Ranked: The World’s Top Universities Outside of the U.S.

Pallavi Rao
2025-05-04 13:28:00
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Ranked: Top Universities Outside the U.S.

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International interest in studying in the U.S. is plummeting according to data released to University World News.

For context, the U.S. has cornered the market on higher education, accounting for around one-third of the top-100 universities.

However, growing visa rejection rates amidst changing U.S. immigration policy, along with executive orders targeting education are impacting sentiments.

So for the international students looking: where are all the best universities outside the United States?

We list all the best non-U.S. universities according to their global rank by Times Higher Education.

Missing ranks indicate the spots American universities usually fill. Tied ranks are in place.

Ranked: Best Universities Outside America

Oxford and Cambridge lead the top-ranked universities outside America.

In fact, the UK has 12 universities in this ranking, the most for any one country.

Global Rank	University	Country	Region
1	University of Oxford	UK	Europe
5	University of Cambridge	UK	Europe
9	Imperial College London	UK	Europe
11	ETH Zurich	Switzerland	Europe
12	Tsinghua University	China	Asia-Pacific
13	Peking University	China	Asia-Pacific
17	National University of Singapore	Singapore	Asia-Pacific
21	University of Toronto	Canada	North America
22	UCL	UK	Europe
26	Technical University of Munich	Germany	Europe
28	The University of Tokyo	Japan	Asia-Pacific
29	University of Edinburgh	UK	Europe
30	Nanyang Technological University	Singapore	Asia-Pacific
32	École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne	Switzerland	Europe
35	University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Asia-Pacific
36	Fudan University	China	Asia-Pacific
36	King’s College London	UK	Europe
38	LMU Munich	Germany	Europe
39	University of Melbourne	Australia	Asia-Pacific
41	University of British Columbia	Canada	North America
42	Paris Sciences et Lettres	France	Europe
43	KU Leuven	Belgium	Europe
44	The Chinese University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Asia-Pacific
45	McGill University	Canada	North America
47	Universität Heidelberg	Germany	Europe
47	Zhejiang University	China	Asia-Pacific
49	Karolinska Institute	Sweden	Europe
50	London School of Economics and Political Science	UK	Europe
52	Shanghai Jiao Tong University	China	Asia-Pacific
53	University of Manchester	UK	Europe
53	University of Science and Technology of China	China	Asia-Pacific
55	Kyoto University	Japan	Asia-Pacific
56	Delft University of Technology	Netherlands	Europe
58	Monash University	Australia	Asia-Pacific
58	University of Amsterdam	Netherlands	Europe
61	The University of Sydney	Australia	Asia-Pacific
62	Seoul National University	South Korea	Asia-Pacific
64	Université Paris-Saclay	France	Europe
65	Nanjing University	China	Asia-Pacific
66	The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology	Hong Kong	Asia-Pacific
67	Wageningen University & Research	Netherlands	Europe
71	Institut Polytechnique de Paris	France	Europe
73	Australian National University	Australia	Asia-Pacific
73	Leiden University	Netherlands	Europe
76	Sorbonne University	France	Europe
77	The University of Queensland	Australia	Asia-Pacific
78	City University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Asia-Pacific
78	University of Bristol	UK	Europe
80	University of Groningen	Netherlands	Europe
82	KAIST	South Korea	Asia-Pacific
83	UNSW Sydney	Australia	Asia-Pacific
84	Humboldt University of Berlin	Germany	Europe
84	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University	Hong Kong	Asia-Pacific
87	University of Glasgow	UK	Europe
89	University of Bonn	Germany	Europe
92	RWTH Aachen University	Germany	Europe
93	Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin	Germany	Europe
93	University of Birmingham	UK	Europe
95	KTH Royal Institute of Technology	Sweden	Europe
95	Lund University	Sweden	Europe
97	University of Copenhagen	Denmark	Europe
98	University of Sheffield	UK	Europe
100	University of Tübingen	Germany	Europe

China is second at seven, that number jumping to 12 if including the universities in Hong Kong.

As a region however, Europe is clearly an academia and research hotspot, with 36 universities in the top 100.

These include the aforementioned UK universities but also known big names from Switzerland (ETH Zurich), France (PSL), and Netherlands (University of Amsterdam).

Outside Europe, good universities can also be found in Singapore, Australia, and Canada.

There is a notable absence of internationally ranked universities from South America and Africa.

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