QS Quacquarelli Symonds, global higher education analysts, released the seventeenth edition of the QS World University Rankings - the world’s most-consulted, most-covered source of comparative information about university performance.
26 Asian universities place among the global top-100 – the highest number ever.
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology is named the world’s best university for a record-breaking ninth consecutive year;
- The top three institutions remain American: MIT is followed by Stanford University (2nd) and Harvard University (3rd);
- Britain’s top institution is the University of Oxford, which falls to fifth. Its compatriot competitor, the University of Cambridge, remains 7th;
- 112 of America’s 153 ranked universities fall, with only 34 recording improvements. This is primarily due to collective relative decline in QS’s measures of academic standing and research impact;
- Continental Europe’s best university is ETH Zurich (6th, no change);
- Asia’s top university is the National University of Singapore (11th);
- China’s Tsinghua University reaches a new all-time high (15th);
- Latin America’s leader is the Universidad de Buenos Aires (66th, up 8 places). Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (100th) becomes the first Mexican university ever to achieve a top-100 place;
- Universities in Russia and Malaysia continue to rise: Lomonosov Moscow State University (74th) and Universiti Malaya (59th) reach record highs.
Ben Sowter, QS Director of Research, said: “The American higher education hegemony continues to diminish in the face of increasing competitiveness across the world: a competitiveness driven by strategic funding, internationalization efforts, and strong links between education and industry.”
QS World University Rankings 2021: Global Top 20
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2021
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2020
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1
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1
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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USA
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2
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2
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Stanford University
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USA
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3
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3
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Harvard University
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USA
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4
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5
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California Institute of Technology
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USA
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5
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4
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University of Oxford
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UK
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6
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6
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ETH Zurich
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Switzerland
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7
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7
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University of Cambridge
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UK
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8
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9
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Imperial College London
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UK
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9
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10
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University of Chicago
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USA
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10
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8
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University College London
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UK
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11
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11=
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National University of Singapore
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Singapore
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12
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13
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Princeton University
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USA
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13
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11=
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Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
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Singapore
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14
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18=
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Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
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Switzerland
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15
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16
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Tsinghua University
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China (Mainland)
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16
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15
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University of Pennsylvania
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USA
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18
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14
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Cornell University
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USA
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17
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17
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Yale University
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USA
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19
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18=
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Columbia University
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USA
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20
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20
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University of Edinburgh
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UK
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