Top Universities in the World 2023

Launched at this time, the QS World University Rankings® 2020 options 1,000 of essentially the most prestigious universities on the planet, ranked based mostly on a methodology that assesses every establishment on six metrics, together with its fame among lecturers and employers.

But which 10 establishments stood out amongst the remainder to be ranked the highest 10 on the planet? Read on as we depend down, and discover the highest college in every location beneath.

QS World University Rankings 2020 – Top 10
2020 Rank	2019 Rank	University	Location
1	1	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	United States
2	2	Stanford University	United States
3	3	Harvard University	United States
4	5	University of Oxford	United Kingdom
5	4	California Institute of Technology (Caltech)	United States
6	7	ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)	Switzerland
7	6	University of Cambridge	United Kingdom
8	10	UCL (University College London)	United Kingdom
9	8	Imperial College London	United Kingdom
10	9	University of Chicago	United States

10. University of Chicago

Down one place this 12 months however remaining within the high 10, the US University of Chicago earns its finest rating for the tutorial fame indicator.

9. Imperial College London

The UK’s Imperial College London can be down one place these 12 months, however, continues to earn a really spectacular rating for the employer fame indicator.

8. UCL (University College London)

Up to two locations this 12 months, UCL (University College London) is now the highest-ranked establishment in the UK capital London, incomes it’s the highest rating for educational fame.

7. University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge goes down a spot within the 2020 world college rankings, however, stays one of many 10 finest universities on the planet, with excellent scores for its tutorial and employer reputations.

6. ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)

Switzerland’s ETH Zurich is up to one place this 12 months and continues to be the highest-ranked establishment in continental Europe, with its finest rating within the citations per college indicator (a measure of analysis influence).

5. California Institute of Technology (Caltech)

Caltech is down one place in 2020, however, has the excellence of incomes the most effective scores within the high 10 for the school/pupil ratio and citations per college member indicators.

4. University of Oxford

The University of Oxford climbs one place on the planet’s college rankings this 12 months and continues to be the highest-ranked within the UK, with excellent scores for its reputation amongst lecturers and graduate employers.

3. Harvard University

Harvard retains its place of third on the planet, in addition to being first for the tutorial and employer fame indicators.

2. Stanford University

Stanford University, situated close to Silicon Valley, continues to rank second among the many high universities on the planet and earns its finest rating for its tutorial fame (fourth).

1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

And lastly, MIT is as soon as once more the chief on the planet college rankings, taking the spot for the eighth 12 months working, with top-10 scores for its tutorial fame, employer fame, and citations per college member.  

Best universities on the planet by location

Outside of the US, the UK, and Switzerland, 82 different places had been featured on the planet college rankings – uncovering the highest-ranked establishment in every of those beneath.

Argentina: Universidad de Buenos Aires – ranked 74^th on the planet

Australia: Australian National University (ANU) – ranked joint 29^th

Austria: Universität Wien (University of Vienna) – ranked joint 154^th

Azerbaijan: Baku State University – ranked 801-1000

Bahrain: the University of Bahrain – ranked 801-1000

Bangladesh: Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology and the University of Dhaka – each ranked 801-1000

Belarus: Belarus State University – ranked 351^st

Belgium: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven – ranked 80^th

Brazil: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) – ranked joint 116^th

Brunei Darussalam: the University of Brunei Darussalam – ranked joint 298^th

Bulgaria: Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” – ranked 751-800

Canada: University of Toronto – ranked joint 29^th

Chile: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile – ranked 127^th

China: Tsinghua University – ranked 16^th

Colombia: Universidad de Los Andes Colombia – ranked joint 234^th

Costa Rica: Universidad de Costa Rica – ranked 511-520

Croatia: the University of Zagreb – ranked 751-800

Cuba: Universidad de la Habana – ranked 501-510

Czech Republic: Charles University – ranked joint 291^st

Denmark: the University of Copenhagen – ranked joint 72^nd

Ecuador: Universidad de San Francisco de Quito – ranked 751-800

Egypt: American University in Cairo – ranked joint 395^th

Estonia: the University of Tartu – ranked 301^st

Finland: the University of Helsinki – ranked 107^th

France: Paris Sciences et Lettres Research University (PSL) – ranked 53^rd

Germany: Technische Universität München – ranked 55^th

Greece: the National Technical University of Athens – ranked joint 454^th

Hong Kong: University of Hong Kong (HKU) – ranked joint 25^th

Hungary: the University of Szeged – ranked 501-510

India: Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB) – ranked 152^nd

Indonesia: the University of Indonesia – ranked joint 296^th

Iran: the Sharif University of Technology – ranked joint 407^th

Iraq: the University of Baghdad – ranked 701-750

Israel: the Hebrew University of Jerusalem – ranked 162^nd

Italy: Politecnico di Milano – ranked joint 149^th

Japan: University of Tokyo – ranked joint 22^nd

Jordan: the University of Jordan – ranked 601-650

Kazakhstan: Al-Farabi Kazakh National University – ranked joint 207^th

Kuwait: Kuwait University – ranked 801-1000

Latvia: Riga Technical University – ranked 701-750

Lebanon: American University of Beirut (AUB) – ranked 244^th

Lithuania: Vilnius University – ranked joint 458^th

Macao, S.A.R., China: University of Macau – ranked joint 387^th

Malaysia: Universiti Malaya (UM) – ranked 70^th

Mexico: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) – ranked 103^rd

Netherlands: the Delft University of Technology – ranked 50^th

New Zealand: the University of Auckland – ranked 88^th

Norway: the University of Oslo – ranked 119^th

Oman: Sultan Qaboos University – ranked joint 379^th

Pakistan: Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS) – ranked 375^th

Panama: Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá (UTP) – ranked 801-1000

Paraguay – Universidad Nacional de Asunción – ranked 801-1000

Peru: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú – ranked joint 474^th

Philippines: the University of the Philippines – ranked joint 356^th

Poland: Jagiellonian University – ranked joint 338^th

Portugal: the University of Lisbon – ranked joint 338^th

Puerto Rico: Universidad de Puerto Rico – ranked 801-1000

Qatar: Qatar University – ranked 276^th

Republic of Ireland: Trinity College Dublin (TCD) – ranked joint 108^th

Romania: Babes-Bolyai University and the University of Bucharest – each ranked 801-1000

Russia: Lomonosov Moscow State University – ranked 84^th

Saudi Arabia: King Abdul Aziz University (KAU) – ranked 186^th

Serbia: the University of Belgrade – ranked 801-1000

Singapore: Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and National University of Singapore (NUS) – ranked joint 11^th

Slovakia: Comenius University in Bratislava and Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava – each ranked 751-800

Slovenia: the University of Ljubljana – ranked 591-600

South Africa: the University of Cape Town – ranked joint 198^th

South Korea: Seoul National University (SNU) – ranked 37^th

Spain: Universitat de Barcelona (UB) – ranked joint 165^th

Sri Lanka: University of Peradeniya – ranked 801-1000

Sweden: Lund University – ranked 92^nd

Taiwan: National Taiwan University (NTU) – ranked 69^th

Thailand: Chulalongkorn University – ranked joint 247^th

Turkey: Koç University – ranked joint 451^st

Ukraine: V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University – ranked joint 491^st

United Arab Emirates: Khalifa University– ranked joint 268^th

Uruguay: Universidad de Montevideo – ranked joint 491^st

Venezuela: Universidad Central de Venezuela (UCV) – ranked 701-750

Vietnam: Vietnam National University – Ho Chi Minh City (VNU-HCM) – ranked 701-750