for “Geographic Sciences”. Today, let’s take a look with ScienceNet at the Top 10 Universities in Natural Sciences!
First, the list.

Next are the professional lists.
materials science

Materials science is a subject that studies material preparation, structure, properties and processing- as an interdisciplinary subject, which is based on materials science, chemistry and physics. It systematically studies the basic theory and experimental skills of material science and engineering and applies them to the study of materials synthesis, preparation, structures, properties, applications and other aspects.
MIT is a dream school for many science and engineering students, and its Department of Materials Science and Engineering (DMSE) covers a wide range of fields, including chemistry, physics, electronics, the art and history of materials, and so on.
Environmental science

With the rise of green technology and environmental science, environmental majors have entered everyone’s field of vision. Environmental science is an interdisciplinary subject, with environmental protection and pollution as the core, and the scope of employment is very wide.The ESG posts that have recently come out of the circle have also brought the attention of Environmental Science to a new height.
geology

Geology majors study the nature and characteristics of the Earth, such as its structure, composition, and physicochemical properties.
ETH, the alma mater of Einstein, the European “MIT” can always stand out among the British and American universities, occupying the top position, she has 80 research institutes, laboratories, Pauli, Roentgen and other famous scientists, all from this university.
geography

Geography is a subject that studies the spatial distribution law, temporal evolution process and regional characteristics of geographic elements or geographic complexes on the Earth surface.It is the intersection of natural science and social science, with the characteristics of comprehensiveness, intersection and regional.
Earth and Marine Sciences

Earth and ocean science is a comprehensive subject that studies the phenomena of the Earth and ocean and their interaction. It provides scientific basis for human understanding of the Earth and provides necessary scientific support for the sustainable development of human beings in the future.
Physics and Astronomy

Physics and Astronomy is the study of the physics of the universe, including the physical properties of stars and their interactions with each other.
MIT’s Department of Physics is one of the largest in the United States. It has produced several Nobel Prize winners in physics and is known as the cradle of physicists.
Geophysics

Geophysics, is one of the main disciplines of Earth science(It is a comprehensive discipline to study the Earth and find mineral resources in the Earth’s interior through quantitative physical methods (such as seismic elastic wave, gravity, geomagnetism, geoelectricity, geothermal and radioactive energy, etc.).
Chemistry

Chemistry is a subdiscipline of physics that studies the properties, composition, structure, and laws of change of matter.The object of chemical study is the interrelation of matter, or the relation between matter and energy.
Mathematics

Mathematics is the study of quantity, structure, change, space, information and other related concepts of a discipline. Through the use of abstraction and logical reasoning, produced by counting, calculating, measuring, and observing the shape and motion of objects.