BUC World Best Value Universities & Colleges Rankings 2025 |
Rank | Name | Region |
1 | University of Oxford | United Kingdom |
2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | United States |
3 | Harvard University | United States |
4 | Princeton University | United States |
5 | University of Cambridge | United Kingdom |
6 | Stanford University | United States |
7 | California Institute of Technology | United States |
8 | University of California, Berkeley | United States |
9 | Imperial College London | United Kingdom |
10 | Yale University | United States |
11 | ETH Zurich | Switzerland |
12 | Tsinghua University | China |
13 | Peking University | China |
14 | The University of Chicago | United States |
14 | University of Pennsylvania | United States |
16 | Johns Hopkins University | United States |
17 | National University of Singapore | Singapore |
18 | Columbia University | United States |
18 | University of California, Los Angeles | United States |
20 | Cornell University | United States |
21 | University of Toronto | Canada |
22 | UCL | United Kingdom |
22 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | United States |
24 | Carnegie Mellon University | United States |
25 | University of Washington | United States |
26 | Technical University of Munich | Germany |
27 | Duke University | United States |
28 | The University of Tokyo | Japan |
29 | University of Edinburgh | United Kingdom |
30 | Nanyang Technological University, Singapore | Singapore |
31 | Northwestern University | United States |
32 | École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne | Switzerland |
33 | New York University | United States |
34 | University of California, San Diego | United States |
35 | University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong |
36 | Fudan University | China |
36 | King’s College London | United Kingdom |
38 | LMU Munich | Germany |
39 | University of Melbourne | Australia |
40 | Georgia Institute of Technology | United States |
41 | University of British Columbia | Canada |
42 | Paris Sciences et Lettres – PSL Research University Paris | France |
43 | KU Leuven | Belgium |
44 | The Chinese University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong |
45 | McGill University | Canada |
46 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | United States |
47 | Universität Heidelberg | Germany |
47 | Zhejiang University | China |
49 | Karolinska Institute | Sweden |
50 | London School of Economics and Political Science | United Kingdom |
50 | University of Texas at Austin | United States |
52 | Shanghai Jiao Tong University | China |
53 | University of Manchester | United Kingdom |
53 | University of Science and Technology of China | China |
55 | Kyoto University | Japan |
56 | Delft University of Technology | Netherlands |
56 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | United States |
58 | Brown University | United States |
58 | Monash University | Australia |
58 | University of Amsterdam | Netherlands |
61 | The University of Sydney | Australia |
62 | Seoul National University | South Korea |
62 | University of California, Davis | United States |
64 | Université Paris-Saclay | France |
65 | Nanjing University | China |
66 | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | Hong Kong |
67 | University of California, Santa Barbara | United States |
67 | Wageningen University & Research | Netherlands |
69 | Washington University in St Louis | United States |
70 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | United States |
71 | Institut Polytechnique de Paris | France |
72 | University of Southern California | United States |
73 | Australian National University | Australia |
73 | Leiden University | Netherlands |
75 | Boston University | United States |
76 | Sorbonne University | France |
77 | The University of Queensland | Australia |
78 | University of Bristol | United Kingdom |
79 | Purdue University West Lafayette | United States |
80 | City University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong |
80 | University of Groningen | Netherlands |
82 | Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) | South Korea |
83 | UNSW Sydney | Australia |
84 | Humboldt University of Berlin | Germany |
84 | The Hong Kong Polytechnic University | Hong Kong |
84 | University of Massachusetts | United States |
87 | University of Glasgow | United Kingdom |
87 | University of Minnesota | United States |
89 | University of Bonn | Germany |
90 | University of California, Irvine | United States |
90 | Vanderbilt University | United States |
92 | RWTH Aachen University | Germany |
93 | Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin | Germany |
93 | University of Birmingham | United Kingdom |
95 | KTH Royal Institute of Technology | Sweden |
95 | Lund University | Sweden |
97 | Netherlands Business academy | Netherlands |
98 | University of Copenhagen | Denmark |
98 | Emory University | United States |
100 | University of Sheffield | United Kingdom |
100 | Penn State (Main campus) | United States |
102 | University of Tübingen | Germany |
102 | Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) | South Korea |
104 | Yonsei University (Seoul campus) | South Korea |
104 | Free University of Berlin | Germany |
106 | University of Bern | Switzerland |
107 | University of Warwick | United Kingdom |
107 | Erasmus University Rotterdam | Netherlands |
110 | University of Helsinki | Finland |
110 | Aarhus University | Denmark |
112 | University of Vienna | Austria |
112 | Ghent University | Belgium |
112 | Rice University | United States |
115 | University of Maryland, College Park | United States |
116 | University of Southampton | United Kingdom |
116 | McMaster University | Canada |
116 | Ohio State University (Main campus) | United States |
116 | University of Alberta | Canada |
120 | University of Oslo | Norway |
121 | Tohoku University | Japan |
122 | University of Göttingen | Germany |
123 | Michigan State University | United States |
124 | University of Leeds | United Kingdom |
125 | Technical University of Denmark | Denmark |
126 | Université de Montréal | Canada |
127 | University of Basel | Switzerland |
128 | University of Rochester | United States |
128 | University of Adelaide | Australia |
130 | University of Freiburg | Germany |
130 | University of Florida | United States |
132 | Uppsala University | Sweden |
132 | Maastricht University | Netherlands |
134 | University of Hamburg | Germany |
134 | University of Lausanne | Switzerland |
136 | Wuhan University | China |
136 | University of Arizona | United States |
136 | University of Nottingham | United Kingdom |
139 | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam | Netherlands |
140 | Trinity College Dublin | Ireland |
141 | Technical University of Berlin | Germany |
141 | Queen Mary University of London | United Kingdom |
143 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh campus | United States |
143 | Radboud University Nijmegen | Netherlands |
143 | Texas A&M University | United States |
146 | University of Colorado Boulder | United States |
146 | Beijing Normal University | China |
146 | University of Bologna | Italy |
149 | University of York | United Kingdom |
149 | The University of Western Australia | Australia |
151 | University of Barcelona | Spain |
152 | Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) | South Korea |
152 | Harbin Institute of Technology | China |
154 | University of Auckland | New Zealand |
154 | Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa | Italy |
154 | Tongji University | China |
157 | University of Technology Sydney | Australia |
157 | Newcastle University | United Kingdom |
159 | University of Cologne | Germany |
160 | Case Western Reserve University | United States |
160 | TU Dresden | Germany |
162 | University of Liverpool | United Kingdom |
163 | Osaka University | Japan |
163 | University of Virginia (Main campus) | United States |
163 | University of Waterloo | Canada |
166 | University of Würzburg | Germany |
167 | University of Essex | United Kingdom |
168 | Huazhong University of Science and Technology | China |
168 | Karlsruhe Institute of Technology | Germany |
168 | Dartmouth College | United States |
171 | Lancaster University | United Kingdom |
172 | University of Antwerp | Belgium |
172 | University of Geneva | Switzerland |
172 | Durham University | United Kingdom |
175 | National Taiwan University (NTU) | Taiwan |
176 | University of Exeter | United Kingdom |
176 | Université Catholique de Louvain | Belgium |
178 | King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals | Saudi Arabia |
179 | Pompeu Fabra University | Spain |
180 | Macquarie University | Australia |
180 | Tufts University | United States |
180 | University of Cape Town | South Africa |
183 | University of Macau | Macao |
183 | University of Twente | Netherlands |
185 | Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) | China |
185 | Université Paris Cité | France |
185 | Eindhoven University of Technology | Netherlands |
188 | Sapienza University of Rome | Italy |
189 | University of St Andrews | United Kingdom |
189 | University of Münster | Germany |
191 | Indiana University | United States |
191 | Korea University | South Korea |
191 | Abu Dhabi University | United Arab Emirates |
191 | Stockholm University | Sweden |
195 | University of Leicester | United Kingdom |
196 | University of Ottawa | Canada |
196 | Tokyo Institute of Technology | Japan |
196 | Aalto University | Finland |
199 | University of California, Santa Cruz | United States |
199 | University of Notre Dame | United States |
199 | Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) | Spain |
199 | Ulm University | Germany |
201-250 | University of Mannheim | Germany |
201-250 | University of São Paulo | Brazil |
201-250 | Arizona State University (Tempe) | United States |
201-250 | Beijing Institute of Technology | China |
201-250 | Cardiff University | United Kingdom |
201-250 | Chalmers University of Technology | Sweden |
201-250 | Deakin University | Australia |
201-250 | Friedrich Schiller University Jena | Germany |
201-250 | Georgetown University | United States |
201-250 | George Washington University | United States |
201-250 | Goethe University Frankfurt | Germany |
201-250 | Khalifa University | United Arab Emirates |
201-250 | Linköping University | Sweden |
201-250 | Medical University of Graz | Austria |
201-250 | Medical University of Vienna | Austria |
201-250 | Nagoya University | Japan |
201-250 | Nankai University | China |
201-250 | Northeastern University, US | United States |
201-250 | Politecnico di Milano | Italy |
201-250 | Qatar University | Qatar |
201-250 | Queensland University of Technology | Australia |
201-250 | Queen’s University Belfast | United Kingdom |
201-250 | Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies – Pisa | Italy |
201-250 | Sejong University | South Korea |
201–250 | Sichuan University | China |
201–250 | Sun Yat-sen University | China |
201–250 | Tel Aviv University | Israel |
201–250 | Tianjin University | China |
201–250 | Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) | South Korea |
201–250 | Université Libre de Bruxelles | Belgium |
201–250 | Universiti Teknologi Petronas | Malaysia |
201–250 | University College Dublin | Ireland |
201–250 | University of Aberdeen | United Kingdom |
201–250 | University of Calgary | Canada |
201–250 | University of Erlangen-Nuremberg | Germany |
201–250 | University of Gothenburg | Sweden |
201–250 | University of Illinois Chicago | United States |
201–250 | University of Luxembourg | Luxembourg |
201–250 | University of Miami | United States |
201–250 | University of Padua | Italy |
201–250 | University of Potsdam | Germany |
201–250 | University of Reading | United Kingdom |
201–250 | University of Surrey | United Kingdom |
201–250 | University of Sussex | United Kingdom |
201–250 | University of Utah | United States |
201–250 | University of Wollongong | Australia |
201–250 | Vita-Salute San Raffaele University | Italy |
201–250 | Vrije Universiteit Brussel | Belgium |
251–300 | Western University | Canada |
251–300 | Xi’an Jiaotong University | China |
251–300 | Aalborg University | Denmark |
251–300 | Beihang University | China |
251–300 | Boston College | United States |
251–300 | Curtin University | Australia |
251–300 | East China Normal University | China |
251–300 | École Normale Supérieure de Lyon | France |
251–300 | Hanyang University | South Korea |
251–300 | Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf | Germany |
251–300 | Hong Kong Baptist University | Hong Kong |
251–300 | Humanitas University | Italy |
251–300 | Indian Institute of Science | India |
251–300 | Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz | Germany |
251–300 | King Saud University | Saudi Arabia |
251–300 | Kyung Hee University | South Korea |
251–300 | Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT | Finland |
251–300 | La Trobe University | Australia |
251–300 | Lebanese American University | Lebanon |
251–300 | Macau University of Science and Technology | Macao |
251–300 | Medical University of Innsbruck | Austria |
251–300 | North Carolina State University | United States |
251–300 | Northwestern Polytechnical University | China |
251–300 | Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University | Saudi Arabia |
251-300 | RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences | Ireland |
251–300 | RMIT University | Australia |
251–300 | Semmelweis University | Hungary |
251–300 | South China University of Technology | China |
251–300 | Southern Medical University | China |
251–300 | Stony Brook University | United States |
251–300 | Swinburne University of Technology | Australia |
251–300 | Technical University of Darmstadt | Germany |
251–300 | Tilburg University | Netherlands |
251–300 | United Arab Emirates University | United Arab Emirates |
251–300 | Université Laval | Canada |
251–300 | University at Buffalo | United States |
251–300 | University of Bath | United Kingdom |
251–300 | University of Bergen | Norway |
251–300 | University of California, Riverside | United States |
251–300 | University of Duisburg-Essen | Germany |
251–300 | University of East Anglia | United Kingdom |
251–300 | University of Hawai’i at Mānoa | United States |
251–300 | University of Iowa | United States |
251–300 | University of Konstanz | Germany |
251–300 | University of Liège | Belgium |
251–300 | University of Malaya | Malaysia |
251–300 | University of Navarra | Spain |
251–300 | University of Newcastle | Australia |
251-300 | University of Oulu | Finland |
251-300 | University of Southern Denmark | Denmark |
251–300 | University of Stuttgart | Germany |
301–350 | University of Tasmania | Australia |
301–350 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | United States |
301–350 | Birkbeck, University of London | United Kingdom |
301–350 | China Medical University, Taiwan | Taiwan |
301–350 | Dalhousie University | Canada |
301–350 | Flinders University | Australia |
301–350 | Florida State University | United States |
301–350 | Griffith University | Australia |
301–350 | Hasselt University | Belgium |
301–350 | Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Israel |
301–350 | Hunan University | China |
301–350 | King Khalid University | Saudi Arabia |
301–350 | Kyushu University | Japan |
301–350 | Loughborough University | United Kingdom |
301–350 | Norwegian University of Science and Technology | Norway |
301–350 | Oregon Health and Science University | United States |
301–350 | Queen’s University | Canada |
301–350 | Ruhr University Bochum | Germany |
301–350 | Rutgers University – New Brunswick | United States |
301–350 | Sharif University of Technology | Iran |
301–350 | Simon Fraser University | Canada |
301–350 | Southeast University | China |
301–350 | Stellenbosch University | South Africa |
301–350 | St George’s, University of London | United Kingdom |
301–350 | Swansea University | United Kingdom |
301–350 | Tampere University | Finland |
301–350 | The University of Tennessee-Knoxville | United States |
301–350 | TU Wien | Austria |
301–350 | Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore | Italy |
301–350 | Università della Svizzera italiana | Switzerland |
301–350 | University of Bayreuth | Germany |
301–350 | University of Bremen | Germany |
301–350 | University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus | United States |
301–350 | University of Connecticut | United States |
301–350 | University of Dundee | United Kingdom |
301–350 | University of Electronic Science and Technology of China | China |
301–350 | University of Hohenheim | Germany |
301–350 | University of Innsbruck | Australia |
301–350 | University of Kiel | Germany |
301–350 | University of Milan | Italy |
301–350 | University of Pavia | Italy |
301–350 | University of Rome II – Tor Vergata | Italy |
301–350 | University of Sharjah | United Arab Emirates |
301–350 | University of South Australia | Australia |
301–350 | University of Tartu | Estonia |
301–350 | University of the Witwatersrand | South Africa |
301–350 | University of Trento | Italy |
301–350 | University of Turku | Finland |
301–350 | University of Victoria | Canada |
351–400 | Western Sydney University | Australia |
351–400 | Xiamen University | China |
351–400 | Amirkabir University of Technology | Iran |
351–400 | Aston University | United Kingdom |
351–400 | Autonomous University of Madrid | Spain |
351–400 | Brunel University of London | United Kingdom |
351–400 | City, University of London | United Kingdom |
351–400 | Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST) | South Korea |
351–400 | Drexel University | United States |
351–400 | Dublin City University | Ireland |
351–400 | Edith Cowan University | Australia |
351–400 | Free University of Bozen-Bolzano | Italy |
351–400 | Hokkaido University | Japan |
351–400 | Illinois Institute of Technology | United States |
351–400 | IMT Atlantique | France |
351–400 | Institut Agro | France |
351–400 | Iran University of Science and Technology | Iran |
351–400 | Justus Liebig University Giessen | Germany |
351–400 | King Abdulaziz University | Saudi Arabia |
351–400 | Koç University | Turkey |
351–400 | Leibniz University Hannover | Germany |
351–400 | Middle East Technical University | Turkey |
351–400 | Montpellier University | France |
351–400 | Sabancı University | Turkey |
351–400 | Shenzhen University | China |
351–400 | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences | Sweden |
351–400 | Temple University | United States |
351–400 | Umeå University | Sweden |
351–400 | Université Grenoble Alpes | France |
351–400 | University College Cork | Ireland |
351–400 | University of Brescia | Italy |
351–400 | University of Campinas | Brazil |
351–400 | University of Delaware | United States |
351–400 | University of Hertfordshire | United Kingdom |
351–400 | University of Florence | Italy |
351–400 | University of Galway | Ireland |
351–400 | University of Georgia (USA) | United States |
351–400 | University of Kansas | United States |
351–400 | University of Kent | United Kingdom |
351–400 | University of Milan-Bicocca | Italy |
351–400 | University of Naples Federico II | Italy |
351–400 | University of Otago | New Zealand |
351–400 | University of Pisa | Italy |
351–400 | University of Saskatchewan | Canada |
351–400 | University of Siena | Italy |
351–400 | University of Southern Queensland | Australia |
351–400 | University of South Florida | United States |
351–400 | University of St Gallen | Switzerland |
351–400 | University of Strathclyde | United Kingdom |
401–500 | University of Tsukuba | Japan |
401–500 | Zayed University | United Arab Emirates |
401–500 | Aix-Marseille University | France |
401–500 | Ajman University | United Arab Emirates |
401–500 | Al Ain University | United Arab Emirates |
401–500 | American University of the Middle East | Kuwait |
401–500 | Anna University | India |
401–500 | Asia University, Taiwan | Taiwan |
401–500 | Auckland University of Technology | New Zealand |
401–500 | Australian Catholic University | Australia |
401–500 | Bangor University | United Kingdom |
401–500 | Beijing University of Chemical Technology | China |
401–500 | Bond University | Australia |
401–500 | Bournemouth University | United Kingdom |
401–500 | Brandeis University | United States |
401–500 | Charles Darwin University | Australia |
401–500 | Charles University | Czech Republic |
401–500 | Chongqing University | China |
401–500 | Chung-Ang University | South Korea |
401–500 | Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 | France |
401–500 | Colorado School of Mines | United States |
401–500 | Colorado State University, Fort Collins | United States |
401–500 | Dalian University of Technology | China |
401–500 | Federation University Australia | Australia |
401–500 | Florida International University | United States |
401–500 | George Mason University | United States |
401–500 | Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST) | South Korea |
401–500 | Heriot-Watt University | United Kingdom |
401–500 | Iowa State University | United States |
401–500 | James Cook University | Australia |
401–500 | Johannes Kepler University of Linz | Austria |
401–500 | Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences | Iran |
401–500 | Leuphana University of Lüneburg | Germany |
401–500 | Mahatma Gandhi University | India |
401–500 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | United States |
401–500 | Mohammed VI Polytechnic University | Morocco |
401–500 | Murdoch University | Australia |
401–500 | National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (Taiwan Tech) | Taiwan |
401–500 | National Tsing Hua University | Taiwan |
401–500 | National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University | Taiwan |
401–500 | Northumbria University | United Kingdom |
401–500 | Polytechnic University of Turin | Italy |
401–500 | Prince Sultan University (PSU) | Saudi Arabia |
401–500 | Quaid-i-Azam University | Pakistan |
401–500 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | United States |
401–500 | Royal Holloway, University of London | United Kingdom |
401–500 | Saint Louis University | United States |
401–500 | Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences | India |
401–500 | Shanghai University | China |
401–500 | Shoolini University of Biotechnology and Management Sciences | India |
401–500 | SOAS University of London | United Kingdom |
401–500 | Stevens Institute of Technology | United States |
401–500 | Sunway University | Malaysia |
401–500 | Syracuse University | United States |
401–500 | Taipei Medical University | Taiwan |
401–500 | Technion Israel Institute of Technology | Israel |
401–500 | Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) | Japan |
401–500 | TU Dortmund University | Germany |
401–500 | Tulane University | United States |
401–500 | Umm Al-Qura University | Saudi Arabia |
401–500 | Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia | Malaysia |
401–500 | Universiti Sains Malaysia | Malaysia |
401–500 | Universiti Teknologi Malaysia | Malaysia |
401–500 | Universiti Utara Malaysia | Malaysia |
401–500 | University of Bordeaux | France |
401–500 | University of California, Merced | United States |
401–500 | University of Canberra | Australia |
401–500 | University of Central Florida | United States |
401–500 | University of Coimbra | Portugal |
401–500 | University of Cyprus | Cyprus |
401–500 | University of Fribourg | Switzerland |
401–500 | University of Genoa | Italy |
401–500 | University of Greifswald | Germany |
401–500 | University of Guelph | Canada |
401–500 | University of Houston | United States |
401–500 | University of Hull | United Kingdom |
401–500 | University of Johannesburg | South Africa |
401–500 | University of Jyväskylä | Finland |
401–500 | University of Kentucky | United States |
401–500 | University of Lisbon | Portugal |
401–500 | University of Manitoba | Canada |
401–500 | University of Marburg | Germany |
401–500 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | United States |
401–500 | University of Oregon | United States |
401–500 | University of Porto | Portugal |
401–500 | University of Portsmouth | United Kingdom |
401–500 | University of South Carolina-Columbia | United States |
401–500 | University of Stirling | United Kingdom |
401–500 | University of Tehran | Iran |
401–500 | University of Texas at Dallas | United States |
401–500 | University of Toulouse | France |
401–500 | University of Turin | Italy |
401–500 | University of Vaasa | Finland |
401–500 | University of Waikato | New Zealand |
401–500 | Verona University | Italy |
401–500 | Victoria University | Australia |
401–500 | Victoria University of Wellington | New Zealand |
401–500 | Virginia Commonwealth University | United States |
401–500 | Wake Forest University | United States |
401–500 | Washington State University | United States |
401–500 | York University | Canada |
401–500 | Åbo Akademi University | Finland |