2022 Best Global #Universities #Rankings

These institutions from the U.S. and more than 90 other countries have been ranked based on 13 indicators that measure their academic research performance and their global and regional reputations. Students can use these rankings to explore the higher education options that exist beyond their own countries’ borders and to compare key aspects of schools’ research missions. These are the world’s 1,750 top universities. Read the methodology »

1. 

   Harvard University

   

   United States|Cambridge (U.S.)

   • #1

     inBest Global Universities

   Founded in 1636, Harvard University is the oldest higher education institution in the U.S. The bulk of Harvard’s… READ MORE

   GLOBAL SCORE100.0

   ENROLLMENT21,575
2. 

   Massachusetts Institute of Technology

   

   United States|Cambridge (U.S.)

   • #2

     inBest Global Universities

   Massachusetts Institute of Technology, founded in 1861, is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, near Boston. Around… READ MORE

   GLOBAL SCORE97.5

   ENROLLMENT11,459
3. 

   Stanford University

    

   United States|Stanford

   • #3

     inBest Global Universities

   Stanford University was founded in 1885 and is located in California’s Bay Area, around 30 miles south of San Francisco… READ MORE

   GLOBAL SCORE95.6

   ENROLLMENT16,319

   1. 

      University of California–Berkeley

      

      United States|Berkeley

      • #4

        inBest Global Universities

      The University of California—Berkeley is situated roughly 15 miles from San Francisco in what is known as the Bay Area… READ MORE

      GLOBAL SCORE89.4

      ENROLLMENT40,306
   2. 

      University of Oxford

      

      United Kingdom|Oxford

      • #5

        inBest Global Universities

      The exact date of the University of Oxford’s founding is unknown, but the school traces its roots back to at least… READ MORE

      GLOBAL SCORE87.1

      ENROLLMENTN/A
   3. 

      Columbia University

      

      United States|New York City

      • #6

        inBest Global Universities

      Columbia University is a private institution that was founded in 1754. It is located in the Upper West Side of New York… READ MORE

      GLOBAL SCORE86.7

      ENROLLMENT22,801

      1. 

         University of Washington

         

         United States|Seattle

         • #7

           inBest Global Universities

         The University of Washington is a public institution that was founded in 1861. The school’s oldest and largest campus in… READ MORE

         GLOBAL SCORE86.5

         ENROLLMENT47,606
      2. 

         University of Cambridge

          

         United Kingdom|Cambridge (U.K.)

         • #8

           inBest Global Universities

         The University of Cambridge, located around 60 miles north of London, traces its history back to 1209. Around 19,000… READ MORE

         GLOBAL SCORE86.1

         ENROLLMENTN/A
      3. 

         California Institute of Technology

         

         United States|Pasadena

         • #9

           inBest Global Universities (tie)

         The California Institute of Technology, known as Caltech, was founded in 1891 as Throop University and received its… READ MORE

         GLOBAL SCORE85.5

         ENROLLMENT2,233

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