These institutions from the U.S. and more than 60 other countries have been ranked based on 13 indicators that measure their academic research performance and their global and regional reputations. International Students can use these rankings to explore the higher education options that exist beyond their own countries’ borders and to compare key aspects of schools’ research missions.
| QS World University Rankings 2020 – Top 10 | |||
| 2020 Rank
|
2019 Rank
|
University
|
Location
|
| 1
|
1
|
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
|
United States
|
| 2
|
2
|
Stanford University
|
United States
|
| 3
|
3
|
Harvard University
|
United States
|
| 4
|
5
|
University of Oxford
|
United Kingdom
|
| 5
|
4
|
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
|
United States
|
| 6
|
7
|
ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)
|
Switzerland
|
| 7
|
6
|
University of Cambridge
|
United Kingdom
|
| 8
|
10
|
UCL (University College London)
|
United Kingdom
|
| 9
|
8
|
Imperial College London
|
United Kingdom
|
| 10
|
9
|
University of Chicago
|
United States |
