QS World University Rankings for Geography 2025 | Top Universities

QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025: Geography

Discover the top universities around the world for studying geography according to the QS World University Rankings by Subject. 

Over 250 universities have been included in this year’s ranking of the top geography degrees, with the University of Oxford once again taking the number one position.  

All of the top four universities this year can be found in the UK, with the US, Singapore, the Netherlands, Hong Kong SAR and mainland China also all represented at least once in the top 10. 

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QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025: Geography

Discover the top universities around the world for studying geography according to the QS World University Rankings by Subject. 

Over 250 universities have been included in this year’s ranking of the top geography degrees, with the University of Oxford once again taking the number one position.  

All of the top four universities this year can be found in the UK, with the US, Singapore, the Netherlands, Hong Kong SAR and mainland China also all represented at least once in the top 10. 

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Published on: 12 March 2025

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Overall Score: 97.2
University of Oxford University of Oxford
location Oxford, United Kingdom
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

100

H-index Citations

97.8

Citations per Paper

90.6

Academic Reputation

98.2

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 2 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 96.3

Employer Reputation

87.7

H-index Citations

91.4

Citations per Paper

92.4

Academic Reputation

100

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 3 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 96.2
University of Cambridge University of Cambridge
location Cambridge, United Kingdom
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

99.1

H-index Citations

96.4

Citations per Paper

89.9

Academic Reputation

97.2

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 4 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 93.1
UCL UCL
location London, United Kingdom
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

87.5

H-index Citations

100

Citations per Paper

90.9

Academic Reputation

92.8

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 5 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 92.9

Employer Reputation

88.4

H-index Citations

91.9

Citations per Paper

96.8

Academic Reputation

93

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 6 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 91.9

Employer Reputation

87

H-index Citations

92.7

Citations per Paper

89

Academic Reputation

93.3

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 7 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 88.9

Employer Reputation

82

H-index Citations

88.8

Citations per Paper

91.8

Academic Reputation

89.3

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 8 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 88.7
University of Amsterdam University of Amsterdam
location Amsterdam, Netherlands
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

78.3

H-index Citations

92.3

Citations per Paper

90.9

Academic Reputation

89

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 9 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 88.4
Peking University Peking University
location Beijing, China (Mainland)
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

83.3

H-index Citations

91

Citations per Paper

89.9

Academic Reputation

88.2

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 10 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 88.2
The University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong
location Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

75.9

H-index Citations

86.5

Citations per Paper

90.4

Academic Reputation

90.1

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 11 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 88.1
Durham University Durham University
location Durham, United Kingdom
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

82.3

H-index Citations

89.3

Citations per Paper

94.6

Academic Reputation

87.1

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 12 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 87.7

Employer Reputation

83.6

H-index Citations

92.7

Citations per Paper

91.2

Academic Reputation

86.2

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 13 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 86.3

Employer Reputation

85

H-index Citations

91.9

Citations per Paper

87.7

Academic Reputation

84.8

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 14 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 86.1
King's College London King's College London
location London, United Kingdom
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

81.5

H-index Citations

89.3

Citations per Paper

92.2

Academic Reputation

84.5

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 15 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 85.9
Tsinghua University Tsinghua University
location Beijing, China (Mainland)
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

82.5

H-index Citations

87.4

Citations per Paper

90.8

Academic Reputation

84.9

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 16 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 85.7

Employer Reputation

87.2

H-index Citations

73.7

Citations per Paper

84.3

Academic Reputation

88.8

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 17 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 85.6

Employer Reputation

85.7

H-index Citations

93.1

Citations per Paper

85.7

Academic Reputation

83.6

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 18 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 85.5
The University of Manchester The University of Manchester
location Manchester, United Kingdom
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

83.7

H-index Citations

93.8

Citations per Paper

91.7

Academic Reputation

82.2

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 19 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 85.2

Employer Reputation

74.3

H-index Citations

84.4

Citations per Paper

90.6

Academic Reputation

85.9

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 20 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 84.6

Employer Reputation

83

H-index Citations

87

Citations per Paper

87.4

Academic Reputation

83.6

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 21 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 84.5
The University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh
location Edinburgh, United Kingdom
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

85.9

H-index Citations

84.4

Citations per Paper

85.5

Academic Reputation

84

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 22 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 84.3
Utrecht University Utrecht University
location Utrecht, Netherlands
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

76

H-index Citations

92.3

Citations per Paper

91.2

Academic Reputation

81.9

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank =23 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 83.7

Employer Reputation

78.9

H-index Citations

83.9

Citations per Paper

88.9

Academic Reputation

83.2

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank =23 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 83.7
University of Leeds University of Leeds
location Leeds, United Kingdom
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

79.3

H-index Citations

92.3

Citations per Paper

93.9

Academic Reputation

79.7

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 25 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 83.6

Employer Reputation

81.2

H-index Citations

86

Citations per Paper

89.4

Academic Reputation

81.9

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 26 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 83.2
Leiden University Leiden University
location Leiden, Netherlands
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

70.3

H-index Citations

72.1

Citations per Paper

87

Academic Reputation

87.1

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 27 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 82.8
University of Bristol University of Bristol
location Bristol, United Kingdom
QS stars 5+ QS Stars

Employer Reputation

79

H-index Citations

83.9

Citations per Paper

87.6

Academic Reputation

81.9

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 28 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 82.3

Employer Reputation

63.1

H-index Citations

96.4

Citations per Paper

98.6

Academic Reputation

77.9

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank =29 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 81.8
University of Chicago University of Chicago
location Chicago, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

78.7

H-index Citations

74.5

Citations per Paper

78.6

Academic Reputation

84.9

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank =29 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 81.8

Employer Reputation

74.1

H-index Citations

83.4

Citations per Paper

92.7

Academic Reputation

79.9

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

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