| Rank | university | country | city | SUBJECT SCORE | GLOBAL SCORE | ENROLLMENT |
| #1 in Best Universities for Space Science #7 in Best Global Universities |
California Institute of Technology | United States | Pasadena | 100.0 | 86.3 | 2,238 |
| #2 in Best Universities for Space Science #1 in Best Global Universities |
Harvard University | United States | Cambridge (U.S.) | 97.7 | 100.0 | 21,261 |
| #3 in Best Universities for Space Science #4 in Best Global Universities |
University of California--Berkeley | United States | Berkeley | 94.7 | 89.8 | 39,918 |
| #4 in Best Universities for Space Science #9 in Best Global Universities |
University of Cambridge | United Kingdom | Cambridge (U.K.) | 88.9 | 85.8 | 19,580 |
| #5 in Best Universities for Space Science #11 in Best Global Universities |
Princeton University | United States | Princeton | 86.7 | 85.0 | 8,091 |
| #6 in Best Universities for Space Science #43 in Best Global Universities |
Sorbonne Universite | France | Paris | 84.7 | 75.7 | 43,585 |
| #7 in Best Universities for Space Science #86 in Best Global Universities |
Leiden University | Netherlands | Leiden | 83.8 | 71.0 | N/A |
| #8 in Best Universities for Space Science #3 in Best Global Universities |
Stanford University | United States | Stanford | 83.5 | 95.3 | 16,223 |
| #9 in Best Universities for Space Science #81 in Best Global Universities |
University of California--Santa Cruz | United States | Santa Cruz | 83.4 | 71.6 | 19,457 |
| #10 in Best Universities for Space Science #15 in Best Global Universities |
University of Chicago | United States | Chicago | 83.0 | 84.1 | N/A |
| #11 in Best Universities for Space Science #97 in Best Global Universities |
University of Arizona | United States | Tucson | 81.4 | 70.4 | 39,635 |
| #12 in Best Universities for Space Science #17 in Best Global Universities |
University of Toronto | Canada | Toronto | 80.2 | 83.5 | 74,502 |
| #13 in Best Universities for Space Science #2 in Best Global Universities |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology | United States | Cambridge (U.S.) | 80.1 | 97.9 | 11,276 |
| #14 in Best Universities for Space Science #5 in Best Global Universities |
University of Oxford | United Kingdom | Oxford | 79.5 | 87.0 | N/A |
| #15 in Best Universities for Space Science #114 in Best Global Universities |
University of Padua | Italy | Padua | 79.4 | 68.4 | 46,900 |
| #16 in Best Universities for Space Science #45 in Best Global Universities |
Ohio State University--Columbus | United States | Columbus | 79.2 | 75.6 | 54,650 |
| #16 in Best Universities for Space Science #73 in Best Global Universities |
University of Tokyo | Japan | Tokyo | 79.2 | 72.8 | 25,935 |
| #18 in Best Universities for Space Science #10 in Best Global Universities |
Johns Hopkins University | United States | Baltimore | 77.3 | 85.1 | 16,432 |
| #18 in Best Universities for Space Science #96 in Best Global Universities |
University of Geneva | Switzerland | Geneva | 77.3 | 70.5 | 17,271 |
| #20 in Best Universities for Space Science #60 in Best Global Universities |
University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign | United States | Champaign | 77.0 | 74.1 | N/A |
| #21 in Best Universities for Space Science #54 in Best Global Universities |
Heidelberg University | Germany | Heidelberg | 76.5 | 74.7 | 20,020 |
| #22 in Best Universities for Space Science #11 in Best Global Universities |
Yale University | United States | New Haven | 76.2 | 85.0 | 12,910 |
| #23 in Best Universities for Space Science #68 in Best Global Universities |
Université de Paris | France | Paris | 75.7 | 73.5 | 63,219 |
| #24 in Best Universities for Space Science #34 in Best Global Universities |
University of Copenhagen | Denmark | Copenhagen | 75.4 | 77.2 | N/A |
| #24 in Best Universities for Space Science #60 in Best Global Universities |
University of Maryland--College Park | United States | College Park | 75.4 | 74.1 | 33,671 |
| #26 in Best Universities for Space Science #56 in Best Global Universities |
University of California--Santa Barbara | United States | Santa Barbara | 74.9 | 74.6 | N/A |
| #26 in Best Universities for Space Science #30 in Best Global Universities |
University of Edinburgh | United Kingdom | Edinburgh | 74.9 | 78.3 | 30,450 |
| #28 in Best Universities for Space Science #46 in Best Global Universities |
University of Munich | Germany | Munich | 74.6 | 75.5 | 34,252 |
| #28 in Best Universities for Space Science #301 in Best Global Universities |
University of Warsaw | Poland | Warsaw | 74.6 | 57.8 | 41,344 |
| #30 in Best Universities for Space Science #17 in Best Global Universities |
University of Michigan--Ann Arbor | United States | Ann Arbor | 74.5 | 83.5 | 43,873 |
| #31 in Best Universities for Space Science #75 in Best Global Universities |
Pennsylvania State University--University Park | United States | University Park | 73.7 | 72.6 | 46,682 |
| #32 in Best Universities for Space Science #19 in Best Global Universities |
University College London | United Kingdom | London (U.K.) | 73.2 | 83.4 | 34,785 |
| #33 in Best Universities for Space Science #64 in Best Global Universities |
Australian National University | Australia | Canberra | 73.1 | 73.9 | 18,801 |
| #34 in Best Universities for Space Science #103 in Best Global Universities |
Radboud University Nijmegen | Netherlands | Nijmegen | 71.6 | 69.4 | 20,752 |
| #35 in Best Universities for Space Science #6 in Best Global Universities |
Columbia University | United States | New York City | 71.5 | 86.7 | 27,384 |
| #35 in Best Universities for Space Science #8 in Best Global Universities |
University of Washington | United States | Seattle | 71.5 | 86.0 | 46,258 |
| #37 in Best Universities for Space Science #38 in Best Global Universities |
University of Texas--Austin | United States | Austin | 71.4 | 76.6 | N/A |
| #38 in Best Universities for Space Science #64 in Best Global Universities |
University of Manchester | United Kingdom | Manchester | 70.8 | 73.9 | N/A |
| #39 in Best Universities for Space Science #27 in Best Global Universities |
University of Sydney | Australia | Sydney | 70.4 | 79.0 | 47,719 |
| #40 in Best Universities for Space Science #31 in Best Global Universities |
University of British Columbia | Canada | Vancouver | 69.5 | 77.9 | 55,359 |
| #41 in Best Universities for Space Science #148 in Best Global Universities |
International School for Advanced Studies | Italy | Trieste | 69.1 | 66.0 | N/A |
| #42 in Best Universities for Space Science #114 in Best Global Universities |
Stockholm University | Sweden | Stockholm | 68.9 | 68.4 | N/A |
| #43 in Best Universities for Space Science #171 in Best Global Universities |
University of Aix-Marseille | France | Marseille | 68.1 | 64.5 | 68,841 |
| #44 in Best Universities for Space Science #13 in Best Global Universities |
University of California--Los Angeles | United States | Los Angeles | 66.8 | 84.3 | 42,509 |
| #45 in Best Universities for Space Science #801 in Best Global Universities |
University of La Laguna | Spain | La Laguna | 66.7 | 41.4 | N/A |
| #46 in Best Universities for Space Science #90 in Best Global Universities |
University of Oslo | Norway | Oslo | 66.6 | 70.9 | N/A |
| #47 in Best Universities for Space Science #92 in Best Global Universities |
University of Groningen | Netherlands | Groningen | 66.5 | 70.8 | 28,392 |
| #48 in Best Universities for Space Science #26 in Best Global Universities |
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich | Switzerland | Zurich | 66.3 | 79.5 | 19,043 |
| #49 in Best Universities for Space Science #20 in Best Global Universities |
Imperial College London | United Kingdom | London (U.K.) | 65.6 | 83.3 | 17,050 |
| #50 in Best Universities for Space Science #51 in Best Global Universities |
Peking University | China | Beijing | 65.2 | 74.9 | 38,583 |
| #51 in Best Universities for Space Science #66 in Best Global Universities |
University of California--Davis | United States | Davis | 64.9 | 73.7 | N/A |
| #52 in Best Universities for Space Science #238 in Best Global Universities |
Durham University | United Kingdom | Durham (U.K.) | 64.7 | 60.6 | 17,360 |
| #53 in Best Universities for Space Science #41 in Best Global Universities |
University of Wisconsin--Madison | United States | Madison | 64.2 | 76.2 | 39,451 |
| #54 in Best Universities for Space Science #297 in Best Global Universities |
Swinburne University of Technology | Australia | Hawthorn | 63.8 | 57.9 | 15,604 |
| #54 in Best Universities for Space Science #59 in Best Global Universities |
University of Colorado--Boulder | United States | Boulder | 63.8 | 74.3 | 34,481 |
| #56 in Best Universities for Space Science #112 in Best Global Universities |
University of Bologna | Italy | Bologna | 63.3 | 68.6 | N/A |
| #57 in Best Universities for Space Science #51 in Best Global Universities |
McGill University | Canada | Montreal | 62.9 | 74.9 | 31,578 |
| #58 in Best Universities for Space Science #105 in Best Global Universities |
Aarhus University | Denmark | Aarhus | 62.5 | 69.3 | 26,318 |
| #59 in Best Universities for Space Science #86 in Best Global Universities |
University of Helsinki | Finland | Helsinki | 62.2 | 71.0 | N/A |
| #60 in Best Universities for Space Science #205 in Best Global Universities |
Universite Grenoble Alpes (UGA) | France | Saint-Martin-d'Heres | 61.3 | 62.3 | 40,486 |
| #61 in Best Universities for Space Science #332 in Best Global Universities |
University of KwaZulu Natal | South Africa | Durban | 61.1 | 56.5 | 34,732 |
| #62 in Best Universities for Space Science #114 in Best Global Universities |
University of Bonn | Germany | Bonn | 61.0 | 68.4 | N/A |
| #63 in Best Universities for Space Science #22 in Best Global Universities |
Cornell University | United States | Ithaca | 60.2 | 81.9 | 23,016 |
| #64 in Best Universities for Space Science #475 in Best Global Universities |
Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) | United Kingdom | Liverpool | 59.9 | 51.1 | 20,370 |
| #65 in Best Universities for Space Science #114 in Best Global Universities |
Sapienza University of Rome | Italy | Rome | 59.8 | 68.4 | 77,548 |
| #66 in Best Universities for Space Science #29 in Best Global Universities |
New York University | United States | New York City | 59.6 | 78.4 | 44,474 |
| #67 in Best Universities for Space Science #14 in Best Global Universities |
University of Pennsylvania | United States | Philadelphia | 59.5 | 84.2 | 20,771 |
| #67 in Best Universities for Space Science #258 in Best Global Universities |
University Paul Sabatier - Toulouse 3 | France | Toulouse | 59.5 | 59.7 | N/A |
| #69 in Best Universities for Space Science #40 in Best Global Universities |
University of Amsterdam | Netherlands | Amsterdam | 59.4 | 76.4 | N/A |
| #70 in Best Universities for Space Science #264 in Best Global Universities |
Aalto University | Finland | Esbo | 59.1 | 59.5 | 12,506 |
| #71 in Best Universities for Space Science #332 in Best Global Universities |
University of Trieste | Italy | Trieste | 58.7 | 56.5 | 16,217 |
| #72 in Best Universities for Space Science #168 in Best Global Universities |
Cardiff University | United Kingdom | Cardiff | 58.5 | 64.7 | 26,735 |
| #72 in Best Universities for Space Science #195 in Best Global Universities |
Florida State University | United States | Tallahassee | 58.5 | 62.7 | N/A |
| #72 in Best Universities for Space Science #295 in Best Global Universities |
University of Granada | Spain | Granada | 58.5 | 58.0 | N/A |
| #75 in Best Universities for Space Science #107 in Best Global Universities |
University of Bern | Switzerland | Bern | 58.2 | 69.2 | 11,419 |
| #76 in Best Universities for Space Science #164 in Best Global Universities |
University of Milan | Italy | Milan | 58.1 | 65.1 | N/A |
| #77 in Best Universities for Space Science #90 in Best Global Universities |
University of Barcelona | Spain | Barcelona | 58.0 | 70.9 | 45,494 |
| #78 in Best Universities for Space Science #94 in Best Global Universities |
Carnegie Mellon University | United States | Pittsburgh | 57.9 | 70.7 | N/A |
| #79 in Best Universities for Space Science #285 in Best Global Universities |
M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University | Russia | Moscow (Russia) | 57.3 | 58.6 | N/A |
| #80 in Best Universities for Space Science #155 in Best Global Universities |
Technical University of Denmark | Denmark | Kongens Lyngby | 56.7 | 65.7 | 9,412 |
| #81 in Best Universities for Space Science #92 in Best Global Universities |
University of Birmingham | United Kingdom | Birmingham (U.K.) | 56.2 | 70.8 | 31,390 |
| #81 in Best Universities for Space Science #507 in Best Global Universities |
University of Ferrara | Italy | Ferrara | 56.2 | 50.0 | 17,025 |
| #81 in Best Universities for Space Science #142 in Best Global Universities |
University of Nottingham | United Kingdom | Nottingham | 56.2 | 66.3 | N/A |
| #84 in Best Universities for Space Science #109 in Best Global Universities |
University of Virginia | United States | Charlottesville | 56.0 | 69.1 | N/A |
| #85 in Best Universities for Space Science #78 in Best Global Universities |
University of California--Irvine | United States | Irvine | 55.9 | 72.0 | 35,040 |
| #86 in Best Universities for Space Science #48 in Best Global Universities |
Monash University | Australia | Clayton | 55.8 | 75.0 | 57,406 |
| #87 in Best Universities for Space Science #172 in Best Global Universities |
Tel Aviv University | Israel | Tel Aviv | 55.6 | 64.4 | 22,635 |
| #88 in Best Universities for Space Science #152 in Best Global Universities |
University of Sussex | United Kingdom | Brighton | 55.2 | 65.9 | 16,375 |
| #89 in Best Universities for Space Science #604 in Best Global Universities |
University of Portsmouth | United Kingdom | Portsmouth | 55.1 | 47.5 | 21,545 |
| #90 in Best Universities for Space Science #130 in Best Global Universities |
Texas A&M University--College Station | United States | College Station | 55.0 | 67.4 | 62,070 |
| #91 in Best Universities for Space Science #188 in Best Global Universities |
Autonomous University of Madrid | Spain | Madrid | 54.7 | 63.4 | 29,825 |
| #92 in Best Universities for Space Science #243 in Best Global Universities |
University of Rome Tor Vergata | Italy | Rome | 54.5 | 60.5 | N/A |
| #93 in Best Universities for Space Science #399 in Best Global Universities |
National Autonomous University of Mexico | Mexico | Mexico City | 54.4 | 53.9 | 166,368 |
| #93 in Best Universities for Space Science #261 in Best Global Universities |
Universite de Bordeaux | France | Talence | 54.4 | 59.6 | 54,812 |
| #95 in Best Universities for Space Science #290 in Best Global Universities |
Pontificia University Católica de Chile | Chile | Santiago | 54.2 | 58.2 | 29,071 |
| #96 in Best Universities for Space Science #99 in Best Global Universities |
Lund University | Sweden | Lund | 54.0 | 70.2 | 27,443 |
| #97 in Best Universities for Space Science #729 in Best Global Universities |
Université Côte d'Azur | France | Nice | 53.9 | 43.5 | N/A |
| #98 in Best Universities for Space Science #125 in Best Global Universities |
Kyoto University | Japan | Kyoto | 53.4 | 67.9 | N/A |
| #99 in Best Universities for Space Science #292 in Best Global Universities |
University of St. Andrews | United Kingdom | Fife | 53.3 | 58.1 | 9,605 |
| #100 in Best Universities for Space Science #142 in Best Global Universities |
University of Massachusetts--Amherst | United States | Amherst | 53.2 | 66.3 | N/A |
| #101 in Best Universities for Space Science #310 in Best Global Universities |
Nagoya University | Japan | Nagoya | 53.0 | 57.6 | 15,589 |
| #102 in Best Universities for Space Science #107 in Best Global Universities |
University of Florida | United States | Gainesville | 52.8 | 69.2 | 46,632 |
| #103 in Best Universities for Space Science #101 in Best Global Universities |
Uppsala University | Sweden | Uppsala | 52.7 | 69.5 | N/A |
| #104 in Best Universities for Space Science #486 in Best Global Universities |
ENS De Lyon | France | Lyon | 52.6 | 50.7 | N/A |
| #105 in Best Universities for Space Science #58 in Best Global Universities |
École Polytechnique Federale of Lausanne | Switzerland | Lausanne | 52.5 | 74.4 | 10,942 |
| #106 in Best Universities for Space Science #142 in Best Global Universities |
Case Western Reserve University | United States | Cleveland | 52.3 | 66.3 | 10,774 |
| #107 in Best Universities for Space Science #122 in Best Global Universities |
Universidade de São Paulo | Brazil | Sao Paulo | 52.2 | 68.2 | 82,961 |
| #107 in Best Universities for Space Science #47 in Best Global Universities |
University of Minnesota--Twin Cities | United States | Minneapolis | 52.2 | 75.4 | 45,710 |
| #109 in Best Universities for Space Science #48 in Best Global Universities |
Catholic University of Leuven | Belgium | Leuven | 52.0 | 75.0 | 45,617 |
| #110 in Best Universities for Space Science #378 in Best Global Universities |
University of Hawaii--Manoa | United States | Honolulu | 51.7 | 54.7 | 14,873 |
| #111 in Best Universities for Space Science #390 in Best Global Universities |
University of Chile | Chile | Santiago | 51.6 | 54.2 | N/A |
| #112 in Best Universities for Space Science #21 in Best Global Universities |
University of California--San Diego | United States | La Jolla | 51.5 | 83.1 | N/A |
| #113 in Best Universities for Space Science #24 in Best Global Universities |
Northwestern University | United States | Evanston | 51.4 | 80.4 | N/A |
| #114 in Best Universities for Space Science #25 in Best Global Universities |
University of Melbourne | Australia | Parkville | 51.3 | 79.7 | N/A |
| #114 in Best Universities for Space Science #322 in Best Global Universities |
University of Turku | Finland | Turku | 51.3 | 57.1 | 12,639 |
| #114 in Best Universities for Space Science #195 in Best Global Universities |
University of Vienna | Austria | Vienna | 51.3 | 62.7 | N/A |
| #117 in Best Universities for Space Science #232 in Best Global Universities |
University of Leicester | United Kingdom | Leicester | 50.4 | 61.0 | N/A |
| #118 in Best Universities for Space Science #146 in Best Global Universities |
Arizona State University--Tempe | United States | Tempe | 50.2 | 66.2 | 45,827 |
| #118 in Best Universities for Space Science #100 in Best Global Universities |
Michigan State University | United States | East Lansing | 50.2 | 70.0 | 45,678 |
| #118 in Best Universities for Space Science #97 in Best Global Universities |
University of Southampton | United Kingdom | Southampton | 50.2 | 70.4 | N/A |
| #118 in Best Universities for Space Science #79 in Best Global Universities |
University of Western Australia | Australia | Crawley | 50.2 | 71.9 | 18,451 |
| #122 in Best Universities for Space Science #370 in Best Global Universities |
University of Liège | Belgium | Liege | 49.8 | 55.0 | N/A |
| #123 in Best Universities for Space Science #292 in Best Global Universities |
Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 | France | Villeurbanne | 49.3 | 58.1 | N/A |
| #124 in Best Universities for Space Science #217 in Best Global Universities |
University of Turin | Italy | Turin | 49.2 | 61.7 | 55,957 |
| #125 in Best Universities for Space Science #142 in Best Global Universities |
University of Utah | United States | Salt Lake City | 49.1 | 66.3 | 30,692 |
| #126 in Best Universities for Space Science #105 in Best Global Universities |
Weizmann Institute of Science | Israel | Rehovot | 48.3 | 69.3 | 1,147 |
| #127 in Best Universities for Space Science #336 in Best Global Universities |
Complutense University of Madrid | Spain | Madrid | 47.8 | 56.2 | 61,732 |
| #128 in Best Universities for Space Science #158 in Best Global Universities |
University of California--Riverside | United States | Riverside | 47.7 | 65.6 | 22,498 |
| #129 in Best Universities for Space Science #135 in Best Global Universities |
University of Warwick | United Kingdom | Coventry | 47.6 | 66.9 | 22,430 |
| #130 in Best Universities for Space Science #204 in Best Global Universities |
University of Montpellier | France | Montpellier | 47.4 | 62.4 | 39,703 |
| #131 in Best Universities for Space Science #817 in Best Global Universities |
Kazan Federal University | Russia | Kazan | 47.1 | 41.1 | 25,704 |
| #131 in Best Universities for Space Science #706 in Best Global Universities |
Open University | United Kingdom | Milton Keynes | 47.1 | 44.2 | N/A |
| #133 in Best Universities for Space Science #342 in Best Global Universities |
Chalmers University of Technology | Sweden | Gothenburg | 46.3 | 55.9 | 8,910 |
| #134 in Best Universities for Space Science #301 in Best Global Universities |
University of Victoria | Canada | Victoria | 45.9 | 57.8 | 21,317 |
| #135 in Best Universities for Space Science #247 in Best Global Universities |
University of Strasbourg | France | Strasbourg | 45.2 | 60.3 | N/A |
| #136 in Best Universities for Space Science #174 in Best Global Universities |
Curtin University | Australia | Bentley | 45.1 | 64.2 | 30,130 |
| #137 in Best Universities for Space Science #62 in Best Global Universities |
University of Zurich | Switzerland | Zurich | 44.8 | 74.0 | 23,281 |
| #138 in Best Universities for Space Science #217 in Best Global Universities |
Macquarie University | Australia | North Ryde | 44.7 | 61.7 | 29,835 |
| #139 in Best Universities for Space Science #154 in Best Global Universities |
Autonomous University of Barcelona | Spain | Barcelona | 44.6 | 65.8 | 31,248 |
| #140 in Best Universities for Space Science #140 in Best Global Universities |
University of Montreal | Canada | Montreal | 44.5 | 66.4 | 36,774 |
| #141 in Best Universities for Space Science #447 in Best Global Universities |
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul | Brazil | Porto Alegre | 44.4 | 52.4 | N/A |
| #141 in Best Universities for Space Science #269 in Best Global Universities |
Tohoku University | Japan | Sendai | 44.4 | 59.4 | 17,752 |
| #143 in Best Universities for Space Science #28 in Best Global Universities |
Tsinghua University | China | Beijing | 44.2 | 78.5 | 37,484 |
| #144 in Best Universities for Space Science #202 in Best Global Universities |
Université Libre de Bruxelles | Belgium | Brussels | 44.1 | 62.5 | 24,157 |
| #144 in Best Universities for Space Science #505 in Best Global Universities |
University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee | United States | Milwaukee | 44.1 | 50.1 | N/A |
| #146 in Best Universities for Space Science #210 in Best Global Universities |
Charles University in Prague | Czech Republic | Prague | 44.0 | 62.0 | 47,406 |
| #146 in Best Universities for Space Science #155 in Best Global Universities |
University of Hamburg | Germany | Hamburg | 44.0 | 65.7 | 30,649 |
| #148 in Best Universities for Space Science #221 in Best Global Universities |
Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa | Italy | Pisa | 43.7 | 61.6 | 557 |
| #149 in Best Universities for Space Science #124 in Best Global Universities |
University of Science and Technology of China | China | Hefei | 43.5 | 68.0 | 16,434 |
| #150 in Best Universities for Space Science #43 in Best Global Universities |
University of Pittsburgh | United States | Pittsburgh | 43.3 | 75.7 | 26,761 |
| #151 in Best Universities for Space Science #238 in Best Global Universities |
University of Notre Dame | United States | Notre Dame | 43.0 | 60.6 | 12,149 |
| #152 in Best Universities for Space Science #750 in Best Global Universities |
New Mexico State University | United States | Las Cruces | 42.2 | 42.8 | 12,400 |
| #153 in Best Universities for Space Science #205 in Best Global Universities |
Royal Institute of Technology | Sweden | Stockholm | 42.1 | 62.3 | 13,482 |
| #154 in Best Universities for Space Science #197 in Best Global Universities |
University of Lisbon | Portugal | Lisbon | 41.9 | 62.6 | 49,019 |
| #155 in Best Universities for Space Science #414 in Best Global Universities |
Eotvos Lorand University | Hungary | Budapest | 41.8 | 53.5 | 27,199 |
| #156 in Best Universities for Space Science #729 in Best Global Universities |
University of the Western Cape | South Africa | Belville | 41.7 | 43.5 | N/A |
| #157 in Best Universities for Space Science #232 in Best Global Universities |
University of Cologne | Germany | Koln | 41.4 | 61.0 | N/A |
| #158 in Best Universities for Space Science #86 in Best Global Universities |
University of Bristol | United Kingdom | Bristol | 41.1 | 71.0 | 23,140 |
| #159 in Best Universities for Space Science #76 in Best Global Universities |
Technical University of Munich | Germany | Munich | 40.7 | 72.4 | 32,377 |
| #160 in Best Universities for Space Science #1,083 in Best Global Universities |
University of Hertfordshire | United Kingdom | Hatfield (U.K.) | 40.3 | 33.8 | 19,530 |
| #160 in Best Universities for Space Science #616 in Best Global Universities |
West Virginia University | United States | Morgantown | 40.3 | 47.1 | N/A |
| #162 in Best Universities for Space Science #103 in Best Global Universities |
University of Cape Town | South Africa | Cape Town | 39.8 | 69.4 | 21,647 |
| #163 in Best Universities for Space Science #129 in Best Global Universities |
Seoul National University | South Korea | Seoul | 39.7 | 67.5 | N/A |
| #164 in Best Universities for Space Science #222 in Best Global Universities |
Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Israel | Jerusalem | 39.6 | 61.5 | 16,104 |
| #165 in Best Universities for Space Science #316 in Best Global Universities |
Tokyo Institute of Technology | Japan | Tokyo | 39.5 | 57.4 | 9,566 |
| #166 in Best Universities for Space Science #864 in Best Global Universities |
Graduate University for Advanced Studies - Japan | Japan | Hayama | 39.2 | 40.0 | N/A |
| #167 in Best Universities for Space Science #831 in Best Global Universities |
University of Concepción | Chile | Concepcion | 38.8 | 40.8 | N/A |
| #168 in Best Universities for Space Science #271 in Best Global Universities |
University of Porto | Portugal | Porto | 38.3 | 59.3 | 32,586 |
| #169 in Best Universities for Space Science #164 in Best Global Universities |
University of Exeter | United Kingdom | Exeter | 38.1 | 65.1 | 22,435 |
| #170 in Best Universities for Space Science #51 in Best Global Universities |
University of New South Wales | Australia | Kensington | 37.6 | 74.9 | 46,234 |
| #171 in Best Universities for Space Science #342 in Best Global Universities |
École Polytechnique | France | Palaiseau | 37.4 | 55.9 | N/A |
| #172 in Best Universities for Space Science #252 in Best Global Universities |
Osaka University | Japan | Suita | 37.2 | 60.0 | 22,867 |
| #172 in Best Universities for Space Science #113 in Best Global Universities |
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey--New Brunswick | United States | Piscataway Township | 37.2 | 68.5 | 44,655 |
| #174 in Best Universities for Space Science #338 in Best Global Universities |
University of Innsbruck | Austria | Innsbruck | 37.0 | 56.1 | 13,493 |
| #175 in Best Universities for Space Science #435 in Best Global Universities |
Texas Tech University | United States | Lubbock | 36.9 | 52.9 | 33,464 |
| #176 in Best Universities for Space Science #306 in Best Global Universities |
Queen's University Belfast | United Kingdom | Belfast | 36.7 | 57.7 | 19,690 |
| #176 in Best Universities for Space Science #1,161 in Best Global Universities |
Universidad Andres Bello | Chile | Santiago | 36.7 | 31.9 | N/A |
| #178 in Best Universities for Space Science #66 in Best Global Universities |
Georgia Institute of Technology | United States | Atlanta | 36.6 | 73.7 | 24,695 |
| #178 in Best Universities for Space Science #639 in Best Global Universities |
Hiroshima University | Japan | Hiroshima | 36.6 | 46.4 | 15,080 |
| #180 in Best Universities for Space Science #Unranked in Best Global Universities |
Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences | Hungary | Budapest | 36.3 | N/A | N/A |
| #181 in Best Universities for Space Science #807 in Best Global Universities |
University Diego Portales | Chile | Santiago | 36.2 | 41.3 | N/A |
| #182 in Best Universities for Space Science #329 in Best Global Universities |
Jagiellonian University | Poland | Krakow | 36.0 | 56.7 | 37,975 |
| #183 in Best Universities for Space Science #158 in Best Global Universities |
University of Göttingen | Germany | Gottingen | 35.6 | 65.6 | 30,894 |
| #184 in Best Universities for Space Science #192 in Best Global Universities |
University of Naples Federico II | Italy | Naples | 35.4 | 62.8 | N/A |
| #184 in Best Universities for Space Science #189 in Best Global Universities |
University of Pisa | Italy | Pisa | 35.4 | 63.1 | 32,974 |
| #186 in Best Universities for Space Science #36 in Best Global Universities |
University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill | United States | Chapel Hill | 35.2 | 76.9 | 30,953 |
| #187 in Best Universities for Space Science #148 in Best Global Universities |
Nanjing University | China | Nanjing | 35.0 | 66.0 | 37,457 |
| #187 in Best Universities for Space Science #1,206 in Best Global Universities |
Universidad de Valparaiso | Chile | Valparaiso | 35.0 | 30.8 | N/A |
| #189 in Best Universities for Space Science #679 in Best Global Universities |
Rochester Institute of Technology | United States | Rochester | 34.9 | 45.1 | N/A |
| #190 in Best Universities for Space Science #176 in Best Global Universities |
Stony Brook University--SUNY | United States | Stony Brook | 34.0 | 64.1 | 24,593 |
| #190 in Best Universities for Space Science #138 in Best Global Universities |
University of Alberta | Canada | Edmonton | 34.0 | 66.8 | N/A |
| #190 in Best Universities for Space Science #564 in Best Global Universities |
Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University (UVSQ) | France | Versailles | 34.0 | 48.5 | N/A |
| #193 in Best Universities for Space Science #238 in Best Global Universities |
University of Erlangen Nuremberg | Germany | Erlangen | 33.9 | 60.6 | 38,052 |
| #194 in Best Universities for Space Science #72 in Best Global Universities |
Vanderbilt University | United States | Nashville | 33.8 | 73.0 | 12,139 |
| #195 in Best Universities for Space Science #925 in Best Global Universities |
Rhodes University | South Africa | Grahamstown | 33.3 | 37.9 | N/A |
| #196 in Best Universities for Space Science #453 in Best Global Universities |
George Mason University | United States | Fairfax | 33.1 | 52.2 | 30,500 |
| #197 in Best Universities for Space Science #451 in Best Global Universities |
University of Catania | Italy | Catania | 32.8 | 52.3 | N/A |
| #198 in Best Universities for Space Science #133 in Best Global Universities |
University of Sheffield | United Kingdom | Sheffield | 32.6 | 67.0 | 27,065 |
| #198 in Best Universities for Space Science #447 in Best Global Universities |
University of Surrey | United Kingdom | Surrey | 32.6 | 52.4 | 15,090 |
| #200 in Best Universities for Space Science #385 in Best Global Universities |
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology | Russia | Dolgoprudny | 32.0 | 54.5 | 5,736 |
| #201 in Best Universities for Space Science #693 in Best Global Universities |
University of Maryland--Baltimore County | United States | Baltimore | 31.8 | 44.7 | N/A |
| #202 in Best Universities for Space Science #919 in Best Global Universities |
University of Orleans | France | Orleans | 31.7 | 38.2 | N/A |
| #203 in Best Universities for Space Science #648 in Best Global Universities |
National Central University | Taiwan | Jhongli City | 31.2 | 46.2 | 11,233 |
| #204 in Best Universities for Space Science #729 in Best Global Universities |
Braunschweig University of Technology | Germany | Braunschweig | 31.0 | 43.5 | N/A |
| #205 in Best Universities for Space Science #85 in Best Global Universities |
Ghent University | Belgium | Gent | 30.6 | 71.1 | 37,587 |
| #206 in Best Universities for Space Science #372 in Best Global Universities |
Ruhr University Bochum | Germany | Bochum | 30.4 | 54.9 | N/A |
| #206 in Best Universities for Space Science #83 in Best Global Universities |
University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong | Pok Fu Lam | 30.4 | 71.2 | 18,135 |
| #208 in Best Universities for Space Science #101 in Best Global Universities |
Brown University | United States | Providence | 29.7 | 69.5 | 9,695 |
| #209 in Best Universities for Space Science #226 in Best Global Universities |
University of Valencia | Spain | Valencia | 29.1 | 61.2 | 49,822 |
| #210 in Best Universities for Space Science #490 in Best Global Universities |
University of Potsdam | Germany | Potsdam (Germany) | 28.9 | 50.6 | N/A |
| #211 in Best Universities for Space Science #908 in Best Global Universities |
Keele University | United Kingdom | Staffordshire | 28.4 | 38.5 | 9,055 |
| #211 in Best Universities for Space Science #160 in Best Global Universities |
University of Iowa | United States | Iowa City | 28.4 | 65.5 | 29,406 |
| #213 in Best Universities for Space Science #128 in Best Global Universities |
Rice University | United States | Houston | 28.0 | 67.6 | 6,805 |
| #214 in Best Universities for Space Science #336 in Best Global Universities |
University of Delaware | United States | Newark | 27.9 | 56.2 | 21,564 |
| #215 in Best Universities for Space Science #114 in Best Global Universities |
Purdue University--West Lafayette | United States | West Lafayette | 27.8 | 68.4 | N/A |
| #216 in Best Universities for Space Science #363 in Best Global Universities |
National Tsing Hua University | Taiwan | Hsinchu | 27.7 | 55.3 | 14,758 |
| #217 in Best Universities for Space Science #114 in Best Global Universities |
Queen Mary, University of London | United Kingdom | London (U.K.) | 27.1 | 68.4 | 19,035 |
| #218 in Best Universities for Space Science #57 in Best Global Universities |
Boston University | United States | Boston | 27.0 | 74.5 | 26,510 |
| #219 in Best Universities for Space Science #892 in Best Global Universities |
University of Alabama--Huntsville | United States | Huntsville | 26.8 | 39.2 | N/A |
| #220 in Best Universities for Space Science #86 in Best Global Universities |
University of Glasgow | United Kingdom | Glasgow | 26.7 | 71.0 | 26,355 |
| #221 in Best Universities for Space Science #180 in Best Global Universities |
Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen | Germany | Tubingen | 26.2 | 63.8 | N/A |
| #221 in Best Universities for Space Science #1,089 in Best Global Universities |
University of Central Lancashire | United Kingdom | Preston | 26.2 | 33.7 | 18,685 |
| #221 in Best Universities for Space Science #256 in Best Global Universities |
University of New Mexico | United States | Albuquerque | 26.2 | 59.9 | 20,241 |
| #224 in Best Universities for Space Science #639 in Best Global Universities |
National University La Plata | Argentina | Buenos Aires | 26.1 | 46.4 | N/A |
| #225 in Best Universities for Space Science #1,238 in Best Global Universities |
Ehime University | Japan | Matsuyama | 25.6 | 30.0 | N/A |
| #226 in Best Universities for Space Science #587 in Best Global Universities |
Saint Petersburg State University | Russia | St. Petersburg | 25.4 | 48.1 | 21,865 |
| #226 in Best Universities for Space Science #197 in Best Global Universities |
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences | China | Beijing | 25.4 | 62.6 | N/A |
| #228 in Best Universities for Space Science #186 in Best Global Universities |
University of Würzburg | Germany | Wurzburg | 25.3 | 63.5 | 23,887 |
| #229 in Best Universities for Space Science #453 in Best Global Universities |
University of Oulu | Finland | Oulu | 25.2 | 52.2 | N/A |
| #230 in Best Universities for Space Science #122 in Best Global Universities |
Shanghai Jiao Tong University | China | Shanghai | 24.9 | 68.2 | 38,556 |
| #231 in Best Universities for Space Science #127 in Best Global Universities |
Indiana University--Bloomington | United States | Bloomington | 24.6 | 67.7 | N/A |
| #232 in Best Universities for Space Science #1,083 in Best Global Universities |
Nicolaus Copernicus University | Poland | Torun | 23.8 | 33.8 | N/A |
| #232 in Best Universities for Space Science #210 in Best Global Universities |
University of Waterloo | Canada | Waterloo | 23.8 | 62.0 | 32,804 |
| #232 in Best Universities for Space Science #247 in Best Global Universities |
Virginia Tech | United States | Blacksburg | 23.8 | 60.3 | 34,155 |
| #235 in Best Universities for Space Science #547 in Best Global Universities |
Kyung Hee University | South Korea | Seoul | 23.7 | 48.9 | 20,862 |
| #236 in Best Universities for Space Science #547 in Best Global Universities |
University of Crete | Greece | Rethymnon | 23.5 | 48.9 | 13,649 |
| #237 in Best Universities for Space Science #320 in Best Global Universities |
Beijing Normal University | China | Beijing | 22.5 | 57.3 | 23,365 |
| #237 in Best Universities for Space Science #557 in Best Global Universities |
University of Zagreb | Croatia | Zagreb | 22.5 | 48.6 | 59,336 |
| #239 in Best Universities for Space Science #543 in Best Global Universities |
University of New Hampshire | United States | Durham (New Hampshire, U.S.) | 22.4 | 49.0 | N/A |
| #239 in Best Universities for Space Science #414 in Best Global Universities |
University of Oklahoma | United States | Norman | 22.4 | 53.5 | N/A |
| #241 in Best Universities for Space Science #152 in Best Global Universities |
University of Leeds | United Kingdom | Leeds | 22.3 | 65.9 | N/A |
| #242 in Best Universities for Space Science #483 in Best Global Universities |
Georgia State University | United States | Atlanta | 22.2 | 50.8 | N/A |
| #243 in Best Universities for Space Science #564 in Best Global Universities |
North West University - South Africa | South Africa | Potchefstroom | 21.5 | 48.5 | N/A |
| #244 in Best Universities for Space Science #140 in Best Global Universities |
University of Rochester | United States | Rochester | 21.1 | 66.4 | 10,017 |
| #245 in Best Universities for Space Science #467 in Best Global Universities |
Roma Tre University | Italy | Rome | 19.7 | 51.4 | 32,361 |
| #245 in Best Universities for Space Science #814 in Best Global Universities |
University of Nevada--Las Vegas | United States | Las Vegas | 19.7 | 41.2 | N/A |
| #247 in Best Universities for Space Science #432 in Best Global Universities |
York University | Canada | Toronto | 19.6 | 53.1 | 49,354 |
| #248 in Best Universities for Space Science #378 in Best Global Universities |
University of Buenos Aires | Argentina | Buenos Aires | 18.8 | 54.7 | N/A |
| #249 in Best Universities for Space Science #287 in Best Global Universities |
Western University | Canada | London (Canada) | 18.4 | 58.5 | 29,865 |
| #250 in Best Universities for Space Science #33 in Best Global Universities |
Washington University in St. Louis | United States | St. Louis | 18.2 | 77.3 | 13,984 |
