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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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60 universities · Business, Management and Accounting · 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 #12 (2026)

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, United States

Private · Founded 1740 · 26,552 students

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

37 professors 17 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 #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 #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 #50 (2026)

Yonsei University

Seoul, South Korea

Private · Founded 1957 · 27,245 students

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

39 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 #102 (2026)

Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)

Pohang, South Korea

Private · Founded 1986

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

51 professors 0 open positions

QS #119 (2026)

Rice University

Houston, United States

Private · Founded 1891 · 7,956 students

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Materials Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Computer Science
  • +8 more

60 professors 0 open positions

QS #126 (2026)

Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU)

Suwon, South Korea

Private · Founded 1953 · 36,136 students

  • Engineering
  • Materials Science
  • Medicine
  • Physics and Astronomy
  • +7 more

33 professors 0 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 #159 (2026)

Hanyang University (HYU)

Seoul, South Korea

Private · Founded 1939

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

40 professors 0 open positions

QS #182 (2026)

Emory University

Atlanta, United States

Private · Founded 1836 · 14,915 students

  • Medicine
  • Immunology and Microbiology
  • Neuroscience
  • Health Professions
  • +8 more

45 professors 0 open positions

QS #187 (2026)

Tecnológico de Monterrey (ITESM)

Monterrey, Mexico

Private · Founded 1943 · 83,137 students

  • Computer Science
  • Business, Management and Accounting
  • Engineering
  • Economics, Econometrics and Finance
  • +8 more

60 professors 0 open positions

QS #212 (2026)

Universidad de Los Andes

Bogotá, Colombia

Private · Founded 1948

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Social Sciences
  • Environmental Science
  • Medicine
  • +8 more

60 professors 0 open positions

QS #236 (2026)

University of Rochester

Rochester, United States

Private · Founded 1850 · 11,741 students

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

53 professors 0 open positions

QS #237 (2026)

American University of Beirut (AUB)

Beirut, Lebanon

Private · Founded 1866 · 7,572 students

  • Medicine
  • Social Sciences
  • Health Professions
  • Psychology
  • +8 more

60 professors 0 open positions

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 #249 (2025)

Universidad de Navarra (UNAV)

Pamplona, Spain

Private · Founded 1952 · 13,835 students

  • Medicine
  • Economics, Econometrics and Finance
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Immunology and Microbiology
  • +8 more

55 professors 0 open positions

QS #251 (2026)

Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP)

Ipoh, Malaysia

Private · Founded 1997

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

55 professors 0 open positions

QS #269 (2026)

UCSI University

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Private · Founded 1986

  • Business, Management and Accounting
  • Social Sciences
  • Arts and Humanities
  • Decision Sciences
  • +8 more

60 professors 0 open positions

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