Best Global Universities for Space science
Based on U.S.News Best Global Universities Subject Rankings 2018
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| Rank | University | Location |
| 1 | California Institute of Technology | United States |
| 2 | Harvard University | United States |
| 3 | University of California--Berkeley | United States |
| 4 | University of Cambridge | United Kingdom |
| 5 | University of California--Santa Cruz | United States |
| 6 | Princeton University | United States |
| 7 | University of Toronto | Canada |
| 8 | University of Oxford | United Kingdom |
| 9= | Pierre and Marie Curie University | France |
| 9= | University of Arizona | United States |
| 11 | Stanford University | United States |
| 12 | Yale University | United States |
| 13 | University of Chicago | United States |
| 14 | University of California--Santa Barbara | United States |
| 15 | Leiden University | Netherlands |
| 16 | Ohio State University--Columbus | United States |
| 17 | Johns Hopkins University | United States |
| 18 | University of Edinburgh | United Kingdom |
| 19 | University of British Columbia | Canada |
| 20 | University of Padua | Italy |
| 21 | University of Texas--Austin | United States |
| 22 | University of Tokyo | Japan |
| 23 | University College London | United Kingdom |
| 24 | Pennsylvania State University--University Park | United States |
| 25 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | United States |
| 26= | Durham University | United Kingdom |
| 26= | Heidelberg University | Germany |
| 28 | University of Copenhagen | Denmark |
| 29 | University of Maryland--College Park | United States |
| 30= | Columbia University | United States |
| 30= | University of Michigan--Ann Arbor | United States |
| 32 | University of Geneva | Switzerland |
| 33 | Australian National University | Australia |
| 34= | University of California--Los Angeles | United States |
| 34= | University of Manchester | United Kingdom |
| 34= | University Paris Diderot - Paris 7 | France |
| 37 | University of Aix-Marseille | France |
| 38 | University of Munich | Germany |
| 39 | Imperial College London | United Kingdom |
| 40 | University of Washington | United States |
| 41 | Universite Grenoble Alpes (UGA) | France |
| 42 | école Polytechnique Federale of Lausanne | Switzerland |
| 43 | University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign | United States |
| 44= | Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich | Switzerland |
| 44= | University of Sydney | Australia |
| 46 | Université Paris-Sud | France |
| 47 | University of Oslo | Norway |
| 48 | University of Granada | Spain |
| 49 | McGill University | Canada |
| 50 | University of Trieste | Italy |
| 51 | University of Colorado--Boulder | United States |
| 52= | International School for Advanced Studies | Italy |
| 52= | University of Rome Tor Vergata | Italy |
| 54 | University of California--Davis | United States |
| 55 | University of Wisconsin--Madison | United States |
| 56= | Stockholm University | Sweden |
| 56= | University of Bonn | Germany |
| 58 | Radboud University Nijmegen | Netherlands |
| 59 | New York University | United States |
| 60 | Swinburne University of Technology | Australia |
| 61 | University of Amsterdam | Netherlands |
| 62 | University of California--Irvine | United States |
| 63 | University of Portsmouth | United Kingdom |
| 64 | Sapienza University of Rome | Italy |
| 65 | Cornell University | United States |
| 66= | University of Massachusetts--Amherst | United States |
| 66= | University of Milan | Italy |
| 68 | Carnegie Mellon University | United States |
| 69 | University of Groningen | Netherlands |
| 70 | University of Hertfordshire | United Kingdom |
| 71 | Pontificia University Católica de Chile | Chile |
| 72 | University of La Laguna | Spain |
| 73 | Kyoto University | Japan |
| 74= | Peking University | China |
| 74= | University of Virginia | United States |
| 76 | Technical University of Denmark | Denmark |
| 77 | University of Helsinki | Finland |
| 78 | Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) | United Kingdom |
| 79 | University of Bologna | Italy |
| 80 | University of Minnesota--Twin Cities | United States |
| 81 | University of Victoria | Canada |
| 82 | University of Florida | United States |
| 83 | Michigan State University | United States |
| 84 | Cardiff University | United Kingdom |
| 85 | Aarhus University | Denmark |
| 86 | University of Sussex | United Kingdom |
| 87= | University of California--San Diego | United States |
| 87= | University of Pennsylvania | United States |
| 89 | University of St. Andrews | United Kingdom |
| 90 | University of Barcelona | Spain |
| 91= | University of Nottingham | United Kingdom |
| 91= | University of Pittsburgh | United States |
| 93 | Nagoya University | Japan |
| 94 | University of Leicester | United Kingdom |
| 95 | University of Ferrara | Italy |
| 96 | University of Zurich | Switzerland |
| 97 | Aalto University | Finland |
| 98 | Texas A&M University--College Station | United States |
| 99 | ENS De Lyon | France |
| 100 | Autonomous University of Madrid | Spain |
| 101 | Monash University | Australia |
| 102= | Northwestern University | United States |
| 102= | University of Innsbruck | Austria |
| 104 | Macquarie University | Australia |
| 105 | Catholic University of Leuven | Belgium |
| 106= | Open University | United Kingdom |
| 106= | University of Vienna | Austria |
| 108 | Case Western Reserve University | United States |
| 109 | Arizona State University--Tempe | United States |
| 110 | University of Porto | Portugal |
| 111 | University of Birmingham | United Kingdom |
| 112 | National Autonomous University of Mexico | Mexico |
| 113 | Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 | France |
| 114 | University of Utah | United States |
| 115 | University of Exeter | United Kingdom |
| 116 | University of Southampton | United Kingdom |
| 117 | University of Liège | Belgium |
| 118 | University of Turku | Finland |
| 119 | New Mexico State University | United States |
| 120 | University of Chile | Chile |
| 121 | University of California--Riverside | United States |
| 122= | école Polytechnique | France |
| 122= | University of Waterloo | Canada |
| 124 | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey--New Brunswick | United States |
| 125= | M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University | Russia |
| 125= | Stony Brook University--SUNY | United States |
| 127 | University of Hawaii--Manoa | United States |
| 128 | Purdue University--West Lafayette | United States |
| 129 | Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Israel |
| 130= | University of Science and Technology of China | China |
| 130= | University of Western Australia | Australia |
| 132 | University of Warwick | United Kingdom |
| 133 | University of Montpellier | France |
| 134 | University of Melbourne | Australia |
| 135 | University of G?ttingen | Germany |
| 136 | Universidade de S?o Paulo | Brazil |
| 137= | Brown University | United States |
| 137= | Tel Aviv University | Israel |
| 139 | University of Alberta | Canada |
| 140 | Hiroshima University | Japan |
| 141 | University of Notre Dame | United States |
| 142 | University of Bern | Switzerland |
| 143 | University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee | United States |
| 144= | Tohoku University | Japan |
| 144= | Universite Nice Sophia Antipolis | France |
| 146 | University of Montreal | Canada |
| 147 | University of Concepción | Chile |
| 148 | Chalmers University of Technology | Sweden |
| 149 | University of Cape Town | South Africa |
| 150= | Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul | Brazil |
| 150= | Weizmann Institute of Science | Israel |
| 152= | Graduate University for Advanced Studies - Japan | Japan |
| 152= | Nanjing University | China |
| 154 | University of Maryland--Baltimore County | United States |
| 155= | Queen's University Belfast | United Kingdom |
| 155= | Seoul National University | South Korea |
| 157 | Complutense University of Madrid | Spain |
| 158 | McMaster University | Canada |
| 159 | Curtin University of Technology | Australia |
| 160 | Federal University of Rio de Janeiro | Brazil |
| 161 | Royal Institute of Technology | Sweden |
| 162 | University of Warsaw | Poland |
| 163= | Braunschweig University of Technology | Germany |
| 163= | Tokyo Institute of Technology | Japan |
| 165 | University of Hamburg | Germany |
| 166 | University of Lisbon | Portugal |
| 167 | George Mason University | United States |
| 168 | University of Strasbourg | France |
| 169 | University of Central Lancashire | United Kingdom |
| 170= | University of Wyoming | United States |
| 170= | Vanderbilt University | United States |
| 172= | Charles University in Prague | Czech Republic |
| 172= | Ghent University | Belgium |
| 174 | University of the Western Cape | South Africa |
| 175= | Keele University | United Kingdom |
| 175= | University of Leeds | United Kingdom |
| 177 | University of Alabama--Huntsville | United States |
| 178 | University of Würzburg | Germany |
| 179 | Osaka University | Japan |
| 180 | Uppsala University | Sweden |
| 181 | Ruhr University Bochum | Germany |
| 182 | University of New South Wales | Australia |
| 183 | University of Potsdam | Germany |
| 184= | Autonomous University of Barcelona | Spain |
| 184= | University of New Hampshire | United States |
| 186 | University of Sheffield | United Kingdom |
| 187 | University of Pisa | Italy |
| 188 | Boston University | United States |
| 189 | Tsinghua University | China |
| 190 | Queen Mary, University of London | United Kingdom |
| 191 | University of Crete | Greece |
| 192 | Georgia State University | United States |
| 193 | Jagiellonian University | Poland |
| 194= | University of Naples Federico II | Italy |
| 194= | University of Valencia | Spain |
| 196 | Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen | Germany |
| 197 | University of Erlangen Nuremberg | Germany |
| 198 | Hokkaido University | Japan |
| 199 | Washington University in St. Louis | United States |
| 200 | Technical University of Munich | Germany |