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All countries🇺🇸 United States 20

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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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20 universities · Social 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 #3 (2026)

Stanford University (SU)

Stanford, United States

Private · Founded 1885 · 17,246 students

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Medicine
  • Immunology and Microbiology
  • Engineering
  • +8 more

60 professors 8 open positions

QS #5 (2026)

Harvard University

Cambridge, United States

Private · Founded 1636 · 24,555 students

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

46 professors 3 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 #13 (2026)

University of Chicago (UC)

Chicago, United States

Private · Founded 1890 · 18,504 students

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

60 professors 8 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 #38 (2026)

New York University (NYU)

New York, United States

Private · Founded 1831 · 57,270 students

  • Neuroscience
  • Medicine
  • Economics, Econometrics and Finance
  • Immunology and Microbiology
  • +8 more

60 professors 1 open position

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 #247 (2026)

Dartmouth College

Hanover, United States

Private · Founded 1769 · 6,761 students

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Neuroscience
  • Environmental Science
  • +8 more

60 professors 3 open positions

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 #294 (2026)

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, United States

Private · Founded 1842 · 12,946 students

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Social Sciences
  • Engineering
  • Medicine
  • +8 more

60 professors 3 open positions

QS #396 (2025)

Northeastern University (NEU)

Boston, United States

Private · Founded 1898 · 33,197 students

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Engineering
  • Neuroscience
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • +8 more

60 professors 19 open positions

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

QS #497 (2023)

Brandeis University

Waltham, United States

Private · Founded 1948 · 5,800 students

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

58 professors 1 open position

Not ranked

Amherst College

Amherst Center, United States

Private · Founded 1821 · 1,971 students

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Social Sciences
  • Computer Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • +8 more

60 professors 1 open position

Not ranked

Harvey Mudd College (HMC)

Claremont, United States

Private · Founded 1955 · 903 students

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Computer Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Environmental Science
  • +7 more

14 professors 1 open position

Not ranked

Liberty University

Lynchburg, United States

Private · Founded 1971 · 96,709 students

  • Social Sciences
  • Arts and Humanities
  • Psychology
  • Physics and Astronomy
  • +8 more

16 professors 2 open positions

Not ranked

Sarah Lawrence College (SLC)

Bronxville, United States

Private · Founded 1926 · 1,724 students

  • Social Sciences
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine
  • Psychology
  • +6 more

1 professor 1 open position

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