Discover the world’s top universities. Explore the QS World University Rankings® 2027.
Rank
University
Overall Score
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Cambridge,United States
100
Imperial College London
London,United Kingdom
99.2
Stanford University
Stanford,United States
99.2
University of Oxford
Oxford,United Kingdom
98.6
Harvard University
Cambridge,United States
97.4
University of Cambridge
Cambridge,United Kingdom
97.1
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
Pasadena,United States
96.6
ETH Zurich
Zürich,Switzerland
96.3
UCL
London,United Kingdom
96.3
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Singapore,Singapore
96.2
The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong,Hong Kong SAR
95.9
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore)
Singapore,Singapore
93.6
Peking University
Beijing,China (Mainland)
92.6
Tsinghua University
Beijing,China (Mainland)
92.1
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia,United States
91.7
Cornell University
Ithaca,United States
91.5
Yale University
New Haven,United States
91.5
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
Hong Kong,Hong Kong SAR
89.9
The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney)
Sydney,Australia
89.8
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore,United States
89.7
University of California, Berkeley (UCB)
Berkeley,United States
89.7
EPFL – École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
Lausanne,Switzerland
89.6
The University of Melbourne
Melbourne,Australia
89.6
University of Chicago
Chicago,United States
89.2
Technical University of Munich
Munich,Germany
89.1
Fudan University
Shanghai,China (Mainland)
89
Princeton University
Princeton,United States
88.9
The University of Sydney
Sydney,Australia
88.4
Australian National University (ANU)
Canberra,Australia
87.6
McGill University
Montreal,Canada
87.5
Monash University
Melbourne,Australia
87
University of Toronto
Toronto,Canada
86.8
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Hong Kong,Hong Kong SAR
86.4
Université PSL
Paris,France
86
The University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh,United Kingdom
85.9
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shanghai,China (Mainland)
85.8
King's College London
London,United Kingdom
85.7
Seoul National University
Seoul,South Korea
85.4
The University of Tokyo
Tokyo,Japan
84.8
The University of Manchester
Manchester,United Kingdom
84.6
The University of Queensland
Brisbane,Australia
84.6
Yonsei University
Seoul,South Korea
84.2
Columbia University
New York City,United States
84
Institut Polytechnique de Paris
Paris,France
84
Northwestern University
Evanston,United States
83.8
University of British Columbia
Vancouver,Canada
83.9
Zhejiang University
Hangzhou,China (Mainland)
83.5
Delft University of Technology
Delft,Netherlands
83.1
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Los Angeles,United States
82.7
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hong Kong,Hong Kong SAR
82.3
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor,United States
82.2
City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK)
Kowloon,,Hong Kong SAR
81.9
Korea University
Seoul,South Korea
81.9
National Taiwan University (NTU)
Taipei,Taiwan
81.7
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh,United States
81.4
Universiti Malaya (UM)
Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia
81.2
University of Bristol
Bristol,United Kingdom
80.9
New York University (NYU)
New York City,United States
80.8
KU Leuven
Leuven,Belgium
80.5
University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam,Netherlands
80.2
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Munich,Germany
79.6
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
London,United Kingdom
78.8
KFUPM
Dhahran,Saudi Arabia
78.3
Kyoto University
Kyoto,Japan
78.2
KAIST
Daejeon,South Korea
77.7
Brown University
Providence,United States
77.4
The University of Auckland
Auckland,New Zealand
77
University of Warwick
England,United Kingdom
75.9
University of Birmingham
Birmingham,United Kingdom
75.9
Duke University
Durham,United States
75.8
Lund University
Lund,Sweden
75.7
University of Texas at Austin
Austin,United States
75.3
Sorbonne University
Paris,France
74.8
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Champaign,United States
74.7
Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin
Dublin,Ireland
74.4
Université Paris-Saclay
Paris,France
73.8
The University of Western Australia
Perth,Australia
73.7
University of Leeds
Leeds,United Kingdom
73.7
Adelaide University
Adelaide,Australia
73.6
University of Glasgow
Glasgow,United Kingdom
73.4
University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
San Diego,United States
73.3
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Stockholm,Sweden
72.7
The University of Sheffield
Sheffield,,United Kingdom
72.7
Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA)
Buenos Aires,Argentina
72.3
Durham University
Durham,United Kingdom
71.7
Universität Heidelberg
69117 Heidelberg,,Germany
70.6
Politecnico di Milano
Milan,,Italy
70.5
The University of Technology Sydney (UTS)
Sydney,Australia
70.5
Uppsala University
Uppsala,Sweden
70.5
Nanjing University
Nanjing,China (Mainland)
70.4
University of Copenhagen
Copenhagen,Denmark
70.4
Pennsylvania State University
University Park,United States
70.2
University of Washington
Seattle,United States
70.2
Boston University
Boston,United States
70
The University of Osaka
Osaka City,Japan
69.5
University of Alberta
Edmonton,,Canada
69.3
Institute of Science Tokyo
Tokyo,Japan
69.2
University of Nottingham
Nottingham,United Kingdom
69.2
Freie Universitaet Berlin
Berlin,Germany
69
University of Zurich
Zürich,Switzerland
69
Purdue University
West Lafayette,United States
68.7
University College Dublin
Dublin,Ireland
68.7
Tohoku University
Sendai City,Japan
68.4
Queen Mary University of London
London,,United Kingdom
68.3
RWTH Aachen University
Aachen,Germany
68
Technical University of Denmark
Kongens Lyngby,Denmark
67.8
Pohang University of Science And Technology (POSTECH)
Pohang ,South Korea
67.7
King Saud University
Riyadh,Saudi Arabia
67.4
Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU)
Seoul,South Korea
67.3
Qatar University
Doha,Qatar
67.2
KIT, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Karlsruhe,Germany
67
Sapienza University of Rome
Rome,Italy
66.7
University of Southampton
Southampton,United Kingdom
66.7
University of Waterloo
Waterloo,Canada
66.6
Utrecht University
Utrecht,Netherlands
66.6
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Moscow,Russia
65.9
University of St Andrews
St. Andrews,United Kingdom
65.9
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD)
New Delhi,India
65.7
Leiden University
Leiden,Netherlands
65.6
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (UC)
Santiago,Chile
65.6
RMIT University
Melbourne,Australia
65.6
Rice University
Houston,United States
65.5
Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Bologna,Italy
65.3
University of Helsinki
Helsinki,Finland
65.3
University of Bath
Bath,United Kingdom
65.1
Aalto University
Espoo (Helsinki capital region),Finland
65
Macquarie University (Sydney, Australia)
Sydney,Australia
65
Aarhus University
Aarhus,Denmark
64.9
Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)
Gelugor,Malaysia
64.9
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)
Bangi,Malaysia
64.6
University of Oslo
Oslo,Norway
64.3
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison,United States
64.3
Universidade de São Paulo
São Paulo,Brazil
64.1
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB)
Mumbai,India
63.9
University of Science and Technology of China
Hefei,China (Mainland)
63.9
University of Exeter
Exeter,United Kingdom
63.5
University of California, Davis
Davis,United States
63
Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
Serdang,Malaysia
62.9
University of Liverpool
Liverpool,United Kingdom
62.8
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Berlin,Germany
62.6
University of Vienna
Vienna,Austria
62.6
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta,United States
62.5
National Tsing Hua University - NTHU
Hsinchu City,Taiwan
62.5
Western University
London,Canada
62.5
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
Mexico City,Mexico
62.3
Tongji University
Shanghai,China (Mainland)
62.2
Khalifa University
Abu Dhabi,United Arab Emirates
62
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Rotterdam,Netherlands
61.9
Newcastle University
Newcastle upon Tyne,United Kingdom
61.6
Ghent University
Ghent,Belgium
61.5
University of Basel
Basel,Switzerland
61.5
Eindhoven University of Technology
Eindhoven,Netherlands
61.4
University of Southern California
Los Angeles,United States
61.3
Wageningen University & Research
Wageningen,Netherlands
61.1
Hanyang University
Seoul,South Korea
60.9
Nagoya University
Nagoya,Japan
60.8
University of Groningen
Groningen,Netherlands
60.7
Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin)
Berlin,Germany
60.6
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Skudai,Malaysia
60.6
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill,United States
60.6
University of York
York,United Kingdom
60.6
Université de Montréal
Montreal,Canada
60.4
Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis,United States
60.4
Lancaster University
Lancaster,,United Kingdom
60.3
Universitat de Barcelona
Barcelona,Spain
60.1
Wuhan University
Wuhan,China (Mainland)
60.1
Stockholm University
Stockholm,Sweden
59.8
University of Geneva
Geneva,Switzerland
59.7
Texas A&M University
College Station,United States
59.5
Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM)
Chennai,India
59.3
Kyushu University
Fukuoka City,Japan
58.8
Arizona State University
Phoenix,United States
58.4
University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)
Santa Barbara,United States
58.3
Chalmers University of Technology
Gothenburg,Sweden
58.2
McMaster University
Hamilton,Canada
58.2
Queen's University Belfast
Belfast,United Kingdom
58.2
Farabi University (former Al - Farabi Kazakh National University)
Almaty,Kazakhstan
57.9
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU Taiwan)
Hsinchu City,Taiwan
57.9
Cardiff University
Cardiff,United Kingdom
57.6
Hokkaido University
Sapporo,Japan
57.6
Queen's University at Kingston
Kingston,Canada
57.6
Michigan State University
East Lansing,United States
57.4
Emory University
Atlanta,United States
57.3
University of Cape Town
Cape Town,South Africa
57.2
Technische Universität Dresden
Dresden,Germany
57.1
Universidad de Chile
Santiago,Chile
57.1
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Amsterdam,Netherlands
57.1
Tecnológico de Monterrey
Monterrey,Mexico
57
Curtin University
Perth,Australia
56.9
Harbin Institute of Technology
Harbin,China (Mainland)
56.8
National Cheng Kung University (NCKU)
Tainan City,Taiwan
56.7
Technische Universität Wien
Vienna,Austria
56.7
Universitas Indonesia
Depok,Indonesia
56.7
University of Bern
Bern,Switzerland
56.7
University of Wollongong
Wollongong,Australia
56.6
Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain)
Louvain-la-Neuve,Belgium
56.5
University of Reading
Reading,United Kingdom
56.5
University of Otago
Dunedin,New Zealand
56.3
Complutense University of Madrid
Madrid,Spain
56.2
King Abdulaziz University (KAU)
Jeddah,Saudi Arabia
55.9