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QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026
51 universities
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| Rank | Change | University | Country | Score | Academic | Employer | Citations | H | IRN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | University of Oxford | United Kingdom | 98.6 | 99.5 | 97.7 | 92.7 | 99.3 | — |
| 2 | 1 | Harvard University | United States of America | 97.9 | 97.2 | 100.0 | 99.7 | 98.5 | — |
| 3 | University of Cambridge | United Kingdom | 97.7 | 100.0 | 97.1 | 85.8 | 93.7 | — | |
| 4 | 1 | University of California, Berkeley (UCB) | United States of America | 94.5 | 96.3 | 93.3 | 91.6 | 85.9 | — |
| 4 | UCL | United Kingdom | 94.5 | 95.5 | 83.8 | 92.3 | 100.0 | — | |
| 6 | University of Chicago | United States of America | 93.8 | 95.7 | 84.7 | 94.5 | 89.1 | — | |
| 7 | 1 | University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) | United States of America | 92.7 | 93.8 | 85.8 | 92.2 | 91.9 | — |
| 8 | 3 | The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) | United Kingdom | 89.2 | 89.4 | 93.3 | 86.7 | 85.9 | — |
| 9 | Australian National University (ANU) | Australia | 89.1 | 90.8 | 86.5 | 83.8 | 84.8 | — | |
| 10 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | United States of America | 89.0 | 89.1 | 74.0 | 94.8 | 97.8 | — | |
| 11 | 5 | Stanford University | United States of America | 88.3 | 86.3 | 93.4 | 94.7 | 91.0 | — |
| 12 | 1 | Yale University | United States of America | 88.2 | 88.5 | 81.7 | 95.8 | 84.8 | — |
| 13 | 6 | Columbia University | United States of America | 87.5 | 87.2 | 81.3 | 96.5 | 87.0 | — |
| 14 | 2 | National University of Singapore (NUS) | Singapore | 87.1 | 87.5 | 90.4 | 84.1 | 83.6 | — |
| 15 | 5 | University of Amsterdam | Netherlands | 87.0 | 85.8 | 79.1 | 94.5 | 95.4 | — |
| 16 | 4 | University of Toronto | Canada | 86.5 | 84.7 | 82.4 | 93.2 | 96.2 | — |
| 17 | The University of Edinburgh | United Kingdom | 86.1 | 86.7 | 83.0 | 84.5 | 87.0 | — | |
| 17 | 2 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) | Mexico | 86.1 | 94.8 | 74.7 | 60.3 | 62.5 | — |
| 19 | 1 | SOAS University of London | United Kingdom | 86.0 | 90.2 | 84.9 | 69.3 | 74.0 | — |
| 20 | 1 | The University of Manchester | United Kingdom | 84.5 | 84.9 | 76.5 | 88.1 | 85.9 | — |
| 21 | 8 | New York University (NYU) | United States of America | 83.7 | 81.6 | 85.6 | 94.6 | 85.9 | — |
| 22 | 5 | Leiden University | Netherlands | 83.5 | 84.1 | 72.9 | 87.2 | 85.9 | — |
| 23 | 1 | Princeton University | United States of America | 83.4 | 82.3 | 75.2 | 97.2 | 85.9 | — |
| 24 | 25 | Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales | France | 82.1 | 89.1 | 52.4 | 70.9 | 74.0 | — |
| 25 | 4 | Durham University | United Kingdom | 82.0 | 80.8 | 72.3 | 91.0 | 91.0 | — |
| 25 | Universidade de São Paulo | Brazil | 82.0 | 86.1 | 68.6 | 68.7 | 79.8 | — | |
| 27 | 9 | Arizona State University | United States of America | 81.3 | 80.4 | 62.7 | 93.6 | 93.7 | — |
| 28 | 6 | Duke University | United States of America | 81.2 | 79.5 | 75.9 | 91.3 | 88.0 | — |
| 29 | 7 | University of British Columbia | Canada | 80.9 | 80.8 | 71.3 | 89.6 | 82.4 | — |
| 30 | 11 | Cornell University | United States of America | 80.0 | 76.7 | 78.9 | 96.3 | 88.0 | — |
| 31 | 1 | McGill University | Canada | 79.9 | 76.4 | 87.6 | 99.9 | 77.0 | — |
| 32 | 2 | University of Pennsylvania | United States of America | 79.7 | 77.1 | 76.7 | 93.5 | 87.0 | — |
| 33 | 10 | The University of Melbourne | Australia | 79.6 | 77.2 | 82.9 | 87.0 | 85.9 | — |
| 34 | 10 | University of Vienna | Austria | 79.4 | 78.2 | 72.9 | 87.6 | 85.9 | — |
| 35 | 1 | University of Copenhagen | Denmark | 79.0 | 78.1 | 74.2 | 84.4 | 84.8 | — |
| 36 | 3 | The University of Sydney | Australia | 78.1 | 75.7 | 80.8 | 89.0 | 81.1 | — |
| 37 | 5 | The University of Tokyo | Japan | 78.0 | 79.3 | 80.8 | 73.5 | 70.6 | — |
| 38 | 7 | University of Oslo | Norway | 77.8 | 77.7 | 58.8 | 86.3 | 89.1 | — |
| 38 | 1 | Kyoto University | Japan | 77.8 | 79.4 | 70.8 | 73.2 | 78.4 | — |
| 40 | 5 | Aarhus University | Denmark | 77.5 | 74.7 | 73.3 | 92.4 | 85.9 | — |
| 40 | 6 | Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne | France | 77.5 | 79.4 | 86.9 | 65.7 | 66.8 | — |
| 42 | 9 | Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp) | Brazil | 76.2 | 78.7 | 86.2 | 57.8 | 66.8 | — |
| 43 | 3 | Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA) | Argentina | 76.0 | 79.8 | 78.1 | 58.2 | 64.7 | — |
| 44 | 8 | University of Texas at Austin | United States of America | 75.6 | 72.3 | 63.5 | 97.7 | 89.1 | — |
| 45 | 4 | Freie Universitaet Berlin | Germany | 75.0 | 79.7 | 65.9 | 63.7 | 62.5 | — |
| 46 | 5 | Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin | Germany | 74.9 | 77.6 | 72.5 | 71.2 | 62.5 | — |
| 47 | 4 | Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | 74.3 | 76.7 | 64.1 | 71.3 | 70.6 | — |
| 48 | 3 | University of St Andrews | United Kingdom | 73.9 | 74.7 | 74.5 | 76.5 | 64.7 | — |
| 49 | 21 | The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) | Hong Kong SAR, China | 73.8 | 74.8 | 75.4 | 70.0 | 68.7 | — |
| 50 | 1 | Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen | Germany | 73.4 | 71.6 | 54.2 | 91.5 | 87.0 | — |
| 2026 | 1 | INSTITUTION | COUNTRY/TERRITORY | — | — | — | — | — | — |
11
University of Oxford
United Kingdom
98.6·Acad: 99.5·Empl: 97.7
21
Harvard University
United States of America
97.9·Acad: 97.2·Empl: 100.0
3
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom
97.7·Acad: 100.0·Empl: 97.1
41
University of California, Berkeley (UCB)
United States of America
94.5·Acad: 96.3·Empl: 93.3
4
UCL
United Kingdom
94.5·Acad: 95.5·Empl: 83.8
6
University of Chicago
United States of America
93.8·Acad: 95.7·Empl: 84.7
71
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
United States of America
92.7·Acad: 93.8·Empl: 85.8
83
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
United Kingdom
89.2·Acad: 89.4·Empl: 93.3
9
Australian National University (ANU)
Australia
89.1·Acad: 90.8·Empl: 86.5
10
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
United States of America
89.0·Acad: 89.1·Empl: 74.0
115
Stanford University
United States of America
88.3·Acad: 86.3·Empl: 93.4
121
Yale University
United States of America
88.2·Acad: 88.5·Empl: 81.7
136
Columbia University
United States of America
87.5·Acad: 87.2·Empl: 81.3
142
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Singapore
87.1·Acad: 87.5·Empl: 90.4
155
University of Amsterdam
Netherlands
87.0·Acad: 85.8·Empl: 79.1
164
University of Toronto
Canada
86.5·Acad: 84.7·Empl: 82.4
17
The University of Edinburgh
United Kingdom
86.1·Acad: 86.7·Empl: 83.0
172
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
Mexico
86.1·Acad: 94.8·Empl: 74.7
191
SOAS University of London
United Kingdom
86.0·Acad: 90.2·Empl: 84.9
201
The University of Manchester
United Kingdom
84.5·Acad: 84.9·Empl: 76.5
218
New York University (NYU)
United States of America
83.7·Acad: 81.6·Empl: 85.6
225
Leiden University
Netherlands
83.5·Acad: 84.1·Empl: 72.9
231
Princeton University
United States of America
83.4·Acad: 82.3·Empl: 75.2
2425
Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales
France
82.1·Acad: 89.1·Empl: 52.4
254
Durham University
United Kingdom
82.0·Acad: 80.8·Empl: 72.3
25
Universidade de São Paulo
Brazil
82.0·Acad: 86.1·Empl: 68.6
279
Arizona State University
United States of America
81.3·Acad: 80.4·Empl: 62.7
286
Duke University
United States of America
81.2·Acad: 79.5·Empl: 75.9
297
University of British Columbia
Canada
80.9·Acad: 80.8·Empl: 71.3
3011
Cornell University
United States of America
80.0·Acad: 76.7·Empl: 78.9
311
McGill University
Canada
79.9·Acad: 76.4·Empl: 87.6
322
University of Pennsylvania
United States of America
79.7·Acad: 77.1·Empl: 76.7
3310
The University of Melbourne
Australia
79.6·Acad: 77.2·Empl: 82.9
3410
University of Vienna
Austria
79.4·Acad: 78.2·Empl: 72.9
351
University of Copenhagen
Denmark
79.0·Acad: 78.1·Empl: 74.2
363
The University of Sydney
Australia
78.1·Acad: 75.7·Empl: 80.8
375
The University of Tokyo
Japan
78.0·Acad: 79.3·Empl: 80.8
387
University of Oslo
Norway
77.8·Acad: 77.7·Empl: 58.8
381
Kyoto University
Japan
77.8·Acad: 79.4·Empl: 70.8
405
Aarhus University
Denmark
77.5·Acad: 74.7·Empl: 73.3
406
Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
France
77.5·Acad: 79.4·Empl: 86.9
429
Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp)
Brazil
76.2·Acad: 78.7·Empl: 86.2
433
Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA)
Argentina
76.0·Acad: 79.8·Empl: 78.1
448
University of Texas at Austin
United States of America
75.6·Acad: 72.3·Empl: 63.5
454
Freie Universitaet Berlin
Germany
75.0·Acad: 79.7·Empl: 65.9
465
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Germany
74.9·Acad: 77.6·Empl: 72.5
474
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
74.3·Acad: 76.7·Empl: 64.1
483
University of St Andrews
United Kingdom
73.9·Acad: 74.7·Empl: 74.5
4921
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
Hong Kong SAR, China
73.8·Acad: 74.8·Empl: 75.4
501
Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
Germany
73.4·Acad: 71.6·Empl: 54.2
20261
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