Top 50 Research Universities Worldwide 2025-2026
Rankings compiled from multiple authoritative sources. Data includes academic reputation, research quality, student enrollment, endowment size, acceptance rates, and other key institutional metrics.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Cambridge, United States
Academic Excellence
- Nobel Laureates: 101
- Faculty-Student Ratio: 3:1
- Notable Alumni: Kofi Annan, Buzz Aldrin, Richard Feynman
Admissions & Enrollment
- Acceptance Rate: 4.52%
- Total Students: 11,685
- International Students: 33.8%
Financials
- Endowment: $27.4B
- Avg. Undergraduate Tuition: $59,750
Strengths
Engineering and Technology, Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Entrepreneurship, Innovation
Harvard University
Cambridge, United States
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Imperial College London
London, United Kingdom
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
Pasadena, United States
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Singapore, Singapore
University College London (UCL)
London, United Kingdom
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
Yale University
New Haven, United States
University of Chicago
Chicago, United States
ETH Zurich
Zurich, Switzerland
Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
Singapore, Singapore
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, United States
Tsinghua University
Beijing, China
Peking University
Beijing, China
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, United States
Columbia University
New York, United States
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada
Cornell University
Ithaca, United States
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, United States
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
University of Tokyo
Tokyo, Japan
University of Manchester
Manchester, United Kingdom
King's College London
London, United Kingdom
McGill University
Montreal, Canada
University of Melbourne
Melbourne, Australia
University of Sydney
Sydney, Australia
Northwestern University
Evanston, United States
London School of Economics (LSE)
London, United Kingdom
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
Technical University of Munich (TUM)
Munich, Germany
New York University (NYU)
New York, United States
University of Washington
Seattle, United States
Duke University
Durham, United States
Seoul National University
Seoul, South Korea
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, United States
Australian National University
Canberra, Australia
Rice University
Houston, United States
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Los Angeles, United States
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, United States
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
Brown University
Providence, United States
Dartmouth College
Hanover, United States
Karolinska Institute
Stockholm, Sweden
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, United States
Yonsei University
Seoul, South Korea
Sorbonne University
Paris, France