Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has secured the top position globally in the latest rankings by CEOWORLD magazine. The CEOWORLD magazine University Rankings 2024 cover 500 universities spanning 53 countries. The top 10 institutions on the list feature MIT, Stanford, Cambridge, Harvard, Oxford, Caltech, Princeton, UChicago, ETH Zurich – Switzerland, and University College London. Notably, six U.S. universities claim spots in the top 10 worldwide.
The University of California – Los Angeles clinched the 11th spot, followed by the University of California – Berkeley at No. 12 and Imperial College London at No. 13. Additionally, Johns Hopkins University secured the 14th position in the CEOWORLD magazine’s 2024 ranking of the best global universities.
Cornell University holds the 15th spot, succeeded by the University of Pennsylvania at 16th place, Columbia University at 17th, Duke University at 18th, and Yale University at 19th.
Further down the list, the University of California – San Francisco ranks 20th. The CEOWORLD magazine Best Global Universities Ranking evaluates education quality, global influence, recruiter responses, employer feedback, job placement rates, admission criteria, specialization, and academic reputation, assessing 500 institutions across 54 nations.
Top Universities Worldwide for 2024
RankUniversityCountry1Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States2Stanford UniversityUnited States3University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom4Harvard UniversityUnited States5University of OxfordUnited Kingdom6California Institute of TechnologyUnited States7Princeton UniversityUnited States8University of ChicagoUnited States9ETH ZurichSwitzerland10UCL (University College London)United Kingdom11University of California, Los AngelesUnited States12University of California, BerkeleyUnited States13Imperial College LondonUnited Kingdom14Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States15Cornell UniversityUnited States16University of PennsylvaniaUnited States17Columbia UniversityUnited States18Duke UniversityUnited States19Yale UniversityUnited States20University of California, San FranciscoUnited States21University of MichiganUnited States22Northwestern UniversityUnited States23University of TorontoCanada24University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom25University of California, San DiegoUnited States26University of Tokyo (Todai or UTokyo)Japan27The University of Hong KongHong Kong28University of WashingtonUnited States29Tsinghua UniversityChina30King’s College LondonUnited Kingdom31The Rockefeller UniversityUnited States32New York UniversityUnited States33University of MelbourneAustralia34University of British ColumbiaCanada35Karolinska InstitutetSweden36Ecole polytechnique federale de Lausanne (EPFL) Switzerland37University of ManchesterUnited Kingdom38University of Wisconsin MadisonUnited States39National University of SingaporeSingapore40Peking UniversityChina41McGill UniversityCanada42University of Illinois Urbana ChampaignUnited States43The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at DallasUnited States44Kyoto UniversityJapan45Carnegie Mellon UniversityUnited States46Technical University of MunichGermany47Heidelberg UniversityGermany48Ludwig Maximilian University of MunichGermany49Australian National UniversityAustralia50University of QueenslandAustralia51University of Texas at AustinUnited States52Ecole normale superieure (Paris)France53University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States54Washington University in St. LouisUnited States55University of BristolUnited Kingdom56Georgia Institute of TechnologyUnited States57Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore58University of SydneyAustralia59KU LeuvenBelgium60University of CopenhagenDenmark61Mayo Medical SchoolUnited States62Paris Sciences et LettresFrance63Monash UniversityAustralia64Utrecht UniversityNetherlands65Brown UniversityUnited States66The Chinese University of Hong KongHong Kong67Boston UniversityUnited States68University of California, Santa BarbaraUnited States69London School of EconomicsUnited Kingdom70Seoul National UniversitySouth Korea71Ohio State UniversityUnited States72Purdue UniversityUnited States73University of AmsterdamNetherlands74University of HelsinkiFinland75Rice UniversityUnited States76University of Maryland, College ParkUnited States77University of Southern CaliforniaUnited States78University of MinnesotaUnited States79Pennsylvania State UniversityUnited States80University of GroningenNetherlands81The University of New South WalesAustralia82University of California, DavisUnited States83Uppsala UniversitySweden84Leiden UniversityNetherlands85University of ZurichSwitzerland86University of GlasgowUnited Kingdom87Humboldt University of BerlinGermany88University of WarwickUnited Kingdom89Fudan UniversityChina90Osaka UniversityJapan91McMaster UniversityCanada92University of GenevaSwitzerland93Erasmus University RotterdamNetherlands94Delft University of TechnologyNetherlands95Aarhus UniversityDenmark96University of Paris VI: Pierre-and-Marie-Curie UniversityFrance97The University of Western AustraliaAustralia98Lund UniversitySweden99Nagoya UniversityJapan100Ghent UniversityBelgium101Tohoku UniversityJapan102University of PittsburghUnited States103University of SheffieldUnited Kingdom104Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands105Free University of BerlinGermany106The Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyHong Kong107University of Colorado BoulderUnited States108University of California, IrvineUnited States109University of AlbertaCanada110University of BaselSwitzerland111University of SouthamptonUnited Kingdom112University of MalayaMalaysia113Tokyo Institute of TechnologyJapan114University of OsloNorway115University of BirminghamUnited Kingdom116University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina117University of NottinghamUnited Kingdom118Michigan State UniversityUnited States119University of LeedsUnited Kingdom120University of AdelaideAustralia121Vanderbilt UniversityUnited States122Emory UniversityUnited States123Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina124Arizona State UniversityUnited States125Baylor College of MedicineUnited States126Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiUnited States127The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer CenterUnited States128Viadrina European UniversityGermany129Indian Institute of Science (IISC) BangaloreIndia130Weizmann Institute of ScienceIsrael131Charite Universitatsmedizin BerlinGermany132University of FreiburgGermany133Trinity College DublinIreland134Moscow State UniversityRussia135KAISTSouth Korea136University of GottingenGermany137Zhejiang UniversityChina138University of BernSwitzerland139Cardiff UniversityUnited Kingdom140Stockholm UniversitySweden141Hebrew University of JerusalemIsrael142Universite catholique de Louvain UCLouvainBelgium143University of FloridaUnited States144Universite de MontrealCanada145City University of Hong KongHong Kong146Queen Mary, University of LondonUnited Kingdom147University of DurhamUnited Kingdom148University of TubingenGermany149Technical University of DenmarkDenmark150University of Sao PauloBrazil151Hokkaido UniversityJapan152National Taiwan UniversityTaiwan153Radboud University NijmegenNetherlands154University of VirginiaUnited States155University of ExeterUnited Kingdom156University of Paris-SudFrance157University of RochesterUnited States158University of BonnGermany159Sungkyunkwan UniversitySouth Korea160RWTH Aachen UniversityGermany161University of LausanneSwitzerland162University of LiverpoolUnited Kingdom163Technion Israel Institute of TechnologyIsrael164Texas A&M UniversityUnited States165University of BathUnited Kingdom166National Tsing Hua UniversityTaiwan167University of Buenos AiresArgentina168University of ArizonaUnited States169Karlsruhe Institute of TechnologyGermany170University of ViennaAustria171Case Western Reserve UniversityUnited States172Aristotle University of ThessalonikiGreece173Dartmouth CollegeUnited States174Vrije UniversiteitNetherlands175Korea UniversitySouth Korea176Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB)India177King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia178Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna Pisa di Studi Universitari e di PerfezionamentoItaly179Royal Institute of TechnologySweden180University of YorkUnited Kingdom181University of AucklandNew Zealand182TU DresdenGermany183University of BordeauxFrance184University of Nebraska LincolnUnited States185China Medical University (Taichung)China186Sichuan UniversityChina187Leipzig UniversityGermany188University of Massachusetts Medical School – WorcesterUnited States189Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong190CentraleSupelecFrance191Nanjing UniversityChina192Rutgers University – New BrunswickUnited States193Yonsei UniversitySouth Korea194Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD)India195University of LuxembourgLuxembourg196Indiana University BloomingtonUnited States197Maastricht UniversityNetherlands198Universite libre de BruxellesBelgium199Pohang University of Science and TechnologySouth Korea200National Autonomous University of MexicoMexico201University of California, Santa CruzUnited States202Scuola Normale Superiore di PisaItaly203Kyushu UniversityJapan204Tel Aviv UniversityIsrael205University of Massachusetts LowellUnited States206Chalmers University of TechnologySweden207Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyNorway208University of St AndrewsUnited Kingdom209Sapienza University of RomeItaly210University of NewcastleUnited Kingdom211Tufts UniversityUnited States212University of CalgaryCanada213King Abdulaziz UniversitySaudi Arabia214Ecole normale superieure de LyonFrance215University of AberdeenUnited Kingdom216Eindhoven University of TechnologyNetherlands217Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher EducationMexico218University of HamburgGermany219Georgetown UniversityUnited States220University of WaterlooCanada221Hanyang UniversitySouth Korea222Waseda UniversityJapan223University of BarcelonaSpain224University of MiamiUnited States225University of Notre DameUnited States226Grenoble Alpes UniversityFrance227University of Illinois at ChicagoUnited States228University of BergenNorway229Macquarie UniversityAustralia230University of Erlangen-NurembergGermany231University of SussexUnited Kingdom232University of Alabama at BirminghamUnited States233Politecnico di MilanoItaly234University of LancasterUnited Kingdom235University of Massachusetts AmherstUnited States236University of StrasbourgFrance237Paris Diderot UniversityFrance238Vrije Universiteit BrusselBelgium239Curtin UniversityAustralia240University of GothenburgSweden241University of MunsterGermany242University of BolognaItaly243University of ReadingUnited Kingdom244Sciences PoFrance245Queen’s UniversityCanada246National University of Sciences And Technology (NUST) IslamabadPakistan (Islamic Republic of)247Queen’s University BelfastUnited Kingdom248Royal Holloway, University of LondonUnited Kingdom249Technical University of BerlinGermany250Pompeu Fabra UniversitySpain251Universiti Putra MalaysiaMalaysia252National University of MalaysiaMalaysia253University of AntwerpBelgium254University of Western OntarioCanada255University of InnsbruckAustria256Autonomous University of BarcelonaSpain257University of California, RiversideUnited States258University of OttawaCanada259Loughborough UniversityUnited Kingdom260University of DundeeUnited Kingdom261American University of BeirutLebanon262University of PaduaItaly263Al-Farabi UniversityKazakhstan264University of TwenteNetherlands265University of Cape TownSouth Africa266University of LisbonPortugal267University of WollongongAustralia268University of CologneGermany269Paris-Sorbonne UniversityFrance270Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina271Queensland University of TechnologyAustralia272University of LeicesterUnited Kingdom273University of TsukubaJapan274Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina275Medical University of ViennaAustria276University of OregonUnited States277Oregon Health & Science UniversityUnited States278University of South FloridaUnited States279Swedish University of Agricultural SciencesSweden280George Mason UniversityUnited States281University of HoustonUnited States282Drexel UniversityUnited States283Claude Bernard University Lyon 1France284University of MissouriUnited States285University of TurinItaly286King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologySaudi Arabia287Royal Agricultural University (RAU)United Kingdom288Medical University of South CarolinaUnited States289Paul Sabatier University (Toulouse 3)France290Soochow UniversityChina291South China University of TechnologyChina292Southeast UniversityChina293The University of Texas Health Science Center at San AntonioUnited States294University at Buffalo, The State University of New YorkUnited States295University of BelgradeSerbia296University of GranadaSpain297Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM)India298University of LorraineFrance299Virginia Commonwealth UniversityUnited States300University of OtagoNew Zealand301University of Technology MalaysiaMalaysia302Beijing Normal UniversityChina303National University of ColombiaColombia304Goethe University FrankfurtGermany305Ecole PolytechniqueFrance306University of the AndesColombia307University of MannheimGermany308North Carolina State UniversityUnited States309University of UtahUnited States310Aalto UniversityFinland311University College DublinIreland312Northeastern UniversityUnited States313University of Technology SydneyAustralia314Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK)India315National Taiwan University of Science and TechnologyTaiwan316Wuhan UniversityChina317Autonomous University of MadridSpain318Linkoping UniversitySweden319Pantheon-Sorbonne UniversityFrance320Ecole des Ponts ParisTechFrance321University of NavarreSpain322Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IITKGP)India323Aix-Marseille UniversityFrance324University of East AngliaUnited Kingdom325Keio UniversityJapan326Deakin UniversityAustralia327Polytechnic University of CataloniaSpain328University of WurzburgGermany329University of ChileChile330Tilburg UniversityNetherlands331Universitas IndonesiaIndonesia332University of StrathclydeUnited Kingdom333National Chiao Tung UniversityTaiwan334University of South AustraliaAustralia335Carlos III University of MadridSpain336University of TasmaniaAustralia337Charles University in PragueCzech Republic338University College CorkIreland339Victoria University of WellingtonNew Zealand340National Cheng Kung UniversityTaiwan341The University of Newcastle, AustraliaAustralia342University of MilanItaly343The Katz School at Yeshiva UniversityUnited States344National Taiwan Normal UniversityTaiwan345Bauman Moscow State Technical UniversityRussia346Complutense University of MadridSpain347University of WaikatoNew Zealand348University of DelhiIndia349Pontificia Universidad Catolica de ChileChile350Saint Petersburg State UniversityRussia351University of JenaGermany352University of Hawaii at ManoaUnited States353SOAS, University of LondonUnited Kingdom354NUI GalwayIreland355Xi’an Jiaotong UniversityChina356Hong Kong Baptist UniversityHong Kong357University of DelawareUnited States358University of IowaUnited States359University of UlmGermany360University of StuttgartGermany361University of KielGermany362Politecnico di TorinoItaly363University of SurreyUnited Kingdom364University of the WitwatersrandSouth Africa365Birkbeck, University of LondonUnited Kingdom366Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IITR)India367Oregon State UniversityUnited States368Paris Descartes University – Sorbonne Paris CitΓ©France369King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsSaudi Arabia370Dalhousie UniversityCanada371Aalborg UniversityDenmark372University of MontpellierFrance373Massey UniversityNew Zealand374Tongji UniversityChina375TU WienAustria376Universidade Estadual de CampinasBrazil377Stony Brook UniversityUnited States378Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG)India379University of Missouri Kansas City (UMKC)United States380Lincoln UniversityNew Zealand381Tomsk State UniversityRussia382Johannes Gutenberg University MainzGermany383University of PortoPortugal384Ruhr University BochumGermany385National Yang-Ming UniversityTaiwan386Ecole normale superieure Paris-Saclay (ENS Paris-Saclay)France387Federal University of Rio de JaneiroBrazil388Institut Teknologi BandungIndonesia389Federico Santa Maria Technical University (Santa Maria University)Chile390University of CanterburyNew Zealand391University of TartuEstonia392Belarusian State UniversityBelarus393Mahidol UniversityThailand394University of LiegeBelgium395L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National UniversityKazakhstan396Hiroshima UniversityJapan397University of BelgranoArgentina398Griffith UniversityAustralia399The University of GeorgiaUnited States400University of PisaItaly401University of Texas at DallasUnited States402Boston CollegeUnited States403Gwangju Institute of Science and TechnologySouth Korea404City, University of LondonUnited Kingdom405Florida State UniversityUnited States406Umea UniversitySweden407University of EssexUnited Kingdom408Nankai UniversityChina409Chulalongkorn UniversityThailand410Simon Fraser UniversityCanada411University of VictoriaCanada412RMIT UniversityAustralia413Qatar UniversityQatar414Universiti Brunei DarussalamBrunei Darussalam415Novosibirsk State UniversityRussia416University of CincinnatiUnited States417University of PaviaItaly418University of South CarolinaUnited States419Temple UniversityUnited States420University of VermontUnited States421University of ManitobaCanada422University of Milan-BicoccaItaly423Saint Louis UniversityUnited States424Tata Institute of Fundamental ResearchIndia425Western Sydney UniversityAustralia426Beihang UniversityChina427Ben-Gurion University of the NegevIsrael428Brigham Young UniversityUnited States429Capital Medical UniversityChina430Central South UniversityChina431Chang Gung UniversityChina432Chiba UniversityJapan433China University of Geosciences (Wuhan)China434Dalian University of TechnologyChina435East China University of Science and TechnologyChina436ESPCI ParisTechFrance437Hannover Medical SchoolGermany438Hunan UniversityChina439Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)United States440Lanzhou UniversityChina441Louisiana State UniversityUnited States442National and Kapodistrian University of AthensGreece443Ocean University of ChinaChina444Okayama UniversityJapan445Shandong UniversityChina446The University of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonUnited States447University of Central FloridaUnited States448University of DuesseldorfGermany449University of KentuckyUnited States450University of North TexasUnited States451University of Santiago de CompostelaSpain452University of TehranIran (Islamic Republic of)453Toulouse 1 University CapitoleFrance454George Washington UniversityUnited States455Universite Paris Dauphine, PSL Research UniversityFrance456University of TennesseeUnited States457Kyung Hee UniversitySouth Korea458Moscow Institute of Physics and TechnologyRussia459La Trobe UniversityAustralia460University of JyvaskylaFinland461University of Science MalaysiaMalaysia462James Cook UniversityAustralia463Virginia TechUnited States464Oxford Brookes UniversityUnited Kingdom465Universidade Nova de LisboaPortugal466Technische UniversitΓ¤t DarmstadtGermany467Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina468Iowa State UniversityUnited States469University of TurkuFinland470Pontifical Catholic University of ArgentinaArgentina471Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteUnited States472Laval UniversityCanada473Tokyo Medical and Dental UniversityJapan474University of the PhilippinesPhilippines475University of Tromso norwayNorway476University of Southern DenmarkDenmark477Colorado State UniversityUnited States478University of St. GallenSwitzerland479University of Colorado DenverUnited States480Aston UniversityUnited Kingdom481Moscow State Institute of International RelationsRussia482National Research Nuclear UniversityRussia483University of KentUnited Kingdom484Ewha Womans UniversitySouth Korea485Tampere University of TechnologyFinland486Heriot-Watt UniversityUnited Kingdom487National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE)Russia488Brandeis UniversityUnited States489University of WarsawPoland490National Research Tomsk Polytechnic UniversityRussia491National Sun Yat-sen UniversityTaiwan492Swinburne University of TechnologyAustralia493University of ConnecticutUnited States494United Arab Emirates UniversityUnited Arab Emirates495Dublin City UniversityIreland496National Central UniversityTaiwan497Xiamen UniversityChina498The American University in CairoEgypt499Illinois Institute of TechnologyUnited States500HUFS – Hankuk (Korea) University of Foreign StudiesSouth Korea
The rankings are determined based on seven key quality and reputation metrics, with the Overall Score accounting for 100% and comprising:
- Perceived Global Influence (20%)
- Recruiters Responses (20