51 universities
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| Rank | Change | University | Country | Score | Academic | Employer | Citations | H | IRN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ETH Zurich | Switzerland | 93.2 | 100.0 | 91.6 | 94.5 | 94.5 | 67.6 | |
| 2 | 7 | Columbia University | United States of America | 88.9 | 85.4 | 83.7 | 96.1 | 94.8 | 71.5 |
| 3 | 1 | University of Oxford | United Kingdom | 88.7 | 89.1 | 97.0 | 90.6 | 90.2 | 71.0 |
| 4 | 1 | Harvard University | United States of America | 87.7 | 85.7 | 99.1 | 88.4 | 92.0 | 69.5 |
| 5 | University of Cambridge | United Kingdom | 87.5 | 89.8 | 96.6 | 88.5 | 87.2 | 70.1 | |
| 6 | 2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | United States of America | 87.0 | 90.9 | 91.7 | 87.2 | 89.1 | 65.2 |
| 7 | 1 | California Institute of Technology (Caltech) | United States of America | 86.7 | 86.2 | 81.0 | 87.0 | 95.6 | 70.4 |
| 8 | 6 | University of Colorado Boulder | United States of America | 86.1 | 91.9 | 68.7 | 88.5 | 92.6 | 64.3 |
| 8 | University of Washington | United States of America | 86.1 | 92.1 | 65.3 | 90.9 | 92.0 | 62.3 | |
| 10 | 1 | China University of Geosciences | China (Mainland) | 85.8 | 93.9 | 67.8 | 85.7 | 91.7 | 64.5 |
| 11 | 4 | University of Leeds | United Kingdom | 85.2 | 81.8 | 81.8 | 92.8 | 87.5 | 74.1 |
| 11 | 2 | Stanford University | United States of America | 85.2 | 88.6 | 97.0 | 88.2 | 85.5 | 55.1 |
| 13 | 6 | University of California, Berkeley (UCB) | United States of America | 85.1 | 87.0 | 84.2 | 86.7 | 87.9 | 69.4 |
| 14 | 5 | Utrecht University | Netherlands | 83.7 | 87.0 | 61.2 | 94.7 | 87.5 | 59.4 |
| 15 | 12 | University of California, San Diego (UCSD) | United States of America | 83.2 | 85.6 | 64.8 | 90.7 | 89.1 | 61.0 |
| 15 | 20 | University of British Columbia | Canada | 83.2 | 86.9 | 92.1 | 86.8 | 81.6 | 58.0 |
| 17 | 15 | University of Texas at Austin | United States of America | 82.7 | 85.3 | 76.1 | 84.4 | 84.9 | 71.6 |
| 17 | 26 | University of Bristol | United Kingdom | 82.7 | 86.3 | 66.1 | 91.8 | 84.2 | 61.8 |
| 19 | 3 | Delft University of Technology | Netherlands | 82.5 | 86.2 | 77.6 | 85.1 | 83.4 | 67.1 |
| 20 | 1 | Imperial College London | United Kingdom | 82.2 | 81.7 | 87.5 | 87.2 | 84.4 | 60.6 |
| 20 | 19 | University of Exeter | United Kingdom | 82.2 | 78.9 | 64.7 | 95.6 | 87.0 | 64.1 |
| 22 | 10 | Princeton University | United States of America | 82.1 | 80.0 | 71.7 | 91.2 | 88.4 | 60.3 |
| 23 | 8 | Sorbonne University | France | 81.9 | 70.3 | 72.5 | 84.6 | 92.3 | 93.0 |
| 24 | 2 | Australian National University (ANU) | Australia | 81.6 | 86.4 | 77.6 | 87.3 | 81.0 | 58.3 |
| 25 | 9 | The University of Tokyo | Japan | 81.4 | 84.5 | 76.2 | 80.6 | 86.4 | 66.6 |
| 26 | 18 | Texas A&M University | United States of America | 81.3 | 78.6 | 81.7 | 86.9 | 83.0 | 70.3 |
| 27 | 6 | The University of Edinburgh | United Kingdom | 80.9 | 76.2 | 78.7 | 88.7 | 83.2 | 72.1 |
| 27 | 9 | Wageningen University & Research | Netherlands | 80.9 | 69.5 | 83.4 | 94.9 | 84.9 | 67.6 |
| 27 | 5 | University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) | United States of America | 80.9 | 81.3 | 69.1 | 87.2 | 87.2 | 60.0 |
| 30 | 8 | UCL | United Kingdom | 80.8 | 75.3 | 74.7 | 86.2 | 84.5 | 80.2 |
| 31 | 13 | Tsinghua University | China (Mainland) | 80.6 | 65.4 | 82.2 | 92.0 | 94.6 | 61.2 |
| 32 | 16 | The University of Arizona | United States of America | 80.5 | 77.9 | 68.1 | 86.7 | 86.6 | 70.2 |
| 32 | 10 | Université Grenoble Alpes | France | 80.5 | 76.1 | 61.1 | 88.2 | 87.6 | 76.3 |
| 34 | 6 | The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney) | Australia | 80.3 | 72.4 | 73.9 | 92.1 | 87.6 | 63.1 |
| 35 | 22 | Peking University | China (Mainland) | 80.1 | 70.1 | 76.1 | 89.0 | 93.2 | 59.3 |
| 36 | 5 | University of Maryland, College Park | United States of America | 80.0 | 69.0 | 61.9 | 92.5 | 93.2 | 66.6 |
| 36 | 14 | Nanjing University | China (Mainland) | 80.0 | 74.0 | 64.6 | 88.5 | 92.3 | 61.4 |
| 38 | 1 | Pennsylvania State University | United States of America | 79.7 | 79.0 | 65.7 | 86.8 | 84.5 | 66.4 |
| 38 | 1 | Curtin University | Australia | 79.7 | 78.3 | 65.0 | 86.0 | 83.7 | 73.3 |
| 40 | 11 | Universität Bremen | Germany | 79.3 | 82.4 | 53.8 | 90.1 | 81.6 | 63.2 |
| 41 | 10 | University of Southampton | United Kingdom | 79.2 | 78.5 | 61.7 | 89.3 | 82.8 | 64.8 |
| 42 | 2 | Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) | Singapore | 79.0 | 80.3 | 90.4 | 87.8 | 77.0 | 46.4 |
| 42 | 8 | The University of Melbourne | Australia | 79.0 | 75.8 | 78.3 | 89.3 | 82.5 | 54.8 |
| 44 | 16 | Yale University | United States of America | 78.8 | 70.1 | 93.3 | 90.9 | 80.6 | 55.7 |
| 45 | 5 | Colorado State University | United States of America | 78.6 | 76.0 | 58.6 | 93.1 | 85.7 | 52.3 |
| 46 | 16 | University of Toronto | Canada | 78.5 | 70.7 | 83.1 | 87.8 | 83.7 | 60.6 |
| 47 | 4 | Monash University | Australia | 78.1 | 61.9 | 88.3 | 92.4 | 87.8 | 56.1 |
| 48 | 3 | Beijing Normal University | China (Mainland) | 77.9 | 54.4 | 84.0 | 93.8 | 94.2 | 61.3 |
| 49 | 8 | McGill University | Canada | 77.6 | 76.1 | 77.9 | 88.3 | 78.0 | 54.1 |
| 50 | 10 | The University of Queensland | Australia | 77.4 | 76.7 | 74.2 | 86.9 | 78.5 | 55.8 |
| 2026 | 1 | INSTITUTION | COUNTRY/TERRITORY | — | — | — | — | — | — |
1
ETH Zurich
Switzerland
93.2·Acad: 100.0·Empl: 91.6
27
Columbia University
United States of America
88.9·Acad: 85.4·Empl: 83.7
31
University of Oxford
United Kingdom
88.7·Acad: 89.1·Empl: 97.0
41
Harvard University
United States of America
87.7·Acad: 85.7·Empl: 99.1
5
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom
87.5·Acad: 89.8·Empl: 96.6
62
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
United States of America
87.0·Acad: 90.9·Empl: 91.7
71
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
United States of America
86.7·Acad: 86.2·Empl: 81.0
86
University of Colorado Boulder
United States of America
86.1·Acad: 91.9·Empl: 68.7
8
University of Washington
United States of America
86.1·Acad: 92.1·Empl: 65.3
101
China University of Geosciences
China (Mainland)
85.8·Acad: 93.9·Empl: 67.8
114
University of Leeds
United Kingdom
85.2·Acad: 81.8·Empl: 81.8
112
Stanford University
United States of America
85.2·Acad: 88.6·Empl: 97.0
136
University of California, Berkeley (UCB)
United States of America
85.1·Acad: 87.0·Empl: 84.2
145
Utrecht University
Netherlands
83.7·Acad: 87.0·Empl: 61.2
1512
University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
United States of America
83.2·Acad: 85.6·Empl: 64.8
1520
University of British Columbia
Canada
83.2·Acad: 86.9·Empl: 92.1
1715
University of Texas at Austin
United States of America
82.7·Acad: 85.3·Empl: 76.1
1726
University of Bristol
United Kingdom
82.7·Acad: 86.3·Empl: 66.1
193
Delft University of Technology
Netherlands
82.5·Acad: 86.2·Empl: 77.6
201
Imperial College London
United Kingdom
82.2·Acad: 81.7·Empl: 87.5
2019
University of Exeter
United Kingdom
82.2·Acad: 78.9·Empl: 64.7
2210
Princeton University
United States of America
82.1·Acad: 80.0·Empl: 71.7
238
Sorbonne University
France
81.9·Acad: 70.3·Empl: 72.5
242
Australian National University (ANU)
Australia
81.6·Acad: 86.4·Empl: 77.6
259
The University of Tokyo
Japan
81.4·Acad: 84.5·Empl: 76.2
2618
Texas A&M University
United States of America
81.3·Acad: 78.6·Empl: 81.7
276
The University of Edinburgh
United Kingdom
80.9·Acad: 76.2·Empl: 78.7
279
Wageningen University & Research
Netherlands
80.9·Acad: 69.5·Empl: 83.4
275
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
United States of America
80.9·Acad: 81.3·Empl: 69.1
308
UCL
United Kingdom
80.8·Acad: 75.3·Empl: 74.7
3113
Tsinghua University
China (Mainland)
80.6·Acad: 65.4·Empl: 82.2
3216
The University of Arizona
United States of America
80.5·Acad: 77.9·Empl: 68.1
3210
Université Grenoble Alpes
France
80.5·Acad: 76.1·Empl: 61.1
346
The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney)
Australia
80.3·Acad: 72.4·Empl: 73.9
3522
Peking University
China (Mainland)
80.1·Acad: 70.1·Empl: 76.1
365
University of Maryland, College Park
United States of America
80.0·Acad: 69.0·Empl: 61.9
3614
Nanjing University
China (Mainland)
80.0·Acad: 74.0·Empl: 64.6
381
Pennsylvania State University
United States of America
79.7·Acad: 79.0·Empl: 65.7
381
Curtin University
Australia
79.7·Acad: 78.3·Empl: 65.0
4011
Universität Bremen
Germany
79.3·Acad: 82.4·Empl: 53.8
4110
University of Southampton
United Kingdom
79.2·Acad: 78.5·Empl: 61.7
422
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore)
Singapore
79.0·Acad: 80.3·Empl: 90.4
428
The University of Melbourne
Australia
79.0·Acad: 75.8·Empl: 78.3
4416
Yale University
United States of America
78.8·Acad: 70.1·Empl: 93.3
455
Colorado State University
United States of America
78.6·Acad: 76.0·Empl: 58.6
4616
University of Toronto
Canada
78.5·Acad: 70.7·Empl: 83.1
474
Monash University
Australia
78.1·Acad: 61.9·Empl: 88.3
483
Beijing Normal University
China (Mainland)
77.9·Acad: 54.4·Empl: 84.0
498
McGill University
Canada
77.6·Acad: 76.1·Empl: 77.9
5010
The University of Queensland
Australia
77.4·Acad: 76.7·Empl: 74.2
20261
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