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QS World University Rankings by Subject 2023: Development Studies

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Published on: 22 March 2023

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Rank 1 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 97.5
University of Sussex University of Sussex
location Brighton, United Kingdom
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

79.6

Academic Reputation

100

Citations per Paper

98.4

H-index Citations

98.7

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 2 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 93.2

Employer Reputation

79.6

Academic Reputation

97.4

Citations per Paper

92.7

H-index Citations

85.8

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 3 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 93.1

Employer Reputation

100

Academic Reputation

88.8

Citations per Paper

98.9

H-index Citations

100

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

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Rank 4 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 92.1
University of Oxford University of Oxford
location Oxford, United Kingdom
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

95.1

Academic Reputation

90

Citations per Paper

94

H-index Citations

96.4

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

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Rank 5 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 90.6
Harvard University Harvard University
location Cambridge, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

96.2

Academic Reputation

90.5

Citations per Paper

93.4

H-index Citations

84.2

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 6 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 90.2
University of Cambridge University of Cambridge
location Cambridge, United Kingdom
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

94.3

Academic Reputation

88.8

Citations per Paper

91.9

H-index Citations

91.1

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 7 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 87.7
The University of Manchester The University of Manchester
location Manchester, United Kingdom
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

68.3

Academic Reputation

86.9

Citations per Paper

96

H-index Citations

95.4

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 8 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 86.5

Employer Reputation

84.5

Academic Reputation

85.6

Citations per Paper

94.6

H-index Citations

83.4

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 8 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 86.5

Employer Reputation

76.9

Academic Reputation

84.1

Citations per Paper

95.6

H-index Citations

93.4

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 10 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 85.9
Stanford University Stanford University
location Stanford, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

88.9

Academic Reputation

85

Citations per Paper

93.6

H-index Citations

79.9

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 11 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 84.9

Employer Reputation

61.9

Academic Reputation

84.2

Citations per Paper

99

H-index Citations

88.6

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 12 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 84.7
University of Cape Town University of Cape Town
location Cape Town, South Africa
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

73.7

Academic Reputation

85

Citations per Paper

89.8

H-index Citations

85.8

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 13 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 84.2

Employer Reputation

83.6

Academic Reputation

78.8

Citations per Paper

97

H-index Citations

93.4

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 14 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 84.1

Employer Reputation

87.9

Academic Reputation

82.2

Citations per Paper

88.3

H-index Citations

85

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 15 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 83

Employer Reputation

92.2

Academic Reputation

77.2

Citations per Paper

91.5

H-index Citations

91.7

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 16 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 82.3
Columbia University Columbia University
location New York City, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

81.1

Academic Reputation

80.3

Citations per Paper

91.6

H-index Citations

81.7

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 17 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 81.3
Princeton University Princeton University
location Princeton, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

81.1

Academic Reputation

80

Citations per Paper

89.1

H-index Citations

78.9

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 18 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 80.6
University of Chicago University of Chicago
location Chicago, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

72.8

Academic Reputation

81.7

Citations per Paper

87.6

H-index Citations

74.7

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 19 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 80.4

Employer Reputation

70.9

Academic Reputation

79.3

Citations per Paper

94.5

H-index Citations

76.9

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 20 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 79.8
University of Leeds University of Leeds
location Leeds, United Kingdom
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

73.7

Academic Reputation

74.3

Citations per Paper

95.6

H-index Citations

89.8

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 21 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 79.5

Employer Reputation

72

Academic Reputation

76.2

Citations per Paper

92.9

H-index Citations

84.2

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 22 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 79.3
University of Amsterdam University of Amsterdam
location Amsterdam, Netherlands
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

79.8

Academic Reputation

73.3

Citations per Paper

96.2

H-index Citations

85.8

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 22 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 79.3

Employer Reputation

65.9

Academic Reputation

75

Citations per Paper

95.3

H-index Citations

89.2

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 24 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 79.1
Cornell University Cornell University
location Ithaca, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

60.9

Academic Reputation

75.9

Citations per Paper

96.6

H-index Citations

86.5

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 25 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 78.7

Employer Reputation

72.2

Academic Reputation

74.5

Citations per Paper

95.9

H-index Citations

82.6

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 26 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 78.3
Leiden University Leiden University
location Leiden, Netherlands
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

79.2

Academic Reputation

74.2

Citations per Paper

92.6

H-index Citations

79.9

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 27 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 77.7

Employer Reputation

83.2

Academic Reputation

78.4

Citations per Paper

79.1

H-index Citations

69.5

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 28 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 77.6

Employer Reputation

54

Academic Reputation

77.7

Citations per Paper

91.8

H-index Citations

78.9

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 29 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 77.2
Massey University Massey University
location Palmerston North, New Zealand
QS stars 5+ QS Stars

Employer Reputation

61.5

Academic Reputation

75.4

Citations per Paper

93.9

H-index Citations

77.9

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 30 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 77.1
The University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh
location Edinburgh, United Kingdom
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

79

Academic Reputation

72.3

Citations per Paper

89.8

H-index Citations

82.6

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

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