| 1 | University of Oxford United Kingdom | 20,965 | 10.6 | 42% | 48 : 52 |
| 2 | Harvard University United States | 21,887 | 9.6 | 25% | 50 : 50 |
| =3 | University of Cambridge United Kingdom | 20,185 | 11.3 | 39% | 47 : 53 |
| =3 | Stanford University United States | 16,164 | 7.1 | 24% | 46 : 54 |
| 5 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology United States | 11,415 | 8.2 | 33% | 40 : 60 |
| 6 | California Institute of Technology United States | 2,237 | 6.2 | 34% | 37 : 63 |
| 7 | Princeton University United States | 8,279 | 8.0 | 23% | 46 : 54 |
| 8 | University of California, Berkeley United States | 40,921 | 18.4 | 24% | 52 : 48 |
| 9 | Yale University United States | 13,482 | 5.9 | 21% | 52 : 48 |
| 10 | Imperial College London United Kingdom | 18,545 | 11.2 | 61% | 40 : 60 |
| =11 | Columbia University United States | 21,781 | 4.5 | 38% | n/a |
| =11 | ETH Zurich Switzerland | 21,665 | 14.8 | 41% | 33 : 67 |
| 13 | The University of Chicago United States | 15,366 | 6.0 | 36% | 47 : 53 |
| 14 | University of Pennsylvania United States | 21,453 | 6.3 | 23% | 53 : 47 |
| 15 | Johns Hopkins University United States | 17,584 | 4.7 | 29% | 53 : 47 |
| 16 | Tsinghua University China | 38,324 | 11.6 | 10% | n/a |
| 17 | Peking University China | 31,994 | 10.3 | 19% | n/a |
| 18 | University of Toronto Canada | 77,468 | 25.8 | 26% | 56 : 44 |
| 19 | National University of Singapore Singapore | 32,337 | 19.8 | 25% | 51 : 49 |
| 20 | Cornell University United States | 24,027 | 10.3 | 26% | 51 : 49 |
| 21 | University of California, Los Angeles United States | 42,434 | 9.7 | 16% | 56 : 44 |
| 22 | UCL United Kingdom | 36,790 | 10.3 | 60% | 59 : 41 |
| 23 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States | 45,912 | 8.2 | 17% | 50 : 50 |
| 24 | New York University United States | 36,337 | 9.8 | 42% | 57 : 43 |
| 25 | Duke University United States | 16,091 | 4.2 | 24% | 52 : 48 |
| =26 | Northwestern University United States | 19,175 | 13.2 | 20% | 51 : 49 |
| =26 | University of Washington United States | 47,727 | 10.8 | 18% | 55 : 45 |
| 28 | Carnegie Mellon University United States | 14,305 | 12.9 | 47% | 44 : 56 |
| 29 | University of Edinburgh United Kingdom | 32,845 | 11.8 | 47% | 62 : 38 |
| 30 | Technical University of Munich Germany | 33,960 | 40.6 | 36% | 37 : 63 |
| 31 | University of Hong Kong Hong Kong | 18,087 | 18.2 | 43% | 54 : 46 |
| 32 | University of California, San Diego United States | 37,030 | 11.3 | 28% | 48 : 52 |
| 33 | LMU Munich Germany | 35,003 | 34.2 | 19% | 61 : 39 |
| 34 | University of Melbourne Australia | 49,588 | 23.8 | 47% | 58 : 42 |
| 35 | King’s College London United Kingdom | 28,965 | 11.8 | 52% | 63 : 37 |
| 36 | Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Singapore | 24,651 | 15.1 | 25% | 48 : 52 |
| 37 | London School of Economics and Political Science United Kingdom | 11,120 | 11.9 | 73% | 55 : 45 |
| 38 | Georgia Institute of Technology United States | 28,826 | 24.7 | 40% | 33 : 67 |
| 39 | The University of Tokyo Japan | 26,112 | 10.5 | 15% | n/a |
| 40 | University of British Columbia Canada | 56,452 | 18.9 | 34% | 55 : 45 |
| 41 | École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Switzerland | 11,641 | 12.3 | 62% | 30 : 70 |
| 42 | KU Leuven Belgium | 47,663 | 36.5 | 18% | 51 : 49 |
| 43 | Universität Heidelberg Germany | 19,347 | 13.5 | 21% | 55 : 45 |
| 44 | Monash University Australia | 58,725 | 42.5 | 41% | 57 : 43 |
| 45 | Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong | 18,468 | 19.0 | 21% | n/a |
| 46 | McGill University Canada | 32,309 | 12.5 | 30% | 60 : 40 |
| 47 | Paris Sciences et Lettres – PSL Research University Paris France | 16,218 | 15.0 | 22% | 51 : 49 |
| 48 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign United States | 48,674 | 17.4 | 22% | 48 : 52 |
| 49 | Karolinska Institute Sweden | 8,021 | 9.9 | 27% | 70 : 30 |
| 50 | University of Texas at Austin United States | 49,171 | 17.4 | 10% | 53 : 47 |
| 51 | Fudan University China | 36,318 | 11.9 | 9% | 52 : 48 |
| 52 | Shanghai Jiao Tong University China | 37,478 | 11.5 | 8% | 42 : 58 |
| 53 | The University of Queensland Australia | 41,372 | 34.2 | 41% | 55 : 45 |
| =54 | University of Manchester United Kingdom | 37,035 | 14.2 | 44% | 55 : 45 |
| =54 | The University of Sydney Australia | 45,853 | 19.0 | 45% | 58 : 42 |
| 56 | Seoul National University South Korea | 26,209 | 15.1 | 10% | n/a |
| 57 | Washington University in St Louis United States | 14,420 | 7.8 | 24% | 53 : 47 |
| 58 | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Hong Kong | 9,864 | 21.0 | 32% | n/a |
| 59 | Wageningen University & Research Netherlands | 15,404 | 18.6 | 27% | 55 : 45 |
| 60 | University of Amsterdam Netherlands | 29,157 | 14.5 | 32% | 59 : 41 |
| 61 | Brown University United States | 10,037 | 10.1 | 21% | n/a |
| 62 | Australian National University Australia | 16,758 | 14.6 | 51% | 52 : 48 |
| 63 | University of California, Davis United States | 37,639 | 13.1 | 18% | 60 : 40 |
| 64 | University of California, Santa Barbara United States | 25,860 | 28.5 | 20% | 54 : 46 |
| 65 | University of Southern California United States | 40,549 | 12.6 | 22% | 49 : 51 |
| 66 | Utrecht University Netherlands | 32,532 | 17.1 | 13% | 62 : 38 |
| 67 | Zhejiang University China | 46,124 | 12.0 | 16% | n/a |
| 68 | Kyoto University Japan | 22,269 | 9.2 | 12% | 25 : 75 |
| 69 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States | 31,080 | 7.9 | 8% | 59 : 41 |
| 70 | Delft University of Technology Netherlands | 20,299 | 16.1 | 31% | 31 : 69 |
| =71 | Boston University United States | 27,243 | 10.8 | 31% | 59 : 41 |
| =71 | UNSW Sydney Australia | 45,133 | 36.3 | 40% | 47 : 53 |
| 73 | Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin Germany | 8,429 | 18.0 | 21% | 64 : 36 |
| 74 | University of Science and Technology of China China | 18,573 | 8.1 | 6% | n/a |
| 75 | University of Groningen Netherlands | 30,009 | 24.4 | 28% | 52 : 48 |
| 76 | University of Bristol United Kingdom | 25,680 | 14.6 | 31% | 56 : 44 |
| 77 | Leiden University Netherlands | 33,648 | 19.3 | 20% | 60 : 40 |
| 78 | Yonsei University (Seoul campus) South Korea | 19,481 | 14.7 | 17% | 50 : 50 |
| 79 | Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong | 19,046 | 28.9 | 30% | 51 : 49 |
| 80 | Erasmus University Rotterdam Netherlands | 31,668 | 33.9 | 22% | 53 : 47 |
| 81 | University of Wisconsin-Madison United States | 40,701 | 10.0 | 14% | n/a |
| =82 | Emory University United States | 13,190 | 4.2 | 20% | 60 : 40 |
| =82 | University of Glasgow United Kingdom | 28,540 | 13.5 | 41% | 59 : 41 |
| =82 | University of Zurich Switzerland | 25,003 | 13.7 | 22% | 56 : 44 |
| 85 | McMaster University Canada | 26,403 | 29.0 | 20% | 56 : 44 |
| =86 | Humboldt University of Berlin Germany | 34,399 | 53.2 | 17% | n/a |
| =86 | University of Tübingen Germany | 20,620 | 27.5 | 13% | 59 : 41 |
| 88 | University of Adelaide Australia | 23,102 | 32.8 | 32% | 49 : 51 |
| 89 | University of Bonn Germany | 27,210 | 47.5 | 17% | 56 : 44 |
| 90 | Sorbonne University France | 41,443 | 13.9 | 21% | 59 : 41 |
| =91 | Free University of Berlin Germany | 26,497 | 41.9 | 23% | 62 : 38 |
| =91 | Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) South Korea | 9,946 | 10.7 | 9% | 21 : 79 |
| 93 | Université Paris-Saclay France | 44,443 | 14.9 | 19% | 49 : 51 |
| 94 | University of Bern Switzerland | 11,728 | 17.2 | 17% | 58 : 42 |
| =95 | University of California, Irvine United States | 36,655 | 16.9 | 28% | 52 : 48 |
| =95 | Institut Polytechnique de Paris France | 5,999 | 6.7 | 41% | 24 : 76 |
| =95 | Nanjing University China | 36,426 | 16.5 | 8% | 54 : 46 |
| 98 | Vanderbilt University United States | 12,696 | 3.8 | 15% | 55 : 45 |
| =99 | City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong | 9,099 | 12.1 | 62% | 54 : 46 |
| =99 | RWTH Aachen University Germany | 39,738 | 50.0 | 28% | 33 : 67 |