2026 QS World University Rankings: U.S. and China on the rise; Italy and Saudi Arabia entering top 100

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology (U.S.) arrives first for the fourteenth consecutive year in the 2026 QS World University Rankings, published on 19/06/2025 by Quacquarelli Symonds. MIT is followed by Imperial College London (UK) in second place and Stanford University (U.S.) in third, climbing three ranks.

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