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 2018, the ranking was published for the 7th time. Compared to the last year’s report, the Netherlands moved from 8th position into a tie for 6th, confirming a status of a favourable country for abroad education.
Top 25 countries in the U21 higher education rankings 2018
|
2018 |
2017 |
Country |
Score |
Score 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 |
United States
|
100.0 | 100.0 |
| 2 | 2 |
Switzerland
|
88.0 | 86.9 |
| 3 | 3 |
United Kingdom
|
83.6 | 85.5 |
| 4 | 5 |
Sweden
|
82.4 | 83.4 |
| 5 | 4 |
Denmark
|
81.7 | 83.5 |
| 6 | 9 |
Finland
|
79.7 | 79.9 |
| 6 | 8 |
Netherlands
|
79.7 | 80.0 |
| 8 | 7 |
Canada
|
79.6 | 80.2 |
| 9 | 6 |
Singapore
|
79.5 | 80.8 |
| 10 | 10 |
Australia
|
78.6 | 79.6 |
| 11 | 11 |
Austria
|
75.8 | 75.0 |
| 12 | 13 |
Norway
|
74.5 | 73.9 |
| 13 | 12 |
Belgium
|
73.3 | 74.2 |
| 14 | 15 |
New Zealand
|
71.1 | 72.1 |
| 15 | 16 |
Germany
|
69.2 | 68.8 |
| 16 | 18 |
France
|
68.5 | 67.5 |
| 17 | 14 |
Hong Kong SAR
|
67.8 | 73.7 |
| 18 | 16 |
Israel
|
66.3 | 68.8 |
| 19 | 19 |
Ireland
|
64.8 | 66.7 |
| 20 | 20 |
Japan
|
61.9 | 63.2 |
| 21 | 21 |
Taiwan-China
|
60.2 | 60.7 |
| 22 | 22 |
Korea
|
58.0 | 59.0 |
| 23 | 25 |
Saudi Arabia
|
57.0 | 56.7 |
| 24 | 27 |
Portugal
|
56.4 | 55.8 |
| 25 | 23 | Spain | 56.2 | 57.3 |
Find more about U21 ranking methodology, differences with the 2017 year rankings, and results per category in the related blog post.
Source: universitas21.com
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