The most awaited QS World University rankings have been declared, and as usual, the top ten spots were dominated by the US and UK universities, with four universities from each of the countries. Along with these two countries, each university from Switzerland and Singapore has made its way toward the elite list of the top ten universities in the world according to the QS World University rankings.
Top Ten Universities according to QS World University Rankings 2024:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) retained its first position in the QS World University rankings 2024, and there is one surprising entry into the top ten, and it is the University of California, Berkeley, which got the tenth position in the current rankings and was in the twenty-seventh position in the previous edition.
Let’s look at the list of top ten universities in the world and compare their rankings from the last year.
| University | Country | Ranking (2024) | Ranking (2023) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | USA | 1 | 1 |
| University of Cambridge | UK | 2 | 2 |
| University of Oxford | UK | 3 | 4 |
| Harvard University | USA | 4 | 5 |
| Stanford University | USA | 5 | 3 |
| Imperial College London | UK | 6 | 6 |
| ETH Zurich – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology | Switzerland | 7 | 9 |
| National University of Singapore (NUS) | Singapore | 8 | 11 |
| University College London (UCL) | UK | 9 | 8 |
| University of California, Berkeley (UCB) | USA | 10 | 27 |
If we look at the list, the prestigious Stanford University has fallen two places from third position to fifth position, and the University of California, Berkeley has climbed up seventeen positions to reach the tenth position from the twenty-seventh position.
Domination of the US and UK Universities again!
There are only two universities from countries other than the United States and the United Kingdom to join the elite list of the top 10. ETH Zurich – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology from Switzerland and the National University of Singapore (NUS) got seventh and eighth positions, respectively.
Overall, there are eight universities in the top ten from the United States and the United Kingdom combined, which clearly shows the domination of the universities from these two nations.
New Entries into the Top 10:
There are two universities that got placed in the top ten which were not a part of this list last year. With an overall score of 92.7, the National University of Singapore (NUS) secured the eighth position, and the University of California, Berkeley (UCB) outranked seventeen universities with an overall score of 90.4 to reach the tenth position in the latest QS World University Rankings 2024.
Universities that lost their place in the top 10:
California Institute of Technology which was in the sixth position last year, now has to settle with the fifteenth position with an overall score of 87.8. Another university that lost its place in the top ten is the University of Chicago. It was in the tenth position in QS World University Rankings 2023 with an overall score of 93.2, and in the latest rankings, it slipped to the eleventh position with an overall score of 90.3.
Top Universities in the USA According to QS World University Rankings 2024
All the universities in the list of top ten universities in the US are also present in the list of top 20 universities in the world according to the QS world university rankings 2024, which clearly shows the domination of the US universities in the world.
Here is the list of the Top Ten Universities in the US and their QS World University Ranking 2024.
| S. No. | University | QS World Ranking(2024) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | 1 |
| 2 | Harvard University | 4 |
| 3 | Stanford University | 5 |
| 4 | University of California, Berkeley (UCB) | 10 |
| 5 | University of Chicago | 11 |
| 6 | University of Pennsylvania | 12 |
| 7 | Cornell University | 13 |
| 8 | California Institute of Technology (Caltech) | 15 |
| 9 | Yale University | 16 |
| 10 | Princeton University | 17 |
Top Universities in the UK according to QS World University Rankings 2024
Four of the Top Ten Universities in the United Kingdom secured a spot in the elite list of Top Ten Universities in the world according to the latest QS World University Rankings 2024. Check out the top 10 Universities in the United Kingdom as per the latest rankings.
| S. No. | University | QS World Ranking(2024) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Cambridge | 2 |
| 2 | University of Oxford | 3 |
| 3 | Imperial College London | 6 |
| 4 | University College London | 9 |
| 5 | The University of Edinburgh | 22 |
| 6 | The University of Manchester | 32 |
| 7 | King’s College London | 40 |
| 8 | The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) | 45 |
| 9 | University of Bristol | 55 |
| 10 | The University of Warwick | 67 |
Top Universities in Canada According to QS World University Rankings 2024
The University of Toronto tops the list with an overall score of 86.3, and we look at the list of the top ten universities in Canada. Nine out of the top ten universities in Canada secured a place in the list of the top 200 universities in the entire world.
Let’s find out the top ten Universities in Canada in 2024 as per QS World University Rankings.
| S. No. | University | QS World Ranking(2024) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Toronto | 21 |
| 2 | McGill University | 30 |
| 3 | University of British Columbia | 34 |
| 4 | University of Alberta | 111 |
| 5 | University of Waterloo | 112 |
| 6 | Western University | 114 |
| 7 | Université de Montréal | 141 |
| 8 | University of Calgary | 182 |
| 9 | McMaster University | 189 |
| 10 | University of Ottawa | 203 |
Top Universities in Australia According to QS World University Rankings 2024
There are three universities from Australia that are in the list of top 20 universities in the world, and all the top ten universities in Australia are also present in the list of top 130 universities in the world.
Here is the list of the top ten universities in Australia as per QS World University Rankings 2024.
| S. No. | University | QS World Ranking(2024) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The University of Melbourne | 14 |
| 2 | The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney) | 19 |
| 3 | The University of Sydney | 19 |
| 4 | Australian National University (ANU) | 34 |
| 5 | Monash University | 42 |
| 6 | The University of Queensland | 43 |
| 7 | The University of Western Australia | 72 |
| 8 | The University of Adelaide | 89 |
| 9 | University of Technology Sydney | 90 |
| 10 | Macquarie University (Sydney, Australia) | 130 |
To Conclude, QS World University Rankings 2024 were published on the official website of QS. US and UK have four universities each in the list of top ten universities in the world, and there is one university each from Singapore and Switzerland in the list of top ten universities in the world.
