THE GLOBAL BEST
The following are the 165 universities considered the very best academic institutions worldwide ranked for the first time ever.
The list includes 89 from Asia, 38 from Europe, 19 from Africa, 14 from South America and five from North America.
At country level, there are: 20 newly-ranked universities from India, 14 from Turkey, 11 from Pakistan and nine from Algeria and Iran. Among these 165 universities, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST) in South Korea has the best performance and is ranked in the 351–400 band.