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All countries🇺🇸 United States 9

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All subjectsMedicine 26Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 25Physics and Astronomy 25Engineering 24Materials Science 24Environmental Science 23Neuroscience 23Psychology 23Computer Science 22Economics, Econometrics and Finance 20Immunology and Microbiology 20Social Sciences 20Chemistry 19Business, Management and Accounting 17Earth and Planetary Sciences 15Mathematics 15Agricultural and Biological Sciences 13Health Professions 12Decision Sciences 9Energy 7Arts and Humanities 6Chemical Engineering 4Nursing 4Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 4Dentistry 3
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9 universities · Decision Sciences · private universities

QS #1 (2026)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Cambridge, United States

Private · Founded 1861 · 11,836 students

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Engineering
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • +8 more

60 professors 10 open positions

QS #13 (2026)

Cornell University (CU)

Ithaca, United States

Private · Founded 1865 · 24,900 students

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • +8 more

49 professors 15 open positions

QS #14 (2026)

Columbia University (CU)

New York, United States

Private · Founded 1754 · 33,413 students

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Medicine
  • Neuroscience
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • +8 more

60 professors 2 open positions

QS #15 (2026)

Princeton University

Princeton, United States

Private · Founded 1746 · 8,799 students

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Engineering
  • Environmental Science
  • Neuroscience
  • +8 more

60 professors 3 open positions

QS #26 (2026)

Duke University

Durham, United States

Private · Founded 1838 · 18,003 students

  • Medicine
  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Neuroscience
  • Psychology
  • +8 more

60 professors 13 open positions

QS #42 (2026)

Northwestern University (NU)

Evanston, United States

Private · Founded 1851 · 20,360 students

  • Medicine
  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Neuroscience
  • Engineering
  • +8 more

50 professors 4 open positions

QS #146 (2026)

University of Southern California (USC)

Los Angeles, United States

Private · Founded 1880 · 48,500 students

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Neuroscience
  • Computer Science
  • +8 more

60 professors 1 open position

QS #294 (2026)

Case Western Reserve University (CWRU)

Cleveland, United States

Private · Founded 1967 · 11,465 students

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine
  • Neuroscience
  • Immunology and Microbiology
  • +8 more

47 professors 1 open position

QS #438 (2023)

Wake Forest University

Winston-Salem, United States

Private · Founded 1834 · 8,789 students

  • Medicine
  • Neuroscience
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Immunology and Microbiology
  • +8 more

44 professors 1 open position

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