World University Rankings

World University Rankings 2018

The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2018 list the top 1,000 universities in the world, making it our biggest international league table to date.

It is the only global university performance table to judge research-intensive universities across all of their core missions: teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook. We use 13 carefully calibrated performance indicators to provide the most comprehensive and balanced comparisons, trusted by students, academics, university leaders, industry and governments.

The calculation of the rankings for 2018 has been subject to independent audit by professional services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), making these the only global university rankings to be subjected to full, independent scrutiny of this nature.

This year, we have made a slight improvement to how we handle our papers per academic staff calculation, and expanded the number of broad subject areas that we use. The top 1,000 represents no more than 5 per cent of the 20,000 higher education institutions in the world.

View the World University Rankings 2018 methodology

This year’s list of the best universities in the world is led by two UK universities for the first time. The University of Oxford has held on to the number one spot for the second year in a row, while the University of Cambridge has jumped from fourth to second place.

Overall, European institutions occupy half of the top 200 places, with the Netherlands and Germany joining the UK as the most-represented countries. Italy, Spain and the Netherlands each have new number ones.

Another notable trend is the continued rise of China. The Asian giant is now home to two universities in the top 30: Peking and Tsinghua. The Beijing duo now outrank several prestigious institutions in Europe and the US. Meanwhile, almost all Chinese universities have improved, signalling that the country’s commitments to investment has bolstered results year-on-year.

In contrast, two-fifths of the US institutions in the top 200 (29 out of 62) have dropped places. In total, 77 countries feature in the table.

Read our full analysis of the World University Rankings 2018 results

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Rank	Name	No. of FTE Students	Student:Staff Ratio	International Students	Female:Male Ratio
1	University of Oxford United Kingdom Explore	20,409	11.2	38%	46 : 54
2	University of Cambridge United Kingdom Explore	18,389	10.9	35%	45 : 55
=3	California Institute of Technology United States Explore	2,209	6.5	27%	31 : 69
=3	Stanford University United States Explore	15,845	7.5	22%	42 : 58
5	Massachusetts Institute of Technology United States Explore	11,177	8.7	34%	37 : 63
6	Harvard University United States Explore	20,326	8.9	26%	n/a
7	Princeton University United States Explore	7,955	8.3	24%	45 : 55
8	Imperial College London United Kingdom Explore	15,857	11.4	55%	37 : 63
9	University of Chicago United States Explore	13,525	6.2	25%	44 : 56
=10	ETH Zurich – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich Switzerland Explore	19,233	14.6	38%	31 : 69
=10	University of Pennsylvania United States Explore	20,361	6.5	20%	50 : 50
12	Yale University United States Explore	12,155	4.3	21%	49 : 51
13	Johns Hopkins University United States Explore	15,498	4.3	24%	52 : 48
14	Columbia University United States Explore	26,587	6.1	32%	n/a
15	University of California, Los Angeles United States Explore	39,279	9.6	17%	53 : 47
16	University College London United Kingdom Explore	30,304	10.5	49%	56 : 44
17	Duke University United States Explore	15,256	4.5	22%	49 : 51
18	University of California, Berkeley United States Explore	36,182	13.1	17%	52 : 48
19	Cornell University United States Explore	21,850	9.8	24%	49 : 51
20	Northwestern University United States Explore	17,466	12.8	18%	48 : 52
21	University of Michigan United States Explore	41,818	8.6	16%	48 : 52
=22	National University of Singapore Singapore Explore	30,602	17.0	30%	51 : 49
=22	University of Toronto Canada Explore	69,427	18.7	17%	n/a
24	Carnegie Mellon University United States Explore	12,676	13.5	45%	39 : 61
=25	London School of Economics and Political Science United Kingdom Explore	10,065	12.2	71%	52 : 48
=25	University of Washington United States Explore	44,945	11.4	16%	52 : 48
=27	University of Edinburgh United Kingdom Explore	26,759	12.5	40%	59 : 41
=27	New York University United States Explore	43,860	9.6	26%	56 : 44
=27	Peking University China Explore	42,136	8.9	16%	47 : 53
30	Tsinghua University China Explore	42,089	13.7	9%	32 : 68
31	University of California, San Diego United States Explore	29,633	12.8	17%	46 : 54
32	University of Melbourne Australia Explore	42,116	26.6	40%	55 : 45
33	Georgia Institute of Technology United States Explore	20,773	20.7	27%	31 : 69
=34	University of British Columbia Canada Explore	51,889	18.1	29%	54 : 46
=34	LMU Munich Germany Explore	36,091	15.6	15%	61 : 39
36	King’s College London United Kingdom Explore	23,207	12.0	41%	62 : 38
37	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign United States Explore	43,402	22.8	23%	46 : 54
=38	École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Switzerland Explore	9,928	11.2	55%	28 : 72
=38	Karolinska Institute Sweden Explore	7,424	10.9	19%	68 : 32
40	University of Hong Kong Hong Kong Explore	18,364	18.0	42%	54 : 46
41	Technical University of Munich Germany Explore	38,689	54.4	23%	34 : 66
42	McGill University Canada Explore	30,940	13.3	26%	57 : 43
43	University of Wisconsin-Madison United States Explore	38,960	10.7	12%	51 : 49
44	Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Hong Kong Explore	10,214	23.1	31%	n/a
45	Heidelberg University Germany Explore	28,876	23.2	17%	55 : 45
46	University of Tokyo Japan Explore	26,000	6.7	10%	n/a
47	KU Leuven Belgium Explore	44,412	37.1	15%	50 : 50
48	Australian National University Australia Explore	15,986	19.3	35%	52 : 48
49	University of Texas at Austin United States Explore	48,561	17.1	10%	51 : 49
=50	Brown University United States Explore	8,898	10.7	20%	n/a
=50	Washington University in St Louis United States Explore	12,600	7.5	17%	n/a
52	Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Singapore Explore	25,499	16.3	31%	48 : 52
53	University of California, Santa Barbara United States Explore	23,054	28.1	14%	52 : 48
=54	University of California, Davis United States Explore	37,365	13.8	10%	56 : 44
=54	University of Manchester United Kingdom Explore	35,318	14.6	38%	52 : 48
=56	University of Minnesota United States Explore	60,949	17.4	11%	51 : 49
=56	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States Explore	34,684	9.7	8%	56 : 44
58	Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong Explore	18,072	17.3	31%	n/a
59	University of Amsterdam Netherlands Explore	23,495	12.3	12%	57 : 43
60	Purdue University United States Explore	38,770	17.4	23%	42 : 58
61	University of Sydney Australia Explore	44,553	21.6	32%	57 : 43
62	Humboldt University of Berlin Germany Explore	32,172	56.5	17%	n/a
63	Delft University of Technology Netherlands Explore	17,057	19.6	27%	28 : 72
64	Wageningen University & Research Netherlands Explore	12,326	19.7	29%	55 : 45
65	University of Queensland Australia Explore	38,968	35.7	26%	55 : 45
66	University of Southern California United States Explore	38,380	12.8	23%	53 : 47
67	Leiden University Netherlands Explore	24,825	18.2	12%	57 : 43
68	Utrecht University Netherlands Explore	31,522	15.2	7%	59 : 41
69	University of Maryland, College Park United States Explore	31,772	16.5	10%	48 : 52
=70	Boston University United States Explore	24,833	8.6	25%	60 : 40
=70	Ohio State University United States Explore	53,190	12.7	13%	49 : 51
=72	Erasmus University Rotterdam Netherlands Explore	22,047	20.1	20%	49 : 51
=72	Paris Sciences et Lettres – PSL Research University Paris France Explore	19,978	10.1	25%	n/a
=74	Kyoto University Japan Explore	22,481	8.7	8%	24 : 76
=74	Seoul National University South Korea Explore	26,470	12.6	11%	n/a
76	University of Bristol United Kingdom Explore	19,995	13.7	27%	53 : 47
77	Pennsylvania State University United States Explore	45,411	15.2	14%	46 : 54
78	McMaster University Canada Explore	23,693	24.7	15%	52 : 48
79	RWTH Aachen University Germany Explore	43,721	57.7	18%	32 : 68
=80	University of Glasgow United Kingdom Explore	23,389	15.4	36%	58 : 42
=80	Monash University Australia Explore	46,846	33.7	28%	57 : 43
82	University of Freiburg Germany Explore	20,871	40.3	19%	57 : 43
=83	University of Groningen Netherlands Explore	26,197	24.1	17%	52 : 48
=83	Michigan State University United States Explore	44,556	17.0	17%	51 : 49
85	University of New South Wales Australia Explore	40,133	26.7	34%	46 : 54
=86	Rice University United States Explore	6,441	9.0	28%	43 : 57
=86	Uppsala University Sweden Explore	25,174	17.3	11%	57 : 43
88	Free University of Berlin Germany Explore	34,114	57.0	21%	59 : 41
89	Dartmouth College United States Explore	6,100	6.6	15%	47 : 53
90	University of Helsinki Finland Explore	22,532	16.2	6%	65 : 35
91	University of Warwick United Kingdom Explore	18,424	13.0	39%	48 : 52
92	Technical University of Berlin Germany Explore	22,390	64.3	20%	34 : 66
93	Lund University Sweden Explore	28,663	12.1	16%	55 : 45
94	University of Tübingen Germany Explore	27,844	38.5	13%	59 : 41
=95	University of Basel Switzerland Explore	12,729	17.7	27%	55 : 45
=95	Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) South Korea Explore	9,464	10.6	9%	20 : 80
97	Durham University United Kingdom Explore	16,310	14.9	29%	54 : 46
98	Emory University United States Explore	12,649	4.4	19%	57 : 43
99	University of California, Irvine United States Explore	30,419	17.0	21%	52 : 48
=100	University of Bonn Germany Explore	35,619	77.9	13%	55 : 45
=100	University of Colorado Boulder United States Explore	30,780	16.3	10%	44 : 56
=100	University of Pittsburgh United States Explore	26,367	5.9	10%	52 : 48
103	Maastricht University Netherlands Explore	16,727	18.0	50%	58 : 42
104	University of Sheffield United Kingdom Explore	24,581	14.9	36%	50 : 50
=105	University of Bern Switzerland Explore	10,449	16.5	15%	56 : 44
=105	Vanderbilt University United States Explore	12,011	3.3	13%	53 : 47
107	Ghent University Belgium Explore	35,909	35.9	10%	53 : 47
108	University of Montreal Canada Explore	41,017	21.9	22%	55 : 45
=109	Aarhus University Denmark Explore	25,167	14.3	12%	54 : 46
=109	University of Copenhagen Denmark Explore	30,395	4.1	14%	58 : 42
=111	Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) South Korea Explore	24,055	19.6	12%	42 : 58
=111	University of Western Australia Australia Explore	18,787	21.8	25%	49 : 51
=113	University of Göttingen Germany Explore	28,554	27.9	12%	50 : 50
=113	University of Virginia United States Explore	24,055	9.7	12%	52 : 48
115	École Polytechnique France Explore	2,799	5.1	36%	21 : 79
116	Fudan University China Explore	32,859	12.1	10%	51 : 49
=117	Indiana University United States Explore	66,835	14.1	15%	52 : 48
=117	Trinity College Dublin Ireland Explore	16,157	22.8	27%	58 : 42
=119	University of Alberta Canada Explore	32,435	21.6	26%	55 : 45
=119	City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong Explore	9,240	11.2	35%	54 : 46
121	Queen Mary University of London United Kingdom Explore	15,405	13.3	45%	54 : 46
122	Radboud University Nijmegen Netherlands Explore	19,358	19.1	12%	56 : 44
=123	Georgetown University United States Explore	15,956	8.6	17%	54 : 46
=123	Pierre and Marie Curie University France Explore	25,117	12.3	20%	49 : 51
125	University of Mannheim Germany Explore	10,995	74.5	16%	54 : 46
=126	Arizona State University United States Explore	44,475	20.1	19%	43 : 57
=126	Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Germany Explore	6,792	16.2	18%	63 : 37
=126	University of Southampton United Kingdom Explore	21,670	12.5	33%	53 : 47
129	Université Catholique de Louvain Belgium Explore	24,451	37.8	19%	54 : 46
=130	University of Exeter United Kingdom Explore	19,159	17.5	28%	55 : 45
=130	University of Geneva Switzerland Explore	16,085	15.1	40%	61 : 39
132	University of Science and Technology of China China Explore	16,032	8.2	3%	n/a
133	Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Germany Explore	25,824	26.3	18%	27 : 73
=134	University of Adelaide Australia Explore	21,241	34.3	26%	48 : 52
=134	Stockholm University Sweden Explore	33,156	24.9	8%	n/a
136	University of Zurich Switzerland Explore	26,363	5.9	20%	57 : 43
=137	Pohang University of Science and Technology South Korea Explore	3,046	10.4	4%	22 : 78
=137	University of York United Kingdom Explore	14,962	15.1	27%	55 : 45
139	University of Leeds United Kingdom Explore	27,995	14.7	26%	60 : 40
140	Pompeu Fabra University Spain Explore	11,172	20.8	12%	59 : 41
=141	University of Birmingham United Kingdom Explore	27,061	15.0	27%	54 : 46
=141	Eindhoven University of Technology Netherlands Explore	7,637	18.6	17%	28 : 72
=143	University of Florida United States Explore	46,346	17.5	9%	54 : 46
=143	University of St Andrews United Kingdom Explore	9,005	13.0	48%	58 : 42
145	University of Cologne Germany Explore	45,087	50.9	10%	65 : 35
146	University of Oslo Norway Explore	27,730	18.6	19%	60 : 40
=147	Autonomous University of Barcelona Spain Explore	32,309	12.9	16%	59 : 41
=147	University of Nottingham United Kingdom Explore	29,176	14.0	30%	54 : 46
=147	University of Sussex United Kingdom Explore	12,384	15.4	38%	55 : 45
=150	Lancaster University United Kingdom Explore	11,637	13.1	38%	51 : 49
=150	University of Notre Dame United States Explore	11,912	13.4	11%	45 : 55
152	University of Lausanne Switzerland Explore	13,065	13.6	25%	n/a
=153	Technical University of Denmark Denmark Explore	8,548	6.0	24%	29 : 71
=153	University of Rochester United States Explore	9,636	4.3	29%	49 : 51
=155	Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna Italy Explore	690	11.7	14%	37 : 63
=155	TU Dresden Germany Explore	34,514	35.9	13%	42 : 58
=155	Ulm University Germany Explore	10,657	28.4	13%	48 : 52
158	Case Western Reserve University United States Explore	10,130	7.1	19%	49 : 51
=159	University of Leicester United Kingdom Explore	14,635	14.1	38%	54 : 46
=159	Texas A&M University United States Explore	56,245	23.6	9%	48 : 52
161	University of Arizona United States Explore	38,334	13.0	9%	52 : 48
=162	University of California, Santa Cruz United States Explore	17,866	23.0	4%	52 : 48
=162	Cardiff University United Kingdom Explore	24,186	13.5	26%	58 : 42
=162	University of Erlangen-Nuremberg Germany Explore	38,730	58.5	12%	49 : 51
=165	University of Vienna Austria Explore	35,375	20.8	26%	66 : 34
=165	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Netherlands Explore	24,554	18.1	7%	56 : 44
=165	University of Würzburg Germany Explore	22,537	33.9	9%	57 : 43
168	University of Alabama at Birmingham United States Explore	15,703	15.2	6%	61 : 39
=169	Nanjing University China Explore	33,456	14.2	10%	50 : 50
=169	Tufts University United States Explore	10,463	9.3	16%	54 : 46
171	University of Cape Town South Africa Explore	20,775	11.7	18%	53 : 47
172	Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey United States Explore	43,439	11.1	10%	52 : 48
=173	KTH Royal Institute of Technology Sweden Explore	12,951	16.0	17%	33 : 67
=173	University of Münster Germany Explore	42,287	42.6	7%	53 : 47
=175	Université Libre de Bruxelles Belgium Explore	25,343	43.4	35%	55 : 45
=175	Newcastle University United Kingdom Explore	20,952	15.6	30%	49 : 51
=177	University of Liverpool United Kingdom Explore	19,815	11.7	35%	54 : 46
=177	Zhejiang University China Explore	50,051	14.1	6%	22 : 78
=179	University of Luxembourg Luxembourg Explore	4,969	14.6	57%	50 : 50
=179	University of Twente Netherlands Explore	6,697	12.8	27%	37 : 63
181	Paris-Sud University France Explore	27,221	14.5	16%	55 : 45
=182	École Normale Supérieure de Lyon France Explore	2,221	8.5	13%	47 : 53
=182	Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong Explore	21,773	26.9	25%	51 : 49
184	Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa Italy Explore	515	5.2	7%	30 : 70
185	University of Aberdeen United Kingdom Explore	12,055	13.9	36%	55 : 45
186	University of Miami United States Explore	15,860	5.9	16%	51 : 49
187	University of Dundee United Kingdom Explore	10,893	14.9	24%	62 : 38
=188	University of East Anglia United Kingdom Explore	13,521	13.6	30%	60 : 40
=188	Shanghai Jiao Tong University China Explore	37,288	12.4	6%	41 : 59
190	Aalto University Finland Explore	12,744	20.2	20%	34 : 66
191	University of Massachusetts United States Explore	59,230	13.3	14%	49 : 51
192	University of Auckland New Zealand Explore	30,348	18.8	29%	54 : 46
193	Northeastern University United States Explore	18,780	14.0	32%	49 : 51
194	Lomonosov Moscow State University Russian Federation Explore	29,236	7.3	22%	48 : 52
195	Tilburg University Netherlands Explore	7,738	22.5	13%	48 : 52
196	Paris-Sorbonne University – Paris 4 France Explore	22,042	30.2	15%	68 : 32
197	Royal Holloway, University of London United Kingdom Explore	8,931	15.4	40%	59 : 41
=198	University of California, Riverside United States Explore	20,740	20.7	14%	51 : 49
=198	University of Gothenburg Sweden Explore	18,378	10.0	13%	n/a
=198	National Taiwan University Taiwan Explore	31,758	11.5	8%	40 : 60
201–250	Aalborg University Denmark Explore	15,512	13.6	13%	49 : 51
201–250	University of Antwerp Belgium Explore	16,056	35.2	16%	53 : 47
201–250	University of Barcelona Spain Explore	47,458	12.4	10%	61 : 39
201–250	University of Bergen Norway Explore	12,554	12.0	13%	60 : 40
201–250	University of Bologna Italy Explore	62,296	22.2	10%	n/a
201–250	Brandeis University United States Explore	5,620	12.9	25%	55 : 45
201–250	University of Calgary Canada Explore	27,084	15.7	19%	n/a
201–250	Chalmers University of Technology Sweden Explore	9,112	11.4	16%	31 : 69
201–250	University of Cincinnati United States Explore	28,035	20.7	9%	52 : 48
201–250	Copenhagen Business School Denmark Explore	19,079	44.3	23%	49 : 51
201–250	University of Delaware United States Explore	20,125	16.8	10%	57 : 43
201–250	University of Duisburg-Essen Germany Explore	41,916	53.8	13%	48 : 52
201–250	Florida State University United States Explore	38,386	26.3	7%	55 : 45
201–250	University of Fribourg Switzerland Explore	10,769	45.4	18%	58 : 42
201–250	George Washington University United States Explore	22,015	12.9	16%	58 : 42
201–250	University of Hamburg Germany Explore	38,182	48.4	12%	56 : 44
201–250	University of Hawai’i at Mānoa United States Explore	16,256	11.0	13%	56 : 44
201–250	Hebrew University of Jerusalem Israel Explore	17,454	11.2	5%	55 : 45
201–250	University of Iceland Iceland Explore	8,693	15.3	10%	66 : 34
201–250	University of Iowa United States Explore	27,310	12.4	13%	52 : 48
201–250	James Cook University Australia Explore	11,867	22.5	12%	62 : 38
201–250	University of Kiel Germany Explore	25,392	23.4	8%	53 : 47
201–250	King Abdulaziz University Saudi Arabia Explore	31,554	8.1	21%	54 : 46
201–250	University of Konstanz Germany Explore	11,381	48.2	12%	54 : 46
201–250	Korea University South Korea Explore	23,037	15.6	19%	46 : 54
201–250	National University of Ireland, Galway Ireland Explore	13,898	26.6	18%	57 : 43
201–250	Osaka University Japan Explore	23,256	9.5	10%	31 : 69
201–250	University of Otago New Zealand Explore	18,157	19.9	20%	57 : 43
201–250	University of Ottawa Canada Explore	35,177	25.6	17%	59 : 41
201–250	Paris Diderot University – Paris 7 France Explore	27,992	14.9	17%	63 : 37
201–250	University of Passau Germany Explore	11,804	74.8	9%	61 : 39
201–250	University of Potsdam Germany Explore	20,066	59.1	10%	58 : 42
201–250	Queen’s University Belfast United Kingdom Explore	17,947	16.6	32%	55 : 45
201–250	Queensland University of Technology Australia Explore	35,211	37.0	17%	54 : 46
201–250	University of Reading United Kingdom Explore	12,874	14.7	33%	56 : 44
201–250	Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Ireland Explore	2,136	17.6	64%	n/a
201–250	Ruhr University Bochum Germany Explore	43,004	61.1	13%	49 : 51
201–250	University of South Australia Australia Explore	17,575	25.8	41%	62 : 38
201–250	St George’s, University of London United Kingdom Explore	3,174	14.9	17%	62 : 38
201–250	University of Stuttgart Germany Explore	26,059	53.2	18%	31 : 69
201–250	University of Tampere Finland Explore	9,360	22.2	3%	66 : 34
201–250	Technical University of Darmstadt Germany Explore	17,776	44.5	16%	30 : 70
201–250	University of Technology Sydney Australia Explore	25,256	43.6	37%	53 : 47
201–250	Tel Aviv University Israel Explore	22,973	23.1	4%	54 : 46
201–250	University of Texas at Dallas United States Explore	22,967	25.4	25%	43 : 57
201–250	Tohoku University Japan Explore	17,494	5.5	10%	26 : 74
201–250	Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology South Korea Explore	4,046	14.3	7%	28 : 72
201–250	University College Dublin Ireland Explore	21,605	23.0	26%	n/a
201–250	University of Utah United States Explore	30,040	14.5	10%	45 : 55
201–250	Vita-Salute San Raffaele University Italy Explore	2,598	7.1	5%	58 : 42
201–250	University of Waterloo Canada Explore	32,000	26.1	17%	46 : 54
201–250	Western University Canada Explore	28,996	22.0	17%	55 : 45
201–250	Yonsei University (Seoul campus) South Korea Explore	18,038	14.7	21%	45 : 55
251–300	Aix-Marseille University France Explore	66,623	16.8	12%	58 : 42
251–300	University of Bath United Kingdom Explore	12,513	16.3	32%	45 : 55
251–300	University of Bayreuth Germany Explore	12,917	37.9	8%	45 : 55
251–300	Bielefeld University Germany Explore	23,683	66.8	8%	57 : 43
251–300	University of Bremen Germany Explore	19,040	34.2	11%	50 : 50
251–300	University at Buffalo United States Explore	25,247	17.7	18%	45 : 55
251–300	Clark University United States Explore	3,316	11.7	26%	60 : 40
251–300	University of Colorado Denver United States Explore	15,491	5.0	8%	55 : 45
251–300	Colorado School of Mines United States Explore	5,557	17.6	11%	28 : 72
251–300	Dalhousie University Canada Explore	15,201	14.9	20%	55 : 45
251–300	École des Ponts ParisTech France Explore	1,749	12.3	41%	30 : 70
251–300	University of Essex United Kingdom Explore	10,986	16.5	43%	55 : 45
251–300	Goethe University Frankfurt Germany Explore	45,387	13.3	15%	58 : 42
251–300	Griffith University Australia Explore	31,772	22.3	19%	56 : 44
251–300	University of Hohenheim Germany Explore	9,557	42.9	13%	56 : 44
251–300	University of Illinois at Chicago United States Explore	25,450	11.4	19%	52 : 48
251–300	Indian Institute of Science India Explore	3,550	8.4	1%	21 : 79
251–300	University of Innsbruck Austria Explore	14,530	13.1	39%	54 : 46
251–300	Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz Germany Explore	34,219	32.1	10%	59 : 41
251–300	Laval University Canada Explore	29,322	16.9	13%	57 : 43
251–300	Macquarie University Australia Explore	27,955	31.0	22%	54 : 46
251–300	University of Marburg Germany Explore	26,062	37.4	9%	56 : 44
251–300	Medical University of Vienna Austria Explore	7,209	2.7	28%	50 : 50
251–300	Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology Russian Federation Explore	5,761	8.7	12%	20 : 80
251–300	University of Newcastle Australia Explore	22,921	22.0	17%	55 : 45
251–300	North Carolina State University United States Explore	30,254	13.1	13%	45 : 55
251–300	Norwegian University of Science and Technology Norway Explore	21,571	16.9	11%	46 : 54
251–300	University of Oregon United States Explore	23,728	18.6	14%	52 : 48
251–300	Oregon Health and Science University United States Explore	2,895	1.0	2%	64 : 36
251–300	University of Oulu Finland Explore	10,287	23.7	6%	50 : 50
251–300	Queen’s University Canada Explore	21,227	22.7	12%	57 : 43
251–300	University of São Paulo Brazil Explore	82,258	14.8	4%	48 : 52
251–300	Simon Fraser University Canada Explore	26,309	27.6	29%	54 : 46
251–300	University of Southern Denmark Denmark Explore	25,328	13.5	16%	53 : 47
251–300	University of South Florida United States Explore	33,053	19.6	12%	n/a
251–300	Stony Brook University United States Explore	23,136	10.4	24%	49 : 51
251–300	University of Surrey United Kingdom Explore	11,027	14.3	38%	53 : 47
251–300	Swansea University United Kingdom Explore	13,896	16.1	24%	47 : 53
251–300	Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Sweden Explore	3,812	4.4	4%	69 : 31
251–300	Syracuse University United States Explore	20,180	16.3	19%	54 : 46
251–300	Tokyo Institute of Technology Japan Explore	9,570	7.3	13%	14 : 86
251–300	University of Trento Italy Explore	17,759	29.4	8%	51 : 49
251–300	Umeå University Sweden Explore	16,553	11.7	10%	60 : 40
251–300	Wake Forest University United States Explore	7,579	4.1	6%	51 : 49
251–300	William & Mary United States Explore	8,044	11.8	9%	55 : 45
251–300	University of the Witwatersrand South Africa Explore	25,342	24.6	8%	56 : 44
251–300	University of Wollongong Australia Explore	16,947	27.0	24%	50 : 50
301–350	Aberystwyth University United Kingdom Explore	7,920	18.4	18%	47 : 53
301–350	University of Alaska Fairbanks United States Explore	3,769	8.3	6%	51 : 49
301–350	Anglia Ruskin University United Kingdom Explore	15,197	21.7	25%	62 : 38
301–350	Babol Noshirvani University of Technology Iran Explore	4,749	28.6	n/a	32 : 68
301–350	Bangor University United Kingdom Explore	9,327	18.4	25%	55 : 45
301–350	Birkbeck, University of London United Kingdom Explore	9,014	16.8	39%	54 : 46
301–350	University of Bordeaux France Explore	52,526	21.0	12%	58 : 42
301–350	Boston College United States Explore	12,943	16.1	12%	55 : 45
301–350	Brighton and Sussex Medical School United Kingdom Explore	761	12.1	16%	59 : 41
301–350	Charles Darwin University Australia Explore	6,551	22.4	32%	63 : 37
301–350	University of Connecticut United States Explore	26,669	12.7	12%	51 : 49
301–350	Deakin University Australia Explore	36,768	32.9	17%	58 : 42
301–350	University of Denver United States Explore	9,671	13.2	11%	56 : 44
301–350	University of Eastern Finland Finland Explore	11,459	18.3	6%	63 : 37
301–350	Flinders University Australia Explore	16,757	23.9	18%	63 : 37
301–350	Free University of Bozen-Bolzano Italy Explore	3,304	11.6	12%	33 : 67
301–350	George Mason University United States Explore	27,749	17.5	8%	54 : 46
301–350	Goldsmiths, University of London United Kingdom Explore	7,416	13.9	37%	66 : 34
301–350	Grenoble Alpes University France Explore	39,298	17.0	15%	57 : 43
301–350	University of Houston United States Explore	41,128	42.9	10%	50 : 50
301–350	Iowa State University United States Explore	31,307	18.8	12%	45 : 55
301–350	University of Kent United Kingdom Explore	16,949	12.7	31%	53 : 47
301–350	Khalifa University United Arab Emirates Explore	3,134	8.3	32%	46 : 54
301–350	Koç University Turkey Explore	5,172	14.9	10%	52 : 48
301–350	University of Liège Belgium Explore	21,910	27.1	23%	56 : 44
301–350	Loughborough University United Kingdom Explore	13,457	14.9	22%	39 : 61
301–350	Medical University of Graz Austria Explore	3,323	6.9	23%	53 : 47
301–350	University of Milan Italy Explore	56,805	28.1	5%	59 : 41
301–350	Nagoya University Japan Explore	15,594	7.9	10%	29 : 71
301–350	National Tsing Hua University Taiwan Explore	10,194	13.8	5%	33 : 67
301–350	University of Navarra Spain Explore	10,827	14.9	19%	53 : 47
301–350	University of Nebraska-Lincoln United States Explore	22,578	16.3	12%	47 : 53
301–350	Oregon State University United States Explore	23,668	16.2	10%	47 : 53
301–350	Polytechnic University of Milan Italy Explore	33,189	23.8	14%	34 : 66
301–350	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute United States Explore	7,240	15.7	17%	32 : 68
301–350	Rush University United States Explore	2,437	2.1	3%	73 : 27
301–350	Sapienza University of Rome Italy Explore	111,453	32.1	7%	58 : 42
301–350	University of Stirling United Kingdom Explore	8,507	15.1	21%	62 : 38
301–350	University of Tartu Estonia Explore	8,835	11.6	5%	66 : 34
301–350	University of Tasmania Australia Explore	11,346	14.5	22%	60 : 40
301–350	Technical University of Dortmund Germany Explore	32,870	99.6	10%	45 : 55
301–350	Technion Israel Institute of Technology Israel Explore	14,693	21.7	5%	34 : 66
301–350	University of Tennessee, Knoxville United States Explore	25,264	16.4	5%	n/a
301–350	Tomsk Polytechnic University Russian Federation Explore	9,858	8.2	24%	36 : 64
301–350	Victoria University Australia Explore	14,795	31.4	20%	54 : 46
301–350	University of Victoria Canada Explore	18,388	22.8	15%	57 : 43
301–350	Vienna University of Technology Austria Explore	17,931	36.5	28%	29 : 71
301–350	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University United States Explore	30,975	18.2	11%	43 : 57
301–350	Vrije Universiteit Brussel Belgium Explore	12,785	22.2	21%	53 : 47
301–350	Washington State University United States Explore	27,135	19.7	7%	52 : 48
351–400	University of Alabama United States Explore	33,679	22.2	5%	54 : 46
351–400	American University United States Explore	11,534	11.7	13%	64 : 36
351–400	Aston University United Kingdom Explore	8,989	20.0	31%	49 : 51
351–400	Autonomous University of Madrid Spain Explore	29,305	13.4	13%	60 : 40
351–400	Brunel University London United Kingdom Explore	11,359	16.0	41%	46 : 54
351–400	University of Canberra Australia Explore	11,438	30.3	28%	52 : 48
351–400	University of Canterbury New Zealand Explore	11,931	16.8	21%	50 : 50
351–400	City, University of London United Kingdom Explore	13,460	17.2	53%	56 : 44
351–400	Colorado State University United States Explore	23,921	15.9	6%	53 : 47
351–400	University of Côte d’Azur France Explore	33,839	21.8	23%	55 : 45
351–400	University of Crete Greece Explore	14,522	26.2	4%	62 : 38
351–400	Curtin University Australia Explore	31,483	18.5	37%	52 : 48
351–400	Cyprus University of Technology Cyprus Explore	3,072	18.7	8%	57 : 43
351–400	Drexel University United States Explore	20,714	10.9	18%	49 : 51
351–400	Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées France Explore	98,538	24.6	17%	53 : 47
351–400	University of Georgia United States Explore	33,842	16.3	7%	58 : 42
351–400	Georgia State University United States Explore	28,593	18.9	6%	69 : 31
351–400	Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology South Korea Explore	1,731	11.5	6%	25 : 75
351–400	Hanyang University South Korea Explore	20,879	14.6	17%	n/a
351–400	Heriot-Watt University United Kingdom Explore	9,259	16.4	41%	42 : 58
351–400	Higher School of Economics Russian Federation Explore	17,241	9.5	7%	n/a
351–400	Indian Institute of Technology Bombay India Explore	9,870	17.9	1%	17 : 83
351–400	Justus Liebig University Giessen Germany Explore	28,201	47.3	9%	61 : 39
351–400	University of Kansas United States Explore	24,515	7.2	9%	51 : 49
351–400	Kyushu University Japan Explore	18,696	7.6	12%	29 : 71
351–400	La Trobe University Australia Explore	20,343	34.5	26%	63 : 37
351–400	Leibniz University of Hanover Germany Explore	25,162	65.3	12%	41 : 59
351–400	Linköping University Sweden Explore	18,740	8.1	11%	53 : 47
351–400	University of Macau Macao Explore	9,230	14.5	33%	58 : 42
351–400	University of Malaya Malaysia Explore	21,990	10.9	18%	66 : 34
351–400	Montpellier University France Explore	39,828	19.9	14%	53 : 47
351–400	Örebro University Sweden Explore	8,800	16.4	2%	61 : 39
351–400	University of Padua Italy Explore	62,218	30.8	4%	55 : 45
351–400	University of Pavia Italy Explore	23,632	37.2	7%	56 : 44
351–400	University of Pisa Italy Explore	50,810	28.9	4%	52 : 48
351–400	Royal Veterinary College United Kingdom Explore	1,856	10.1	18%	75 : 25
351–400	Sabancı University Turkey Explore	3,247	20.0	9%	41 : 59
351–400	University of Salerno Italy Explore	37,230	51.4	1%	60 : 40
351–400	University of South Carolina United States Explore	30,869	18.2	5%	55 : 45
351–400	Stellenbosch University South Africa Explore	23,207	26.1	8%	54 : 46
351–400	University of Strasbourg France Explore	41,399	16.5	19%	58 : 42
351–400	Sun Yat-sen University China Explore	51,089	16.3	9%	51 : 49
351–400	Temple University United States Explore	33,958	11.5	8%	52 : 48
351–400	University of Trieste Italy Explore	17,054	24.8	8%	56 : 44
351–400	Tulane University United States Explore	11,193	11.0	11%	56 : 44
351–400	University of Turku Finland Explore	12,263	15.7	5%	62 : 38
351–400	University College Cork Ireland Explore	15,890	21.8	17%	56 : 44
351–400	University of Vermont United States Explore	10,992	8.9	3%	56 : 44
351–400	Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines France Explore	17,323	22.4	14%	59 : 41
351–400	University of Waikato New Zealand Explore	10,019	17.0	27%	56 : 44
351–400	Wayne State University United States Explore	22,215	10.8	9%	56 : 44
351–400	York University Canada Explore	46,146	40.8	23%	58 : 42
401–500	Auckland University of Technology New Zealand Explore	17,861	15.8	42%	59 : 41
401–500	University of Bari Aldo Moro Italy Explore	47,856	60.5	2%	63 : 37
401–500	Bar-Ilan University Israel Explore	16,412	17.5	5%	61 : 39
401–500	University of Bergamo Italy Explore	16,769	55.5	6%	63 : 37
401–500	Bilkent University Turkey Explore	10,007	14.4	5%	45 : 55
401–500	Binghamton University, State University of New York United States Explore	17,238	23.7	15%	48 : 52
401–500	Boğaziçi University Turkey Explore	11,967	26.8	8%	49 : 51
401–500	University of Brescia Italy Explore	14,542	26.4	7%	46 : 54
401–500	University of Calabria Italy Explore	28,313	35.1	3%	58 : 42
401–500	CentraleSupélec France Explore	4,226	11.6	33%	22 : 78
401–500	Charles University in Prague Czech Republic Explore	50,495	13.1	16%	61 : 39
401–500	Chung-Ang University South Korea Explore	11,381	16.1	28%	48 : 52
401–500	Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 France Explore	27,067	13.0	12%	54 : 46
401–500	University of Cyprus Cyprus Explore	6,989	23.1	9%	68 : 32
401–500	Dublin City University Ireland Explore	9,180	25.5	17%	52 : 48
401–500	University of Florence Italy Explore	53,112	15.7	7%	60 : 40
401–500	Florida International University United States Explore	32,838	24.4	8%	56 : 44
401–500	University of Genoa Italy Explore	35,711	27.1	9%	56 : 44
401–500	University of Graz Austria Explore	21,053	22.9	13%	64 : 36
401–500	Graz University of Technology Austria Explore	6,395	10.2	17%	23 : 77
401–500	University of Greifswald Germany Explore	10,857	20.8	6%	56 : 44
401–500	Hamburg University of Technology Germany Explore	7,391	55.1	19%	26 : 74
401–500	Hasselt University Belgium Explore	5,045	19.0	12%	47 : 53
401–500	Hofstra University United States Explore	10,001	13.9	10%	56 : 44
401–500	Hokkaido University Japan Explore	18,038	8.0	9%	30 : 70
401–500	Hong Kong Baptist University Hong Kong Explore	11,467	11.4	30%	61 : 39
401–500	Huazhong University of Science and Technology China Explore	56,140	16.7	5%	35 : 65
401–500	University of Hull United Kingdom Explore	13,482	16.6	19%	53 : 47
401–500	Jordan University of Science and Technology Jordan Explore	23,103	12.6	20%	57 : 43
401–500	University of Jyväskylä Finland Explore	10,020	15.8	5%	61 : 39
401–500	University of Kaiserslautern Germany Explore	14,493	52.5	16%	37 : 63
401–500	Kazan Federal University Russian Federation Explore	25,916	10.8	9%	67 : 33
401–500	University of KwaZulu-Natal South Africa Explore	32,023	25.3	5%	59 : 41
401–500	Kyung Hee University South Korea Explore	23,512	17.2	18%	44 : 56
401–500	University of Lille France Explore	67,978	28.1	12%	56 : 44
401–500	Louisiana State University United States Explore	29,533	20.5	6%	52 : 48
401–500	Makerere University Uganda Explore	36,688	28.8	8%	52 : 48
401–500	University of Manitoba Canada Explore	29,017	28.0	15%	54 : 46
401–500	Marche Polytechnic University Italy Explore	16,931	24.0	4%	45 : 55
401–500	University of Maryland, Baltimore County United States Explore	11,781	18.8	8%	46 : 54
401–500	Massey University New Zealand Explore	18,688	15.7	29%	62 : 38
401–500	Maynooth University Ireland Explore	8,361	30.6	12%	55 : 45
401–500	Middlesex University United Kingdom Explore	14,756	18.0	46%	60 : 40
401–500	University of Milan-Bicocca Italy Explore	34,245	48.4	7%	61 : 39
401–500	University of Missouri United States Explore	30,535	11.5	6%	53 : 47
401–500	University of Modena and Reggio Emilia Italy Explore	20,737	27.8	6%	53 : 47
401–500	University of Montana United States Explore	9,573	16.6	3%	56 : 44
401–500	Murdoch University Australia Explore	15,526	30.7	48%	58 : 42
401–500	National Chiao Tung University Taiwan Explore	12,639	17.7	7%	28 : 72
401–500	National Research Nuclear University MEPhI Russian Federation Explore	7,064	7.6	15%	31 : 69
401–500	National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (Taiwan Tech) Taiwan Explore	7,981	18.7	13%	32 : 68
401–500	University of Nebraska Medical Center United States Explore	2,856	2.4	9%	67 : 33
401–500	University of Neuchâtel Switzerland Explore	4,216	8.8	23%	60 : 40
401–500	Northern Arizona University United States Explore	27,227	26.8	5%	58 : 42
401–500	Norwegian University of Life Sciences Norway Explore	5,723	7.1	22%	58 : 42
401–500	Novosibirsk State University Russian Federation Explore	7,242	6.5	18%	51 : 49
401–500	University of Oklahoma United States Explore	27,333	10.6	7%	51 : 49
401–500	The Open University United Kingdom Explore	67,357	33.0	8%	61 : 39
401–500	Oxford Brookes University United Kingdom Explore	13,256	17.9	28%	58 : 42
401–500	University of Parma Italy Explore	24,307	27.6	6%	56 : 44
401–500	Plymouth University United Kingdom Explore	18,336	18.0	15%	52 : 48
401–500	Polytechnic University of Catalonia Spain Explore	21,581	9.8	12%	27 : 73
401–500	Polytechnic University of Turin Italy Explore	30,903	29.7	14%	28 : 72
401–500	Qatar University Qatar Explore	13,342	17.6	42%	73 : 27
401–500	Quaid-i-azam University Pakistan Explore	13,559	26.6	n/a	57 : 43
401–500	Reykjavík University Iceland Explore	3,206	29.4	6%	59 : 41
401–500	RMIT University Australia Explore	31,465	17.2	25%	47 : 53
401–500	University of Rome II – Tor Vergata Italy Explore	32,325	17.9	6%	51 : 49
401–500	University of Rome III Italy Explore	34,492	56.2	4%	59 : 41
401–500	Roskilde University Denmark Explore	6,034	14.5	9%	62 : 38
401–500	University of Rovira i Virgili Spain Explore	12,604	12.6	10%	59 : 41
401–500	University of St Gallen Switzerland Explore	7,456	13.1	35%	33 : 67
401–500	Saint Louis University United States Explore	10,976	6.8	7%	59 : 41
401–500	Saint Petersburg State University Russian Federation Explore	21,433	5.8	10%	65 : 35
401–500	San Diego State University United States Explore	29,136	30.7	7%	56 : 44
401–500	University of Saskatchewan Canada Explore	16,712	16.3	17%	56 : 44
401–500	Sciences Po France Explore	9,679	38.1	45%	59 : 41
401–500	Semmelweis University Hungary Explore	10,880	10.7	31%	68 : 32
401–500	University of Siegen Germany Explore	19,339	49.2	11%	49 : 51
401–500	University of Siena Italy Explore	17,928	14.0	6%	59 : 41
401–500	Soas, University of London United Kingdom Explore	4,854	11.5	56%	64 : 36
401–500	Southern Cross University Australia Explore	8,298	32.4	18%	65 : 35
401–500	State University of Campinas Brazil Explore	26,811	14.3	4%	47 : 53
401–500	University of Strathclyde United Kingdom Explore	17,496	21.5	27%	49 : 51
401–500	Swinburne University of Technology Australia Explore	13,269	24.7	25%	39 : 61
401–500	University of Texas at San Antonio United States Explore	25,945	25.8	6%	49 : 51
401–500	Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) Japan Explore	2,906	3.2	7%	50 : 50
401–500	Tongji University China Explore	35,810	12.9	11%	39 : 61
401–500	University of Tsukuba Japan Explore	16,514	13.0	19%	39 : 61
401–500	University of Tulsa United States Explore	4,671	12.4	25%	43 : 57
401–500	University of Turin Italy Explore	59,116	31.4	7%	n/a
401–500	UiT The Arctic University of Norway Norway Explore	12,601	12.1	12%	61 : 39
401–500	University of Urbino Carlo Bo Italy Explore	11,658	28.6	9%	59 : 41
401–500	Verona University Italy Explore	24,582	20.6	6%	64 : 36
401–500	Victoria University of Wellington New Zealand Explore	17,086	19.8	20%	56 : 44
401–500	Western Sydney University Australia Explore	32,744	34.0	13%	55 : 45
401–500	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee United States Explore	21,928	18.7	6%	52 : 48
401–500	Wuhan University China Explore	50,178	14.3	7%	n/a

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