| RANK | LAST YEAR RANK | UNIVERSITY | LOCATION |
| 1 | 1 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | United States |
| 2 | 3= | University of Cambridge | United Kingdom |
| 3 | 3= | Stanford University | United States |
| 4 | 2 | University of Oxford | United Kingdom |
| 5 | 5 | Harvard University | United States |
| 6= | 6 | California Institute of Technology (Caltech) | United States |
| 6= | 7 | Imperial College London | United Kingdom |
| 8 | 8= | UCL | United Kingdom |
| 9 | 8= | ETH Zurich - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology | Switzerland |
| 10 | 10 | University of Chicago | United States |
| 11 | 11 | National University of Singapore (NUS) | Singapore |
| 12 | 18 | Peking University | China (Mainland) |
| 13 | 13 | University of Pennsylvania | United States |
| 14 | 17 | Tsinghua University | China (Mainland) |
| 15 | 16 | The University of Edinburgh | United Kingdom |
| 16= | 14= | EPFL | Switzerland |
| 16= | 20 | Princeton University | United States |
| 18 | 14= | Yale University | United States |
| 19 | 12 | Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU) | Singapore |
| 20 | 21 | Cornell University | United States |
| 21 | 22 | The University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong SAR |
| 22 | 19 | Columbia University | United States |
| 23 | 23= | The University of Tokyo | Japan |
| 24 | 25 | Johns Hopkins University | United States |
| 25 | 23= | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | United States |
| 26 | 44 | Université PSL | France |
| 27 | 32 | University of California, Berkeley (UCB) | United States |
| 28 | 27= | The University of Manchester | United Kingdom |
| 29 | 36 | Seoul National University | South Korea |
| 30 | 27= | The Australian National University | Australia |
| 31 | 27= | McGill University | Canada |
| 32 | 30 | Northwestern University | United States |
| 33 | 37 | The University of Melbourne | Australia |
| 34= | 31 | Fudan University | China (Mainland) |
| 34= | 26 | University of Toronto | Canada |
| 36 | 33 | Kyoto University | Japan |
| 37 | 35 | King's College London | United Kingdom |
| 38 | 39 | The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) | Hong Kong SAR |
| 39 | 42 | New York University (NYU) | United States |
| 40 | 34 | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | Hong Kong SAR |
| 41 | 38 | The University of Sydney | Australia |
| 42= | 41 | KAIST - Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology | South Korea |
| 42= | 45 | Zhejiang University | China (Mainland) |
| 44 | 40 | University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) | United States |
| 45 | 43 | The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney) | Australia |
| 46 | 50= | Shanghai Jiao Tong University | China (Mainland) |
| 47 | 46 | University of British Columbia | Canada |
| 48 | 49= | Institut Polytechnique de Paris | France |
| 49 | 50= | Technical University of Munich | Germany |
| 50= | 52 | Duke University | United States |
| 50= | 47 | The University of Queensland | Australia |
| 52 | 53= | Carnegie Mellon University | United States |
| 53 | 48 | University of California, San Diego (UCSD) | United States |
| 54 | 53= | City University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong SAR |
| 55 | 56 | Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) | Japan |
| 56 | 49 | The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) | United Kingdom |
| 57 | 58 | Monash University | Australia |
| 58 | 55 | University of Amsterdam | Netherlands |
| 59 | 64 | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München | Germany |
| 60 | 72 | Sorbonne University | France |
| 61= | 57 | Delft University of Technology | Netherlands |
| 61= | 62 | University of Bristol | United Kingdom |
| 63 | 60 | Brown University | United States |
| 64 | 61 | The University of Warwick | United Kingdom |
| 65= | 63 | Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg | Germany |
| 65= | 66 | The Hong Kong Polytechnic University | Hong Kong SAR |
| 67 | 69 | Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA) | Argentina |
| 68 | 75= | Osaka University | Japan |
| 69 | 86= | Université Paris-Saclay | France |
| 70 | 65 | Universiti Malaya (UM) | Malaysia |
| 71 | 81 | Pohang University of Science And Technology (POSTECH) | South Korea |
| 72 | 67 | University of Texas at Austin | United States |
| 73 | 79= | Yonsei University | South Korea |
| 74 | 74 | Korea University | South Korea |
| 75 | 78 | Lomonosov Moscow State University | Russia |
| 76 | 70= | KU Leuven | Belgium |
| 77 | 68 | National Taiwan University (NTU) | Taiwan |
| 78 | 77 | University of Southampton | United Kingdom |
| 79 | 82= | Tohoku University | Japan |
| 80 | 85= | University of Washington | United States |
| 81 | 73 | University of Glasgow | United Kingdom |
| 82 | 79= | University of Copenhagen | Denmark |
| 83= | 75= | University of Wisconsin-Madison | United States |
| 83= | 70= | University of Zurich | Switzerland |
| 85 | 82= | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | United States |
| 86 | 92 | University of Leeds | United Kingdom |
| 87 | 85= | The University of Auckland | New Zealand |
| 88 | 88 | Georgia Institute of Technology | United States |
| 89 | 89 | KTH Royal Institute of Technology | Sweden |
| 90 | 93 | The University of Western Australia | Australia |
| 91 | 90 | University of Birmingham | United Kingdom |
| 92 | 82= | Durham University | United Kingdom |
| 93 | 96 | Pennsylvania State University | United States |
| 94 | 98 | University of Science and Technology of China | China (Mainland) |
| 95 | 87 | Lund University | Sweden |
| 96= | 95 | The University of Sheffield | United Kingdom |
| 96= | 91 | University of St Andrews | United Kingdom |
| 98 | 101 | Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin | Ireland |
| 99 | 97 | Sungkyunkwan University(SKKU) | South Korea |
| 100 | 94 | Rice University | United States |
