Education

The rankings are based upon academic reputation, employer reputation and research impact (click here to read the full methodology).

Use the interactive table below to filter the rankings by location, and click on individual universities for more information. Registered users will also be able to use the site’s Compare function to see facts and statistics about multiple universities side-by-side.

In every sense, there’s no shortage of high-quality education at University College London (UCL), the top-ranked university for education & training again this year. UCL is one of three UK universities in the top 10; Cambridge and Oxford are the others.

Many of the top 20 universities in this year’s ranking were also featured in last year’s top 20, but there is one exception. New Zealand’s University of Auckland has climbed three places to 20th this year, one of seven New Zealand universities included this year.

Interested in other courses besides Education & Training? The QS World University Rankings by Subject 2017 covers 46 different subjects. Click here to see the full list.