WAC University Directory
The leading universities, colleges and higher education institutions of every country in one searchable list: the top 25 in countries with 200 or more institutions, and the top 5 everywhere else. Filter by region and country.
- 1,436 universities and institutions
- 199 countries and territories
- 20 full profiles
- 7 regions
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1,436 listings
Harvard University
A private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, founded in 1636, bringing together an undergraduate college with graduate and professional schools across the arts, sciences and professions.
- 191.3 million citations
- h-index 3,228
Stanford University (SU)
A private research university in Stanford, California, founded in 1885, with seven schools spanning engineering, sciences, humanities, business, education, law, medicine and sustainability.
- 96.8 million citations
- h-index 2,664
Johns Hopkins University (JHU)
A private research university in Baltimore, Maryland, founded in 1876, with ten academic divisions spanning medicine, public health, engineering, arts and sciences, music and international studies.
- 82 million citations
- h-index 2,308
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
A private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, chartered in 1861, organised into five schools and a college of computing with a focus on science, engineering and technology.
- 80.1 million citations
- h-index 2,540
University of Oxford
A collegiate university in Oxford, England, where teaching dates back to at least 1096, organised into colleges, halls and four academic divisions.
- 74.4 million citations
- h-index 2,195
University of Michigan (UM)
A public research university founded in Detroit in 1817 and based in Ann Arbor since 1837, with 19 schools and colleges and campuses in Ann Arbor, Dearborn and Flint.
- 74.1 million citations
- h-index 2,220
University of Toronto
A public research university founded in 1827, with three campuses in the Greater Toronto Area and more than 100,000 students.
- 67.3 million citations
- h-index 1,916
University of Cambridge
A collegiate university in Cambridge, England, dating from 1209, made up of 31 autonomous Colleges and six academic Schools.
- 61.8 million citations
- h-index 1,966
The University of Tokyo (UT)
A national comprehensive research university founded in 1877, with ten faculties, fifteen graduate schools and core campuses at Hongo, Komaba and Kashiwa.
- 51.1 million citations
- h-index 1,457
University of British Columbia (UBC)
A public research university with major campuses in Vancouver and the Okanagan, offering undergraduate, graduate and extended learning programmes.
- 35.4 million citations
- h-index 1,428
Tsinghua University (THU)
A comprehensive research university in north-west Beijing, founded in 1911, with 33 schools and a graduate school in Shenzhen.
- 35 million citations
- h-index 1,212
The University of Melbourne
A public university founded in 1853, teaching across nine faculties with its main campus at Parkville and six further campuses in Victoria.
- 34.4 million citations
- h-index 1,342
The University of Sydney (USYD)
Australia's first university, established in 1850, teaching across five faculties and three university schools from its main Camperdown/Darlington campus.
- 31.2 million citations
- h-index 1,462
Peking University (PKU)
A comprehensive university in Beijing, founded in 1898 as the Imperial University of Peking, with 55 schools and departments and a Health Science Center.
- 29.7 million citations
- h-index 1,099
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Singapore's comprehensive public research university, with roots in a 1905 medical school and campuses at Kent Ridge, Bukit Timah and Outram.
- 27.2 million citations
- h-index 1,165
Technical University of Munich (TUM)
A public technical university founded in Munich in 1868, organised in seven schools and active in engineering, natural, life and medical sciences, management and social sciences.
- 23.1 million citations
- h-index 1,083
University of Malaya (UM)
Malaysia's oldest university, tracing its origins to a 1905 medical college and based on a 922-acre campus in south-west Kuala Lumpur.
- 6.2 million citations
- h-index 614
Indian Institute of Science Bangalore (IISc)
A research-focused institute in Bengaluru offering postgraduate, doctoral and undergraduate research programmes across the sciences, engineering, design and management.
- 4.5 million citations
- h-index 464
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB)
A public technical institute in Powai, Mumbai, teaching and researching across engineering, the sciences, design, management, economics and the humanities.
- 3.2 million citations
- h-index 408
Khalifa University of Science and Technology (KUSTAR)
A research-focused university in Abu Dhabi offering science, engineering, computing and medical programmes through three colleges.
- 1.1 million citations
- h-index 284
University of Washington (UW)
Number 2 of the top 25 in United States, by research citations.
- 106.1 million citations
- h-index 3,525
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Number 7 of the top 25 in United States, by research citations.
- 69.5 million citations
- h-index 1,917
University of Pennsylvania
Number 8 of the top 25 in United States, by research citations.
- 65 million citations
- h-index 1,852
University of California, Berkeley (UCB)
Number 9 of the top 25 in United States, by research citations.
- 62.7 million citations
- h-index 2,002
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
Number 10 of the top 25 in United States, by research citations.
- 60 million citations
- h-index 1,909
University College London (UCL)
Number 3 of the top 25 in United Kingdom, by research citations.
- 59 million citations
- h-index 2,026
University of California San Diego (UCSD)
Number 11 of the top 25 in United States, by research citations.
- 57.8 million citations
- h-index 1,848
Yale University
Number 12 of the top 25 in United States, by research citations.
- 57.6 million citations
- h-index 1,918
Columbia University (CU)
Number 13 of the top 25 in United States, by research citations.
- 56.4 million citations
- h-index 1,817
Imperial College London
Number 4 of the top 25 in United Kingdom, by research citations.
- 49.7 million citations
- h-index 1,740
Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL)
Number 14 of the top 25 in United States, by research citations.
- 49.6 million citations
- h-index 1,946
University of Wisconsin–Madison (UW)
Number 15 of the top 25 in United States, by research citations.
- 46.9 million citations
- h-index 1,513
Cornell University (CU)
Number 16 of the top 25 in United States, by research citations.
- 44.8 million citations
- h-index 1,647
University of Minnesota
Number 17 of the top 25 in United States, by research citations.
- 44.7 million citations
- h-index 1,562
University of Pittsburgh
Number 18 of the top 25 in United States, by research citations.
- 41.2 million citations
- h-index 1,467
Northwestern University (NU)
Number 19 of the top 25 in United States, by research citations.
- 40.8 million citations
- h-index 1,594
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Top universities in each country
North America 3 countries
Latin America & Caribbean 40 countries
- AnguillaTop 1 · New Anglia University
- Antigua and BarbudaTop 3 · American University of Antigua
- ArgentinaTop 5 · Universidad de Buenos Aires
- ArubaTop 1 · University of Aruba
- BahamasTop 4 · University of the West Indies
- BarbadosTop 5 · University of the West Indies
- BelizeTop 3 · University of Belize
- BoliviaTop 5 · Universidad Mayor de San Andrés
- BrazilTop 25 · Universidade de São Paulo
- Caribbean NetherlandsTop 1 · International University School of Medicine
- Cayman IslandsTop 3 · St. Matthew's University
- ChileTop 5 · University of Chile
- ColombiaTop 25 · Universidad de Los Andes
- Costa RicaTop 5 · Universidad de Costa Rica
- CubaTop 5 · University of Havana
- CuraçaoTop 4 · Caribbean Research and Management of Biodiversity Foundation
- DominicaTop 4 · Dominica State College
- Dominican RepublicTop 5 · Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña
- EcuadorTop 5 · Universidad San Francisco de Quito
- El SalvadorTop 5 · University of El Salvador
- GuadeloupeTop 3 · Université des Antilles et de la Guyane
- GuatemalaTop 5 · Universidad del Valle de Guatemala
- GuyanaTop 3 · University of Guyana
- HaitiTop 5 · University of Haiti
- HondurasTop 5 · National Autonomous University of Honduras
- JamaicaTop 5 · University of the West Indies
- MexicoTop 25 · Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
- NicaraguaTop 5 · Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua-León
- PanamaTop 5 · Universidad de Panamá
- ParaguayTop 5 · Universidad Nacional de Asunción
- PeruTop 5 · Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
- Puerto RicoTop 5 · University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez
- Saint Kitts and NevisTop 4 · Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine
- Saint LuciaTop 5 · Spartan Health Sciences University
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesTop 2 · Trinity School of Medicine
- Sint MaartenTop 2 · American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine
- SurinameTop 2 · Anton de Kom University of Suriname
- Trinidad and TobagoTop 5 · University of the West Indies
- UruguayTop 5 · Universidad de la República de Uruguay
- VenezuelaTop 5 · Universidad Central de Venezuela
Europe & Central Asia 54 countries
- AlbaniaTop 5 · University of Tirana
- AndorraTop 2 · University of Andorra
- ArmeniaTop 5 · Yerevan State University
- AustriaTop 5 · University of Vienna
- AzerbaijanTop 5 · Baku State University
- BelarusTop 5 · Belarusian State University
- BelgiumTop 5 · KU Leuven
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaTop 5 · University of Sarajevo
- BulgariaTop 5 · Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski"
- CroatiaTop 5 · University of Zagreb
- CyprusTop 5 · University of Cyprus
- CzechiaTop 5 · Charles University
- DenmarkTop 5 · University of Copenhagen
- EstoniaTop 5 · University of Tartu
- FinlandTop 5 · University of Helsinki
- FranceTop 25 · Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie
- GeorgiaTop 5 · Tbilisi State University
- GermanyTop 25 · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
- GreeceTop 5 · National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
- GreenlandTop 2 · Ilisimatusarfik
- HungaryTop 5 · Semmelweis University
- IcelandTop 5 · University of Iceland
- IrelandTop 5 · Trinity College Dublin
- ItalyTop 25 · Sapienza University of Rome
- KazakhstanTop 5 · Nazarbayev University
- KosovoTop 5 · University of Prishtina
- KyrgyzstanTop 5 · Kyrgyz-Türkish Manas Üniversity
- LatviaTop 5 · University of Latvia
- LiechtensteinTop 3 · University of Liechtenstein
- LithuaniaTop 5 · Vilnius University
- LuxembourgTop 5 · University of Luxembourg
- MaltaTop 5 · University of Malta
- MoldovaTop 5 · Technical University of Moldova
- MontenegroTop 5 · University of Montenegro
- NetherlandsTop 5 · University of Amsterdam
- North MacedoniaTop 5 · Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje
- NorwayTop 5 · University of Oslo
- PolandTop 25 · Jagiellonian University
- PortugalTop 25 · Universidade do Porto
- RomaniaTop 5 · Universitatea Națională de Știință și Tehnologie Politehnica București
- RussiaTop 25 · Lomonosov Moscow State University
- SerbiaTop 5 · University of Belgrade
- SlovakiaTop 5 · Comenius University Bratislava
- SloveniaTop 5 · University of Ljubljana
- SpainTop 25 · Universitat de Barcelona
- SwedenTop 5 · Karolinska Institutet
- SwitzerlandTop 5 · ETH Zurich
- TajikistanTop 5 · Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tajikistan
- TurkeyTop 25 · Hacettepe University
- TurkmenistanTop 5 · Magtymguly Turkmen State University
- UkraineTop 25 · Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
- United KingdomTop 25 · University of Oxford
- UzbekistanTop 5 · National University of Uzbekistan
- Åland IslandsTop 1 · Åland University of Applied Sciences
Middle East & North Africa 20 countries
- AlgeriaTop 5 · University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene
- BahrainTop 5 · University of Bahrain
- EgyptTop 5 · Cairo University
- IranTop 25 · Tehran University of Medical Sciences
- IraqTop 5 · University of Baghdad
- IsraelTop 5 · Tel Aviv University
- JordanTop 5 · University of Jordan
- KuwaitTop 5 · Kuwait University
- LebanonTop 5 · American University of Beirut
- LibyaTop 5 · University of Tripoli
- MoroccoTop 5 · Mohammed V University
- OmanTop 5 · Sultan Qaboos University
- PalestineTop 5 · An-Najah National University
- QatarTop 5 · Qatar University
- Saudi ArabiaTop 5 · King Saud University
- SudanTop 5 · University of Khartoum
- SyriaTop 5 · Damascus University
- TunisiaTop 5 · University of Sfax
- United Arab EmiratesTop 5 · United Arab Emirates University
- YemenTop 5 · Sana'a University
Sub-Saharan Africa 45 countries
- AngolaTop 5 · Agostinho Neto University
- BeninTop 5 · Université d'Abomey-Calavi
- BotswanaTop 5 · University of Botswana
- Burkina FasoTop 5 · Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo
- BurundiTop 5 · Université du Burundi
- Cabo VerdeTop 5 · University of Cape Verde
- CameroonTop 5 · Université de Yaoundé I
- Central African RepublicTop 2 · Institut Pasteur de Bangui
- ChadTop 5 · University of N'Djamena
- Democratic Republic of the CongoTop 5 · University of Kinshasa
- DjiboutiTop 1 · University of Djibouti
- Equatorial GuineaTop 2 · National University of Equatorial Guinea
- EritreaTop 1 · University of Asmara
- EswatiniTop 2 · University of Eswatini
- EthiopiaTop 5 · Addis Ababa University
- GabonTop 5 · Université des Sciences de la Santé
- GambiaTop 5 · University of the Gambia
- GhanaTop 5 · University of Ghana
- GuineaTop 5 · Gamal Abdel Nasser University of Conakry
- Guinea-BissauTop 1 · Universidade Lusófona da Guiné
- Ivory CoastTop 5 · Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny
- KenyaTop 5 · University of Nairobi
- LiberiaTop 5 · University of Liberia
- MadagascarTop 5 · University of Antananarivo
- MalawiTop 5 · University of Malawi
- MaliTop 5 · University of Bamako
- MauritaniaTop 5 · Université de Nouakchott
- MauritiusTop 5 · University of Mauritius
- MozambiqueTop 5 · Eduardo Mondlane University
- NamibiaTop 5 · University of Namibia
- NigerTop 5 · Université Abdou Moumouni
- NigeriaTop 25 · University of Ibadan
- Republic of the CongoTop 4 · Marien Ngouabi University
- RwandaTop 5 · University of Rwanda
- RéunionTop 2 · University of Reunion Island
- SenegalTop 5 · Cheikh Anta Diop University
- Sierra LeoneTop 5 · University of Sierra Leone
- SomaliaTop 5 · SIMAD University
- South AfricaTop 5 · University of Cape Town
- South SudanTop 5 · University of Juba
- TanzaniaTop 5 · Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences
- TogoTop 5 · University of Lomé
- UgandaTop 5 · Makerere University
- ZambiaTop 5 · University of Zambia
- ZimbabweTop 5 · University of Zimbabwe
South Asia 8 countries
- AfghanistanTop 5 · Kabul University
- BangladeshTop 5 · University of Dhaka
- BhutanTop 3 · Royal University of Bhutan
- IndiaTop 25 · Indian Institute of Science Bangalore
- MaldivesTop 4 · Maldives National University
- NepalTop 5 · Tribhuvan University
- PakistanTop 25 · Quaid-i-Azam University
- Sri LankaTop 5 · University of Peradeniya
East Asia & Pacific 29 countries
- American SamoaTop 1 · American Samoa Community College
- AustraliaTop 5 · The University of Melbourne
- BruneiTop 5 · Universiti Brunei Darussalam
- CambodiaTop 5 · Royal University of Phnom Penh
- ChinaTop 25 · Tsinghua University
- FijiTop 3 · University of the South Pacific
- GuamTop 3 · University of Guam
- Hong KongTop 5 · University of Hong Kong
- IndonesiaTop 25 · University of Indonesia
- JapanTop 25 · The University of Tokyo
- LaosTop 5 · National University of Laos
- MacaoTop 5 · University of Macau
- MalaysiaTop 25 · University of Malaya
- MicronesiaTop 2 · College of Micronesia-FSM
- MongoliaTop 5 · National University of Mongolia
- MyanmarTop 5 · University of Yangon
- New CaledoniaTop 1 · University of New Caledonia
- New ZealandTop 5 · University of Auckland
- North KoreaTop 5 · Kim Il-sung University
- Northern Mariana IslandsTop 2 · Northern Marianas College
- Papua New GuineaTop 5 · University of Papua New Guinea
- PhilippinesTop 25 · University of the Philippines Manila
- SamoaTop 3 · National University of Samoa
- SingaporeTop 5 · National University of Singapore
- South KoreaTop 25 · Seoul National University
- TaiwanTop 5 · National Taiwan University
- ThailandTop 25 · Mahidol University
- Timor-LesteTop 5 · National University of East Timor
- VietnamTop 25 · Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City
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How institutions are chosen and ordered
The directory lists 1436 universities, colleges and higher education institutions in 199 countries and territories. In countries with 200 or more higher education institutions recorded in OpenAlex it lists the top 25; everywhere else, the top 5.
Institutions are ordered by the total number of citations their research has received, as recorded in OpenAlex, the open catalogue of the world’s research, with data taken in October 2026. This is a transparent, research-based order: it favours large research institutions and does not measure teaching quality, student experience or graduate outcomes. University systems are left out in favour of their campuses, and faculties or institutes are left out when their parent university is already listed. Names, cities and websites come from OpenAlex and the Research Organization Registry (ROR).
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