World University Rankings 2025: QS World Ranking 2025

Curious to know the world’s best universities? Well, you’re in the right place! In this article, we’re sharing with you insights and the updated list of the world’s top universities for 2025, according to the QS Global Rankings.

Whether you are a student planning to further their academic journey abroad, a parent guiding their child towards the best education or just someone interested in knowing more about the evolution of education in a global sphere, then this list is for you. The QS Global Rankings are renowned for their comprehensive assessment of universities, considering factors like academic reputation, employer reputation, faculty/student ratio, and more.

Knowing where to find the best learning opportunities can make a huge difference as education is increasingly important in the fast developing age. From iconic institutions with history and centuries of excellence to innovative new commers challenging the status quo, these universities are at the forefront of research, teaching, and global impact.

Top 100 Universities in The World

Rank	University	Location	Overall Score
1	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	Cambridge, United States	100
2	Imperial College London	London, United Kingdom	98.5
3	University of Oxford	Oxford, United Kingdom	96.9
4	Harvard University	Cambridge, United States	96.8
5	University of Cambridge	Cambridge, United Kingdom	96.7
6	Stanford University	Stanford, United States	96.1
7	ETH Zurich	Zürich, Switzerland	93.9
8	National University of Singapore (NUS)	Singapore, Singapore	93.7
9	UCL	London, United Kingdom	91.6
10	California Institute of Technology (Caltech)	Pasadena, United States	90.9
11	University of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia, United States	90.3
12	University of California, Berkeley (UCB)	Berkeley, United States	90.1
13	The University of Melbourne	Parkville, Australia	88.9
14	Peking University	Beijing, China (Mainland)	88.5
15	Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore)	Singapore, Singapore	88.4
16	Cornell University	Ithaca, United States	87.9
17	The University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	87.6
18	The University of Sydney	Sydney, Australia	87.3
19	The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney)	Sydney, Australia	87.1
20	Tsinghua University	Beijing, China (Mainland)	86.5
21	University of Chicago	Chicago, United States	86.2
22	Princeton University	Princeton, United States	85.5
23	Yale University	New Haven, United States	85.2
24	Université PSL	Paris, France	84.7
25	University of Toronto	Toronto, Canada	84.1
26	EPFL – École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne	Lausanne, Switzerland	83.5
27	The University of Edinburgh	Edinburgh, United Kingdom	83.3
28	Technical University of Munich	Munich, Germany	83.2
29	McGill University	Montreal, Canada	83
30	Australian National University (ANU)	Canberra, Australia	82.4
31	Seoul National University	Seoul, South Korea	82.3
=32	Johns Hopkins University	Baltimore, United States	82.1
=32	The University of Tokyo	Tokyo, Japan	82.1
=34	Columbia University	New York City, United States	82
=34	The University of Manchester	Manchester, United Kingdom	82
36	The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	81.3
37	Monash University	Melbourne, Australia	81.2
38	University of British Columbia	Vancouver, Canada	81
39	Fudan University	Shanghai, China (Mainland)	80.3
=40	King’s College London	London, United Kingdom	80.2
=40	The University of Queensland	Brisbane City, Australia	80.2
42	University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)	Los Angeles, United States	79.8
43	New York University (NYU)	New York City, United States	79.6
44	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	Ann Arbor, United States	79
45	Shanghai Jiao Tong University	Shanghai, China (Mainland)	77.8
46	Institut Polytechnique de Paris	Palaiseau Cedex, France	77.5
=47	The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	77.1
=47	Zhejiang University	Hangzhou, China (Mainland)	77.1
49	Delft University of Technology	Delft, Netherlands	77
=50	Kyoto University	Kyoto, Japan	76
=50	Northwestern University	Evanston, United States	76
=50	The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)	London, United Kingdom	76
53	KAIST – Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology	Daejeon, South Korea	75.7
54	University of Bristol	Bristol, United Kingdom	75.4
55	University of Amsterdam	Amsterdam, Netherlands	73.7
56	Yonsei University	Seoul, South Korea	72.9
57	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University	Hong Kong SAR, Hong Kong SAR	72.1
58	Carnegie Mellon University	Pittsburgh, United States	72
59	Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München	Munich, Germany	71.6
60	Universiti Malaya (UM)	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	71.2
61	Duke University	Durham, United States	70.8
62	City University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong SAR	70.7
=63	KU Leuven	Leuven, Belgium	70.3
=63	Sorbonne University	Paris, France	70.3
65	The University of Auckland	Auckland, New Zealand	69.7
66	University of Texas at Austin	Austin, United States	69.5
67	Korea University	Seoul, South Korea	69
68	National Taiwan University (NTU)	Taipei, Taiwan	68.7
=69	The University of Warwick	Coventry, United Kingdom	68.2
=69	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	Champaign, United States	68.2
71	Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA)	Buenos Aires, Argentina	67.6
72	University of California, San Diego (UCSD)	San Diego, United States	67.1
73	Université Paris-Saclay	Gif-sur-Yvette, France	67
74	KTH Royal Institute of Technology	Stockholm, Sweden	65.7
75	Lund University	Lund, Sweden	65.6
76	University of Washington	Seattle, United States	65.3
77	The University of Western Australia	Perth, Australia	65.2
78	University of Glasgow	Glasgow, United Kingdom	65
79	Brown University	Providence, United States	64.7
=80	University of Birmingham	Birmingham, United Kingdom	64.1
=80	University of Southampton	Southampton, United Kingdom	64.1
=82	The University of Adelaide	Adelaide, Australia	63.8
=82	University of Leeds	Leeds, United Kingdom	63.8
=84	Universität Heidelberg	Heidelberg, Germany	63.7
=84	Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech)	Tokyo, Japan	63.7
86	Osaka University	Osaka City, Japan	63.5
87	Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin	Dublin, Ireland	62.9
88	University of Technology Sydney	Haymarket, Australia	62.4
=89	Durham University	Durham, United Kingdom	61.7
=89	Pennsylvania State University	University Park, United States	61.7
=89	Purdue University	West Lafayette, United States	61.7
92	Universidade de São Paulo	São Paulo, Brazil	61.6
93	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (UC)	Santiago, Chile	61.5
=94	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Moscow, Russia	61.4
=94	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)	Mexico City, Mexico	61.4
96	University of Alberta	Edmonton, Canada	61.2
97	Freie Universitaet Berlin	Berlin, Germany	60.6
98	Pohang University of Science And Technology (POSTECH)	Pohang, South Korea	60.3
99	RWTH Aachen University	Aachen, Germany	59.9
100	University of Copenhagen	Copenhagen, Denmark	59.6