10 Best universities in the world for international students

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