Best Universities in 2012/2013 by QS Rankings

Results of QS World University Rankings for 2012/2013 have been released. This year, QS has produced innovative way in the field over the last two years, adding significantly to the amount of publicly available data including:

• 700 institutions now included in the QS World University Rankings.
• QS World University Rankings® by Subject – 29 subjects included in 2012
• QS Stars rating system – over 120 institutions rated globally
• QS University Rankings – Latin America – introduced in 2011
• QS Best Student Cities – introduced in 2012

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is the best university in the world in 2013, it overtakes both Cambridge and Harvard to top the institutional table for the first time. The signs of MIT’s rise were visible in the subject rankings published by QS in June, when it topped 11 of the 28 tables.

The rankings are compiled using the following six indicators:

Besides, universities are also ranked by their academic reputation in following areas of study:

• Arts and humanities
• Engineering and technology
• Life sciences and medicine
• Natural sciences
• Social sciences and management

Below is a snapshot of the top 20 universities in the world in 2013:

Rank	University	International Student Fee – UG in $	International Student Fee – PG in $
1	Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA	38,000 – 40,000	40,000 – 42,000
2	University of Cambridge, UK	22,000 – 24,000	24,000 – 26,000
3	Harvard University, USA	38,000 – 40,000	36,000 – 38,000
4	University College London, UK	24,000 – 26,000	24,000 – 26,000
5	University of Oxford, UK	22,000 – 24,000	26,000 – 28,000
6	Imperial College London, UK	30,000 – 32,000	32,000 – 34,000
7	Yale University, USA	38,000 – 40,000	32,000 – 34,000
8	University of Chicago, USA	42,000 – 44,000	42,000 – 44,000
9	Princeton University, USA	36,000 – 38,000	38,000 – 40,000
10	California Institute of Technology, USA	36,000 – 38,000	36,000 – 38,000
11	Columbia University, USA	42,000 – 44,000	38,000 – 40,000
12	University of Pennsylvania, USA	40,000 – 42,000	26,000 – 28,000
13	ETH, Zurich	1,000 – 2,000	1,000 – 2,000
14	Cornell University, USA	38,000 – 40,000	28,000 – 30,000
15	Stanford University, USA	40,000 – 42,000	38,000 – 40,000
16	Johns Hopkins University, USA	40,000 – 42,000	40,000 – 42,000
17	University of Michigan, USA	36,000 – 38,000	36,000 – 38,000
18	McGill University, Canada	18,000 – 20,000	14,000 – 16,000
19	University of Toronto, Canada	24000 – 26000	16,000 – 18,000
20	Duke University, USA	40,000 – 42,000	38,000 – 40,000