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Top 25 Research universities worldwide

Name: Research universities worldwide
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 21, 2026 8,431 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 8,431 company matches for research universities worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 4,804,001 professional contacts across them, including 1,392,398 with verified work emails. India is the largest market and Shanghai the largest hub.

This list covers company matches for research universities 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 September 21, 2026. Country and city lists for research universities 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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4,804,001Contacts tracked

1,392,398Verified emails

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The 25 largest research universities worldwide

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 8,431 company matches for research universities worldwide, ordered by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase, largest first. Recorded Sep 21, 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.
#	Company	RevenueBase SmartSearch	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	University Of Florida	Exact match	Gainesville, FL, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 21, 2026	10001+	27,475 contacts →
	Exact match “University of Florida is a major, public, comprehensive, land-grant, research university.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 21, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
2	Penn State University	Exact match	University Park, PA, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 21, 2026	10001+	26,844 contacts →
	Exact match “There’s a reason Penn State consistently ranks among the top one percent of the world’s universities.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 21, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
3	University Of Washington	Exact match	Seattle, WA, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 21, 2026	10001+	26,178 contacts →
	Exact match “Founded in 1861, the University of Washington is one of the oldest state-supported institutions of higher education on the West Coast and is one of the preeminent research…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 21, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
4	University Of Toronto	Exact match	Toronto, ON, CanadaHQ recorded Sep 21, 2026	10001+	24,486 contacts →
	Exact match “Founded in 1827, the University of Toronto is Canada’s top university with a long history of challenging the impossible and transforming society through the ingenuity and resolve…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 21, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
5	The Ohio State University	Exact match	Columbus, OH, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 21, 2026	10001+	24,395 contacts →
	Exact match “One of the largest universities in the United States, The Ohio State University is a leading research university and the model for Ohio's public higher education institutes.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 21, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
6	Stanford University	Exact match	Stanford, CA, United KingdomHQ recorded Sep 21, 2026	10001+	23,254 contacts →
	Exact match “Stanford University pursues its founding mission of research and education with a spirit of optimism and possibility.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 21, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
7	University Of Minnesota	Exact match	Minneapolis And St. Paul, MN, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 21, 2026	10001+	23,102 contacts →
	Exact match “One of the nation’s largest schools, the University of Minnesota offers baccalaureate, master’s, and doctoral degrees in virtually every field-from medicine to business, law to…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 21, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
8	University Of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	Exact match	Champaign, IL, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 21, 2026	10001+	22,281 contacts →
	Exact match “The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is dedicated to building upon its tradition of excellence in education, research, public engagement and economic development.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 21, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
9	The University Of Texas At Austin	Exact match	Austin, TX, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 21, 2026	10001+	22,079 contacts →
	Exact match “The University of Texas at Austin is one of the largest public universities in the United States.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 21, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
10	NEW York University	Exact match	New York, NY, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 21, 2026	10001+	21,541 contacts →
	Exact match “Founded in 1831, NYU is one of the world’s foremost research universities and is a member of the selective Association of American Universities.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 21, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
11	Purdue University	Exact match	West Lafayette, IN, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 21, 2026	10001+	21,494 contacts →
	Exact match “At Purdue University, we keep going.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 21, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
12	Michigan State University	Exact match	East Lansing, MI, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 21, 2026	10001+	21,438 contacts →
	Exact match “A top global public university, MSU is home to 400+ academic programs.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 21, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
13	The University Of British Columbia	Exact match	Vancouver, BC, CanadaHQ recorded Sep 21, 2026	10001+	20,771 contacts →
	Exact match “The University of British Columbia is a global centre for research and teaching, consistently ranked among the top 20 public universities in the world.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 21, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
14	UCLA	Exact match	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 21, 2026	5,001-10,000	20,764 contacts →
	Exact match “UCLA offers a combination that’s rare, especially among public research universities.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 21, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
15	Columbia University	Exact match	New York, NY, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 21, 2026	10001+	20,014 contacts →
	Exact match “For more than 250 years, Columbia has been a leader in higher education in the nation and around the world.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 21, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
16	University Of Pennsylvania	Exact match	Philadelphia, PA, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 21, 2026	10001+	19,612 contacts →
	Exact match “The University of Pennsylvania is one of the oldest universities in America and, as a member of the Ivy League, one of the most prestigious institutions of higher learning in all…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 21, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
17	University Of Southern California	Exact match	Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 21, 2026	10001+	19,295 contacts →
	Exact match “The University of Southern California is a leading private research university located in Los Angeles, the capital of the Pacific Rim.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 21, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
18	University Of California, Berkeley	Exact match	Berkeley, CA, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 21, 2026	10001+	18,637 contacts →
	Exact match “A wellspring of innovation, the school occupies a 1,232-acre campus near downtown Berkeley.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 21, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
19	UCL	Exact match	London, United KingdomHQ recorded Sep 21, 2026	10001+	18,143 contacts →
	Exact match “UCL (University College London) is London's leading multidisciplinary university, ranked 9th in the QS World University Rankings.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 21, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
20	University Of Melbourne	Exact match	Melbourne, AustraliaHQ recorded Sep 21, 2026	5,001-10,000	18,065 contacts →
	Exact match “As Australia's leading university, our distinctive Melbourne experience helps graduates become well-rounded, thoughtful and skilled professionals – making a positive impact across…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 21, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
21	Monash University	Exact match	Victoria, AustraliaHQ recorded Sep 21, 2026	10001+	17,916 contacts →
	Exact match “Monash University is Australia’s largest and most international university.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 21, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
22	University Of Maryland	Exact match	College Park, MD, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 21, 2026	10001+	17,469 contacts →
	Exact match “As the State's flagship, the University of Maryland (UMD) strives to bring students deeply into the process of discovery, innovation and entrepreneurship.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 21, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
23	North Carolina State University	Exact match	Raleigh, NC, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 21, 2026	10001+	17,450 contacts →
	Exact match “With more than students and faculty and staff, North Carolina State University is a comprehensive university known for its leadership in education and research, and globally…” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 21, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
24	Cornell University	Exact match	Ithaca, NY, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 21, 2026	10001+	17,047 contacts →
	Exact match “Cornell is a privately endowed research university and a partner of the State University of New York.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 21, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
25	University Of Arizona	Exact match	Tucson, AZ, United StatesHQ recorded Sep 21, 2026	10001+	16,995 contacts →
	Exact match “The University of Arizona is the leading public research university in the American Southwest and Arizona's only member of the prestigious Association of American Universities.” Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Sep 21, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase

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This list uses Exact for “research universities”. Each Exact match badge shows membership in that saved search; it is not an individual similarity score or a service-quality rating. Recorded descriptions are shown where available.

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Research universities worldwide at a glance

As of Sep 21, 2026

29.0%Verified-email coverage

569.8Average contacts per company

201-500Median size (employees)

0.5%Largest-city concentration · Shanghai

Sep 21, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

798

11-50

1,107

51-200

1,452

201-500

1,336

501-1,000

1,043

1,001-5,000

1,693

5,001-10,000

480

10001+

504

Email recency is reported on each country list linked below.

How this list was built

The recorded descriptions help you assess these company matches. Check a company’s website for its current services and locations.

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 research universities are linked below.
What qualifies: Company records worldwide whose business descriptions match “research universities” 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 1,392,398 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: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 21, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Record context: Company records and descriptions can change. Check the company's website for its current services and locations.

Research universities by location

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

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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 “research universities”; each Exact match badge shows search membership, not an individual similarity or quality score.

How many research universities are there worldwide?

RevenueBase identified 8,431 company matches for research universities worldwide as of September 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?

University Of Florida tops the displayed preview by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase. Recorded headquarters appear in the company rows.

Which country has the most research universities?

India leads with 1,335 companies, followed by the United States (694) and Brazil (374). Every research universities list by country and city is linked on this page.

Which city has the most research universities?

Shanghai leads with 43 company records, followed by Pune (40) and Chennai (39).

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 1,392,398 professional contacts with verified work emails tracked across these 8,431 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 September 21, 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.