Top 20 Small Universities In The World For 2018; Caltech Tops

California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has been listed in the prestigious top 20 small universities in the world for 2018 by London-based Times Higher Education. Caltech, which ranked 6th in the CEOWorld University Rankings 2018 tops the list followed by École Polytechnique, France; Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Italy; and the University of Luxembourg; and France’s École Normale Supérieure. To be eligible for the ranking, institutions must have fewer than 5,000 students.

Four American schools belong to the Top 20. Thus, Caltech ranks at the first position (2209 students), following by Clark University at the 7th position (hosting more than 3316 students), University of Alaska Fairbanks at the 10th position (with more than 3769 students), and finally the University of Tulsa at the 13th place.

Top 20 small universities in the world for 2018

1. California Institute of Technology, United States
Number of students: 2209

2. École Polytechnique, France
Number of students: 2799

3. Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Italy
Number of students: 690

4. University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Number of students: 4969

5. École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, France
Number of students: 2221

6. Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea
Number of students: 4046

7. Clark University, United States
Number of students: 3316

8. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden
Number of students: 3812

9. Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
Number of students: 3304

10. University of Alaska Fairbanks, United States
Number of students: 3769

11. Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus
Number of students: 3072

12. Sabancı University, Turkey
Number of students: 3247

13. University of Tulsa, United States
Number of students: 4671

14. Reykjavík University, Iceland
Number of students: 3206

15. Tokyo Medical and Dental University TMDU, Japan
Number of students: 2949

16. University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Number of students: 4216

17. Bond University, Australia
Number of students: 3215

18. École Normale Supérieure de Cachan, France
Number of students: 1631

19. National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan
Number of students: 4255

20. Tezpur University, India
Number of students: 3611