Best universities in the world by location
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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 17th
- 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 23rd
- Jordan: University of Jordan – ranked 601-650
- 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 135th
- 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: Qatar University – ranked joint 332nd
- 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
- Slovenia: 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 92nd
- Taiwan: National Taiwan University (NTU) – ranked 72nd
- Thailand: Culalongkorn University – ranked 271st
- Turkey: Koç University – ranked joint 448th
- 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