University Rankings

CWUR World University Rankings

Explore Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) results by year.

2,000 universities

RankUniversityCountry

Score

26
Kyoto University
Japan
Japan
87.3
National Rank2
Percentile
Top 0.2%
Faculty Rank
66
Research Rank
97
Education Rank
35
Employability Rank
29
27
Imperial College London
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
87.2
National Rank4
Percentile
Top 0.2%
Faculty Rank
28
McGill University
Canada
Canada
87.0
National Rank2
Percentile
Top 0.2%
Faculty Rank
50
29
University of Wisconsin–Madison
USA
USA
86.9
National Rank20
Percentile
Top 0.2%
Faculty Rank
30
Seoul National University
South Korea
South Korea
86.8
National Rank1
Percentile
Top 0.2%
Faculty Rank
31
ETH Zurich
Switzerland
Switzerland
86.6
National Rank1
Percentile
Top 0.2%
Faculty Rank
26
32
Institut Polytechnique de Paris
France
France
86.5
National Rank2
Percentile
Top 0.2%
Faculty Rank
33
Paris-Saclay University
France
France
86.4
National Rank3
Percentile
Top 0.2%
Faculty Rank
34
University of California, San Diego
USA
USA
86.3
National Rank21
Percentile
Top 0.2%
Faculty Rank
35
University of Texas at Austin
USA
USA
86.2
National Rank22
Percentile
Top 0.2%
Faculty Rank
36
Tsinghua University
China
China
86.1
National Rank1
Percentile
Top 0.2%
Research Rank
7
37
University of Copenhagen
Denmark
Denmark
85.9
National Rank1
Percentile
Top 0.2%
Faculty Rank
38
Paris City University
France
France
85.8
National Rank4
Percentile
Top 0.2%
Faculty Rank
69
39
University of California, San Francisco
USA
USA
85.7
National Rank23
Percentile
Top 0.2%
Faculty Rank
40
Peking University
China
China
85.6
National Rank2
Percentile
Top 0.2%
Research Rank
16
41
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
China
China
85.6
National Rank3
Percentile
Top 0.2%
Research Rank
42
Karolinska Institute
Sweden
Sweden
85.5
National Rank1
Percentile
Top 0.2%
Faculty Rank
44
43
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
USA
USA
85.4
National Rank24
Percentile
Top 0.3%
Faculty Rank
44
King's College London
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
85.3
National Rank5
Percentile
Top 0.3%
Faculty Rank
45
Sorbonne University
France
France
85.2
National Rank5
Percentile
Top 0.3%
Faculty Rank
92
46
Washington University in St. Louis
USA
USA
85.1
National Rank25
Percentile
Top 0.3%
Faculty Rank
47
Dartmouth College
USA
USA
85.0
National Rank26
Percentile
Top 0.3%
Faculty Rank
106
48
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
USA
USA
84.9
National Rank27
Percentile
Top 0.3%
Faculty Rank
49
University of British Columbia
Canada
Canada
84.8
National Rank3
Percentile
Top 0.3%
Faculty Rank
50
University of Edinburgh
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
84.8
National Rank6
Percentile
Top 0.3%
Faculty Rank