The choice of a university depends upon the course the person wants to study. For instance, Massachussetts Institute of Technology is best in terms of Engineering and other applied sciences whereas Cambridge is the best for life sciences. Similarly, we will have differents ones for management studies. The QS rankings every year posted at www.topuniversities.com helps a great deal in making a good choice. Apart from this, the person is required to choose a study destination in the case, the acholarships or any other kind of studentship is required. Also, the student is required to decide whether he/she is interested in research or management/compilation of proved things( I must clarify research are the part of arts/ humanities/ management/ designing and all other unnamed fields) because some institutions are renowned for the research whereas others are not that much specialised.