2024QS 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)	2025	1	100	100	100	100	99.3	86.8	100	99	100	96	United States of America
2	Imperial College London	2025	2	98.5	98.5	99.5	98.2	100	99.6	93.9	99.7	93.4	97.4	United Kingdom
3	University of Oxford	2025	3	96.9	100	100	100	98.1	97.7	84.8	85	100	100	United Kingdom
4	Harvard University	2025	4	96.8	100	100	96.3	74.1	69	100	84.4	100	99.6	United States of America
5	University of Cambridge	2025	5	96.7	100	100	100	100	94.8	84.6	84.8	100	99.3	United Kingdom
6	Stanford University	2025	6	96.1	100	100	100	70.3	60.8	99	81.2	100	96.8	United States of America
7	ETH Zurich	2025	7	93.9	98.8	87.2	65.9	100	98.6	97.9	98.8	90.5	95.7	Switzerland
8	National University of Singapore (NUS)	2025	8	93.7	99.5	91.1	68.8	100	88.9	93.1	97.7	100	91.6	Singapore
9	UCL	2025	9	91.6	99.5	98.3	95.9	99	100	72.2	74.8	70.3	99.9	United Kingdom
10	California Institute of Technology (Caltech)	2025	10	90.9	96.5	95.3	100	100	79.8	100	62.5	31	65.5	United States of America
11	University of Pennsylvania	2025	11	90.3	96.3	91.9	99.8	90.9	66.2	74	93	100	91.9	United States of America
12	University of California, Berkeley (UCB)	2025	12	90.1	100	100	23.5	91.5	61	98.2	100	98.4	97.2	United States of America
13	The University of Melbourne	2025	13	88.9	98.5	93.9	15.4	95.1	99.8	93	99.6	96.5	97.4	Australia
14	Peking University	2025	14	88.5	99.5	96.6	92.6	50.3	23.6	97.7	46.9	94.2	79.8	China (Mainland)
15	Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore)	2025	15	88.4	91.9	73.3	80.6	100	83.5	92.4	95.6	83.9	89.4	Singapore
16	Cornell University	2025	16	87.9	98.3	93.1	52.7	54.2	63.4	97.5	72.1	97.1	94	United States of America
17	The University of Hong Kong	2025	17	87.6	97.4	59.4	81.2	100	99.3	86.4	89.2	99.7	81.4	Hong Kong SAR, China
18	The University of Sydney	2025	18	87.3	96.4	90	10.9	99.9	100	93.7	99.6	93.1	95.8	Australia
19	The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney)	2025	19	87.1	90.5	90.4	20.6	100	99.4	94.9	99.2	97.7	98.3	Australia
20	Tsinghua University	2025	20	86.5	99.2	97.7	95	18.1	13.4	99.1	40.4	92.3	79.2	China (Mainland)
21	University of Chicago	2025	21	86.2	99.1	96.4	94.2	79	87	60.8	46.9	99.1	85.1	United States of America
22	Princeton University	2025	22	85.5	99.8	98.3	57	9.6	56.6	100	51.5	95.7	78.3	United States of America
23	Yale University	2025	23	85.2	99.9	99.9	100	91.5	63.3	38.6	92.2	98.5	93.9	United States of America
24	Université PSL	2025	24	84.7	74.4	97.6	98.1	62.3	65	87.6	73.4	97.1	99.8	France
25	University of Toronto	2025	25	84.1	99.7	96.9	44.9	96.9	96.1	50.8	100	98.7	97.7	Canada
26	EPFL – École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne	2025	26	83.5	84.2	67.2	91.2	100	100	93.6	86.7	27.2	81.7	Switzerland
27	The University of Edinburgh	2025	27	83.3	98.3	97.2	65.5	98.7	99.8	47.7	99	55.9	99.5	United Kingdom
28	Technical University of Munich	2025	28	83.2	83	98.6	76.8	80.4	98.6	75.9	93.1	34.5	95.6	Germany
29	McGill University	2025	29	83	94.3	87.6	62.3	83.7	89.6	57.9	99.1	98.3	94.2	Canada
30	Australian National University (ANU)	2025	30	82.4	93.8	75.4	34.6	100	96.2	84.6	97.1	56.6	91.4	Australia
31	Seoul National University	2025	31	82.3	98.5	98.6	83.1	10.5	16.9	71.7	96	100	73.2	Republic of Korea
32	Johns Hopkins University	2025	32	82.1	86	62.6	100	63.7	95.8	84.2	61.9	71.5	98.7	United States of America
33	The University of Tokyo	2025	32	82.1	100	99.8	89.3	10.1	29.7	57.3	98.3	99.9	87.4	Japan
34	Columbia University	2025	34	82	99.6	98.8	100	41.5	97	31.7	71.8	99.9	98.5	United States of America
35	The University of Manchester	2025	34	82	95.6	98.1	51.3	93.1	99.2	45.1	99.8	87.6	99.2	United Kingdom
36	The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)	2025	36	81.3	86.7	53.3	64.2	100	87.5	92.9	86.7	89	74.2	Hong Kong SAR, China
37	Monash University	2025	37	81.2	89.2	79.6	9.4	100	100	87.6	98.2	79.4	94.8	Australia
38	University of British Columbia	2025	38	81	98.3	94.3	34.5	95.5	72.8	57.7	99.8	74.6	96.2	Canada
39	Fudan University	2025	39	80.3	85.7	87.8	79.7	88.4	35.1	80.7	82.7	64.4	67.2	China (Mainland)
40	King's College London	2025	40	80.2	90.3	85.7	64.3	99.1	99.5	53.6	96.2	59.8	98.6	United Kingdom

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