Best Universities in The World Ranked by Subject 2021

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Here are the latest QS University Rankings 2021, ranked by subject, to help you decide which universities you might want to apply to. Institutions are ranked on various factors such as research impact, academic and employer reputation.

Best universities to study Architecture and the Built Environment

  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (Cambridge, US)
  2. UCL (London, US)
  3. Delft University of Technology (Delft, Netherlands)
  4. ETH Zurich (Zurich, Switzerland)
  5. Harvard University (Cambridge, US)
  6. National University of Singapore (Singapore)
  7. University of California Berkley (UCB) (Berkeley, US)
  8. Tsinghua University (Beijing, China)
  9. University of Cambridge (Cambridge, UK)
  10. Politecnico di Milano (Milan, Italy)

Best universities to study Art and Design

  1. Royal College of Art (London, UK)
  2. University of the Arts London (UK)
  3. Parsons School of Design at The New School (NYC, US)
  4. Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) (Providence, US)
  5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (Cambridge, US)
  6. Politecnico di Milano (Milan, Italy)
  7. Aalto University (Espoo, Finland)
  8. School of the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, US)
  9. The Glasgow School of Art (Glasgow, UK)
    = Pratt Institute (NYC, US)
  10. Art Center College of Design (Pasadena, US)

Best universities to study Engineering and Technology

Includes Computer Science and Information Systems and Engineering (Chemical, Civil and Structural, Electrical and Electronic, Mechanical, Mineral & Mining and Petroleum)

  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (Cambridge, US)
  2. Stanford University (Stanford, US)
  3. University of Cambridge (Cambridge, UK)
  4. ETH Zurich (Zurich, Switzerland)
    = Nanyang Technological University (Singapore)
  5. University of Oxford (Oxford, UK)
  6. University of California Berkley (UCB) (Berkeley, US)
  7. Imperial College London (UK)
  8. National University of Singapore (Singapore)
  9. Tsinghua University (Beijing, China)
  10. Harvard University (Cambridge, US)

Best universities to study Life Sciences & Medicine

Includes Agriculture & Forestry, Anatomy & Physiology, Biological Sciences, Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy & Pharmacology, Psychology and Veterinary Science.

  1. Harvard University (Cambridge, US)
  2. University of Oxford (Oxford, UK)
  3. Stanford University (Stanford, US)
  4. University of Cambridge (Cambridge, UK)
  5. John Hopkins University (Baltimore, US)
  6. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (Cambridge, US)
  7. University of California (San Francisco, US)
  8. Karolinska Institutet (Stockholm, Sweden)
    = University of California (Los Angeles, US)
  9. UCL (London, US)
  10. Yale University (New Haven, US)

Best universities to study Natural Sciences

Includes Chemistry, Earth and Marine Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Geography, Geology, Geophysics, Materials Sciences, Physics & Astronomy. 

  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (Cambridge, US)
  2. Stanford University (Stanford, US)
  3. Harvard University (Cambridge, US)
  4. University of Cambridge (Cambridge, UK)
  5. University of Oxford (Oxford, UK)
  6. ETH Zurich (Zurich, Switzerland)
  7. California Institute of Technology (Caltech) (Pasadena, US)
  8. University of California Berkley (UCB) (Berkeley, US)
  9. Imperial College London (UK)
  10. Princeton University (Princeton, US)

Best universities to study Mathematics

  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (Cambridge, US)
  2. Stanford University (Stanford, US)
  3. Harvard University (Cambridge, US)
  4. University of Cambridge (Cambridge, UK)
  5. University of Oxford (Oxford, UK)
  6. University of California Berkley (UCB) (Berkeley, US)
  7. Princeton University (Princeton, US)
  8. ETH Zurich (Zurich, Switzerland)
  9. National University of Singapore (Singapore)
  10. University of California (Los Angeles, US)

For the full rankings list, please consult the Top Universities website.