The most famous university of the world 2021
Top 10 Universities in the World 2021
Published – Jun 9, 2020
QS World University Rankings 2021 Top 10
1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
MIT is the world leader in the world university rankings for the ninth year running. MIT earns perfect scores across most of the indicators, including academic reputation, employer reputation, faculty student ratio and international faculty.
QS Global World Ranking
#1
Status-Private
Research Output-Very High
Total Students-11,161
Academic Faculty Staff-2,977
Ranking Criteria
Overall Score: 100
Academic Reputation: 100
Employer Reputation: 100
Faculty Student: 100
Citations per Faculty: 99.1
International Faculty: 100
International Students: 91.9
2. Stanford University
Stanford University, located near Silicon Valley, continues to rank second among the top universities in the world and earns its best scores for its academic reputation (fourth) and employer reputation (fifth).
QS Global World Ranking
#2
Status- Private
Research Output-Very High
Total Students-16,233
Academic Faculty Staff-4,478
Ranking Criteria
Overall Score: 98.4
Academic Reputation: 100
Employer Reputation: 100
Faculty Student: 100
Citations per Faculty: 98.1
International Faculty: 99.7
International Students: 63.6
3. Harvard University
Harvard retains its position of third in the world for another year running, as well as being first in the world for the academic and employer reputation indicators.
QS Global World Ranking
#3
Status-Private
Research Output-Very High
Total Students-23,373
Academic Faculty Staff- 4,512
Ranking Criteria
Overall Score: 97.9
Academic Reputation: 100
Employer Reputation: 100
Faculty Student: 98.6
Citations per Faculty: 99.1
International Faculty: 85.2
International Students: 69.9
4. California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
The California Institute of Technology (Caltech)[7] is a private research university in Pasadena, California in united states. It was established in 1891 by local businessman and politician Amos G. Throop
Area- 124 acre
Climbing one place this year in the world university rankings, California Institute of Technology steals fourth place in 2021, with a perfect score in the international faculty indicator.
QS Global World Ranking
#4
Status-Private
Research Output-Very High
Total Students-2,238
Academic Faculty Staff- 1,022
Ranking Criteria
Overall Score: 97
Academic Reputation: 97
Employer Reputation: 82.8
Faculty Student: 100
Citations per Faculty: 99.9
International Faculty: 100
International Students: 88.2
5. University of Oxford
The University of Oxford falls one place this year to rank 5th in the 2021 world university rankings. Scoring consistently well across all the indicators, the University of Oxford earns perfect scores in the academic reputation, employer reputation and faculty student ratio indicators.
QS Global World Ranking
#5
Status-Public
Research Output-Very High
Total Students-20,735
Scholarships- Yes
Ranking Criteria
Overall Score: 96.7
Academic Reputation: 100
Employer Reputation: 100
Faculty Student: 100
Citations per Faculty: 81.3
International Faculty: 99.4
International Students: 98.3
6. ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)
Staying in sixth place, Switzerland’s ETH Zurich is once again the highest-ranked institution in continental Europe, with a perfect score in the citations per faculty indicator (a measure of research impact).
QS Global World Ranking
#6
Status-Public
Research Output-Very High
Total Students-18,003
Academic Faculty Staff-2,621
Ranking Criteria
Overall Score: 95
Academic Reputation: 98.7
Employer Reputation: 96.6
Faculty Student: 80.8
Citations per Faculty: 96.4
International Faculty: 100
7. University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge remains in seventh place in the 2021 world university rankings. It earns perfect scores in academic reputation, employer reputation, the faculty student ratio and international faculty indicators.
QS Global World Ranking
#7
Status-Public
Research Output-Very High
Total Students-19,578
Scholarships-Yes
Ranking Criteria
Overall Score: 94.3
Academic Reputation: 100
Employer Reputation: 100
Faculty Student: 100
Citations per Faculty: 69.2
International Faculty: 100
International Students: 97.4
8. Imperial College London
Up one place this year, Imperial College London is now the highest-ranked institution in UK capital London. It earns perfect scores in the international faculty and international students indicators and scores well throughout all of the indicators.
#8
Status-Public
Research Output-Very High
Total Students-17,413
Scholarships-Yes
Ranking Criteria
Overall Score: 93.6
Academic Reputation: 98.5
Employer Reputation: 99.8
Faculty Student: 99.9
Citations per Faculty: 68.6
International Faculty: 100
International Students: 100
9. University of Chicago
The US’ University of Chicago is up one place this year and earns a very impressive score for the academic reputation indicator.
QS Global World Ranking
#9
Status-Private
Research Output-Very High
Total Students-14,372
Scholarships-Yes
Ranking Criteria
Overall Score: 93.1
Academic Reputation: 99.4
Employer Reputation: 91.3
Faculty Student: 94.4
Citations per Faculty: 86.3
International Faculty: 67.1
International Students: 82.6
10. UCL (University College London)
Down two places this year but remaining in the top 10, is the UK’s University College London, earning a perfect score in the international students indicator.
QS Global World Ranking
#10
Status-Public
Research Output-Very High
Total Students-32,795
Scholarships-Yes
Ranking Criteria
Overall Score: 92.9
Academic Reputation: 99.4
Employer Reputation: 98.3
Faculty Student: 98.4
Citations per Faculty: 65.4
International Faculty: 99.3
International Students: 100
Among top 10
The Number of Universities in united states is 5
United Kingdom-04
Switzerland-01
