The fourth annual U.S. News Best Global Universities Rankings were produced to provide insight into the top universities ranked globally. Every year, millions of graduate and undergraduate students study at a foreign University. The most recent figures from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) show that over 4.5 million students enroll in a University located in a country where they are not citizens.
Since an increasing number of students plan to enroll in universities outside of their own country, the Best Global Universities Rankings – which focus specifically on schools’ academic research and reputation overall and not on their separate undergraduate or graduate programs – can help those applicants accurately compare top Universities around the world.
OECD research also suggests that the number of international students is rising sharply. Between 2005 and 2012, the share of students studying outside of their home country increased by 50 percent. There are over one million international students studying in the United States alone.
This increase in popularity is why U.S. News & World Report assessed 1,250 institutions across 74 countries in order to develop its annual 2018 U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities rankings.
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 and to compare key aspects of schools’ research missions. These are the world’s top 1,250 universities.
“Today, more students are exploring higher education options beyond their own borders,” writes U.S. News and World Report. “Universities worldwide are competing for the best students, renowned faculty and research dollars.”
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U.S. News used data from Clarivate Analytics InCites and ranked universities based on factors such as global research reputation, publications, and conferences. In order to be considered, universities had to have published at least 1,500 papers between 2011 and 2015. In some cases several institutions tied for the same ranking.
Harvard University was ranked the best global university by U.S. News due to its broad-reaching international reputation and impressive research opportunities.
The United States dominated U.S. News’ 2018 rankings. Out of 10 top universities in the ranking, 8 schools are located in the U.S. except for the University of Oxford and University of Cambridge.
Among the 1,250 schools ranked, 17.7 percent are located in the United States, a slight decrease from 21 percent in 2017. The next most well-represented country on the list is China, where 136 universities made the list.
- Yale University
Country: United States
Region: North America
Total enrollment: 12,458
- University of Washington
Country: United States
Region: North America
Total enrollment: 45,591
- Johns Hopkins University
Country: United States
Region: North America
Total enrollment: 23,992
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- Princeton University
Country: United States
Region: North America
Total enrollment: 8,181
- Columbia University
Country: United States
Region: North America
Total enrollment: 25,084
- University of Cambridge
Country: United Kingdom
Region: Europe
Total enrollment: 18,977
- California Institute of Technology
Country: United States
Region: North America
Total enrollment: 2,240
- University of Oxford
Country: United Kingdom
Region: Europe
Total enrollment: 19,790
- University of California Berkeley
Country: United States
Region: North America
Total enrollment: 40,174
- Stanford University
Country: United States
Region: North America
Total enrollment: 16,914
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Country: United States
Region: North America
Total enrollment: 11,376
- Harvard University
Country: United States
Region: North America
Total enrollment: 20,324
India’s Top 10 Universities in Global Ranking
| Indian University/Institute Name | Global Ranking |
| Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore | 460 |
| Panjab University, Chandigarh | 513 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Bombay | 548 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Delhi | 630 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Madras | 672 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur | 698 |
| Aligarh Muslim University | 704 (tied) |
| Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur | 704 (tied) |
| Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) – Roorkee | 710 |
| University of Delhi | 719 |
Top Universities in Asia
1. National University of Singapore
2. Nanyang Technological University (Singapore)
3. University of Tokyo (Japan)
4. Tsinghua University (China)
5. Peking University (China)
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Methodology for Top Universities Ranking
The rankings are prepared using the 13 indicators and weights that U.S. News chose to measure global research performance. The indicators and their weights in the ranking formula are listed in the table below, with related indicators grouped together; an explanation of each follows.
| Ranking Indicator | Weight |
|---|---|
| Global research reputation | 12.5% |
| Regional research reputation | 12.5% |
| Publications | 10% |
| Books | 2.5% |
| Conferences | 2.5% |
| Normalized citation impact | 10% |
| Total citations | 7.5% |
| Number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited | 12.5% |
| Percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited | 10% |
| International collaboration | 5% |
| Percentage of total publications with international collaboration | 5% |
| Number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited in their respective field | 5% |
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Percentage of total publications that are among the top 1 percent most highly cited papers |
5% |
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