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QS Top 100 Global University
100 Universities
US NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
QS Global Universities Rank 1
US Rank 2027 1
Accept Rate 4.60%
UK
Imperial College London
QS Global Universities Rank 2
Times Rank 2026 3
Accept Rate 10.48%
US NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
Stanford University
QS Global Universities Rank 3
US Rank 2027 5
Accept Rate 3.91%
UK
University of Oxford
QS Global Universities Rank 4
Times Rank 2026 1
Accept Rate 13.69%
US NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
Harvard University
QS Global Universities Rank 5
US Rank 2027 3
Accept Rate 3.49%
UK
University of Cambridge
QS Global Universities Rank 6
Times Rank 2026 2
Accept Rate 15.88%
CH
ETH - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
QS Global Universities Rank 7
SGP
National University of Singapore
QS Global Universities Rank 8
UK
University College London
QS Global Universities Rank 9
Times Rank 2026 4
Accept Rate 12.79%
US NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
California Institute of Technology
QS Global Universities Rank 10
US Rank 2027 5
Accept Rate 3.78%
HK
University of Hong Kong
QS Global Universities Rank 11
SGP
Nanyang Technological University
QS Global Universities Rank 12
US NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
University of Chicago
QS Global Universities Rank 13
US Rank 2027 9
Accept Rate 4.48%
CHN
Peking University
QS Global Universities Rank 14
US NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
University of Pennsylvania
QS Global Universities Rank 15
US Rank 2027 7
Accept Rate 5.38%
US NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
Cornell University
QS Global Universities Rank 16
US Rank 2027 14
Accept Rate 8.2%
CHN
Tsinghua University
QS Global Universities Rank 17
US NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
University of California, Berkeley
QS Global Universities Rank 17
US Rank 2027 20
Accept Rate 11.43%
AUS
University of Melbourne
QS Global Universities Rank 19
AUS
University of New South Wales
QS Global Universities Rank 20
US NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
Yale University
QS Global Universities Rank 21
US Rank 2027 4
Accept Rate 3.73%
CH
EPFL – École Polytechnique Federale of Lausanne
QS Global Universities Rank 22
GER
Technical University of Munich
QS Global Universities Rank 22
US NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
Johns Hopkins University
QS Global Universities Rank 24
US Rank 2027 9
Accept Rate 6.44%
US NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
Princeton University
QS Global Universities Rank 25
US Rank 2027 2
Accept Rate 4.62%
AUS
University of Sydney
QS Global Universities Rank 25
CAN
McGill University
QS Global Universities Rank 27
Maclean's Rank 2026 3
FR
Université PSL
QS Global Universities Rank 28
CAN
University of Toronto
QS Global Universities Rank 29
Maclean's Rank 2026 1
CHN
Fudan University
QS Global Universities Rank 30
UK
King‘s College London
QS Global Universities Rank 31
Times Rank 2026 6
Accept Rate 11.04%
AUS
Australian National University
QS Global Universities Rank 32
HK
Chinese University of Hong Kong
QS Global Universities Rank 32
UK
University of Edinburgh
QS Global Universities Rank 34
Times Rank 2026 5
Accept Rate 11.37%
UK
University of Manchester
QS Global Universities Rank 35
Times Rank 2026 8
Accept Rate 10.83%
AUS
Monash University
QS Global Universities Rank 36
JPN
University of Tokyo
QS Global Universities Rank 36
US NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
Columbia University
QS Global Universities Rank 38
US Rank 2027 12
Accept Rate 3.86%
KOR
Seoul National University
QS Global Universities Rank 38
CAN
University of British Columbia
QS Global Universities Rank 40
Maclean's Rank 2026 2
FR
Institut Polytechnique de Paris
QS Global Universities Rank 41
US NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
Northwestern University
QS Global Universities Rank 42
US Rank 2027 9
Accept Rate 7.69%
AUS
University of Queensland
QS Global Universities Rank 42
HK
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
QS Global Universities Rank 44
US NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
University of Michigan Ann Arbor
QS Global Universities Rank 45
US Rank 2027 25
Accept Rate 15.64%
US NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
University of California, Los Angeles
QS Global Universities Rank 46
US Rank 2027 20
Accept Rate 8.97%
NL
Delft University of Technology
QS Global Universities Rank 47
CHN
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
QS Global Universities Rank 47
CHN
Zhejiang University
QS Global Universities Rank 49
KOR
Yonsei University
QS Global Universities Rank 50
UK
University of Bristol
QS Global Universities Rank 51
Times Rank 2026 9
Accept Rate 12.53%
US NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
Carnegie Mellon University
QS Global Universities Rank 52
US Rank 2027 14
Accept Rate 11.88%
NL
University of Amsterdam
QS Global Universities Rank 53
HK
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
QS Global Universities Rank 54
US NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
New York University
QS Global Universities Rank 55
US Rank 2027 31
Accept Rate 7.7%
UK
London School of Economics and Political Science
QS Global Universities Rank 56
Times Rank 2026 7
Accept Rate 7.00%
JPN
Kyoto University
QS Global Universities Rank 57
GER
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
QS Global Universities Rank 58
MYS
Universiti Malaya
QS Global Universities Rank 58
BEL
KU Leuven
QS Global Universities Rank 60
KOR
Korea University
QS Global Universities Rank 61
US NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
Duke University
QS Global Universities Rank 62
US Rank 2027 8
Accept Rate 4.80%
HK
City University of Hong Kong
QS Global Universities Rank 63
CHN
National Taiwan University
QS Global Universities Rank 63
NZ
The University of Auckland
QS Global Universities Rank 65
US NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
University of California San Diego
QS Global Universities Rank 66
US Rank 2027 29
Accept Rate ~28.4 %
SA
KFUPM - King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
QS Global Universities Rank 67
US NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
University of Texas Austin
QS Global Universities Rank 68
US Rank 2027 34
Accept Rate 26.6%
US NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
Brown University
QS Global Universities Rank 69
US Rank 2027 16
Accept Rate 5.16%
FR
Universite Paris Saclay
QS Global Universities Rank 70
US NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
QS Global Universities Rank 70
US Rank 2027 34
Accept Rate 42.4%
CH
Lund University
QS Global Universities Rank 72
FR
Sorbonne University
QS Global Universities Rank 72
UK
University of Warwick
QS Global Universities Rank 74
Times Rank 2026 14
Accept Rate 15.89%
IE
Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin
QS Global Universities Rank 75
UK
University of Birmingham
QS Global Universities Rank 76
Times Rank 2026 11
Accept Rate 13.53%
AUS
University of Western Australia
QS Global Universities Rank 77
SE
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
QS Global Universities Rank 78
UK
University of Glasgow
QS Global Universities Rank 79
Times Rank 2026 10
Accept Rate 16.77%
GER
Universität Heidelberg
QS Global Universities Rank 80
US NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
University of Washington
QS Global Universities Rank 81
US Rank 2027 49
Accept Rate 39.5%
AUS
Adelaide University
QS Global Universities Rank 82
US NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
Pennsylvania State University University Park
QS Global Universities Rank 82
US Rank 2027 55
Accept Rate ~50.0%
UBA
Universidad de Buenos Aires
QS Global Universities Rank 84
JPN
Tokyo Institute of Technology
QS Global Universities Rank 85
UK
University of Leeds
QS Global Universities Rank 86
Times Rank 2026 13
Accept Rate 14.49%
UK
University of Southampton
QS Global Universities Rank 87
Times Rank 2026 15
Accept Rate 14.97%
US NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
Boston University
QS Global Universities Rank 88
US Rank 2027 34
Accept Rate ~11.1%
GER
Freie Universitaet Berlin
QS Global Universities Rank 88
US NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
Purdue University West Lafayette
QS Global Universities Rank 88
US Rank 2027 55
Accept Rate 49.87%
JPN
Osaka University
QS Global Universities Rank 91
UK
The University of Sheffield
QS Global Universities Rank 92
Times Rank 2026 12
Accept Rate 12.72%
SE
Uppsala University
QS Global Universities Rank 93
UK
Durham University
QS Global Universities Rank 94
Times Rank 2026 23
Accept Rate 18.30%
CAN
University of Alberta
QS Global Universities Rank 94
Maclean's Rank 2026 4
AUS
University of Technology Sydney
QS Global Universities Rank 96
UK
University of Nottingham
QS Global Universities Rank 97
Times Rank 2026 19
Accept Rate 15.52%
GER
KIT, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
QS Global Universities Rank 98
ITA
Politecnico di Milano
QS Global Universities Rank 98
CH
University of Zurich
QS Global Universities Rank 100