2025QS 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	International Student Diversity	Location
1	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	2026	1	100	100	100	100	100	91.6	100	93.8	100	94.1	92.3	United States of America
2	Imperial College London	2026	2	99.4	99.6	100	99.3	100	100	95	98.3	95.9	97.5	100	United Kingdom
3	Stanford University	2026	3	98.9	100	100	100	94.2	73.5	99.7	95.4	100	96.5	76.1	United States of America
4	University of Oxford	2026	4	97.9	100	100	100	98.8	98.6	91	77.9	100	100	98.7	United Kingdom
5	Harvard University	2026	5	97.7	100	100	98.3	79.1	81.4	100	77.8	100	99.4	60.6	United States of America
6	University of Cambridge	2026	6	97.2	100	100	100	100	93.1	88.6	78.4	100	99.2	93.6	United Kingdom
7	ETH Zurich - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology	2026	7	96.7	99.7	96.3	71.7	100	99.3	98.8	99.6	95	95.8	73.9	Switzerland
8	National University of Singapore (NUS)	2026	8	95.9	99.9	98.2	71.5	100	96.9	95.9	90	100	92.4	72.1	Singapore
9	UCL (University College London)	2026	9	95.8	99.9	99.4	94.8	99.6	100	80.9	98.5	89.3	99.9	100	United Kingdom
10	California Institute of Technology (Caltech)	2026	10	94.3	98.3	99.2	100	100	90.7	100	79.2	49.1	61.8	91.4	United States of America
11	The University of Hong Kong	2026	11	94.2	99.3	82.5	85.3	100	100	96.6	84.8	99.8	82.3	100	Hong Kong SAR, China
12	Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU)	2026	12	93.7	97.1	91.4	83.9	100	93.1	94.6	87.2	87.7	86.9	93.6	Singapore
13	University of Chicago	2026	13	93	99.8	99.3	97.3	86.1	92.8	78.1	73.3	99.8	87.7	69.1	United States of America
14	Peking University	2026	14	92.6	99.9	99.6	96.2	59.9	37.3	99.2	70.6	97	83.2	27.9	China (Mainland)
15	University of Pennsylvania	2026	15	92.5	98.9	98.7	99.9	96.9	76.3	72	95	100	89.4	78.6	United States of America
16	Cornell University	2026	16	91.6	99.5	98.8	64.3	57.6	75.7	98	76.8	99.3	93	56.4	United States of America
17	University of California, Berkeley (UCB)	2026	17	91.2	100	100	29.4	95.6	70.6	97.2	98.8	99.8	96.7	52.6	United States of America
18	Tsinghua University	2026	17	91.2	99.9	99.7	97.1	39.5	31.9	99.6	68.7	97	80.4	23.9	China (Mainland)
19	The University of Melbourne	2026	19	90.8	99.7	97.4	20.5	96.7	100	94.8	98.2	98.3	96.9	74.4	Australia
20	The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney)	2026	20	90.7	96.3	93.5	29.9	100	99.9	96.9	97	98.7	97.6	99.9	Australia
21	Yale University	2026	21	90.4	100	100	100	86.7	72.7	64.8	82.4	99.8	92.9	75.4	United States of America
22	Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)	2026	22	90.2	92.7	88	90	100	100	93.1	85.3	47.3	83.6	100	Switzerland
23	Technical University of Munich	2026	22	90.2	92	99.7	70.5	86.3	98.9	92.6	87.8	57.3	95.9	98.9	Germany
24	Johns Hopkins University	2026	24	89.7	93.2	79.2	100	70.8	94.2	85.8	93	84.1	97.4	94.6	United States of America
25	Princeton University	2026	25	89.4	100	99.8	67.3	12.7	70	100	76	98.9	82.6	52.2	United States of America
26	The University of Sydney	2026	25	89.4	98.9	94.2	15.7	99.9	100	94.3	97.6	95.8	95.5	100	Australia
27	McGill University	2026	27	88.9	98.1	93.5	67.3	88.6	93.5	72.4	96.3	98.9	92.9	69.6	Canada
28	Université PSL	2026	28	88.6	82.6	98.5	98.6	69.6	75.5	85.1	87.8	97.5	99.7	77.9	France
29	University of Toronto	2026	29	88.5	100	99.1	45.7	97.9	97.9	68.8	100	99.4	97	98	Canada
30	Fudan University	2026	30	88.4	93.7	95.1	84.8	88.5	46.4	92.8	83.1	73.3	75.5	51.4	China (Mainland)
31	King's College London	2026	31	88.3	96.2	91.8	74.4	99.5	99	70.2	96.5	76.4	98.4	99	United Kingdom
32	The Australian National University	2026	32	87.4	97.9	82.6	40.9	100	99	91.7	91.8	67.1	93.1	99.1	Australia
33	The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)	2026	32	87.4	94.2	67.3	75.9	100	93.3	95	84.1	91.2	68.2	90.3	Hong Kong SAR, China
34	The University of Edinburgh	2026	34	87.2	99.6	98.2	77.3	99.7	99.9	54.3	98.3	69.7	99.5	99.9	United Kingdom
35	The University of Manchester	2026	35	86.4	98.6	98.8	58.2	95.3	99.5	56.8	98.2	91.9	99.4	99.5	United Kingdom
36	The University of Tokyo	2026	36	85.8	100	99.9	92.4	15.9	44	69.9	92.3	100	88.8	49.2	Japan
37	Monash University	2026	36	85.8	95.7	87.5	11.3	100	100	93	91.7	86.7	94.7	100	Australia
38	Columbia University	2026	38	85.6	99.9	99.9	100	48.5	98.1	44.5	77.9	100	98.4	72.9	United States of America
39	Seoul National University	2026	38	85.6	99.7	99.1	85.6	13.2	27.5	81.2	90.8	100	77.6	33.5	Republic of Korea
40	University of British Columbia	2026	40	85.5	99.6	96.5	34.7	98.5	79.8	70.9	98.5	84.9	96.6	81.7	Canada

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