Top QS World University Rankings 2024

The QS World University Rankings is a prestigious ranking that evaluates universities worldwide based on several key indicators. This year’s 2024 QS World University Rankings is the 20th edition, featuring nearly 1,500 institutions across 104 locations. 2024 Ranking they were published on 27 June 2023.

This year’s ranking introduces significant methodological enhancements, including three new metrics: Sustainability, Employment Outcomes, and International Research Network. These additions reflect the evolving priorities of higher education institutions and the global student community, particularly regarding employability and sustainability.

Remember, university rankings provide valuable insights, but it’s essential to consider other factors like program offerings, location, and personal preferences when choosing a university.

Here are the names of the top 100 universities:

Rank	University	Overall Score
1	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Cambridge, United States	100
2	University of Cambridge Cambridge, United Kingdom	99.2
3	University of Oxford Oxford, United Kingdom	98.9
4	Harvard University Cambridge, United States	98.3
5	Stanford University Stanford, United States	98.1
6	Imperial College London London, United Kingdom	97.8
7	ETH Zurich Zürich, Switzerland	93.3
8	National University of Singapore (NUS) Singapore, Singapore	92.7
9	UCL London, United Kingdom	92.4
10	University of California, Berkeley (UCB) Berkeley, United States	90.4
11	University of Chicago Chicago, United States	90.3
12	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, United States	89.4
13	Cornell University Ithaca, United States	89.3
14	The University of Melbourne Parkville, Australia	87.9
15	California Institute of Technology (Caltech) Pasadena, United States	87.8
16	Yale University New Haven, United States	87.7
=17	Peking University Beijing, China (Mainland)	87
=17	Princeton University Princeton, United States	87
=19	The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney) Sydney, Australia	86.7
=19	The University of Sydney Sydney, Australia	86.7
21	University of Toronto Toronto, Canada	86.3
22	The University of Edinburgh Edinburgh, United Kingdom	86.1
23	Columbia University New York City, United States	85.9
24	Université PSL Paris, France	85.8
25	Tsinghua University Beijing, China (Mainland)	84.9
=26	Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) Singapore, Singapore	84.5
=26	The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	84.5
=26	Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, United States	84.5
29	The University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan	84.3
30	University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Los Angeles, United States	83.8
31	McGill University Montreal, Canada	83.7
32	The University of Manchester Manchester, United Kingdom	82.2
33	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, United States	81.7
=34	Australian National University (ANU) Canberra, Australia	81.5
=34	University of British Columbia Vancouver, Canada	81.5
36	EPFL – École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne Lausanne, Switzerland	80.4
37	Technical University of Munich Munich, Germany	80
=38	Institut Polytechnique de Paris Palaiseau Cedex, France	79.5
=38	New York University (NYU) New York City, United States	79.5
40	King’s College London London, United Kingdom	79.3
41	Seoul National University Seoul, South Korea	78.5
42	Monash University Melbourne, Australia	78.2
43	The University of Queensland Brisbane City, Australia	78.1
44	Zhejiang University Hangzhou, China (Mainland)	77.8
45	The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) London, United Kingdom	76.9
46	Kyoto University Kyoto, Japan	76.3
=47	Delft University of Technology Delft, Netherlands	76.2
=47	Northwestern University Evanston, United States	76.2
=47	The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	76.2
50	Fudan University Shanghai, China (Mainland)	74.4
51	Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai, China (Mainland)	74.3
52	Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, United States	73.7
53	University of Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands	73.4
54	Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Munich, Germany	72.5
55	University of Bristol Bristol, United Kingdom	72.4
56	AIST – Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology Daejeon, South Korea	72.2
57	Duke University Durham, United States	72
58	University of Texas at Austin Austin, United States	71.8
59	Sorbonne University Paris, France	71.7
60	The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	71.1
61	KU Leuven Leuven, Belgium	70.1
62	University of California, San Diego (UCSD) San Diego, United States	70
63	University of Washington Seattle, United States	69.2
64	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Champaign, United States	69.1
=65	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong SAR, Hong Kong SAR	68.7
=65	Universiti Malaya (UM) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	68.7
67	The University of Warwick Coventry, United Kingdom	68.6
68	The University of Auckland Auckland, New Zealand	68
69	National Taiwan University (NTU) Taipei, Taiwan	67.9
70	City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong SAR	67.7
71	Université Paris-Saclay Gif-sur-Yvette, France	67.6
72	The University of Western Australia Perth, Australia	66.9
=73	Brown University Providence, United States	66.4
=73	KTH Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm, Sweden	66.4
75	University of Leeds Leeds, United Kingdom	65.5
=76	University of Glasgow Glasgow, United Kingdom	65.2
=76	Yonsei University Seoul, South Korea	65.2
78	Durham University Durham, United Kingdom	65.1
79	Korea University Seoul, South Korea	64.7
80	Osaka University Osaka City, Japan	63.9
=81	Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin Dublin, Ireland	63.5
=81	University of Southampton Southampton, United Kingdom	63.5
83	Pennsylvania State University University Park, United States	63.1
84	University of Birmingham Birmingham, United Kingdom	63
=85	Lund University Lund, Sweden	62.8
=85	Universidade de São Paulo São Paulo, Brazil	62.8
=87	Lomonosov Moscow State University Moscow, Russia	62.2
=87	Universität Heidelberg Heidelberg, Germany	62.2
89	The University of Adelaide Adelaide, Australia	62
90	University of Technology Sydney Haymarket, Australia	61.8
=91	Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) Tokyo, Japan	61.6
=91	University of Zurich Zürich, Switzerland	61.6
=93	Boston University Boston, United States	61.4
=93	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) Mexico City, Mexico	61.4
=95	Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA) Buenos Aires, Argentina	61
=95	University of St Andrews St. Andrews, United Kingdom	61
97	Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, United States	60.9
98	Freie Universitaet Berlin Berlin, Germany	60.8
99	Purdue University West Lafayette, United States	60.7
=100	Pohang University of Science And Technology (POSTECH) Pohang, South Korea	60.4
=100	University of Nottingham Nottingham, United Kingdom	60.4