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January 29, 2021

Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings announces Most International Universities in the World Today.

Photo: The west facade of ETH Zürich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich) main building, overlooking the city, was designed by German architect Gottfried Semper and completed in 1864. Image credit: Dystopos.

London, January 28, 2021 — Times Higher Education (THE) World’s Most International Universities 2021, published today, reveals which universities have the essential global links, based on their share of international students, staff, and publications, as well as their international reputations. According to THE, its analysis provides more detail on this last metric, showing which national systems have the most substantial global reputations and how this has changed over the past two years. According to THE, prestige is a measure that has become increasingly important for universities.

Prospective students looking to study in the most international environments should apply to universities in Switzerland, Hong Kong, Singapore, or the UK.

Universities, by their nature, are global institutions. Typically, they are home to communities of students and scholars from all over the world, and they tackle some of the globe’s most pressing problems through research.

This table, compiled using the international student score, global staff score, international co-authorship score, and international reputation metrics shows that the above four countries are home to some of the world’s most international universities.

These institutions all have a high proportion of international students and staff, collaborate on research with scholars from across the world, and have a strong global reputation to match.

Research suggests that students’ diverse communities improve the teaching and learning experience, while students’ opportunities to spend time abroad better prepare them to become global citizens.

• Top five most international universities in the world

1. The University of Hong Kong

• The University of Hong Kong has embarked on a mission to become “Asia’s global university,” which includes the goal of giving all its undergraduates two opportunities to study outside Hong Kong during their degree by 2022.

• Overall, this Hong Kong university has more than 30,000 students, of which more than 35 percent are international.

• Teaching at the institution is in English, and education has an international focus to prepare students to become global citizens who could be successful anywhere in the world.

2. ETH Zurich

• It is no surprise that Switzerland is home to some of the most international universities globally, given its situation in the heart of Europe, surrounded by France, Italy, Germany, Austria, and Liechtenstein.

• ETH Zurich is located in Switzerland’s largest city, Zurich, remarkably safe (although expensive). The primary spoken language is Swiss German, but the university also offers courses in English.

• The institution has more than 22,000 students from over 120 countries and is the top university in continental Europe.

• The university focuses on teaching and research in STEM subjects. Students and teachers connected to the institution have received 21 Nobel Prizes. One of the most famous alumni is Albert Einstein.

3. The Chinese University of Hong Kong

• Students from more than 50 countries study at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

• The university has exchange partnerships with more than 282 institutions in 36 countries and regions. Some 6,000 students study abroad or take part in a learning abroad program or internship.

4. University of Oxford

• The University of Oxford is not only the top university in the world, but it also happens to be one of the most international.

• Over a third of students at the University of Oxford are international students from 160 countries and territories. International students have been attending the University of Oxford for hundreds of years, with the first international student arriving way back in 1190.

• Almost half of the university staff are also international, and the institution has links with many other institutions worldwide.

• Prospective international students can listen to the university’s International Students podcast, which talks you through Oxford’s academic and social aspects.

5. Imperial College London

• Imperial College London focuses on teaching and learning around science, engineering, medicine, and business.

• More than 60 percent of students are international, with undergraduates coming from over 125 countries.

• Clubs and support services with an international focus at Imperial College include International Medical Careers and the Indian National Student Association.

• Most international universities in the world 2021

1. University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2. ETH Zurich, Switzerland
3. Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
4. University of Oxford, United Kingdom
5. Imperial College London, United Kingdom
6. National University of Singapore, Singapore
7. University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
8. Trinity College Dublin, Republic of Ireland
9. Nanyang Technological University Singapore, Singapore
10. UCL, United Kingdom
11. University of Vienna, Austria
12. Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
13. King’s College London, United Kingdom
14. University of Auckland, New Zealand
15. Australian National University, Australia
16. London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom
17. University of British Columbia, Canada
18. University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
19. University of Zurich, Switzerland
20. University of Warwick, United Kingdom
21. UNSW Sydney, Australia
22. McGill University, Canada
23. University of Manchester, United Kingdom
24. University of Melbourne, Australia
25. Durham University, United Kingdom
26. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States
27. The University of Queensland, Australia
28. University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
29. University of Copenhagen, Denmark
30. University of Toronto, Canada
31. Monash University, Australia
32. University of Sydney, Australia
33. École Polytechnique, France
34. University of Groningen, Netherlands
35. Aalto University, Finland
36. Leiden University, Netherlands
37. California Institute of Technology, United States
38. McMaster University, Canada
39. University of Cape Town, South Africa
40. Lund Universit, Sweden
41. University of Oslo, Norway
42. Stanford University, United States
43. Harvard University, United States
44. Princeton University, United States
45. Aarhus University, Denmark
46. Utrecht University, Netherlands
47. Carnegie Mellon University, United States
48. Columbia University, United States
49. KU Leuven, Belgium
50. Georgia Institute of Technology, United States
51. Uppsala University, Sweden
52. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands
53. Stockholm University, Sweden
54. University of Malaya, Malaysia
55. Paris Sciences et Lettres, Paris, France
56. Free University of Berlin, Germany
57. University of California, Berkeley, United States
58. Johns Hopkins University, United States
59. Cornell University, United States
60. The University of Chicago, United States
61. Technical University of Munich, Germany
62. Purdue University West Lafayette, United States
63. Rice University, United States
64. Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany
65. Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
66. Yale University, United States
67. University of California, Irvine, United States
68. New York University, United States
69. University of California, Santa Barbara, United States
70. Sorbonne University, France
71. Heidelberg University, Germany
72. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
73. Boston University, United States
74. University of California, Davis United States
75. University of California, Los Angeles, United States
76. LMU Munich, Germany
77. Ghent University, Belgium
78. University of Tübingen, Germany
79. Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic
80. University of Paris, France
81. University of Pennsylvania, United States
82. The University of California, San Diego, United States
83. University of Helsinki, Finland
84. Duke University, United States
85. University of Southern California, United States
86. University of Massachusetts, United States
87. University of Bonn, Germany
88. Michigan State University, United States
89. Brown University, United States
90. RWTH Aachen University, Germany
91. University of Barcelona, Spain
92. Northwestern University, United States
93. Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
94. Arizona State University (Tempe), United States
95. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russian Federation
96. North Carolina State University, United States
97. Tel Aviv University, Israel
98. Ohio State University (Main campus), United States
99. Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), South Korea
100. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, United States
101. Emory University, United States
102. University of Washington, United States
103. University of Bologna, Italy
104. The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States
105. Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, United States
106. Texas A&M University, United States
107. Washington University in St Louis, United States
108. Tomsk State University, Russian Federation
109. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, United States
110. University of Notre Dame, United States
111. Peking University, China
112. Indiana University, United States
113. Zhejiang University, China
114. University of Colorado Boulder, United States
115. Yonsei University (Seoul campus), South Korea
116. Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
117. National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Russian Federation
118. University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States
119. Penn State (Main campus), United States
120. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT), Russian Federation
121. Tongji University, China
122. University of Warsaw, Poland
123. East China Normal University, China
124. University of Virginia (Main campus), United States
125. Korea University, South Korea
126. University of Maryland, College Park, United States
127. University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus, United States
128. Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
129. University of Georgia, United States
130. Nanjing University, China
131. The University of Tokyo, Japan
132. University of Arizona, United States
133. Tsinghua University, China
134. Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
135. University of Minnesota, United States
136. University of Florida, United States
137. The University of Texas at Austin, United States
138. Waseda University, Japan
139. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States
140. Tohoku University, Japan
141. Vanderbilt University, United States
142. Kyoto University, Japan
143. Fudan University, China
144. National Taiwan University (NTU), Taiwan
145. Beijing Normal University, China
146. Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
147. Dartmouth College, United States
148. Seoul National University, South Korea
149. University of Tsukuba, Japan
150. Hokkaido University, Japan
151. Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), South Korea
152. HSE University, Russian Federation
153. Osaka University, Japan
154. Kyushu University, Japan
155. University of São Paulo, Brazil
156. Xi’an Jiaotong University, China
157. Saint Petersburg State University, Russian Federation
158. Harbin Institute of Technology, China
159. Novosibirsk State University, Russian Federation
160. National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
161. Nagoya University, Japan
162. National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan
163. Wuhan University, China
164. Sun Yat-sen University, China
165. National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Taiwan
166. Tianjin University, China
167. Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), South Korea
168. University of Campinas, Brazil
169. Keio University, Japan
170. University of Science and Technology of China, China
171. Indian Institute of Science, India

The data in Times Higher Education’s ranking of The World’s Most International Universities 2021 is mainly from the “international outlook” pillar of THE World University Rankings 2021. It considers a university’s proportions of international students, international staff, and journal publications with at least one international co-author. Each of these elements is given equal weighting in calculating the score for this pillar.

• International Reputation

The table adds a fourth component, which makes up 25 percent of the total score: a university’s international reputation. It is a measure of the proportion of votes from outside the home country that the institution achieved in THE’s annual invitation-only Academic Reputation Survey, which asks leading scholars to name the world’s best universities for teaching and research in their field.

Only institutions that received at least 100 votes in the survey were eligible for inclusion.

Metrics and weightings:

• 25 percent: the proportion of international staff

• 25 percent: the proportion of international students

• 25 percent: international co-authorship

• 25 percent: an international reputation

Source: Times Higher Education

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