The global university ranking in 2026
The best universities in the world and on each continent, based on the average of the Shanghai, QS and Times Higher Education rankings.
2,948
Ranked universities
6
Rankings
5
Continents covered
#2
Best average
Explore by continent
5 ranked continents
World ranking
1474 ranked universities
- Harvard UniversityUnited States
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States
- Stanford UniversityUnited States
Africa ranking
48 ranked universities
- University of Cape TownSouth Africa
- University of the WitwatersrandSouth Africa
- Stellenbosch UniversitySouth Africa
Asia and Oceania ranking
446 ranked universities
- Tsinghua UniversityChina
- Peking UniversityChina
- National University of Singapore (NUS)Singapore
Europe ranking
610 ranked universities
- University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom
- University of OxfordUnited Kingdom
- ETH ZurichSwitzerland
Latin America ranking
132 ranked universities
- Universidade de São Paulo (USP)Brazil
- University of Buenos AiresArgentina
- National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)Mexico
North America ranking
238 ranked universities
- Harvard UniversityUnited States
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States
- Stanford UniversityUnited States
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