World University Rankings 2026
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Rank Name Overall info
1 University of Oxford United Kingdom 2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology United States =3 Princeton University United States =3 University of Cambridge United Kingdom =5 Harvard University United States =5 Stanford University United States 7 California Institute of Technology United States 8 Imperial College London United Kingdom 9 University of California, Berkeley United States 10 Yale University United States 11 ETH Zurich Switzerland 12 Tsinghua University China 13 Peking University China 14 University of Pennsylvania United States 15 The University of Chicago United States 16 Johns Hopkins University United States 17 National University of Singapore Singapore =18 Cornell University United States =18 University of California, Los Angeles United States 20 Columbia University United States 21 University of Toronto Canada 22 UCL United Kingdom 23 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States 24 Carnegie Mellon University United States 25 University of Washington United States 26 The University of Tokyo Japan 27 Technical University of Munich Germany 28 Duke University United States 29 University of Edinburgh United Kingdom 30 Northwestern University United States 31 New York University United States =41 Georgia Institute of Technology United States =41 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign United States 47 University of California, San Diego United States 50 University of Texas at Austin United States https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/latest/world-ranking |
Anonymous
| Where is the "Harvard of the South" UVA? |
Anonymous
| It’s basically us news T20 minus a few ivies. In a slightly different order. |
Anonymous
US only US World 1 2 Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States 2 3 Princeton UniversityUnited States 3 5 Harvard UniversityUnited States 3 5 Stanford UniversityUnited States 5 7 California Institute of TechnologyUnited States 6 9 University of California, BerkeleyUnited States 7 10 Yale UniversityUnited States 8 14 University of PennsylvaniaUnited States 9 15 The University of ChicagoUnited States 10 16 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 11 18 Cornell UniversityUnited States 11 18 University of California, Los AngelesUnited States 13 20 Columbia UniversityUnited States 14 23 University of Michigan-Ann ArborUnited States 15 24 Carnegie Mellon UniversityUnited States 16 25 University of WashingtonUnited States 17 28 Duke UniversityUnited States 18 30 Northwestern UniversityUnited States 19 31 New York UniversityUnited States 20 41 Georgia Institute of TechnologyUnited States 20 41 University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignUnited States 22 47 University of California, San DiegoUnited States 23 50 University of Texas at AustinUnited States 24 53 University of Wisconsin-MadisonUnited States 25 64 University of California, DavisUnited States 26 65 Brown UniversityUnited States 27 67 Washington University in St LouisUnited States 28 72 University of California, Santa BarbaraUnited States 29 73 University of Southern CaliforniaUnited States 30 76 Boston UniversityUnited States 31 78 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 32 85 Purdue University West LafayetteUnited States 33 88 University of MinnesotaUnited States 34 92 Vanderbilt UniversityUnited States 35 97 University of California, IrvineUnited States 36 102 Emory UniversityUnited States 37 103 Rice UniversityUnited States 38 105 Michigan State UniversityUnited States 39 108 Ohio State University (Main campus)United States 39 108 Penn State (Main campus)United States 41 112 University of MassachusettsUnited States 42 116 University of Maryland, College ParkUnited States 43 127 University of RochesterUnited States 44 134 University of FloridaUnited States 45 138 University of ArizonaUnited States 46 145 Case Western Reserve UniversityUnited States 47 151 Texas A&M UniversityUnited States 48 156 University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh campusUnited States 49 159 University of Colorado BoulderUnited States 50 166 University of Virginia (Main campus)United States |
Anonymous
Umm. No it's not. |
Anonymous
| Emory 102 and Rice 103 |
Anonymous
#36 and #37 for US |
Anonymous
| Interesting how UC Davis does well in nearly all rankings |
Anonymous
Not exactly US only Top 20 US World 1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2 Princeton University 3 Harvard University 3 Stanford University 5 California Institute of Technology 6 University of California, Berkeley 7 Yale University 8 University of Pennsylvania 9 The University of Chicago 10 Johns Hopkins University 11 Cornell University 11 University of California, Los Angeles 13 Columbia University 14 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 15 Carnegie Mellon University 16 University of Washington 17 Duke University 18 Northwestern University 19 New York University 20 Georgia Institute of Technology |
Anonymous
If you read what I wrote: "minus a few ivies". It's pretty close! |
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Do these rankings include Medical School research as part of the rankings?
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Anonymous
Unlikely since Berkeley's medical school is separated out as UCSF. |
Anonymous
It would seem not plus that would seem like an odd factor. Does USWR? IMHO, this is actually one of the most respected ranking systems out there and on the world stage.. |
Anonymous
Times is the grandaddy of global rankings. |
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Interesting to see how well the University of Washington does on these global research university rankings.
Also noted that the top-3 US public universities are the same on both the US News "2026 Best Colleges" list and the Times Higher Education "2026 World University Rankings" list: 1. University of California, Berkeley 2. University of California, Los Angeles 3. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor |