Top Universities for Psychology 2020

<p>The recently released<a href="https://www.topuniversities.com/subject-rankings/2020"> QS World University Rankings by Subject 2020</a> features 301 of the top higher education institutions to study <a href="https://www.topuniversities.com/courses/psychology/guide">psychology</a>.</p>
<p>The QS University Rankings by Subject are based on four indicators: academic reputation, employer reputation, research citations per paper and the H-index (a way of measuring the productivity and published work of a scientist or scholar). You can find more details about the methodology behind the subject rankings<a href="https://www.topuniversities.com/subject-rankings/methodology"> here</a>.</p>
<p>Read on to learn more about the best psychology schools in each region. Alternatively, if you would like to explore the 301 schools in further detail, click <a href="https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject-rankings/2020/psychology">here</a> to view the full table.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Top 10 Universities for Psychology in the World</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Based on the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2020</strong></p>
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<p>1</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/harvard-university">Harvard University</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://www.topuniversities.com/where-to-study/north-america/united-states/guide">United States</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/stanford-university">Stanford University</a></p>
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<p>United States</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/university-cambridge">University of Cambridge</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://www.topuniversities.com/where-to-study/europe/united-kingdom/guide">United Kingdom</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/university-oxford">University of Oxford</a></p>
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<p>United Kingdom</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/university-california-berkeley-ucb">University of California, Berkeley (UCB)</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/university-california-los-angeles-ucla">University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/ucl">UCL (University College London)</a></p>
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<p>United Kingdom</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/yale-university">Yale University</a></p>
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<p>United States</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/massachusetts-institute-technology-mit">Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/university-michigan-ann-arbor">University of Michigan-Ann Arbor</a></p>
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<p>United States</p>
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<p>See the full ranking for psychology schools <a href="https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject-rankings/2019/psychology">here</a> &gt;</p>
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<p>Over a third of the ranked universities for psychology are in the US and <a href="https://www.topuniversities.com/where-to-study/north-america/canada/guide">Canada</a>, with 91 US institutions and 17 Canadian. The US also accounts for seven of the schools in the global top 10 for psychology. Harvard University continues its five-year run at the top of the table.</p>
<p>There are a further 16 US institutions in the global top 50, notably <a href="https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/new-york-university-nyu">New York University</a> (NYU, 11^th place); <a href="https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/columbia-university">Columbia University</a> (12^th); the <a href="https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/university-pennsylvania">University of Pennsylvania</a> (14^th); the <a href="https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/university-chicago">University of Chicago</a> (16^th) and <a href="https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/princeton-university">Princeton University</a> (joint 17^th).</p>
<p>Canada’s highest ranked university for psychology is the <a href="https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/university-british-columbia">University of British Columbia</a> in 13^th place globally. Two other Canadian institutions are in the global top 50: The <a href="https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/university-toronto">University of Toronto</a> in 19^th and <a href="https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/mcgill-university">McGill University</a> in 30^th.</p>

<p>A total of 131 <a href="https://www.topuniversities.com/where-to-study/region/europe/guide">European</a> programs feature in the psychology rankings, with 13 schools making it into the global top 50. The highest ranked European psychology program can be found at The University of Cambridge in 3^rd place, narrowly beating arch-rivals The University of Oxford in 4^th.</p>
<p>Continental Europe’s best Psychology program can be found at the <a href="https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/university-amsterdam">University of Amsterdam</a>; it has risen from 16th to 15th and is the only non-Anglosphere program to feature among the top 20. Other notable European psychology programs can be found at <a href="https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/kings-college-london">King's College London</a> (KCL, 20^th), the <a href="https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/university-edinburgh">University of Edinburgh</a> (24^th), <a href="https://www.topuniversities.com/where-to-study/europe/belgium/guide">Belgium’s</a> <a href="https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/ku-leuven">Katholieke Universiteit Leuven</a> (25^th) and <a href="https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/london-school-economics-political-science-lse">London School of Economics and Political Science</a> (LSE, 29^th), among others.</p>