2026QS World University Rankings

The QS World University Rankings is an annual global university ranking published by Quacquarelli Symonds since 2004. Recognized by the International Ranking Expert Group, it is one of the most influential university rankings worldwide, alongside the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, U.S. News Best Global Universities Rankings, and Academic Ranking of World Universities. The ranking is updated annually and evaluates universities based on indicators such as academic reputation, employer reputation, citations, and internationalization.

NO.	Institution	Ranking Year	Global Ranking	Overall Score	Academic Reputation	Employer Reputation	Faculty-Student Ratio	International Faculty	International Students	Citations per Faculty	Sustainability	Employment Outcomes	International Research Network	Location
1	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	2027	1	100	100	100	100	100	91.1	100	93.2	100	94.4	United States of America
2	Imperial College London	2027	2	99.2	99.6	100	98.9	100	100	93.8	98	96.4	98.8	United Kingdom
3	Stanford University	2027	2	99.2	100	100	100	97.9	75.1	98.8	97.6	100	96.8	United States of America
4	University of Oxford	2027	4	98.6	100	100	100	98.7	98.6	89	97.4	100	100	United Kingdom
5	Harvard University	2027	5	97.4	100	100	97.4	86.1	73.2	100	75.6	100	99.5	United States of America
6	University of Cambridge	2027	6	97.1	100	100	100	100	96.3	87.4	77	100	99.6	United Kingdom
7	California Institute of Technology (Caltech)	2027	7	96.6	97.4	99.6	100	100	92.2	100	77	95.4	64.1	United States of America
8	ETH Zurich	2027	8	96.3	99.8	97.7	65	100	99.5	98.8	97.7	95.2	96.7	Switzerland
9	UCL	2027	8	96.3	99.9	99.7	90.3	99.3	100	86.1	98.9	85.6	99.9	United Kingdom
10	National University of Singapore (NUS)	2027	10	96.2	100	99.1	75.3	100	98.5	93.5	91.6	100	92.5	Singapore
11	The University of Hong Kong	2027	11	95.9	99.3	88	85	100	100	98.7	87.1	99.9	86.9	Hong Kong SAR, China
12	Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore)	2027	12	93.6	98	95.1	82.8	100	96.5	90.1	88.7	85.9	84.2	Singapore
13	Peking University	2027	13	92.6	99.9	99.8	96.3	58.3	40	99.2	68.4	95	85.4	China (Mainland)
14	Tsinghua University	2027	14	92.1	99.9	99.9	96.8	50.5	37.4	99.8	67.7	94.6	83.2	China (Mainland)
15	University of Pennsylvania	2027	15	91.7	98.9	99.3	99.9	97.3	73.5	68.3	94.8	100	89	United States of America
16	Cornell University	2027	16	91.5	99.4	99.3	63.6	61	75.6	96.8	74.6	99	95.5	United States of America
17	Yale University	2027	16	91.5	100	100	100	77.6	71.8	73.4	78	99.9	93.5	United States of America
18	The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)	2027	18	89.9	94.4	75.5	79.9	100	97.2	95.9	85.2	91.3	73.7	Hong Kong SAR, China
19	The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney)	2027	19	89.8	96.5	94.3	24.8	100	100	94.4	98	97.4	96.9	Australia
20	Johns Hopkins University	2027	20	89.7	92.6	82.3	100	70.7	98.1	83	93.3	85.7	97	United States of America
21	University of California, Berkeley (UCB)	2027	20	89.7	100	100	29.3	95.5	61.5	92.3	97.7	99.6	98	United States of America
22	EPFL – École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne	2027	22	89.6	93.2	87.4	84.8	100	100	90.1	88.7	55	81.8	Switzerland
23	The University of Melbourne	2027	22	89.6	99.7	98.3	17.9	97.4	100	89.9	97.7	96.4	97.4	Australia
24	University of Chicago	2027	24	89.2	99.7	98.6	97.5	85.7	94.5	60.9	73	99.9	84.1	United States of America
25	Technical University of Munich	2027	25	89.1	92.6	99.5	57.4	86.8	97.3	92.9	86.8	60.6	96.2	Germany
26	Fudan University	2027	26	89	94.3	97.1	83.1	86.8	43.7	94.9	85.7	66.6	80.4	China (Mainland)
27	Princeton University	2027	27	88.9	100	99.9	64.1	9.6	70.8	100	74.5	99.8	80.9	United States of America
28	The University of Sydney	2027	28	88.4	99	95.5	14.3	99.9	100	90.3	97	91.9	95.2	Australia
29	Australian National University (ANU)	2027	29	87.6	97.9	84.9	41.3	100	99.3	89.1	96.9	68	93.2	Australia
30	McGill University	2027	30	87.5	98.2	95.9	64.9	86.9	92	64.8	97.9	98.3	95.2	Canada
31	Monash University	2027	31	87	96.2	91.5	8.3	100	100	97.5	94	80	94.7	Australia
32	University of Toronto	2027	32	86.8	100	99.5	38	97.8	97.4	64.5	99.8	98.2	97.5	Canada
33	The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology	2027	33	86.4	89.9	73.8	70.2	100	99.9	100	81.1	86.5	46.4	Hong Kong SAR, China
34	Université PSL	2027	34	86	80.1	97.3	98.7	66.9	71.8	78.9	85	97.9	99.7	France
35	The University of Edinburgh	2027	35	85.9	99.6	98.4	81.9	99.8	99.9	46.9	98.6	63.1	99.4	United Kingdom
36	Shanghai Jiao Tong University	2027	36	85.8	93.4	96.3	66.6	53.8	19.7	100	82.8	82.5	81.7	China (Mainland)
37	King's College London	2027	37	85.7	96.3	92.8	69.6	99.6	99.1	59.9	96.9	72.5	97.7	United Kingdom
38	Seoul National University	2027	38	85.4	99.7	99.1	84.7	11.9	25.5	80.7	93.9	100	76.2	Republic of Korea
39	The University of Tokyo	2027	39	84.8	100	99.9	91.1	14.8	42.3	64.6	92.8	100	94.1	Japan
40	The University of Manchester	2027	40	84.6	98.5	98.5	61.3	93.4	99.6	48.8	97.8	86.7	99.5	United Kingdom

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