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.

Ask the students at the University of Oxford and they’ll tell you there’s a lot more to geography than just colouring in maps. There has to be, otherwise there’s no way they’d still be top of the Geography subject rankings ahead of arch-rivals the University of Cambridge.

Fittingly for a subject with such a global outlook, a wide variety of countries are represented in this year’s rankings. 38 different countries have at least one university in this year’s top 200.

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