The following sources can be helpful for identifying and investigating institutions abroad for your research. Once you identify institutions, their websites are often the best source of information.
A database of information on over 24,000 NGOs. Filter by organization type, region, country, language, fields of activity, and more.
Rankings
College and university rankings can provide insight into the prestige of an institution. However, rankings are proprietary, and organizations are not always transparent on how they are determined.
These institutions from the U.S. and more than 90 other countries have been ranked based on 13 indicators that seek to measure their academic research performance and their global and regional reputations.