51 universities
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| Rank | Change | University | Country | Score | Academic | Employer | Citations | H | IRN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ETH Zurich | Switzerland | 93.4 | 100.0 | 91.3 | 91.9 | 95.8 | 73.7 | |
| 2 | 5 | Columbia University | United States of America | 88.4 | 85.6 | 82.9 | 94.1 | 94.9 | 71.6 |
| 3 | 1 | University of Oxford | United Kingdom | 88.2 | 88.7 | 96.1 | 87.8 | 89.7 | 75.7 |
| 4 | 1 | Harvard University | United States of America | 87.3 | 85.3 | 98.2 | 86.3 | 92.1 | 72.4 |
| 5 | 1 | California Institute of Technology (Caltech) | United States of America | 86.9 | 85.8 | 80.2 | 85.1 | 96.6 | 76.8 |
| 6 | University of Cambridge | United Kingdom | 86.6 | 89.4 | 95.7 | 85.3 | 86.6 | 72.2 | |
| 7 | 3 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | United States of America | 86.0 | 90.5 | 90.9 | 83.8 | 88.5 | 66.8 |
| 8 | 3 | University of Colorado Boulder | United States of America | 85.8 | 91.8 | 67.9 | 86.1 | 92.8 | 67.1 |
| 9 | University of Washington | United States of America | 85.6 | 92.0 | 64.9 | 88.9 | 91.6 | 64.2 | |
| 10 | Stanford University | United States of America | 85.3 | 88.3 | 96.1 | 86.8 | 86.8 | 57.5 | |
| 11 | 3 | University of California, Berkeley (UCB) | United States of America | 84.8 | 86.6 | 83.5 | 84.5 | 88.0 | 73.6 |
| 12 | 2 | University of Leeds | United Kingdom | 84.7 | 81.4 | 81.4 | 90.5 | 86.6 | 78.8 |
| 13 | 4 | Utrecht University | Netherlands | 83.2 | 86.9 | 60.8 | 93.6 | 87.0 | 59.4 |
| 14 | 6 | University of California, San Diego (UCSD) | United States of America | 83.1 | 85.4 | 64.4 | 89.3 | 89.5 | 63.7 |
| 15 | 14 | University of British Columbia | Canada | 82.0 | 87.0 | 92.1 | 84.1 | 80.6 | 55.3 |
| 16 | 12 | University of Texas at Austin | United States of America | 81.9 | 85.3 | 75.4 | 81.3 | 84.9 | 72.5 |
| 16 | 3 | Delft University of Technology | Netherlands | 81.9 | 86.1 | 77.1 | 80.4 | 83.9 | 72.7 |
| 18 | 9 | Sorbonne University | France | 81.8 | 70.2 | 71.6 | 83.0 | 92.1 | 97.8 |
| 19 | 1 | Imperial College London | United Kingdom | 81.6 | 81.3 | 86.7 | 83.7 | 84.5 | 64.5 |
| 20 | 2 | Australian National University (ANU) | Australia | 81.3 | 86.5 | 77.0 | 85.6 | 80.6 | 61.3 |
| 20 | 18 | University of Bristol | United Kingdom | 81.3 | 86.1 | 65.1 | 88.6 | 81.2 | 64.9 |
| 22 | — | University of Exeter | United Kingdom | 81.2 | 78.5 | 64.1 | 93.1 | 86.5 | 63.8 |
| 23 | 11 | Princeton University | United States of America | 80.9 | 79.5 | 70.8 | 88.5 | 86.6 | 61.7 |
| 24 | 8 | The University of Tokyo | Japan | 80.8 | 84.1 | 75.9 | 78.2 | 86.5 | 68.5 |
| 25 | 15 | Texas A&M University | United States of America | 80.5 | 78.0 | 81.4 | 83.7 | 83.2 | 72.0 |
| 26 | 3 | Université Grenoble Alpes | France | 80.2 | 75.5 | 60.2 | 86.0 | 88.5 | 79.2 |
| 27 | 9 | Tsinghua University | China (Mainland) | 80.1 | 64.8 | 81.4 | 88.7 | 94.8 | 66.1 |
| 27 | 3 | University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) | United States of America | 80.1 | 80.9 | 68.4 | 84.3 | 86.8 | 62.6 |
| 27 | 6 | Wageningen University & Research | Netherlands | 80.1 | 68.8 | 82.6 | 93.4 | 84.4 | 67.5 |
| 30 | 3 | The University of Edinburgh | United Kingdom | 79.9 | 75.7 | 78.0 | 85.1 | 82.6 | 74.5 |
| 31 | 18 | The University of Arizona | United States of America | 79.7 | 77.4 | 67.2 | 84.1 | 86.2 | 72.1 |
| 32 | 7 | UCL | United Kingdom | 79.5 | 74.8 | 75.0 | 82.5 | 83.7 | 80.4 |
| 33 | 7 | University of Maryland, College Park | United States of America | 79.4 | 68.3 | 61.4 | 90.2 | 93.6 | 68.4 |
| 33 | 2 | The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney) | Australia | 79.4 | 70.7 | 73.2 | 89.9 | 86.8 | 67.2 |
| 35 | 20 | Peking University | China (Mainland) | 79.1 | 69.5 | 75.2 | 86.5 | 93.0 | 58.3 |
| 36 | Pennsylvania State University | United States of America | 78.9 | 78.5 | 65.2 | 83.9 | 84.2 | 68.2 | |
| 36 | 11 | Nanjing University | China (Mainland) | 78.9 | 73.4 | 64.0 | 86.3 | 92.1 | 58.7 |
| 38 | 4 | Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) | Singapore | 78.8 | 80.2 | 89.9 | 84.4 | 77.3 | 53.3 |
| 39 | 4 | The University of Melbourne | Australia | 78.1 | 75.3 | 77.5 | 86.2 | 81.9 | 57.4 |
| 40 | 2 | Curtin University | Australia | 78.0 | 77.9 | 64.3 | 82.5 | 81.2 | 72.7 |
| 40 | 6 | Colorado State University | United States of America | 78.0 | 75.5 | 58.0 | 90.8 | 85.5 | 54.5 |
| 40 | 11 | University of Southampton | United Kingdom | 78.0 | 78.0 | 61.4 | 85.1 | 81.2 | 69.3 |
| 43 | 8 | China University of Geosciences | China (Mainland) | 77.8 | 75.7 | 54.9 | 83.1 | 91.0 | 60.3 |
| 44 | 15 | University of Toronto | Canada | 77.5 | 70.1 | 85.9 | 84.9 | 82.3 | 61.1 |
| 45 | 13 | Yale University | United States of America | 77.4 | 70.1 | 92.4 | 87.7 | 78.8 | 54.8 |
| 46 | 5 | Beijing Normal University | China (Mainland) | 77.3 | 53.6 | 83.1 | 91.5 | 94.7 | 63.5 |
| 47 | 4 | Universität Potsdam | Germany | 76.9 | 77.1 | 38.4 | 89.3 | 82.1 | 70.4 |
| 47 | 4 | Monash University | Australia | 76.9 | 61.1 | 88.2 | 89.6 | 86.6 | 57.4 |
| 49 | 11 | McGill University | Canada | 76.8 | 75.8 | 77.4 | 86.2 | 77.9 | 53.0 |
| 49 | 2 | Universität Bremen | Germany | 76.8 | 82.0 | 53.1 | 86.4 | 78.6 | 56.3 |
| 2026 | 1 | INSTITUTION | COUNTRY/TERRITORY | — | — | — | — | — | — |
1
ETH Zurich
Switzerland
93.4·Acad: 100.0·Empl: 91.3
25
Columbia University
United States of America
88.4·Acad: 85.6·Empl: 82.9
31
University of Oxford
United Kingdom
88.2·Acad: 88.7·Empl: 96.1
41
Harvard University
United States of America
87.3·Acad: 85.3·Empl: 98.2
51
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
United States of America
86.9·Acad: 85.8·Empl: 80.2
6
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom
86.6·Acad: 89.4·Empl: 95.7
73
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
United States of America
86.0·Acad: 90.5·Empl: 90.9
83
University of Colorado Boulder
United States of America
85.8·Acad: 91.8·Empl: 67.9
9
University of Washington
United States of America
85.6·Acad: 92.0·Empl: 64.9
10
Stanford University
United States of America
85.3·Acad: 88.3·Empl: 96.1
113
University of California, Berkeley (UCB)
United States of America
84.8·Acad: 86.6·Empl: 83.5
122
University of Leeds
United Kingdom
84.7·Acad: 81.4·Empl: 81.4
134
Utrecht University
Netherlands
83.2·Acad: 86.9·Empl: 60.8
146
University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
United States of America
83.1·Acad: 85.4·Empl: 64.4
1514
University of British Columbia
Canada
82.0·Acad: 87.0·Empl: 92.1
1612
University of Texas at Austin
United States of America
81.9·Acad: 85.3·Empl: 75.4
163
Delft University of Technology
Netherlands
81.9·Acad: 86.1·Empl: 77.1
189
Sorbonne University
France
81.8·Acad: 70.2·Empl: 71.6
191
Imperial College London
United Kingdom
81.6·Acad: 81.3·Empl: 86.7
202
Australian National University (ANU)
Australia
81.3·Acad: 86.5·Empl: 77.0
2018
University of Bristol
United Kingdom
81.3·Acad: 86.1·Empl: 65.1
22—
University of Exeter
United Kingdom
81.2·Acad: 78.5·Empl: 64.1
2311
Princeton University
United States of America
80.9·Acad: 79.5·Empl: 70.8
248
The University of Tokyo
Japan
80.8·Acad: 84.1·Empl: 75.9
2515
Texas A&M University
United States of America
80.5·Acad: 78.0·Empl: 81.4
263
Université Grenoble Alpes
France
80.2·Acad: 75.5·Empl: 60.2
279
Tsinghua University
China (Mainland)
80.1·Acad: 64.8·Empl: 81.4
273
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
United States of America
80.1·Acad: 80.9·Empl: 68.4
276
Wageningen University & Research
Netherlands
80.1·Acad: 68.8·Empl: 82.6
303
The University of Edinburgh
United Kingdom
79.9·Acad: 75.7·Empl: 78.0
3118
The University of Arizona
United States of America
79.7·Acad: 77.4·Empl: 67.2
327
UCL
United Kingdom
79.5·Acad: 74.8·Empl: 75.0
337
University of Maryland, College Park
United States of America
79.4·Acad: 68.3·Empl: 61.4
332
The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney)
Australia
79.4·Acad: 70.7·Empl: 73.2
3520
Peking University
China (Mainland)
79.1·Acad: 69.5·Empl: 75.2
36
Pennsylvania State University
United States of America
78.9·Acad: 78.5·Empl: 65.2
3611
Nanjing University
China (Mainland)
78.9·Acad: 73.4·Empl: 64.0
384
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore)
Singapore
78.8·Acad: 80.2·Empl: 89.9
394
The University of Melbourne
Australia
78.1·Acad: 75.3·Empl: 77.5
402
Curtin University
Australia
78.0·Acad: 77.9·Empl: 64.3
406
Colorado State University
United States of America
78.0·Acad: 75.5·Empl: 58.0
4011
University of Southampton
United Kingdom
78.0·Acad: 78.0·Empl: 61.4
438
China University of Geosciences
China (Mainland)
77.8·Acad: 75.7·Empl: 54.9
4415
University of Toronto
Canada
77.5·Acad: 70.1·Empl: 85.9
4513
Yale University
United States of America
77.4·Acad: 70.1·Empl: 92.4
465
Beijing Normal University
China (Mainland)
77.3·Acad: 53.6·Empl: 83.1
474
Universität Potsdam
Germany
76.9·Acad: 77.1·Empl: 38.4
474
Monash University
Australia
76.9·Acad: 61.1·Empl: 88.2
4911
McGill University
Canada
76.8·Acad: 75.8·Empl: 77.4
492
Universität Bremen
Germany
76.8·Acad: 82.0·Empl: 53.1
20261
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