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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 | 1 | Stanford University | United States of America | 97.7 | 99.6 | 97.9 | 90.3 | 100.0 | — |
| 2 | 1 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | United States of America | 96.8 | 100.0 | 99.3 | 87.9 | 96.3 | — |
| 3 | Harvard University | United States of America | 95.2 | 96.7 | 100.0 | 88.1 | 96.0 | — | |
| 4 | 1 | University of California, Berkeley (UCB) | United States of America | 94.8 | 95.1 | 92.0 | 92.5 | 97.6 | — |
| 5 | 2 | University of Oxford | United Kingdom | 93.5 | 95.0 | 96.3 | 87.2 | 94.6 | — |
| 6 | 2 | University of Cambridge | United Kingdom | 93.3 | 94.9 | 96.4 | 89.5 | 91.6 | — |
| 7 | 3 | National University of Singapore (NUS) | Singapore | 91.4 | 94.0 | 97.6 | 84.3 | 89.1 | — |
| 7 | 1 | Georgia Institute of Technology | United States of America | 91.4 | 96.5 | 83.9 | 84.6 | 89.1 | — |
| 9 | 3 | ETH Zurich | Switzerland | 91.0 | 92.7 | 92.5 | 86.0 | 91.2 | — |
| 10 | 1 | Imperial College London | United Kingdom | 90.7 | 93.9 | 87.4 | 85.9 | 89.1 | — |
| 11 | 2 | Princeton University | United States of America | 89.8 | 91.9 | 88.4 | 87.5 | 87.3 | — |
| 12 | Carnegie Mellon University | United States of America | 89.5 | 91.1 | 81.9 | 87.0 | 92.0 | — | |
| 13 | 1 | EPFL – École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne | Switzerland | 87.9 | 88.8 | 93.3 | 87.2 | 83.8 | — |
| 14 | 1 | Columbia University | United States of America | 87.4 | 87.0 | 86.6 | 85.3 | 90.8 | — |
| 15 | 6 | Tsinghua University | China (Mainland) | 86.6 | 82.0 | 86.1 | 89.0 | 96.0 | — |
| 16 | 1 | University of Toronto | Canada | 86.5 | 83.8 | 89.6 | 87.2 | 90.8 | — |
| 17 | 3 | Cornell University | United States of America | 86.1 | 86.7 | 85.1 | 84.6 | 86.8 | — |
| 18 | 1 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | United States of America | 85.8 | 87.2 | 74.2 | 82.4 | 91.6 | — |
| 19 | 1 | University of Chicago | United States of America | 85.1 | 84.7 | 83.7 | 84.2 | 87.7 | — |
| 19 | 3 | University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) | United States of America | 85.1 | 83.8 | 87.9 | 84.5 | 87.7 | — |
| 21 | 7 | Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) | Singapore | 84.4 | 81.2 | 91.4 | 87.6 | 85.8 | — |
| 22 | 19 | UCL | United Kingdom | 83.9 | 81.4 | 80.3 | 86.5 | 89.5 | — |
| 23 | 4 | Duke University | United States of America | 83.1 | 84.2 | 79.1 | 81.1 | 84.3 | — |
| 24 | 14 | Université de Montréal | Canada | 82.9 | 80.2 | 74.6 | 87.6 | 89.1 | — |
| 25 | 3 | Technical University of Munich | Germany | 82.4 | 81.7 | 78.2 | 83.8 | 84.8 | — |
| 26 | 2 | University of Pennsylvania | United States of America | 82.3 | 77.2 | 85.3 | 85.7 | 89.9 | — |
| 27 | 6 | The University of Warwick | United Kingdom | 80.8 | 80.4 | 76.3 | 82.9 | 82.1 | — |
| 27 | 5 | Shanghai Jiao Tong University | China (Mainland) | 80.8 | 74.2 | 81.9 | 86.1 | 91.2 | — |
| 27 | 2 | University of Washington | United States of America | 80.8 | 77.1 | 72.9 | 85.5 | 89.5 | — |
| 27 | 21 | Johns Hopkins University | United States of America | 80.8 | 81.7 | 73.0 | 81.7 | 81.6 | — |
| 31 | 5 | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | Hong Kong SAR, China | 80.6 | 80.5 | 81.0 | 83.4 | 77.8 | — |
| 32 | 8 | The University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong SAR, China | 80.2 | 75.3 | 85.4 | 86.3 | 83.8 | — |
| 33 | 3 | Purdue University | United States of America | 80.0 | 79.6 | 72.3 | 81.1 | 83.8 | — |
| 33 | 18 | The University of Edinburgh | United Kingdom | 80.0 | 76.2 | 78.0 | 85.0 | 85.3 | — |
| 35 | 3 | Institut Polytechnique de Paris | France | 79.9 | 76.6 | 80.5 | 79.4 | 88.2 | — |
| 36 | 5 | Delft University of Technology | Netherlands | 79.7 | 75.4 | 78.1 | 86.1 | 84.8 | — |
| 37 | 14 | McGill University | Canada | 79.6 | 71.7 | 89.8 | 86.3 | 87.7 | — |
| 37 | 3 | The University of Tokyo | Japan | 79.6 | 81.3 | 85.8 | 75.2 | 76.4 | — |
| 39 | 7 | University of British Columbia | Canada | 79.5 | 77.3 | 85.0 | 81.9 | 79.7 | — |
| 40 | 9 | The Hong Kong Polytechnic University | Hong Kong SAR, China | 79.4 | 70.5 | 66.2 | 92.9 | 94.6 | — |
| 40 | 19 | Peking University | China (Mainland) | 79.4 | 75.8 | 81.6 | 80.0 | 86.8 | — |
| 40 | 7 | Fudan University | China (Mainland) | 79.4 | 74.9 | 75.7 | 84.3 | 87.7 | — |
| 40 | 4 | Yale University | United States of America | 79.4 | 76.7 | 90.4 | 79.0 | 81.0 | — |
| 44 | 7 | University of Texas at Austin | United States of America | 79.1 | 74.5 | 75.1 | 86.0 | 85.8 | — |
| 45 | 6 | The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) | United Kingdom | 78.9 | 76.7 | 90.4 | 81.0 | 76.4 | — |
| 46 | 5 | Texas A&M University | United States of America | 78.8 | 75.3 | 72.6 | 83.4 | 85.8 | — |
| 46 | 5 | New York University (NYU) | United States of America | 78.8 | 70.4 | 78.9 | 88.8 | 89.9 | — |
| 46 | 13 | Northwestern University | United States of America | 78.8 | 74.7 | 78.2 | 86.4 | 81.6 | — |
| 49 | 1 | Seoul National University | Republic of Korea | 78.6 | 77.3 | 80.5 | 78.4 | 81.0 | — |
| 50 | 1 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | United States of America | 78.4 | 76.5 | 69.3 | 83.9 | 82.1 | — |
| 2026 | 1 | INSTITUTION | COUNTRY/TERRITORY | — | — | — | — | — | — |
11
Stanford University
United States of America
97.7·Acad: 99.6·Empl: 97.9
21
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
United States of America
96.8·Acad: 100.0·Empl: 99.3
3
Harvard University
United States of America
95.2·Acad: 96.7·Empl: 100.0
41
University of California, Berkeley (UCB)
United States of America
94.8·Acad: 95.1·Empl: 92.0
52
University of Oxford
United Kingdom
93.5·Acad: 95.0·Empl: 96.3
62
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom
93.3·Acad: 94.9·Empl: 96.4
73
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Singapore
91.4·Acad: 94.0·Empl: 97.6
71
Georgia Institute of Technology
United States of America
91.4·Acad: 96.5·Empl: 83.9
93
ETH Zurich
Switzerland
91.0·Acad: 92.7·Empl: 92.5
101
Imperial College London
United Kingdom
90.7·Acad: 93.9·Empl: 87.4
112
Princeton University
United States of America
89.8·Acad: 91.9·Empl: 88.4
12
Carnegie Mellon University
United States of America
89.5·Acad: 91.1·Empl: 81.9
131
EPFL – École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
Switzerland
87.9·Acad: 88.8·Empl: 93.3
141
Columbia University
United States of America
87.4·Acad: 87.0·Empl: 86.6
156
Tsinghua University
China (Mainland)
86.6·Acad: 82.0·Empl: 86.1
161
University of Toronto
Canada
86.5·Acad: 83.8·Empl: 89.6
173
Cornell University
United States of America
86.1·Acad: 86.7·Empl: 85.1
181
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
United States of America
85.8·Acad: 87.2·Empl: 74.2
191
University of Chicago
United States of America
85.1·Acad: 84.7·Empl: 83.7
193
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
United States of America
85.1·Acad: 83.8·Empl: 87.9
217
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore)
Singapore
84.4·Acad: 81.2·Empl: 91.4
2219
UCL
United Kingdom
83.9·Acad: 81.4·Empl: 80.3
234
Duke University
United States of America
83.1·Acad: 84.2·Empl: 79.1
2414
Université de Montréal
Canada
82.9·Acad: 80.2·Empl: 74.6
253
Technical University of Munich
Germany
82.4·Acad: 81.7·Empl: 78.2
262
University of Pennsylvania
United States of America
82.3·Acad: 77.2·Empl: 85.3
276
The University of Warwick
United Kingdom
80.8·Acad: 80.4·Empl: 76.3
275
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
China (Mainland)
80.8·Acad: 74.2·Empl: 81.9
272
University of Washington
United States of America
80.8·Acad: 77.1·Empl: 72.9
2721
Johns Hopkins University
United States of America
80.8·Acad: 81.7·Empl: 73.0
315
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Hong Kong SAR, China
80.6·Acad: 80.5·Empl: 81.0
328
The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong SAR, China
80.2·Acad: 75.3·Empl: 85.4
333
Purdue University
United States of America
80.0·Acad: 79.6·Empl: 72.3
3318
The University of Edinburgh
United Kingdom
80.0·Acad: 76.2·Empl: 78.0
353
Institut Polytechnique de Paris
France
79.9·Acad: 76.6·Empl: 80.5
365
Delft University of Technology
Netherlands
79.7·Acad: 75.4·Empl: 78.1
3714
McGill University
Canada
79.6·Acad: 71.7·Empl: 89.8
373
The University of Tokyo
Japan
79.6·Acad: 81.3·Empl: 85.8
397
University of British Columbia
Canada
79.5·Acad: 77.3·Empl: 85.0
409
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hong Kong SAR, China
79.4·Acad: 70.5·Empl: 66.2
4019
Peking University
China (Mainland)
79.4·Acad: 75.8·Empl: 81.6
407
Fudan University
China (Mainland)
79.4·Acad: 74.9·Empl: 75.7
404
Yale University
United States of America
79.4·Acad: 76.7·Empl: 90.4
447
University of Texas at Austin
United States of America
79.1·Acad: 74.5·Empl: 75.1
456
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
United Kingdom
78.9·Acad: 76.7·Empl: 90.4
465
Texas A&M University
United States of America
78.8·Acad: 75.3·Empl: 72.6
465
New York University (NYU)
United States of America
78.8·Acad: 70.4·Empl: 78.9
4613
Northwestern University
United States of America
78.8·Acad: 74.7·Empl: 78.2
491
Seoul National University
Republic of Korea
78.6·Acad: 77.3·Empl: 80.5
501
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
United States of America
78.4·Acad: 76.5·Empl: 69.3
20261
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