The QS World University Rankings have become the most widely used basis for comparing universities across the world. Selecting a university is a difficult decision, and this may be particularly true for international students. The rankings of universities have been designed to help students make more informed choices. Informed decision institutions face challenges in analyzing huge data volumes and ensuring generalizability. This study presents a hybrid deep learning model (CNN-LSTM) that addresses these issues, minimizing data requirements and ensuring compatibility. The proposed hybrid deep learning model was compared with five other machine learning models. It demonstrated the highest efficiency, with a mean squared error of 0.0144 and an accuracy of 98.5%.