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Top 300 world universities ranked by EduRank based on research outputs, non-academic prominence, and alumni influence. The rankings are determined by analyzing 3.16B citations received by 120M academic publications made by 14,131 universities from all over the world, the popularity of 247,523 recognized alumni, and the largest reference database available.
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The QS World University Rankings 2026 are now live. Summary: The top three universities in the world, according to the QS World University Rankings 2026 are: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Imperial College London and Stanford University. Sunway University is the most improved university, improving their rank by over 120 positions. 41% of Indian institutions improved their rank.
The Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) was first published in June 2003 by the Center for World-Class Universities (CWCU), Graduate School of Education (formerly the Institute of Higher Education) of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, and updated on an annual basis.
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