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Psychology

Discover where to study with the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2017: Psychology.

The rankings are based upon academic reputation, employer reputation and research impact (click here to read the full methodology).

Use the interactive table below to filter the rankings by location, and click on individual universities for more information. Registered users will also be able to use the site’s Compare function to see facts and statistics about multiple universities side-by-side.

If you’re looking for answers in how the mind works, you’d better go to North America. 12 of the top 20 universities for Psychology are based in the US, while a further two are based in Canada.

As with last year, the top of the Psychology rankings is dominated by English-speaking countries. The University of Amsterdam (Netherlands) and University of Ghent (Belgium) are the only two universities in the top 40 not to come from the US, UK, Canada, Australia or New Zealand.

Interested in other courses besides Psychology? The QS World University Rankings by Subject 2017 covers 46 different subjects. Click here to see the full list.

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Psychology

Discover where to study with the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2017: Psychology.

The rankings are based upon academic reputation, employer reputation and research impact (click here to read the full methodology).

Use the interactive table below to filter the rankings by location, and click on individual universities for more information. Registered users will also be able to use the site’s Compare function to see facts and statistics about multiple universities side-by-side.

If you’re looking for answers in how the mind works, you’d better go to North America. 12 of the top 20 universities for Psychology are based in the US, while a further two are based in Canada.

As with last year, the top of the Psychology rankings is dominated by English-speaking countries. The University of Amsterdam (Netherlands) and University of Ghent (Belgium) are the only two universities in the top 40 not to come from the US, UK, Canada, Australia or New Zealand.

Interested in other courses besides Psychology? The QS World University Rankings by Subject 2017 covers 46 different subjects. Click here to see the full list.

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Overall Score: 97.3
Harvard University Harvard University
location Cambridge, United States
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Employer Reputation

100

Academic Reputation

100

Citations per Paper

86.7

H-index Citations

100

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Rank 2 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 94.6
Stanford University Stanford University
location Stanford, United States
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Employer Reputation

90.8

Academic Reputation

96.2

Citations per Paper

90.9

H-index Citations

98.7

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Rank 3 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 92.8
University of Cambridge University of Cambridge
location Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Employer Reputation

97.9

Academic Reputation

97.3

Citations per Paper

85.1

H-index Citations

86.4

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Rank 4 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 92.3
University of Oxford University of Oxford
location Oxford, United Kingdom
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Employer Reputation

97.2

Academic Reputation

96.2

Citations per Paper

83.3

H-index Citations

88.7

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Scholarship

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Rank =5 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 90.5

Employer Reputation

81.4

Academic Reputation

93.8

Citations per Paper

89.8

H-index Citations

93.7

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Rank =5 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 90.5
Yale University Yale University
location New Haven, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

87.5

Academic Reputation

91.8

Citations per Paper

86.7

H-index Citations

94.8

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Scholarship

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English Tests

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Rank 7 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 90.4

Employer Reputation

83.3

Academic Reputation

92.1

Citations per Paper

86.7

H-index Citations

97.7

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Scholarship

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English Tests

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Rank =8 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 89.3

Employer Reputation

92.7

Academic Reputation

88

Citations per Paper

93.4

H-index Citations

84.5

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Rank =8 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 89.3
UCL UCL
location London, United Kingdom
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Employer Reputation

72.6

Academic Reputation

96

Citations per Paper

84.2

H-index Citations

97.7

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Rank 10 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 87.6
New York University (NYU) New York University (NYU)
location New York City, United States
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Employer Reputation

80.5

Academic Reputation

91.7

Citations per Paper

82.4

H-index Citations

91.7

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Rank 11 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 86.7

Employer Reputation

67.1

Academic Reputation

92.8

Citations per Paper

84.3

H-index Citations

96.3

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Scholarship

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Rank 12 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 86.5

Employer Reputation

80

Academic Reputation

87.7

Citations per Paper

83.1

H-index Citations

94.1

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Scholarship

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Rank 13 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 86.4

Employer Reputation

80.4

Academic Reputation

86

Citations per Paper

86.3

H-index Citations

93.3

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Rank 14 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 86.2
University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania
location Philadelphia, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

76.2

Academic Reputation

86

Citations per Paper

87.8

H-index Citations

95.2

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Overall Score: 85.5
Columbia University Columbia University
location New York City, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

79.6

Academic Reputation

84.3

Citations per Paper

84.2

H-index Citations

95.2

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Rank 16 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 85.3
Princeton University Princeton University
location Princeton, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

79.3

Academic Reputation

91.9

Citations per Paper

89.3

H-index Citations

74

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Rank 17 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 84.8
University of Amsterdam University of Amsterdam
location Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Employer Reputation

68.5

Academic Reputation

88.1

Citations per Paper

85.8

H-index Citations

93.3

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Rank 18 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 84.6

Employer Reputation

84.8

Academic Reputation

86.3

Citations per Paper

80.5

H-index Citations

85

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Rank 19 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 83.5

Employer Reputation

85.7

Academic Reputation

85.1

Citations per Paper

79.8

H-index Citations

81.9

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Overall Score: 83.3
University of Chicago University of Chicago
location Chicago, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

74.8

Academic Reputation

87.2

Citations per Paper

83.2

H-index Citations

84

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Rank =21 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 82.8
King's College London King's College London
location London, United Kingdom
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

76.1

Academic Reputation

80

Citations per Paper

86.4

H-index Citations

91.3

International Fees

Scholarship

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Rank =21 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 82.8

Employer Reputation

78.1

Academic Reputation

87.4

Citations per Paper

79.9

H-index Citations

81.4

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Scholarship

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Rank 23 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 81.5

Employer Reputation

88.9

Academic Reputation

81.4

Citations per Paper

77.9

H-index Citations

77.9

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Rank 24 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 81.1
Duke University Duke University
location Durham, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

68.5

Academic Reputation

76.9

Citations per Paper

88.9

H-index Citations

94.5

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Rank 25 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 80.6
The University of Queensland The University of Queensland
location Brisbane City, Australia
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

76

Academic Reputation

82.9

Citations per Paper

78.7

H-index Citations

82.4

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Rank =26 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 80.3
Northwestern University Northwestern University
location Evanston, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

64.6

Academic Reputation

79.3

Citations per Paper

86.4

H-index Citations

91.7

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Rank =26 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 80.3

Employer Reputation

60.7

Academic Reputation

82.2

Citations per Paper

87

H-index Citations

89.2

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

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Rank 28 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 80.2

Employer Reputation

66.5

Academic Reputation

76.2

Citations per Paper

87.8

H-index Citations

94.5

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

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Rank 29 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 79.5

Employer Reputation

63.7

Academic Reputation

78.1

Citations per Paper

86.6

H-index Citations

90.9

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

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Rank =30 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 79.3

Employer Reputation

89.2

Academic Reputation

87.5

Citations per Paper

71.1

H-index Citations

61

International Fees

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