CWUR World University Rankings (Global 2000 List) 2026
CWUR World University Rankings (Global 2000 List) 2026 by Center for World University Rankings: 10 universities ranked, led by Harvard University. The top...
- Publisher
- Center for World University Rankings
- Published
- June 1, 2026
- On this page
- 10 of 2000 ranked
- Method
- Data
- Reliability
- Grade B
Harvard first, followed by MIT and Stanford, then Cambridge and Oxford. CWUR says 21,291 institutions were ranked and the top 2,000 published. The top 18 are in the same order as in 2025; UCL and PSL University swapped 19th and 20th.
The top 10
Center for World University Rankings publishes the complete table. This page shows the top 10 and links to the original. See the original list.
| Rank | Name | Location | Score | Since 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harvard University | United States | 100 | No change |
| 2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | United States | 96.8 | No change |
| 3 | Stanford University | United States | 95.2 | No change |
| 4 | University of Cambridge | United Kingdom | 94.1 | No change |
| 5 | University of Oxford | United Kingdom | 93.3 | No change |
| 6 | Princeton University | United States | 92.7 | No change |
| 7 | University of Pennsylvania | United States | 92.1 | No change |
| 8 | Columbia University | United States | 91.6 | No change |
| 9 | Yale University | United States | 91.2 | No change |
| 10 | University of Chicago | United States | 90.8 | No change |
This list is reproduced as Center for World University Rankings published it. Names are shown as printed. The ranking belongs to its publisher.
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