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QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026

154 universities

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1

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

United States of America

94.4·Acad: 100.0·Empl: 100.0
24

National University of Singapore (NUS)

Singapore

90.9·Acad: 91.8·Empl: 91.3
3

Stanford University

United States of America

90.8·Acad: 93.1·Empl: 99.5
31

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore)

Singapore

90.8·Acad: 91.2·Empl: 89.6
51

University of Cambridge

United Kingdom

90.1·Acad: 94.9·Empl: 98.6
61

Harvard University

United States of America

89.9·Acad: 90.0·Empl: 99.7
72

University of California, Berkeley (UCB)

United States of America

89.2·Acad: 91.1·Empl: 92.4
8

University of Oxford

United Kingdom

88.3·Acad: 93.1·Empl: 98.4
93

Tsinghua University

China (Mainland)

88.0·Acad: 86.6·Empl: 88.6
101

ETH Zurich

Switzerland

87.2·Acad: 89.9·Empl: 96.8
101

Imperial College London

United Kingdom

87.2·Acad: 89.2·Empl: 92.0
121

Georgia Institute of Technology

United States of America

86.6·Acad: 86.4·Empl: 83.4
133

EPFL – École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne

Switzerland

86.3·Acad: 88.8·Empl: 94.5
141

Delft University of Technology

Netherlands

84.6·Acad: 88.4·Empl: 87.0
154

Northwestern University

United States of America

84.5·Acad: 88.8·Empl: 75.0
162

Peking University

China (Mainland)

83.9·Acad: 79.1·Empl: 83.9
174

The University of Manchester

United Kingdom

83.2·Acad: 84.7·Empl: 77.4
182

Shanghai Jiao Tong University

China (Mainland)

82.9·Acad: 78.6·Empl: 81.2
192

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

United States of America

82.8·Acad: 78.1·Empl: 80.9
202

The University of Tokyo

Japan

82.6·Acad: 87.0·Empl: 88.3
201

Seoul National University

Republic of Korea

82.6·Acad: 83.0·Empl: 87.2
2211

University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)

United States of America

81.8·Acad: 80.7·Empl: 72.6
221

Zhejiang University

China (Mainland)

81.8·Acad: 74.1·Empl: 74.3
245

KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Sweden

81.0·Acad: 80.3·Empl: 78.3
2413

Pennsylvania State University

United States of America

81.0·Acad: 79.1·Empl: 74.3
261

KIT, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Germany

80.5·Acad: 78.8·Empl: 82.7
262

Pohang University of Science And Technology (POSTECH)

Republic of Korea

80.5·Acad: 81.6·Empl: 84.4
28—

Institute of Science Tokyo

Japan

80.2·Acad: 89.3·Empl: 87.6
2910

RWTH Aachen University

Germany

80.0·Acad: 84.1·Empl: 78.5
304

California Institute of Technology (Caltech)

United States of America

79.9·Acad: 87.8·Empl: 88.0
31

Technical University of Munich

Germany

79.7·Acad: 80.3·Empl: 84.6
314

The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney)

Australia

79.7·Acad: 72.8·Empl: 77.6
334

Monash University

Australia

79.6·Acad: 77.2·Empl: 73.9
335

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

United States of America

79.6·Acad: 82.9·Empl: 79.3
352

Technische Universität Dresden

Germany

79.4·Acad: 77.2·Empl: 72.7
365

King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST)

Saudi Arabia

79.3·Acad: 73.5·Empl: 65.4
376

University of Texas at Austin

United States of America

78.8·Acad: 72.8·Empl: 79.7
382

University of Toronto

Canada

78.7·Acad: 73.4·Empl: 86.9
3916

University of British Columbia

Canada

78.6·Acad: 72.7·Empl: 88.6
394

KU Leuven

Belgium

78.6·Acad: 77.6·Empl: 77.9
3913

City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK)

Hong Kong SAR, China

78.6·Acad: 67.3·Empl: 69.4
394

Yonsei University

Republic of Korea

78.6·Acad: 75.4·Empl: 78.5
3910

Purdue University

United States of America

78.6·Acad: 75.6·Empl: 81.5
441

Cornell University

United States of America

78.5·Acad: 76.9·Empl: 82.0
458

Fudan University

China (Mainland)

78.3·Acad: 68.4·Empl: 75.1
452

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

United States of America

78.3·Acad: 77.1·Empl: 77.4
478

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Hong Kong SAR, China

78.2·Acad: 74.7·Empl: 76.6
487

Politecnico di Milano

Italy

78.0·Acad: 80.8·Empl: 85.1
4913

Technical University of Denmark

Denmark

77.6·Acad: 77.3·Empl: 77.2
5012

Carnegie Mellon University

United States of America

77.4·Acad: 76.6·Empl: 73.4
5117

University of California, San Diego (UCSD)

United States of America

77.3·Acad: 71.0·Empl: 78.1
512

UCL

United Kingdom

77.3·Acad: 72.2·Empl: 78.5
534

Korea University

Republic of Korea

77.2·Acad: 73.2·Empl: 75.8
548

Harbin Institute of Technology

China (Mainland)

76.9·Acad: 67.5·Empl: 71.0
547

The University of Sheffield

United Kingdom

76.9·Acad: 76.1·Empl: 70.9
5423

University of Science and Technology of China

China (Mainland)

76.9·Acad: 64.3·Empl: 68.1
573

The University of Queensland

Australia

76.8·Acad: 67.5·Empl: 72.9
577

University of Pennsylvania

United States of America

76.8·Acad: 71.5·Empl: 87.2
57

McGill University

Canada

76.8·Acad: 74.9·Empl: 86.3
6022

Rice University

United States of America

76.7·Acad: 72.8·Empl: 69.4
614

Kyoto University

Japan

76.6·Acad: 76.2·Empl: 79.0
626

Tohoku University

Japan

76.3·Acad: 79.8·Empl: 72.6
6231

Texas A&M University

United States of America

76.3·Acad: 70.2·Empl: 76.7
6417

University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS)

China (Mainland)

76.2·Acad: 64.2·Empl: 58.8
6434

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD)

India

76.2·Acad: 75.8·Empl: 93.9
648

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Hong Kong SAR, China

76.2·Acad: 67.2·Empl: 68.1
6710

Hanyang University

Republic of Korea

76.1·Acad: 71.4·Empl: 71.6
688

The University of Sydney

Australia

75.8·Acad: 68.4·Empl: 76.6
6915

Nanjing University

China (Mainland)

75.7·Acad: 65.6·Empl: 71.8
7021

Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU)

Republic of Korea

75.6·Acad: 69.4·Empl: 70.5
707

RMIT University

Australia

75.6·Acad: 65.4·Empl: 65.5
72

Politecnico di Torino

Italy

75.4·Acad: 75.1·Empl: 79.9
7322

Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore

India

75.3·Acad: 77.0·Empl: 74.9
7313

Ghent University

Belgium

75.3·Acad: 70.4·Empl: 68.4
7520

The University of Hong Kong

Hong Kong SAR, China

75.2·Acad: 68.4·Empl: 80.8
761

Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin)

Germany

75.1·Acad: 71.4·Empl: 74.8
7610

University of Birmingham

United Kingdom

75.1·Acad: 71.8·Empl: 68.9
7810

Chalmers University of Technology

Sweden

75.0·Acad: 73.7·Empl: 71.9
782

University of Science and Technology Beijing

China (Mainland)

75.0·Acad: 69.0·Empl: 62.6
8012

The University of Melbourne

Australia

74.9·Acad: 69.2·Empl: 77.1
8133

Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM)

India

74.8·Acad: 76.6·Empl: 77.3
82

University of Waterloo

Canada

74.6·Acad: 64.6·Empl: 73.9
8233

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT-KGP)

India

74.6·Acad: 71.5·Empl: 73.0
842

Linköping University

Sweden

74.5·Acad: 66.0·Empl: 60.3
8420

University of Nottingham

United Kingdom

74.5·Acad: 70.7·Empl: 66.3
864

Norwegian University of Science And Technology

Norway

74.4·Acad: 71.1·Empl: 64.5
875

Columbia University

United States of America

74.3·Acad: 68.5·Empl: 83.9
878

National Taiwan University (NTU)

Taiwan

74.3·Acad: 69.3·Empl: 79.8
8726

University of Wollongong

Australia

74.3·Acad: 61.8·Empl: 58.3
8710

Beijing Institute of Technology

China (Mainland)

74.3·Acad: 64.0·Empl: 68.5
91

Universiti Malaya (UM)

Malaysia

74.2·Acad: 68.8·Empl: 65.7
9113

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB)

India

74.2·Acad: 77.0·Empl: 93.0
9325

Huazhong University of Science and Technology

China (Mainland)

74.1·Acad: 60.7·Empl: 62.1
9414

Université PSL

France

74.0·Acad: 70.2·Empl: 76.1
959

Eindhoven University of Technology

Netherlands

73.9·Acad: 72.8·Empl: 71.4
961

Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

Germany

73.8·Acad: 69.9·Empl: 69.3
961

Uppsala University

Sweden

73.8·Acad: 67.7·Empl: 72.3
9632

Xi’an Jiaotong University

China (Mainland)

73.8·Acad: 61.3·Empl: 62.4
9614

The Ohio State University

United States of America

73.8·Acad: 70.8·Empl: 72.1
1008

King Saud University

Saudi Arabia

73.7·Acad: 61.1·Empl: 63.6
101—

Adelaide University

Australia

73.6·Acad: 61.2·Empl: 69.3
102

National Tsing Hua University - NTHU

Taiwan

73.5·Acad: 68.3·Empl: 73.2
10340

North Carolina State University

United States of America

73.3·Acad: 64.1·Empl: 71.1
10430

Princeton University

United States of America

73.1·Acad: 73.9·Empl: 81.6
1053

The University of Osaka

Japan

72.9·Acad: 72.6·Empl: 75.4
10512

KFUPM

Saudi Arabia

72.9·Acad: 65.2·Empl: 62.3
1071

Sorbonne University

France

72.8·Acad: 65.1·Empl: 79.0
1079

Yale University

United States of America

72.8·Acad: 66.7·Empl: 92.5
10920

Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin

Ireland

72.7·Acad: 68.0·Empl: 71.9
1106

Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)

Republic of Korea

72.5·Acad: 65.9·Empl: 63.1
1109

King Abdulaziz University (KAU)

Saudi Arabia

72.5·Acad: 59.2·Empl: 55.4
11221

Université Paris-Saclay

France

72.4·Acad: 65.4·Empl: 78.3
11338

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Malaysia

72.3·Acad: 67.0·Empl: 62.4
11418

Kyushu University

Japan

72.2·Acad: 67.0·Empl: 72.2
11523

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK)

India

72.0·Acad: 72.8·Empl: 78.9
11514

Aalto University

Finland

72.0·Acad: 65.2·Empl: 53.8
11536

Queen Mary University of London

United Kingdom

72.0·Acad: 65.8·Empl: 64.0
1181

University of Technology Sydney

Australia

71.9·Acad: 57.4·Empl: 64.0
1188

Beihang University (former BUAA)

China (Mainland)

71.9·Acad: 61.3·Empl: 62.8
1185

Tianjin University

China (Mainland)

71.9·Acad: 57.2·Empl: 59.5
1184

Tongji University

China (Mainland)

71.9·Acad: 59.0·Empl: 65.6
12229

Arizona State University

United States of America

71.8·Acad: 63.4·Empl: 77.6
12324

Sichuan University

China (Mainland)

71.7·Acad: 57.7·Empl: 63.5
1243

University of Minnesota (System)

United States of America

71.5·Acad: 66.8·Empl: 73.6
12417

Wuhan University

China (Mainland)

71.5·Acad: 58.3·Empl: 64.3
12427

Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)

Malaysia

71.5·Acad: 66.0·Empl: 60.4
12412

University of Leeds

United Kingdom

71.5·Acad: 66.0·Empl: 73.6
1285

The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)

Hong Kong SAR, China

71.2·Acad: 62.5·Empl: 71.6
12929

Johns Hopkins University

United States of America

71.1·Acad: 65.2·Empl: 74.3
129—

Deakin University

Australia

71.1·Acad: 61.8·Empl: 60.1
1297

Australian National University (ANU)

Australia

71.1·Acad: 61.6·Empl: 78.8
13219

Institut Polytechnique de Paris

France

71.0·Acad: 67.7·Empl: 79.3
1332

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Germany

70.8·Acad: 66.5·Empl: 74.6
13318

University of Twente

Netherlands

70.8·Acad: 65.8·Empl: 62.6
13542

Université de Strasbourg

France

70.7·Acad: 62.1·Empl: 69.4
13613

Jilin University

China (Mainland)

70.6·Acad: 55.6·Empl: 56.2
13714

Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore, India

India

70.5·Acad: 58.4·Empl: 68.7
13863

Lulea University of Technology

Sweden

70.3·Acad: 65.7·Empl: 59.3
1398

Queensland University of Technology (QUT)

Australia

70.2·Acad: 55.1·Empl: 64.4
13910

University of Alberta

Canada

70.2·Acad: 60.6·Empl: 71.2
14111

University of Glasgow

United Kingdom

70.1·Acad: 65.0·Empl: 67.1
1416

University of Washington

United States of America

70.1·Acad: 61.4·Empl: 68.9
1418

McMaster University

Canada

70.1·Acad: 68.0·Empl: 68.7
14124

South China University of Technology

China (Mainland)

70.1·Acad: 53.3·Empl: 61.7
1454

Swansea University

United Kingdom

70.0·Acad: 61.0·Empl: 66.6
1465

University of Colorado Boulder

United States of America

69.9·Acad: 60.1·Empl: 73.1
14630

Sun Yat-sen University

China (Mainland)

69.9·Acad: 52.4·Empl: 64.0
1483

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

United States of America

69.8·Acad: 61.0·Empl: 66.8
1483

Technical University of Darmstadt

Germany

69.8·Acad: 66.8·Empl: 65.3
1487

The University of Edinburgh

United Kingdom

69.8·Acad: 64.5·Empl: 75.1
1483

Universidade de São Paulo

Brazil

69.8·Acad: 65.9·Empl: 71.8
14838

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya · BarcelonaTech (UPC)

Spain

69.8·Acad: 63.6·Empl: 64.8
1483

Sapienza University of Rome

Italy

69.8·Acad: 65.1·Empl: 78.0
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