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QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026
52 universities
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| Rank | Change | University | Country | Score | Academic | Employer | Citations | H | IRN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UCL | United Kingdom | 98.4 | 100.0 | 98.0 | 90.1 | 95.4 | — | |
| 2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | United States of America | 94.6 | 95.5 | 97.3 | 90.4 | 89.9 | — | |
| 3 | Delft University of Technology | Netherlands | 92.7 | 93.0 | 91.3 | 87.1 | 97.6 | — | |
| 4 | ETH Zurich | Switzerland | 91.9 | 92.5 | 91.2 | 88.7 | 91.7 | — | |
| 5 | Manchester School of Architecture | United Kingdom | 88.6 | 87.1 | 97.6 | 90.7 | 88.2 | — | |
| 6 | 1 | Politecnico di Milano | Italy | 87.8 | 89.3 | 91.7 | 74.9 | 86.6 | — |
| 7 | 2 | National University of Singapore (NUS) | Singapore | 86.7 | 84.8 | 91.7 | 91.8 | 90.3 | — |
| 7 | 1 | Harvard University | United States of America | 86.7 | 85.5 | 100.0 | 85.8 | 82.3 | — |
| 9 | 2 | Tsinghua University | China (Mainland) | 84.4 | 80.9 | 90.0 | 90.5 | 97.4 | — |
| 10 | University of California, Berkeley (UCB) | United States of America | 83.4 | 80.6 | 89.4 | 90.0 | 90.3 | — | |
| 11 | 3 | EPFL – École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne | Switzerland | 82.8 | 81.3 | 85.4 | 88.1 | 85.4 | — |
| 12 | 1 | Tongji University | China (Mainland) | 82.1 | 79.7 | 84.4 | 82.1 | 96.9 | — |
| 13 | 1 | University of Cambridge | United Kingdom | 81.2 | 77.6 | 96.5 | 85.3 | 86.6 | — |
| 14 | 1 | The University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong SAR, China | 80.1 | 76.3 | 82.3 | 90.3 | 94.3 | — |
| 15 | 6 | RMIT University | Australia | 78.5 | 75.1 | 77.1 | 90.5 | 92.1 | — |
| 16 | Columbia University | United States of America | 78.3 | 77.1 | 76.2 | 88.4 | 78.9 | — | |
| 17 | 2 | The University of Tokyo | Japan | 78.1 | 75.9 | 85.4 | 80.7 | 83.6 | — |
| 18 | 2 | Politecnico di Torino | Italy | 77.8 | 76.1 | 80.1 | 79.3 | 85.7 | — |
| 19 | 19 | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya · BarcelonaTech (UPC) | Spain | 77.3 | 77.4 | 71.2 | 76.3 | 83.9 | — |
| 19 | Cornell University | United States of America | 77.3 | 75.0 | 79.2 | 87.1 | 81.6 | — | |
| 21 | 4 | The Hong Kong Polytechnic University | Hong Kong SAR, China | 76.7 | 72.2 | 70.0 | 92.0 | 100.0 | — |
| 21 | 15 | Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) | Spain | 76.7 | 75.7 | 80.8 | 73.3 | 83.3 | — |
| 23 | 3 | The University of Melbourne | Australia | 76.1 | 71.4 | 84.0 | 87.4 | 89.9 | — |
| 24 | 3 | Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin) | Germany | 75.9 | 73.9 | 69.3 | 86.3 | 85.7 | — |
| 25 | 4 | Technical University of Munich | Germany | 75.8 | 73.4 | 74.7 | 82.2 | 87.7 | — |
| 26 | 18 | The University of Sheffield | United Kingdom | 75.1 | 71.5 | 80.0 | 87.3 | 83.3 | — |
| 27 | 9 | Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) | Singapore | 75.0 | 68.7 | 87.0 | 92.0 | 90.1 | — |
| 28 | 2 | The University of Sydney | Australia | 74.3 | 69.2 | 79.2 | 89.2 | 89.9 | — |
| 28 | 4 | Stanford University | United States of America | 74.3 | 68.7 | 93.7 | 89.5 | 78.5 | — |
| 28 | 10 | Georgia Institute of Technology | United States of America | 74.3 | 72.4 | 63.8 | 87.4 | 85.4 | — |
| 31 | 2 | Seoul National University | Republic of Korea | 74.2 | 72.1 | 76.3 | 78.2 | 82.6 | — |
| 32 | 5 | University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) | United States of America | 74.1 | 69.9 | 81.0 | 89.1 | 81.2 | — |
| 33 | 10 | The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney) | Australia | 74.0 | 68.2 | 81.1 | 89.4 | 92.3 | — |
| 34 | 17 | Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (UC) | Chile | 73.8 | 71.0 | 82.8 | 77.4 | 80.5 | — |
| 34 | 5 | University of Pennsylvania | United States of America | 73.8 | 70.7 | 80.1 | 84.1 | 78.9 | — |
| 36 | 13 | Aalto University | Finland | 73.6 | 71.1 | 71.2 | 83.9 | 83.0 | — |
| 36 | 4 | Yale University | United States of America | 73.6 | 69.4 | 87.1 | 87.5 | 75.9 | — |
| 38 | — | Institute of Science Tokyo | Japan | 72.9 | 71.4 | 81.3 | 72.9 | 75.4 | — |
| 39 | 1 | Princeton University | United States of America | 72.8 | 68.5 | 81.1 | 89.3 | 78.5 | — |
| 40 | 10 | Tianjin University | China (Mainland) | 72.4 | 67.1 | 80.0 | 85.6 | 88.4 | — |
| 40 | 11 | Università Iuav di Venezia | Italy | 72.4 | 74.9 | 59.2 | 70.2 | 70.6 | — |
| 42 | 9 | University of Oxford | United Kingdom | 72.3 | 64.0 | 95.9 | 92.8 | 86.3 | — |
| 42 | 4 | Southeast University | China (Mainland) | 72.3 | 66.9 | 73.4 | 84.6 | 96.3 | — |
| 44 | 7 | Technische Universität Wien | Austria | 71.2 | 69.9 | 67.6 | 78.0 | 76.8 | — |
| 44 | 7 | University of Toronto | Canada | 71.2 | 65.2 | 85.1 | 83.0 | 87.4 | — |
| 44 | 2 | KTH Royal Institute of Technology | Sweden | 71.2 | 67.9 | 61.3 | 87.1 | 88.2 | — |
| 47 | 4 | KU Leuven | Belgium | 70.8 | 66.8 | 72.8 | 82.5 | 85.1 | — |
| 48 | 3 | Universidade de São Paulo | Brazil | 70.7 | 67.6 | 78.7 | 75.8 | 79.7 | — |
| 49 | 9 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | United States of America | 70.5 | 65.8 | 65.7 | 92.2 | 86.3 | — |
| 50 | 1 | Cardiff University | United Kingdom | 70.4 | 65.5 | 67.7 | 91.0 | 86.8 | — |
| 50 | 1 | Universiti Teknologi Malaysia | Malaysia | 70.4 | 65.2 | 73.3 | 88.5 | 85.4 | — |
| 2026 | 1 | INSTITUTION | COUNTRY/TERRITORY | — | — | — | — | — | — |
1
UCL
United Kingdom
98.4·Acad: 100.0·Empl: 98.0
2
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
United States of America
94.6·Acad: 95.5·Empl: 97.3
3
Delft University of Technology
Netherlands
92.7·Acad: 93.0·Empl: 91.3
4
ETH Zurich
Switzerland
91.9·Acad: 92.5·Empl: 91.2
5
Manchester School of Architecture
United Kingdom
88.6·Acad: 87.1·Empl: 97.6
61
Politecnico di Milano
Italy
87.8·Acad: 89.3·Empl: 91.7
72
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Singapore
86.7·Acad: 84.8·Empl: 91.7
71
Harvard University
United States of America
86.7·Acad: 85.5·Empl: 100.0
92
Tsinghua University
China (Mainland)
84.4·Acad: 80.9·Empl: 90.0
10
University of California, Berkeley (UCB)
United States of America
83.4·Acad: 80.6·Empl: 89.4
113
EPFL – École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
Switzerland
82.8·Acad: 81.3·Empl: 85.4
121
Tongji University
China (Mainland)
82.1·Acad: 79.7·Empl: 84.4
131
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom
81.2·Acad: 77.6·Empl: 96.5
141
The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong SAR, China
80.1·Acad: 76.3·Empl: 82.3
156
RMIT University
Australia
78.5·Acad: 75.1·Empl: 77.1
16
Columbia University
United States of America
78.3·Acad: 77.1·Empl: 76.2
172
The University of Tokyo
Japan
78.1·Acad: 75.9·Empl: 85.4
182
Politecnico di Torino
Italy
77.8·Acad: 76.1·Empl: 80.1
1919
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya · BarcelonaTech (UPC)
Spain
77.3·Acad: 77.4·Empl: 71.2
19
Cornell University
United States of America
77.3·Acad: 75.0·Empl: 79.2
214
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hong Kong SAR, China
76.7·Acad: 72.2·Empl: 70.0
2115
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM)
Spain
76.7·Acad: 75.7·Empl: 80.8
233
The University of Melbourne
Australia
76.1·Acad: 71.4·Empl: 84.0
243
Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin)
Germany
75.9·Acad: 73.9·Empl: 69.3
254
Technical University of Munich
Germany
75.8·Acad: 73.4·Empl: 74.7
2618
The University of Sheffield
United Kingdom
75.1·Acad: 71.5·Empl: 80.0
279
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore)
Singapore
75.0·Acad: 68.7·Empl: 87.0
282
The University of Sydney
Australia
74.3·Acad: 69.2·Empl: 79.2
284
Stanford University
United States of America
74.3·Acad: 68.7·Empl: 93.7
2810
Georgia Institute of Technology
United States of America
74.3·Acad: 72.4·Empl: 63.8
312
Seoul National University
Republic of Korea
74.2·Acad: 72.1·Empl: 76.3
325
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
United States of America
74.1·Acad: 69.9·Empl: 81.0
3310
The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney)
Australia
74.0·Acad: 68.2·Empl: 81.1
3417
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (UC)
Chile
73.8·Acad: 71.0·Empl: 82.8
345
University of Pennsylvania
United States of America
73.8·Acad: 70.7·Empl: 80.1
3613
Aalto University
Finland
73.6·Acad: 71.1·Empl: 71.2
364
Yale University
United States of America
73.6·Acad: 69.4·Empl: 87.1
38—
Institute of Science Tokyo
Japan
72.9·Acad: 71.4·Empl: 81.3
391
Princeton University
United States of America
72.8·Acad: 68.5·Empl: 81.1
4010
Tianjin University
China (Mainland)
72.4·Acad: 67.1·Empl: 80.0
4011
Università Iuav di Venezia
Italy
72.4·Acad: 74.9·Empl: 59.2
429
University of Oxford
United Kingdom
72.3·Acad: 64.0·Empl: 95.9
424
Southeast University
China (Mainland)
72.3·Acad: 66.9·Empl: 73.4
447
Technische Universität Wien
Austria
71.2·Acad: 69.9·Empl: 67.6
447
University of Toronto
Canada
71.2·Acad: 65.2·Empl: 85.1
442
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Sweden
71.2·Acad: 67.9·Empl: 61.3
474
KU Leuven
Belgium
70.8·Acad: 66.8·Empl: 72.8
483
Universidade de São Paulo
Brazil
70.7·Acad: 67.6·Empl: 78.7
499
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
United States of America
70.5·Acad: 65.8·Empl: 65.7
501
Cardiff University
United Kingdom
70.4·Acad: 65.5·Empl: 67.7
501
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Malaysia
70.4·Acad: 65.2·Empl: 73.3
20261
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