Company lists · Data refreshed November 2026

Top 25 Doctoral granting institutions worldwide

RevenueBase identified 1,591 company matches for doctoral granting institutions worldwide as of November 2026 and tracks 872,398 professional contacts across them, including 264,810 with verified work emails. Brazil is the largest market and Shanghai the largest hub.

This list covers company matches for doctoral granting institutions 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 doctoral granting institutions follow the table.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase SmartSearch, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

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1,591Companies
872,398Contacts tracked
264,810Verified emails
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The 25 largest doctoral granting institutions worldwide

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 1,591 company matches for doctoral granting institutions 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.
#CompanyRevenueBase SmartSearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Exact matchProvidencia, ChileHQ recorded Nov 6, 20265,001-10,00014,958 contacts →

Exact match

“Founded in Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile is currently one of the leading higher education institutions in Latin America.”

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2Exact matchLeuven, BelgiumHQ recorded Nov 6, 202610001+11,183 contacts →

Exact match

“Founded in 1425, the multidisciplinary and research-driven University of Leuven (KU Leuven) has been a centre of learning for almost six centuries.”

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3Exact matchBrasilia, BrazilHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261,001-5,0007,971 contacts →

Exact match

“A Universidade de Brasília foi inaugurada em 21 de abril de 1962.”

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4Exact matchJoão Pessoa, BrazilHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261,001-5,0005,134 contacts →

Exact match

“Página destinada a professores, pesquisadores, alunos e servidores da Universidade Federal da Paraíba”

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5Exact matchSanta Maria, BrazilHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261,001-5,0004,664 contacts →

Exact match

“The Federal University of Santa Maria is among the best higher education institutions in Brazil.”

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6Exact matchPorto Alegre, BrazilHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261,001-5,0004,418 contacts →

Exact match

“É uma instituição de ensino superior, de pesquisa e de extensão, constituída por um conjunto de unidades (faculdades, institutos, etc.), que promove a formação profissional e…”

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7Exact 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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8Exact matchPorto, PortugalHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261,001-5,0001,838 contacts →

Exact match

“Founded in 1911, the University of Porto (U.Porto) is a benchmark institution for Higher Education and Scientific Research in Portugal and one of the top 200 European Universities…”

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9Exact matchAlmería, SpainHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261,001-5,0001,502 contacts →

Exact match

“Recibe mi más cordial bienvenida a la página web de la Universidad de Almería.”

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10Exact matchSão Luís, BrazilHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261,001-5,0001,451 contacts →

Exact match

“Página oficial da Universidade Federal do Maranhão.”

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11Exact matchFaro, PortugalHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261,001-5,0001,355 contacts →

Exact match

“Located in the south of Portugal, in a region of Mediterranean climate sought by thousands of tourists, the University of Algarve (UAlg) is headquartered in Faro, the capital of…”

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12Exact matchOnna-son, JapanHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026501-1,0001,131 contacts →

Exact match

“The Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) is an interdisciplinary graduate school offering a 5-year PhD program in Science.”

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13Exact matchPuebla, MexicoHQ recorded Nov 6, 20265,001-10,0001,129 contacts →

Exact match

Recorded description not available.

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14Exact matchMexicoHQ recorded Nov 6, 202610001+1,110 contacts →

Exact match

Recorded description not available.

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15Exact matchBratislava, SlovakiaHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261,001-5,000990 contacts →

Exact match

“Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave (UK) je moderná európska univerzita.”

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16Exact matchQuébec, QC, CanadaHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261,001-5,000908 contacts →

Exact match

“L’Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) est le seul établissement au Québec dédié exclusivement à la recherche et à la formation aux cycles supérieurs.”

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17Exact matchBrazilHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261,001-5,000756 contacts →

Exact match

Recorded description not available.

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18Exact matchSantander, SpainHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261,001-5,000755 contacts →

Exact match

“La Universidad de Cantabria (UC) es una institución pública creada en 1972.”

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19Exact matchSão José Dos Campos, BrazilHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026501-1,000749 contacts →

Exact match

“A Universidade do Vale do Paraíba – Univap, reconhecida pelo Ministério da Educação pela portaria no.”

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20Exact matchUnited StatesHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026201-500732 contacts →

Exact match

“A Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES) é uma instituição federal de ensino superior com sede na cidade de Vitória, Espírito Santo.”

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21Exact matchLogroño, SpainHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026501-1,000712 contacts →

Exact match

“La Universidad de La Rioja, centro público de Educación Superior de La Rioja forma parte del Campus de Excelencia Internacional ‘Iberus’.”

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22Exact matchSan Nicolas De Los Garza, MexicoHQ recorded Nov 6, 202610001+689 contacts →

Exact match

“La Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León es la tercera universidad más grande de México y la institución pública de educación superior más importante y con la mayor oferta académica…”

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23Exact matchKöthen, GermanyHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026501-1,000623 contacts →

Exact match

“Anhalt University’s clear approach brings together science and innovation.”

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24Exact matchAugsburg, GermanyHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026501-1,000576 contacts →

Exact match

“Our university has a friendly, welcoming atmosphere.”

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25Exact matchBrazilHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261,001-5,000545 contacts →

Exact match

“A Universidade Prof.Edson Antônio Velano – UNIFENAS, idealizada e fundada pelo Professor Edson Antonio Velano, começou sua história em 1972, quando os primeiros cursos foram…”

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Doctoral granting institutions worldwide at a glance

As of Nov 6, 2026
30.4%Verified-email coverage
548.3Average contacts per company
201-500Median size (employees)
1.1%Largest-city concentration · Shanghai
Nov 6, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
148
11-50
240
51-200
243
201-500
218
501-1,000
172
1,001-5,000
340
5,001-10,000
101
10001+
114

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 doctoral granting institutions are linked below.
What qualifies
Company records worldwide whose business descriptions match “doctoral granting institutions” 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.
RevenueBase SmartSearch
Describe a niche company in your own words to find businesses by meaning. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control the breadth of RevenueBase SmartSearch. This saved list uses Exact. Each row's Exact match badge shows inclusion in that search, not an individual score or a service-quality judgment.
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 264,810 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.
Refresh
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Record context
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Doctoral granting institutions by location

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Every Doctoral granting institutions list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.

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Frequently asked

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 “doctoral granting institutions”; each Exact match badge shows search membership, not an individual similarity or quality score.

How many doctoral granting institutions are there worldwide?

RevenueBase identified 1,591 company matches for doctoral granting institutions 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?

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

Which country has the most doctoral granting institutions?

Brazil leads with 59 companies. Every doctoral granting institutions list by country and city is linked on this page.

Which city has the most doctoral granting institutions?

Shanghai leads with 18 company records, followed by Moscow (12) and Tehran (10).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work limited free results with 500 credits to start. Upgrading provides access to the 264,810 professional contacts with verified work emails tracked across these 1,591 companies; direct dials are available where recorded.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on November 6, 2026.

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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.