For the sixth year running, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) leads the way among top Universities in the World by the QS World University Rankings. Stanford and Harvard retained their positions in second and third place, while Caltech rose one place to fourth to displace the University of Cambridge.
Last week, Quacquarelli Symnonds (QS) has released the 14th edition of the QS World University Rankings, ranking over 950 universities from 84 different countries, providing the resource to refer while deciding which universities to apply to. The ranking identifies excellence in higher education in the most dynamic and fast-growing region in the world.
The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay , IIT Delhi (IITD) and Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru, have found a place in the club of top 200 universities in the latest edition of the QS World University Rankings 2018. For the first time, India is home to three of the top 200 universities in the world.
The ranking has been expanded this year to feature 959 universities (43 more than last year) in 84 countries. In 2013, QS became the first compiler of international rankings to be independently audited and approved by the IREG Observatory on Academic Rankings and Excellence.
QS World University Rankings Methodology
The QS World University rankings are based on four key pillars: research, teaching, employability, and internationalization. The QS World University Rankings provides an index of the world’s leading higher education institutions, based on six performance indicators.
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- Academic Reputation
- Employer Reputation
- Faculty/student ratio
- Citations per faculty
- International faculty
- International students
The Rankings Provide:
- A comparative tool to help prospective international students shortlist potential universities on a global scale
- A rudimentary map of the international higher education landscape, which can, and has been used as a component in both institutional and government strategic decision making.
Top Universities in the World
| Rank (in 2018) | University | Location |
| 1 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | USA |
| 2 | Stanford University | USA |
| 3 | Harvard University | USA |
| 4 | California Institute of Technology (Caltech) | USA |
| 5 | University of Cambridge | United Kingdom |
| 6 | University of Oxford | United Kingdom |
| 7 | UCL (University College London) | United Kingdom |
| 8 | Imperial College London | United Kingdom |
| 9 | University of Chicago | USA |
| 10 | ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) | Swizerland |
| 11 | Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU) | Singapore |
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Top Universities in the World by Location
Obviously, the above top eleven isn’t much use if studying in the UK, US or Switzerland either doesn’t interest you or isn’t practical. The best university from each of the other 81 countries included in this year’s ranking are mentioned below. Find a top university near to you as per country in the list below –
Argentina: Universidad de Buenos Aires – ranked 75th
Australia: Australian National University (ANU) – ranked 20th
Austria: Universität Wien – ranked 154th
Azerbaijan: Khazar University – ranked 701-750
Bahrain: Arabian Gulf University – ranked 411-420
Bangladesh: University of Dhaka – ranked 701-750
Belarus: Belarus State University – ranked joint 334th
Belgium: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven – ranked joint 71st
Brazil: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) – ranked 121st
Brunei Darussalam: University of Brunei Darussalam – ranked joint 349th
Bulgaria: Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” – ranked 701-750
Canada: University of Toronto – ranked 31st
Chile: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile – ranked joint 137th
China: Tsinghua University – ranked 25th
Colombia: Universidad Nacional de Colombia – ranked joint 254th
Costa Rica: Universidad de Costa Rica – ranked 411-420
Croatia: University of Zagreb – ranked 601-650
Cuba: Universidad de la Habana – ranked 601-650
Czech Republic: Charles University – ranked joint 314th
Denmark: University of Copenhagen – ranked joint 73rd
Ecuador: Universidad de San Francisco de Quito – ranked 701-750
Egypt: American University in Cairo – ranked joint 395th
Estonia: University of Tartu – ranked joint 314th
Finland: University of Helsinki – ranked joint 102nd
France: Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris (ENS Paris) – ranked 43rd
Germany: Technische Universität München – ranked 64th
Ghana: University of Ghana – ranked 801-1000
Greece: National Technical University of Athens – ranked 401-410
Hong Kong: University of Hong Kong (HKU) – ranked 26th
Hungary: University of Szeged – ranked 501-550
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India: Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD) – ranked 172nd
Indonesia: University of Indonesia – ranked joint 277th
Iran: Sharif University of Technology – ranked 471-480
Iraq: University of Baghdad – ranked 501-550
Israel: Hebrew University of Jerusalem – ranked 145th
Italy: Politecnico di Milano – ranked 170th
Japan: University of Tokyo – ranked joint 28th
Jordan: University of Jordan – ranked 551-600
Kazakhstan: Al-Farabi Kazakh National University – ranked joint 236th
Kenya: University of Nairobi – ranked 801-1000
Kuwait: Kuwait University – ranked 651-700
Latvia: Riga Technical University – ranked 651-700
Lebanon: American University of Beirut (AUB) – ranked 235th
Lithuania: Vilnius University – ranked 401-410
Macao, S.A.R., China: University of Macau – ranked 501-550
Malaysia: Universiti Malaya (UM) – ranked joint 114th
Mexico: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) – ranked joint 122nd
Morocco: Université Mohammed V de Rabat – ranked 801-1000
Netherlands: Delft University of Technology – ranked 54th
New Zealand: University of Auckland – ranked joint 82nd
Norway: University of Oslo – ranked joint 142nd
Oman: Sultan Qaboos University – ranked 451-460
Pakistan: National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) Islamabad – ranked 431-440
Palestine: Birzeit University – ranked 801-1000
Peru: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú – ranked 431-440
Philippines: University of the Philippines – ranked joint 367th
Poland: University of Warsaw – ranked 411-420
Portugal: University of Porto – ranked joint 301st
Puerto Rico: Universidad de Puerto Rico – ranked 801-1000
Qatar: Qatar University – ranked joint 349th
Republic of Ireland: Trinity College Dublin (TCD) – ranked 88th
Romania: University of Bucharest – ranked 701-750
Russia: Lomonosov Moscow State University – ranked joint 95th
Saudi Arabia: King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) – ranked joint 173rd
Serbia: University of Belgrade – ranked 801-1000
Singapore: Nanyang Technological University (NTU) – ranked 11th
Slovakia: Comenius University in Bratislava – ranked 701-750
Slovenia: University of Ljubljana – ranked 651-700
South Africa: University of Cape Town – ranked 191st
South Korea: Seoul National University (SNU) – ranked joint 36th
Spain: Universitat de Barcelona (UB) – ranked 156th
Sri Lanka: University of Colombo – ranked 751-800
Sweden: Lund University – ranked joint 78th
Taiwan: National Taiwan University (NTU) – ranked joint 76th
Thailand: Culalongkorn University – ranked joint 245th
Turkey: Bilkent University – ranked 421-430
Uganda: Makerere University – ranked 801-1000
Ukraine: V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University – ranked 401-410
United Arab Emirates: United Arab Emirates University – ranked 390th
Uruguay: Universidad de Montevideo – ranked 501-550
Venezuela: Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB) and Universidad Central de Venezuela (UCV) – both ranked 651-700
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