Psychology

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.

If you’re looking for answers in how the mind works, you’d better go to North America. 12 of the top 20 universities for Psychology are based in the US, while a further two are based in Canada.

As with last year, the top of the Psychology rankings is dominated by English-speaking countries. The University of Amsterdam (Netherlands) and University of Ghent (Belgium) are the only two universities in the top 40 not to come from the US, UK, Canada, Australia or New Zealand.

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