🎓 Best Universities in the World
Top universities in the QS World University Rankings. Ranked by overall position, shown with country.
MIT#1
Imperial College London#2
Stanford University#3
University of Oxford#4
Harvard University#5
University of Cambridge#6
ETH Zurich#7
National University of Singapore#8
UCL#9
Caltech#10
1MIT🇺🇸
MIT🇺🇸#1
2Imperial College London🇬🇧
Imperial College London🇬🇧#2
3Stanford University🇺🇸
Stanford University🇺🇸#3
4University of Oxford🇬🇧
University of Oxford🇬🇧#4
5Harvard University🇺🇸
Harvard University🇺🇸#5
6University of Cambridge🇬🇧
University of Cambridge🇬🇧#6
7ETH Zurich🇨🇭
ETH Zurich🇨🇭#7
8National University of Singapore🇸🇬
National University of Singapore🇸🇬#8
9UCL🇬🇧
UCL🇬🇧#9
10Caltech🇺🇸
Caltech🇺🇸#10
Highlights
As of 2025, MIT ranks first (lowest value) with #1, followed by Imperial College London (#2) and Stanford University (#3).
MIT is 2 times lower than Imperial College London, the runner-up.
Across 10 countries and territories, values run from #1 (MIT) to #10 (Caltech), with a median of #6.
By region, the top 10 is made up of 5 from Europe, 4 from the Americas and 1 from Asia.
Source: QS World University Rankings 2025, 2025. Unit: Rank.
Source: QS World University Rankings 2025 · entered by hand Oct 14, 2026 — Hand-entered sample values; replace with figures checked against the source before publishing.