2026U.S. News Best Global Universities Rankings

The U.S. News Best Global Universities Rankings is an annual global university ranking published by U.S. News & World Report. Established in 1983, the ranking initially focused on U.S. universities and their departments and has since gained wide international recognition for evaluating universities worldwide.
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NO.InstitutionRanking YearTotal ScoreGlobal RankingGlobal Academic Reputation RankingRegional Academic Reputation RankingPublications RankingBooks RankingConferences RankingNormalized Citation Impact RankingTotal Citations RankingTop 10% Publications Count RankingTop 10% Publications Percentage RankingInternational Collaboration (Country-level) RankingInternational Collaboration RankingTop 1% Highly Cited Papers Count RankingTop 1% Highly Cited Papers Percentage RankingLocation
1Harvard University20271001111563751117202859129United States
2Massachusetts Institute of Technology2027972246211553726242110650111United States
3Stanford University202794.4332171818568712312999421United States
4University of Oxford202788.144812148937846692305781United Kingdom
5University of Cambridge202787.1551025267761215417183171256United Kingdom
6Tsinghua University202786.561426229132095746917135116China (Mainland)
7University of California, Berkeley202786.47637924251135253401868365198United States
8Yale University20278689748152199527294238910522143United States
9University College London202785.39253093541063652641274369United Kingdom
10Columbia University2027851013839128715124265732810082276United States
11University of California, Los Angeles202784.8118640306512323288351111272391United States
12University of Washington202784.41227122886418214227058511541668United States
13Cornell University202784.213211324298216118176343910881586United States
14Imperial College London202783.91419383430433831921383971711336United Kingdom
15Princeton University202783.914792295710855135124817682211345United States
16National University202783.81618214355271392825399521471955Singapore
17University of Pennsylvania202783.417171022371281571616751140131218113United States
18Johns Hopkins University202783.41720141565701701112135424107714177United States
19Peking University202783.1192238129943610102095816889234China (Mainland)
20University of Toronto202782.82024215445278692927775266199Canada
21University of Michigan202782.5211252040282481719161904124920209United States
22University of California, San Francisco202782.12233246052212186936362276612142733United States
23California Institute of Technology202781.62311162695598090171158217049811124United States
24University of California, San Diego202781.6233825531784211837396034310213069United States
25University of Chicago202781.3251511126321839282855561611726657United States
26Northwestern University202780.72630207012919277445250122913303863United States
27Nanyang Technological University202780.427372610586191658059207041064639Singapore
28Chinese University of Hong Kong202779.728536167138576493993144211408252Hong Kong SAR, China
29University of Melbourne202779.72843126131343682933327131963332302Australia
30Duke University202779.530311756731761444248104897124540116United States
31University of Sydney202779315523122923393138302129162235294Australia
32Washington University in St. Louis202778.832592911120535166646736123713344735United States
33University of New South Wales202778.633884516185260434418893049143214Australia
34Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich202778.63316210236612245887154106617378184Switzerland
35Zhejiang University202778.1356212342347354330718118648502China (Mainland)
36New York University202777.83626228010762006870127409106879268United States
37Shanghai Jiao Tong University202777.7376384484367954346157184710596China (Mainland)
38Monash University202777.63879537391013023342375102252444353Australia
39University of Amsterdam202777.53978155520163127384165126444742161Netherlands
40University of Hong Kong202777.24040510680137177857781406112286232Hong Kong SAR, China
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