World’s Top Universities for Psychology Programmes

Are you keen to study psychology in overseas? The QS World University Ranking brings you the world’s top universities for psychology programmes. The ranking takes into consideration five key factors including academic reputation, employer reputation, research citations per paper, international research network and H-index (a measure of a scholar’s productivity).

 

World’s top 10 universities for psychology

RankInstitutionLocation
1Harvard UniversityUnited States
2University of OxfordUnited Kingdom
3University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom
4Stanford UniversityUnited States
5UCL (University College London)United Kingdom
6Yale UniversityUnited States
7Columbia UniversityUnited States
8University of Michigan-Ann ArborUnited States
9University of California – Los AngelesUnited States
10University of AmsterdamNetherlands

Leading universities by region

 

US & Canada

The University of Toronto clinches the top ranking in Canada (15th globally), followed by the University of British Columbia (22nd) and McGill University (28th).

 

Europe

The UK leads with 6 universities in the list of global top 50 universities. The University of Oxford is ranked on top (3rd globally), with high marks for employer and academic reputation. Other prestigious European universities include Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Germany, 55th), University of Amsterdam (Netherlands, 9th), Universitat de Barcelona (Spain, 64th) and KU Leuven (Belgium, 18th).

 

Asia

Singapore is ranked on top with the 2 Asian universities: National University of Singapore (1st in Asia, 21st globally) and Nanyang Technological University (2nd in Asia, 32nd globally). Peking University (China, 49th) is the only Asian university in the global list of top 50 universities. The University of Hong Kong (36th globally) leads in South Korea, Japan and Hong Kong.

 

Australia & New Zealand

The University of Melbourne (Australia, 19th globally) leads in Asia, followed by The University of Auckland (New Zealand, 62nd). The other Australian universities in the list of global top 50 universities include the University of New South Wales (UNSW), the University of Sydney, the University of Queensland and the University of Western Australia.

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