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Academic Reputation
Citations per Faculty
Learning Experience
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International Students
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Engineering and Technology
Life Sciences and Medicine
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Rank 1 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 100

Academic Reputation

100

Citations per Faculty

100

Faculty Student

100

Employer Reputation

100

International Students

95.6

International Faculty

99.8

Arts and Humanities

84.6

Engineering and Technology

97.8

Life Sciences and Medicine

90.9

Social Sciences and Management

91.9

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank =2 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 99.4
University of Cambridge University of Cambridge
location Cambridge, United Kingdom
QS stars QS Stars

Academic Reputation

100

Citations per Faculty

97.9

Faculty Student

99.9

Employer Reputation

100

International Students

96.5

International Faculty

95.6

Arts and Humanities

97.1

Engineering and Technology

94

Life Sciences and Medicine

96.2

Social Sciences and Management

94.4

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank =2 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 99.4
Imperial College London Imperial College London
location London, United Kingdom
QS stars QS Stars

Academic Reputation

99.9

Citations per Faculty

96.2

Faculty Student

99.8

Employer Reputation

100

International Students

99.7

International Faculty

100

Arts and Humanities

67.2

Engineering and Technology

92.8

Life Sciences and Medicine

90.2

Social Sciences and Management

76

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 4 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 99.3
Harvard University Harvard University
location Cambridge, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Academic Reputation

100

Citations per Faculty

100

Faculty Student

99.7

Employer Reputation

100

International Students

83.8

International Faculty

98.1

Arts and Humanities

98.5

Engineering and Technology

88.4

Life Sciences and Medicine

98.7

Social Sciences and Management

97.3

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank =5 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 99.2
University of Oxford University of Oxford
location Oxford, United Kingdom
QS stars QS Stars

Academic Reputation

100

Citations per Faculty

96.6

Faculty Student

100

Employer Reputation

100

International Students

95

International Faculty

98.4

Arts and Humanities

97.5

Engineering and Technology

89.1

Life Sciences and Medicine

96.6

Social Sciences and Management

94.7

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank =5 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 99.2
UCL UCL
location London, United Kingdom
QS stars QS Stars

Academic Reputation

99.9

Citations per Faculty

97.4

Faculty Student

99

Employer Reputation

99.4

International Students

100

International Faculty

96.8

Arts and Humanities

84.4

Engineering and Technology

81.7

Life Sciences and Medicine

89.2

Social Sciences and Management

81.8

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 7 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 98.3
Stanford University Stanford University
location Stanford, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Academic Reputation

100

Citations per Faculty

100

Faculty Student

98.5

Employer Reputation

100

International Students

74.1

International Faculty

92.6

Arts and Humanities

91

Engineering and Technology

96

Life Sciences and Medicine

91.3

Social Sciences and Management

93.3

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 8 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 97.1

Academic Reputation

99.6

Citations per Faculty

100

Faculty Student

100

Employer Reputation

82.3

International Students

86

International Faculty

90.9

Arts and Humanities

67.3

Engineering and Technology

91.5

Life Sciences and Medicine

76

Social Sciences and Management

70.8

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 9 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 96.6
Princeton University Princeton University
location Princeton, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Academic Reputation

100

Citations per Faculty

99.5

Faculty Student

98.4

Employer Reputation

97.7

International Students

66.6

International Faculty

74.2

Arts and Humanities

89.8

Engineering and Technology

85.3

Life Sciences and Medicine

70.4

Social Sciences and Management

87.2

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 10 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 96.5
Yale University Yale University
location New Haven, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Academic Reputation

100

Citations per Faculty

92.2

Faculty Student

100

Employer Reputation

100

International Students

62.7

International Faculty

93.2

Arts and Humanities

89.7

Engineering and Technology

78.1

Life Sciences and Medicine

88.9

Social Sciences and Management

88.8

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 11 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 95.5
University of Chicago University of Chicago
location Chicago, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Academic Reputation

99.9

Citations per Faculty

99.2

Faculty Student

95.3

Employer Reputation

96.7

International Students

66.9

International Faculty

67.8

Arts and Humanities

88.4

Engineering and Technology

75

Life Sciences and Medicine

80.6

Social Sciences and Management

90.6

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 12 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 95.3
ETH Zurich ETH Zurich
location Zürich, Switzerland
QS stars QS Stars

Academic Reputation

99.9

Citations per Faculty

97.1

Faculty Student

79.7

Employer Reputation

98.6

International Students

98.1

International Faculty

100

Arts and Humanities

66.2

Engineering and Technology

95.4

Life Sciences and Medicine

80.4

Social Sciences and Management

76.8

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 13 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 94.5
University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania
location Philadelphia, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Academic Reputation

98.5

Citations per Faculty

95.9

Faculty Student

99.9

Employer Reputation

96.8

International Students

67.3

International Faculty

54.4

Arts and Humanities

80.5

Engineering and Technology

80

Life Sciences and Medicine

85.8

Social Sciences and Management

87.6

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank =14 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 94.1
Columbia University Columbia University
location New York City, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Academic Reputation

100

Citations per Faculty

98.6

Faculty Student

95.4

Employer Reputation

99.9

International Students

86

International Faculty

15.6

Arts and Humanities

87.7

Engineering and Technology

79.7

Life Sciences and Medicine

85.3

Social Sciences and Management

88.2

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank =14 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 94.1
Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University
location Baltimore, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Academic Reputation

96.1

Citations per Faculty

99.9

Faculty Student

100

Employer Reputation

74.9

International Students

67.6

International Faculty

92.3

Arts and Humanities

71.4

Engineering and Technology

74.5

Life Sciences and Medicine

93.4

Social Sciences and Management

72.8

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 16 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 92.9
King's College London King's College London
location London, United Kingdom
QS stars QS Stars

Academic Reputation

95.5

Citations per Faculty

87.3

Faculty Student

90.3

Employer Reputation

93.5

International Students

98.1

International Faculty

94

Arts and Humanities

81

Engineering and Technology

71.5

Life Sciences and Medicine

84.6

Social Sciences and Management

78.3

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank =17 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 92.8
The University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh
location Edinburgh, United Kingdom
QS stars QS Stars

Academic Reputation

99.8

Citations per Faculty

87.9

Faculty Student

79.4

Employer Reputation

98.2

International Students

97.5

International Faculty

90.3

Arts and Humanities

84.8

Engineering and Technology

79.9

Life Sciences and Medicine

85

Social Sciences and Management

78.4

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank =17 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 92.8

Academic Reputation

89.8

Citations per Faculty

94

Faculty Student

94.4

Employer Reputation

90.3

International Students

100

International Faculty

100

Arts and Humanities

0

Engineering and Technology

89.9

Life Sciences and Medicine

69.7

Social Sciences and Management

0

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 19 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 92.6
Cornell University Cornell University
location Ithaca, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Academic Reputation

99.7

Citations per Faculty

99.7

Faculty Student

75.2

Employer Reputation

96.4

International Students

65.6

International Faculty

92.6

Arts and Humanities

78.8

Engineering and Technology

84.8

Life Sciences and Medicine

83.3

Social Sciences and Management

79.9

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 20 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 92.4

Academic Reputation

100

Citations per Faculty

87.4

Faculty Student

78.8

Employer Reputation

96.8

International Students

88.6

International Faculty

96.9

Arts and Humanities

85.6

Engineering and Technology

84.7

Life Sciences and Medicine

88.1

Social Sciences and Management

82.3

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 21 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 91.5

Academic Reputation

99.3

Citations per Faculty

76.6

Faculty Student

90.2

Employer Reputation

96.4

International Students

90.7

International Faculty

80.1

Arts and Humanities

81.5

Engineering and Technology

80.8

Life Sciences and Medicine

84.5

Social Sciences and Management

80.6

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 22 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 91.1

Academic Reputation

100

Citations per Faculty

63.8

Faculty Student

92.1

Employer Reputation

100

International Students

94.9

International Faculty

100

Arts and Humanities

87

Engineering and Technology

92.2

Life Sciences and Medicine

84.1

Social Sciences and Management

89

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 23 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 90.3

Academic Reputation

99.8

Citations per Faculty

97.2

Faculty Student

85

Employer Reputation

90.2

International Students

33.3

International Faculty

61.9

Arts and Humanities

80.2

Engineering and Technology

85

Life Sciences and Medicine

84

Social Sciences and Management

83.9

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 24 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 90.2

Academic Reputation

90.3

Citations per Faculty

98.4

Faculty Student

98.1

Employer Reputation

74.6

International Students

63.7

International Faculty

79

Arts and Humanities

70.9

Engineering and Technology

0

Life Sciences and Medicine

0

Social Sciences and Management

0

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank =25 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 89.7

Academic Reputation

99.6

Citations per Faculty

74.2

Faculty Student

76.9

Employer Reputation

95.8

International Students

96.4

International Faculty

100

Arts and Humanities

88.4

Engineering and Technology

82

Life Sciences and Medicine

74.8

Social Sciences and Management

88

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank =25 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 89.7
Duke University Duke University
location Durham, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Academic Reputation

95.5

Citations per Faculty

99.5

Faculty Student

99.8

Employer Reputation

85

International Students

41.8

International Faculty

15.9

Arts and Humanities

80.7

Engineering and Technology

73.3

Life Sciences and Medicine

88.6

Social Sciences and Management

79.3

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 27 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 89.5

Academic Reputation

100

Citations per Faculty

99.6

Faculty Student

52.4

Employer Reputation

100

International Students

81.9

International Faculty

96.8

Arts and Humanities

92.8

Engineering and Technology

93.7

Life Sciences and Medicine

87.7

Social Sciences and Management

89.4

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 28 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 88.8
The University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong
location Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
QS stars QS Stars

Academic Reputation

99.3

Citations per Faculty

57.2

Faculty Student

89.1

Employer Reputation

96.7

International Students

98.4

International Faculty

100

Arts and Humanities

84.3

Engineering and Technology

83.4

Life Sciences and Medicine

80.1

Social Sciences and Management

87.2

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 29 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 88.5
University of Bristol University of Bristol
location Bristol, United Kingdom
QS stars 5+ QS Stars

Academic Reputation

93.7

Citations per Faculty

80.1

Faculty Student

82.5

Employer Reputation

99.1

International Students

82.2

International Faculty

84.7

Arts and Humanities

71.9

Engineering and Technology

76.7

Life Sciences and Medicine

79.2

Social Sciences and Management

75.8

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 30 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 86.9
The University of Manchester The University of Manchester
location Manchester, United Kingdom
QS stars QS Stars

Academic Reputation

99.4

Citations per Faculty

65.3

Faculty Student

74.4

Employer Reputation

100

International Students

96.3

International Faculty

84.1

Arts and Humanities

78.2

Engineering and Technology

82.8

Life Sciences and Medicine

81.4

Social Sciences and Management

82

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

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