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585 ranked universities in our 13 countries, the best by field, and an identity card for the leading ones: admission, deadlines, cost and scholarships.

QS World University Rankings 2027

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QS rankUniversityStrong inCountryIdentity card
1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)Cambridge United States Card
=2 Imperial College LondonLondon United Kingdom Card
=2 Stanford UniversityStanford United States Card
4 University of OxfordOxford United Kingdom Card
5 Harvard UniversityCambridge United States Card
6 University of CambridgeCambridge United Kingdom Card
7 California Institute of Technology (Caltech)Pasadena United States Card
=8 ETH ZurichZürich Switzerland Card
=8 UCLLondon United Kingdom Card
10 National University of Singapore (NUS)Singapore Singapore Card
12 Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore)Singapore Singapore Card
15 University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia United States Card
=16 Cornell UniversityIthaca United States Card
=16 Yale UniversityNew Haven United States Card
19 The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney)Sydney Australia Card
=20 Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore United States Card
=20 University of California, Berkeley (UCB)Berkeley United States Card
=22 EPFL – École polytechnique fédérale de LausanneLausanne Switzerland Card
=22 The University of MelbourneMelbourne Australia Card
24 University of ChicagoChicago United States Card
25 Technical University of MunichMunich Germany Card
27 Princeton UniversityPrinceton United States Card
28 The University of SydneySydney Australia Card
29 Australian National University (ANU)Canberra Australia Card
30 McGill UniversityMontreal Canada Card
31 Monash UniversityMelbourne Australia Card
32 University of TorontoToronto Canada Card
34 Université PSLParis France Card
35 The University of EdinburghEdinburgh United Kingdom Card
37 King's College LondonLondon United Kingdom Card
=40 The University of ManchesterManchester United Kingdom Card
=40 The University of QueenslandBrisbane Australia Card
=43 Columbia UniversityNew York City United States Card
=43 Institut Polytechnique de ParisParis France Card
=45 Northwestern UniversityEvanston United States Card
=45 University of British ColumbiaVancouver Canada Card
48 Delft University of TechnologyDelft Netherlands Card
49 University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)Los Angeles United States Card
51 University of Michigan-Ann ArborAnn Arbor United States Card
55 Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh United States Card
57 University of BristolBristol United Kingdom Card
58 New York University (NYU)New York City United States Card
60 University of AmsterdamAmsterdam Netherlands Card
61 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenMunich Germany Card
62 The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)London United Kingdom Card
66 Brown UniversityProvidence United States Card
=68 University of WarwickCoventry United Kingdom Card
=68 University of BirminghamBirmingham United Kingdom Card
70 Duke UniversityDurham United States Card
72 University of Texas at AustinAustin United States Card
73 Sorbonne UniversityParis France Card
74 University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignChampaign United States Card
75 Trinity College Dublin, The University of DublinDublin Ireland Card
76 Université Paris-SaclayParis France Card
=77 The University of Western AustraliaPerth Australia Card
=77 University of LeedsLeeds United Kingdom Card
79 Adelaide UniversityAdelaide Australia Card
80 University of GlasgowGlasgow United Kingdom Card
81 University of California, San Diego (UCSD)San Diego United States Card
=82 The University of SheffieldSheffield United Kingdom Card
85 Durham UniversityDurham United Kingdom Card
86 Universität HeidelbergHeidelberg Germany Card
=87 Politecnico di MilanoMilan Italy Card
=87 The University of Technology Sydney (UTS)Sydney Australia Card
=92 Pennsylvania State UniversityUniversity Park United States Card
=92 University of WashingtonSeattle United States Card
94 Boston UniversityBoston United States Card
96 University of AlbertaEdmonton Canada Card
=97 University of NottinghamNottingham United Kingdom Card
=98 Freie Universitaet BerlinBerlin Germany Card
=98 University of ZurichZürich Switzerland Card
=100 Purdue UniversityWest Lafayette United States Card
=100 University College DublinDublin Ireland Card
103 Queen Mary University of LondonLondon United Kingdom Card
104 RWTH Aachen UniversityAachen Germany Card
110 KIT, Karlsruhe Institute of TechnologyKarlsruhe Germany Card
=111 Sapienza University of RomeRome Italy Card
=111 University of SouthamptonSouthampton United Kingdom Card
=113 University of WaterlooWaterloo Canada Card
=113 Utrecht UniversityUtrecht Netherlands Card
=115 University of St AndrewsSt Andrews United Kingdom Card
=119 Leiden UniversityLeiden Netherlands Card
=119 RMIT UniversityMelbourne Australia Card
122 Rice UniversityHouston United States Card
=123 Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di BolognaBologna Italy Card
125 University of BathBath United Kingdom Card
=126 Macquarie University (Sydney, Australia)Sydney Australia Card
=131 University of Wisconsin-MadisonMadison United States Card
136 University of ExeterExeter United Kingdom Card
137 University of California, DavisDavis United States Card
139 University of LiverpoolLiverpool United Kingdom Card
=140 Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinBerlin Germany Card
=142 Georgia Institute of TechnologyAtlanta United States Card
=142 Western UniversityLondon (Ontario) Canada Card
147 Khalifa UniversityAbu Dhabi United Arab Emirates Card
148 Erasmus University RotterdamRotterdam Netherlands Card
149 Newcastle UniversityNewcastle upon Tyne United Kingdom Card
=150 University of BaselBasel Switzerland Card
152 Eindhoven University of TechnologyEindhoven Netherlands Card
153 University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles United States Card
154 Wageningen University & ResearchWageningen Netherlands Card
157 University of GroningenGroningen Netherlands Card
=158 Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin)Berlin Germany Card
=158 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel Hill United States Card
=158 University of YorkYork United Kingdom
=162 Université de MontréalMontreal Canada
=162 Washington University in St. LouisSt. Louis United States
164 Lancaster UniversityLancaster United Kingdom
=165 Universitat de BarcelonaBarcelona Spain Card
168 University of GenevaGeneva Switzerland Card
169 Texas A&M UniversityCollege Station United States Card
172 Arizona State UniversityPhoenix United States
173 University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)Santa Barbara United States
=174 McMaster UniversityHamilton Canada
=174 Queen's University BelfastBelfast United Kingdom
=179 Cardiff UniversityCardiff United Kingdom
=179 Queen's University at KingstonKingston Canada
182 Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing United States
183 Emory UniversityAtlanta United States
=185 Technische Universität DresdenDresden Germany
=185 Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamAmsterdam Netherlands
189 Curtin UniversityPerth Australia
=191 University of BernBern Switzerland
195 University of WollongongWollongong Australia
=196 University of ReadingReading United Kingdom
199 Complutense University of MadridMadrid Spain Card
=201 The Ohio State UniversityColumbus United States
203 Loughborough UniversityLoughborough United Kingdom
204 Università di PadovaPadova Italy
=206 Politecnico di TorinoTurin Italy
=209 Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität BonnBonn Germany
=209 Universität HamburgHamburg Germany
211 Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaBarcelona Spain Card
217 United Arab Emirates UniversityAl Ain United Arab Emirates Card
=218 Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-NürnbergErlangen Germany
220 University College CorkCork Ireland
=223 University of TwenteEnschede Netherlands
226 Universidad Autónoma de MadridMadrid Spain
227 Deakin UniversityMelbourne Australia
=228 University of FloridaGainesville United States
=228 University of OttawaOttawa Canada
=230 Eberhard Karls Universität TübingenTübingen Germany
=230 Griffith UniversityNathan Australia
=230 University of StrathclydeGlasgow United Kingdom
=233 University of LausanneLausanne Switzerland Card
=235 École Normale Supérieure de LyonLyon France
240 Queensland University of Technology (QUT)Brisbane Australia
=241 La Trobe UniversityMelbourne Australia
244 The University of Newcastle, Australia (UON)Newcastle Australia
245 Albert-Ludwigs-Universitaet FreiburgFreiburg im Breisgau Germany
=246 Université Paris 1 Panthéon-SorbonneParis France
=246 University of SurreyGuildford United Kingdom
249 University of CalgaryCalgary Canada
250 Technical University of DarmstadtDarmstadt Germany
251 University of RochesterRochester United States
=252 University of California, IrvineIrvine United States
=252 University of Maryland, College ParkCollege Park United States
254 Maastricht UniversityMaastricht Netherlands Card
=255 University of Minnesota (System)Minneapolis United States
=258 American University of SharjahSharjah United Arab Emirates Card
260 University of Massachusetts AmherstAmherst United States
=261 University of GöttingenGöttingen Germany
263 Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona)Barcelona Spain
265 Vanderbilt UniversityNashville United States
266 Singapore University of Technology and DesignSingapore Singapore Card
268 University of VirginiaCharlottesville United States
269 University of CologneCologne Germany
=270 Dartmouth CollegeHanover United States
=270 University of MilanMilan Italy
=273 University of SussexBrighton United Kingdom
275 University of GalwayGalway Ireland
=279 University of NavarraPamplona Spain
=279 University of PittsburghPittsburgh United States
=283 Radboud UniversityNijmegen Netherlands
=283 University of SharjahSharjah United Arab Emirates Card
288 University of AberdeenAberdeen United Kingdom
=289 Georgetown UniversityWashington D.C. United States
291 Swinburne University of TechnologyMelbourne Australia
298 Dalhousie UniversityHalifax Canada
=300 University of Notre DameNotre Dame United States
=303 Université Paris CitéParis France
311 University of TasmaniaHobart Australia
312 Simon Fraser UniversityBurnaby Canada
313 The University of ArizonaTucson United States
=314 Rutgers University–New BrunswickNew Brunswick United States
=314 Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M)Madrid Spain
=314 University of LeicesterLeicester United Kingdom
=318 Universität StuttgartStuttgart Germany
=320 North Carolina State UniversityRaleigh United States
=320 University of Colorado BoulderBoulder United States
=322 Swansea UniversitySwansea United Kingdom
=322 York UniversityToronto Canada
325 Heriot-Watt UniversityEdinburgh United Kingdom
=326 Case Western Reserve UniversityCleveland United States
=338 Tufts UniversityMedford United States
=338 University of MiamiMiami United States
341 University of PisaPisa Italy
=342 University of Rome "Tor Vergata"Rome Italy
348 Abu Dhabi UniversityAbu Dhabi United Arab Emirates Card
353 Brunel University of LondonLondon United Kingdom
=354 Birkbeck, University of LondonLondon United Kingdom
=354 Sciences PoParis France
=360 Indiana University BloomingtonBloomington United States
=361 City St George’s, University of LondonLondon United Kingdom
=364 Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM)Madrid Spain
366 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityBlacksburg United States
=370 University of Illinois Chicago (UIC)Chicago United States
=370 University of MünsterMünster Germany
=370 University of Victoria (UVic)Victoria Canada
=370 Western Sydney UniversityParramatta Australia
=374 Flinders UniversityAdelaide Australia
=376 Goethe-University Frankfurt am MainFrankfurt am Main Germany
=381 George Washington UniversityWashington D.C. United States
=381 University of East Anglia (UEA)Norwich United Kingdom
=385 Northeastern UniversityBoston United States
387 Université Grenoble AlpesGrenoble France
=388 Università Cattolica del Sacro CuoreMilan Italy
=388 University of LimerickLimerick Ireland
=395 Università degli Studi di PaviaPavia Italy
397 University of TurinTurin Italy
397 Ajman UniversityAjman United Arab Emirates Card
398 University of California, RiversideRiverside United States
401 University of Naples - Federico IINaples Italy
=402 Ruhr-Universität BochumBochum Germany
408 Dublin City UniversityDublin Ireland
=409 University of FlorenceFlorence Italy
=411 Oxford Brookes UniversityOxford United Kingdom
=411 Singapore Management UniversitySingapore Singapore
=411 University of SaskatchewanSaskatoon Canada
=411 University of Southern QueenslandToowoomba Australia
415 University of KentCanterbury United Kingdom
=416 Aston UniversityBirmingham United Kingdom
=416 University at Buffalo SUNYBuffalo United States
422 Murdoch UniversityMurdoch Australia
=425 Universität KonstanzKonstanz Germany
=425 Universität MannheimMannheim Germany
429 Tilburg UniversityTilburg Netherlands
430 Julius-Maximilians-Universität WürzburgWürzburg Germany
=434 Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC)Barcelona Spain
=434 Universitat Politecnica de ValenciaValència Spain
=436 Central Queensland University (CQUniversity Australia)Rockhampton Australia
=438 University of EssexColchester United Kingdom
=438 James Cook UniversityTownsville Australia
=438 University of TrentoTrento Italy
=443 Aix-Marseille UniversityMarseille France
446 IE UniversitySegovia Spain Card
=447 University of DundeeDundee United Kingdom
=447 University of GranadaGranada Spain
=449 Universitat de ValenciaValència Spain
=456 Université de StrasbourgStrasbourg France
=456 USI - Università della Svizzera italianaLugano Switzerland
=458 SOAS University of LondonLondon United Kingdom
=458 University of California, Santa CruzSanta Cruz United States
=458 University of ConnecticutStorrs United States
=465 Università Vita-Salute San RaffaeleMilan Italy
=468 Stony Brook University, State University of New YorkStony Brook United States
=470 Leibniz University HannoverHanover Germany
472 University of BayreuthBayreuth Germany
473 Université de MontpellierMontpellier France
=474 Universitat Ramon LlullBarcelona Spain
=477 University of CanberraBruce Australia
=485 Royal Holloway, University of LondonLondon United Kingdom
=485 Universidad de SevillaSeville Spain
=485 University of BordeauxTalence France
=497 Concordia UniversityMontreal Canada
=497 University of BradfordBradford United Kingdom
=500 Johannes Gutenberg Universität MainzMainz Germany
=500 Universität PotsdamPotsdam Germany
=502 University of GenoaGenoa Italy
=510 Washington State UniversityPullman United States
=515 Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (CNAM)Paris France
=515 University of KansasLawrence United States
=518 Bond UniversityGold Coast Australia
=521 Justus-Liebig-University GiessenGiessen Germany
=521 University of HuddersfieldHuddersfield United Kingdom
=526 Université LavalQuébec Canada
=528 Northumbria UniversityNewcastle upon Tyne United Kingdom
=533 University of UtahSalt Lake City United States
536 The University of GeorgiaAthens United States
=537 University of WindsorWindsor Canada
=540 Colorado State UniversityFort Collins United States
=540 Iowa State UniversityAmes United States
=540 Universität LeipzigLeipzig Germany
544 University of Milano-BicoccaMilan Italy
545 Edith Cowan UniversityJoondalup Australia
=546 Florida State UniversityTallahassee United States
=546 University of GuelphGuelph Canada
=549 Boston CollegeChestnut Hill United States
=551 Charles Darwin UniversityDarwin Australia
=551 University of HoustonHouston United States
559 Al Ain UniversityAl Ain United Arab Emirates
=560 University of ManitobaWinnipeg Canada
=560 University of SalamancaSalamanca Spain
=560 University of StirlingStirling United Kingdom
=565 Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse IIIToulouse France
=567 Bangor UniversityBangor United Kingdom
=567 Universität JenaJena Germany
=572 University of SienaSiena Italy
=575 Colorado School of MinesGolden United States
=575 Ulm UniversityUlm Germany
=575 University of DelawareNewark United States
=575 University of HullHull United Kingdom
=581 Coventry UniversityCoventry United Kingdom
=581 Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteTroy United States
=581 Universität BremenBremen Germany
=581 University of BresciaBrescia Italy
=588 Saarland UniversitySaarbrücken Germany
=588 Zayed UniversityAbu Dhabi United Arab Emirates Card
594 Technische Universität Bergakademie FreibergFreiberg Germany
=595 Ulster UniversityBelfast United Kingdom
=597 Tulane UniversityNew Orleans United States
=597 University of IowaIowa City United States
=600 Ca' Foscari University of VeniceVenice Italy
=600 Manchester Metropolitan UniversityManchester United Kingdom
=608 Free University of Bozen-BolzanoBolzano Italy
=608 American University of Ras Al KhaimahRas Al Khaimah United Arab Emirates
=613 Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1Villeurbanne France
=616 Canadian University DubaiDubai United Arab Emirates Card
=620 Christian-Albrechts-University zu KielKiel Germany
=620 Illinois Institute of TechnologyChicago United States
=620 American University in DubaiDubai United Arab Emirates Card
=629 Universidade de Santiago de CompostelaSantiago de Compostela Spain
=634 Southern Cross UniversityLismore Australia
=639 Nottingham Trent UniversityNottingham United Kingdom
=643 Comillas Pontifical UniversityMadrid Spain
=643 University of Hawaiʻi at MānoaHonolulu United States
=646 American UniversityWashington D.C. United States
=646 Institut National Polytechnique de ToulouseToulouse France
=646 Otto-von-Guericke-Universität MagdeburgMagdeburg Germany
=659 Florida International University (FIU)Miami United States
=662 Università Politecnica delle MarcheAncona Italy
=662 University of PortsmouthPortsmouth United Kingdom
668 École Centrale de LyonLyon France
669 Toronto Metropolitan UniversityToronto Canada
=670 Lehigh UniversityBethlehem United States
=670 University of FribourgFribourg Switzerland
=675 Stevens Institute of TechnologyHoboken United States
=677 City University of New YorkNew York City United States
=677 University of New BrunswickFredericton Canada
=677 University of the Basque CountryLeioa Spain
=686 Kingston University, LondonKingston upon Thames United Kingdom
=686 Université de LilleLille France
=686 University of Texas at DallasRichardson United States
=691 TU Dortmund UniversityDortmund Germany
=691 University of PlymouthPlymouth United Kingdom
=696 Universität RegensburgRegensburg Germany
=696 Victoria UniversityFootscray Australia
701-710 Goldsmiths, University of LondonLondon United Kingdom
701-710 The University of Tennessee, KnoxvilleKnoxville United States
701-710 Universidad de ZaragozaZaragoza Spain
711-720 Oregon State UniversityCorvallis United States
711-720 Université Côte d'AzurNice France
711-720 University of OregonEugene United States
711-720 University of South CarolinaColumbia United States
721-730 Maynooth UniversityMaynooth Ireland
721-730 Memorial University of NewfoundlandSt. John's Canada
721-730 TUHH Hamburg University of TechnologyHamburg Germany
721-730 University of Missouri, ColumbiaColumbia United States
731-740 Syracuse UniversitySyracuse United States
731-740 Universidad de Alcalá (Madrid)Alcalá de Henares Spain
731-740 Université de RennesRennes France
731-740 University of Central FloridaOrlando United States
741-750 New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)Newark United States
741-750 University of BariBari Italy
741-750 University of CincinnatiCincinnati United States
751-760 Brandeis UniversityWaltham United States
751-760 Missouri University of Science and TechnologyRolla United States
751-760 Temple UniversityPhiladelphia United States
761-770 Texas Tech UniversityLubbock United States
761-770 University of Messina (UniME)Messina Italy
761-770 University of South FloridaTampa United States
761-770 University of TriesteTrieste Italy
761-770 UWE Bristol (University of the West of England)Bristol United Kingdom
771-780 Drexel UniversityPhiladelphia United States
771-780 University of HohenheimStuttgart Germany
771-780 University of New MexicoAlbuquerque United States
771-780 University of OklahomaNorman United States
781-790 Technische Universität BraunschweigBraunschweig Germany
781-790 University of VeronaVerona Italy
781-790 University of DubaiDubai United Arab Emirates
791-800 Technological University DublinDublin Ireland
791-800 University of GreenwichLondon United Kingdom
801-850 Aberystwyth UniversityAberystwyth United Kingdom
801-850 Bournemouth UniversityPoole United Kingdom
801-850 Carleton UniversityOttawa Canada
801-850 Edinburgh Napier UniversityEdinburgh United Kingdom
801-850 Georgia State UniversityAtlanta United States
801-850 Keele UniversityKeele United Kingdom
801-850 Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-WittenbergHalle Germany
801-850 Rutgers University–NewarkNewark United States
801-850 Universidade de VigoVigo Spain
801-850 Universität Duisburg-EssenDuisburg Germany
801-850 Université de LorraineNancy France
801-850 University of Maryland, BaltimoreBaltimore United States
801-850 University of Maryland, Baltimore CountyBaltimore United States
801-850 University of Modena and Reggio EmiliaModena Italy
801-850 University of Nebraska - LincolnLincoln United States
801-850 University of PalermoPalermo Italy
801-850 Wake Forest UniversityWinston-Salem United States
801-850 Wayne State UniversityDetroit United States
851-900 Auburn UniversityAuburn United States
851-900 Australian Catholic UniversityMelbourne Australia
851-900 University of CataniaCatania Italy
851-900 De Montfort UniversityLeicester United Kingdom
851-900 Liverpool John Moores UniversityLiverpool United Kingdom
851-900 The New School, New York City and ParisNew York City United States Card
851-900 University of TusciaViterbo Italy
851-900 Università degli Studi Roma TreRome Italy
851-900 Universitat Rovira i VirgiliTarragona Spain
851-900 University of AlicanteAlicante Spain
851-900 University of CalabriaRende Italy
851-900 University of Colorado Denver / Anschutz Medical CampusDenver United States
851-900 University of HertfordshireHatfield United Kingdom
851-900 University of LincolnLincoln United Kingdom
851-900 University of SalernoFisciano Italy
851-900 University of the Arts LondonLondon United Kingdom Card
851-900 University of the Sunshine CoastSippy Downs Australia
851-900 University of WestminsterLondon United Kingdom
851-900 Williams CollegeWilliamstown United States
851-900 Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW)Winterthur Switzerland
901-950 CY Cergy Paris UniversityCergy France
901-950 London South Bank UniversityLondon United Kingdom
901-950 Louisiana State UniversityBaton Rouge United States
901-950 Middlesex UniversityLondon United Kingdom
901-950 Nantes UniversitéNantes France
901-950 Oklahoma State UniversityStillwater United States
901-950 Universidad de OviedoOviedo Spain
901-950 Universidad EuropeaMadrid Spain
901-950 Università degli Studi di FerraraFerrara Italy
901-950 Universitat Internacional de CatalunyaBarcelona Spain
901-950 Universität RostockRostock Germany
901-950 Université Paris-Est Créteil Val de MarneCréteil France
901-950 Université Sorbonne Paris NordVilletaneuse France
901-950 University of BrightonBrighton United Kingdom
901-950 University of KentuckyLexington United States
901-950 Worcester Polytechnic InstituteWorcester United States
901-950 Yeshiva UniversityNew York City United States
951-1000 Charles Sturt UniversityBathurst Australia
951-1000 Clark UniversityWorcester United States
951-1000 Clemson UniversityClemson United States
951-1000 Philipps-Universität MarburgMarburg Germany
951-1000 Politecnico di BariBari Italy
951-1000 Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)Rochester United States
951-1000 Universidad de CórdobaCórdoba Spain
951-1000 Universidad de ValladolidValladolid Spain
951-1000 Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi VanvitelliCaserta Italy
951-1000 Université de Franche-ComtéBesançon France
951-1000 Université de SherbrookeSherbrooke Canada
951-1000 Université du QuébecQuébec Canada
951-1000 University at Albany - State University of New YorkAlbany United States
951-1000 Heinrich Heine University DüsseldorfDüsseldorf Germany
951-1000 University of Alabama at BirminghamBirmingham United States
951-1000 University of Alaska FairbanksFairbanks United States
951-1000 Virginia Commonwealth UniversityRichmond United States
1001-1200 Anglia Ruskin UniversityCambridge United Kingdom
1001-1200 Bergische Universität WuppertalWuppertal Germany
1001-1200 Bielefeld UniversityBielefeld Germany
1001-1200 Binghamton University SUNYBinghamton United States
1001-1200 Birmingham City UniversityBirmingham United Kingdom
1001-1200 Carl von Ossietzky Universität OldenburgOldenburg Germany
1001-1200 CEU UniversitiesMadrid Spain
1001-1200 Clarkson UniversityPotsdam United States
1001-1200 University of GreifswaldGreifswald Germany
1001-1200 Fordham UniversityNew York City United States
1001-1200 George Mason UniversityFairfax United States
1001-1200 Glasgow Caledonian UniversityGlasgow United Kingdom
1001-1200 Howard UniversityWashington D.C. United States
1001-1200 Kansas State UniversityManhattan United States
1001-1200 Leeds Beckett UniversityLeeds United Kingdom
1001-1200 London Metropolitan UniversityLondon United Kingdom
1001-1200 Michigan Technological UniversityHoughton United States
1001-1200 Mississippi State UniversityStarkville United States
1001-1200 Northern Arizona UniversityFlagstaff United States
1001-1200 Robert Gordon UniversityAberdeen United Kingdom
1001-1200 Saint Louis UniversitySt. Louis United States
1001-1200 Sheffield Hallam UniversitySheffield United Kingdom
1001-1200 Southern Methodist UniversityDallas United States
1001-1200 Technische Universität ChemnitzChemnitz Germany
1001-1200 The University of AlabamaTuscaloosa United States
1001-1200 The University of Texas at ArlingtonArlington United States
1001-1200 The University of Texas at San AntonioSan Antonio United States
1001-1200 Universidad de CantabriaSantander Spain
1001-1200 Universidad de Castilla-La ManchaCiudad Real Spain
1001-1200 Universidad de ExtremaduraBadajoz Spain
1001-1200 Universidad de LeónLeón Spain
1001-1200 Universidad de MálagaMálaga Spain
1001-1200 Universidad Rey Juan CarlosMóstoles Spain
1001-1200 Université de Bretagne OccidentaleBrest France
1001-1200 Università degli Studi di PerugiaPerugia Italy
1001-1200 Università degli Studi di UdineUdine Italy
1001-1200 Università degli Studi "G. d'Annunzio" Chieti PescaraChieti Italy
1001-1200 Università degli Studi dell'AquilaL'Aquila Italy
1001-1200 Universitat de LleidaLleida Spain
1001-1200 Universitat Jaume ICastelló de la Plana Spain
1001-1200 Université Lumière Lyon 2Lyon France
1001-1200 University of Cassino and Southern LazioCassino Italy
1001-1200 University of DenverDenver United States
1001-1200 University of DeustoBilbao Spain
1001-1200 University of East LondonLondon United Kingdom
1001-1200 University of LancashirePreston United Kingdom
1001-1200 University of LouisvilleLouisville United States
1001-1200 University of Massachusetts BostonBoston United States
1001-1200 University of MississippiOxford United States
1001-1200 University of MurciaMurcia Spain
1001-1200 University of Naples ParthenopeNaples Italy
1001-1200 University of Nevada - RenoReno United States
1001-1200 University of North TexasDenton United States
1001-1200 University of ParmaParma Italy
1001-1200 University of ReginaRegina Canada
1001-1200 University of Rhode IslandKingston United States
1001-1200 University of Roehampton, LondonLondon United Kingdom
1001-1200 University of SalentoLecce Italy
1001-1200 University of SalfordSalford United Kingdom
1001-1200 University of VermontBurlington United States
1001-1200 University of WolverhamptonWolverhampton United Kingdom
1001-1200 University of WyomingLaramie United States
1001-1200 West Virginia UniversityMorgantown United States
1001-1200 William & MaryWilliamsburg United States
1201-1400 Baylor UniversityWaco United States
1201-1400 Brigham Young UniversityProvo United States
1201-1400 Brock UniversitySt. Catharines Canada
1201-1400 Florida Atlantic UniversityBoca Raton United States
1201-1400 Indiana University IndianapolisIndianapolis United States
1201-1400 Kent State UniversityKent United States
1201-1400 Loyola University ChicagoChicago United States
1201-1400 Miami UniversityOxford United States
1201-1400 New Mexico State UniversityLas Cruces United States
1201-1400 Ohio UniversityAthens United States
1201-1400 Otto-Friedrich-Universität BambergBamberg Germany
1201-1400 Paul Valéry University MontpellierMontpellier France
1201-1400 Portland State UniversityPortland United States
1201-1400 Queen Margaret University, EdinburghMusselburgh United Kingdom
1201-1400 San Diego State UniversitySan Diego United States
1201-1400 Seattle UniversitySeattle United States
1201-1400 The University of NorthamptonNorthampton United Kingdom
1201-1400 The University of Notre Dame, AustraliaSydney Australia
1201-1400 UCAM Universidad Católica San Antonio de MurciaMurcia Spain
1201-1400 Universidad de AlmeríaAlmería Spain
1201-1400 Universidad de CádizCádiz Spain
1201-1400 Universidad Miguel Hernández de ElcheElche Spain
1201-1400 Universidad Pablo de OlavideSeville Spain
1201-1400 Universidade da CoruñaA Coruña Spain
1201-1400 Università degli Studi del MoliseCampobasso Italy
1201-1400 Università degli Studi di SassariSassari Italy
1201-1400 Universitat de les Illes BalearsPalma Spain
1201-1400 Universität KasselKassel Germany
1201-1400 Universität PaderbornPaderborn Germany
1201-1400 Universität SiegenSiegen Germany
1201-1400 Université Bourgogne EuropeDijon France
1201-1400 Université de Caen NormandieCaen France
1201-1400 Université de PoitiersPoitiers France
1201-1400 Université Paris-NanterreNanterre France
1201-1400 Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-FranceValenciennes France
1201-1400 Université Toulouse - Jean JaurèsToulouse France
1201-1400 University of Arkansas FayettevilleFayetteville United States
1201-1400 University of CagliariCagliari Italy
1201-1400 University of DerbyDerby United Kingdom
1201-1400 University of IdahoMoscow United States
1201-1400 University of MemphisMemphis United States
1201-1400 University of Missouri, Kansas CityKansas City United States
1201-1400 University of NeuchâtelNeuchâtel Switzerland
1201-1400 University of Nevada - Las VegasLas Vegas United States
1201-1400 University of New England AustraliaArmidale Australia
1201-1400 University of New HampshireDurham United States
1201-1400 University of North Carolina at CharlotteCharlotte United States
1201-1400 University of Northern British ColumbiaPrince George Canada
1201-1400 University of PassauPassau Germany
1201-1400 University of San FranciscoSan Francisco United States
1201-1400 University of South WalesPontypridd United Kingdom
1201-1400 University of Texas El PasoEl Paso United States
1201-1400 University of ToledoToledo United States
1201-1400 University of Wisconsin MilwaukeeMilwaukee United States
1201-1400 Utah State UniversityLogan United States
1201-1400 Western Michigan UniversityKalamazoo United States
1401+ California Polytechnic State UniversitySan Luis Obispo United States
1401+ Canterbury Christ Church UniversityCanterbury United Kingdom
1401+ DePaul UniversityChicago United States
1401+ Marquette UniversityMilwaukee United States
1401+ Universidad de La LagunaSan Cristóbal de La Laguna Spain
1401+ Universität TrierTrier Germany
1401+ Université de LimogesLimoges France
1401+ Université de RouenRouen France
1401+ University of AugsburgAugsburg Germany
1401+ University of Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU)Kaiserslautern Germany
1401+ University of San DiegoSan Diego United States

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QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026

Best universities by field

The top 5 in our 13 countries for each field. Every name opens its identity card.

Medicine

  1. 1 Harvard
  2. 2 Oxford
  3. 3 Stanford
  4. 4 Johns Hopkins
  5. 5 Cambridge
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  1. 6 UCL
  2. 7 Imperial
  3. 8 University of California, San Francisco
  4. 9 Yale
  5. 10 King's
  6. 11 U of T
  7. 12 UCLA
  8. 13 Penn
  9. 14 Columbia
  10. 15 MIT
  11. 16 NUS
  12. 17 Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
  13. 18 Duke
  14. 19 Melbourne
  15. 20 London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Engineering & technology

  1. 1 MIT
  2. 2 Stanford
  3. 3 ETH Zurich
  4. 4 Oxford
  5. 5 Cambridge
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  1. 6 UC Berkeley
  2. 7 Imperial
  3. 8 NUS
  4. 9 Harvard
  5. 10 NTU Singapore
  6. 11 EPFL
  7. 12 TU Delft
  8. 13 Caltech
  9. 14 Georgia Tech
  10. 15 TUM
  11. 16 U of T
  12. 17 Carnegie Mellon
  13. 18 Politecnico di Milano
  14. 19 UCL
  15. 20 Illinois

Computer science

  1. 1 MIT
  2. 2 Stanford
  3. 3 Carnegie Mellon
  4. 4 NUS
  5. 5 Oxford
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  1. 6 UC Berkeley
  2. 7 Harvard
  3. 8 Cambridge
  4. 9 NTU Singapore
  5. 10 ETH Zurich
  6. 11 Imperial
  7. 12 U of T
  8. 13 Princeton
  9. 14 EPFL
  10. 15 Cornell
  11. 16 UCLA
  12. 17 UCL
  13. 18 Yale
  14. 19 Columbia
  15. 20 NYU

Business & management

  1. 1 Harvard
  2. 2 Stanford
  3. 3 MIT
  4. 4 INSEAD
  5. 5 Oxford
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  1. 6 Cambridge
  2. 7 Penn
  3. 8 NUS
  4. 9 London Business School
  5. 10 Bocconi
  6. 11 LSE
  7. 12 HEC Paris
  8. 13 UC Berkeley
  9. 14 NTU Singapore
  10. 15 Columbia
  11. 16 NYU
  12. 17 Northwestern
  13. 18 Universitat Ramon Llull
  14. 19 Yale
  15. 20 Imperial

Economics

  1. 1 Harvard
  2. 2 MIT
  3. 3 Stanford
  4. 4 UChicago
  5. 5 Princeton
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  1. 6 LSE
  2. 7 UC Berkeley
  3. 8 Oxford
  4. 9 Yale
  5. 10 Cambridge
  6. 11 Columbia
  7. 12 NYU
  8. 13 Penn
  9. 14 NUS
  10. 15 UCLA
  11. 16 Northwestern
  12. 17 UCL
  13. 18 Bocconi
  14. 19 U of T
  15. 20 UBC

Law

  1. 1 Harvard
  2. 2 Oxford
  3. 3 Cambridge
  4. 4 Yale
  5. 5 Stanford
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  1. 6 NUS
  2. 7 NYU
  3. 8 Columbia
  4. 9 LSE
  5. 10 UC Berkeley
  6. 11 Melbourne
  7. 12 UChicago
  8. 13 UNSW Sydney
  9. 14 UCL
  10. 15 Edinburgh
  11. 16 King's
  12. 17 Sydney
  13. 18 U of T
  14. 19 Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
  15. 20 Georgetown University

Natural sciences

  1. 1 Harvard
  2. 2 MIT
  3. 3 Oxford
  4. 4 Cambridge
  5. 5 Stanford
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  1. 6 ETH Zurich
  2. 7 UC Berkeley
  3. 8 Caltech
  4. 9 Imperial
  5. 10 EPFL
  6. 11 NUS
  7. 12 Princeton
  8. 13 Columbia
  9. 14 U of T
  10. 15 NTU Singapore
  11. 16 TUM
  12. 17 Paris-Saclay
  13. 18 Yale
  14. 19 Sorbonne University
  15. 20 UBC

Social sciences & management

  1. 1 Harvard
  2. 2 Oxford
  3. 3 Stanford
  4. 4 Cambridge
  5. 5 LSE
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  1. 6 MIT
  2. 7 Yale
  3. 8 NUS
  4. 9 UC Berkeley
  5. 10 Columbia
  6. 11 Penn
  7. 12 Bocconi
  8. 13 UChicago
  9. 14 NYU
  10. 15 U of T
  11. 16 UCL
  12. 17 UBC
  13. 18 Melbourne
  14. 19 NTU Singapore
  15. 20 UCLA

Psychology

  1. 1 Harvard
  2. 2 Cambridge
  3. 3 Stanford
  4. 4 Oxford
  5. 5 UCL
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  1. 6 Yale
  2. 7 Columbia
  3. 8 U of T
  4. 9 UvA
  5. 10 MIT
  6. 11 UCLA
  7. 12 UC Berkeley
  8. 13 NYU
  9. 14 Michigan
  10. 15 King's
  11. 16 NUS
  12. 17 Penn
  13. 18 Princeton
  14. 19 LSE
  15. 20 Melbourne

Architecture & built environment

  1. 1 UCL
  2. 2 MIT
  3. 3 TU Delft
  4. 4 ETH Zurich
  5. 5 MSA
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  1. 6 Politecnico di Milano
  2. 7 Harvard
  3. 8 NUS
  4. 9 UC Berkeley
  5. 10 EPFL
  6. 11 Cambridge
  7. 12 RMIT
  8. 13 Columbia
  9. 14 Politecnico di Torino
  10. 15 Cornell
  11. 16 Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC)
  12. 17 Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM)
  13. 18 Melbourne
  14. 19 TU Berlin
  15. 20 TUM

Art & design

  1. 1 RCA
  2. 2 UAL
  3. 3 The New School
  4. 4 RISD
  5. 5 Pratt
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  1. 6 MIT
  2. 7 Politecnico di Milano
  3. 8 The Glasgow School of Art
  4. 9 Design Academy Eindhoven
  5. 10 School of the Art Institute of Chicago
  6. 11 Art Center College of Design
  7. 12 TU Delft
  8. 13 Savannah College of Art and Design
  9. 14 Oxford
  10. 15 School of Visual Arts (SVA)
  11. 16 Carnegie Mellon
  12. 17 NUS
  13. 18 RMIT
  14. 19 California Institute of the Arts
  15. 20 Goldsmiths, University of London

Performing arts (music, drama, dance)

  1. 1 Juilliard
  2. 2 RCM
  3. 3 Curtis
  4. 4 Guildhall
  5. 5 RAM
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  1. 6 Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris (CNSMDP)
  2. 7 NYU
  3. 8 Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
  4. 9 Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM)
  5. 10 Trinity Laban
  6. 11 McGill
  7. 12 Oxford
  8. 13 University of Rochester
  9. 14 Harvard
  10. 15 Cambridge
  11. 16 Indiana University Bloomington
  12. 17 Northwestern
  13. 18 NUS
  14. 19 Melbourne
  15. 20 Yale

Arts & humanities

  1. 1 Oxford
  2. 2 Harvard
  3. 3 Cambridge
  4. 4 Stanford
  5. 5 Yale
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  1. 6 Columbia
  2. 7 UC Berkeley
  3. 8 UCL
  4. 9 Edinburgh
  5. 10 NYU
  6. 11 UCLA
  7. 12 Princeton
  8. 13 MIT
  9. 14 U of T
  10. 15 UChicago
  11. 16 Melbourne
  12. 17 NUS
  13. 18 Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
  14. 19 King's
  15. 20 UBC
France · Parcoursup 2025 official dataPrépas, grandes écoles and Sciences Po Not in world rankings, yet the main selective routes in France: 43 programmes with their access rate, places and the grades of admitted students. Open the table ▸

Access rate = share of applicants who received an offer. How these routes work →

ProgrammeAccess ratePlacesApplications (wishes)Admitted with mention Très Bien
Sciences Po / IEP
Sciences Po (Paris bachelor, all campuses)
Paris, Reims, Le Havre, Menton, Nancy, Dijon, Poitiers		 7.9%1,03820,094 91% (≈ 17.2/20)
Sciences Po double degrees (with Sorbonne, Paris Cité, HKU…)
Paris and abroad		 14.7%2523,941 94% (≈ 17.4/20)
Sciences Po network: IEP common entrance (Aix, Lille, Lyon, Rennes, Saint-Germain, Strasbourg, Toulouse)
Aix, Lille, Lyon, Rennes, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Strasbourg, Toulouse		 11.1%1,12510,668 76% (≈ 16.6/20)
Sciences Po Bordeaux
Bordeaux		 15%2753,777 88% (≈ 17.0/20)
Sciences Po Grenoble
Grenoble		 21%2001,869 79% (≈ 16.5/20)
Prépa (CPGE)
Prépa MPSI (maths, physics): top lycées (Louis-le-Grand, Henri-IV, Sainte-Geneviève, du Parc, Hoche…)
Paris, Versailles, Lyon		 12.6%98048,674 90% (≈ 17.4/20)
Prépa MPSI (maths, physics): lycées across France
Across France		 30.2%7,951282,331 59% (≈ 16.0/20)
Prépa MP2I (maths, physics, computer science): top lycées (Louis-le-Grand, Henri-IV, Sainte-Geneviève, du Parc, Hoche…)
Paris, Versailles, Lyon		 9%19112,092 93% (≈ 17.4/20)
Prépa MP2I (maths, physics, computer science): lycées across France
Across France		 27.7%1,67062,191 54% (≈ 15.8/20)
Prépa PCSI (physics, chemistry): top lycées (Louis-le-Grand, Henri-IV, Sainte-Geneviève, du Parc, Hoche…)
Paris, Versailles, Lyon		 19.7%1,01037,965 88% (≈ 17.2/20)
Prépa PCSI (physics, chemistry): lycées across France
Across France		 38.8%9,142257,520 49% (≈ 15.7/20)
Prépa BCPST (biology, chemistry, physics, Earth sciences): top lycées (Louis-le-Grand, Henri-IV, Sainte-Geneviève, du Parc, Hoche…)
Paris, Versailles, Lyon		 28.6%47013,466 79% (≈ 16.7/20)
Prépa BCPST (biology, chemistry, physics, Earth sciences): lycées across France
Across France		 43.5%3,55292,630 39% (≈ 15.3/20)
Prépa ECG (economics and business): top lycées (Louis-le-Grand, Henri-IV, Sainte-Geneviève, du Parc, Hoche…)
Paris, Versailles, Lyon		 19%68043,086 84% (≈ 16.9/20)
Prépa ECG (economics and business): lycées across France
Across France		 45.5%8,383300,068 33% (≈ 14.9/20)
Prépa Lettres / khâgne A/L (humanities): top lycées (Louis-le-Grand, Henri-IV, Sainte-Geneviève, du Parc, Hoche…)
Paris, Versailles, Lyon		 24.2%60219,016 82% (≈ 17.0/20)
Prépa Lettres / khâgne A/L (humanities): lycées across France
Across France		 44%7,718152,730 43% (≈ 15.4/20)
Engineering school (post-bac)
INSA Lyon (5-year engineering)
Lyon		 13.8%78819,641 90% (≈ 17.1/20)
INSA group (Toulouse, Rennes, Rouen, Strasbourg, Centre-Val de Loire, Hauts-de-France)
Across France		 38.9%1,654114,327 56% (≈ 15.9/20)
UTC Compiègne
Compiègne		 20.9%4258,948 81% (≈ 16.7/20)
Universités de technologie (Troyes, Belfort-Montbéliard)
Troyes, Belfort		 54.5%60410,035 34% (≈ 15.2/20)
Polytech network (Geipi Polytech entrance, 15 schools)
Across France		 46.9%2,391212,348 28% (≈ 15.2/20)
Arts et Métiers: Bachelor en Sciences et Ingénierie
Bordeaux-Talence, Châlons-en-Champagne		 24%501,378 16% (≈ 14.5/20)
Private engineering school (post-bac)
EPITA (computer science)
Paris, Lyon, Strasbourg, Rennes, Toulouse		 76.1%90816,284 11% (≈ 13.9/20)
EFREI (digital engineering)
Paris, Bordeaux		 81.4%74614,666 6% (≈ 13.1/20)
ECE (engineering, computer science)
Paris, Lyon, Bordeaux		 87.1%84517,096 4% (≈ 13.4/20)
ESILV (Pôle Léonard de Vinci)
Paris La Défense, Nantes		 43.3%70919,237 29% (≈ 15.0/20)
EPF
Paris-Cachan, Montpellier, Troyes, Saint-Nazaire		 83.3%67220,337 4% (≈ 13.4/20)
ISEP (digital engineering)
Paris		 83.1%31514,045 3% (≈ 12.5/20)
ESME
Paris, Lyon and other campuses		 85.8%56516,799 4% (≈ 13.1/20)
Aerospace engineering schools (IPSA, ESTACA, ELISA Aerospace)
Paris, Toulouse, Laval, Bordeaux, Hauts-de-France		 55.6%1,10534,638 22% (≈ 14.7/20)
JUNIA (HEI, ISEN, ISA)
Lille and other campuses		 85.4%1,48459,335 7% (≈ 13.4/20)
ICAM and ECAM (general engineering)
Lille, Nantes, Toulouse, Lyon, Paris and other campuses		 64.5%1,80924,307 10% (≈ 13.9/20)
Chemistry and biotech schools (CPE Lyon, Sup'Biotech, ESCOM, EBI, ESBS)
Lyon, Paris and other cities		 84.9%94314,996 11% (≈ 13.9/20)
Agriculture, food and environment schools (UniLaSalle, Purpan, ESA, ISARA, ISTOM)
Beauvais, Rouen, Rennes, Toulouse, Angers, Lyon		 78.1%1,6504,823 8% (≈ 13.6/20)
CESI École d'ingénieurs
Across France		 47.4%1,50520,046 3% (≈ 13.0/20)
Other private engineering schools (ESEO, ESIEA, ESIGELEC, EIGSI, ESAIP, ESTIA…)
Across France		 80.5%1,77758,555 11% (≈ 13.5/20)
Business school bachelor
ESSEC Global BBA
Cergy		 15.1%75326,303 23% (≈ 14.9/20)
Leading business-school BBAs (EDHEC, ESCP, emlyon, IÉSEG, SKEMA, NEOMA, Audencia, KEDGE, TBS, GEM)
Lille, Nice, Paris, Lyon, Nantes, Bordeaux, Toulouse, Grenoble		 55.1%7,474123,898 6% (≈ 13.3/20)
Other business-school bachelor's (across France)
Across France		 61.4%14,641237,765 3% (≈ 12.5/20)
Selective university programme
Université Paris Dauphine – PSL (economics, management, law, maths)
Paris		 16.3%98526,397 76% (≈ 16.5/20)
Paris-Panthéon-Assas: law (licence and double licences)
Paris		 20.5%1,87639,396 25% (≈ 14.8/20)
Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne: law and double licences
Paris		 59.8%2,77044,307 25% (≈ 13.7/20)

Source: Parcoursup open data, session 2025 (fr-esr-parcoursup, Ministry of Higher Education). Groups add up several programmes; applicants can make several wishes; "≈ /20" is estimated from the mentions of admitted students.

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How to read rankings

What rankings measure

QS combines academic and employer reputation surveys, research citations, staff per student and international mix. It says a lot about research and reputation, little about teaching or how happy students are.

Look at the field first

A university can be world-class in one subject and average in another. Use the lists by field above, then the fields of study guide.

Rank is not admission

In Germany, Switzerland and French universities, most programmes admit every eligible student; at the most selective US colleges and UK universities, often fewer than one applicant in four gets an offer. Each identity card explains how its admission works.

Next steps

What it takesRequired subjects, tests and the level expected, by field and country. The full costPer year and for the degree, with the cheaper options. The universities guideHow to build a shortlist, and the strong universities in each country.

Source: QS World University Rankings 2027 (published 18 June 2026) and QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026 (latest subject edition); student numbers and addresses from QS university profiles; presentations and admission notes by Uniacross. Extracted 19 Oct 2026. Rankings change every year and are only one input: Dates and rules can change and we can make mistakes: confirm each deadline on the official site. Uniacross accepts no responsibility for a missed date or wrong information.