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U-Multirank's 2018 Edition Master List of Universities* (Higher Education U-Multirank’s 2018 Edition Master list of universities* (higher education institutions) 1,614 universities; 95 countries Country University Albania Epoka University Angola Instituto Superior Politécnico de Tecnologias e Ciências (ISPTEC) Argentina University of Buenos Aires Argentina National University of Cordoba Argentina National University of La Plata Armenia Yerevan State University Australia University of Adelaide Australia Australian Catholic University Australia Australian National University Australia Bond University Australia Charles Darwin University Australia Curtin University Australia Deakin University Australia Edith Cowan University Australia Flinders University Australia Griffith University Australia James Cook University Australia La Trobe University Australia Macquarie University Australia University of Melbourne Australia Monash University Australia University of New South Wales Australia The University of Newcastle Australia University of Queensland Australia Queensland University of Technology Australia RMIT University Australia University of South Australia Australia Southern Cross University Australia Swinburne University of Technology Australia University of Technology Sydney Australia University of Sydney Australia University of Tasmania Australia University of Western Australia Australia Western Sydney University Australia University of Wollongong Austria Carinthia University of Applied Sciences Austria Medical University Graz Austria Graz University of Technology Austria University of Graz Austria Medical University Innsbruck Austria Management Center Innsbruck (MCI) Austria University of Innsbruck Austria University of Klagenfurt Austria IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems Austria Kufstein Tyrol University of Applied Sciences Austria Montanuniversität Leoben Austria Johannes Kepler University Linz Austria Salzburg University of Applied Sciences Austria University of Salzburg Austria Vienna University of Technology Austria MODUL University Vienna Austria WU Vienna University of Economics and Business Austria Medical University of Vienna Austria University of Vienna Austria University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU) Austria University of Applied Sciences Wiener Neustadt GmbH Azerbaijan Azerbaijan University of Architecture and Construction Azerbaijan Baku State University Bangladesh Daffodil International University Bangladesh United International University Belarus Belarusian State University Belarus Belarusian State Medical University Belarus Minsk University of Management Belarus Polotsk State University Belarus Vitebsk State Technological University Belarus Vitebsk State Medical University Belgium University of Antwerp Belgium Vrije Universiteit Brussel Belgium Université libre de Bruxelles Belgium Ghent University Belgium Hasselt University Belgium Catholic University of Leuven Belgium University of Liege Belgium Catholic University of Louvain (UCL) Belgium University of Mons Belgium University of Namur Belgium Saint-Louis University Bosnia and University of Sarajevo Herzegovina Brazil University of Brasília - UNB Brazil State University of Campinas Brazil Federal University of Ceará - UFC Brazil Universidade Federal Fluminense - UFF Brazil Federal University of Mato Grosso Brazil Federal University of Minas Gerais Brazil Federal University of Paraná Brazil São Paulo State University Brazil Federal University of Pernambuco Brazil Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Brazil Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul Brazil Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina Brazil Universidade Federal de São Paulo Brazil University of São Paulo Brazil Federal University of São Carlos - UFSCAR Bulgaria American University in Bulgaria Bulgaria Technical University of Gabrovo Bulgaria New Bulgarian University Bulgaria Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy Bulgaria Academy of Music, Dance and Fine Arts - Plovdiv Bulgaria Medical University - Plovdiv Bulgaria Angel Kanchev University of Ruse Bulgaria Technical University of Sofia Bulgaria Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski Bulgaria D. 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Tsenov Academy of Economics Bulgaria University of Economics - Varna Bulgaria Varna University of Management Cambodia IIC University of Technology Canada University of Alberta Canada University of British Columbia Canada Brock University Canada University of Calgary Canada Carleton University Canada Concordia University Canada Dalhousie University Canada University of Guelph Canada Lakehead University Canada Laurentian University Canada Wilfred Laurier University Canada Laval University Canada University of Manitoba Canada McGill University Canada McMaster University Canada Memorial University of Newfoundland Canada Polytechnique Montreal Canada University of Montreal Canada HEC Montréal Canada Nipissing University Canada OCAD University Canada University of Ontario Institute of Technology Canada University of Ottawa Canada Université du Québec à Montréal Canada Queen's University Canada University of Regina Canada Ryerson University Canada University of Saskatchewan Canada Université de Sherbrooke Canada Simon Fraser University Canada École de technologie supérieure Canada University of Toronto Canada Trent University Canada University of Victoria Canada University of Waterloo Canada University of Western Ontario Canada University of Windsor Canada York University Cape Verde Instituto Superior de Ciências Económicas e Empresariais –ISCEE Chile Pontifical Catholic University of Chile Chile University of Chile Chile Universidad del Desarrollo Chile Technical University Federico Santa María Chile Catholic University of Valparaíso China Anhui Medical University China Beihang Unviersity China Beijing Institute of Technology China University of Science and Technology Beijing China Beijing Union Medical College China Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications China Beijing Normal University China Beijing Jiaotong University China Beijing University of Technology China Beijing University of Chemical Technology China Capital Medical University China Central South University China China University of Geosciences China China University of Mining and Technology China China Agricultural University China University of Science and Technology of China China China Pharmaceutical University China China Medical University China Chongqing University China Chongqing Medical University China Dalian University of Technology China Donghua University China East China Normal University China East China University of Science and Technology China University of Electronic Science and Technology of China - UESTC China Fourth Military Medical University China Fudan University China Fuzhou University China South China University of Technology China Harbin Medical University China Harbin Institute of Technology China Hefei University China Hohai University China City University of Hong Kong China Hong Kong Polytechnic University China Hong Kong University of Science and Technology China University of Hong Kong China Hong Kong Baptist University China Chinese University of Hong Kong China Huazhong University of Science and Technology China Huazhong Agricultural University China Hunan University China Jiangnan University China Jiangsu University China Jilin University China Jinan University China Lanzhou University China University of Macau China Nanchang University China Nanjing Medical University China Nanjing University China Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics China Southeast University China Nanjing Agricultural University China Nanjing University of Science and Technology China Nanjing Normal University China Nanjing University of Technology China Nankai University China National University of Defence Technology China Northeast Normal University China Northeastern University China Northwest Agriculture & Forestry University China Northwestern Polytechnical University China Ocean University of China China Peking University China Second Military Medical University - 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