The international organisation of research universities Universitas21 annually publishes ranking of the best national education systems worldwide. This ranking evaluates 50 top countries in the four main categories: resources, environment, connectivity, and output.
In 2017, the ranking was published for the 6th time. Compared to the last year’s report, the Netherlands lost 1 position and became 7th overall, confirming a status of a favourable country for abroad education.
Top 25 countries in the U21 higher education rankings 2017
|
2017 |
2016 |
Country |
Score |
Score 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 |
United States
|
100.0 | 100.0 |
| 2 | 2 |
Switzerland
|
86.9 | 87.2 |
| 3 | 4 |
United Kingdom
|
85.5 | 84.3 |
| 4 | 3 |
Denmark
|
83.5 | 84.8 |
| 5 | 5 |
Sweden
|
83.4 | 82.2 |
| 6 | 8 |
Singapore
|
80.8 | 80.6 |
| 7 | 9 |
Canada
|
80.2 | 79.6 |
| 8 | 7 |
The Netherlands
|
80.0 | 81.6 |
| 9 | 6 |
Finland
|
79.9 | 82.0 |
| 10 | 10 |
Australia
|
79.6 | 77.6 |
| 11 | 13 |
Austria
|
75.0 | 74.7 |
| 12 | 11 |
Belgium
|
74.2 | 75.7 |
| 13 | 12 |
Norway
|
73.9 | 75.3 |
| 14 | 15 |
Hong Kong SAR
|
73.7 | 70.9 |
| 15 | 14 |
New Zealand
|
72.1 | 70.9 |
| 16 | 16 |
Germany
|
68.8 | 70.3 |
| 16 | 18 |
Israel
|
68.8 | 67.6 |
| 18 | 17 |
France
|
67.5 | 68.3 |
| 19 | 19 |
Ireland
|
66.7 | 65.2 |
| 20 | 20 |
Japan
|
63.2 | 64.2 |
| 21 | 21 |
Taiwan-China
|
60.7 | 62.4 |
| 22 | 23 |
Korea
|
59.0 | 59.7 |
| 23 | 24 |
Spain
|
57.3 | 58.3 |
| 24 | 22 |
Czech Republic
|
56.9 | 60.0 |
| 25 | 27 | Malaysia | 56.7 | 54.4 |
| 25 | 28 | Saudi Arabia | 56.7 | 53.8 |
Find more about U21 ranking methodology, differences with the 2016 year rankings, and results per category in the related blog post.
Source: universitas21.com
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