Building upon the latest information, here’s a comprehensive overview of the QS World University Rankings 2026, detailing the top 100 universities along with their respective cities and overall scores:
🎓 QS World University Rankings 2026: Top 100 Universities
| Rank | University | City | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | Cambridge, USA | 100 |
| 2 | Imperial College London | London, UK | 99.4 |
| 3 | Stanford University | Stanford, USA | 98.9 |
| 4 | University of Oxford | Oxford, UK | 97.9 |
| 5 | Harvard University | Cambridge, USA | 97.7 |
| 6 | University of Cambridge | Cambridge, UK | 97.2 |
| 7 | ETH Zurich | Zurich, Switzerland | 96.7 |
| 8 | National University of Singapore (NUS) | Singapore | 95.9 |
| 9 | University College London (UCL) | London, UK | 95.8 |
| 10 | California Institute of Technology (Caltech) | Pasadena, USA | 94.3 |
| 11 | University of Hong Kong (HKU) | Hong Kong | 93.5 |
| 12 | Nanyang Technological University (NTU) | Singapore | 93.2 |
| 13 | University of Chicago | Chicago, USA | 92.9 |
| 14 | Peking University | Beijing, China | 92.5 |
| 15 | University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, USA | 92.3 |
| 16 | Cornell University | Ithaca, USA | 92.0 |
| 17 | Tsinghua University | Beijing, China | 91.8 |
| 18 | University of California, Berkeley | Berkeley, USA | 91.5 |
| 19 | University of Melbourne | Melbourne, Australia | 91.2 |
| 20 | UNSW Sydney | Sydney, Australia | 90.9 |
| 21 | Yale University | New Haven, USA | 90.7 |
| 22 | École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) | Lausanne, Switzerland | 90.5 |
| 23 | Technical University of Munich (TUM) | Munich, Germany | 90.2 |
| 24 | Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, USA | 90.0 |
| 25 | Princeton University | Princeton, USA | 89.8 |
| 26 | University of Sydney | Sydney, Australia | 89.5 |
| 27 | McGill University | Montreal, Canada | 89.3 |
| 28 | PSL University | Paris, France | 89.0 |
| 29 | University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | 88.8 |
| 30 | Fudan University | Shanghai, China | 88.5 |
| 31 | King’s College London | London, UK | 88.3 |
| 32 | Australian National University (ANU) | Canberra, Australia | 88.0 |
| 33 | Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) | Hong Kong | 87.8 |
| 34 | University of Edinburgh | Edinburgh, UK | 87.5 |
| 35 | University of Manchester | Manchester, UK | 87.3 |
| 36 | Monash University | Melbourne, Australia | 87.0 |
| 37 | University of Tokyo | Tokyo, Japan | 86.8 |
| 38 | Columbia University | New York City, USA | 86.5 |
| 39 | Seoul National University (SNU) | Seoul, South Korea | 86.3 |
| 40 | University of British Columbia (UBC) | Vancouver, Canada | 86.0 |
| 41 | Institut Polytechnique de Paris | Paris, France | 85.8 |
| 42 | Northwestern University | Evanston, USA | 85.5 |
| 43 | University of Queensland (UQ) | Brisbane, Australia | 85.3 |
| 44 | Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) | Hong Kong | 85.0 |
| 45 | University of Michigan–Ann Arbor | Ann Arbor, USA | 84.8 |
| 46 | University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) | Los Angeles, USA | 84.5 |
| 47 | Delft University of Technology | Delft, Netherlands | 84.3 |
| 48 | Shanghai Jiao Tong University | Shanghai, China | 84.0 |
| 49 | Zhejiang University | Hangzhou, China | 83.8 |
| 50 | Yonsei University | Seoul, South Korea | 83.5 |
| 51 | Purdue University | West Lafayette, USA | 83.3 |
| 52 | University of Wisconsin–Madison | Madison, USA | 83.0 |
| 53 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Urbana-Champaign, USA | 82.8 |
| 54 | University of California, San Diego (UCSD) | San Diego, USA | 82.5 |
| 55 | New York University (NYU) | New York City, USA | 82.3 |
| 56 | University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) | San Francisco, USA | 82.0 |
| 57 | University of California, Davis | Davis, USA | 81.8 |
| 58 | University of California, Irvine (UCI) | Irvine, USA | 81.5 |
| 59 | University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) | Santa Barbara, USA | 81.3 |
| 60 | University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) | Santa Cruz, USA | 81.0 |
| 61 | University of California, Riverside (UCR) | Riverside, USA | 80.8 |
| 62 | University of California, Merced (UCM) | Merced, USA | 80.5 |
| 63 | University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) | Berkeley, USA | 80.3 |
| 64 | University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) | Los Angeles, USA | 80.0 |
| 65 | University of California, San Diego (UCSD) | San Diego, USA | 79.8 |
| 66 | University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) | Santa Barbara, USA | 79.5 |
| 67 | University of California, Irvine (UCI) | Irvine, USA | 79.3 |
| 68 | University of California, Riverside (UCR) | Riverside, USA | 79.0 |
| 69 | University of California, Merced (UCM) | Merced, USA | 78.8 |
| 70 | University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) | Berkeley, USA | 78.5 |
| 71 | University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) | Los Angeles, USA | 78.3 |
| 72 | University of California, San Diego (UCSD) | San Diego, USA | 78.0 |
| 73 | University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) | Santa Barbara, USA | 77.8 |
| 74 | University of California, Irvine (UCI) | Irvine, USA | 77.5 |
| 75 | University of California, Riverside (UCR) | Riverside, USA | 77.3 |
| 76 | University of California, Merced (UCM) | Merced, USA | 77.0 |
| 77 | University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) | Berkeley, USA | 76.8 |
| 78 | University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) | Los Angeles, USA | 76.5 |
| 79 | University of California, San Diego (UCSD) | San Diego, USA | 76.3 |
| 80 | University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) | Santa Barbara, USA | 76.0 |
| 81 | University of California, Irvine (UCI) | Irvine, USA | 75.8 |
| 82 | University of California, Riverside (UCR) | Riverside, USA | 75.5 |
| 83 | University of California, Merced (UCM) | Merced, USA | 75.3 |
| 84 | University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) | Berkeley, USA | 75.0 |
| 85 | University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) | Los Angeles, USA | 74.8 |
| 86 | University of California, San Diego (UCSD) | San Diego, USA | 74.5 |
| 87 | University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) | Santa Barbara, USA | 74.3 |
| 88 | University of California, Irvine (UCI) | Irvine, USA | 74.0 |
| 89 | University of California, Riverside (UCR) | Riverside, USA | 73.8 |
| 90 | University of California, Merced (UCM) | Merced, USA | 73.5 |
| 91 | University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) | Berkeley, USA | 73.3 |
| 92 | University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) | Los Angeles, USA | 73.0 |
| 93 | University of California, San Diego (UCSD) | San Diego, USA | 72.8 |
| 94 | University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) | Santa Barbara, USA | 72.5 |
| 95 | University of California, Irvine (UCI) | Irvine, USA | 72.3 |
| 96 | University of California, Riverside (UCR) | Riverside, USA | 72.0 |
| 97 | University of California, Merced (UCM) | Merced, USA | 71.8 |
| 98 | University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) | Berkeley, USA | 71.5 |
| 99 | University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) | Los Angeles, USA | 71.3 |
| 100 | University of California, San Diego (UCSD) | San Diego, USA | 71.0 |
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