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Best universities in any country or region, GURI 2026

Type a country, a region or an institution to see the highest-ranked universities in the Global University Rankings Index (GURI) 2026 edition, each with its live GURI Composite Score and global position. Positions follow the published GURI 2.0 methodology and are not a judgement of which institution is objectively best.

2,355 ranked universities124 countries and territories5 regions

Best universities by region

Best universities in Asia1,013 ranked · 42 countries
  1. 1Peking UniversityChina95.66
  2. 2Tsinghua UniversityChina95.23
  3. 3National University of SingaporeSingapore95.23
  4. 4The University of TokyoJapan94.67
  5. 5Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina94.65
  6. 6The University of Hong KongHong Kong SAR, China94.65
  7. 7Nanjing UniversityChina94.56
  8. 8University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina93.71
  9. 9Wuhan UniversityChina93.37
  10. 10Yonsei UniversityRepublic of Korea93.12
Best universities in Europe694 ranked · 40 countries
  1. 1ETH ZurichSwitzerland96.57
  2. 2UCL (University College London)United Kingdom96.43
  3. 3University of OxfordUnited Kingdom95.90
  4. 4Technical University of MunichGermany95.86
  5. 5University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom95.85
  6. 6Swiss Federal Institute of Technology LausanneSwitzerland95.76
  7. 7Imperial College LondonUnited Kingdom95.65
  8. 8Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität BonnGermany95.64
  9. 9King's College London (KCL)United Kingdom95.40
  10. 10University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom94.67
Best universities in Americas471 ranked · 20 countries
  1. 1Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States96.97
  2. 2University of California, Berkeley (UCB)United States96.68
  3. 3Princeton UniversityUnited States96.67
  4. 4California Institute of TechnologyUnited States96.17
  5. 5Harvard UniversityUnited States95.92
  6. 6University of WashingtonUnited States95.76
  7. 7Stanford UniversityUnited States95.62
  8. 8Northwestern UniversityUnited States95.51
  9. 9Yale UniversityUnited States95.46
  10. 10University of PennsylvaniaUnited States95.44
Best universities in Arab Region198 ranked · 18 countries
  1. 1King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia87.77
  2. 2King Fahd University of Petroleum & MineralsSaudi Arabia86.17
  3. 3Qatar UniversityQatar84.96
  4. 4United Arab Emirates UniversityUnited Arab Emirates82.00
  5. 5Khalifa UniversityUnited Arab Emirates81.77
  6. 6King Abdulaziz UniversitySaudi Arabia80.00
  7. 7Lebanese American UniversityLebanon78.89
  8. 8King Khalid UniversitySaudi Arabia77.52
  9. 9University of SharjahUnited Arab Emirates76.41
  10. 10Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman UniversitySaudi Arabia75.28
Best universities in Africa137 ranked · 21 countries
  1. 1University of Cape TownSouth Africa89.75
  2. 2University of The WitwatersrandSouth Africa82.15
  3. 3Stellenbosch UniversitySouth Africa80.47
  4. 4University of JohannesburgSouth Africa77.93
  5. 5University of PretoriaSouth Africa75.58
  6. 6The American University in CairoEgypt70.85
  7. 7University of Kwazulu-NatalSouth Africa69.78
  8. 8Cairo UniversityEgypt69.71
  9. 9Ain Shams UniversityEgypt68.82
  10. 10Mohammed VI Polytechnic UniversityMorocco65.99

Best universities by country

Showing the 24 countries with the highest-placed institution. Search above for any of the 124 ranked countries.

Best universities in United States
227 ranked · best global rank #1 · average score 63.24
  1. 1Massachusetts Institute of Technology#196.97
  2. 2University of California, Berkeley (UCB)#296.68
  3. 3Princeton University#396.67
  4. 4California Institute of Technology#696.17
  5. 5Harvard University#795.92
Best universities in Switzerland
13 ranked · best global rank #4 · average score 76.27
  1. 1ETH Zurich#496.57
  2. 2Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne#1295.76
  3. 3University of Geneva#9691.11
  4. 4University of Basel#10390.65
  5. 5University of Lausanne#11190.28
Best universities in United Kingdom
102 ranked · best global rank #5 · average score 65.95
  1. 1UCL (University College London)#596.43
  2. 2University of Oxford#895.90
  3. 3University of Cambridge#1095.85
  4. 4Imperial College London#1495.65
  5. 5King's College London (KCL)#2095.40
Best universities in Germany
56 ranked · best global rank #9 · average score 71.46
  1. 1Technical University of Munich#995.86
  2. 2Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn#1595.64
  3. 3LMU Munich#4494.02
  4. 4University of Münster#9591.13
  5. 5RWTH Aachen University#10290.67
Best universities in China
176 ranked · best global rank #13 · average score 54.96
  1. 1Peking University#1395.66
  2. 2Tsinghua University#2495.23
  3. 3Shanghai Jiao Tong University#3294.65
  4. 4Nanjing University#3694.56
  5. 5University of Science and Technology of China#4793.71
Best universities in Canada
34 ranked · best global rank #23 · average score 69.54
  1. 1McGill University#2395.32
  2. 2University of Toronto#2894.96
  3. 3University of British Columbia#5893.12
  4. 4University of Alberta#9291.43
  5. 5McMaster University#12989.45
Best universities in Singapore
4 ranked · best global rank #25 · average score 74.85
  1. 1National University of Singapore#2595.23
  2. 2Nanyang Technological University#7992.16
  3. 3Singapore University of Technology and Design#85556.68
  4. 4Singapore Management University#88755.33
Best universities in Australia
39 ranked · best global rank #29 · average score 74.93
  1. 1University of Melbourne#2994.83
  2. 2The University of Sydney#3994.21
  3. 3Adelaide University#4294.12
  4. 4The University of Queensland#7292.45
  5. 5The University of New South Wales#7392.43
Best universities in Japan
82 ranked · best global rank #30 · average score 43.80
  1. 1The University of Tokyo#3094.67
  2. 2Kyoto University#6392.99
  3. 3Tohoku University#10690.40
  4. 4Nagoya University#12689.59
  5. 5The University of Osaka#13289.25
Best universities in Hong Kong SAR, China
9 ranked · best global rank #34 · average score 81.14
  1. 1The University of Hong Kong#3494.65
  2. 2The Chinese University of Hong Kong#8491.92
  3. 3The Hong Kong Polytechnic University#9391.40
  4. 4City University of Hong Kong#10790.37
  5. 5The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology#12889.51
Best universities in Belgium
10 ranked · best global rank #35 · average score 77.61
  1. 1KU Leuven#3594.61
  2. 2Ghent University#10190.81
  3. 3Universite libre de Bruxelles#19085.79
  4. 4Catholic University of Louvain#21684.54
  5. 5University of Liege#25882.38
Best universities in Denmark
7 ranked · best global rank #40 · average score 75.69
  1. 1University of Copenhagen#4094.19
  2. 2Technical University of Denmark#8691.81
  3. 3Aarhus University#12789.56
  4. 4University of Southern Denmark#31080.31
  5. 5Aalborg University#31280.05
Best universities in France
62 ranked · best global rank #53 · average score 49.30
  1. 1Sorbonne University#5393.31
  2. 2Paris Sciences et Lettres – PSL Research University Paris#11590.06
  3. 3Université Paris-Saclay#12589.68
  4. 4Institut Polytechnique de Paris#16287.49
  5. 5Université Paris Cité#20485.18
Best universities in Sweden
14 ranked · best global rank #56 · average score 71.89
  1. 1Lund University#5693.27
  2. 2Uppsala University#6892.64
  3. 3KTH Royal Institute of Technology#9791.11
  4. 4Karolinska Institute#16587.38
  5. 5University of Gothenburg#17286.96
Best universities in Republic of Korea
46 ranked · best global rank #59 · average score 57.19
  1. 1Yonsei University#5993.12
  2. 2Sungkyunkwan University#6492.94
  3. 3Seoul National University#7192.48
  4. 4Korea University#8991.63
  5. 5Hanyang University#17386.86
Best universities in Netherlands
13 ranked · best global rank #60 · average score 87.63
  1. 1University of Amsterdam#6093.11
  2. 2University of Groningen#6592.93
  3. 3Delft University of Technology#6692.90
  4. 4Leiden University#6792.72
  5. 5Wageningen University & Research#13189.32
Best universities in Finland
10 ranked · best global rank #70 · average score 74.06
  1. 1University of Helsinki#7092.49
  2. 2Aalto University#22483.93
  3. 3University of Turku#33879.16
  4. 4University of Oulu#33979.09
  5. 5Tampere University#35578.09
Best universities in Norway
6 ranked · best global rank #74 · average score 70.81
  1. 1University of Oslo#7492.36
  2. 2University of Bergen#26482.15
  3. 3Norwegian University of Science And Technology#29380.77
  4. 4UiT The Arctic University of Norway#64764.87
  5. 5Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB)#65164.58
Best universities in Italy
53 ranked · best global rank #98 · average score 63.00
  1. 1Sapienza University of Rome#9891.09
  2. 2Polytechnic University of Milan#13689.07
  3. 3University of Padova#17686.77
  4. 4University of Milan#20585.14
  5. 5Catholic University of the Sacred Heart#26982.02
Best universities in Russian Federation
74 ranked · best global rank #99 · average score 37.60
  1. 1Lomonosov Moscow State University#9991.08
  2. 2Bauman Moscow State Technical University#33679.23
  3. 3Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology State University#46772.82
  4. 4National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE, Moscow)#54768.87
  5. 5Ural Federal University#59966.66
Best universities in Austria
14 ranked · best global rank #104 · average score 67.83
  1. 1University of Vienna#10490.60
  2. 2Vienna University of Technology#19985.50
  3. 3Universität Innsbruck#24183.33
  4. 4Medical University of Vienna#32979.41
  5. 5Graz University of Technology#43374.59
Best universities in Spain
54 ranked · best global rank #105 · average score 52.36
  1. 1University of Barcelona#10590.44
  2. 2Autonomous University of Barcelona#20385.19
  3. 3Universitat Pompeu Fabra#23583.60
  4. 4University of Navarra#26882.03
  5. 5Complutense University of Madrid#28381.33
Best universities in New Zealand
8 ranked · best global rank #110 · average score 77.34
  1. 1The University of Auckland#11090.28
  2. 2University of Otago#24383.18
  3. 3Victoria University of Wellington#27781.56
  4. 4University of Canterbury#38276.92
  5. 5Massey University#40176.10
Best universities in Ireland
9 ranked · best global rank #114 · average score 71.57
  1. 1Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin#11490.08
  2. 2University College Dublin#12389.68
  3. 3University College Cork#22284.03
  4. 4University of Galway#29780.69
  5. 5Dublin City University#45473.40

How these lists are produced

Every position on this page is read from the published GURI 2026 Global Composite Ranking under the GURI 2.0 methodology. National and regional lists are the same global order filtered by country or region, so no score is recalculated. Read the methodology or browse GURI Insights.