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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 | Harvard University | United States of America | 97.6 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 76.4 | — | — | |
| 2 | University of Oxford | United Kingdom | 95.6 | 97.5 | 97.4 | 78.6 | — | — | |
| 3 | National University of Singapore (NUS) | Singapore | 94.0 | 97.5 | 86.2 | 84.8 | — | — | |
| 4 | 3 | The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) | United Kingdom | 92.4 | 97.0 | 86.6 | 72.1 | — | — |
| 5 | 2 | Stanford University | United States of America | 91.9 | 92.1 | 95.1 | 83.8 | — | — |
| 6 | 1 | University of Cambridge | United Kingdom | 91.6 | 93.2 | 95.8 | 71.5 | — | — |
| 7 | 8 | Syracuse University | United States of America | 89.8 | 99.8 | 57.3 | 84.6 | — | — |
| 8 | 1 | University of California, Berkeley (UCB) | United States of America | 89.3 | 91.6 | 84.0 | 84.1 | — | — |
| 9 | — | Yale University | United States of America | 88.5 | 87.3 | 93.0 | 87.5 | — | — |
| 10 | 3 | The University of Edinburgh | United Kingdom | 88.2 | 93.6 | 74.9 | 77.2 | — | — |
| 11 | 3 | Seoul National University | Republic of Korea | 87.7 | 94.3 | 75.3 | 66.7 | — | — |
| 12 | 2 | Columbia University | United States of America | 87.0 | 87.7 | 88.1 | 79.4 | — | — |
| 12 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | United States of America | 87.0 | 88.7 | 89.3 | 70.2 | — | — | |
| 14 | 8 | Yonsei University | Republic of Korea | 86.5 | 91.6 | 71.2 | 81.1 | — | — |
| 15 | 4 | Princeton University | United States of America | 86.3 | 90.2 | 80.8 | 69.7 | — | — |
| 16 | 5 | Utrecht University | Netherlands | 85.8 | 90.7 | 69.2 | 84.7 | — | — |
| 17 | Sciences Po | France | 83.9 | 90.8 | 71.1 | 61.2 | — | — | |
| 18 | 15 | University of Bristol | United Kingdom | 83.2 | 88.1 | 72.3 | 70.4 | — | — |
| 19 | 1 | University of Chicago | United States of America | 83.0 | 87.4 | 75.8 | 66.3 | — | — |
| 19 | 1 | University of Toronto | Canada | 83.0 | 83.3 | 86.0 | 75.2 | — | — |
| 21 | 7 | Australian National University (ANU) | Australia | 82.7 | 87.1 | 74.4 | 68.1 | — | — |
| 22 | 1 | Indiana University Bloomington | United States of America | 82.5 | 94.3 | 48.2 | 68.9 | — | — |
| 23 | 20 | The University of Melbourne | Australia | 81.9 | 84.2 | 77.6 | 73.9 | — | — |
| 24 | 1 | The University of Tokyo | Japan | 81.6 | 84.4 | 79.2 | 67.1 | — | — |
| 25 | 23 | University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) | United States of America | 81.4 | 84.5 | 77.8 | 66.5 | — | — |
| 26 | 8 | KU Leuven | Belgium | 81.3 | 87.8 | 62.1 | 73.8 | — | — |
| 26 | 4 | UCL | United Kingdom | 81.3 | 83.1 | 79.1 | 73.3 | — | — |
| 28 | 7 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | United States of America | 81.2 | 84.0 | 72.5 | 79.3 | — | — |
| 29 | 9 | Leiden University | Netherlands | 81.1 | 86.0 | 62.2 | 84.1 | — | — |
| 30 | Stockholm University | Sweden | 80.8 | 88.3 | 54.8 | 80.7 | — | — | |
| 31 | 1 | King's College London | United Kingdom | 80.7 | 83.7 | 76.6 | 67.4 | — | — |
| 32 | 21 | The University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong SAR, China | 80.3 | 84.3 | 72.7 | 67.6 | — | — |
| 33 | 18 | American University | United States of America | 80.2 | 84.5 | 67.2 | 75.7 | — | — |
| 34 | 8 | Korea University | Republic of Korea | 80.0 | 84.0 | 70.4 | 71.0 | — | — |
| 35 | 13 | The University of Sydney | Australia | 79.6 | 81.6 | 76.2 | 72.2 | — | — |
| 36 | Johns Hopkins University | United States of America | 79.3 | 83.0 | 65.2 | 81.7 | — | — | |
| 36 | 15 | Georgetown University | United States of America | 79.3 | 80.5 | 75.1 | 79.0 | — | — |
| 38 | 4 | Aarhus University | Denmark | 78.7 | 84.3 | 59.2 | 78.1 | — | — |
| 38 | 3 | University of York | United Kingdom | 78.7 | 84.1 | 61.9 | 74.3 | — | — |
| 40 | 11 | The University of Georgia | United States of America | 78.4 | 82.2 | 65.2 | 78.1 | — | — |
| 41 | 2 | University of Amsterdam | Netherlands | 78.1 | 81.4 | 69.4 | 72.6 | — | — |
| 42 | 6 | The University of Manchester | United Kingdom | 77.6 | 79.3 | 71.2 | 78.2 | — | — |
| 42 | — | University of Copenhagen | Denmark | 77.6 | 81.9 | 64.7 | 73.2 | — | — |
| 44 | 7 | Hertie School | Germany | 77.5 | 82.8 | 58.3 | 78.7 | — | — |
| 45 | 6 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) | Mexico | 77.3 | 82.7 | 76.1 | 41.8 | — | — |
| 46 | 9 | City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) | Hong Kong SAR, China | 77.2 | 81.0 | 61.8 | 81.0 | — | — |
| 46 | 30 | Tsinghua University | China (Mainland) | 77.2 | 76.1 | 82.7 | 73.6 | — | — |
| 48 | 2 | Bocconi University | Italy | 76.8 | 75.9 | 74.2 | 88.0 | — | — |
| 49 | 24 | Peking University | China (Mainland) | 76.6 | 77.0 | 82.0 | 62.9 | — | — |
| 50 | 23 | National Taiwan University (NTU) | Taiwan | 76.5 | 80.2 | 66.9 | 70.1 | — | — |
| 2026 | 1 | INSTITUTION | COUNTRY/TERRITORY | — | — | — | — | — | — |
1
Harvard University
United States of America
97.6·Acad: 100.0·Empl: 100.0
2
University of Oxford
United Kingdom
95.6·Acad: 97.5·Empl: 97.4
3
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Singapore
94.0·Acad: 97.5·Empl: 86.2
43
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
United Kingdom
92.4·Acad: 97.0·Empl: 86.6
52
Stanford University
United States of America
91.9·Acad: 92.1·Empl: 95.1
61
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom
91.6·Acad: 93.2·Empl: 95.8
78
Syracuse University
United States of America
89.8·Acad: 99.8·Empl: 57.3
81
University of California, Berkeley (UCB)
United States of America
89.3·Acad: 91.6·Empl: 84.0
9—
Yale University
United States of America
88.5·Acad: 87.3·Empl: 93.0
103
The University of Edinburgh
United Kingdom
88.2·Acad: 93.6·Empl: 74.9
113
Seoul National University
Republic of Korea
87.7·Acad: 94.3·Empl: 75.3
122
Columbia University
United States of America
87.0·Acad: 87.7·Empl: 88.1
12
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
United States of America
87.0·Acad: 88.7·Empl: 89.3
148
Yonsei University
Republic of Korea
86.5·Acad: 91.6·Empl: 71.2
154
Princeton University
United States of America
86.3·Acad: 90.2·Empl: 80.8
165
Utrecht University
Netherlands
85.8·Acad: 90.7·Empl: 69.2
17
Sciences Po
France
83.9·Acad: 90.8·Empl: 71.1
1815
University of Bristol
United Kingdom
83.2·Acad: 88.1·Empl: 72.3
191
University of Chicago
United States of America
83.0·Acad: 87.4·Empl: 75.8
191
University of Toronto
Canada
83.0·Acad: 83.3·Empl: 86.0
217
Australian National University (ANU)
Australia
82.7·Acad: 87.1·Empl: 74.4
221
Indiana University Bloomington
United States of America
82.5·Acad: 94.3·Empl: 48.2
2320
The University of Melbourne
Australia
81.9·Acad: 84.2·Empl: 77.6
241
The University of Tokyo
Japan
81.6·Acad: 84.4·Empl: 79.2
2523
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
United States of America
81.4·Acad: 84.5·Empl: 77.8
268
KU Leuven
Belgium
81.3·Acad: 87.8·Empl: 62.1
264
UCL
United Kingdom
81.3·Acad: 83.1·Empl: 79.1
287
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
United States of America
81.2·Acad: 84.0·Empl: 72.5
299
Leiden University
Netherlands
81.1·Acad: 86.0·Empl: 62.2
30
Stockholm University
Sweden
80.8·Acad: 88.3·Empl: 54.8
311
King's College London
United Kingdom
80.7·Acad: 83.7·Empl: 76.6
3221
The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong SAR, China
80.3·Acad: 84.3·Empl: 72.7
3318
American University
United States of America
80.2·Acad: 84.5·Empl: 67.2
348
Korea University
Republic of Korea
80.0·Acad: 84.0·Empl: 70.4
3513
The University of Sydney
Australia
79.6·Acad: 81.6·Empl: 76.2
36
Johns Hopkins University
United States of America
79.3·Acad: 83.0·Empl: 65.2
3615
Georgetown University
United States of America
79.3·Acad: 80.5·Empl: 75.1
384
Aarhus University
Denmark
78.7·Acad: 84.3·Empl: 59.2
383
University of York
United Kingdom
78.7·Acad: 84.1·Empl: 61.9
4011
The University of Georgia
United States of America
78.4·Acad: 82.2·Empl: 65.2
412
University of Amsterdam
Netherlands
78.1·Acad: 81.4·Empl: 69.4
426
The University of Manchester
United Kingdom
77.6·Acad: 79.3·Empl: 71.2
42—
University of Copenhagen
Denmark
77.6·Acad: 81.9·Empl: 64.7
447
Hertie School
Germany
77.5·Acad: 82.8·Empl: 58.3
456
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
Mexico
77.3·Acad: 82.7·Empl: 76.1
469
City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK)
Hong Kong SAR, China
77.2·Acad: 81.0·Empl: 61.8
4630
Tsinghua University
China (Mainland)
77.2·Acad: 76.1·Empl: 82.7
482
Bocconi University
Italy
76.8·Acad: 75.9·Empl: 74.2
4924
Peking University
China (Mainland)
76.6·Acad: 77.0·Empl: 82.0
5023
National Taiwan University (NTU)
Taiwan
76.5·Acad: 80.2·Empl: 66.9
20261
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COUNTRY/TERRITORY
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