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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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32 universities · Energy · 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 #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
  • Engineering
  • +8 more

53 professors 5 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)

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 #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 #61 (2026)

Korea University

Seoul, South Korea

Private · Founded 1905 · 24,351 students

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

44 professors 0 open positions

QS #69 (2026)

Brown University

Providence, United States

Private · Founded 1765 · 10,338 students

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Medicine
  • Materials Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • +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 #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 #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 #196 (2026)

Waseda University

Tokyo, Japan

Private · Founded 1882 · 47,094 students

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

60 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 #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

QS #323 (2026)

Koç University

Istanbul, Türkiye

Private · Founded 1993 · 5,130 students

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

60 professors 0 open positions

QS #331 (2026)

Kyung Hee University (KHU)

Seoul, South Korea

Private · Founded 1949

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

50 professors 0 open positions

QS #345 (2026)

Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP)

Lima, Peru

Private · Founded 1917

  • Social Sciences
  • Arts and Humanities
  • Environmental Science
  • Economics, Econometrics and Finance
  • +8 more

60 professors 0 open positions

QS #381 (2026)

American University in Cairo (AUC)

Cairo, Egypt

Private · Founded 1919 · 6,857 students

  • Social Sciences
  • Engineering
  • Business, Management and Accounting
  • Physics and Astronomy
  • +8 more

60 professors 0 open positions

QS #392 (2026)

Sejong University

Seoul, South Korea

Private · Founded 1940

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

54 professors 0 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 #404 (2026)

Sabancı Üniversitesi (SU)

Istanbul, Türkiye

Private · Founded 1999 · 6,000 students

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

60 professors 0 open positions

QS #415 (2026)

Bilkent University

Ankara, Türkiye

Private · Founded 1984 · 11,701 students

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

58 professors 0 open positions

QS #440 (2026)

Ajman University (AUCST)

Ajman, United Arab Emirates

Private · Founded 1988

  • Dentistry
  • Mathematics
  • Computer Science
  • Medicine
  • +8 more

58 professors 0 open positions

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.