Top Education Departments Worldwide 2015

As we've previously shared the twenty best Education departments in Europe, today we're sharing the twenty best departments worldwide. Naturally, as a world leader in education, there are a large number of institutions from the United States on this list. However, as a globalised issue, there are also exceptional Education departments to be found in the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and further afield in Asia. The diversity of approaches to the study of education are represented by the broad range of departments on this list. We're listing the departments which offer excellent teaching, strong research, and have an exceptional international reputation.

1. The UCL Institute of Education, University College London, United Kingdom
2. Melbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne, Australia
3. Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, United States
4. Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
5. Stanford Graduate School of Education, Stanford University, United States
6. Department of Education, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
7. Faculty of Education, Monash University, Australia
8. Faculty of Education and Social Work, University of Sydney, Australia
9. Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Canada
10. School of Education, University of Queensland, Australia
11. Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
12. Teachers College Columbia University, Columbia University, United States
13. Graduate School of Education, University of California, Berkeley, United States
14. Department of Education, University of California, Los Angeles, United States
15. National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
16. UW-Madison School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States
17. Department of Education Policy, Organization and Leadership, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States
18. Moray House School of Education, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
19. Department of Education, King's College London, United Kingdom
20. School of Education, University of Michigan, United States

Compiled from the QS World University Rankings and Guardian University Guide Rankings.