Ranking World
The ranking of the 766 best universities in World in 2026
Ranking based on the average of the three main international rankings: Shanghai (ARWU), QS World University Rankings and Times Higher Education.
766ranked universities
RankUniversityCountry
- 1Harvard University
United States - 2Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States
- 3Stanford UniversityUnited States
- 4University of Cambridge
United Kingdom - 5University of OxfordUnited Kingdom
- 6California Institute of TechnologyUnited States
- 7University of ChicagoUnited States
- 8Princeton UniversityUnited States
- 9Yale UniversityUnited States
- 10University of California, BerkeleyUnited States
- 11ETH Zurich
Switzerland - 12University of PennsylvaniaUnited States
- 13Columbia UniversityUnited States
- 14Imperial College LondonUnited Kingdom
- 15University College LondonUnited Kingdom
- 16Cornell UniversityUnited States
- 17University of California, Los AngelesUnited States
- 18Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States
- 19University of California, San FranciscoUnited States
- 20University of MichiganUnited States
- 21Duke UniversityUnited States
- 22University of Toronto
Canada - 23University of Melbourne
Australia - 24University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom
- 25The University of Tokyo
Japan - 26University of California, San DiegoUnited States
- 27Rockefeller UniversityUnited States
- 28New York UniversityUnited States
- 29EPFLSwitzerland
- 30Technical University of Munich
Germany - 31Washington University in St. LouisUnited States
- 32Kyoto UniversityJapan
- 33Paris - PSL University
France - 34The University of ManchesterUnited Kingdom
- 35University of British ColumbiaCanada
- 36KU Leuven
Belgium - 37University of Wisconsin-MadisonUnited States
- 38The University of Texas at AustinUnited States
- 39Australian National UniversityAustralia
- 40University of SydneyAustralia
- 41McGill UniversityCanada
- 42Northwestern UniversityUnited States
- 43University of QueenslandAustralia
- 44University of WashingtonUnited States
- 45LMU MunichGermany
- 46King's College LondonUnited Kingdom
- 47University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUnited States
- 48University of New South WalesAustralia
- 49Sorbonne UniversityFrance
- 50University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterUnited States