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QS #1 (2026)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Cambridge, United States

Private · Founded 1861 · 11,836 students

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

71 professors 18 open positions

QS #2 (2026)

Imperial College London

London, United Kingdom

Public · Founded 1907 · 17,565 students

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

38 professors 3 open positions

QS #7 (2026)

ETH Zurich

Zurich, Switzerland

Public · Founded 1855 · 23,420 students

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

48 professors 48 open positions

QS #8 (2026)

National University of Singapore (NUS)

Singapore, Singapore

Founded 1905 · 30,098 students

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

23 professors 2 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 #10 (2026)

California Institute of Technology (CIT)

Pasadena, United States

Private · Founded 1891 · 2,397 students

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

51 professors 6 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
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Neuroscience
  • +8 more

66 professors 11 open positions

QS #14 (2026)

Peking University (PKU)

Beijing, China

Public · Founded 1898 · 44,730 students

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

17 professors 1 open position

QS #20 (2026)

Tsinghua University (THU)

Beijing, China

Public · Founded 1911

  • Engineering
  • Computer Science
  • Materials Science
  • Physics and Astronomy
  • +4 more

22 professors 0 open positions

QS #22 (2026)

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)

Lausanne, Switzerland

Public · Founded 1969 · 12,576 students

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

43 professors 1 open position

QS #28 (2026)

University of California, Berkeley (UCB)

Berkeley, United States

Public · Founded 1868 · 45,057 students

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

35 professors 4 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 #30 (2026)

Australian National University (ANU)

Canberra, Australia

Public · Founded 1947 · 17,380 students

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

52 professors 0 open positions

QS #31 (2026)

Seoul National University (SNU)

Seoul, South Korea

Public · Founded 1946

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

37 professors 0 open positions

QS #36 (2026)

The University of Tokyo (UT)

Tokyo, Japan

Public · Founded 1877 · 28,918 students

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

32 professors 1 open position

QS #41 (2026)

Institut Polytechnique de Paris (IPP)

Palaiseau, France

Founded 2019

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

29 professors 0 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

55 professors 19 open positions

QS #49 (2026)

Zhejiang University (ZJU)

Hangzhou, China

Founded 1897 · 39,000 students

  • Engineering
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Computer Science
  • Materials Science
  • +4 more

11 professors 2 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

35 professors 0 open positions

QS #51 (2026)

Kyoto University

Kyoto, Japan

Public · Founded 1897 · 22,365 students

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

44 professors 3 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

30 professors 0 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 #58 (2026)

University of Malaya (UM)

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Public · Founded 1934

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

53 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

28 professors 0 open positions

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