Singapore University Ranks in Top 10 Globally
Students graduated from the National University of Singapore on June 9, 2026.
QS released its 2027 rankings on June 18. It looked at 1,504 universities in 106 countries. The US and UK have most of the top 10 spots.
Imperial College London and Stanford University are tied for second place. The University of Oxford is fourth, and Harvard University is fifth.
Asia has few universities in the top 10.
Nanyang Technological University in Singapore is just outside the top 10 at 12th place.
Six Asian universities are in the top 20, including the University of Hong Kong and Peking University.
Here are the top 30 universities in the world for 2027:
Rank
University
Country
Score
1
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
US
100
2
Imperial College London
UK
99.2
2
Stanford University
US
99.2
4
University of Oxford
UK
98.6
5
Harvard University
US
97.4
6
University of Cambridge
UK
97.1
7
California Institute of Technology
US
96.6
8
ETH Zurich
Switzerland
96.3
8
University College London
UK
96.3
10
National University of Singapore
Singapore
96.2
11
University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
95.9
12
Nanyang Technological University
Singapore
93.6
13
Peking University
China
92.6
14
Tsinghua University
China
92.1
15
University of Pennsylvania
US
91.7
16
Cornell University
US
91.5
16
Yale University
US
91.5
18
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
89.9
19
UNSW Sydney
Australia
89.8
20
Johns Hopkins University
US
89.7
20
University of California, Berkeley
US
89.7
22
EPFL
Switzerland
89.6
22
University of Melbourne
Australia
89.6
24
University of Chicago
US
89.2
25
Technical University of Munich
Germany
89.1
26
Fudan University
China
89
27
Princeton University
US
88.9
28
University of Sydney
Australia
88.4
29
Australian National University
Australia
87.6
30
McGill University
Canada
87.5
QS is one of the world's major university ranking organizations. It looked at over 1,500 institutions this year.
The ranking uses 10 evaluation indicators. Academic reputation is the most important, making up 30% of the score.
Other important criteria include employer reputation and faculty-to-student ratio.