Universities

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UniversityCountryWorld rankingsFamous for
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts
United States
QS #5THE #6ARWU #1
Famous for: Law, Medicine, Business
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Cambridge, Massachusetts
United States
QS #1THE #2ARWU #3
Famous for: Engineering, Computer science, Physics
University of Oxford
Oxford
United Kingdom
QS #4THE #1ARWU #7
Famous for: Medicine, Law, Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE)
Imperial College London
London
United Kingdom
QS #2THE #8ARWU #29
Famous for: Engineering, Medicine, Computing
Stanford University
Stanford, California
United States
QS #2=THE #3=ARWU #2
Famous for: Computer science, Engineering, Business
Princeton University
Princeton, New Jersey
United States
THE #3=ARWU #6
University of Cambridge
Cambridge
United Kingdom
QS #6THE #5ARWU #4
Famous for: Natural sciences, Mathematics, Engineering
University of California-Berkeley
Berkeley, California
United States
THE #9=ARWU #5
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
Pasadena, California
United States
QS #7THE #7ARWU #10
Famous for: Physics, Astronomy and space science, Engineering
Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, New York
United States
THE #19ARWU #8
ETH Zurich
Zurich
Switzerland
QS #8=THE #12ARWU #19
Famous for: Engineering, Computer science, Architecture
University College London (UCL)
London
United Kingdom
QS #8=THE #17=ARWU #17
Famous for: Architecture, Education, Medicine
University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
United States
THE #16ARWU #9
Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut
United States
THE #9=ARWU #11
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Singapore
Singapore
QS #10THE #15ARWU #53
Famous for: Computer science, Engineering, Business
Tsinghua University
Beijing
China
QS #14THE #11ARWU #18
Famous for: Engineering, Computer science and AI, Architecture
Cornell University
Ithaca, New York
United States
THE #21ARWU #12
Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore)
Singapore
Singapore
QS #12THE #28ARWU #84
Famous for: Materials science, Engineering, Computer science and AI
Peking University
Beijing
China
QS #13THE #13ARWU #22
Famous for: Mathematics, Chemistry, Economics
Université Paris-Saclay
Orsay (Paris area)
France
QS #76THE #78ARWU #13
Famous for: Mathematics, Physics, Life sciences
University of California-Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
United States
THE #20ARWU #14
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
United States
QS #15THE #14ARWU #14
Famous for: Business (Wharton), Medicine, Law
University of Washington-Seattle Campus
Seattle, Washington
United States
THE #26ARWU #16
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland
United States
THE #17=ARWU #23
UNSW Sydney
Sydney, New South Wales
Australia
QS #19THE #75=ARWU #81
Famous for: Engineering, Mining engineering, Law
University of California-San Diego
La Jolla, California
United States
THE #37ARWU #20
University of California-San Francisco
San Francisco, California
United States
ARWU #21
EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne)
Lausanne
Switzerland
QS #22THE #36ARWU #43
Famous for: Engineering, Computer and communication sciences, Materials science
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Victoria
Australia
QS #22THE #34=ARWU #37
Famous for: Medicine, Law, Education
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
QS #32THE #22ARWU #24
Famous for: Medicine, Computer science and AI, Engineering
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, Michigan
United States
THE #23ARWU #35
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
United States
THE #24ARWU 101–150
Zhejiang University
Hangzhou
China
QS #47THE #34=ARWU #24
Famous for: Engineering, Computer science, Agriculture
Technical University of Munich (TUM)
Munich
Germany
QS #25THE #25ARWU #45
Famous for: Engineering, Computer science, Natural sciences
Fudan University
Shanghai
China
QS #26THE #38ARWU #41
Famous for: Medicine, Economics, Journalism
New York University
New York, New York
United States
THE #29=ARWU #26
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai
China
QS #36THE #39ARWU #27
Famous for: Engineering, Medicine, Naval architecture
University of Tokyo
Tokyo
Japan
QS #39THE #27ARWU #30
Famous for: Physics, Engineering, Medicine
University of Sydney
Sydney, New South Wales
Australia
QS #28THE #51=ARWU #79
Famous for: Medicine and health, Law, Architecture
Washington University in St Louis
St. Louis, Missouri
United States
THE #66=ARWU #28
Australian National University (ANU)
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Australia
QS #29THE #77ARWU 101–150
Famous for: Politics and international relations, Astronomy, Earth sciences
Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois
United States
THE #29=ARWU #31
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
QS #35THE #29=ARWU #38
Famous for: Medicine, Veterinary medicine, Informatics and AI
McGill University
Montreal, Quebec
Canada
QS #30THE #43ARWU #73
Famous for: Medicine, Law, Engineering
Monash University
Melbourne, Victoria
Australia
QS #31THE #61ARWU #76
Famous for: Pharmacy and pharmacology, Medicine, Education
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina
United States
THE #32ARWU #48
The Rockefeller University
New York, New York
United States
ARWU #32
Université PSL
Paris
France
QS #34THE #57ARWU #33
Famous for: Physics, Mathematics, Humanities
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Denmark
QS #90THE #81ARWU #34
Famous for: Pharmacy and pharmacology, Life sciences, Medicine
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, Wisconsin
United States
THE #53=ARWU #35
King's College London
London
United Kingdom
QS #37THE #40ARWU #67
Seoul National University
Seoul
South Korea
QS #38THE #56ARWU #87
Famous for: Engineering, Medicine, Natural sciences
University of Science and Technology of China
Hefei
China
THE #51=ARWU #39
The University of Queensland
Brisbane
Australia
QS #40THE #73=ARWU #73
Famous for: Business and Management, Engineering and Related Technologies, Other Natural and Physical Sciences
University of Manchester
Manchester
United Kingdom
QS #40THE #60ARWU #51
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
United States
THE #85ARWU #40
Karolinska Institutet
Stockholm
Sweden
THE #55ARWU #41
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU Munich)
Munich
Germany
QS #61THE #41ARWU #49
Famous for: Medicine, Physics, Law
Yonsei University
Seoul
South Korea
QS #42THE #80ARWU 151–200
Famous for: Medicine, Business, Engineering
Institut Polytechnique de Paris
Palaiseau (Paris area)
France
QS #43=THE #75=ARWU 201–300
Famous for: Engineering, Mathematics, Computer science
Kyoto University
Kyoto
Japan
QS #64THE #62=ARWU #43
Famous for: Chemistry, Life sciences and medicine, Physics
University of British Columbia (UBC)
Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada
QS #45THE #44ARWU #54
Famous for: Forestry, Environmental sciences, Medicine
Heidelberg University
Heidelberg
Germany
QS #86THE #45=ARWU #59
Famous for: Medicine, Life sciences, Physics and astronomy
KU Leuven
Leuven
Belgium
THE #45=ARWU #87
Famous for: Engineering, Medicine, Theology and religious studies
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, Illinois
United States
THE #48ARWU #46
London School of Economics and Political Science
London
United Kingdom
QS #62THE #47ARWU 101–150
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas
United States
THE #53=ARWU #47
Delft University of Technology (TU Delft)
Delft
Netherlands
QS #48THE #50ARWU 151–200
Famous for: Civil engineering, Architecture, Aerospace engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
Atlanta, Georgia
United States
THE #49ARWU 151–200
University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, Colorado
United States
ARWU #49
Korea University
Seoul
South Korea
QS #52THE #128ARWU 201–300
Famous for: Business, Law, Medicine
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Minneapolis, Minnesota
United States
THE #88ARWU #52
Sorbonne Université
Paris
France
QS #73ARWU #55
Famous for: Medicine, Mathematics, Arts and humanities
University of Geneva
Geneva
Switzerland
QS #168THE #163=ARWU #55
Famous for: International relations, Translation and interpreting, Astronomy
Universiti Malaya (UM)
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
QS #56THE #194=ARWU 601–700
Famous for: Engineering, Medicine, Business and accountancy
Université Paris Cité
Paris
France
THE #201=ARWU #57
University of Bristol
Bristol
United Kingdom
QS #57THE #82ARWU #91
University of Maryland-College Park
College Park, Maryland
United States
THE #123ARWU #57
Nanjing University
Nanjing
China
THE #59ARWU #70
University of Amsterdam (UvA)
Amsterdam
Netherlands
QS #60THE #62=ARWU 101–150
Famous for: Communication and media, Psychology, Economics
Utrecht University
Utrecht
Netherlands
QS #113ARWU #60
Famous for: Veterinary medicine, Geosciences, Life sciences
University of California-Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, California
United States
THE #71=ARWU #61
Sun Yat-sen University
Guangzhou
China
THE #205=ARWU #62
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM)
Dhahran
Saudi Arabia
QS #63THE #176=ARWU 601–700
Famous for: Petroleum engineering, Chemical engineering, Electrical engineering
KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
Daejeon
South Korea
QS #65THE #64ARWU 201–300
Famous for: Electrical engineering, Computer science and AI, Mechanical engineering
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, Texas
United States
ARWU #64
University of California-Davis
Davis, California
United States
THE #65ARWU 101–150
University of Zurich
Zurich
Switzerland
QS #98ARWU #65
Famous for: Medicine, Economics, Law
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee
United States
THE #92ARWU #66
Wageningen University & Research
Wageningen
Netherlands
THE #66=ARWU 101–150
University of Auckland
Auckland
New Zealand
QS #67THE #168=ARWU 201–300
Famous for: Medicine, Engineering, Law
Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU)
Seoul
South Korea
THE #68ARWU 201–300
University of Birmingham
Birmingham
United Kingdom
QS #68=THE #97=ARWU 101–150
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California
United States
THE #71=ARWU #68
University of Warwick
Coventry
United Kingdom
QS #68=THE #113=ARWU 101–150
Leiden University
Leiden
Netherlands
QS #119THE #69ARWU 101–150
Famous for: Law, Archaeology, Political science and international relations
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
Bonn
Germany
THE #89ARWU #69
Lund University
Lund
Sweden
QS #71THE #104=ARWU 101–150
Famous for: Engineering, Medicine, Economics and management
The Weizmann Institute of Science
Rehovot
Israel
ARWU #71
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Wuhan
China
THE #191=ARWU #72