Regional standing

The world's regions, ranked

Collaboration leadership recognised where it happens. Every region scored on the identical global method, so a regional leader is a genuine global comparison, not a separate table.

Africa

33 ranked universities · top 30 shown

#	University	Country	Score	Status
1	University of Cape Town	South Africa	84.2	Gold
2	University of the Witwatersrand	South Africa	79.1	Gold
3	University of Johannesburg	South Africa	75.6	Gold
4	Stellenbosch University	South Africa	73.4	Gold
5	University of Pretoria	South Africa	65.1	Silver
6	Cairo University	Egypt	62.7	Silver
7	University of KwaZulu-Natal	South Africa	61.6	Silver
8	North-West University	South Africa	60.2	Silver
9	University of Ghana	Ghana	59.0	Silver
10	Makerere University	Uganda	53.2	Silver
11	Alexandria University	Egypt	49.8	Silver
12	Ain Shams University	Egypt	47.3
13	Mansoura University	Egypt	47.0
14	Addis Ababa University	Ethiopia	46.6
15	Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology	Ghana	46.1
16	University of Ibadan	Nigeria	44.5
17	University of the Free State	South Africa	39.8
18	Assiut University	Egypt	38.8
19	University of Nairobi	Kenya	37.8
20	Tunis El Manar University	Tunisia	37.5
21	Al-Azhar University	Egypt	36.6
22	Tanta University	Egypt	35.2
23	Université de Yaoundé I	Cameroon	33.1
24	Zagazig University	Egypt	32.8
25	University of Nigeria	Nigeria	32.2
26	University of South Africa	South Africa	31.0
27	Menoufia University	Egypt	31.0
28	University of Sfax	Tunisia	30.4
29	Mohammed V University	Morocco	30.0
30	Tunis University	Tunisia	29.6

Asia-Pacific

391 ranked universities · top 30 shown

#	University	Country	Score	Status
1	University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong	97.8	Platinum
2	National University of Singapore	Singapore	97.7	Platinum
3	Chinese University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong	97.3	Platinum
4	Monash University	Australia	96.5	Platinum
5	The University of Queensland	Australia	95.2	Platinum
6	Nanyang Technological University	Singapore	94.6	Platinum
7	The University of Melbourne	Australia	93.9	Platinum
8	The University of Sydney	Australia	93.0	Platinum
9	UNSW Sydney	Australia	92.4	Platinum
10	The University of Western Australia	Australia	91.4	Platinum
11	The University of Adelaide	Australia	89.8	Platinum
12	Peking University	China	87.5	Platinum
13	Tsinghua University	China	87.5	Platinum
14	Australian National University	Australia	87.4	Platinum
15	Shenzhen University	China	87.2	Platinum
16	University of Technology Sydney	Australia	87.1	Platinum
17	Macquarie University	Australia	87.0	Platinum
18	Curtin University	Australia	86.9	Platinum
19	Zhejiang University	China	86.7	Platinum
20	Shanghai Jiao Tong University	China	86.5	Platinum
21	University of Auckland	New Zealand	86.3	Platinum
22	Hong Kong Polytechnic University	Hong Kong	86.1	Platinum
23	Deakin University	Australia	85.9	Gold
24	City University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong	85.6	Gold
25	Griffith University	Australia	83.7	Gold
26	Queensland University of Technology	Australia	82.5	Gold
27	Sun Yat-sen University	China	82.2	Gold
28	The University of Tokyo	Japan	81.7	Gold
29	University of Chinese Academy of Sciences	China	81.6	Gold
30	Fudan University	China	81.4	Gold

Europe

417 ranked universities · top 30 shown

#	University	Country	Score	Status
1	University of Oxford	United Kingdom	97.4	Platinum
2	University College London	United Kingdom	97.0	Platinum
3	University of Cambridge	United Kingdom	96.9	Platinum
4	University of Edinburgh	United Kingdom	96.1	Platinum
5	King's College London	United Kingdom	95.2	Platinum
6	Imperial College London	United Kingdom	94.6	Platinum
7	KU Leuven	Belgium	92.7	Platinum
8	University of Zurich	Switzerland	92.7	Platinum
9	University of Manchester	United Kingdom	92.6	Platinum
10	Queen Mary University of London	United Kingdom	92.6	Platinum
11	University of Amsterdam	Netherlands	92.5	Platinum
12	University of Copenhagen	Denmark	92.4	Platinum
13	University of Birmingham	United Kingdom	92.4	Platinum
14	University of Glasgow	United Kingdom	92.3	Platinum
15	University of Southampton	United Kingdom	92.2	Platinum
16	Karolinska Institutet	Sweden	92.0	Platinum
17	University of Liverpool	United Kingdom	91.8	Platinum
18	University of Groningen	Netherlands	91.8	Platinum
19	University of Bristol	United Kingdom	91.1	Platinum
20	University of Exeter	United Kingdom	90.8	Platinum
21	University of Helsinki	Finland	90.6	Platinum
22	ETH Zurich	Switzerland	90.4	Platinum
23	University of Nottingham	United Kingdom	90.3	Platinum
24	Lund University	Sweden	90.2	Platinum
25	Université Paris Cité	France	90.1	Platinum
26	Technical University of Munich	Germany	90.0	Platinum
27	University of Warwick	United Kingdom	90.0	Platinum
28	Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München	Germany	89.7	Platinum
29	University of Oslo	Norway	89.6	Platinum
30	Utrecht University	Netherlands	89.5	Platinum

Latin America

65 ranked universities · top 30 shown

#	University	Country	Score	Status
1	Universidade de São Paulo	Brazil	73.4	Gold
2	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile	Chile	67.1	Silver
3	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México	Mexico	63.9	Silver
4	University of Chile	Chile	63.0	Silver
5	Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)	Brazil	62.7	Silver
6	Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	59.1	Silver
7	Universidad de Buenos Aires	Argentina	56.8	Silver
8	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul	Brazil	53.9	Silver
9	Universidade Federal de São Paulo	Brazil	52.6	Silver
10	Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)	Brazil	50.0	Silver
11	Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais	Brazil	49.8	Silver
12	University of Concepción	Chile	48.4
13	Tecnológico de Monterrey	Mexico	45.8
14	Universidad Nacional de Colombia	Colombia	43.1
15	Universidade Federal do Paraná	Brazil	42.1
16	Universidade de Brasília	Brazil	41.6
17	Universidad de Antioquia	Colombia	40.8
18	Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina	Brazil	39.4
19	Universidad de la República de Uruguay	Uruguay	37.8
20	Instituto Politécnico Nacional	Mexico	37.7
21	Universidade Federal de São Carlos	Brazil	37.0
22	Universidad de Santiago de Chile	Chile	34.8
23	Universidad Nacional de La Plata	Argentina	34.5
24	Universidad de Londres	Mexico	32.0
25	Pontificia Universidad Javeriana	Colombia	31.5
26	Universidade Federal da Bahia	Brazil	30.9
27	Universidade Federal Fluminense	Brazil	29.5
28	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte	Brazil	29.4
29	Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	29.0
30	Universidad Nacional de Córdoba	Argentina	28.8

Middle East

38 ranked universities · top 30 shown

#	University	Country	Score	Status
1	King Saud University	Saudi Arabia	86.1	Platinum
2	King Abdullah University of Science and Technology	Saudi Arabia	80.8	Gold
3	King Abdulaziz University	Saudi Arabia	74.8	Gold
4	United Arab Emirates University	United Arab Emirates	73.1	Gold
5	Qatar University	Qatar	70.9	Gold
6	University of Sharjah	United Arab Emirates	69.1	Silver
7	Khalifa University of Science and Technology	United Arab Emirates	68.0	Silver
8	King Khalid University	Saudi Arabia	60.6	Silver
9	Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University	Saudi Arabia	59.1	Silver
10	University of Tehran	Iran	58.5	Silver
11	American University of Beirut	Lebanon	58.0	Silver
12	Tehran University of Medical Sciences	Iran	54.6	Silver
13	King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals	Saudi Arabia	54.2	Silver
14	Islamic Azad University, Tehran	Iran	54.1	Silver
15	Taif University	Saudi Arabia	51.8	Silver
16	Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University	Saudi Arabia	51.4	Silver
17	University of Jordan	Jordan	48.7
18	Umm al-Qura University	Saudi Arabia	44.6
19	Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences	Iran	40.5
20	Iran University of Medical Sciences	Iran	38.7
21	Tabriz University of Medical Sciences	Iran	38.1
22	Qassim University	Saudi Arabia	37.8
23	Tarbiat Modares University	Iran	36.8
24	Kuwait University	Kuwait	32.8
25	Shiraz University of Medical Sciences	Iran	31.0
26	Sharif University of Technology	Iran	27.6
27	Shahid Beheshti University	Iran	26.7
28	Isfahan University of Medical Sciences	Iran	25.5
29	University of Tabriz	Iran	25.2
30	Mashhad University of Medical Sciences	Iran	25.1

North America

251 ranked universities · top 30 shown

#	University	Country	Score	Status
1	Harvard University	United States	96.2	Platinum
2	Stanford University	United States	95.3	Platinum
3	University of Toronto	Canada	94.2	Platinum
4	Yale University	United States	93.5	Platinum
5	University of California San Diego	United States	93.3	Platinum
6	University of British Columbia	Canada	93.0	Platinum
7	Duke University	United States	92.8	Platinum
8	University of Washington	United States	92.5	Platinum
9	Columbia University	United States	92.5	Platinum
10	University of California, Los Angeles	United States	92.5	Platinum
11	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	United States	92.3	Platinum
12	University of California, Berkeley	United States	92.2	Platinum
13	Cornell University	United States	91.7	Platinum
14	Johns Hopkins University	United States	91.4	Platinum
15	New York University	United States	91.0	Platinum
16	University of Michigan	United States	90.6	Platinum
17	McGill University	Canada	89.7	Platinum
18	University of California, San Francisco	United States	89.0	Platinum
19	University of Chicago	United States	88.7	Platinum
20	University of Pennsylvania	United States	88.3	Platinum
21	University of Pittsburgh	United States	87.8	Platinum
22	Boston University	United States	87.8	Platinum
23	University of Minnesota	United States	87.3	Platinum
24	University of Wisconsin-Madison	United States	87.2	Platinum
25	University of California, Irvine	United States	86.9	Platinum
26	University of Maryland, College Park	United States	86.7	Platinum
27	Washington University in St. Louis	United States	86.7	Platinum
28	Northwestern University	United States	86.7	Platinum
29	University of California, Davis	United States	86.6	Platinum
30	McMaster University	Canada	86.5	Platinum

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