QS World University Rankings 2026

World University Rankings

Discover and compare the world's top 1,504 universities by academic reputation, research, and employability

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Rank	University	Country	Score	Academic	Employer
#1	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)Cambridge	United States	100.0	100.0	100.0
#2	Imperial College LondonLondon	United Kingdom	99.4	99.6	100.0
#3	Stanford UniversityStanford	United States	98.9	100.0	100.0
#4	University of OxfordOxford	United Kingdom	97.9	100.0	100.0
#5	Harvard UniversityCambridge	United States	97.7	100.0	100.0
#6	University of CambridgeCambridge	United Kingdom	97.2	100.0	100.0
#7	ETH ZurichZürich	Switzerland	96.7	99.7	96.3
#8	National University of Singapore (NUS)Singapore	Singapore	95.9	99.9	98.2
#9	UCLLondon	United Kingdom	95.8	99.9	99.4
#10	California Institute of Technology (Caltech)Pasadena	United States	94.3	98.3	99.2
#11	The University of Hong KongHong Kong	Hong Kong SAR	94.2	99.3	82.5
#12	Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore)Singapore	Singapore	93.7	97.1	91.4
#13	University of ChicagoChicago	United States	93.0	99.8	99.3
#14	Peking UniversityBeijing	China (Mainland)	92.6	99.9	99.6
#15	University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia	United States	92.5	98.9	98.7
#16	Cornell UniversityIthaca	United States	91.6	99.5	98.8
#=17	Tsinghua UniversityBeijing	China (Mainland)	91.2	99.9	99.7
#=17	University of California, Berkeley (UCB)Berkeley	United States	91.2	100.0	100.0
#19	The University of MelbourneMelbourne	Australia	90.8	99.7	97.4
#20	The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney)Sydney	Australia	90.7	96.3	93.5
#21	Yale UniversityNew Haven	United States	90.4	100.0	100.0
#=22	EPFL – École polytechnique fédérale de LausanneLausanne	Switzerland	90.2	92.7	88.0
#=22	Technical University of MunichMunich	Germany	90.2	92.0	99.7
#24	Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore	United States	89.7	93.2	79.2
#=25	Princeton UniversityPrinceton	United States	89.4	100.0	99.8
#=25	The University of SydneySydney	Australia	89.4	98.9	94.2
#27	McGill UniversityMontreal	Canada	88.9	98.1	93.5
#28	Université PSLParis	France	88.6	82.6	98.5
#29	University of TorontoToronto	Canada	88.5	100.0	99.1
#30	Fudan UniversityShanghai	China (Mainland)	88.4	93.7	95.1