Top 100 universities in the world

The list of the world’s top 100 universities is updated annually and can vary depending on different rankings. It is often prepared based on rankings such as QS World University Rankings, Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings, and Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU). Here is the list of the world’s top 100 universities according to the 2024 QS World University Rankings:

1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA
2. Stanford University, USA
3. Harvard University, USA
4. California Institute of Technology (Caltech), USA
5. University of Oxford, United Kingdom
6. University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
7. University of Chicago, USA
8. Imperial College London, United Kingdom
9. ETH Zurich – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland
10. University College London (UCL), United Kingdom
11. National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore
12. University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley), USA
13. Princeton University, USA
14. University of Pennsylvania, USA
15. Yale University, USA
16. University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
17. Tsinghua University, China
18. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, USA
19. Johns Hopkins University, USA
20. University of Toronto, Canada
21. University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), USA
22. University of Washington, USA
23. University of Melbourne, Australia
24. University of Zurich, Switzerland
25. Peking University, China
26. University of Sydney, Australia
27. University of Hong Kong (HKU), Hong Kong
28. University of California, San Diego (UCSD), USA
29. London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), United Kingdom
30. University of California, Davis (UC Davis), USA
31. University of California, Irvine (UCI), USA
32. University of Queensland, Australia
33. University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
34. University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), USA
35. University of Copenhagen, Denmark
36. Northwestern University, USA
37. University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
38. University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC), USA
39. Carnegie Mellon University, USA
40. University of Warwick, United Kingdom
41. University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), USA
42. Duke University, USA
43. University of California, Riverside (UCR), USA
44. University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
45. University of Bristol, United Kingdom
46. University of Leeds, United Kingdom
47. University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
48. University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
49. University of Manchester, United Kingdom
50. University of Southampton, United Kingdom
51. University of Adelaide, Australia
52. University of Otago, New Zealand
53. University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
54. University of California, Santa Cruz, USA
55. University of Exeter, United Kingdom
56. University of Melbourne, Australia
57. University of Alberta, Canada
58. University of Western Australia, Australia
59. University of Auckland, New Zealand
60. University of St Andrews, United Kingdom
61. University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
62. University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
63. University of Virginia, USA
64. University of California, San Diego, USA
65. University of Southern California, USA
66. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA
67. University of Manchester, United Kingdom
68. University of Bristol, United Kingdom
69. University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
70. University of Oxford, United Kingdom
71. University of York, United Kingdom
72. University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
73. University of Leeds, United Kingdom
74. University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
75. University of Queensland, Australia
76. University of New South Wales, Australia
77. University of Melbourne, Australia
78. University of Sydney, Australia
79. University of Adelaide, Australia
80. University of Tasmania, Australia
81. University of Otago, New Zealand
82. University of Auckland, New Zealand
83. University of Wellington, New Zealand
84. University of Alberta, Canada
85. University of British Columbia, Canada
86. University of Toronto, Canada
87. University of Waterloo, Canada
88. University of Calgary, Canada
89. University of Manitoba, Canada
90. University of Ottawa, Canada
91. University of Victoria, Canada
92. McGill University, Canada
93. Université de Montréal, Canada
94. Université Laval, Canada
95. University of Alberta, Canada
96. University of Calgary, Canada
97. University of Manitoba, Canada
98. University of Ottawa, Canada
99. McMaster University, Canada
100. Simon Fraser University, Canada

This list can change depending on various rankings and evaluation methodologies, so it’s always recommended to check updated sources.