QS: World's Best Universities in 48 Subjects Revealed

Ben Sowter , Research Director at QS, said: "The major narrative emerging here is the perhaps-inexorable erosion of United States pre-eminence. Since 2015, it has lost 10% of its top-ranked research departments, with China , Australia , and the United Kingdom the major beneficiaries. UK research performance stays strong despite considerable funding cuts, though the contribution that EU research collaboration has made to this success cannot be understated."

British Columbia , Cambridge , Colorado School of Mines , Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne , ETH Zurich, Julliard School, Karolinska Institute , LSE, Loughborough , Royal College of Art, Royal Veterinary College, La Sapienza, Stanford, University of Amsterdam , University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, UPenn, Pittsburgh , Sussex , Wageningen.

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[1] 'Most-consulted' refers to data from media monitoring platform Meltwater, corroborated by insights from SimilarWeb, Alexa, and Google Analytics.