TL;DR
In the QS 2026 rankings, MIT is #1 for the 14th consecutive year, followed by Imperial College London and Stanford. The US and UK each hold four of the top ten places.
Top 10
| Rank | University |
|---|---|
| 1 | MIT |
| 2 | Imperial College London |
| 3 | Stanford University |
| 4 | University of Oxford |
| 5 | Harvard University |
| 6 | University of Cambridge |
| 7 | ETH Zurich |
Mainland China
| Rank | University |
|---|---|
| 14 | Peking University |
| 17 | Tsinghua University |
| 30 | Fudan University |
Sources
- QS World University Rankings 2026 (published 2025-11)