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QS World University Rankings 2022

Discover the world’s top universities. Explore the QS World University Rankings® 2022.

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Featuring 1,300 universities from around the world, this year's university rankings are our largest ever. Each institution has been assessed according to six key metrics, and you can learn more about this process by reading our methodology.

You can use our rankings to easily compare universities and start your university search. Once you're ready to start learning more about each institution and building your shortlist, each university included in our rankings also has a profile page full of details about that institution, from available degree programs to facilities and tuition fees.

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QS World University Rankings 2022

Discover the world’s top universities. Explore the QS World University Rankings® 2022.

Out now! QS World University Rankings 2025.

Featuring 1,300 universities from around the world, this year's university rankings are our largest ever. Each institution has been assessed according to six key metrics, and you can learn more about this process by reading our methodology.

You can use our rankings to easily compare universities and start your university search. Once you're ready to start learning more about each institution and building your shortlist, each university included in our rankings also has a profile page full of details about that institution, from available degree programs to facilities and tuition fees.

Corrections to university performance may be made after publication. You can view the release version and a summary of any edits here.

You can also meet many of the universities included in the QS World University Rankings at one of our events.

Let us know what you think of the results and join the #QSWUR conversation on FacebookTwitterLinkedIn and Instagram.

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Rank 1 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 100

Academic Reputation

100

Citations per Faculty

100

Faculty Student Ratio

100

Employer Reputation

100

International Student Ratio

91.4

International Faculty Ratio

100

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 2 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 99.5
University of Oxford University of Oxford
location Oxford, United Kingdom
QS stars QS Stars

Academic Reputation

100

Citations per Faculty

96

Faculty Student Ratio

100

Employer Reputation

100

International Student Ratio

98.5

International Faculty Ratio

99.5

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank =3 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 98.7
Stanford University Stanford University
location Stanford, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Academic Reputation

100

Citations per Faculty

99.9

Faculty Student Ratio

100

Employer Reputation

100

International Student Ratio

67

International Faculty Ratio

99.8

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank =3 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 98.7
University of Cambridge University of Cambridge
location Cambridge, United Kingdom
QS stars QS Stars

Academic Reputation

100

Citations per Faculty

92.1

Faculty Student Ratio

100

Employer Reputation

100

International Student Ratio

97.7

International Faculty Ratio

100

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 5 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 98
Harvard University Harvard University
location Cambridge, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Academic Reputation

100

Citations per Faculty

100

Faculty Student Ratio

99.1

Employer Reputation

100

International Student Ratio

70.1

International Faculty Ratio

84.2

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 6 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 97.4

Academic Reputation

96.7

Citations per Faculty

100

Faculty Student Ratio

100

Employer Reputation

89.9

International Student Ratio

87.7

International Faculty Ratio

99.4

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 7 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 97.3
Imperial College London Imperial College London
location London, United Kingdom
QS stars QS Stars

Academic Reputation

98.4

Citations per Faculty

88.1

Faculty Student Ratio

99.8

Employer Reputation

99.8

International Student Ratio

100

International Faculty Ratio

100

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank =8 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 95.4
ETH Zurich ETH Zurich
location Zürich, Switzerland
QS stars QS Stars

Academic Reputation

98.7

Citations per Faculty

99.8

Faculty Student Ratio

80.4

Employer Reputation

95.3

International Student Ratio

98.2

International Faculty Ratio

100

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank =8 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 95.4
UCL UCL
location London, United Kingdom
QS stars QS Stars

Academic Reputation

99.4

Citations per Faculty

78

Faculty Student Ratio

99

Employer Reputation

98.9

International Student Ratio

100

International Faculty Ratio

99.5

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 10 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 94.5
University of Chicago University of Chicago
location Chicago, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Academic Reputation

99.2

Citations per Faculty

90.6

Faculty Student Ratio

95.5

Employer Reputation

93.5

International Student Ratio

84.9

International Faculty Ratio

71.9

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 11 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 93.9

Academic Reputation

99.6

Citations per Faculty

90.6

Faculty Student Ratio

86.8

Employer Reputation

97.1

International Student Ratio

70.3

International Faculty Ratio

100

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 12 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 90.8

Academic Reputation

91.1

Citations per Faculty

95.5

Faculty Student Ratio

89.5

Employer Reputation

85

International Student Ratio

69.6

International Faculty Ratio

100

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 13 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 90.7
University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania
location Philadelphia, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Academic Reputation

96.2

Citations per Faculty

74

Faculty Student Ratio

100

Employer Reputation

93.8

International Student Ratio

58.1

International Faculty Ratio

94.1

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank =14 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 90.2

Academic Reputation

82.4

Citations per Faculty

99.8

Faculty Student Ratio

94.8

Employer Reputation

79.7

International Student Ratio

100

International Faculty Ratio

100

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank =14 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 90.2
Yale University Yale University
location New Haven, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Academic Reputation

99.9

Citations per Faculty

59.9

Faculty Student Ratio

100

Employer Reputation

100

International Student Ratio

69.8

International Faculty Ratio

87.9

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 16 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 89.9
The University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh
location Edinburgh, United Kingdom
QS stars QS Stars

Academic Reputation

98

Citations per Faculty

69.5

Faculty Student Ratio

83.5

Employer Reputation

97.3

International Student Ratio

99.6

International Faculty Ratio

99.3

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 17 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 89
Tsinghua University Tsinghua University
location Beijing, China (Mainland)
QS stars QS Stars

Academic Reputation

98.6

Citations per Faculty

96

Faculty Student Ratio

90.6

Employer Reputation

97.6

International Student Ratio

26.3

International Faculty Ratio

15.3

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 18 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 88.8
Peking University Peking University
location Beijing, China (Mainland)
QS stars QS Stars

Academic Reputation

99.4

Citations per Faculty

89.5

Faculty Student Ratio

83.5

Employer Reputation

98.2

International Student Ratio

38.5

International Faculty Ratio

45.6

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 19 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 88.7
Columbia University Columbia University
location New York City, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Academic Reputation

99.6

Citations per Faculty

55.6

Faculty Student Ratio

100

Employer Reputation

98.4

International Student Ratio

98.4

International Faculty Ratio

52.7

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 20 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 88.6
Princeton University Princeton University
location Princeton, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Academic Reputation

99.9

Citations per Faculty

100

Faculty Student Ratio

68.7

Employer Reputation

99.2

International Student Ratio

63.2

International Faculty Ratio

28.1

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 21 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 88.3
Cornell University Cornell University
location Ithaca, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Academic Reputation

98.4

Citations per Faculty

98.9

Faculty Student Ratio

61.3

Employer Reputation

93.9

International Student Ratio

66.1

International Faculty Ratio

75.6

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 22 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 86.3
The University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong
location Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
QS stars QS Stars

Academic Reputation

97.9

Citations per Faculty

62.1

Faculty Student Ratio

85.4

Employer Reputation

73.1

International Student Ratio

98.9

International Faculty Ratio

100

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank =23 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 86.2

Academic Reputation

100

Citations per Faculty

79

Faculty Student Ratio

92.4

Employer Reputation

99.6

International Student Ratio

28.5

International Faculty Ratio

3.3

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank =23 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 86.2

Academic Reputation

98.6

Citations per Faculty

70.5

Faculty Student Ratio

90.2

Employer Reputation

93

International Student Ratio

34.9

International Faculty Ratio

63.4

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 25 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 85.9
Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University
location Baltimore, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Academic Reputation

87.6

Citations per Faculty

89.9

Faculty Student Ratio

100

Employer Reputation

51.6

International Student Ratio

91.7

International Faculty Ratio

55.1

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 26 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 85.3

Academic Reputation

99.5

Citations per Faculty

58.8

Faculty Student Ratio

69.4

Employer Reputation

98.2

International Student Ratio

94.9

International Faculty Ratio

98.6

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank =27 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 84

Academic Reputation

92.5

Citations per Faculty

65.5

Faculty Student Ratio

73.3

Employer Reputation

94.4

International Student Ratio

96.6

International Faculty Ratio

92.2

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank =27 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 84

Academic Reputation

94.6

Citations per Faculty

95.4

Faculty Student Ratio

44.4

Employer Reputation

79.3

International Student Ratio

98.8

International Faculty Ratio

100

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank =27 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 84
The University of Manchester The University of Manchester
location Manchester, United Kingdom
QS stars QS Stars

Academic Reputation

95.2

Citations per Faculty

58.1

Faculty Student Ratio

72.5

Employer Reputation

98

International Student Ratio

99.3

International Faculty Ratio

94

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 30 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 82.8
Northwestern University Northwestern University
location Evanston, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Academic Reputation

84.4

Citations per Faculty

87.1

Faculty Student Ratio

99.3

Employer Reputation

74.7

International Student Ratio

49.6

International Faculty Ratio

30

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

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