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 |
| #23 |
University of Bristol
United Kingdom |
76.5 | 77.0 | 70.2 | 78.1 |
| #18 |
University of Washington
United States |
77.7 | 75.7 | 69.0 | 88.9 |
| #22 |
King's College London (University of London)
United Kingdom |
76.6 | 76.0 | 68.6 | 82.6 |
| #14 |
University of Wisconsin-Madison
United States |
80.3 | 80.8 | 68.5 | 84.3 |
| #13 |
Durham University
United Kingdom |
80.6 | 77.9 | 66.9 | 96.8 |
| #27 |
Seoul National University (SNU)
South Korea |
75.8 | 81.2 | 65.2 | 62.1 |
| #28 |
Universität Wien
Austria |
75.1 | 75.7 | 65.1 | 78.1 |
| #49 |
Northwestern University
United States |
68.2 | 67.8 | 63.7 | 71.6 |
| #33 |
Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
Hong Kong |
73.4 | 76.0 | 63.3 | 69.1 |
| #47 |
Dartmouth College
United States |
69.2 | 67.3 | 62.9 | 78.8 |
| #17 | 78.7 | 80.6 | 62.6 | 80.3 | |
| #45 |
Indiana University Bloomington
United States |
70.0 | 70.2 | 60.3 | 74.2 |
| #20 |
Lund University
Sweden |
77.5 | 77.9 | 59.6 | 85.0 |
| #29 | 75.0 | 77.2 | 59.4 | 75.1 | |
| #31 |
Universidade de São Paulo
Brazil |
73.7 | 75.0 | 57.7 | 77.0 |
| #49 |
University of Sussex
United Kingdom |
68.2 | 66.9 | 56.4 | 78.5 |
| #32 |
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Germany |
73.5 | 81.3 | 54.7 | 55.4 |
| #30 |
University of Minnesota
United States |
73.8 | 73.2 | 54.1 | 85.5 |
| #48 |
University of Sheffield
United Kingdom |
68.4 | 65.9 | 53.9 | 84.3 |
| #37 |
Utrecht University
Netherlands |
72.1 | 75.0 | 49.6 | 73.1 |
| #46 | 69.3 | 75.5 | 47.7 | 58.4 | |
| #43 | 70.2 | 70.6 | 46.3 | 80.7 | |
| #21 |
University of Amsterdam
Netherlands |
77.4 | 82.2 | 39.7 | 79.3 |
| #39 |
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
United States |
71.6 | 73.4 | 38.0 | 82.1 |
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