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Europe300 universities
CountryUndergraduatePostgraduate
Germany27 universities6.0–6.56.5
France17 universities6.0–6.56.5–7.0
Ireland17 universities6.0–6.56.0–6.5
Cyprus15 universities5.55.5–6.5
Romania13 universities6.06.0–6.5
Austria12 universities6.0–6.56.0–6.5
Bulgaria12 universities6.06.5
Malta12 universities6.06.5
Serbia12 universities—6.0
Sweden11 universities6.0–6.56.5
Albania10 universities6.06.5
Croatia10 universities6.06.0
Denmark10 universities6.56.5
Netherlands10 universities6.0–6.56.5
Slovakia10 universities6.06.5
Finland8 universities6.0–6.56.5
Luxembourg8 universities6.56.5
North Macedonia8 universities—5.5
Norway8 universities6.06.0–6.5
Slovenia8 universities6.06.0
Iceland7 universities6.56.5
Switzerland7 universities6.5–7.06.5–7.0
Italy6 universities5.5–6.06.5–7.0
Montenegro6 universities——
Belgium5 universities6.56.5–7.0
Lithuania5 universities6.56.5
Poland5 universities5.5–6.06.5
Czechia4 universities6.06.5
Latvia4 universities6.56.5
Portugal4 universities6.56.5
Bosnia & Herzegovina3 universities——
Estonia3 universities5.5–6.56.0–6.5
Spain3 universities5.5–6.56.5–7.0
Asia302 universities
CountryUndergraduatePostgraduate
India27 universities6.0–6.56.5
Malaysia19 universities6.0–6.56.0–6.5
Iran15 universities—5.5
Nepal15 universities6.06.0
Vietnam14 universities4.5–5.56.5
Kazakhstan13 universities5.0–6.56.0–6.5
Bangladesh12 universities6.56.5
Oman12 universities6.0–6.56.5
Sri Lanka12 universities6.06.5
Uzbekistan12 universities5.5–6.06.0
Pakistan11 universities6.0–6.56.5
Thailand11 universities6.0–6.56.0–6.5
Armenia10 universities6.06.5
Cambodia10 universities5.54.5–5.5
China10 universities6.0–6.56.5–7.0
Kuwait10 universities5.5–6.56.0–6.5
Japan9 universities6.0–6.56.0–6.5
Singapore8 universities6.0–6.56.5
United Arab Emirates8 universities6.06.0–6.5
Indonesia7 universities5.5–6.06.0–6.5
Saudi Arabia7 universities5.0–6.05.5–6.0
Hong Kong SAR China6 universities6.0–6.56.5
Philippines6 universities5.5–6.06.0–6.5
Brunei5 universities6.06.0
Maldives5 universities6.06.0
South Korea5 universities6.0–6.56.0–6.5
Türkiye5 universities6.0–6.56.5
Qatar3 universities5.5–6.56.0–6.5
Azerbaijan2 universities6.56.5
Bahrain2 universities6.56.5
Georgia2 universities6.56.5
Iraq2 universities6.56.5
Israel2 universities6.57.0
Jordan2 universities6.06.5
Lebanon1 university6.06.5
Myanmar (Burma)1 university5.05.5
Taiwan1 university6.06.5
Africa190 universities
CountryUndergraduatePostgraduate
South Africa18 universities6.06.5
Algeria15 universities——
Ethiopia15 universities—5.0
Tanzania15 universities6.56.5
Uganda15 universities6.0—
Morocco12 universities6.0–6.56.5–7.0
Tunisia12 universities6.06.5
Cameroon10 universities——
Ghana10 universities6.06.0–6.5
Mauritius10 universities6.06.5
Senegal10 universities——
Egypt9 universities5.0–6.06.0–6.5
Rwanda8 universities6.06.5–7.0
Zimbabwe8 universities——
Botswana6 universities——
Namibia6 universities7.07.0
Nigeria4 universities5.56.0
Zambia4 universities4.0–6.55.5–6.5
Kenya3 universities5.5–6.06.0–6.5
Latin America91 universities
CountryUndergraduatePostgraduate
Bolivia10 universities——
Venezuela9 universities——
Brazil8 universities5.5–6.06.0–6.5
Mexico8 universities5.5–6.56.0–7.0
Peru8 universities5.0–5.56.0–6.5
Trinidad & Tobago8 universities6.57.0
Paraguay7 universities——
Uruguay6 universities——
Barbados5 universities6.57.0
Chile5 universities5.5–6.56.5–7.0
Argentina4 universities6.0–6.56.5–7.0
Colombia3 universities5.5–6.56.0–6.5
Jamaica3 universities6.0–6.56.5–7.0
Costa Rica2 universities6.06.5
Ecuador1 university6.06.0
El Salvador1 university6.06.5
Guatemala1 university6.06.5
Honduras1 university6.06.5
Panama1 university6.06.5
United Kingdom65 universities
CountryUndergraduatePostgraduate
United Kingdom65 universities6.0–6.56.5–7.0
United States90 universities
CountryUndergraduatePostgraduate
United States90 universities6.0–7.06.5–7.0
Canada35 universities
CountryUndergraduatePostgraduate
Canada35 universities6.56.5–7.0
Australia55 universities
CountryUndergraduatePostgraduate
Australia34 universities6.0–6.56.5
New Zealand16 universities6.06.5
Fiji5 universities6.06.0–6.5
Eastern Europe5 universities
CountryUndergraduatePostgraduate
Hungary5 universities5.5–6.06.0–6.5

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