Thursday 26 October 2017

2018 Best Global Universities Rankings

By Shobi Imran • October 26, 2017 • 4 Comments

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.

And it's becoming easier in some ways for students to earn a degree overseas. For instance, the number of English-taught bachelor's degree programs offered in Europe shot up from 55 in 2009 to nearly 3,000 in 2017, according to one recent study. However, it's still more common for graduate students to pursue a degree at a global university, according to data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

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

#1 Harvard University, United States Cambridge, MA
      
      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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