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QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026
102 universities
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| Rank | Change | University | Country | Score | Academic | Employer | Citations | H | IRN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harvard University | United States of America | 96.6 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 83.5 | 82.1 | — | |
| 2 | 1 | Stanford University | United States of America | 93.6 | 96.9 | 95.5 | 85.4 | 79.9 | — |
| 3 | 1 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | United States of America | 93.0 | 96.9 | 95.1 | 79.8 | 80.4 | — |
| 4 | University of Oxford | United Kingdom | 90.5 | 91.5 | 96.5 | 75.9 | 82.1 | — | |
| 5 | University of Chicago | United States of America | 89.2 | 96.9 | 77.8 | 91.9 | 82.6 | — | |
| 6 | 3 | University of Pennsylvania | United States of America | 88.7 | 93.7 | 82.7 | 87.0 | 83.8 | — |
| 7 | 1 | University of Cambridge | United Kingdom | 88.6 | 89.7 | 96.0 | 75.2 | 74.0 | — |
| 8 | The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) | United Kingdom | 88.1 | 94.5 | 83.5 | 75.4 | 82.1 | — | |
| 9 | 2 | University of California, Berkeley (UCB) | United States of America | 86.7 | 89.9 | 86.1 | 80.8 | 78.0 | — |
| 10 | 2 | National University of Singapore (NUS) | Singapore | 86.4 | 88.6 | 87.1 | 76.0 | 83.4 | — |
| 11 | New York University (NYU) | United States of America | 86.3 | 91.7 | 81.0 | 78.7 | 83.0 | — | |
| 12 | Columbia University | United States of America | 86.2 | 89.5 | 84.1 | 80.1 | 82.1 | — | |
| 13 | 3 | Yale University | United States of America | 85.8 | 86.9 | 89.9 | 81.7 | 72.1 | — |
| 14 | 6 | Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) | Singapore | 83.0 | 84.0 | 82.5 | 83.5 | 79.0 | — |
| 15 | 6 | Imperial College London | United Kingdom | 82.7 | 81.8 | 85.7 | 82.1 | 78.5 | — |
| 15 | 2 | University of Toronto | Canada | 82.7 | 85.4 | 82.5 | 76.3 | 75.8 | — |
| 15 | 1 | University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) | United States of America | 82.7 | 86.3 | 82.8 | 72.8 | 74.0 | — |
| 18 | London Business School | United Kingdom | 82.6 | 91.2 | 75.3 | 74.2 | 70.0 | — | |
| 19 | 5 | Peking University | China (Mainland) | 82.1 | 81.2 | 84.2 | 75.5 | 87.3 | — |
| 20 | 1 | Bocconi University | Italy | 81.9 | 85.9 | 77.7 | 79.1 | 77.5 | — |
| 21 | 2 | The University of Manchester | United Kingdom | 80.8 | 81.7 | 76.6 | 83.6 | 86.0 | — |
| 22 | 6 | Tsinghua University | China (Mainland) | 80.7 | 78.6 | 84.2 | 77.9 | 83.4 | — |
| 23 | 1 | HEC Paris | France | 80.3 | 85.7 | 76.6 | 73.0 | 71.4 | — |
| 24 | 3 | The University of Melbourne | Australia | 80.2 | 82.4 | 78.6 | 73.1 | 81.3 | — |
| 25 | 5 | University of Texas at Austin | United States of America | 79.9 | 83.6 | 73.7 | 85.2 | 74.7 | — |
| 26 | 2 | The University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong SAR, China | 79.8 | 81.9 | 76.6 | 81.0 | 77.5 | — |
| 27 | 2 | The University of Sydney | Australia | 79.5 | 79.0 | 75.2 | 84.1 | 89.8 | — |
| 28 | 2 | Princeton University | United States of America | 79.4 | 82.3 | 81.7 | 68.5 | 68.4 | — |
| 29 | 7 | The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney) | Australia | 79.1 | 81.9 | 74.4 | 74.6 | 83.8 | — |
| 30 | 5 | Northwestern University | United States of America | 78.9 | 82.0 | 72.2 | 87.0 | 75.2 | — |
| 31 | 1 | Cornell University | United States of America | 78.8 | 79.2 | 79.3 | 77.3 | 76.4 | — |
| 32 | 2 | University of British Columbia | Canada | 78.4 | 80.0 | 79.8 | 75.5 | 69.2 | — |
| 33 | 1 | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | Hong Kong SAR, China | 78.1 | 83.7 | 71.2 | 73.3 | 75.2 | — |
| 34 | 3 | The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) | Hong Kong SAR, China | 77.4 | 79.2 | 70.0 | 87.1 | 81.3 | — |
| 35 | 7 | INSEAD | France | 77.2 | 86.4 | 77.1 | 51.8 | 56.9 | — |
| 35 | 1 | Seoul National University | Republic of Korea | 77.2 | 78.3 | 78.8 | 69.2 | 74.7 | — |
| 37 | 6 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | United States of America | 77.1 | 80.2 | 72.7 | 76.7 | 75.2 | — |
| 38 | 3 | Monash University | Australia | 77.0 | 77.3 | 73.6 | 75.4 | 87.0 | — |
| 39 | 7 | The University of Tokyo | Japan | 76.7 | 76.4 | 83.1 | 67.6 | 68.4 | — |
| 39 | 5 | The University of Warwick | United Kingdom | 76.7 | 79.5 | 72.0 | 77.7 | 75.8 | — |
| 41 | 2 | Duke University | United States of America | 76.5 | 79.4 | 70.8 | 79.6 | 76.4 | — |
| 42 | 7 | The University of Edinburgh | United Kingdom | 76.3 | 76.3 | 76.5 | 73.8 | 78.0 | — |
| 43 | 5 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | United States of America | 76.0 | 79.1 | 68.4 | 78.3 | 81.3 | — |
| 44 | 2 | UCL | United Kingdom | 75.8 | 72.1 | 79.7 | 78.6 | 79.5 | — |
| 45 | Erasmus University Rotterdam | Netherlands | 75.3 | 78.6 | 67.9 | 78.2 | 78.5 | — | |
| 46 | 9 | Fudan University | China (Mainland) | 75.2 | 73.2 | 76.2 | 75.3 | 82.1 | — |
| 47 | 4 | Australian National University (ANU) | Australia | 75.0 | 75.9 | 72.8 | 71.4 | 80.4 | — |
| 47 | 7 | Shanghai Jiao Tong University | China (Mainland) | 75.0 | 72.7 | 76.6 | 74.5 | 82.6 | — |
| 49 | 2 | ETH Zurich | Switzerland | 74.7 | 71.1 | 80.9 | 73.8 | 75.2 | — |
| 50 | 14 | Singapore Management University | Singapore | 74.6 | 79.9 | 62.4 | 79.5 | 79.9 | — |
| 51 | 6 | The Hong Kong Polytechnic University | Hong Kong SAR, China | 74.1 | 75.0 | 64.2 | 87.7 | 85.3 | — |
| 52 | 8 | City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) | Hong Kong SAR, China | 74.0 | 76.9 | 65.2 | 76.6 | 83.0 | — |
| 53 | 1 | University of Amsterdam | Netherlands | 73.4 | 75.0 | 68.7 | 75.3 | 77.5 | — |
| 54 | 2 | McGill University | Canada | 73.3 | 74.9 | 76.9 | 63.0 | 64.9 | — |
| 55 | 3 | Tecnológico de Monterrey | Mexico | 73.1 | 77.0 | 78.1 | 54.4 | 56.9 | — |
| 55 | 4 | Yonsei University | Republic of Korea | 73.1 | 73.9 | 73.2 | 68.6 | 72.8 | — |
| 57 | 7 | Korea University | Republic of Korea | 73.0 | 75.6 | 73.3 | 61.8 | 70.7 | — |
| 58 | 18 | Durham University | United Kingdom | 72.9 | 70.7 | 71.0 | 80.0 | 82.6 | — |
| 58 | 6 | University of Navarra | Spain | 72.9 | 75.3 | 68.0 | 72.9 | 75.2 | — |
| 60 | 6 | The University of Auckland | New Zealand | 72.4 | 71.9 | 67.8 | 77.5 | 83.4 | — |
| 60 | Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin | Ireland | 72.4 | 65.1 | 69.0 | 100.0 | 91.8 | — | |
| 62 | 8 | Copenhagen Business School | Denmark | 72.3 | 78.9 | 56.2 | 81.0 | 79.0 | — |
| 63 | 10 | University of Southern California | United States of America | 72.1 | 75.5 | 63.8 | 75.5 | 76.9 | — |
| 63 | 7 | Boston University | United States of America | 72.1 | 70.8 | 71.4 | 77.3 | 75.2 | — |
| 65 | 2 | Universiti Malaya (UM) | Malaysia | 72.0 | 72.7 | 69.7 | 70.3 | 76.9 | — |
| 66 | 14 | King's College London | United Kingdom | 71.7 | 69.6 | 75.0 | 72.3 | 71.4 | — |
| 66 | 6 | University of Glasgow | United Kingdom | 71.7 | 71.7 | 66.4 | 77.8 | 81.7 | — |
| 68 | The University of Queensland | Australia | 71.6 | 70.8 | 68.9 | 73.8 | 81.7 | — | |
| 69 | 31 | Macquarie University (Sydney, Australia) | Australia | 71.5 | 69.3 | 64.8 | 81.3 | 92.5 | — |
| 69 | 8 | Stockholm School of Economics | Sweden | 71.5 | 79.3 | 56.4 | 75.5 | 74.0 | — |
| 71 | 13 | Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (UC) | Chile | 71.3 | 76.9 | 77.5 | 45.7 | 50.4 | — |
| 71 | 2 | National Taiwan University (NTU) | Taiwan | 71.3 | 70.9 | 73.1 | 67.6 | 71.4 | — |
| 73 | University of Washington | United States of America | 70.9 | 72.8 | 66.2 | 73.3 | 73.4 | — | |
| 74 | 5 | University of Birmingham | United Kingdom | 70.8 | 68.7 | 66.5 | 80.9 | 84.1 | — |
| 74 | 7 | Pennsylvania State University | United States of America | 70.8 | 67.1 | 71.5 | 76.9 | 81.3 | — |
| 76 | 5 | University of Zurich | Switzerland | 70.7 | 70.4 | 63.4 | 82.2 | 82.1 | — |
| 77 | 15 | Tilburg University | Netherlands | 70.6 | 78.8 | 53.1 | 77.2 | 75.8 | — |
| 78 | 8 | Universidade de São Paulo | Brazil | 70.4 | 71.6 | 72.8 | 60.2 | 67.6 | — |
| 79 | 7 | ESSEC Business School | France | 70.3 | 73.7 | 69.3 | 63.2 | 62.9 | — |
| 80 | 16 | IE University | Spain | 70.2 | 71.5 | 69.0 | 66.1 | 71.4 | — |
| 81 | 4 | The Ohio State University | United States of America | 70.1 | 71.6 | 61.3 | 81.9 | 77.5 | — |
| 81 | 5 | University of St.Gallen | Switzerland | 70.1 | 69.4 | 67.8 | 74.0 | 76.4 | — |
| 83 | 18 | Universitat Ramon Llull | Spain | 70.0 | 72.1 | 69.1 | 63.1 | 69.2 | — |
| 84 | 6 | Lancaster University | United Kingdom | 69.8 | 72.8 | 57.9 | 80.1 | 79.9 | — |
| 85 | — | Adelaide University | Australia | 69.7 | 65.0 | 69.6 | 78.1 | 84.9 | — |
| 85 | 16 | University of Leeds | United Kingdom | 69.7 | 66.3 | 69.8 | 78.1 | 78.0 | — |
| 87 | 21 | Zhejiang University | China (Mainland) | 69.3 | 61.0 | 75.4 | 78.1 | 83.8 | — |
| 87 | 10 | University of Southampton | United Kingdom | 69.3 | 64.7 | 61.1 | 93.1 | 93.5 | — |
| 87 | 4 | KU Leuven | Belgium | 69.3 | 69.1 | 67.8 | 70.9 | 73.4 | — |
| 90 | 4 | Waseda University | Japan | 69.2 | 66.3 | 73.2 | 73.8 | 66.7 | — |
| 91 | 17 | Renmin (People's) University of China | China (Mainland) | 69.0 | 66.3 | 62.8 | 77.7 | 92.0 | — |
| 92 | 7 | Universität Mannheim | Germany | 68.9 | 73.4 | 61.3 | 66.2 | 72.1 | — |
| 93 | 9 | Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) | Spain | 68.8 | 73.3 | 63.5 | 62.1 | 69.2 | — |
| 93 | 8 | University of Bristol | United Kingdom | 68.8 | 67.2 | 69.8 | 69.5 | 73.4 | — |
| 95 | 20 | Université PSL | France | 68.7 | 66.6 | 73.2 | 68.4 | 65.8 | — |
| 95 | 5 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | United States of America | 68.7 | 72.3 | 60.7 | 71.4 | 72.1 | — |
| 95 | 6 | RMIT University | Australia | 68.7 | 63.6 | 64.6 | 85.0 | 90.4 | — |
| 98 | 3 | Arizona State University | United States of America | 68.6 | 67.3 | 65.3 | 78.0 | 75.2 | — |
| 98 | 3 | University of Technology Sydney | Australia | 68.6 | 66.6 | 65.4 | 76.7 | 80.4 | — |
| 98 | 1 | Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna | Italy | 68.6 | 67.6 | 67.1 | 71.3 | 75.8 | — |
| 98 | 8 | University of Florida | United States of America | 68.6 | 70.3 | 60.1 | 78.8 | 75.2 | — |
| 2026 | 1 | INSTITUTION | COUNTRY/TERRITORY | — | — | — | — | — | — |
1
Harvard University
United States of America
96.6·Acad: 100.0·Empl: 100.0
21
Stanford University
United States of America
93.6·Acad: 96.9·Empl: 95.5
31
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
United States of America
93.0·Acad: 96.9·Empl: 95.1
4
University of Oxford
United Kingdom
90.5·Acad: 91.5·Empl: 96.5
5
University of Chicago
United States of America
89.2·Acad: 96.9·Empl: 77.8
63
University of Pennsylvania
United States of America
88.7·Acad: 93.7·Empl: 82.7
71
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom
88.6·Acad: 89.7·Empl: 96.0
8
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
United Kingdom
88.1·Acad: 94.5·Empl: 83.5
92
University of California, Berkeley (UCB)
United States of America
86.7·Acad: 89.9·Empl: 86.1
102
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Singapore
86.4·Acad: 88.6·Empl: 87.1
11
New York University (NYU)
United States of America
86.3·Acad: 91.7·Empl: 81.0
12
Columbia University
United States of America
86.2·Acad: 89.5·Empl: 84.1
133
Yale University
United States of America
85.8·Acad: 86.9·Empl: 89.9
146
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore)
Singapore
83.0·Acad: 84.0·Empl: 82.5
156
Imperial College London
United Kingdom
82.7·Acad: 81.8·Empl: 85.7
152
University of Toronto
Canada
82.7·Acad: 85.4·Empl: 82.5
151
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
United States of America
82.7·Acad: 86.3·Empl: 82.8
18
London Business School
United Kingdom
82.6·Acad: 91.2·Empl: 75.3
195
Peking University
China (Mainland)
82.1·Acad: 81.2·Empl: 84.2
201
Bocconi University
Italy
81.9·Acad: 85.9·Empl: 77.7
212
The University of Manchester
United Kingdom
80.8·Acad: 81.7·Empl: 76.6
226
Tsinghua University
China (Mainland)
80.7·Acad: 78.6·Empl: 84.2
231
HEC Paris
France
80.3·Acad: 85.7·Empl: 76.6
243
The University of Melbourne
Australia
80.2·Acad: 82.4·Empl: 78.6
255
University of Texas at Austin
United States of America
79.9·Acad: 83.6·Empl: 73.7
262
The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong SAR, China
79.8·Acad: 81.9·Empl: 76.6
272
The University of Sydney
Australia
79.5·Acad: 79.0·Empl: 75.2
282
Princeton University
United States of America
79.4·Acad: 82.3·Empl: 81.7
297
The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney)
Australia
79.1·Acad: 81.9·Empl: 74.4
305
Northwestern University
United States of America
78.9·Acad: 82.0·Empl: 72.2
311
Cornell University
United States of America
78.8·Acad: 79.2·Empl: 79.3
322
University of British Columbia
Canada
78.4·Acad: 80.0·Empl: 79.8
331
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Hong Kong SAR, China
78.1·Acad: 83.7·Empl: 71.2
343
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
Hong Kong SAR, China
77.4·Acad: 79.2·Empl: 70.0
357
INSEAD
France
77.2·Acad: 86.4·Empl: 77.1
351
Seoul National University
Republic of Korea
77.2·Acad: 78.3·Empl: 78.8
376
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
United States of America
77.1·Acad: 80.2·Empl: 72.7
383
Monash University
Australia
77.0·Acad: 77.3·Empl: 73.6
397
The University of Tokyo
Japan
76.7·Acad: 76.4·Empl: 83.1
395
The University of Warwick
United Kingdom
76.7·Acad: 79.5·Empl: 72.0
412
Duke University
United States of America
76.5·Acad: 79.4·Empl: 70.8
427
The University of Edinburgh
United Kingdom
76.3·Acad: 76.3·Empl: 76.5
435
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
United States of America
76.0·Acad: 79.1·Empl: 68.4
442
UCL
United Kingdom
75.8·Acad: 72.1·Empl: 79.7
45
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Netherlands
75.3·Acad: 78.6·Empl: 67.9
469
Fudan University
China (Mainland)
75.2·Acad: 73.2·Empl: 76.2
474
Australian National University (ANU)
Australia
75.0·Acad: 75.9·Empl: 72.8
477
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
China (Mainland)
75.0·Acad: 72.7·Empl: 76.6
492
ETH Zurich
Switzerland
74.7·Acad: 71.1·Empl: 80.9
5014
Singapore Management University
Singapore
74.6·Acad: 79.9·Empl: 62.4
516
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hong Kong SAR, China
74.1·Acad: 75.0·Empl: 64.2
528
City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK)
Hong Kong SAR, China
74.0·Acad: 76.9·Empl: 65.2
531
University of Amsterdam
Netherlands
73.4·Acad: 75.0·Empl: 68.7
542
McGill University
Canada
73.3·Acad: 74.9·Empl: 76.9
553
Tecnológico de Monterrey
Mexico
73.1·Acad: 77.0·Empl: 78.1
554
Yonsei University
Republic of Korea
73.1·Acad: 73.9·Empl: 73.2
577
Korea University
Republic of Korea
73.0·Acad: 75.6·Empl: 73.3
5818
Durham University
United Kingdom
72.9·Acad: 70.7·Empl: 71.0
586
University of Navarra
Spain
72.9·Acad: 75.3·Empl: 68.0
606
The University of Auckland
New Zealand
72.4·Acad: 71.9·Empl: 67.8
60
Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin
Ireland
72.4·Acad: 65.1·Empl: 69.0
628
Copenhagen Business School
Denmark
72.3·Acad: 78.9·Empl: 56.2
6310
University of Southern California
United States of America
72.1·Acad: 75.5·Empl: 63.8
637
Boston University
United States of America
72.1·Acad: 70.8·Empl: 71.4
652
Universiti Malaya (UM)
Malaysia
72.0·Acad: 72.7·Empl: 69.7
6614
King's College London
United Kingdom
71.7·Acad: 69.6·Empl: 75.0
666
University of Glasgow
United Kingdom
71.7·Acad: 71.7·Empl: 66.4
68
The University of Queensland
Australia
71.6·Acad: 70.8·Empl: 68.9
6931
Macquarie University (Sydney, Australia)
Australia
71.5·Acad: 69.3·Empl: 64.8
698
Stockholm School of Economics
Sweden
71.5·Acad: 79.3·Empl: 56.4
7113
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (UC)
Chile
71.3·Acad: 76.9·Empl: 77.5
712
National Taiwan University (NTU)
Taiwan
71.3·Acad: 70.9·Empl: 73.1
73
University of Washington
United States of America
70.9·Acad: 72.8·Empl: 66.2
745
University of Birmingham
United Kingdom
70.8·Acad: 68.7·Empl: 66.5
747
Pennsylvania State University
United States of America
70.8·Acad: 67.1·Empl: 71.5
765
University of Zurich
Switzerland
70.7·Acad: 70.4·Empl: 63.4
7715
Tilburg University
Netherlands
70.6·Acad: 78.8·Empl: 53.1
788
Universidade de São Paulo
Brazil
70.4·Acad: 71.6·Empl: 72.8
797
ESSEC Business School
France
70.3·Acad: 73.7·Empl: 69.3
8016
IE University
Spain
70.2·Acad: 71.5·Empl: 69.0
814
The Ohio State University
United States of America
70.1·Acad: 71.6·Empl: 61.3
815
University of St.Gallen
Switzerland
70.1·Acad: 69.4·Empl: 67.8
8318
Universitat Ramon Llull
Spain
70.0·Acad: 72.1·Empl: 69.1
846
Lancaster University
United Kingdom
69.8·Acad: 72.8·Empl: 57.9
85—
Adelaide University
Australia
69.7·Acad: 65.0·Empl: 69.6
8516
University of Leeds
United Kingdom
69.7·Acad: 66.3·Empl: 69.8
8721
Zhejiang University
China (Mainland)
69.3·Acad: 61.0·Empl: 75.4
8710
University of Southampton
United Kingdom
69.3·Acad: 64.7·Empl: 61.1
874
KU Leuven
Belgium
69.3·Acad: 69.1·Empl: 67.8
904
Waseda University
Japan
69.2·Acad: 66.3·Empl: 73.2
9117
Renmin (People's) University of China
China (Mainland)
69.0·Acad: 66.3·Empl: 62.8
927
Universität Mannheim
Germany
68.9·Acad: 73.4·Empl: 61.3
939
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M)
Spain
68.8·Acad: 73.3·Empl: 63.5
938
University of Bristol
United Kingdom
68.8·Acad: 67.2·Empl: 69.8
9520
Université PSL
France
68.7·Acad: 66.6·Empl: 73.2
955
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
United States of America
68.7·Acad: 72.3·Empl: 60.7
956
RMIT University
Australia
68.7·Acad: 63.6·Empl: 64.6
983
Arizona State University
United States of America
68.6·Acad: 67.3·Empl: 65.3
983
University of Technology Sydney
Australia
68.6·Acad: 66.6·Empl: 65.4
981
Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Italy
68.6·Acad: 67.6·Empl: 67.1
988
University of Florida
United States of America
68.6·Acad: 70.3·Empl: 60.1
20261
INSTITUTION
COUNTRY/TERRITORY
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