QS World University Rankings for Law and Legal Studies 2024 | Top Universities

QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024: Law & Legal Studies

Discover which universities around the world are the best for law & legal studies with the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024.

Harvard University continues to be the best university in the world for studying law, achieving a perfect score in three of the four indicators used to compile the ranking.

All of the top nine in this year's ranking are unchanged, with the University of Melbourne rising one place to take 10th.

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QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024: Law & Legal Studies

Discover which universities around the world are the best for law & legal studies with the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024.

Harvard University continues to be the best university in the world for studying law, achieving a perfect score in three of the four indicators used to compile the ranking.

All of the top nine in this year's ranking are unchanged, with the University of Melbourne rising one place to take 10th.

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Published on: 10 April 2024

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Overall Score: 99.7
Harvard University Harvard University
location Cambridge, United States
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Employer Reputation

100

Academic Reputation

100

Citations per Paper

93.5

H-index Citations

100

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 2 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 98.1
University of Oxford University of Oxford
location Oxford, United Kingdom
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

97.2

Academic Reputation

99.6

Citations per Paper

91.2

H-index Citations

97

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 3 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 97.1
University of Cambridge University of Cambridge
location Cambridge, United Kingdom
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

96.5

Academic Reputation

97.8

Citations per Paper

90.6

H-index Citations

98

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

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Rank 4 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 94.3
Yale University Yale University
location New Haven, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

88.9

Academic Reputation

95.8

Citations per Paper

98.5

H-index Citations

98.7

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 5 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 93.5
Stanford University Stanford University
location Stanford, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

93.1

Academic Reputation

92.8

Citations per Paper

96.5

H-index Citations

95.5

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 6 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 91.7
New York University (NYU) New York University (NYU)
location New York City, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

83.5

Academic Reputation

94.9

Citations per Paper

92.4

H-index Citations

97

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 7 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 90.6

Employer Reputation

89.7

Academic Reputation

90.1

Citations per Paper

91

H-index Citations

93.9

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 8 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 89.4
Columbia University Columbia University
location New York City, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

84.1

Academic Reputation

90.2

Citations per Paper

91

H-index Citations

96.6

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 9 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 89.2

Employer Reputation

85.5

Academic Reputation

89.6

Citations per Paper

92

H-index Citations

94.3

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 10 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 88.3

Employer Reputation

83

Academic Reputation

90.6

Citations per Paper

85.6

H-index Citations

91.8

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 11 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 87.9
University of Chicago University of Chicago
location Chicago, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

80.7

Academic Reputation

88.6

Citations per Paper

97.5

H-index Citations

97

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank =12 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 87.6

Employer Reputation

89.9

Academic Reputation

88.4

Citations per Paper

86.5

H-index Citations

80.5

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank =12 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 87.6

Employer Reputation

84.6

Academic Reputation

88.9

Citations per Paper

86.3

H-index Citations

89.9

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 14 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 84.8
UCL UCL
location London, United Kingdom
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

79.3

Academic Reputation

83.9

Citations per Paper

92.9

H-index Citations

96.3

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 15 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 84.3
King's College London King's College London
location London, United Kingdom
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

78.2

Academic Reputation

86.9

Citations per Paper

85.2

H-index Citations

87.4

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 16 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 84.2

Employer Reputation

81.4

Academic Reputation

85.3

Citations per Paper

84.6

H-index Citations

85.7

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank =17 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 83

Employer Reputation

78.6

Academic Reputation

83.3

Citations per Paper

85.9

H-index Citations

89.5

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank =17 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 83

Employer Reputation

78

Academic Reputation

93.1

Citations per Paper

71.6

H-index Citations

62.9

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 19 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 82.1

Employer Reputation

84.8

Academic Reputation

75.6

Citations per Paper

94.8

H-index Citations

93.9

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank =20 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 82
The University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh
location Edinburgh, United Kingdom
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

77.1

Academic Reputation

84.1

Citations per Paper

84.7

H-index Citations

83.9

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank =20 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 82
The University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong
location Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

79.2

Academic Reputation

83.6

Citations per Paper

86.1

H-index Citations

81.2

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 22 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 81.9

Employer Reputation

84.3

Academic Reputation

86.2

Citations per Paper

90.9

H-index Citations

59.6

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 23 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 81.8
Georgetown University Georgetown University
location Washington D.C., United States
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

72.5

Academic Reputation

83.7

Citations per Paper

91.8

H-index Citations

90.9

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 24 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 81.3
Leiden University Leiden University
location Leiden, Netherlands
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

65.3

Academic Reputation

89.1

Citations per Paper

84.2

H-index Citations

86.3

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 25 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 81.1

Employer Reputation

79.5

Academic Reputation

80.6

Citations per Paper

85.2

H-index Citations

84.5

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank =26 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 81

Employer Reputation

85.9

Academic Reputation

85.9

Citations per Paper

66.9

H-index Citations

59.6

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank =26 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 81

Employer Reputation

85.1

Academic Reputation

84.7

Citations per Paper

68.7

H-index Citations

64.4

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 28 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 80.4

Employer Reputation

76.8

Academic Reputation

82.5

Citations per Paper

81.9

H-index Citations

79.8

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 29 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 80.3
University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania
location Philadelphia, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

77.9

Academic Reputation

74.5

Citations per Paper

96.6

H-index Citations

98.7

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 30 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 79.5
Duke University Duke University
location Durham, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Employer Reputation

76

Academic Reputation

75.8

Citations per Paper

92.8

H-index Citations

94.3

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

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