The pilot ranking of BRICS universities comprises educational institutions of ten countries.
Most of the ranked universities (207) are located in China. The second (161) and third (93) largest numbers of featured HEIs are situated in Russia and India. Brazil, where 55 HEIs are based, comes next. This BRICS country hosts most of the top-performing non-Eurasian HEIs. There are as many as 27 ranked universities in Iran. The definitive list contains fewer than 20 universities from other member states.
The ranking of BRICS HEIs is headed by Peking University, M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, and Tsinghua University. The University of Cape Town, ranking 18th, is acknowledged as the best one in South Africa. The Indian Institute of Science located in Bengaluru scores the highest (25th) among Indian HEIs. The 28th place of the final ranking belongs to King Saud University, which is the leading Saudi Arabian higher school. The University of São Paulo, ranking 39th, is a victorious one in Brazil. The American University in Cairo (63d) and the United Arab Emirates University (64th) are the top HEIs based in Egypt and the UAE, respectively. Tehran University of Medical Sciences taking the 90th place has outperformed all other Iranian HEIs. The best Ethiopian HEI called Addis Ababa University has entered the #351–400 interval group of the final ranking of BRICS HEIs.