QS Quacquarelli Symonds, global higher education specialists, released the twentieth edition of the QS World University Rankings. Featuring 1499 institutions across 104 locations, it is the only ranking of its kind to emphasise employability and sustainability.
The results draw on the analysis of over 17 million academic papers and the expert opinions of over 240,000 academic faculty and employers. Massachusetts Institute of Technology celebrates twelve years at the top, the University of Cambridge retains 2nd place while the University of Oxford (3rd) climbs one position.
This year, QS has implemented its largest-ever methodological enhancement, introducing three new metrics: Sustainability, Employment Outcomes and International Research Network.
"Deep consultation across global higher education has empowered the QS World University Rankings to align better with Gen Z and Alpha priorities, focusing on what genuinely matters to increasingly socially conscious students in our rapidly evolving world," stated Ben Sowter, Senior Vice President, QS.
QS World University Rankings 2024: Top-20 |
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2024 |
2023 |
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1 |
1 |
MIT |
US |
2 |
2 |
University of Cambridge |
UK |
3 |
4 |
University of Oxford |
UK |
4 |
5 |
Harvard University |
US |
5 |
3 |
Stanford University |
US |
6 |
6= |
Imperial College London |
UK |
7 |
9 |
ETH Zurich |
Switzerland |
8 |
11 |
National University of Singapore |
Singapore |
9 |
8 |
UCL |
UK |
10 |
27 |
University of California, Berkeley |
US |
11 |
10 |
University of Chicago |
US |
12 |
20 |
Cornell University |
US |
13 |
13 |
UPenn |
US |
14 |
33 |
The University of Melbourne |
Australia |
=15 |
6= |
Caltech |
US |
=15 |
18 |
Yale University |
US |
=17 |
12 |
Peking University |
China |
=17 |
16= |
Princeton University |
US |
=19 |
45 |
The University of New South Wales |
Australia |
=19 |
41 |
The University of Sydney |
Australia |
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