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8,939 universities · Arts and Humanities

QS #4 (2026)

University of Oxford

Oxford, United Kingdom

Public · Founded 1096 · 19,791 students

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

39 professors 22 open positions

QS #6 (2026)

University of Cambridge

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Public · Founded 1209 · 18,977 students

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

51 professors 14 open positions

QS #9 (2025)

University College London (UCL)

London, United Kingdom

Public · Founded 1826 · 23,250 students

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

55 professors 4 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
  • Economics, Econometrics and Finance
  • +8 more

53 professors 5 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

53 professors 11 open positions

QS #15 (2026)

Princeton University

Princeton, United States

Private · Founded 1746 · 8,799 students

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

52 professors 10 open positions

QS #16 (2026)

Yale University

New Haven, United States

Private · Founded 1701 · 14,429 students

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

55 professors 90 open positions

QS #17 (2025)

University of Hong Kong (HKU)

Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong

Public · Founded 1911 · 21,652 students

  • Medicine
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Dentistry
  • Social Sciences
  • +8 more

17 professors 19 open positions

QS #29 (2026)

University of Toronto (U of T)

Toronto, Canada

Public · Founded 1827 · 102,431 students

  • Medicine
  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Neuroscience
  • Health Professions
  • +8 more

51 professors 1 open position

QS #31 (2026)

King's College London (KCL)

London, United Kingdom

Public · Founded 1829 · 18,630 students

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

24 professors 4 open positions

QS #34 (2026)

University of Edinburgh

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Public · Founded 1583 · 26,138 students

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

49 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

45 professors 17 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

48 professors 0 open positions

QS #63 (2025)

Sorbonne Université

Paris, France

Public · Founded 2018 · 56,821 students

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

29 professors 1 open position

QS #65 (2026)

University of Auckland (UoA)

Auckland, New Zealand

Public · Founded 1883

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

48 professors 0 open positions

QS #79 (2026)

University of Glasgow

Glasgow, United Kingdom

Public · Founded 1451

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

49 professors 0 open positions

QS #84 (2026)

Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA)

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Public · Founded 1821 · 367,762 students

  • Social Sciences
  • Arts and Humanities
  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • +8 more

56 professors 0 open positions

QS #88 (2026)

Freie Universität Berlin (FUB)

Berlin, Germany

Public · Founded 1948 · 37,908 students

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

48 professors 3 open positions

QS #89 (2025)

Durham University

Durham, United Kingdom

Public · Founded 1832 · 19,520 students

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Arts and Humanities
  • Social Sciences
  • +8 more

58 professors 1 open position

QS #100 (2025)

University of Copenhagen (UCPH)

Copenhagen, Denmark

Public · Founded 1479

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

41 professors 5 open positions

QS #108 (2026)

Universidade de São Paulo (USP)

São Paulo, Brazil

Public · Founded 1934 · 97,964 students

  • Social Sciences
  • Arts and Humanities
  • Health Professions
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • +8 more

44 professors 0 open positions

QS #112 (2026)

Qatar University

Doha, Qatar

Public · Founded 1973 · 20,000 students

  • Engineering
  • Social Sciences
  • Medicine
  • Computer Science
  • +8 more

55 professors 0 open positions

QS #113 (2026)

University of St Andrews

St Andrews, United Kingdom

Public · Founded 1413 · 10,425 students

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

57 professors 0 open positions

QS #114 (2026)

Aalto University

Espoo, Finland

Public · Founded 2010 · 12,000 students

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

54 professors 3 open positions

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