World's #1 university for engineering and technology. Legendary innovation and research.

World-renowned for academic excellence and cutting-edge research.

One of the world's most prestigious universities. Over 900 years of excellence.

The world's most famous university. Unmatched alumni network. Excellence in law, medicine, business and liberal arts.

Global leader in technology, entrepreneurship and research. Heart of Silicon Valley. Top 5 globally.

UK's top STEM university. World-class in engineering, medicine, natural sciences and business.

Tiny elite STEM. NASA and JPL connections.

ETH Zurich is a Swiss federal institute of technology founded in 1855 under the name Polytechnikum. Its degree-programme listing spans architecture and civil engineering, engineering sciences, natural sciences and mathematics, system-oriented natural sciences, and management and social sciences. The university states that student numbers are today over 21,000 and that it recruits 35 percent of its students from abroad.

The National University of Singapore states that its roots trace to the Government Medical School founded in 1905, and that the present university was formed on 8 August 1980 through a merger of the University of Singapore and Nanyang University. Its international undergraduate prospectus states the university has more than 30,000 undergraduates and students of over 120 nationalities.

One of the world's top multidisciplinary universities. Located in the heart of London. Excellence across law, medicine, science and arts.

Top public university globally. World-class in engineering, computer science, law and business.

100 Nobel laureates. Economics, social sciences and law.

Ivy League. Hotel school and veterinary college world-class.

Ivy League. Medicine, engineering and Tuck business.

Ivy League. No-loan financial aid. Liberal arts and sciences.

EPFL is a Swiss federal institute of technology. Its history pages state that the Ecole Speciale de Lausanne opened on 7 November 1853 and that on 1 January 1969 its successor became the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne. It lists 13 bachelor's and 29 master's programmes across six schools and colleges, with bachelor's studies usually running three years or 180 ECTS credits.

Ivy League. Wharton #1 business school. Medicine and nursing.

Université Paris-Saclay is a leading institution in Paris, offering a wide range of programmes with strong academic standards and international student support.

Ivy League excellence. World-class in law, medicine, arts and social sciences. Top legal education globally.

Peking University states it originated as the Imperial University of Peking in 1898. It states it now has more than 48,600 students, including nearly 2,500 international students, and consists of 55 schools and departments, 60 research entities and ten affiliated hospitals, organised in divisions of humanities, social sciences, economics and management, science, information technology and engineering, and health science.

Leading STEM university. Top law school. Ties to Silicon Valley and Wall Street.

The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, operating three campuses in the Greater Toronto Area: St. George (downtown), Mississauga and Scarborough. Its own quick-facts page reports 103,140 students in Fall 2025-26 (81,412 undergraduate, 21,728 graduate) and more than 700 undergraduate and 300 graduate programs. Undergraduate study is organised into ten areas of interest ranging from engineering and computer science to health and life sciences, business and the environment.

Ivy League in New York City. Excellence in journalism, law, business and international affairs.

Premier public university. Ross Business, law and engineering.

#1 public health 50 years running. Research university.

Tsinghua University states it was established in 1911, originally under the name Tsing Hua Imperial College. It states that it now comprises 22 schools and 59 departments with faculties in science, engineering, humanities, law, medicine, history, philosophy, economics, management, education and art. Its graduate admissions pages state that more than 30 master's and doctoral programmes are offered fully in English to international students.

Nanyang Technological University states it was inaugurated on 1 July 1991, when the Nanyang Technological Institute set up in 1981 was reconstituted and merged with the National Institute of Education. The university states it has 40,700 undergraduate and postgraduate students, taught in colleges of Business, Computing and Data Science, Engineering, Humanities Arts and Social Sciences, Medicine and Science.

The University of Hong Kong states it was incorporated in 1911 as a self-governing body of scholars and welcomed its first students in 1912, making it the territory's oldest institution of higher learning. Its institutional Quick Stats report a 2025/26 enrolment of 45,303 students, comprising 20,103 undergraduates and 25,200 postgraduates. Teaching spans ten faculties plus schools of computing and data science, future media and innovation.

Ancient and prestigious university in Scotland. QS Top 30 globally. Strong in law, medicine, social science and the arts.

The University of Tokyo states it was founded in 1877 and is the oldest and largest of Japan's national universities. Its own figures give 29,669 students, including 5,234 international students, as of December 2025. Teaching is organised in ten faculties, and the university lists graduate degree programmes taught entirely in English across medicine, engineering, science, agriculture, economics, information studies and public policy.