MIT Ranked the World’s Best University for the 10th Year by QS

IBL News | New York

London-based QS World University Rankings released yesterday its eighteenth edition placing MIT at the world’s best university for the 10th straight year.

The top five universities experience a significant reconfiguration: Harvard University (5th) falls out of the top three. Stanford University loses one position to be ranked third along with the University of Cambridge. Caltech also drops out of the top five for the first time since 2015.

In a major milestone, China hosts two of the world’s top twenty universities for the first time. 48% of Japan‘s universities decline.

The 2022 edition of QS, that is, Quacquarelli Symonds, an organization specializing in education and study abroad are based, ranked MIT as number one in 12 subject areas: Architecture; Chemistry; Computer Science and Information Systems; Chemical Engineering; Civil and Structural Engineering; Economics and Econometrics; Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering; Linguistics; Mathematics; Physics and Astronomy; and Statistics and Operational Research.

MIT also placed second in four subject areas: Accounting and Finance; Biological Sciences; Earth and Marine Sciences; and Materials Science.