2021QS 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	Location
1	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	2022	1	100	100	100	100	100	91.4	100	United States of America
2	University of Oxford	2022	2	99.5	100	100	100	99.5	98.5	96	United Kingdom
3	Stanford University	2022	3	98.7	100	100	100	99.8	67	99.9	United States of America
4	University of Cambridge	2022	3	98.7	100	100	100	100	97.7	92.1	United Kingdom
5	Harvard University	2022	5	98	100	100	99.1	84.2	70.1	100	United States of America
6	California Institute of Technology (Caltech)	2022	6	97.4	96.7	89.9	100	99.4	87.7	100	United States of America
7	Imperial College London	2022	7	97.3	98.4	99.8	99.8	100	100	88.1	United Kingdom
8	ETH Zurich - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology	2022	8	95.4	98.7	95.3	80.4	100	98.2	99.8	Switzerland
9	UCL	2022	8	95.4	99.4	98.9	99	99.5	100	78	United Kingdom
10	University of Chicago	2022	10	94.5	99.2	93.5	95.5	71.9	84.9	90.6	United States of America
11	National University of Singapore (NUS)	2022	11	93.9	99.6	97.1	86.8	100	70.3	90.6	Singapore
12	Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU)	2022	12	90.8	91.1	85	89.5	100	69.6	95.5	Singapore
13	University of Pennsylvania	2022	13	90.7	96.2	93.8	100	94.1	58.1	74	United States of America
14	EPFL	2022	14	90.2	82.4	79.7	94.8	100	100	99.8	Switzerland
15	Yale University	2022	14	90.2	99.9	100	100	87.9	69.8	59.9	United States of America
16	The University of Edinburgh	2022	16	89.9	98	97.3	83.5	99.3	99.6	69.5	United Kingdom
17	Tsinghua University	2022	17	89	98.6	97.6	90.6	15.3	26.3	96	China (Mainland)
18	Peking University	2022	18	88.8	99.4	98.2	83.5	45.6	38.5	89.5	China (Mainland)
19	Columbia University	2022	19	88.7	99.6	98.4	100	52.7	98.4	55.6	United States of America
20	Princeton University	2022	20	88.6	99.9	99.2	68.7	28.1	63.2	100	United States of America
21	Cornell University	2022	21	88.3	98.4	93.9	61.3	75.6	66.1	98.9	United States of America
22	The University of Hong Kong	2022	22	86.3	97.9	73.1	85.4	100	98.9	62.1	Hong Kong SAR, China
23	The University of Tokyo	2022	23	86.2	100	99.6	92.4	3.3	28.5	79	Japan
24	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	2022	23	86.2	98.6	93	90.2	63.4	34.9	70.5	United States of America
25	Johns Hopkins University	2022	25	85.9	87.6	51.6	100	55.1	91.7	89.9	United States of America
26	University of Toronto	2022	26	85.3	99.5	98.2	69.4	98.6	94.9	58.8	Canada
27	McGill University	2022	27	84	92.5	94.4	73.3	92.2	96.6	65.5	Canada
28	The Australian National University	2022	27	84	94.6	79.3	44.4	100	98.8	95.4	Australia
29	The University of Manchester	2022	27	84	95.2	98	72.5	94	99.3	58.1	United Kingdom
30	Northwestern University	2022	30	82.8	84.4	74.7	99.3	30	49.6	87.1	United States of America
31	Fudan University	2022	31	82.6	84.8	89.1	91.5	93.3	45.5	71.1	China (Mainland)
32	University of California, Berkeley (UCB)	2022	32	82.5	100	100	23.3	95.4	55.3	99.9	United States of America
33	Kyoto University	2022	33	82.3	98.7	97.8	96	5.4	22.7	60.3	Japan
34	The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology	2022	34	82.2	84.2	60.7	64.8	100	89.2	98.2	Hong Kong SAR, China
35	King's College London	2022	35	82	88.9	86.2	83.4	99.2	100	53.9	United Kingdom
36	Seoul National University	2022	36	81.7	98.3	96.5	83.9	4	8.9	75	Republic of Korea
37	The University of Melbourne	2022	37	81.4	98.9	97.3	19.9	97.1	99.9	89.7	Australia
38	The University of Sydney	2022	38	80.4	96.8	95.4	20.9	100	100	87.9	Australia
39	The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)	2022	39	80.3	88.8	56.7	62.6	100	91.8	83.2	Hong Kong SAR, China
40	University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)	2022	40	79.7	100	99.9	42.5	28.9	26.7	90.5	United States of America

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