QS World University Rankings

Discover the world’s top universities. Explore the QS World University Rankings® 2025.

Rank

University

Overall Score

1

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

 Cambridge,United States

100 100

2

Imperial College London

 London,United Kingdom

98.5 98.5

3

University of Oxford

 Oxford,United Kingdom

96.9 96.9

4

Harvard University

 Cambridge,United States

96.8 96.8

5

University of Cambridge

 Cambridge,United Kingdom

96.7 96.7

6

Stanford University

 Stanford,United States

96.1 96.1

7

ETH Zurich

 Zürich,Switzerland

93.9 93.9

8

National University of Singapore (NUS)

 Singapore,Singapore

93.7 93.7

9

UCL

 London,United Kingdom

91.6 91.6

10

California Institute of Technology (Caltech)

 Pasadena,United States

90.9 90.9

11

University of Pennsylvania

 Philadelphia,United States

90.3 90.3

12

University of California, Berkeley (UCB)

 Berkeley,United States

90.1 90.1

13

The University of Melbourne

 Parkville,Australia

88.9 88.9

14

Peking University

 Beijing,China (Mainland)

88.5 88.5

15

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore)

 Singapore,Singapore

88.4 88.4

16

Cornell University

 Ithaca,United States

87.9 87.9

17

The University of Hong Kong

 Hong Kong,Hong Kong SAR

87.6 87.6

18

The University of Sydney

 Sydney,Australia

87.3 87.3

19

The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney)

 Sydney,Australia

87.1 87.1

20

Tsinghua University

 Beijing,China (Mainland)

86.5 86.5

21

University of Chicago

 Chicago,United States

86.2 86.2

22

Princeton University

 Princeton,United States

85.5 85.5

23

Yale University

 New Haven,United States

85.2 85.2

24

Université PSL

 Paris,France

84.7 84.7

25

University of Toronto

 Toronto,Canada

84.1 84.1

26

EPFL – École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne

 Lausanne,Switzerland

83.5 83.5

27

The University of Edinburgh

 Edinburgh,United Kingdom

83.3 83.3

28

Technical University of Munich

 Munich,Germany

83.2 83.2

29

McGill University

 Montreal,Canada

83 83

30

Australian National University (ANU)

 Canberra,Australia

82.4 82.4

31

Seoul National University

 Seoul,South Korea

82.3 82.3

=32

Johns Hopkins University

 Baltimore,United States

82.1 82.1

=32

The University of Tokyo

 Tokyo,Japan

82.1 82.1

=34

Columbia University

 New York City,United States

82 82

=34

The University of Manchester

 Manchester,United Kingdom

82 82

36

The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)

 Hong Kong,Hong Kong SAR

81.3 81.3

37

Monash University

 Melbourne,Australia

81.2 81.2

38

University of British Columbia

 Vancouver,Canada

81 81

39

Fudan University

 Shanghai,China (Mainland)

80.3 80.3

=40

King's College London

 London,United Kingdom

80.2 80.2

=41

The University of Queensland

 Brisbane City,Australia

80.2 80.2

42

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

 Los Angeles,United States

79.8 79.8

43

New York University (NYU)

 New York City,United States

79.6 79.6

44

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

 Ann Arbor,United States

79 79

45

Shanghai Jiao Tong University

 Shanghai,China (Mainland)

77.8 77.8

46

Institut Polytechnique de Paris

 Palaiseau Cedex,France

77.5 77.5

=47

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

 Hong Kong,Hong Kong SAR

77.1 77.1

=47

Zhejiang University

 Hangzhou,China (Mainland)

77.1 77.1

49

Delft University of Technology

 Delft,Netherlands

77 77

=50

Kyoto University

 Kyoto,Japan

76 76

=50

Northwestern University

 Evanston,United States

76 76

=50

The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

 London,United Kingdom

76 76

53

KAIST - Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology

 Daejeon,South Korea

75.7 75.7

54

University of Bristol

 Bristol,United Kingdom

75.4 75.4

55

University of Amsterdam

 Amsterdam,Netherlands

73.7 73.7

56

Yonsei University

 Seoul,South Korea

72.9 72.9

57

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

 Hong Kong SAR,Hong Kong SAR

72.1 72.1

58

Carnegie Mellon University

 Pittsburgh,United States

72 72

59

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

 Munich,Germany

71.6 71.6

60

Universiti Malaya (UM)

 Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia

71.2 71.2

61

Duke University

 Durham,United States

70.8 70.8

62

City University of Hong Kong

 Hong Kong SAR

70.7 70.7

=63

KU Leuven

 Leuven,Belgium

70.3 70.3

=63

Sorbonne University

 Paris,France

70.3 70.3

65

The University of Auckland

 Auckland,New Zealand

69.7 69.7

66

University of Texas at Austin

 Austin,United States

69.5 69.5

67

Korea University

 Seoul,South Korea

69 69

68

National Taiwan University (NTU)

 Taipei,Taiwan

68.7 68.7

=69

The University of Warwick

 Coventry,United Kingdom

68.2 68.2

=69

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

 Champaign,United States

68.2 68.2

71

Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA)

 Buenos Aires,Argentina

67.6 67.6

72

University of California, San Diego (UCSD)

 San Diego,United States

67.1 67.1

73

Université Paris-Saclay

 Gif-sur-Yvette,,France

67 67

74

KTH Royal Institute of Technology

 Stockholm,Sweden

65.7 65.7

75

Lund University

 Lund,Sweden

65.6 65.6

76

University of Washington

 Seattle,United States

65.3 65.3

77

The University of Western Australia

 Perth,Australia

65.2 65.2

78

University of Glasgow

 Glasgow,United Kingdom

65 65

79

Brown University

 Providence,United States

64.7 64.7

=80

University of Birmingham

 Birmingham,United Kingdom

64.1 64.1

=80

University of Southampton

 Southampton,United Kingdom

64.1 64.1

=82

The University of Adelaide

 Adelaide,Australia

63.8 63.8

=82

University of Leeds

 Leeds,United Kingdom

63.8 63.8

=84

Universität Heidelberg

 Heidelberg,Germany

63.7 63.7

=84

Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech)

 Tokyo,Japan

63.7 63.7

86

Osaka University

 Osaka City,Japan

63.5 63.5

87

Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin

 Dublin,Ireland

62.9 62.9

88

University of Technology Sydney

 Haymarket,Australia

62.4 62.4

=89

Durham University

 Durham,United Kingdom

61.7 61.7

=89

Pennsylvania State University

 University Park,United States

61.7 61.7

=89

Purdue University

 West Lafayette,United States

61.7 61.7

92

Universidade de São Paulo

 São Paulo,Brazil

61.6 61.6

93

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (UC)

 Santiago,Chile

61.5 61.5

=94

Lomonosov Moscow State University

 Moscow,Russia

61.4 61.4

=94

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)

 Mexico City,Mexico

61.4 61.4

96

University of Alberta

 Edmonton,,Canada

61.2 61.2

97

Freie Universitaet Berlin

 Berlin,Germany

60.6 60.6

98

Pohang University of Science And Technology (POSTECH)

 Pohang ,South Korea

60.3 60.3

99

RWTH Aachen University

 Aachen,Germany

59.9 59.9

100

University of Copenhagen

 Copenhagen,Denmark

59.6 59.6

101

KFUPM

 Dhahran,Saudi Arabia

59.5 59.5

102

KIT, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

 Karlsruhe,Germany

59.4 59.4

103

Uppsala University

Uppsala,Sweden

59.3 59.3

104

University of St Andrews

 St. Andrews,United Kingdom

59.2 59.2

105

The University of Sheffield

 Sheffield,United Kingdom

59.1 59.1

106

Utrecht University

 Utrecht,Netherlands

59.1 59.1

107

Tohoku University

 Sendai City,Japan

58.8 58.8

108

Boston University

 Boston,United States

58.6 58.6

108

University of Nottingham

 Nottingham,United Kingdom

58.5 58.5

109

Technical University of Denmark

 Kongens Lyngby,Denmark

58.3 58.3

109

University of Zurich

 Zürich,Switzerland

58.3 58.3

111

Politecnico di Milano

 Milan,Italy

58.2 58.2

113

Aalto University

 Espoo,Finland

57.9 57.9

114

Georgia Institute of Technology

 Atlanta,United States

57.3 57.3

115

University of Waterloo

 Waterloo,Canada

57.2 57.2

116

University of Wisconsin-Madison

 Madison,United States

57.1 57.1

117

University of Helsinki

 Helsinki,Finland

56.8 56.8

118

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB)

 Mumbai,India

56.3 56.3

119

University of Oslo

 Oslo,Norway

56.1 56.1

120

Queen Mary University of London

 London,United Kingdom

55.8 55.8

121

Western University

 London,Canada

55.8 55.8

122

Qatar University

 Doha,Qatar

55.7 55.7

123

RMIT University

 Melbourne,Australia

55.5 55.5

123

Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU)

 Suwon,South Korea

55.5 55.5

125

University of Southern California

 Los Angeles,United States

55.2 55.2

126

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

 Berlin,Germany

55 55

126

University College Dublin

 Dublin,Ireland

55 55

128

Stockholm University

 Stockholm,Sweden

54.8 54.8

129

Newcastle University

 Newcastle upon Tyne,United Kingdom

54.5 54.5

130

University of California, Davis

 Davis,United States

54.4 54.4

131

University of Basel

 Basel,Switzerland

54.3 54.3

132

Sapienza University of Rome

 Rome,Italy

54.2 54.2

133

Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna

 Bologna,Italy

54.1 54.1

133

Macquarie University (Sydney, Australia)

 Sydney,Australia

54.1 54.1

134

University of Science and Technology of China

 Hefei,China (Mainland)

54.1 54.1

136

Eindhoven University of Technology

 Eindhoven,Netherlands

54 54

137

University of Vienna

 Vienna,Austria

53.9 53.9

138

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)

 Bangi,Malaysia

53.8 53.8

139

Chalmers University of Technology

 Gothenburg,Sweden

53.7 53.7

140

Universidad de Chile

 Santiago,Chile

53.7 53.7

141

Lancaster University

 Lancaster,,United Kingdom

53.6 53.6

142

Leiden University

 Leiden,Netherlands

53.6 53.6

143

Rice University

 Houston,United States

53.6 53.6

144

Aarhus University

 Aarhus,Denmark

53.3 53.3

145

Nanjing University

 Nanjing,China (Mainland)

53 53

146

Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)

 Gelugor,Malaysia

52.7 52.7

147

Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin)

 Berlin,Germany

52.5 52.5

148

Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)

 Seri Kembangan,Malaysia

52.3 52.3

149

King Abdulaziz University (KAU)

 Jeddah,Saudi Arabia

52.2 52.2

150

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD)

 New Delhi,India

52.1 52.1

150

University of Bath

 Bath,United Kingdom

52.1 52.1

152

Michigan State University

 East Lansing,United States

51.9 51.9

153

Nagoya University

 Nagoya,Japan

51.9 51.9

154

Texas A&M University

 College Station,United States

51.8 51.8

155

University of Geneva

 Geneva,Switzerland

51.6 51.6

156

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

 Chapel Hill,United States

51.6 51.6

155

Wageningen University & Research

 Wageningen,Netherlands

51.6 51.6

158

Erasmus University Rotterdam

 Rotterdam,Netherlands

51.5 51.5

159

University of Groningen

 Groningen,Netherlands

51.3 51.3

160

Université de Montréal

 Montreal,Canada

51.3 51.3

161

University of Bern

 Bern,Switzerland

51.2 51.2

162

Hanyang University

 Seoul,South Korea

51.1 51.1

163

Al-Farabi Kazakh National University

 Almaty,Kazakhstan

51 51

164

Complutense University of Madrid

 Madrid,Spain

50.9 50.9

165

Universitat de Barcelona

 Barcelona,Spain

50.7 50.7

166

University of Liverpool

 Liverpool,United Kingdom

50.7 50.7

167

Kyushu University

 Fukuoka City,Japan

50.3 50.3

168

University of Wollongong

 Wollongong,Australia

50.3 50.3

169

Ghent University

 Ghent,Belgium

50.1 50.1

170

University of Exeter

 Exeter,United Kingdom

50.1 50.1

171

University of Cape Town

 Cape Town,South Africa

50 50

172

University of Reading

 Reading,United Kingdom

49.9 49.9

173

Hokkaido University

 Sapporo,Japan

49.8 49.8

174

Curtin University

 Perth,Australia

49.3 49.3

175

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

 Barcelona,Spain

49.2 49.2

176

McMaster University

 Hamilton,Canada

49 49

176

Washington University in St. Louis

 St. Louis,United States

49 49

178

University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)

 Santa Barbara,United States

48.9 48.9

179

The University of Newcastle, Australia (UON)

 Callaghan,Australia

48.7 48.7

180

Universidad de los Andes

 Bogotá,Colombia

48.7 48.7

181

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

 Skudai,Malaysia

48.5 48.5

182

Waseda University

 Tokyo,Japan

48.5 48.5

183

Hamad bin Khalifa University

 Doha,Qatar

48.3 48.3

184

University of York

 York,United Kingdom

48.2 48.2

185

Tecnológico de Monterrey

 Monterrey,Mexico

48.1 48.1

186

Cardiff University

 Cardiff,United Kingdom

47.6 47.6

187

École Normale Supérieure de Lyon

 Lyon,France

47.5 47.5

188

Keio University

 Tokyo,Japan

47.4 47.4

189

University of Ottawa

 Ottawa,Canada

47.3 47.3

190

Technische Universität Wien

 Vienna,Austria

47.2 47.2

191

Universität Hamburg

 Hamburg,Germany

47.1 47.1

192

Tongji University

 Shanghai,China (Mainland)

46.9 46.9

193

Queen's University at Kingston

 Kingston,Canada

46.8 46.8

194

University of Gothenburg

 Gothenburg,Sweden

46.7 46.7

195

Wuhan University

 Wuhan,China (Mainland)

46.7 46.7

196

Emory University

 Atlanta,United States

46.6 46.6

197

Deakin University

 Burwood,Australia

46.4 46.4

198

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

 Madrid,Spain

46.3 46.3

199

University of Calgary

 Calgary,Canada

46.3 46.3

200

Arizona State University

 Tempe,United States

46.2 46.2