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QS World University Rankings 2024: Top global universities

The 20th edition of the QS World University Rankings features 1,500 institutions across 104 locations and is the only ranking of its kind to emphasise employability and sustainability.

This year, we've implemented our largest-ever methodological enhancement, introducing three new metrics: Sustainability, Employment Outcomes and International Research Network. 

The results draw on the analysis of 17.5m academic papers and the expert opinions of over 240,000 academic faculty and employers. Massachusetts Institute of Technology celebrates twelve years at the top, the University of Cambridge retains 2nd place while the University of Oxford (3rd) climbs one position. 

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QS World University Rankings 2024: Top global universities

The 20th edition of the QS World University Rankings features 1,500 institutions across 104 locations and is the only ranking of its kind to emphasise employability and sustainability.

This year, we've implemented our largest-ever methodological enhancement, introducing three new metrics: Sustainability, Employment Outcomes and International Research Network. 

The results draw on the analysis of 17.5m academic papers and the expert opinions of over 240,000 academic faculty and employers. Massachusetts Institute of Technology celebrates twelve years at the top, the University of Cambridge retains 2nd place while the University of Oxford (3rd) climbs one position. 

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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

Employment Outcomes

100

International Student Ratio

88.2

International Research Network

94.3

International Faculty Ratio

100

Sustainability Score

95.2

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 2 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 99.2
University of Cambridge University of Cambridge
location Cambridge, United Kingdom
QS stars QS Stars

Academic Reputation

100

Citations per Faculty

92.3

Faculty Student Ratio

100

Employer Reputation

100

Employment Outcomes

100

International Student Ratio

95.8

International Research Network

99.9

International Faculty Ratio

100

Sustainability Score

97.3

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 3 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 98.9
University of Oxford University of Oxford
location Oxford, United Kingdom
QS stars QS Stars

Academic Reputation

100

Citations per Faculty

90.6

Faculty Student Ratio

100

Employer Reputation

100

Employment Outcomes

100

International Student Ratio

98.2

International Research Network

100

International Faculty Ratio

98.2

Sustainability Score

97.8

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 4 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 98.3
Harvard University Harvard University
location Cambridge, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Academic Reputation

100

Citations per Faculty

100

Faculty Student Ratio

98.3

Employer Reputation

100

Employment Outcomes

100

International Student Ratio

66.8

International Research Network

100

International Faculty Ratio

84.6

Sustainability Score

96.7

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 5 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 98.1
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

Employment Outcomes

100

International Student Ratio

51.2

International Research Network

95.8

International Faculty Ratio

99.9

Sustainability Score

94.4

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 6 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 97.8
Imperial College London Imperial College London
location London, United Kingdom
QS stars QS Stars

Academic Reputation

98.3

Citations per Faculty

94

Faculty Student Ratio

98.5

Employer Reputation

99.4

Employment Outcomes

83

International Student Ratio

100

International Research Network

96.7

International Faculty Ratio

100

Sustainability Score

94.4

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 7 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 93.3
ETH Zurich ETH Zurich
location Zürich, Switzerland
QS stars QS Stars

Academic Reputation

98.8

Citations per Faculty

98.9

Faculty Student Ratio

72.1

Employer Reputation

83.6

Employment Outcomes

79.1

International Student Ratio

98.5

International Research Network

96

International Faculty Ratio

100

Sustainability Score

88.4

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 8 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 92.7

Academic Reputation

99.4

Citations per Faculty

93.2

Faculty Student Ratio

76.5

Employer Reputation

88.6

Employment Outcomes

100

International Student Ratio

81.9

International Research Network

76.3

International Faculty Ratio

100

Sustainability Score

88.1

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 9 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 92.4
UCL UCL
location London, United Kingdom
QS stars QS Stars

Academic Reputation

99.5

Citations per Faculty

74.3

Faculty Student Ratio

98.4

Employer Reputation

97.9

Employment Outcomes

51.6

International Student Ratio

100

International Research Network

100

International Faculty Ratio

99.1

Sustainability Score

92.5

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 10 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 90.4

Academic Reputation

100

Citations per Faculty

99.9

Faculty Student Ratio

20.5

Employer Reputation

100

Employment Outcomes

98.7

International Student Ratio

63.9

International Research Network

92.4

International Faculty Ratio

92.2

Sustainability Score

100

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 11 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 90.3
University of Chicago University of Chicago
location Chicago, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Academic Reputation

99.1

Citations per Faculty

78.5

Faculty Student Ratio

92.5

Employer Reputation

95.4

Employment Outcomes

98.3

International Student Ratio

84.4

International Research Network

61.4

International Faculty Ratio

81.2

Sustainability Score

81.7

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 12 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 89.4
University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania
location Philadelphia, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Academic Reputation

96.4

Citations per Faculty

68.4

Faculty Student Ratio

99.9

Employer Reputation

89.1

Employment Outcomes

100

International Student Ratio

70.3

International Research Network

83.3

International Faculty Ratio

96

Sustainability Score

99.9

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 13 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 89.3
Cornell University Cornell University
location Ithaca, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Academic Reputation

98.1

Citations per Faculty

99.1

Faculty Student Ratio

52.9

Employer Reputation

90.5

Employment Outcomes

98

International Student Ratio

64

International Research Network

79.9

International Faculty Ratio

68.7

Sustainability Score

94.7

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 14 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 87.9

Academic Reputation

98.4

Citations per Faculty

92.1

Faculty Student Ratio

15.4

Employer Reputation

92.3

Employment Outcomes

93.3

International Student Ratio

99.7

International Research Network

97.2

International Faculty Ratio

92.9

Sustainability Score

90.4

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 15 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 87.8

Academic Reputation

96.1

Citations per Faculty

100

Faculty Student Ratio

100

Employer Reputation

93.7

Employment Outcomes

34.2

International Student Ratio

81

International Research Network

22.8

International Faculty Ratio

100

Sustainability Score

41.4

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 16 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 87.7
Yale University Yale University
location New Haven, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Academic Reputation

99.9

Citations per Faculty

45.8

Faculty Student Ratio

100

Employer Reputation

99.9

Employment Outcomes

99.9

International Student Ratio

78.8

International Research Network

85.8

International Faculty Ratio

89.8

Sustainability Score

99.2

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank =17 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 87
Peking University Peking University
location Beijing, China (Mainland)
QS stars QS Stars

Academic Reputation

99.4

Citations per Faculty

97.5

Faculty Student Ratio

90.4

Employer Reputation

95.4

Employment Outcomes

82.6

International Student Ratio

23.5

International Research Network

43.2

International Faculty Ratio

50.8

Sustainability Score

68.8

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank =17 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 87
Princeton University Princeton University
location Princeton, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Academic Reputation

99.8

Citations per Faculty

100

Faculty Student Ratio

64.5

Employer Reputation

97.5

Employment Outcomes

94.6

International Student Ratio

57.5

International Research Network

52.5

International Faculty Ratio

16.7

Sustainability Score

79.3

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank =19 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 86.7

Academic Reputation

89.7

Citations per Faculty

95.9

Faculty Student Ratio

18.2

Employer Reputation

88.1

Employment Outcomes

95.5

International Student Ratio

99.1

International Research Network

99

International Faculty Ratio

100

Sustainability Score

99.6

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank =19 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 86.7

Academic Reputation

96

Citations per Faculty

93.5

Faculty Student Ratio

11.8

Employer Reputation

87.7

Employment Outcomes

88.1

International Student Ratio

100

International Research Network

91.9

International Faculty Ratio

99.5

Sustainability Score

99.7

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 21 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 86.3

Academic Reputation

99.7

Citations per Faculty

57.2

Faculty Student Ratio

54.2

Employer Reputation

96

Employment Outcomes

96.4

International Student Ratio

96.4

International Research Network

95.5

International Faculty Ratio

95.7

Sustainability Score

99.9

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 22 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 86.1
The University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh
location Edinburgh, United Kingdom
QS stars QS Stars

Academic Reputation

98.1

Citations per Faculty

58.7

Faculty Student Ratio

72.4

Employer Reputation

96.9

Employment Outcomes

48.1

International Student Ratio

99.9

International Research Network

99.6

International Faculty Ratio

98.8

Sustainability Score

99.7

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 23 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 85.9
Columbia University Columbia University
location New York City, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Academic Reputation

99.6

Citations per Faculty

40.7

Faculty Student Ratio

100

Employer Reputation

98.3

Employment Outcomes

99.9

International Student Ratio

96.8

International Research Network

97.6

International Faculty Ratio

56.1

Sustainability Score

94.2

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 24 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 85.8

Academic Reputation

73.7

Citations per Faculty

95.7

Faculty Student Ratio

99.3

Employer Reputation

97

Employment Outcomes

60.8

International Student Ratio

72.7

International Research Network

100

International Faculty Ratio

69.2

Sustainability Score

80.4

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 25 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 84.9
Tsinghua University Tsinghua University
location Beijing, China (Mainland)
QS stars QS Stars

Academic Reputation

99.1

Citations per Faculty

98.9

Faculty Student Ratio

93.9

Employer Reputation

96.9

Employment Outcomes

82.2

International Student Ratio

15.7

International Research Network

47.8

International Faculty Ratio

9.4

Sustainability Score

55.8

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank =26 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 84.5

Academic Reputation

91

Citations per Faculty

94.4

Faculty Student Ratio

77.6

Employer Reputation

67.1

Employment Outcomes

68.4

International Student Ratio

80.2

International Research Network

66.1

International Faculty Ratio

100

Sustainability Score

78.2

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank =26 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 84.5
The University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong
location Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
QS stars QS Stars

Academic Reputation

97.6

Citations per Faculty

82.3

Faculty Student Ratio

82.9

Employer Reputation

51.4

Employment Outcomes

99.5

International Student Ratio

99

International Research Network

42.7

International Faculty Ratio

100

Sustainability Score

97.3

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 28 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 84.5
Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University
location Baltimore, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Academic Reputation

87.3

Citations per Faculty

89.4

Faculty Student Ratio

100

Employer Reputation

59.7

Employment Outcomes

74.5

International Student Ratio

91.4

International Research Network

98.1

International Faculty Ratio

64.4

Sustainability Score

84.6

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 28 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 84.3

Academic Reputation

100

Citations per Faculty

70

Faculty Student Ratio

90.4

Employer Reputation

99.8

Employment Outcomes

99.8

International Student Ratio

29.2

International Research Network

70

International Faculty Ratio

10.3

Sustainability Score

99.7

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 29 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 83.8

Academic Reputation

100

Citations per Faculty

84.8

Faculty Student Ratio

36.6

Employer Reputation

99.8

Employment Outcomes

97

International Student Ratio

24.8

International Research Network

89.8

International Faculty Ratio

43.4

Sustainability Score

91.2

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

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