What are the Top 100 Universities Outside U.S. ?

Last Updated: Oct 23, 2026, 14:52 IST

The Times Higher Education released World University Ranking 2027 on 30th September, 2026. The ranking was topped by University Of Oxford, United Kingdom with an overall score of 98.5. The list provided below contains the top 100 universities outside U.S. which is dominated by the United Kingdom as the top 3 spots are taken by United Kingdom Universities. The list shows that the University of Oxford is number 1 for the record 11th consecutive year. China’s Tsinghua University rises to number 4, overtaking Switzerland’s ETH Zurich. Asia in this ranking is ahead of Europe for the first time.

Candidates can also find a list of top United Kingdom Universities with their overall score and also the list of top Asian Universities where China leads with Tsinghua University with 93.8 overall score followed by Peking University, China with overall score of 92.6, Singapore is also in the top 10 rankings with National University of Singapore (NUS) at 7th spot with 91.8 overall score.

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Top 100 Universities Outside U.S.: List of top 100

The list is topped by University of Oxford of the United Kingdom with an overall score of 98.5 followed by University of Cambridge with an overall score of 97.4. Candidates can find the detailed list of universities below.

Rank	University	Country	Overall Score
1	University of Oxford	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	98.5
2	University of Cambridge	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	97.4
3	Imperial College London	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	95.1
4	Tsinghua University	🇨🇳 China	93.8
5	ETH Zurich	🇨🇭 Switzerland	93
6	Peking University	🇨🇳 China	92.6
7	National University of Singapore (NUS)	🇸🇬 Singapore	91.8
8	University of Toronto	🇨🇦 Canada	88.5
9	Technical University of Munich	🇩🇪 Germany	87.2
10	The University of Tokyo	🇯🇵 Japan	86.9
11	University College London (UCL)	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	86.8
12	Nanyang Technological University (NTU)	🇸🇬 Singapore	86.1
13	LMU Munich	🇩🇪 Germany	85.7
14	University of Hong Kong	🇭🇰 Hong Kong	85.2
15	University of Melbourne	🇦🇺 Australia	84.8
16	King's College London	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	84.8
17	EPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)	🇨🇭 Switzerland	84.1
18	Fudan University	🇨🇳 China	83.5
19	Zhejiang University	🇨🇳 China	83.2
20	London School of Economics (LSE)	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	82.9
21	The University of Edinburgh	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	82.7
22	Shanghai Jiao Tong University	🇨🇳 China	82.4
23	Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)	🇭🇰 Hong Kong	82.1
24	University of British Columbia	🇨🇦 Canada	81.9
25	KU Leuven	🇧🇪 Belgium	81.5
26	Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)	🇭🇰 Hong Kong	81.5
27	Heidelberg University	🇩🇪 Germany	81.2
28	Delft University of Technology	🇳🇱 Netherlands	80.6
29	McGill University	🇨🇦 Canada	80.3
30	University of Manchester	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	80.1
31	Karolinska Institute	🇸🇪 Sweden	79.5
32	Seoul National University	🇰🇷 South Korea	79.2
33	Paris Sciences et Lettres – PSL Research University	🇫🇷 France	78.9
34	Monash University	🇦🇺 Australia	78.6
35	The University of Sydney	🇦🇺 Australia	78.4
36	Australian National University	🇦🇺 Australia	78.2
37	University of Amsterdam	🇳🇱 Netherlands	78
38	Kyoto University	🇯🇵 Japan	77.8
39	City University of Hong Kong	🇭🇰 Hong Kong	77.5
40	University of Queensland	🇦🇺 Australia	77.2
41	University of Bristol	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	76.8
42	Wageningen University & Research	🇳🇱 Netherlands	76.5
43	University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)	🇨🇳 China	76.3
44	Yonsei University (Seoul campus)	🇰🇷 South Korea	76.1
45	UNSW Sydney	🇦🇺 Australia	75.6
46	Leiden University	🇳🇱 Netherlands	75.4
47	Hong Kong Polytechnic University	🇭🇰 Hong Kong	75.2
48	Humboldt University of Berlin	🇩🇪 Germany	75
49	University of Groningen	🇳🇱 Netherlands	74.8
50	KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)	🇰🇷 South Korea	74.6
51	University of Zurich	🇨🇭 Switzerland	74.4
52	University of Copenhagen	🇩🇰 Denmark	74.2
53	Sorbonne University	🇫🇷 France	74
54	Free University of Berlin	🇩🇪 Germany	73.8
55	Nanjing University	🇨🇳 China	73.2
56	Erasmus University Rotterdam	🇳🇱 Netherlands	72.8
57	University of Glasgow	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	72.6
58	Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin	🇩🇪 Germany	72.4
59	University of Birmingham	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	72
60	University of Vienna	🇦🇹 Austria	71.8
61	University of Southampton	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	71.6
62	University of Sheffield	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	71.5
63	Institut Polytechnique de Paris	🇫🇷 France	71.2
64	KTH Royal Institute of Technology	🇸🇪 Sweden	71
65	University of Bonn	🇩🇪 Germany	70.8
66	RWTH Aachen University	🇩🇪 Germany	70.4
67	Université Paris-Saclay	🇫🇷 France	70.2
68	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam	🇳🇱 Netherlands	70
69	University of Adelaide	🇦🇺 Australia	69.8
70	University of Western Australia	🇦🇺 Australia	69.6
71	Utrecht University	🇳🇱 Netherlands	69.3
72	University of Leeds	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	69.1
73	University of Bologna	🇮🇹 Italy	68.8
74	University of Nottingham	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	68.8
75	Lund University	🇸🇪 Sweden	68.5
76	University of Tübingen	🇩🇪 Germany	68.3
77	University of Alberta	🇨🇦 Canada	68.1
78	University of Basel	🇨🇭 Switzerland	67.9
79	Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU)	🇰🇷 South Korea	67.7
80	University of Helsinki	🇫🇮 Finland	67.5
81	University of Oslo	🇳🇴 Norway	67.5
82	University of Waterloo	🇨🇦 Canada	67.2
83	Tohoku University	🇯🇵 Japan	67
84	University of Bern	🇨🇭 Switzerland	66.8
85	University of Technology Sydney	🇦🇺 Australia	66.5
86	Wuhan University	🇨🇳 China	66.3
87	Hamad Bin Khalifa University	🇶🇦 Qatar	66.1
88	National Taiwan University (NTU)	🇹🇼 Taiwan	66.1
89	University of Freiburg	🇩🇪 Germany	65.8
90	Harbin Institute of Technology	🇨🇳 China	65.6
91	POSTECH	🇰🇷 South Korea	65.4
92	Stockholm University	🇸🇪 Sweden	65.2
93	University of Antwerp	🇧🇪 Belgium	65
94	University of Montreal	🇨🇦 Canada	64.8
95	Osaka University	🇯🇵 Japan	64.6
96	Queen Mary University of London	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	64.4
97	Ghent University	🇧🇪 Belgium	64.2
98	University of York	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	63.8
99	University of São Paulo	🇧🇷 Brazil	63.6
100	Technical University of Denmark	🇩🇰 Denmark	63.6

Top 100 Universities Outside U.S.: Top United Kingdom Universities

The list is dominated by United Kingdom Universities as top 3 spots are covered by them starting with University of Oxford, followed by University of Cambridge and Imperial College of London. There are 6 universities in the UK in the top 20 rankings of the list. Candidates can check the detailed list below.

Rank	University	Country	Overall Score
1	University of Oxford	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	98.5
2	University of Cambridge	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	97.4
3	Imperial College London	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	95.1
11	University College London (UCL)	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	86.8
16	King's College London	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	84.8
20	London School of Economics (LSE)	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	82.9

Top 100 Universities Outside U.S.: Top Asian Universities

Asian Universities are ahead of European Universities for the first time where China and Singapore are seen dominating. China leads the ranking with Tsinghua University and Peking University with ranking 4 and 6 from the list respectively. Candidates can check the detailed list below.

Rank	University	Country	Overall Score
4	Tsinghua University	🇨🇳 China	93.8
6	Peking University	🇨🇳 China	92.6
7	National University of Singapore (NUS)	🇸🇬 Singapore	91.8
10	The University of Tokyo	🇯🇵 Japan	86.9
12	Nanyang Technological University (NTU)	🇸🇬 Singapore	86.1
14	University of Hong Kong	🇭🇰 Hong Kong	85.2
18	Fudan University	🇨🇳 China	83.5
19	Zhejiang University	🇨🇳 China	83.2

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First Published: Oct 23, 2026, 14:52 IST

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