2018 Best Global Universities Rankings
When it comes to higher education, some students are willing or even eager to look beyond their own borders for the best universities options.
The overall 2018 ranking encompasses more schools than ever before – 1,250 universities located across 74 countries. This is an increase from the 1,000 universities in 65 countries included in last year's edition.
These institutions from the U.S. and more than 60 other countries have been ranked based on 13 indicators that measure their academic research performance and their global and regional reputations. Students can use these rankings to explore the higher education options that exist beyond their own countries' borders. These are the world's top 1,250 universities.
Top 1-10 of 1250 Universities sorted by Global Rank
Global Score-100
#2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States Cambridge, MA
Global Score-97.3
#3 Stanford University, United States Stanford, CA
Global Score-92.3
#4 University of California--Berkeley, United States Berkeley, CA
Global Score-90.8
#5 University of Oxford, United Kingdom Oxford
Global Score-87.3
#6 California Institute of Technology, United States Pasadena, CA
Global Score-85.7
#7 University of Cambridge, United Kingdom Cambridge
Global Score-85.3
#8 Columbia University, United States New York, NY
Global Score-84.6
#9 Princeton University, United States Princeton, NJ
Global Score-84.2
#10 Johns Hopkins University, United States Baltimore, MD
Global Score-83.4
Which countries performed the best in the overall Best Global Universities rankings?
The U. S. leads the rankings again this year, with 221 universities making the overall list. Behind the U.S., the following countries have the most ranked institutions out of the 1,250 on the overall list:
Country | Number of universities in top 1,250 | Percent of universities in top 1,250 |
U.S.
|
221
|
17.7%
|
China
|
136
|
10.9%
|
Japan
|
76
|
6.1%
|
United Kingdom
|
73
|
5.8%
|
Germany
|
58
|
4.6%
|
France
|
57
|
4.6%
|
Italy
|
52
|
4.2%
|
Spain
|
46
|
3.7%
|
South Korea
|
44
|
3.5%
|
Australia
|
33
|
2.6%
|
Canada
|
33
|
2.6%
|
Turkey
|
30
|
2.4%
|
Brazil
|
29
|
2.3%
|
India
|
24
|
1.9%
|
Poland
|
24
|
1.9%
|
Taiwan
|
24
|
1.9%
|
Russia
|
15
|
1.2%
|
Austria
|
13
|
1%
|
Iran
|
13
|
1%
|
Netherlands
|
13
|
1%
|
Sweden
|
13
|
1%
|
Egypt
|
11
|
0.9%
|
South Africa
|
11
|
0.9%
|
Belgium
|
10
|
0.8%
|
Finland
|
10
|
0.8%
|
Portugal
|
10
|
0.8%
|
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