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Browse universities worldwide by country, subject and world ranking — with their professors, research areas, funding and open PhD and Masters positions.

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35 universities · Top 100 · Decision Sciences

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 #4 (2026)

University of Oxford

Oxford, United Kingdom

Public · Founded 1096 · 19,791 students

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Medicine
  • Social Sciences
  • Economics, Econometrics and Finance
  • +8 more

55 professors 2 open positions

QS #8 (2026)

National University of Singapore (NUS)

Singapore, Singapore

Founded 1905 · 30,098 students

  • Engineering
  • Computer Science
  • Materials Science
  • Physics and Astronomy
  • +8 more

38 professors 4 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 #25 (2026)

The University of Sydney (USYD)

Sydney, Australia

Public · Founded 1850 · 63,602 students

  • Medicine
  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Economics, Econometrics and Finance
  • Engineering
  • +8 more

49 professors 0 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 #29 (2026)

University of Toronto (U of T)

Toronto, Canada

Public · Founded 1827 · 102,431 students

  • Medicine
  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Neuroscience
  • Economics, Econometrics and Finance
  • +8 more

56 professors 3 open positions

QS #35 (2026)

University of Manchester

Manchester, United Kingdom

Public · Founded 1824

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

54 professors 13 open positions

QS #37 (2026)

Monash University

Melbourne, Australia

Public · Founded 1958 · 55,000 students

  • Medicine
  • Immunology and Microbiology
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • +8 more

48 professors 0 open positions

QS #40 (2026)

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

Los Angeles, United States

Public · Founded 1919 · 46,000 students

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

60 professors 1 open position

QS #40 (2026)

University of British Columbia (UBC)

Vancouver, Canada

Public · Founded 1908 · 71,201 students

  • Environmental Science
  • Medicine
  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • +8 more

54 professors 1 open position

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 #47 (2026)

Delft University of Technology (TU Delft)

Delft, The Netherlands

Public · Founded 1842 · 24,703 students

  • Engineering
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Environmental Science
  • Social Sciences
  • +8 more

60 professors 1 open position

QS #51 (2026)

University of Bristol

Bristol, United Kingdom

Public · Founded 1909 · 27,513 students

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

60 professors 4 open positions

QS #54 (2026)

Hong Kong Polytechnic University (HKPU)

Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Public · Founded 1994

  • Engineering
  • Social Sciences
  • Materials Science
  • Business, Management and Accounting
  • +8 more

36 professors 0 open positions

QS #55 (2026)

University of Amsterdam (UvA)

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Public · Founded 1632 · 41,000 students

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Medicine
  • Computer Science
  • Neuroscience
  • +8 more

53 professors 3 open positions

QS #56 (2026)

London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

London, United Kingdom

Public · Founded 1895 · 9,218 students

  • Economics, Econometrics and Finance
  • Social Sciences
  • Health Professions
  • Business, Management and Accounting
  • +8 more

52 professors 0 open positions

QS #58 (2026)

University of Malaya (UM)

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Public · Founded 1934

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

60 professors 0 open positions

QS #60 (2024)

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)

Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Public · Founded 1991 · 29,927 students

  • Computer Science
  • Engineering
  • Materials Science
  • Physics and Astronomy
  • +8 more

30 professors 0 open positions

QS #63 (2026)

City University of Hong Kong (CityU)

Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Public · Founded 1984

  • Engineering
  • Materials Science
  • Energy
  • Computer Science
  • +8 more

24 professors 0 open positions

QS #65 (2026)

Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)

Pittsburgh, United States

Private · Founded 1900 · 15,136 students

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

60 professors 0 open positions

QS #67 (2026)

King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM)

Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

Founded 1963 · 7,500 students

  • Engineering
  • Energy
  • Materials Science
  • Environmental Science
  • +8 more

49 professors 1 open position

World ranks are the latest QS, Times Higher Education and Shanghai (ARWU) positions as recorded on Wikidata; subjects and research figures come from OpenAlex. Always check a university's own admissions pages for entry requirements, fees and deadlines.