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Explore top universities worldwide and find your best fit for study abroad.
How to actually compare universities
Ranking is the loudest number and rarely the one that decides anything. These are the fields worth putting side by side before you shortlist.
- 1Entry requirements before ranking
- A university you cannot meet the requirements for is not on your list, however high it ranks. Filter by the grades and language score you will realistically have, then sort.
- 2Total cost, not tuition
- Tuition is the headline; living costs, visa fees and health cover are the rest of it. A cheaper course in an expensive city is often the more expensive year.
- 3What the ranking is measuring
- QS weights academic reputation and citations heavily. That tells you about the research output of the institution, not about teaching quality on your course or how employable its graduates are where you want to work.
- 4Deadlines and intakes
- Most have more than one intake and the deadlines are months apart. Missing one is the most common avoidable reason an application slips a year.
A word on the data
Rankings, fees and requirements are compiled from public sources and from the institutions themselves. They change, and they can be out of date. Verify anything you are relying on against the university’s own published information before you act on it.