52 universities
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| Rank | Change | University | Country | Score | Academic | Employer | Citations | H | IRN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harvard University | United States of America | 98.2 | 99.2 | 100.0 | 91.5 | 100.0 | — | |
| 2 | University of Oxford | United Kingdom | 97.5 | 100.0 | 99.5 | 83.4 | 100.0 | — | |
| 3 | University of Cambridge | United Kingdom | 96.7 | 99.4 | 98.3 | 82.5 | 98.9 | — | |
| 4 | Yale University | United States of America | 92.4 | 93.6 | 93.1 | 88.8 | 90.6 | — | |
| 5 | 1 | Stanford University | United States of America | 89.8 | 89.4 | 95.4 | 87.1 | 90.6 | — |
| 6 | 2 | University of California, Berkeley (UCB) | United States of America | 89.3 | 90.8 | 86.1 | 85.5 | 89.1 | — |
| 6 | 3 | Columbia University | United States of America | 89.3 | 88.9 | 88.9 | 88.9 | 91.4 | — |
| 8 | 1 | Princeton University | United States of America | 89.2 | 92.5 | 85.4 | 83.7 | 83.7 | — |
| 9 | 8 | National University of Singapore (NUS) | Singapore | 87.7 | 91.3 | 89.6 | 84.0 | 75.7 | — |
| 10 | 4 | The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) | United Kingdom | 87.6 | 86.3 | 87.7 | 90.7 | 89.8 | — |
| 11 | 1 | University of Chicago | United States of America | 86.4 | 88.4 | 83.8 | 80.9 | 85.6 | — |
| 12 | 7 | Peking University | China (Mainland) | 86.3 | 88.8 | 83.5 | 82.7 | 81.7 | — |
| 13 | 5 | Leiden University | Netherlands | 85.4 | 89.5 | 69.9 | 79.8 | 84.7 | — |
| 14 | 3 | University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) | United States of America | 84.7 | 84.7 | 82.3 | 84.6 | 86.5 | — |
| 15 | 4 | Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne | France | 84.2 | 89.2 | 82.5 | 69.9 | 79.4 | — |
| 16 | University of Toronto | Canada | 83.9 | 82.2 | 83.3 | 83.3 | 91.4 | — | |
| 17 | 9 | Australian National University (ANU) | Australia | 83.4 | 83.3 | 78.6 | 81.2 | 89.1 | — |
| 18 | 5 | The University of Tokyo | Japan | 83.3 | 92.4 | 85.5 | 67.3 | 61.6 | — |
| 19 | 1 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | United States of America | 83.1 | 80.5 | 79.8 | 86.1 | 92.8 | — |
| 20 | 5 | UCL | United Kingdom | 83.0 | 77.1 | 84.9 | 90.3 | 97.8 | — |
| 21 | 4 | King's College London | United Kingdom | 82.9 | 79.1 | 81.9 | 86.9 | 94.8 | — |
| 22 | 9 | The University of Edinburgh | United Kingdom | 82.8 | 78.7 | 83.1 | 87.1 | 94.8 | — |
| 23 | 2 | University of Pennsylvania | United States of America | 81.5 | 77.6 | 85.1 | 88.8 | 87.4 | — |
| 24 | 6 | Freie Universitaet Berlin | Germany | 81.3 | 85.8 | 75.6 | 74.2 | 74.3 | — |
| 24 | 1 | New York University (NYU) | United States of America | 81.3 | 76.7 | 84.4 | 86.0 | 92.8 | — |
| 26 | 24 | Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales | France | 80.9 | 87.3 | 52.5 | 73.7 | 81.7 | — |
| 27 | 5 | Johns Hopkins University | United States of America | 80.8 | 77.9 | 76.5 | 90.4 | 85.6 | — |
| 28 | 1 | The University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong SAR, China | 80.5 | 81.3 | 79.8 | 79.8 | 78.2 | — |
| 29 | 5 | Cornell University | United States of America | 80.3 | 77.3 | 79.0 | 88.5 | 84.7 | — |
| 30 | 6 | Kyoto University | Japan | 79.4 | 90.0 | 78.5 | 60.8 | 56.5 | — |
| 31 | 10 | Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin | Germany | 79.3 | 81.1 | 72.8 | 76.3 | 79.4 | — |
| 31 | 17 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) | Mexico | 79.3 | 83.5 | 77.2 | 66.2 | 77.0 | — |
| 33 | 2 | National Taiwan University (NTU) | Taiwan | 79.2 | 84.4 | 78.2 | 68.6 | 69.6 | — |
| 33 | 12 | University of British Columbia | Canada | 79.2 | 75.8 | 79.5 | 86.5 | 85.6 | — |
| 35 | 9 | McGill University | Canada | 78.9 | 74.3 | 80.1 | 87.7 | 87.4 | — |
| 36 | 15 | SOAS University of London | United Kingdom | 78.7 | 82.9 | 65.5 | 76.3 | 72.8 | — |
| 37 | 11 | Fudan University | China (Mainland) | 78.5 | 84.1 | 75.3 | 68.6 | 67.8 | — |
| 38 | 5 | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München | Germany | 78.1 | 78.6 | 69.0 | 76.4 | 83.7 | — |
| 39 | 8 | The University of Manchester | United Kingdom | 77.9 | 72.1 | 78.8 | 85.9 | 92.8 | — |
| 40 | 11 | University of Texas at Austin | United States of America | 77.6 | 75.8 | 73.8 | 83.2 | 81.7 | — |
| 41 | 2 | The University of Sydney | Australia | 77.4 | 72.8 | 81.8 | 83.5 | 86.5 | — |
| 42 | 5 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | United States of America | 77.2 | 77.2 | 51.0 | 87.0 | 84.7 | — |
| 42 | 5 | University of Amsterdam | Netherlands | 77.2 | 72.1 | 70.9 | 86.2 | 92.8 | — |
| 44 | 8 | Durham University | United Kingdom | 77.0 | 72.4 | 80.7 | 83.3 | 86.5 | — |
| 45 | 1 | University of St Andrews | United Kingdom | 76.5 | 75.7 | 75.6 | 76.5 | 80.6 | — |
| 46 | 18 | Seoul National University | Republic of Korea | 76.4 | 82.0 | 81.0 | 63.3 | 63.8 | — |
| 47 | 5 | The University of Warwick | United Kingdom | 76.2 | 71.7 | 77.4 | 83.0 | 86.5 | — |
| 47 | 7 | The University of Melbourne | Australia | 76.2 | 69.6 | 84.2 | 83.8 | 89.8 | — |
| 49 | 2 | Brown University | United States of America | 76.1 | 72.5 | 76.2 | 84.0 | 82.7 | — |
| 50 | 6 | University of Vienna | Austria | 76.0 | 75.1 | 67.3 | 76.7 | 84.7 | — |
| 50 | 1 | Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin | Ireland | 76.0 | 70.0 | 80.6 | 87.9 | 84.7 | — |
| 2026 | 1 | INSTITUTION | COUNTRY/TERRITORY | — | — | — | — | — | — |
1
Harvard University
United States of America
98.2·Acad: 99.2·Empl: 100.0
2
University of Oxford
United Kingdom
97.5·Acad: 100.0·Empl: 99.5
3
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom
96.7·Acad: 99.4·Empl: 98.3
4
Yale University
United States of America
92.4·Acad: 93.6·Empl: 93.1
51
Stanford University
United States of America
89.8·Acad: 89.4·Empl: 95.4
62
University of California, Berkeley (UCB)
United States of America
89.3·Acad: 90.8·Empl: 86.1
63
Columbia University
United States of America
89.3·Acad: 88.9·Empl: 88.9
81
Princeton University
United States of America
89.2·Acad: 92.5·Empl: 85.4
98
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Singapore
87.7·Acad: 91.3·Empl: 89.6
104
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
United Kingdom
87.6·Acad: 86.3·Empl: 87.7
111
University of Chicago
United States of America
86.4·Acad: 88.4·Empl: 83.8
127
Peking University
China (Mainland)
86.3·Acad: 88.8·Empl: 83.5
135
Leiden University
Netherlands
85.4·Acad: 89.5·Empl: 69.9
143
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
United States of America
84.7·Acad: 84.7·Empl: 82.3
154
Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
France
84.2·Acad: 89.2·Empl: 82.5
16
University of Toronto
Canada
83.9·Acad: 82.2·Empl: 83.3
179
Australian National University (ANU)
Australia
83.4·Acad: 83.3·Empl: 78.6
185
The University of Tokyo
Japan
83.3·Acad: 92.4·Empl: 85.5
191
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
United States of America
83.1·Acad: 80.5·Empl: 79.8
205
UCL
United Kingdom
83.0·Acad: 77.1·Empl: 84.9
214
King's College London
United Kingdom
82.9·Acad: 79.1·Empl: 81.9
229
The University of Edinburgh
United Kingdom
82.8·Acad: 78.7·Empl: 83.1
232
University of Pennsylvania
United States of America
81.5·Acad: 77.6·Empl: 85.1
246
Freie Universitaet Berlin
Germany
81.3·Acad: 85.8·Empl: 75.6
241
New York University (NYU)
United States of America
81.3·Acad: 76.7·Empl: 84.4
2624
Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales
France
80.9·Acad: 87.3·Empl: 52.5
275
Johns Hopkins University
United States of America
80.8·Acad: 77.9·Empl: 76.5
281
The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong SAR, China
80.5·Acad: 81.3·Empl: 79.8
295
Cornell University
United States of America
80.3·Acad: 77.3·Empl: 79.0
306
Kyoto University
Japan
79.4·Acad: 90.0·Empl: 78.5
3110
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Germany
79.3·Acad: 81.1·Empl: 72.8
3117
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
Mexico
79.3·Acad: 83.5·Empl: 77.2
332
National Taiwan University (NTU)
Taiwan
79.2·Acad: 84.4·Empl: 78.2
3312
University of British Columbia
Canada
79.2·Acad: 75.8·Empl: 79.5
359
McGill University
Canada
78.9·Acad: 74.3·Empl: 80.1
3615
SOAS University of London
United Kingdom
78.7·Acad: 82.9·Empl: 65.5
3711
Fudan University
China (Mainland)
78.5·Acad: 84.1·Empl: 75.3
385
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Germany
78.1·Acad: 78.6·Empl: 69.0
398
The University of Manchester
United Kingdom
77.9·Acad: 72.1·Empl: 78.8
4011
University of Texas at Austin
United States of America
77.6·Acad: 75.8·Empl: 73.8
412
The University of Sydney
Australia
77.4·Acad: 72.8·Empl: 81.8
425
University of Wisconsin-Madison
United States of America
77.2·Acad: 77.2·Empl: 51.0
425
University of Amsterdam
Netherlands
77.2·Acad: 72.1·Empl: 70.9
448
Durham University
United Kingdom
77.0·Acad: 72.4·Empl: 80.7
451
University of St Andrews
United Kingdom
76.5·Acad: 75.7·Empl: 75.6
4618
Seoul National University
Republic of Korea
76.4·Acad: 82.0·Empl: 81.0
475
The University of Warwick
United Kingdom
76.2·Acad: 71.7·Empl: 77.4
477
The University of Melbourne
Australia
76.2·Acad: 69.6·Empl: 84.2
492
Brown University
United States of America
76.1·Acad: 72.5·Empl: 76.2
506
University of Vienna
Austria
76.0·Acad: 75.1·Empl: 67.3
501
Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin
Ireland
76.0·Acad: 70.0·Empl: 80.6
20261
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