QS Rankings 2025Data: QS June 2024

QS World University Rankings 2025

Explore the definitive global ranking of 1,300 universities across 89 countries — scored on academic reputation, employer opinion, research impact, and more.

1,300

Universities ranked

Countries

Regions

About the QS World University Rankings

The QS World University Rankings are published annually by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) and are widely regarded as one of the three most influential global university rankings. Universities are evaluated on six indicators: Academic Reputation (40%), Employer Reputation (10%), Faculty-to-Student Ratio (20%), Citations per Faculty (20%), International Faculty Ratio (5%), and International Student Ratio (5%).

1,300 universities

Rank1

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Cambridge, United StatesNorth America

Overall

100

Academic Rep.

100

Employer Rep.

100

Faculty/Student

100

Citations/Faculty

100

Intl. Students

91.4

Rank2

University of Oxford

Oxford, United KingdomEurope

Overall

99.5

Academic Rep.

100

Employer Rep.

100

Faculty/Student

100

Citations/Faculty

Intl. Students

98.5

Rank=3

Stanford University

Stanford, United StatesNorth America

Overall

98.7

Academic Rep.

100

Employer Rep.

100

Faculty/Student

100

Citations/Faculty

99.9

Intl. Students

Rank=3

University of Cambridge

Cambridge, United KingdomEurope

Overall

98.7

Academic Rep.

100

Employer Rep.

100

Faculty/Student

100

Citations/Faculty

92.1

Intl. Students

97.7

Rank5

Harvard University

Cambridge, United StatesNorth America

Overall

Academic Rep.

100

Employer Rep.

100

Faculty/Student

99.1

Citations/Faculty

100

Intl. Students

70.1

Rank6

California Institute of Technology (Caltech)

Pasadena, United StatesNorth America

Overall

97.4

Academic Rep.

96.7

Employer Rep.

89.9

Faculty/Student

100

Citations/Faculty

100

Intl. Students

87.7

Rank7

Imperial College London

London, United KingdomEurope

Overall

97.3

Academic Rep.

98.4

Employer Rep.

99.8

Faculty/Student

99.8

Citations/Faculty

88.1

Intl. Students

100

Rank=8

ETH Zurich

Zürich, SwitzerlandEurope

Overall

95.4

Academic Rep.

98.7

Employer Rep.

95.3

Faculty/Student

80.4

Citations/Faculty

99.8

Intl. Students

98.2

Rank=8

UCL

London, United KingdomEurope

Overall

95.4

Academic Rep.

99.4

Employer Rep.

98.9

Faculty/Student

Citations/Faculty

Intl. Students

100

Rank10

University of Chicago

Chicago, United StatesNorth America

Overall

94.5

Academic Rep.

99.2

Employer Rep.

93.5

Faculty/Student

95.5

Citations/Faculty

90.6

Intl. Students

84.9

Rank11

National University of Singapore (NUS)

Singapore, SingaporeAsia

Overall

93.9

Academic Rep.

99.6

Employer Rep.

97.1

Faculty/Student

86.8

Citations/Faculty

90.6

Intl. Students

70.3

Rank12

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore)

Singapore, SingaporeAsia

Overall

90.8

Academic Rep.

91.1

Employer Rep.

Faculty/Student

89.5

Citations/Faculty

95.5

Intl. Students

69.6

Rank13

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, United StatesNorth America

Overall

90.7

Academic Rep.

96.2

Employer Rep.

93.8

Faculty/Student

100

Citations/Faculty

Intl. Students

58.1

Rank=14

EPFL

Lausanne, SwitzerlandEurope

Overall

90.2

Academic Rep.

82.4

Employer Rep.

79.7

Faculty/Student

94.8

Citations/Faculty

99.8

Intl. Students

100

Rank=14

Yale University

New Haven, United StatesNorth America

Overall

90.2

Academic Rep.

99.9

Employer Rep.

100

Faculty/Student

100

Citations/Faculty

59.9

Intl. Students

69.8

Rank16

The University of Edinburgh

Edinburgh, United KingdomEurope

Overall

89.9

Academic Rep.

Employer Rep.

97.3

Faculty/Student

83.5

Citations/Faculty

69.5

Intl. Students

99.6

Rank17

Tsinghua University

Beijing, China (Mainland)Asia

Overall

Academic Rep.

98.6

Employer Rep.

97.6

Faculty/Student

90.6

Citations/Faculty

Intl. Students

26.3

Rank18

Peking University

Beijing, China (Mainland)Asia

Overall

88.8

Academic Rep.

99.4

Employer Rep.

98.2

Faculty/Student

83.5

Citations/Faculty

89.5

Intl. Students

38.5

Rank19

Columbia University

New York City, United StatesNorth America

Overall

88.7

Academic Rep.

99.6

Employer Rep.

98.4

Faculty/Student

100

Citations/Faculty

55.6

Intl. Students

98.4

Rank20

Princeton University

Princeton, United StatesNorth America

Overall

88.6

Academic Rep.

99.9

Employer Rep.

99.2

Faculty/Student

68.7

Citations/Faculty

100

Intl. Students

63.2

Rank21

Cornell University

Ithaca, United StatesNorth America

Overall

88.3

Academic Rep.

98.4

Employer Rep.

93.9

Faculty/Student

61.3

Citations/Faculty

98.9

Intl. Students

66.1

Rank22

The University of Hong Kong

Hong Kong, Hong Kong SARAsia

Overall

86.3

Academic Rep.

97.9

Employer Rep.

73.1

Faculty/Student

85.4

Citations/Faculty

62.1

Intl. Students

98.9

Rank=23

The University of Tokyo

Tokyo, JapanAsia

Overall

86.2

Academic Rep.

100

Employer Rep.

99.6

Faculty/Student

92.4

Citations/Faculty

Intl. Students

28.5

Rank=23

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, United StatesNorth America

Overall

86.2

Academic Rep.

98.6

Employer Rep.

Faculty/Student

90.2

Citations/Faculty

70.5

Intl. Students

34.9

Rank25

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, United StatesNorth America

Overall

85.9

Academic Rep.

87.6

Employer Rep.

51.6

Faculty/Student

100

Citations/Faculty

89.9

Intl. Students

91.7

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Top Ranked Universities by Region

North America

MIT, Stanford, Harvard, Caltech, and 200+ more

Europe

Oxford, Cambridge, ETH Zurich, Imperial, and 400+ more

Asia

NUS, Peking, Tsinghua, Tokyo, and 390+ more

Latin America

USP, PUC, UNAM, and 150+ more

Oceania

ANU, Melbourne, Sydney, and 45+ more

Africa

UCT, Cairo, and 30+ more