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Best Universities Outside the U.S. (2027)

2027: University of Oxford ranks first at 97.9. 101 entries; unit: THE overall score.

Asia · 29

Oceania · 7

Europe · 58

Americas · 7

70 THE overall score80 THE overall score90 THE overall score

Every dot is one country, placed by its value (THE overall score); the vertical bar marks each row’s median. Rows are world regions, ordered by their median. Hover a dot for its name.

Best Universities Outside the U.S. (2027) — 2027. Values in THE overall score.
Rank	Entry	Value (THE overall score)
1	🇬🇧University of Oxford	97.9
2	🇬🇧University of Cambridge	96.9
3	🇬🇧Imperial College London	95.2
4	🇨🇳Tsinghua University	93.9
5	🇨🇭ETH Zurich	93.6
6	🇨🇳Peking University	92.8
7	🇸🇬National University of Singapore	91.1
8	🇬🇧UCL	90.3
9	🇨🇦University of Toronto	89.1
10	🇩🇪Technical University of Munich	85.1
11	🇯🇵The University of Tokyo	84.3
12	🇸🇬Nanyang Technological University, Singapore	84.0
13	🇬🇧University of Edinburgh	83.5
14	🇭🇰University of Hong Kong	82.6
15	🇦🇺University of Melbourne	80.9
16	🇨🇳Zhejiang University	80.9
17	🇨🇭École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne	80.5
18	🇨🇳Fudan University	80.2
19	🇨🇳Shanghai Jiao Tong University	80.0
20	🇬🇧King’s College London	79.3
21	🇩🇪LMU Munich	78.7
22	🇭🇰The Chinese University of Hong Kong	77.8
23	🇨🇦McGill University	77.7
24	🇨🇦University of British Columbia	77.6
25	🇧🇪KU Leuven	77.5
26	🇩🇪Universität Heidelberg	77.5
27	🇬🇧London School of Economics and Political Science	77.3
28	🇳🇱Delft University of Technology	76.5
29	🇦🇺The University of Sydney	76.3
30	🇨🇳University of Science and Technology of China	76.3
31	🇸🇪Karolinska Institute	75.9
32	🇰🇷Seoul National University	75.6
33	🇫🇷Paris Sciences et Lettres – PSL Research University Paris	75.5
34	🇭🇰The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology	75.4
35	🇨🇳Nanjing University	75.2
36	🇬🇧University of Manchester	74.8
37	🇦🇺Monash University	74.7
38	🇯🇵Kyoto University	74.6
39	🇳🇱University of Amsterdam	74.6
40	🇰🇷Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)	73.6
41	🇳🇱Wageningen University & Research	72.9
42	🇰🇷Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU)	72.7
43	🇳🇱Leiden University	72.6
44	🇭🇰City University of Hong Kong	72.3
45	🇦🇺The University of Queensland	71.2
46	🇫🇷Institut Polytechnique de Paris	71.1
47	🇦🇺UNSW Sydney	71.1
48	🇦🇺Australian National University	71.0
49	🇫🇷Université Paris-Saclay	70.9
50	🇭🇰The Hong Kong Polytechnic University	70.7
51	🇰🇷Yonsei University (Seoul campus)	70.6
52	🇩🇰University of Copenhagen	70.2
53	🇬🇧University of Bristol	70.1
54	🇬🇧University of Glasgow	69.9
55	🇳🇱University of Groningen	69.1
56	🇩🇪University of Bonn	67.8
57	🇩🇪RWTH Aachen University	67.7
58	🇩🇪Humboldt University of Berlin	67.6
59	🇩🇪Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin	67.0
60	🇦🇹University of Vienna	66.9
61	🇨🇳Harbin Institute of Technology	66.8
62	🇩🇰Aarhus University	66.6
63	🇬🇧University of Birmingham	66.6
64	🇩🇪University of Tübingen	66.5
65	🇸🇪Lund University	66.4
66	🇬🇧University of Sheffield	66.4
67	🇸🇪KTH Royal Institute of Technology	66.3
68	🇯🇵Tohoku University	66.3
69	🇳🇱Erasmus University Rotterdam	66.0
70	🇩🇰Technical University of Denmark	65.9
71	🇨🇭University of Basel	65.6
72	🇮🇹University of Bologna	65.6
73	🇩🇪Free University of Berlin	65.5
74	🇬🇧University of Leeds	65.5
75	🇬🇧University of Warwick	65.5
76	🇧🇪Ghent University	65.4
77	🇨🇦McMaster University	65.4
78	🇨🇦University of Alberta	65.3
79	🇫🇮University of Helsinki	65.3
80	🇳🇴University of Oslo	65.3
81	🇨🇭University of Bern	65.2
82	🇨🇳Wuhan University	65.2
83	🇨🇳Tongji University	64.9
84	🇨🇳Beijing Normal University	64.8
85	🇶🇦Hamad Bin Khalifa University	64.5
86	🇹🇼National Taiwan University (NTU)	64.5
87	🇰🇷Korea University	64.4
88	🇬🇧Queen Mary University of London	64.2
89	🇩🇪University of Hamburg	64.2
90	🇨🇭University of Lausanne	64.2
91	🇨🇦Université de Montréal	63.9
92	🇳🇱Maastricht University	63.8
93	🇩🇪University of Göttingen	63.8
94	🇸🇪Uppsala University	63.8
95	🇬🇧University of Southampton	63.2
96	🇩🇪University of Freiburg	63.0
97	🇦🇺Adelaide University	62.9
98	🇧🇷University of São Paulo	62.9
99	🇩🇪Karlsruhe Institute of Technology	62.7
100	🇰🇷Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)	62.7
101	🇪🇸University of Barcelona	62.7

Highlights

As of 2027, University of Oxford ranks first with 97.9, followed by University of Cambridge (96.9) and Imperial College London (95.2).

Across 101 countries and territories, values run from 97.9 (University of Oxford) to 62.7 (University of Barcelona), with a median of 70.6.

By region, the top 10 is made up of 6 from Europe, 3 from Asia and 1 from the Americas.

Source: Visual Capitalist (data: Times Higher Education), 2027. Unit: THE overall score.

Source: Visual Capitalist (data: Times Higher Education) · manually compiled Oct 21, 2026

About this ranking

Latest published data · 2027

Source: Visual Capitalist (data: Times Higher Education) ↗Reference 2 ↗Reference 3 ↗
Reference period: 2027Dataset updated Oct 21, 2026. The badge reflects the reference year, not the update date.
Definition: The highest-scoring universities outside the United States in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2027, as presented by Visual Capitalist. The list removes U.S. institutions from the global ranking; it is not a separate THE regional ranking. Equal overall scores share a rank, so the table contains 101 institutions through rank 99.
Unit: THE overall score
Coverage & value range: Worldwide · 101 listed countries and territoriesValues: 62.7 to 97.9
Ranking direction: Highest value first (descending)#1 is the highest listed value, not necessarily the best outcome.

Source notes: AllRanks assistant verified on 2026-10-21. Visual Capitalist's page returned HTTP 403 when opened directly; its complete article and all 101 table rows were opened in a full-text syndicated copy at egov.mn and checked for institution names, country/territory, overall score, descending order, and ties. Cross-checked the edition, global-ranking basis, and score/rank methodology against Times Higher Education's official 2027 ranking page. The source list is the global THE ranking with U.S. institutions removed; ranks shown here follow the source list's overall scores and preserve tied ranks. The complete official THE table is interactive and its rows were not independently scraped one-by-one; transcription follows the complete reproduced article table.

Coverage describes this list, not necessarily the full population. Missing entries do not imply a value of zero. Collection & methodology →

Ranking

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🇬🇧University of Oxford

97.9

🇬🇧University of Cambridge

96.9

🇬🇧Imperial College London

95.2

🇨🇳Tsinghua University

93.9

🇨🇭ETH Zurich

93.6

🇨🇳Peking University

92.8

🇸🇬National University of Singapore

91.1

🇬🇧UCL

90.3

🇨🇦University of Toronto

89.1

🇩🇪Technical University of Munich

85.1

🇯🇵The University of Tokyo

84.3

🇸🇬Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

84.0

🇬🇧University of Edinburgh

83.5

🇭🇰University of Hong Kong

82.6

🇦🇺University of Melbourne

80.9

🇨🇳Zhejiang University

80.9

🇨🇭École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

80.5

🇨🇳Fudan University

80.2

🇨🇳Shanghai Jiao Tong University

80.0

🇬🇧King’s College London

79.3

🇩🇪LMU Munich

78.7

🇭🇰The Chinese University of Hong Kong

77.8

🇨🇦McGill University

77.7

🇨🇦University of British Columbia

77.6

🇧🇪KU Leuven

77.5

🇩🇪Universität Heidelberg

77.5

🇬🇧London School of Economics and Political Science

77.3

🇳🇱Delft University of Technology

76.5

🇦🇺The University of Sydney

76.3

🇨🇳University of Science and Technology of China

76.3

🇸🇪Karolinska Institute

75.9

🇰🇷Seoul National University

75.6

🇫🇷Paris Sciences et Lettres – PSL Research University Paris

75.5

🇭🇰The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

75.4

🇨🇳Nanjing University

75.2

🇬🇧University of Manchester

74.8

🇦🇺Monash University

74.7

🇯🇵Kyoto University

74.6

🇳🇱University of Amsterdam

74.6

🇰🇷Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)

73.6

🇳🇱Wageningen University & Research

72.9

🇰🇷Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU)

72.7

🇳🇱Leiden University

72.6

🇭🇰City University of Hong Kong

72.3

🇦🇺The University of Queensland

71.2

🇫🇷Institut Polytechnique de Paris

71.1

🇦🇺UNSW Sydney

71.1

🇦🇺Australian National University

71.0

🇫🇷Université Paris-Saclay

70.9

🇭🇰The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

70.7

🇰🇷Yonsei University (Seoul campus)

70.6

🇩🇰University of Copenhagen

70.2

🇬🇧University of Bristol

70.1

🇬🇧University of Glasgow

69.9

🇳🇱University of Groningen

69.1

🇩🇪University of Bonn

67.8

🇩🇪RWTH Aachen University

67.7

🇩🇪Humboldt University of Berlin

67.6

🇩🇪Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin

67.0

🇦🇹University of Vienna

66.9

🇨🇳Harbin Institute of Technology

66.8

🇩🇰Aarhus University

66.6

🇬🇧University of Birmingham

66.6

🇩🇪University of Tübingen

66.5

🇸🇪Lund University

66.4

🇬🇧University of Sheffield

66.4

🇸🇪KTH Royal Institute of Technology

66.3

🇯🇵Tohoku University

66.3

🇳🇱Erasmus University Rotterdam

66.0

🇩🇰Technical University of Denmark

65.9

🇨🇭University of Basel

65.6

🇮🇹University of Bologna

65.6

🇩🇪Free University of Berlin

65.5

🇬🇧University of Leeds

65.5

🇬🇧University of Warwick

65.5

🇧🇪Ghent University

65.4

🇨🇦McMaster University

65.4

🇨🇦University of Alberta

65.3

🇫🇮University of Helsinki

65.3

🇳🇴University of Oslo

65.3

🇨🇭University of Bern

65.2

🇨🇳Wuhan University

65.2

🇨🇳Tongji University

64.9

🇨🇳Beijing Normal University

64.8

🇶🇦Hamad Bin Khalifa University

64.5

🇹🇼National Taiwan University (NTU)

64.5

🇰🇷Korea University

64.4

🇬🇧Queen Mary University of London

64.2

🇩🇪University of Hamburg

64.2

🇨🇭University of Lausanne

64.2

🇨🇦Université de Montréal

63.9

🇳🇱Maastricht University

63.8

🇩🇪University of Göttingen

63.8

🇸🇪Uppsala University

63.8

🇬🇧University of Southampton

63.2

🇩🇪University of Freiburg

63.0

🇦🇺Adelaide University

62.9

🇧🇷University of São Paulo

62.9

🇩🇪Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

62.7

100

🇰🇷Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)

62.7

101

🇪🇸University of Barcelona

62.7

Highlights

As of 2027, University of Oxford ranks first with 97.9, followed by University of Cambridge (96.9) and Imperial College London (95.2).

Across 101 countries and territories, values run from 97.9 (University of Oxford) to 62.7 (University of Barcelona), with a median of 70.6.

By region, the top 10 is made up of 6 from Europe, 3 from Asia and 1 from the Americas.

Source: Visual Capitalist (data: Times Higher Education), 2027. Unit: THE overall score.