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Top 25 Academic research institutes worldwide

RevenueBase identified 2,757 company matches for academic research institutes worldwide as of November 2026 and tracks 137,357 professional contacts across them, including 31,726 with verified work emails. Germany is the largest market and Paris the largest hub.

This list covers company matches for academic research institutes worldwide, found by RevenueBase SmartSearch using the meaning of business descriptions in its company graph at Exact. Ranked by professionals tracked, largest first. Rows show recorded descriptions where available, Exact search membership and the snapshot date. Data refreshed November 6, 2026. Country and city lists for academic research institutes follow the table.

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The 25 largest academic research institutes worldwide

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 2,757 company matches for academic research institutes worldwide, ordered by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase, largest first. Recorded Nov 6, 2026. The RevenueBase SmartSearch column shows Exact match membership in this saved search. Click a contact count to view that company's people. Totals use company locations recorded by RevenueBase; the displayed preview is a smaller selection.
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1Exact matchGranada, SpainHQ recorded Nov 6, 20265,001-10,0006,288 contacts →

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“La apuesta por la investigación de calidad ha colocado a la Universidad de Granada en puestos destacados de los diferentes “rankings” a nivel nacional.”

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2Exact matchRome, ItalyHQ recorded Nov 6, 20265,001-10,0005,880 contacts →

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“The National Research Council of Italy (CNR) is a public organization; its duty is to carry out, promote, spread, transfer and improve research activities in the main sectors of…”

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3Exact matchParis, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261,001-5,0003,515 contacts →

Exact match

“Compte officiel de l’École normale supérieure | PSL composante de l'Université PSL.”

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4Exact matchMoscow, RussiaHQ recorded Nov 6, 20265,001-10,0002,269 contacts →

Exact match

“National Research University - Higher School of Economics (HSE) is one of the top research universities in Russia.”

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5Exact matchErlangen, GermanyHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261,001-5,0001,000 contacts →

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“As the largest Fraunhofer Institute, Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS, headquartered in Erlangen, is a global leader in applied research, driving innovation for…”

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6Exact matchParis, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261,001-5,000954 contacts →

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“For the past 70 years, researchers and students from all different countries and backgrounds have elected the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) as their…”

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7Exact matchTrondheim, NorwayHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261,001-5,000924 contacts →

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“SINTEF is one of Europe's largest research organisations, with multidisciplinary expertise in the fields of technology, the natural sciences and the social sciences.”

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8Exact matchZagreb, CroatiaHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026501-1,000683 contacts →

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“The Ruđer Bošković Institute is regarded as Croatia’s leading scientific institute in the natural and biomedical sciences as well as marine and environmental research, owing to…”

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9Exact matchGeneva, SwitzerlandHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026201-500655 contacts →

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“The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies is an institution of research and higher education dedicated to the study of world affairs, with a particular…”

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10Exact matchLisbon, PortugalHQ recorded Nov 6, 20265,001-10,000539 contacts →

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“Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (NOVA FCSH)”

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11Exact matchRio De Janeiro, BrazilHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261,001-5,000518 contacts →

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“Established in 1944 to promote Brazil’s social and economic development, Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) has consolidated itself as a one of the top 10 think tanks* in the world as…”

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12Exact matchRio De Janeiro, BrazilHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026201-500480 contacts →

Exact match

“Tecgraf/PUC-Rio Institute is a successful self-supported model of R,D&I.”

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13Exact matchRotterdam, NetherlandsHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026201-500472 contacts →

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“Erasmus School of Economics is a school with an international reach.”

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14Exact matchCuernavaca, MexicoHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026501-1,000398 contacts →

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“The Biotechnology Institute is an entity belonging to the subsystem University Scientific Research (SIC), which conducts research for academic excellence for the development of…”

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15Exact matchToulouse, FranceHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026501-1,000381 contacts →

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“IRIT was founded in 1990.”

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16Exact matchSan Sebastián, SpainHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026201-500343 contacts →

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“Ceit is a non profit research centre that was created by the University of Navarra in 1982.”

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17Exact matchMannheim, GermanyHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026201-500298 contacts →

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“With more than 300 employees at two locations - Mannheim and Cologne - GESIS provides essential and internationally relevant research-based services for the social sciences.”

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18Exact matchLisbon, PortugalHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026201-500272 contacts →

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“INESC-ID is a leading, private, non-profit Portuguese research institute advancing R&D+i in Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering.”

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19Exact matchGuanajuato, MexicoHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026201-500253 contacts →

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“The Center for Mathematical Research (CIMAT) was established in the city of Guanajuato in the year 1980 and belongs to the System of Public Centers of Mexico’s National Board of…”

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20Exact matchBangkok, ThailandHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026201-500248 contacts →

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“Thailand’s most respected economic think-tank with 30 years of policy research experiences.”

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21Exact matchWarsaw, PolandHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026201-500242 contacts →

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“Jesteśmy nowoczesnym centrum technologii informatycznych i sztucznej inteligencji.”

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22Exact matchBangalore, IndiaHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026n/a237 contacts →

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“National Institute of Advanced Studies was conceived and founded in 1988 by the late Mr.”

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23Exact matchMunich, GermanyHQ recorded Nov 6, 202651-200227 contacts →

Exact match

“Shaping the Economic Debate”: The ifo Institute wants to help shape the economic policy debate in Germany and Europe.”

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24Exact matchBerlin, GermanyHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026201-500220 contacts →

Exact match

“The German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) is one of the leading economic research instituts in Germany.”

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25Exact matchPavia, ItalyHQ recorded Nov 6, 202651-200218 contacts →

Exact match

“Lo IUSS di Pavia è il punto di arrivo di un processo di istruzione superiore di lunga durata iniziato nell’825 d.C, quando Lotario I, imperatore dei Romani e dei Re d'Italia…”

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Academic research institutes worldwide at a glance

As of Nov 6, 2026
23.1%Verified-email coverage
49.8Average contacts per company
11-50Median size (employees)
1.3%Largest-city concentration · Paris
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Companies by employee count

1-10
777
11-50
1,059
51-200
517
201-500
181
501-1,000
65
1,001-5,000
78
5,001-10,000
38
10001+
22

Email recency is reported on each country list linked below.

How this list was built

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Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase SmartSearch, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
Coverage
Every country. Country and city lists for academic research institutes are linked below.
What qualifies
Company records worldwide whose business descriptions match “academic research institutes” by meaning at the Exact setting. Descriptions are compiled in the RevenueBase company graph from public websites, profiles and company information where available; they are not guaranteed quotations from the company's website.
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Public preview
The public preview omits records without a verified work email. Dataset totals and geographic summaries describe the full matched records before these preview filters.
Match quality
RevenueBase's August 25, 2026 study assessed 4,198 description/company pairs across matching settings. The publisher reports 86% good or better at Exact. This evaluates the method across queries; it does not audit this individual list. Recorded company descriptions, where available, help you judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built and what the study measures.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every displayed company carries at least one verified work email. RevenueBase tracks 31,726 professional contacts with verified work emails across the full matched dataset. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
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Academic research institutes by location

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What is RevenueBase SmartSearch?

RevenueBase SmartSearch finds niche companies by the meaning of their business descriptions in the RevenueBase company graph. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control how closely companies must fit your description. This list uses Exact for “academic research institutes”; each Exact match badge shows search membership, not an individual similarity or quality score.

How many academic research institutes are there worldwide?

RevenueBase identified 2,757 company matches for academic research institutes worldwide as of November 2026, using the meaning of business descriptions at Exact. This is the recorded matched set in the RevenueBase company graph.

What is the largest company on this list?

Universidad DE Granada tops the displayed preview by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase. Recorded headquarters appear in the company rows.

Which country has the most academic research institutes?

Germany leads with 222 companies, followed by India (206) and the United States (185). Every academic research institutes list by country and city is linked on this page.

Which city has the most academic research institutes?

Paris leads with 36 company records, followed by New Delhi (32) and Lisbon (31).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase SmartSearch, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.