World's Best Universities
Geography and Area Studies
The field of geography and area studies is based on national, cultural, and geographic regions, as well as the environment and human activity within those regions. These are the world's top universities for geography and area studies. See the methodology.
| Rank | School | Overall Score | Academic Reputation Score | Employer Reputation Score | Citations per Paper Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #43 |
University of Birmingham
United Kingdom |
70.2 | 67.7 | 71.0 | 78.4 |
| #8 | 84.9 | 89.9 | 71.7 | 73.9 | |
| #11 |
University of Toronto
Canada |
83.9 | 89.5 | 73.4 | 69.7 |
| #40 |
Trinity College Dublin
Ireland |
71.2 | 70.2 | 73.6 | 73.3 |
| #18 |
McGill University
Canada |
77.7 | 83.2 | 73.9 | 60.4 |
| #49 |
University of Auckland
New Zealand |
68.2 | 65.5 | 74.3 | 74.5 |
| #41 |
Pennsylvania State University (Penn State)
United States |
71.1 | 70.8 | 75.4 | 70.0 |
| #35 |
University of Warwick
United Kingdom |
72.5 | 74.3 | 75.5 | 64.7 |
| #26 |
Kyoto University
Japan |
76.0 | 82.7 | 75.9 | 52.4 |
| #34 |
Peking University
China |
73.2 | 76.6 | 76.5 | 59.4 |
| #16 |
University of Edinburgh
United Kingdom |
78.9 | 77.6 | 76.7 | 84.5 |
| #35 |
Tsinghua University
China |
72.5 | 71.8 | 77.4 | 72.7 |
| #2 |
University of California, Berkeley (UCB)
United States |
93.7 | 99.9 | 77.5 | 79.9 |
| #42 |
Monash University
Australia |
70.5 | 73.1 | 78.0 | 57.4 |
| #9 |
University of Chicago
United States |
84.3 | 85.5 | 78.4 | 83.2 |
| #5 |
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
United Kingdom |
87.9 | 93.2 | 78.9 | 73.7 |
| #7 |
The University of Tokyo
Japan |
85.9 | 93.6 | 79.3 | 62.3 |
| #12 |
University of Manchester
United Kingdom |
81.4 | 80.5 | 79.8 | 85.5 |
| #24 |
University of Sydney
Australia |
76.3 | 78.8 | 79.9 | 65.5 |
| #4 |
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
United States |
89.7 | 90.6 | 83.2 | 89.7 |
| #15 |
UCL (University College London)
United Kingdom |
80.0 | 81.1 | 83.9 | 74.4 |
| #24 |
University of Melbourne
Australia |
76.3 | 77.3 | 84.4 | 68.6 |
| #6 |
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Singapore |
86.5 | 91.8 | 85.0 | 68.5 |
| #9 |
Australian National University (ANU)
Australia |
84.3 | 87.8 | 85.3 | 71.5 |
| #1 |
University of Oxford
United Kingdom |
94.3 | 97.0 | 90.8 | 86.7 |
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