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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 | ETH Zurich | Switzerland | 93.6 | 100.0 | 84.9 | 94.6 | 95.8 | 69.9 | |
| 2 | 1 | University of Oxford | United Kingdom | 90.5 | 92.9 | 97.3 | 90.7 | 90.9 | 72.4 |
| 3 | 1 | University of Cambridge | United Kingdom | 89.3 | 93.6 | 96.9 | 88.6 | 87.0 | 70.6 |
| 4 | 5 | Columbia University | United States of America | 89.1 | 86.9 | 84.9 | 97.2 | 95.3 | 73.0 |
| 4 | 1 | Harvard University | United States of America | 89.1 | 89.2 | 100.0 | 90.0 | 92.9 | 68.1 |
| 6 | California Institute of Technology (Caltech) | United States of America | 88.4 | 89.8 | 80.1 | 89.0 | 96.7 | 73.1 | |
| 7 | 5 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | United States of America | 88.0 | 94.8 | 81.5 | 88.1 | 89.9 | 63.6 |
| 8 | 1 | Stanford University | United States of America | 87.9 | 92.4 | 97.8 | 90.4 | 88.0 | 54.8 |
| 9 | 1 | University of California, Berkeley (UCB) | United States of America | 86.3 | 90.6 | 75.2 | 88.5 | 89.2 | 70.2 |
| 10 | University of Washington | United States of America | 86.2 | 91.0 | 66.3 | 92.4 | 92.8 | 61.0 | |
| 11 | 5 | University of Colorado Boulder | United States of America | 85.5 | 90.1 | 67.2 | 89.5 | 92.6 | 62.9 |
| 12 | 8 | University of Leeds | United Kingdom | 84.4 | 81.0 | 82.1 | 93.9 | 87.3 | 75.3 |
| 13 | 12 | University of British Columbia | Canada | 83.6 | 87.9 | 89.4 | 87.1 | 81.3 | 57.7 |
| 13 | 5 | University of Texas at Austin | United States of America | 83.6 | 85.9 | 76.9 | 85.7 | 86.5 | 70.8 |
| 15 | 2 | Imperial College London | United Kingdom | 83.5 | 84.9 | 87.5 | 88.3 | 85.0 | 61.3 |
| 16 | 11 | Utrecht University | Netherlands | 83.2 | 86.1 | 59.6 | 95.7 | 87.9 | 61.0 |
| 17 | 5 | The University of Tokyo | Japan | 82.8 | 87.9 | 75.0 | 81.4 | 86.7 | 65.0 |
| 18 | 14 | University of Bristol | United Kingdom | 82.7 | 85.9 | 66.8 | 91.3 | 85.9 | 62.2 |
| 18 | 4 | University of California, San Diego (UCSD) | United States of America | 82.7 | 85.6 | 60.8 | 92.3 | 89.9 | 59.3 |
| 20 | 5 | Delft University of Technology | Netherlands | 82.5 | 85.9 | 75.2 | 84.0 | 84.0 | 70.4 |
| 20 | 1 | Australian National University (ANU) | Australia | 82.5 | 87.1 | 73.4 | 88.8 | 82.8 | 60.1 |
| 22 | 10 | Princeton University | United States of America | 82.4 | 83.0 | 70.7 | 92.5 | 88.0 | 60.2 |
| 23 | 6 | Colorado School of Mines | United States of America | 82.1 | 93.8 | 82.5 | 83.6 | 74.0 | 47.6 |
| 24 | 6 | University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) | United States of America | 81.7 | 84.5 | 69.8 | 88.4 | 86.7 | 58.7 |
| 25 | 2 | UCL | United Kingdom | 81.2 | 78.0 | 74.3 | 87.5 | 85.6 | 79.1 |
| 26 | 9 | Sorbonne University | France | 81.0 | 73.7 | 68.1 | 85.6 | 92.1 | 92.1 |
| 27 | 9 | The University of Edinburgh | United Kingdom | 80.9 | 78.9 | 78.2 | 89.2 | 83.3 | 70.2 |
| 28 | 16 | University of Exeter | United Kingdom | 80.8 | 77.9 | 66.1 | 96.4 | 87.6 | 62.6 |
| 29 | 14 | Texas A&M University | United States of America | 80.5 | 78.5 | 80.3 | 86.5 | 83.5 | 70.3 |
| 30 | 16 | Peking University | China (Mainland) | 80.1 | 75.1 | 75.9 | 89.6 | 93.7 | 57.9 |
| 31 | 2 | Pennsylvania State University | United States of America | 79.8 | 79.2 | 67.4 | 87.8 | 85.4 | 67.0 |
| 31 | 20 | The University of Arizona | United States of America | 79.8 | 77.6 | 69.4 | 87.0 | 87.0 | 69.7 |
| 33 | 9 | Yale University | United States of America | 79.7 | 74.4 | 94.8 | 92.5 | 82.6 | 54.6 |
| 34 | 8 | Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) | Singapore | 79.6 | 81.9 | 84.5 | 87.9 | 78.0 | 52.5 |
| 34 | 23 | Tsinghua University | China (Mainland) | 79.6 | 70.8 | 77.8 | 91.9 | 94.7 | 62.2 |
| 36 | 4 | Université Grenoble Alpes | France | 79.3 | 76.3 | 55.9 | 89.3 | 88.3 | 76.4 |
| 37 | The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney) | Australia | 79.2 | 74.2 | 71.0 | 92.0 | 88.2 | 63.7 | |
| 38 | 2 | University of Southampton | United Kingdom | 79.0 | 78.1 | 63.4 | 90.1 | 84.1 | 66.2 |
| 38 | 10 | Nanjing University | China (Mainland) | 79.0 | 75.5 | 63.0 | 89.5 | 93.1 | 59.9 |
| 38 | 9 | The University of Melbourne | Australia | 79.0 | 78.5 | 77.2 | 89.3 | 82.4 | 55.5 |
| 41 | 2 | Curtin University | Australia | 78.9 | 77.3 | 64.4 | 86.9 | 84.6 | 72.4 |
| 42 | 17 | University of Toronto | Canada | 78.8 | 74.9 | 84.9 | 88.4 | 83.8 | 59.1 |
| 43 | 6 | University of Reading | United Kingdom | 78.7 | 73.8 | 62.1 | 99.4 | 86.5 | 57.4 |
| 44 | 7 | Wageningen University & Research | Netherlands | 78.3 | 70.2 | 74.4 | 95.9 | 84.8 | 66.2 |
| 44 | 7 | China University of Geosciences | China (Mainland) | 78.3 | 74.8 | 57.3 | 86.9 | 92.8 | 67.0 |
| 46 | 5 | Universität Bremen | Germany | 78.2 | 80.5 | 53.2 | 91.0 | 81.1 | 62.6 |
| 47 | 2 | University of Maryland, College Park | United States of America | 77.9 | 69.7 | 60.2 | 93.5 | 94.0 | 65.2 |
| 48 | 2 | McGill University | Canada | 77.5 | 78.0 | 74.3 | 89.4 | 78.4 | 52.6 |
| 49 | 2 | Arizona State University | United States of America | 77.0 | 75.0 | 79.6 | 85.9 | 79.8 | 59.3 |
| 49 | 2 | Colorado State University | United States of America | 77.0 | 75.2 | 59.8 | 93.9 | 85.3 | 51.0 |
| 2026 | 1 | INSTITUTION | COUNTRY/TERRITORY | — | — | — | — | — | — |
1
ETH Zurich
Switzerland
93.6·Acad: 100.0·Empl: 84.9
21
University of Oxford
United Kingdom
90.5·Acad: 92.9·Empl: 97.3
31
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom
89.3·Acad: 93.6·Empl: 96.9
45
Columbia University
United States of America
89.1·Acad: 86.9·Empl: 84.9
41
Harvard University
United States of America
89.1·Acad: 89.2·Empl: 100.0
6
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
United States of America
88.4·Acad: 89.8·Empl: 80.1
75
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
United States of America
88.0·Acad: 94.8·Empl: 81.5
81
Stanford University
United States of America
87.9·Acad: 92.4·Empl: 97.8
91
University of California, Berkeley (UCB)
United States of America
86.3·Acad: 90.6·Empl: 75.2
10
University of Washington
United States of America
86.2·Acad: 91.0·Empl: 66.3
115
University of Colorado Boulder
United States of America
85.5·Acad: 90.1·Empl: 67.2
128
University of Leeds
United Kingdom
84.4·Acad: 81.0·Empl: 82.1
1312
University of British Columbia
Canada
83.6·Acad: 87.9·Empl: 89.4
135
University of Texas at Austin
United States of America
83.6·Acad: 85.9·Empl: 76.9
152
Imperial College London
United Kingdom
83.5·Acad: 84.9·Empl: 87.5
1611
Utrecht University
Netherlands
83.2·Acad: 86.1·Empl: 59.6
175
The University of Tokyo
Japan
82.8·Acad: 87.9·Empl: 75.0
1814
University of Bristol
United Kingdom
82.7·Acad: 85.9·Empl: 66.8
184
University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
United States of America
82.7·Acad: 85.6·Empl: 60.8
205
Delft University of Technology
Netherlands
82.5·Acad: 85.9·Empl: 75.2
201
Australian National University (ANU)
Australia
82.5·Acad: 87.1·Empl: 73.4
2210
Princeton University
United States of America
82.4·Acad: 83.0·Empl: 70.7
236
Colorado School of Mines
United States of America
82.1·Acad: 93.8·Empl: 82.5
246
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
United States of America
81.7·Acad: 84.5·Empl: 69.8
252
UCL
United Kingdom
81.2·Acad: 78.0·Empl: 74.3
269
Sorbonne University
France
81.0·Acad: 73.7·Empl: 68.1
279
The University of Edinburgh
United Kingdom
80.9·Acad: 78.9·Empl: 78.2
2816
University of Exeter
United Kingdom
80.8·Acad: 77.9·Empl: 66.1
2914
Texas A&M University
United States of America
80.5·Acad: 78.5·Empl: 80.3
3016
Peking University
China (Mainland)
80.1·Acad: 75.1·Empl: 75.9
312
Pennsylvania State University
United States of America
79.8·Acad: 79.2·Empl: 67.4
3120
The University of Arizona
United States of America
79.8·Acad: 77.6·Empl: 69.4
339
Yale University
United States of America
79.7·Acad: 74.4·Empl: 94.8
348
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore)
Singapore
79.6·Acad: 81.9·Empl: 84.5
3423
Tsinghua University
China (Mainland)
79.6·Acad: 70.8·Empl: 77.8
364
Université Grenoble Alpes
France
79.3·Acad: 76.3·Empl: 55.9
37
The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney)
Australia
79.2·Acad: 74.2·Empl: 71.0
382
University of Southampton
United Kingdom
79.0·Acad: 78.1·Empl: 63.4
3810
Nanjing University
China (Mainland)
79.0·Acad: 75.5·Empl: 63.0
389
The University of Melbourne
Australia
79.0·Acad: 78.5·Empl: 77.2
412
Curtin University
Australia
78.9·Acad: 77.3·Empl: 64.4
4217
University of Toronto
Canada
78.8·Acad: 74.9·Empl: 84.9
436
University of Reading
United Kingdom
78.7·Acad: 73.8·Empl: 62.1
447
Wageningen University & Research
Netherlands
78.3·Acad: 70.2·Empl: 74.4
447
China University of Geosciences
China (Mainland)
78.3·Acad: 74.8·Empl: 57.3
465
Universität Bremen
Germany
78.2·Acad: 80.5·Empl: 53.2
472
University of Maryland, College Park
United States of America
77.9·Acad: 69.7·Empl: 60.2
482
McGill University
Canada
77.5·Acad: 78.0·Empl: 74.3
492
Arizona State University
United States of America
77.0·Acad: 75.0·Empl: 79.6
492
Colorado State University
United States of America
77.0·Acad: 75.2·Empl: 59.8
20261
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