Planning on pursuing higher education abroad and studying at one of the worlds 100 top universities? Millions of students from around the world move overseas each year to experience world-class education, broaden their horizons and develop a global perspective.
Although the competition for admission to a foreign university is comparatively higher for international students, it is obvious that one would prefer studying at one of the top 100 universities in the world, if moving abroad at all.
QS World University Rankings brings forth a list of the top-ranking world universities every year and the 2022edition of it includes a total of 1,300universities. Here is a list of the top 100 universities in the world along with the areas of study in which they offer undergraduate, postgraduate and/or diploma programmes.
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Top 100 Universities in the World 2022
Listed below are the highest-ranked universities worldwide based on factors such as academic reputation, faculty/student ratio, citations per faculty, international student ratio, employer reputation and international faculty ratio.
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QS Ranking 2022 |
Name of the University |
Country |
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1 |
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| 2 | University of Oxford | United Kingdom |
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=3 |
United States |
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| =3 | University of Cambridge | United States |
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5 |
United States |
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6 |
United States |
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7 |
United Kingdom |
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=8 |
ETH Zurich -Swiss Federal Institute of Technology |
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=8 |
United Kingdom |
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10 |
United States |
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11 |
Singapore |
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12 |
Singapore | |
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13 |
United States |
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=14 |
Ecole Polytechnique Fdrale de Lausanne (EPFL) |
Switzerland |
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=14 |
United States | |
| 16 | University of Edinburgh | United Kingdom |
| 17 | Tsinghua University | China |
| 18 | Peking University | China |
| 19 | Columbia University | United States |
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20 |
United States | |
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21 |
United States | |
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22 |
University of Hong Kong (UKU) |
Hong Kong |
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=23 |
University of Tokyo |
Japan |
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=23 |
United States |
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25 |
United States |
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26 |
Canada |
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=27 |
United States |
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=27 |
Australia |
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=27 |
United Kingdom | |
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30 |
United States |
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31 |
Fudan University |
China |
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32 |
United States |
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| 33 | Kyoto University | Japan |
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34 |
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) |
Hong Kong |
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35 |
United Kingdom |
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36 |
Seoul National University |
South Korea |
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37 |
Australia | |
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38 |
Australia |
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39 |
Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) |
Hong Kong |
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40 |
United States |
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41 |
KAIST - Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology |
South Korea |
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42 |
United States |
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43 |
Australia |
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44 |
Universite PSL |
France |
|
45 |
Zhejiang University |
China |
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46 |
Canada |
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47 |
Australia |
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48 |
United States |
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| 49 | Institut Polytechnique de Paris | France |
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49 |
United Kingdom |
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=50 |
Shanghai Jiao Tong University |
China |
|
=50 |
Australia |
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52 |
United States |
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=53 |
United States | |
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=53 |
City University of Hong Kong |
Hong Kong |
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55 |
University of Amsterdam |
Netherlands |
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56 |
Tokyo Institute of Technology |
Japan |
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57 |
Delft University of Technology |
Netherlands |
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58 |
Australia |
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60 |
United States |
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61 |
United Kingdom |
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62 |
United Kingdom | |
|
63 |
Ruprecht-Karls-Universitat Heidelberg |
Germany |
|
64 |
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitt Mnchen |
Germany |
|
65 |
Universiti Malaya (UM) |
Malaysia |
|
66 |
Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
Hong Kong |
|
67 |
United States |
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|
68 |
National Taiwan University (NTU) |
Taiwan |
|
69 |
Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA) |
Argentina |
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=70 |
KU Leuven |
Belgium |
|
=70 |
University of Zurich |
Switzerland |
|
72 |
Sorbonne University |
France |
|
73 |
United Kingdom |
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|
74 |
Korea University |
South Korea |
|
=75 |
Osaka University |
Japan |
|
=75 |
United States |
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|
77 |
United Kingdom |
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|
78 |
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|
=79 |
University of Copenhagen |
Denmark |
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=79 |
Yonsei University |
South Korea |
|
81 |
Pohang University of Science and Technology |
United States |
|
82 |
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|
83 |
Tohoku University |
Hong Kong |
|
84 |
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|
=85 |
South Korea |
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|
=85 |
United Kingdom |
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|
=86 |
Universite Paris - Saclay |
Japan |
|
=86 |
Lund University |
United States |
|
88 |
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|
89 |
United States |
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|
90 |
France |
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|
91 |
University of St Andrews |
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|
92 |
United Kingdom |
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93 |
South Korea |
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94 |
United Kingdom |
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95 |
South Korea |
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|
96 |
Pennsylvania State University |
United States |
|
97 |
Sungkyunkwan University |
United Kingdom |
|
98 |
University of Science and Technology of China |
United Kingdom |
|
99 |
Technical University of Denmark |
Australia |
|
100 |
United Kingdom |
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