Best universities in the world by location
Looking beyond the UK, US and Switzerland, see below to find out the top university in each of the other 82 countries included in the ranking.
Argentina: Universidad de Buenos
Aires – ranked 73rd in the world
Australia: Australian National
University (ANU) – ranked 24th
Austria: Universität Wien (University
of Vienna) – ranked joint 175th
Azerbaijan: Baku State University –
ranked 801-1000
Bahrain: University of Bahrain –
ranked 801-1000
Bangladesh: Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology and the University of Dhaka – both ranked 801-1000
Belarus: Belarus State University –
ranked 354th
Belgium: Katholieke Universiteit
Leuven – ranked 81st
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Sarajevo School of Science and Technology – ranked 571-580
Brazil: Universidade de São Paulo
(USP) – ranked 118th
Brunei Darussalam: University of Brunei Darussalam – ranked joint 323rd
Bulgaria: Sofia University “St.
Kliment Ohridski” – ranked 801-1000 Canada: University of Toronto –
ranked 28th
Chile: Pontificia Universidad Católica
de Chile – ranked joint 132nd
China: Tsinghua University – ranked
Colombia: Universidad de Los Andes
Colombia – ranked joint 272nd
Costa Rica: Universidad de Costa Rica
– ranked 501-510
Croatia: University of Zagreb –
ranked 801-1000
Cuba: Universidad de la Habana –
ranked 511-520
Czech Republic: Charles University –
ranked joint 317th
Denmark: University of Copenhagen
– ranked joint 79th
Ecuador: Universidad de San
Francisco de Quito – ranked 701-750 Egypt: American University in Cairo –
ranked joint 420th
Estonia: University of Tartu – ranked
joint 321st
Finland: University of Helsinki –
ranked 110th
France: Paris Sciences et Lettres Research University (PSL) – ranked 50th
Germany: Technische Universität
München – ranked 61st
Greece: National Technical University
of Athens – ranked joint 446th
Hong Kong: University of Hong Kong
(HKU) – ranked 25th
Hungary: University of Szeged –
ranked joint 470th
India: Indian Institute of Technology
Bombay (IITB) – ranked 162nd
Indonesia: University of Indonesia –
ranked joint 292nd
Iran: Sharif University of Technology
– ranked 432nd
Iraq: University of Baghdad – ranked
651-700 Israel: Hebrew University of
Jerusalem – ranked 154th
Italy: Politecnico di Milano – ranked
joint 156th
Japan: University of Tokyo – ranked
Jordan: University of Jordan – ranked
Kazakhstan: Al-Farabi Kazakh
National University – ranked 220th Kenya: University of Nairobi – ranked
801-1000
Kuwait: Kuwait University – ranked
801-1000
Latvia: Riga Technical University –
ranked 751-800
Lebanon: American University of
Beirut (AUB) – ranked joint 237th
Lithuania: Vilnius University –
ranked 488th
Macao, S.A.R., China: University of
Macau – ranked joint 443rd
Malaysia: Universiti Malaya (UM) –
ranked joint 87th
Mexico: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) – ranked 113th
Morocco: Al Akhawayn University
Ifrane – ranked 801-1000
Netherlands: Delft University of
Technology – ranked 52nd
New Zealand: University of Auckland
– ranked 85th
Norway: University of Oslo – ranked
Oman: Sultan Qaboos University –
ranked joint 450th
Pakistan: Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS) – ranked joint 397th
Palestine: Birzeit University – ranked
801-1000
Peru: Pontificia Universidad Católica
del Perú – ranked 551-560
Philippines: University of the
Philippines – ranked joint 384th
Poland: University of Warsaw –
ranked joint 394th
Portugal: University of Porto –
ranked 328th
Puerto Rico: Universidad de Puerto
Rico – ranked 801-1000
Qatar University – ranked joint
Republic of Ireland: Trinity College
Dublin (TCD) – ranked joint 104th
Romania: Has five universities all ranked 801-1000, including Alexandru Ioan Cuza University
Russia: Lomonosov Moscow State
University – ranked 90th
Saudi Arabia: King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) – ranked 189th
Serbia: University of Belgrade –
ranked 801-1000
Singapore: National University of
Singapore (NUS) – ranked 11th
Slovakia: Comenius University in Bratislava and Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava – both ranked 751-800
University of Ljubljana –
ranked 651-700
South Africa: University of Cape
Town – ranked joint 200th
South Korea: Seoul National
University (SNU) – ranked 36th
Spain: Universidad Autónoma de
Madrid – ranked 159th
Sri Lanka: University of Colombo –
ranked 801-1000
Sweden: Lund University – ranked
Taiwan: National Taiwan University
(NTU) – ranked 72nd
Thailand: Culalongkorn University –
ranked 271st
Turkey: Koç University – ranked joint
Ukraine: V.N. Karazin Kharkiv
National University – ranked joint 481st United Arab Emirates: Khalifa
University– ranked 315th
Uruguay: Universidad de Montevideo –
ranked 531-540
Venezuela: Universidad Central de
Venezuela (UCV) – ranked 751-800
Vietnam: Vietnam National University - Ho Chi Minh City (VNU-HCM) – ranked 701-750