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Global Rankings (2026)
US News Best Global Universities
1
Harvard University
United States , Cambridge
2
Stanford University
United States , Stanford
4
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom , Moffat
5
University of California, Berkeley
United States , Berkeley
6
University of Oxford
United Kingdom , Oxford
7
Princeton University
United States , Princeton
8
California Institute of Technology
United States , Pasadena
9
Columbia University
United States , New York
10
University of Chicago
United States , Chicago
11
Yale University
United States , New Haven
12
Cornell University
United States , Ithaca
14
University of Pennsylvania
United States , Philadelphia
15
University of California, Los Angeles
United States , Los Angeles
16
University College London, University of London
United Kingdom , London
17
Johns Hopkins University
United States , Baltimore
18
University of California, San Diego
United States , La Jolla
19
University of Washington
United States , Seattle
20
University of California, San Francisco
United States , San Francisco
21
ETH Zurich
Switzerland , Zurich
22
Tsinghua University
China , 海淀区
23
Washington University in St. Louis
United States , St. Louis
24
Peking University
China , Beijing
25
Imperial College London
United Kingdom , London
26
University of Toronto
Canada , Toronto
27
Zhejiang University
China , Hang Zhou Shi
28
University of Tokyo
Japan , Tokyo
29
The Rockefeller University
United States , New York
30
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
United States , Ann Arbor
31
New York University
United States , New York
32
IT University of Copenhagen
Denmark , København
33
Northwestern University
United States , Evanston
35
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
United States , Chapel Hill
36
University of Wisconsin - Madison
United States , Madison
37
University of Melbourne
Australia , Parkville
38
East China Jiao Tong University
China , 小康营乡
39
Duke University
United States , Durham
40
The University of Edinburgh
United Kingdom , Edinburgh
41
Paris-Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates , Abu Dhabi
42
University of Science and Technology of China
China , He Fei Shi
43
Karolinska Institute Stockholm
Sweden , Stockholm
44
University of Munich
Germany , Munich
45
Kyoto University
Japan , Kyoto
46
The University of Texas at Austin
United States , Austin
47
Technical University of Munich
Germany , Munich
48
University of British Columbia
Canada , Vancouver
50
Fudan University
China , 杨浦区
51
Heidelberg University
United States , Tiffin
52
University of Manchester
United Kingdom , Manchester
53
King's College London, University of London
United Kingdom , London
54
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
United States , Dallas