QS World University Rankings

The QS World University Rankings list the world's universities in order from the most prestigious to least.

This is the 2024 QS World University Rankings list of the top 20 universities in the world.

Top 20

Rank	2024 rank	University	Country
1	1	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge)	United States
2	2	Cambridge University	United Kingdom
3	3	Oxford University	United Kingdom
4	4	Harvard University (Cambridge)	United States
5	5	Stanford University	United States
6	6	London Imperial College	United Kingdom
7	7	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich	Switzerland
8	8	National University of Singapore	Singapore
9	9	London University – University College	United Kingdom
10	10	University of California, Berkeley	United States
11	11	University of Chicago	United States
12	12	Pennsylvania University	United States
13	13	Cornell University	United States
14	14	Melbourne University	Australia
15	15	California Institute of Technology (Pasadena)	United States
16	16	Yale University (New Haven)	United States
17	17	Peking University (Beijing)	China
18	17	Princeton University	United States
19	19	New South Wales University	Australia
20	19	Sydney University	Australia

QS Stars

QS Stars is a rating system that is designed to help students in choosing right university. The rating system is based on topics that are matter of importance to students. The rating system is from 0 to 5. These ratings are applied to 13 key categories.

QS Methodology

QS ranking methodology is based on indicators, based on which the ranking is calculated.Earlier there were 6 indicators, however for 2024 university rankings, QS has added 3 more indicators, namely- Employment Outcomes, International Research Network and Sustainability.

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