Most popular universities in May 2020

The international top 20 universities includes: Harvard University, University of Oxford, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, Johns Hopkins University, Yale University, University of Cambridge, Columbia University, Waseda University, University of California, Berkeley, Princeton University, Cornell University, University of Pennsylvania, University of California, Los Angeles, New York University, California Institute of Technology, Moscow State University, Brown University, University of Michigan and University of Southern California.

Briefly about the method

Wikipedia currently has over 53 million articles in over 300 languages. Despite the impressive number of articles, not all topics can be written in this free encyclopedia. At the same time, the community of each language version has the ability to decide which topic can be described in the encyclopedia, and which is not (for example, article must be notable). In addition, each language version can describe the same topic in its own way – it all depends on the number and experience of interested authors (Wikipedia users who edit articles).

Almost every Wikipedia article has an alignment to certain categories. Additionally, based on the content, you can specify the subject of the article – for example, using semantic relations on Wikidata or DBpedia. More details on the automatic classification process can be found in various scholarly papers (e.g. for articles or sources).

This article selected the most-developed language versions of Wikipedia with more than 1 million articles, including English, German, French, Spanish, Russian, Polish and other. After the classification of articles, only those that are dedicated to individual universities. As a result for English Wikipedia 12258 articles about universities were found, for German – 3351 universities, for French – 3309 universities, for Chinese – 3121 universities, for Spanish – 2786 universities, for Japanese – 2541 universities, for Russian – 2473 universities, for Arabic – 1983 universities, for Portuguese – 1598 universities, for Italian – 1434 universities and for Polish – 1325 universities.

As mentioned earlier, every Wikipedia article can have different language versions, so we can find out different names of the same object (university). Using open data on Wikipedia article views we can find out how many times a given article has been viewed on specific days. After collecting data for viewing all Wikipedia articles on universities in the appropriate language versions May 2020 ranking of the most popular was made. First, the positions of universities in the ranking are shown, which were obtained by adding up the page views from different language versions for a given university. Later, the most popular universities are shown for only one language version of Wikipedia.

Recently we observed that visitors number for some articles was “overclocked” in some periods of time. Therefore, we decide to provide additional modification of the pageview statistics for such cases and change this number (usually by reduction). Fairness of statistics for each article in selected language version in selected months can be assessed using such indicators as: number of the edits and authors, page protection, the rate of citation increasing of the article, popularity statistics of related keywords (phrases) in Google Trends and others.

1st place – Harvard University

Harvard University – private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, in May 2020 the university was on the 1st place in Arabic, English, Spanish, French, on the 2nd place in German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, on the 3rd place in Polish, on the 6th place in Chinese and on the 8th place in Japanese Wikipedia.

2nd place – University of Oxford

University of Oxford – Collegiate research university in Oxford, England, in May 2020 the university was on the 2nd place in English, on the 4th place in Polish, Portuguese, on the 5th place in Arabic, Spanish, Russian, on the 6th place in Italian, on the 10th place in German, on the 13th place in French, on the 19th place in Japanese and on the 37th place in Chinese Wikipedia.

3rd place – Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Massachusetts Institute of Technology – research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, in May 2020 the university was on the 3rd place in German, Spanish, on the 4th place in English, Italian, on the 5th place in Portuguese, on the 6th place in Polish, on the 7th place in Russian, on the 8th place in Arabic, French, Chinese and on the 23rd place in Japanese Wikipedia.

4th place – Stanford University

Stanford University – private research university located in Stanford, California, United States, in May 2020 the university was on the 3rd place in English, Russian, on the 6th place in German, on the 14th place in Spanish, French, Italian, on the 16th place in Portuguese, on the 18th place in Arabic, Polish, on the 21st place in Chinese and on the 25th place in Japanese Wikipedia.

5th place – Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University – university in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, in May 2020 the university was on the 1st place in German, on the 3rd place in Japanese, on the 8th place in Russian, on the 10th place in English, Chinese, on the 12th place in Spanish, on the 14th place in Portuguese, on the 16th place in French, on the 19th place in Italian, on the 26th place in Arabic and on the 44th place in Polish Wikipedia.

6th place – Yale University

Yale University – private research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States, in May 2020 the university was on the 5th place in English, on the 9th place in German, Russian, on the 10th place in Italian, on the 11th place in Spanish, on the 15th place in French, on the 16th place in Polish, on the 20th place in Portuguese, on the 43rd place in Arabic, on the 44th place in Japanese and on the 60th place in Chinese Wikipedia.

7th place – University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge – collegiate public research university in Cambridge, England, United Kingdom, in May 2020 the university was on the 6th place in Spanish, on the 7th place in English, Polish, on the 9th place in Arabic, on the 12th place in Portuguese, on the 13th place in Russian, on the 15th place in Italian, on the 19th place in German, on the 29th place in French, on the 31st place in Chinese and on the 42nd place in Japanese Wikipedia.

8th place – Columbia University

Columbia University – private Ivy League research university in New York City, in May 2020 the university was on the 6th place in English, on the 20th place in Spanish, on the 21st place in Italian, on the 23rd place in French, Chinese, on the 29th place in Portuguese, on the 32nd place in German, on the 34th place in Russian, on the 35th place in Polish, on the 54th place in Japanese and on the 70th place in Arabic Wikipedia.

9th place – Waseda University

Waseda University – private university in Tokyo, Japan, in May 2020 the university was on the 1st place in Japanese, on the 27th place in Chinese, on the 223rd place in Polish, on the 237th place in English, on the 250th place in French, on the 255th place in Italian, on the 433rd place in German, on the 492nd place in Arabic, on the 605th place in Portuguese, on the 612th place in Russian and on the 654th place in Spanish Wikipedia.

10th place – University of California, Berkeley

University of California, Berkeley – public research university in Berkeley, California, United States, in May 2020 the university was on the 8th place in English, on the 15th place in Chinese, on the 24th place in Italian, on the 25th place in Spanish, on the 30th place in French, on the 32nd place in Russian, on the 33rd place in German, on the 55th place in Japanese, on the 56th place in Portuguese, on the 57th place in Polish and on the 77th place in Arabic Wikipedia.

11th place – Princeton University

Princeton University – private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey, United States, in May 2020 the university was on the 9th place in English, on the 22nd place in German, Spanish, French, on the 23rd place in Italian, on the 24th place in Russian, on the 34th place in Portuguese, on the 36th place in Polish, on the 53rd place in Chinese, on the 69th place in Japanese and on the 78th place in Arabic Wikipedia.

12th place – Cornell University

Cornell University – private university in Ithaca (New York, US), in May 2020 the university was on the 12th place in English, on the 45th place in Italian, on the 46th place in German, French, on the 49th place in Spanish, on the 55th place in Chinese, on the 61st place in Russian, on the 66th place in Polish, on the 81st place in Portuguese, on the 97th place in Japanese and on the 146th place in Arabic Wikipedia.

13th place – University of Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania – private research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in May 2020 the university was on the 11th place in English, on the 63rd place in Spanish, on the 64th place in Chinese, on the 65th place in Russian, on the 66th place in French, on the 69th place in Portuguese, on the 70th place in Italian, on the 73rd place in Polish, on the 75th place in German, on the 98th place in Arabic and on the 102nd place in Japanese Wikipedia.

14th place – University of California, Los Angeles

University of California, Los Angeles – public research university in Los Angeles, California, United States, in May 2020 the university was on the 13th place in English, on the 22nd place in Italian, on the 36th place in Spanish, on the 41st place in French, on the 45th place in Chinese, on the 46th place in Portuguese, on the 52nd place in Polish, on the 55th place in German, on the 67th place in Russian, on the 72nd place in Japanese and on the 86th place in Arabic Wikipedia.

15th place – New York University

New York University – Private research university in New York City, in May 2020 the university was on the 14th place in English, on the 40th place in Italian, on the 52nd place in Spanish, on the 66th place in Chinese, on the 68th place in French, on the 77th place in Polish, on the 82nd place in Japanese, on the 83rd place in Portuguese, on the 93rd place in Russian, on the 116th place in German and on the 131st place in Arabic Wikipedia.

16th place – California Institute of Technology

California Institute of Technology – private research university located in Pasadena, California, in May 2020 the university was on the 22nd place in English, on the 39th place in Russian, on the 43rd place in Italian, on the 50th place in German, on the 54th place in Spanish, on the 57th place in Portuguese, on the 61st place in Polish, on the 71st place in French, on the 94th place in Chinese, on the 149th place in Arabic and on the 203rd place in Japanese Wikipedia.

17th place – Moscow State University

Moscow State University – university in Moscow, Russia, in May 2020 the university was on the 1st place in Russian, on the 28th place in Polish, on the 41st place in German, on the 96th place in French, on the 116th place in English, on the 120th place in Arabic, on the 126th place in Italian, on the 132nd place in Spanish, on the 203rd place in Portuguese, on the 220th place in Chinese and on the 303rd place in Japanese Wikipedia.

18th place – Brown University

Brown University – University in Providence, Rhode Island, in May 2020 the university was on the 15th place in English, on the 46th place in Italian, on the 69th place in French, on the 71st place in German, on the 84th place in Spanish, on the 87th place in Polish, on the 109th place in Portuguese, on the 114th place in Russian, on the 192nd place in Arabic, Japanese and on the 211th place in Chinese Wikipedia.

19th place – University of Michigan

University of Michigan – public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, in May 2020 the university was on the 17th place in English, on the 33rd place in Chinese, on the 78th place in Portuguese, on the 92nd place in Arabic, on the 108th place in Russian, on the 131st place in Italian, on the 132nd place in German, on the 147th place in Polish, on the 150th place in French, on the 154th place in Spanish and on the 196th place in Japanese Wikipedia.

20th place – University of Southern California

University of Southern California – private research university in Los Angeles, California, United States, in May 2020 the university was on the 18th place in English, on the 28th place in Chinese, on the 107th place in Arabic, on the 117th place in French, on the 119th place in Italian, on the 128th place in German, on the 136th place in Portuguese, on the 139th place in Spanish, on the 150th place in Polish, on the 170th place in Japanese and on the 272nd place in Russian Wikipedia.

The most popular universities in Arabic Wikipedia

  1. Harvard University – private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
  2. Al-Azhar University – university in Egypt
  3. Cairo University – public university with its main campus in Giza, Egypt
  4. Zagazig University – university
  5. University of Oxford – Collegiate research university in Oxford, England
  6. Ain Shams University – public university in Cairo, Egypt
  7. Université Malaga – University in Morocco
  8. Massachusetts Institute of Technology – research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
  9. University of Cambridge – collegiate public research university in Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
  10. King Saud University – University in Saudi Arabia
  11. Umm Al-Qura University – University in Saudi Arabia
  12. Qassim University
  13. Arab Open University – international university with campuses across the Middle East and headquarters in Kuwait
  14. The American University in Cairo – independent English-language research university in Cairo, Egypt
  15. Princess Nora bint Abdul Rahman University – public women’s university located in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia
  16. University of Jordan – university
  17. King Abdulaziz University – university in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
  18. Stanford University – private research university located in Stanford, California, United States
  19. El Shorouk Academy – Higher Institute of Engineering – Higher Institute of Computers and Information Technology – International Higher Institute of Information
  20. Arab Academy for Science and Technology and Maritime Transport

The most popular universities in Chinese Wikipedia

  1. Chung Yuan Christian University – university in Taiwan
  2. National Taiwan University – A national university in Taipei
  3. Toko University – A private university in Chiayi County
  4. Huafan University
  5. Tsinghua University – university in Beijing, China
  6. Harvard University – private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
  7. National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology – university located in Kaohsiung, Taiwan
  8. Massachusetts Institute of Technology – research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
  9. Fu Jen Catholic University – Catholic University in Taiwan
  10. Johns Hopkins University – university in Baltimore, Maryland, United States
  11. Peking University – university in Beijing, China
  12. National Tsing Hua University – university in Hsinchu City, Taiwan
  13. University of Hong Kong – public research university in Hong Kong
  14. The Chinese University of Hong Kong – public research university in Hong Kong
  15. University of California, Berkeley – public research university in Berkeley, California, United States
  16. National Cheng Kung University – A national university in Tainan
  17. Sun Yat-sen University – university in Guangdong, China
  18. National Chiao Tung University – A national university in Hsinchu City
  19. Chinese Culture University – private university in Taipei, Taiwan
  20. National Taipei University of Technology

The most popular universities in English Wikipedia

  1. Harvard University – private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
  2. University of Oxford – Collegiate research university in Oxford, England
  3. Stanford University – private research university located in Stanford, California, United States
  4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology – research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
  5. Yale University – private research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States
  6. Columbia University – private Ivy League research university in New York City
  7. University of Cambridge – collegiate public research university in Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
  8. University of California, Berkeley – public research university in Berkeley, California, United States
  9. Princeton University – private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey, United States
  10. Johns Hopkins University – university in Baltimore, Maryland, United States
  11. University of Pennsylvania – private research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  12. Cornell University – private university in Ithaca (New York, US)
  13. University of California, Los Angeles – public research university in Los Angeles, California, United States
  14. New York University – Private research university in New York City
  15. Brown University – University in Providence, Rhode Island
  16. Georgetown University – private university in Washington, D.C., United States
  17. University of Michigan – public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
  18. University of Southern California – private research university in Los Angeles, California, United States
  19. Trinity College Dublin – constituent college of the University of Dublin in Ireland
  20. Dartmouth College – university and liberal arts college in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States

The most popular universities in French Wikipedia

  1. Harvard University – private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
  2. École normale supérieure – French “grande école” (ENS Paris)
  3. Sciences Po – Prestigious French university based in Paris (legally a grande école)
  4. Sorbonne – historical university in Paris, France
  5. Sorbonne University – french university located in Paris. Created in 2018 from the merger of Université Paris IV and Université Paris VI
  6. University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne – French university located at the heart of the Latin Quarter, in Paris
  7. University of Paris (2019) – French public university established in 2019
  8. Massachusetts Institute of Technology – research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
  9. University of Paris-Saclay – French University created in 2019
  10. Paris-Sorbonne University – Paris IV – Former french university existing from 1971 to 2018
  11. Panthéon-Assas University – public research university in Paris, France created in 1971
  12. Paris Descartes University – Sorbonne Paris Cité – former French public research university existing from 1971 to 2019
  13. University of Oxford – Collegiate research university in Oxford, England
  14. Stanford University – private research university located in Stanford, California, United States
  15. Yale University – private research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States
  16. Johns Hopkins University – university in Baltimore, Maryland, United States
  17. University of Paris VI: Pierre-and-Marie-Curie University – Former french university existing from 1971 to 2017
  18. Paris Dauphine University – grande école and an established public research and higher education institution in Paris, France
  19. Paris Nanterre University – French university in the Academy of Versailles
  20. School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences – French higher education institution

The most popular universities in German Wikipedia

  1. Johns Hopkins University – university in Baltimore, Maryland, United States
  2. Harvard University – private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
  3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology – research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
  4. Humboldt University of Berlin – university in Germany
  5. Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich – German university in Munich, Bavaria
  6. Stanford University – private research university located in Stanford, California, United States
  7. Heidelberg University – public research university in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
  8. RWTH Aachen University – university in Aachen, Germany
  9. Yale University – private research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States
  10. University of Oxford – Collegiate research university in Oxford, England
  11. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology – university in Karlsruhe established in 2009 from the merger of the University of Karlsruhe and the Karlsruhe Research Center
  12. Technical University of Munich – research university in Germany
  13. ETH Zurich – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich
  14. University of Bonn – public research university located in Bonn, Germany
  15. Goethe University Frankfurt – university in Frankfurt, Germany
  16. University of Tübingen – public research university located in the city of Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
  17. Freie Universität Berlin – research university located in Berlin, Germany
  18. University of Münster – German university
  19. University of Cambridge – collegiate public research university in Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
  20. University of Göttingen – university in the city of Göttingen, Germany

The most popular universities in Italian Wikipedia

  1. University of Bologna – university in Bologna, Italy
  2. Harvard University – private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
  3. Sapienza University of Rome – Italian university founded in Rome in 1303
  4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology – research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
  5. University of Naples Federico II – academy in Naples
  6. University of Oxford – Collegiate research university in Oxford, England
  7. Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore – Italian university
  8. Politecnico di Milano – technical university in Milan, Italy
  9. University of Padua – university in Italy
  10. Yale University – private research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States
  11. University of Milan – university in Milan, Italy
  12. Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli
  13. Bocconi University – Private university in Milan, Italy
  14. Stanford University – private research university located in Stanford, California, United States
  15. University of Cambridge – collegiate public research university in Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
  16. University of Milan-Bicocca – Public university in Milan
  17. Sorbonne – historical university in Paris, France
  18. University of Pisa – Italian public research university located in Pisa
  19. Johns Hopkins University – university in Baltimore, Maryland, United States
  20. University of Pavia – University in Italy

The most popular universities in Japanese Wikipedia

  1. Waseda University – private university in Tokyo, Japan
  2. Keio University – private university in Tokyo, Japan
  3. Johns Hopkins University – university in Baltimore, Maryland, United States
  4. University of Tokyo – national research university in Tokyo, Japan
  5. Hakuoh University – Higher education institution in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan
  6. Tokyo Metropolitan University – university
  7. Tokyo University of the Arts – Higher education institution in Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
  8. Harvard University – private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
  9. Jichi Medical University – Higher education institution in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan
  10. Meiji University – private university in Tokyo, Japan
  11. Asahi University – Higher education institution in Gifu Prefecture, Japan
  12. Seikei University – university
  13. Doshisha University – private university in Kyoto, Japan
  14. Kitasato University – Higher education institution in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
  15. Nihon University – private university in Japan
  16. Kyoto University – national university located in Kyoto, Japan
  17. University of Tsukuba – university in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
  18. Kyushu University – higher education institution in Fukuoka, Japan
  19. University of Oxford – Collegiate research university in Oxford, England
  20. Ritsumeikan University – private university in Kyoto, Japan

The most popular universities in Polish Wikipedia

  1. Jagiellonian University – Polish higher education institution
  2. University of Warsaw – largest university in Poland
  3. Harvard University – private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
  4. University of Oxford – Collegiate research university in Oxford, England
  5. SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities – university in Poland
  6. Massachusetts Institute of Technology – research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
  7. University of Cambridge – collegiate public research university in Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
  8. AGH University of Science and Technology – technical university in Kraków, Poland
  9. Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań – university in Poland
  10. Łazarski University
  11. SGH Warsaw School of Economics – business school in Warsaw, Poland
  12. Vilnius University – oldest university in the Baltic states
  13. University of Wrocław – Polish university
  14. Warsaw University of Technology – technical university in Warsaw, Poland
  15. John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin – Catholic university in Lublin, Poland
  16. Yale University – private research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States
  17. University of Paris – former university in Paris, France from c.1150 to 1793, and 1896 to 1968
  18. Stanford University – private research university located in Stanford, California, United States
  19. Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw – Polish university
  20. Maria Curie-Skłodowska University – Polish university

The most popular universities in Portuguese Wikipedia

  1. University of São Paulo – Public state university in Brazil
  2. Harvard University – private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
  3. University of Coimbra – public university in Coimbra, Portugal
  4. University of Oxford – Collegiate research university in Oxford, England
  5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology – research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
  6. Centro Universitário das Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas
  7. Federal University of Rio de Janeiro – university in Brazil
  8. Universidade Paulista – University In Brazil
  9. University of Campinas – public research university in Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
  10. Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie – academic publisher
  11. Fundação Getúlio Vargas – Brazilian institution of higher education
  12. University of Cambridge – collegiate public research university in Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
  13. Universidade Estadual Paulista – public university in São Paulo
  14. Johns Hopkins University – university in Baltimore, Maryland, United States
  15. Estácio Universities
  16. Stanford University – private research university located in Stanford, California, United States
  17. Universidade Norte do Paraná – private university in Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
  18. Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo – academic publisher
  19. Anhembi Morumbi University – Private University in Brazil
  20. Yale University – private research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States

The most popular universities in Russian Wikipedia

  1. Moscow State University – university in Moscow, Russia
  2. Harvard University – private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
  3. Stanford University – private research university located in Stanford, California, United States
  4. Saint Petersburg State University – Russian federal state-owned higher education institution
  5. University of Oxford – Collegiate research university in Oxford, England
  6. National Research University – Higher School of Economics – education organization in Moscow, Russia
  7. Massachusetts Institute of Technology – research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
  8. Johns Hopkins University – university in Baltimore, Maryland, United States
  9. Yale University – private research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States
  10. Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration – university in Moscow, Russia
  11. Bauman Moscow State Technical University
  12. Moscow University for Industry and Finance – public academic institution
  13. University of Cambridge – collegiate public research university in Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
  14. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology – university in Russia
  15. Saint Petersburg State University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics – university
  16. Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv – university
  17. Moscow State Institute of International Relations – diplomatic school of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia
  18. Saint Petersburg State Polytechnical University – university
  19. I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University – university in Russia
  20. Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia – university

The most popular universities in Spanish Wikipedia

  1. Harvard University – private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
  2. National Autonomous University of Mexico – public research university in Mexico
  3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology – research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
  4. National Polytechnic Institute – University in Mexico
  5. University of Oxford – Collegiate research university in Oxford, England
  6. University of Cambridge – collegiate public research university in Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
  7. University of Salamanca – Spanish university
  8. University of Buenos Aires – public university in Argentina
  9. University of Guadalajara – university
  10. Complutense University of Madrid – university in Madrid, and one of the oldest universities in the world
  11. Yale University – private research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States
  12. Johns Hopkins University – university in Baltimore, Maryland, United States
  13. Universidad Nacional Experimental Simón Rodríguez
  14. Stanford University – private research university located in Stanford, California, United States
  15. National University of San Marcos – public research university in Lima, Peru
  16. National University of Engineering – public Peruvian university
  17. Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education – private multi-campus university in Mexico
  18. National University of Colombia – university
  19. Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León – public university with seven campuses in northern Mexico
  20. Columbia University – private Ivy League research university in New York City

The most popular universities in other months are available on https://wikirank.net/top/university