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QS World University Rankings 2026
Source: official announcement. Positions are the provider's own — we never merge scores across providers.
| Rank | University | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | United States | Profile → |
| #2 | Imperial College London | United Kingdom | Profile → |
| #3 | Stanford University | United States | Profile → |
| #4 | University of Oxford | United Kingdom | Profile → |
| #5 | Harvard University | United States | Profile → |
| #6 | University of Cambridge | United Kingdom | Profile → |
| #7 | ETH Zurich | Switzerland | Profile → |
| #8 | National University of Singapore | Singapore | Profile → |
| #9 | University College London (UCL) | United Kingdom | Profile → |
| #10 | California Institute of Technology (Caltech) | United States | Profile → |
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