Regional standing

The world's regions, ranked

Collaboration leadership recognised where it happens. Every region scored on the identical global method, so a regional leader is a genuine global comparison, not a separate table.

Africa

33 ranked universities · provisional leaders, listed alphabetically · order sealed until 15 September 2026

Cairo University · Egypt
North-West University · South Africa
Stellenbosch University · South Africa
University of Cape Town · South Africa
University of Johannesburg · South Africa
University of KwaZulu-Natal · South Africa
University of Pretoria · South Africa
University of the Witwatersrand · South Africa

Asia-Pacific

391 ranked universities · provisional leaders, listed alphabetically · order sealed until 15 September 2026

Chinese University of Hong Kong · Hong Kong
Monash University · Australia
Nanyang Technological University · Singapore
National University of Singapore · Singapore
The University of Melbourne · Australia
The University of Queensland · Australia
The University of Sydney · Australia
University of Hong Kong · Hong Kong

Europe

417 ranked universities · provisional leaders, listed alphabetically · order sealed until 15 September 2026

Imperial College London · United Kingdom
KU Leuven · Belgium
King's College London · United Kingdom
University College London · United Kingdom
University of Cambridge · United Kingdom
University of Edinburgh · United Kingdom
University of Oxford · United Kingdom
University of Zurich · Switzerland

Latin America

65 ranked universities · provisional leaders, listed alphabetically · order sealed until 15 September 2026

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile · Chile
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México · Mexico
Universidad de Buenos Aires · Argentina
Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) · Brazil
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul · Brazil
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro · Brazil
Universidade de São Paulo · Brazil
University of Chile · Chile

Middle East

38 ranked universities · provisional leaders, listed alphabetically · order sealed until 15 September 2026

Khalifa University of Science and Technology · United Arab Emirates
King Abdulaziz University · Saudi Arabia
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology · Saudi Arabia
King Khalid University · Saudi Arabia
King Saud University · Saudi Arabia
Qatar University · Qatar
United Arab Emirates University · United Arab Emirates
University of Sharjah · United Arab Emirates

North America

251 ranked universities · provisional leaders, listed alphabetically · order sealed until 15 September 2026

Duke University · United States
Harvard University · United States
Stanford University · United States
University of British Columbia · Canada
University of California San Diego · United States
University of Toronto · Canada
University of Washington · United States
Yale University · United States

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