QS World University Rankings 2026

Top 30 Global Universities

Based on QS World University Rankings® 2026 — 1,501 institutions evaluated.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

United States, Cambridge

Annual tuition

$60,156/year

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#1100

Imperial College London

United Kingdom, London

Annual tuition

$38,000/year

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#298.3

Stanford University

United States, Stanford

Annual tuition

$62,484/year

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#397.9

University of Oxford

United Kingdom, Oxford

Annual tuition

$42,000/year

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#496.9

Harvard University

United States, Cambridge

Annual tuition

$59,076/year

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#596.8

University of Cambridge

United Kingdom, Cambridge

Annual tuition

$42,000/year

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#696.7

ETH Zurich

Switzerland, Zürich

Annual tuition

$1,500/year

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#793.8

National University of Singapore (NUS)

Singapore, Singapore

Annual tuition

$15,000/year

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#892.7

UCL — University College London

United Kingdom, London

Annual tuition

$32,100/year

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#991.6

California Institute of Technology (Caltech)

United States, Pasadena

Annual tuition

$60,864/year

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#1090.6

The University of Hong Kong

Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Annual tuition

$22,000/year

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#1189.3

Nanyang Technological University (NTU)

Singapore, Singapore

Annual tuition

$26,500/year

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#1288.7

University of Chicago

United States, Chicago

Annual tuition

$64,965/year

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#1387.2

Peking University

China, Beijing

Annual tuition

$4,000/year

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#1486.2

University of Pennsylvania

United States, Philadelphia

Annual tuition

$63,452/year

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#1585.4

Cornell University

United States, Ithaca

Annual tuition

$68,380/year

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#1684.6

Tsinghua University

China, Beijing

Annual tuition

$4,000/year

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#1783.8

University of California, Berkeley

United States, Berkeley

Annual tuition

$44,066/year

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#1882.4

University of Melbourne

Australia, Melbourne

Annual tuition

$38,000/year

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#1981.7

The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney)

Australia, Sydney

Annual tuition

$42,000/year

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#2080.9

Yale University

United States, New Haven

Annual tuition

$64,700/year

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#2180.6

EPFL – École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Switzerland, Lausanne

Annual tuition

$1,500/year

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#2280.1

Technical University of Munich (TUM)

Germany, Munich

Annual tuition

$6,000/year

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#2379.8

Johns Hopkins University

United States, Baltimore

Annual tuition

$63,340/year

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#2479.6

Princeton University

United States, Princeton

Annual tuition

$59,710/year

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#2579.3

University of Sydney

Australia, Sydney

Annual tuition

$42,000/year

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#2679.1

McGill University

Canada, Montreal

Annual tuition

$25,000/year

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#2778.4

Université PSL

France, Paris

Annual tuition

$3,000/year

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#2878.2

University of Toronto

Canada, Toronto

Annual tuition

$45,690/year

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#2977.9

Fudan University

China, Shanghai

Annual tuition

$4,000/year

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#3077.6

Source: QS World University Rankings® 2026 by Quacquarelli Symonds.

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Aalto University

Finland, Espoo

Annual tuition

$15,000/year

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Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague

Czech Republic, Prague

Annual tuition

$9,500/year

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Academy of Fine Arts

Czech Republic, Prague

Annual tuition

$9,000/year

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Academy of Performing Arts in Prague

Czech Republic, Prague

Annual tuition

$9,000/year

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Adelphi University

United States, Garden City

Annual tuition

$46,394/year

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American Collegiate DC

United States, Washington

Annual tuition

$57,300/year

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American Collegiate LA

United States, Los Angeles

Annual tuition

$42,000/year

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American Collegiate Live

United States, Online

Annual tuition

$27,500/year

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American University

United States, Washington

Annual tuition

$54,653/year

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Amherst College

United States, Amherst

Annual tuition

$70,260/year

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Anglia Ruskin University

United Kingdom, Cambridge

Annual tuition

$16,700/year

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Arizona State University (Downtown Phoenix Campus)

United States, Phoenix

Annual tuition

$37,200/year

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Arizona State University (Lake Havasu Campus)

United States, Lake Havasu

Annual tuition

$13,700/year

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Arizona State University (Polytechnic Campus)

United States, Phoenix

Annual tuition

$37,200/year

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Arizona State University (Tempe Campus)

United States, Tempe

Annual tuition

$37,200/year

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Arizona State University (West Valley Campus)

United States, West Valley

Annual tuition

$37,200/year

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Asia Pacific University of Technology and Innovation

Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur

Annual tuition

$7,000/year

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Auburn University

United States, Auburn

Annual tuition

$32,908/year

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Auburn University at Montgomery

United States, Montgomery

Annual tuition

$21,680/year

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Austin College

United States, Sherman

Annual tuition

$47,820/year

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Avila University

United States, Kansas City

Annual tuition

$31,200/year

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Barton College

United States, Wilson

Annual tuition

$36,500/year

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Bellarmine University

United States, Louisville

Annual tuition

$47,140/year

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Belmont University

United States, Nashville

Annual tuition

$42,030/year

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