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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #3 |
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom |
90.5 | 95.7 | 91.8 | 71.8 |
| #1 |
University of Oxford
United Kingdom |
94.3 | 97.0 | 90.8 | 86.7 |
| #9 |
Australian National University (ANU)
Australia |
84.3 | 87.8 | 85.3 | 71.5 |
| #6 |
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Singapore |
86.5 | 91.8 | 85.0 | 68.5 |
| #24 |
University of Melbourne
Australia |
76.3 | 77.3 | 84.4 | 68.6 |
| #15 |
UCL (University College London)
United Kingdom |
80.0 | 81.1 | 83.9 | 74.4 |
| #4 |
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
United States |
89.7 | 90.6 | 83.2 | 89.7 |
| #24 |
University of Sydney
Australia |
76.3 | 78.8 | 79.9 | 65.5 |
| #12 |
University of Manchester
United Kingdom |
81.4 | 80.5 | 79.8 | 85.5 |
| #7 |
The University of Tokyo
Japan |
85.9 | 93.6 | 79.3 | 62.3 |
| #5 |
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
United Kingdom |
87.9 | 93.2 | 78.9 | 73.7 |
| #9 |
University of Chicago
United States |
84.3 | 85.5 | 78.4 | 83.2 |
| #42 |
Monash University
Australia |
70.5 | 73.1 | 78.0 | 57.4 |
| #2 |
University of California, Berkeley (UCB)
United States |
93.7 | 99.9 | 77.5 | 79.9 |
| #35 |
Tsinghua University
China |
72.5 | 71.8 | 77.4 | 72.7 |
| #16 |
University of Edinburgh
United Kingdom |
78.9 | 77.6 | 76.7 | 84.5 |
| #34 |
Peking University
China |
73.2 | 76.6 | 76.5 | 59.4 |
| #26 |
Kyoto University
Japan |
76.0 | 82.7 | 75.9 | 52.4 |
| #35 |
University of Warwick
United Kingdom |
72.5 | 74.3 | 75.5 | 64.7 |
| #41 |
Pennsylvania State University (Penn State)
United States |
71.1 | 70.8 | 75.4 | 70.0 |
| #49 |
University of Auckland
New Zealand |
68.2 | 65.5 | 74.3 | 74.5 |
| #18 |
McGill University
Canada |
77.7 | 83.2 | 73.9 | 60.4 |
| #40 |
Trinity College Dublin
Ireland |
71.2 | 70.2 | 73.6 | 73.3 |
| #11 |
University of Toronto
Canada |
83.9 | 89.5 | 73.4 | 69.7 |
| #8 | 84.9 | 89.9 | 71.7 | 73.9 |
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