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2026 Rank	2025 Rank	Institution	Index Score	Academic Reputation	Employer Reputation	Citations Per Paper	H-index Citations
1	NR	Harvard University	94	100	100	68.6	71.3
2	3	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	88.4	93	94.2	69.9	66.5
3	1	University of Pennsylvania	88	96.1	84	72.8	74.7
4	1	University of Cambridge	87.5	86.8	95.5	79	75.3
5	4	Stanford University	87.4	93.7	96	59.6	57.5
6	6	National University of Singapore (NUS)	85.3	83.9	91.6	80	78.7
7	10	INSEAD	84.6	96.2	83.2	56.8	58.6
8	9	HEC Paris	83.2	92.6	84.2	56.3	59.6
9	7	Bocconi University	82.7	87.4	79.3	77.5	74.7
10	18	The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)	82.3	88.4	83.6	64.8	65.8
11	14	University of California, Berkeley	81.1	83.1	85.3	74.3	65
12	11	Columbia University	81	81.5	83.9	76.8	73.6
13	13	Nanyang Technological University, Singapore	80.1	75.3	86.3	81.7	83.5
14	5	Northwestern University	79.9	85.8	72.8	74.3	76.8
15	15	New York University (NYU)	79.8	81.3	82.5	74.4	70
16	8	London Business School	79.2	99.8	82.6	0	44.9
17	25	Tecnológico de Monterrey	79	80.8	79.1	75.9	73.1
18	23	Copenhagen Business School	78.1	87.2	56.1	86.8	90.3
19	23	Universitat Ramon Llull	78	80.5	72.7	81.7	77.3
20	12	Erasmus University Rotterdam	77.8	81.6	71.2	75	81.6
21	NR	Indian Institute of Management (IIM) – Ahmedabad	76.6	72.1	82.2	82	76.8
22	16	Yale University	76.4	76.1	90.6	53.5	58.6
23	18	University of St. Gallen	76.3	75.3	67.6	96.7	87
23	NR	University of Chicago	76.3	82.5	77.6	59.9	57.5
25	31	The University of Warwick	75.7	76.3	72.8	78.6	78.2

NR = Not Ranked

2026 QS WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKING: TOP-RANKED SCHOOLS BY SUBJECT AREA

Subject	Institution	Country
Accounting & Finance	Harvard University	US
Agriculture & Forestry	Wageningen University & Research	Netherlands
Anatomy & Physiology	University of Oxford	UK
Anthropology	University of Oxford	UK
Archaeology	University of Cambridge	UK
Architecture / Built Environment	UCL	UK
Art & Design	Royal College of Art	UK
Arts & Humanities	University of Oxford	UK
Biological Sciences	Harvard University	US
Business & Management Studies	Harvard University	US
Chemistry	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	US
Classics & Ancient History	Sapienza University of Rome	Italy
Communication & Media Studies	University of Amsterdam	Netherlands
Computer Science & Information Systems	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	US
Data Science and Artificial Intelligence	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	US
Dentistry	Karolinska Institutet	Sweden
Development Studies	University of Sussex	UK
Earth & Marine Sciences	ETH Zurich	Switzerland
Economics & Econometrics	Harvard University	US
Education	UCL	UK
Engineering – Chemical	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	US
Engineering – Civil & Structural	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	US
Engineering – Electrical & Electronic	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	US
Engineering – Mechanical, Aeronautical & Manufacturing	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	US
Engineering – Mineral & Mining	Colorado School of Mines	US
Engineering & Technology	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	US
English Language & Literature	University of Cambridge	UK
Environmental Sciences	Harvard University	US
Geography	University of Oxford	UK
Geology	ETH Zurich	Switzerland
Geophysics	ETH Zurich	Switzerland
History	Harvard University	US
History of Art	Courtauld Institute	UK
Hospitality & Leisure Management	EHL Hospitality Business School	Switzerland
Law	Harvard University	US
Library & Information Management	The University of Sheffield	UK
Life Sciences & Medicine	Harvard University	US
Linguistics	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	US
Marketing	Harvard University	US
Materials Science	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	US
Mathematics	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	US
Medicine	Harvard University	US
Modern Languages	University of Oxford	UK
Music	The Juilliard School	US
Natural Sciences	Harvard University	US
Nursing	University of Pennsylvania	US
Performing Arts	The Juilliard School	US
Petroleum Engineering	University of Texas at Austin	US
Pharmacy & Pharmacology	Harvard University	US
Philosophy	New York University (NYU)	US
Physics & Astronomy	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	US
Politics & International Studies	Harvard University	US
Psychology	Harvard University	US
Social Policy & Administration	Harvard University	US
Social Sciences & Management	Harvard University	US
Sociology	Harvard University	US
Sports-related Subjects	Loughborough University	UK
Statistics & Operational Research	Stanford University	US
Theology, Divinity & Religious Studies	University of Notre Dame	US
Veterinary Science	Royal Veterinary College , University of London	UK

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