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QS World University Rankings 2026: Top global universities

Discover the top universities around the world with the QS World University Rankings 2026.

Over 1,500 of the world's top universities are included in the 2026 edition of the QS World University Rankings, with over 100 locations represented around the world.

For yet another year, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has been ranked as the best university in the world, while nearly 500 universities have improved their performance since last year.

Of these, the biggest climber is Sunway University in Malaysia, which has risen over 120 places.

Learn more about how the ranking is compiled by consulting our methodology.

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QS World University Rankings 2026: Top global universities

Discover the top universities around the world with the QS World University Rankings 2026.

Over 1,500 of the world's top universities are included in the 2026 edition of the QS World University Rankings, with over 100 locations represented around the world.

For yet another year, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has been ranked as the best university in the world, while nearly 500 universities have improved their performance since last year.

Of these, the biggest climber is Sunway University in Malaysia, which has risen over 120 places.

Learn more about how the ranking is compiled by consulting our methodology.

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Published on: 19 June 2025

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Rank 1 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 100

Citations per Faculty

100

Academic Reputation

100

Faculty Student Ratio

100

Employer Reputation

100

Employment Outcomes

100

International Student Ratio

91.6

International Research Network

94.1

International Faculty Ratio

100

International Student Diversity

92.3

Sustainability Score

93.8

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

Citations per Faculty

95

Academic Reputation

99.6

Faculty Student Ratio

99.3

Employer Reputation

100

Employment Outcomes

95.9

International Student Ratio

100

International Research Network

97.5

International Faculty Ratio

100

International Student Diversity

100

Sustainability Score

98.3

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 3 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 98.9
Stanford University Stanford University
location Stanford, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Citations per Faculty

99.7

Academic Reputation

100

Faculty Student Ratio

100

Employer Reputation

100

Employment Outcomes

100

International Student Ratio

73.5

International Research Network

96.5

International Faculty Ratio

94.2

International Student Diversity

76.1

Sustainability Score

95.4

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 4 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 97.9
University of Oxford University of Oxford
location Oxford, United Kingdom
QS stars QS Stars

Citations per Faculty

91

Academic Reputation

100

Faculty Student Ratio

100

Employer Reputation

100

Employment Outcomes

100

International Student Ratio

98.6

International Research Network

100

International Faculty Ratio

98.8

International Student Diversity

98.7

Sustainability Score

77.9

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 5 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 97.7
Harvard University Harvard University
location Cambridge, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Citations per Faculty

100

Academic Reputation

100

Faculty Student Ratio

98.3

Employer Reputation

100

Employment Outcomes

100

International Student Ratio

81.4

International Research Network

99.4

International Faculty Ratio

79.1

International Student Diversity

60.6

Sustainability Score

77.8

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 6 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 97.2
University of Cambridge University of Cambridge
location Cambridge, United Kingdom
QS stars QS Stars

Citations per Faculty

88.6

Academic Reputation

100

Faculty Student Ratio

100

Employer Reputation

100

Employment Outcomes

100

International Student Ratio

93.1

International Research Network

99.2

International Faculty Ratio

100

International Student Diversity

93.6

Sustainability Score

78.4

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 7 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 96.7
ETH Zurich ETH Zurich
location Zürich, Switzerland
QS stars QS Stars

Citations per Faculty

98.8

Academic Reputation

99.7

Faculty Student Ratio

71.7

Employer Reputation

96.3

Employment Outcomes

95

International Student Ratio

99.3

International Research Network

95.8

International Faculty Ratio

100

International Student Diversity

73.9

Sustainability Score

99.6

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 8 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 95.9

Citations per Faculty

95.9

Academic Reputation

99.9

Faculty Student Ratio

71.5

Employer Reputation

98.2

Employment Outcomes

100

International Student Ratio

96.9

International Research Network

92.4

International Faculty Ratio

100

International Student Diversity

72.1

Sustainability Score

90

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 9 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 95.8
UCL UCL
location London, United Kingdom
QS stars QS Stars

Citations per Faculty

80.9

Academic Reputation

99.9

Faculty Student Ratio

94.8

Employer Reputation

99.4

Employment Outcomes

89.3

International Student Ratio

100

International Research Network

99.9

International Faculty Ratio

99.6

International Student Diversity

100

Sustainability Score

98.5

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 10 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 94.3

Citations per Faculty

100

Academic Reputation

98.3

Faculty Student Ratio

100

Employer Reputation

99.2

Employment Outcomes

49.1

International Student Ratio

90.7

International Research Network

61.8

International Faculty Ratio

100

International Student Diversity

91.4

Sustainability Score

79.2

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 11 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 94.2
The University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong
location Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
QS stars QS Stars

Citations per Faculty

96.6

Academic Reputation

99.3

Faculty Student Ratio

85.3

Employer Reputation

82.5

Employment Outcomes

99.8

International Student Ratio

100

International Research Network

82.3

International Faculty Ratio

100

International Student Diversity

100

Sustainability Score

84.8

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 12 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 93.7

Citations per Faculty

94.6

Academic Reputation

97.1

Faculty Student Ratio

83.9

Employer Reputation

91.4

Employment Outcomes

87.7

International Student Ratio

93.1

International Research Network

86.9

International Faculty Ratio

100

International Student Diversity

93.6

Sustainability Score

87.2

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 13 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 93
University of Chicago University of Chicago
location Chicago, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Citations per Faculty

78.1

Academic Reputation

99.8

Faculty Student Ratio

97.3

Employer Reputation

99.3

Employment Outcomes

99.8

International Student Ratio

92.8

International Research Network

87.7

International Faculty Ratio

86.1

International Student Diversity

69.1

Sustainability Score

73.3

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 14 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 92.6
Peking University Peking University
location Beijing, China (Mainland)
QS stars QS Stars

Citations per Faculty

99.2

Academic Reputation

99.9

Faculty Student Ratio

96.2

Employer Reputation

99.6

Employment Outcomes

97

International Student Ratio

37.3

International Research Network

83.2

International Faculty Ratio

59.9

International Student Diversity

27.9

Sustainability Score

70.6

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 15 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 92.5
University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania
location Philadelphia, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Citations per Faculty

72

Academic Reputation

98.9

Faculty Student Ratio

99.9

Employer Reputation

98.7

Employment Outcomes

100

International Student Ratio

76.3

International Research Network

89.4

International Faculty Ratio

96.9

International Student Diversity

78.6

Sustainability Score

95

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 16 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 91.6
Cornell University Cornell University
location Ithaca, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Citations per Faculty

98

Academic Reputation

99.5

Faculty Student Ratio

64.3

Employer Reputation

98.8

Employment Outcomes

99.3

International Student Ratio

75.7

International Research Network

93

International Faculty Ratio

57.6

International Student Diversity

56.4

Sustainability Score

76.8

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank =17 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 91.2
Tsinghua University Tsinghua University
location Beijing, China (Mainland)
QS stars QS Stars

Citations per Faculty

99.6

Academic Reputation

99.9

Faculty Student Ratio

97.1

Employer Reputation

99.7

Employment Outcomes

97

International Student Ratio

31.9

International Research Network

80.4

International Faculty Ratio

39.5

International Student Diversity

23.9

Sustainability Score

68.7

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank =17 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 91.2

Citations per Faculty

97.2

Academic Reputation

100

Faculty Student Ratio

29.4

Employer Reputation

100

Employment Outcomes

99.8

International Student Ratio

70.6

International Research Network

96.7

International Faculty Ratio

95.6

International Student Diversity

52.6

Sustainability Score

98.8

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 19 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 90.8

Citations per Faculty

94.8

Academic Reputation

99.7

Faculty Student Ratio

20.5

Employer Reputation

97.4

Employment Outcomes

98.3

International Student Ratio

100

International Research Network

96.9

International Faculty Ratio

96.7

International Student Diversity

74.4

Sustainability Score

98.2

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 20 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 90.7

Citations per Faculty

96.9

Academic Reputation

96.3

Faculty Student Ratio

29.9

Employer Reputation

93.5

Employment Outcomes

98.7

International Student Ratio

99.9

International Research Network

97.6

International Faculty Ratio

100

International Student Diversity

99.9

Sustainability Score

97

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 21 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 90.4
Yale University Yale University
location New Haven, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Citations per Faculty

64.8

Academic Reputation

100

Faculty Student Ratio

100

Employer Reputation

100

Employment Outcomes

99.8

International Student Ratio

72.7

International Research Network

92.9

International Faculty Ratio

86.7

International Student Diversity

75.4

Sustainability Score

82.4

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank =22 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 90.2

Citations per Faculty

93.1

Academic Reputation

92.7

Faculty Student Ratio

90

Employer Reputation

88

Employment Outcomes

47.3

International Student Ratio

100

International Research Network

83.6

International Faculty Ratio

100

International Student Diversity

100

Sustainability Score

85.3

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank =22 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 90.2

Citations per Faculty

92.6

Academic Reputation

92

Faculty Student Ratio

70.5

Employer Reputation

99.7

Employment Outcomes

57.3

International Student Ratio

98.9

International Research Network

95.9

International Faculty Ratio

86.3

International Student Diversity

98.9

Sustainability Score

87.8

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 24 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 89.7
Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University
location Baltimore, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Citations per Faculty

85.8

Academic Reputation

93.2

Faculty Student Ratio

100

Employer Reputation

79.2

Employment Outcomes

84.1

International Student Ratio

94.2

International Research Network

97.4

International Faculty Ratio

70.8

International Student Diversity

94.6

Sustainability Score

93

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank =25 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 89.4
Princeton University Princeton University
location Princeton, United States
QS stars QS Stars

Citations per Faculty

100

Academic Reputation

100

Faculty Student Ratio

67.3

Employer Reputation

99.8

Employment Outcomes

98.9

International Student Ratio

70

International Research Network

82.6

International Faculty Ratio

12.7

International Student Diversity

52.2

Sustainability Score

76

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank =25 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 89.4

Citations per Faculty

94.3

Academic Reputation

98.9

Faculty Student Ratio

15.7

Employer Reputation

94.2

Employment Outcomes

95.8

International Student Ratio

100

International Research Network

95.5

International Faculty Ratio

99.9

International Student Diversity

100

Sustainability Score

97.6

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 27 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 88.9

Citations per Faculty

72.4

Academic Reputation

98.1

Faculty Student Ratio

67.3

Employer Reputation

93.5

Employment Outcomes

98.9

International Student Ratio

93.5

International Research Network

92.9

International Faculty Ratio

88.6

International Student Diversity

69.6

Sustainability Score

96.3

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 28 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 88.6

Citations per Faculty

85.1

Academic Reputation

82.6

Faculty Student Ratio

98.6

Employer Reputation

98.5

Employment Outcomes

97.5

International Student Ratio

75.5

International Research Network

99.7

International Faculty Ratio

69.6

International Student Diversity

77.9

Sustainability Score

87.8

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 29 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 88.5

Citations per Faculty

68.8

Academic Reputation

100

Faculty Student Ratio

45.7

Employer Reputation

99.1

Employment Outcomes

99.4

International Student Ratio

97.9

International Research Network

97

International Faculty Ratio

97.9

International Student Diversity

98

Sustainability Score

100

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

Rank 30 Dagger Icon
Overall Score: 88.4
Fudan University Fudan University
location Shanghai, China (Mainland)
QS stars QS Stars

Citations per Faculty

92.8

Academic Reputation

93.7

Faculty Student Ratio

84.8

Employer Reputation

95.1

Employment Outcomes

73.3

International Student Ratio

46.4

International Research Network

75.5

International Faculty Ratio

88.5

International Student Diversity

51.4

Sustainability Score

83.1

International Fees

Scholarship

Student Mix

English Tests

Academic Tests

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