Global University Rankings

Discover the world's top performing institutions based on objective metrics including education quality, alumni success, and research impact.

Data provided by Center for World University Rankings (CWUR).

Official World Ranking 2024
The comprehensive global leaderboard based on composite score.
1
Harvard University
Cambridge, US
Score100.0
2
Stanford University
Stanford, US
Score98.7
3
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, US
Score97.5
4
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, UK
Score96.8
5
University of Oxford
Oxford, UK
Score96.5
6
Columbia University
USA
Score96.1
7
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, US
Score92.3
8
University of Chicago
Chicago, US
Score90.7
9
Princeton University
Princeton, US
Score89.4
10
Cornell University
Ithaca, US
Score86.8
Top for Education
Based on alumni academic recognition
1
Harvard University
Cambridge, US
2
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, UK
3
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, US
4
Princeton University
Princeton, US
5
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, US
6
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, US
7
University of Oxford
Oxford, UK
8
École normale supérieure - Paris
France
9
Stanford University
Stanford, US
10
Yale University
New Haven, US
Top for Employment
Based on alumni holding CEO positions
1
Harvard University
Cambridge, US
2
Stanford University
Stanford, US
3
University of Tokyo
Japan
4
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, US
5
Keio University
Japan
6
Columbia University
USA
7
École Polytechnique
France
8
Waseda University
Japan
9
Seoul National University
South Korea
10
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, UK
Top for Faculty
Based on major academic awards
1
Harvard University
Cambridge, US
2
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, US
3
Princeton University
Princeton, US
4
Stanford University
Stanford, US
5
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, UK
6
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, US
7
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, US
8
University of Chicago
Chicago, US
9
Columbia University
USA
10
University of Oxford
Oxford, UK
Top for Research
High-impact research publications
1
Harvard University
Cambridge, US
2
University of Toronto
Canada
3
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, US
4
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, US
5
Stanford University
Stanford, US
6
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, US
7
University of Oxford
Oxford, UK
8
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, US
9
University of Washington - Seattle
USA
10
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, US