QS World University Rankings 2019: Top Global Universities

Year 2025

QS Stars rated only

Rank	University	Overall Score
1	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States 5+ QS Stars	100	100	100	100
2	Stanford University United States	98.6	100	100	100
3	Harvard University United States	98.5	100	100	99.3

4	California Institute of Technology (Caltech) United States	97.2	98.7	81.2	100
5	University of Oxford United Kingdom	96.8	100	100	100
6	University of Cambridge United Kingdom	95.6	100	100	100
7	ETH Zurich - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Switzerland	95.3	98.2	96.2	82.4
8	Imperial College London United Kingdom	93.3	98.7	99.9	99.9
9	University of Chicago United States	93.2	99.6	90.7	97.4
10	UCL United Kingdom	92.9	99.3	99.2	99.2
11	National University of Singapore (NUS) Singapore	92	99.8	99.1	91.8

12	Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU) Singapore	91.3	90.3	92.6	95
13	Princeton University United States	90.9	99.9	96.7	70.3
14	Cornell University United States	90.5	98.7	90.5	70.4
15	Yale University United States	89.6	99.9	99.7	100
16	Columbia University United States	88.5	99.7	97.4	100
17	Tsinghua University China (Mainland)	87.2	97	99.4	91.5
18	The University of Edinburgh United Kingdom	86.9	97.3	94	85.5
19	University of Pennsylvania United States	86.5	95.4	92.6	100

20	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States	86.4	98.9	90.2	94.3
21	Johns Hopkins University United States	85.9	89.7	56.9	100
22	EPFL Switzerland	85.8	72.8	78.2	94.5
23	The University of Tokyo Japan	85.3	100	99.5	94.2
24	The Australian National University Australia	84.4	97.1	82.6	47.9
25	The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong SAR	84.3	96.7	83.7	88.1