2013年QS世界大学排名榜 英国多所院校名列前茅
2012年9月11日，英国高等教育调查公司（QS）公布了2012-2013年QS世界大学排名榜单，此次世界大学排名中，前三名变化很大，英国剑桥大学由去年的世界第一降到第二的位置，美国的麻省理工大学高居世界首位，而哈佛大学也跌至第三名。
在整个榜单中，前10名被英美两国全部包揽，可见其高等教育水平之强势。另外，亚洲地区排名最高的是香港大学，新加坡国立大学、东京大学紧随其后。中国大陆仅有3所学校进入榜单前100名，分别是北大、清华、复旦。
前200名榜单中共有30所英国大学，在世界前50名中，有8所英国大学，分别是：第2名的剑桥大学、第4名的伦敦大学学院、第5名的牛津大学、第6名的帝国理工学院、第21名的爱丁堡大学、第26名的伦敦大学国王学院、第28名的布里斯托大学和第32名的曼切斯特大学。
QS 公司自2004年开始进行世界最佳大学排行榜调查，使用的6项评比指标包括：学术界人士评比（占40%）、雇主评比（10%）、外籍教师及外籍学生人数 （10%）、教师与学生比例（20%）、教师研究报告被引用次数（20%）。今年的调查共有4万6000名大学人员、2万8000名企业雇主参与，是历年来最大规模。
| 排名 | 学校 | 国家/地区 | 国内学生费用 | 国际学生费用 | Overall | AR | ||
| 本科 | 研究生 | 本科 | 研究生 | |||||
| 1 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | United States | 38,000-40,000 | 38,000-40,000 | 40,000-42,000 | 40,000-42,000 | 100 | 100 |
| 2 | University of Cambridge | United Kingdom | 14,000-16,000 | 22,000-24,000 | 4,000-6,000 | 24,000-26,000 | 99.8 | 100 |
| 3 | Harvard University | United States | 38,000-40,000 | 38,000-40,000 | 36,000-38,000 | 36,000-38,000 | 99.2 | 100 |
| 4 | UCL (University College London) | United Kingdom | 14,000-16,000 | 24,000-26,000 | 6,000-8,000 | 24,000-26,000 | 98.7 | 99.6 |
| 5 | University of Oxford | United Kingdom | 14,000-16,000 | 22,000-24,000 | 4,000-6,000 | 26,000-28,000 | 98.6 | 100 |
| 6 | Imperial CollegeLondon | United Kingdom | 14,000-16,000 | 30,000-32,000 | 4,000-6,000 | 32,000-34,000 | 98.3 | 99.8 |
| 7 | Yale University | United States | 38,000-40,000 | 38,000-40,000 | 32,000-34,000 | 32,000-34,000 | 97.5 | 100 |
| 8 | University of Chicago | United States | 42,000-44,000 | 42,000-44,000 | 42,000-44,000 | 42,000-44,000 | 96.3 | 99.9 |
| 9 | Princeton University | United States | 36,000-38,000 | 36,000-38,000 | 38,000-40,000 | 38,000-40,000 | 95.4 | 100 |
| 10 | California Institute of Technology (Caltech) | United States | 36,000-38,000 | 36,000-38,000 | 36,000-38,000 | 36,000-38,000 | 95.1 | 99 |
| 11 | Columbia University | United States | 42,000-44,000 | 42,000-44,000 | 38,000-40,000 | 38,000-40,000 | 94.7 | 99.9 |
| 12 | University of Pennsylvania | United States | 40,000-42,000 | 40,000-42,000 | 26,000-28,000 | 26,000-28,000 | 94.5 | 98.5 |
| 13 | ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) | Switzerland | 1,000-2,000 | 1,000-2,000 | 1,000-2,000 | 1,000-2,000 | 92.8 | 99.3 |
| 14 | Cornell University | United States | 38,000-40,000 | 38,000-40,000 | 28,000-30,000 | 28,000-30,000 | 92.1 | 99.7 |
| 15 | Stanford University | United States | 40,000-42,000 | 40,000-42,000 | 38,000-40,000 | 38,000-40,000 | 91.7 | 100 |
| 16 | Johns Hopkins University | United States | 40,000-42,000 | 40,000-42,000 | 40,000-42,000 | 40,000-42,000 | 91.2 | 94.6 |
| 17 | University of Michigan | United States | 10,000-12,000 | 36,000-38,000 | 16,000-18,000 | 36,000-38,000 | 91.2 | 99.8 |
| 18 | McGill University | Canada | 4,000-6,000 | 18,000-20,000 | 4,000-6,000 | 14,000-16,000 | 90.4 | 98.5 |
| 19 | University of Toronto | Canada | 6000-8000 | 24000-26000 | 6000-8000 | 16000-18000 | 89.6 | 99.9 |
| 20 | Duke University | United States | 40,000-42,000 | 40,000-42,000 | 38,000-40,000 | 38,000-40,000 | 89.5 | 95.1 |
| 21 | University of Edinburgh | United Kingdom | 14,000-16,000 | 16,000-18,000 | 6,000-8,000 | 18,000-20,000 | 89.2 | 99.1 |
| 22 | University of California, Berkeley (UCB) | United States | 14,000-16,000 | 20,000-22,000 | 10,000-12,000 | 24,000-26,000 | 88.1 | 100 |
| 23 | University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 4,000-6,000 | 14,000-16,000 | 4,000-6,000 | 14,000-16,000 | 87.9 | 99.3 |
| 24 | Australian National University | Australia | 6,000-8,000 | 40,000-42,000 | 22,000-24,000 | 28,000-30,000 | 87.6 | 99.7 |
| 25 | National University of Singapore (NUS) | Singapore | 34,000-36,000 | 40,000-42,000 | 6,000-8,000 | 18,000-20,000 | 87.2 | 100 |
| 26 | Kings College London (University of London) | United Kingdom | 14,000-16,000 | 20,000-22,000 | 6,000-8,000 | 20,000-22,000 | 87.1 | 92.6 |
| 27 | Northwestern University | United States | 40,000-42,000 | 40,000-42,000 | 40,000-42,000 | 40,000-42,000 | 85.4 | 90.7 |
| 28 | University of Bristol | United Kingdom | 14,000-16,000 | 20,000-22,000 | 6,000-8,000 | 20,000-22,000 | 85.4 | 91 |
| 29 | Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne | Switzerland | 1,000-2,000 | 1,000-2,000 | 1,000-2,000 | 1,000-2,000 | 85.1 | 79.1 |
| 30 | The University of Tokyo | Japan | 6,000-8,000 | 6,000-8,000 | 6,000-8,000 | 6,000-8,000 | 85 | 100 |
| 31 | University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) | United States | 10,000-12,000 | 32,000-34,000 | 10,000-12,000 | 24,000-26,000 | 84.6 | 100 |
| 32 | The University of Manchester | United Kingdom | 14,000-16,000 | 18,000-20,000 | 8,000-10,000 | 22,000-24,000 | 84.2 | 98.5 |
| 33 | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | Hong Kong | 4,000-6,000 | 4,000-6,000 | 83.5 | 92.5 | ||
| 34 | école Normale Supérieure, Paris | France | 4,000-6,000 | 8,000-10,000 | 83.3 | 90.8 | ||
| 35 | Kyoto University | Japan | 6,000-8,000 | 4,000-6,000 | 6,000-8,000 | 4,000-6,000 | 83.3 | 99.8 |
| 36 | The University of Melbourne | Australia | 6,000-8,000 | 28,000-30,000 | 24,000-26,000 | 83.2 | 99.8 | |
| 37 | Seoul National University | Korea, South | 4,000-6,000 | 4,000-6,000 | 6000-8000 | 6000-8000 | 82.2 | 98.8 |
| 38 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | United States | 8,000-10,000 | 24,000-26,000 | 10,000-12,000 | 24,000-26,000 | 81.4 | 97.1 |
| 39 | The University of Sydney | Australia | 6,000-8,000 | 30,000-32,000 | 22,000-24,000 | 28,000-30,000 | 81.3 | 99.3 |
| 40 | The Chinese University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 4,000-6,000 | 12,000-14,000 | 4,000-6,000 | 12,000-14,000 | 80.1 | 93.5 |
| 41 | Ecole Polytechnique | France | 12,000-14,000 | 6,000-8,000 | 8,000-10,000 | 79.6 | 73.3 | |
| 42 | Brown University | United States | 40,000-42,000 | 40,000-42,000 | 40,000-42,000 | 40,000-42,000 | 79.5 | 81.5 |
| 43 | New York University (NYU) | United States | 40,000-42,000 | 40,000-42,000 | 34,000-36,000 | 34,000-36,000 | 78.9 | 97.7 |
| 44 | Peking University | China | < 2000* | 6,000-8,000 | 2,000-4,000* | 8,000-10,000 | 78.8 | 99.7 |
| 45 | University of British Columbia | Canada | 4,000-6,000 | 22,000-24,000 | 4,000-6,000 | 6,000-8,000 | 78.6 | 99.1 |
| 46 | The University of Queensland | Australia | 6,000-8,000 | 26,000-28,000 | 10,000-12,000 | 28,000-30,000 | 78.2 | 95.3 |
| 47 | Nanyang Technological University (NTU) | Singapore | 4,000-6,000 | 8,000-10,000 | 4,000-6,000 | 6,000-8,000 | 77.7 | 90.4 |
| 48 | Tsinghua University | China | < 2000* | 4,000-6,000 | < 2000* | 4,000-6,000 | 77.5 | 98.8 |
| 49 | Carnegie Mellon University | United States | 44,000-46,000 | 44,000-46,000 | 36,000-38,000 | 36,000-38,000 | 77.4 | 86 |
| 50 | Osaka University | Japan | 6,000-8,000 | 6,000-8,000 | 6,000-8,000 | 6,000-8,000 | 76.8 | 91.4 |
| 排名 | 学校 | 国家/地区 | 国内学生费用 | 国际学生费用 | Overall | AR | ||
| 本科 | 研究生 | 本科 | 研究生 | |||||
| 51 | University of Copenhagen | Denmark | 76.7 | 83.5 | ||||
| 52 | The University of New South Wales | Australia | 6,000-8,000 | 32,000-34,000 | 8,000-10,000 | 32,000-34,000 | 76.6 | 95 |
| 53 | Technische Universit?t München | Germany | 76.4 | 86.4 | ||||
| 54 | University of Glasgow | United Kingdom | 2,000-4,000 | 20,000-22,000 | 4,000-6,000 | 18,000-20,000 | 76.3 | 82.4 |
| 55 | Ruprecht-Karls-Universit?t Heidelberg | Germany | 75.5 | 93.3 | ||||
| 56 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | United States | 14,000-16,000 | 28,000-30,000 | 14,000-16,000 | 26,000-28,000 | 75.5 | 97.7 |
| 57 | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill | United States | 6,000-8,000 | 24,000-26,000 | 12,000-14,000 | 26,000-28,000 | 75.4 | 80.9 |
| 58 | The University of Warwick | United Kingdom | 14,000-16,000 | 22,000-24,000 | 8,000-10,000 | 22,000-24,000 | 73.9 | 89.4 |
| 59 | University of Washington | United States | 10,000-12,000 | 28,000-30,000 | 12,000-14,000 | 24,000-26,000 | 73.7 | 93.6 |
| 60 | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit?t München | Germany | 72.9 | 97 | ||||
| 61 | Monash University | Australia | 8,000-10,000 | 30,000-32,000 | 16,000-18,000 | 30,000-32,000 | 72.2 | 95.4 |
| 62 | University of Amsterdam | Netherlands | 2,000-4,000 | 10,000-12,000 | 2,000-4,000 | 14,000-16,000 | 72.1 | 89.8 |
| 63 | KAIST-Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology | Korea, South | 14,000-16,000 | 14,000-16,000 | 16,000-18,000 | 16,000-18,000 | 71.8 | 85.1 |
| 64 | Boston University | United States | 40,000-42,000 | 40,000-42,000 | 40,000-42,000 | 40,000-42,000 | 71.7 | 72.5 |
| 65 | Tokyo Institute of Technology | Japan | 6,000-8,000 | 6,000-8,000 | 6,000-8,000 | 6,000-8,000 | 71.4 | 76.1 |
| 66 | The University of Sheffield | United Kingdom | 14,000-16,000 | 22,000-24,000 | 6,000-8,000 | 22,000-24,000 | 71.3 | 77.7 |
| 67 | Trinity College Dublin | Ireland | 8,000-10,000 | 22,000-24,000 | 8,000-10,000 | 16,000-18,000 | 71.3 | 79.6 |
| 68 | University of Texas at Austin | United States | 8,000-10,000 | 32,000-34,000 | 10,000-12,000 | 20,000-22,000 | 71.2 | 97.4 |
| 69 | London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) | United Kingdom | 12,000-14,000 | 22,000-24,000 | 16,000-18,000 | 24,000-26,000 | 71.1 | 88 |
| 70 | University of California, San Diego (UCSD) | United States | 12,000-14,000 | 36,000-38,000 | 10,000-12,000 | 26,000-28,000 | 70.9 | 97.5 |
| 71 | Lund University | Sweden | 10,000-12,000 | 16,000-18,000 | 70.9 | 84.7 | ||
| 72 | The University of Nottingham | United Kingdom | 14,000-16,000 | 20,000-22,000 | 6,000-8,000 | 18,000-20,000 | 70.7 | 76.6 |
| 73 | University of Southampton | United Kingdom | 14,000-16,000 | 20,000-22,000 | 6,000-8,000 | 22,000-24,000 | 70.7 | 73.3 |
| 74 | University of Geneva | Switzerland | 70.6 | 65.7 | ||||
| 75= | Leiden University | Netherlands | 2,000-4,000 | 16,000-18,000 | 2,000-4,000 | 22,000-24,000 | 70.5 | 83.8 |
| 75= | Tohoku University | Japan | 6,000-8,000 | 2,000-4,000 | 6,000-8,000 | 2,000-4,000 | 70.5 | 76.4 |
| 77 | University of Birmingham | United Kingdom | 14,000-16,000 | 20,000-22,000 | 6,000-8,000 | 22,000-24,000 | 70.3 | 77.3 |
| 78 | University of Helsinki | Finland | 70.1 | 80.9 | ||||
| 79 | The University of Western Australia | Australia | 6,000-8,000 | 30,000-32,000 | 18,000-20,000 | 30,000-32,000 | 70 | 77.8 |
| 80 | National Taiwan University (NTU) | Taiwan | < 2000 | < 2000 | < 2000 | 2,000-4,000 | 69.9 | 97.3 |
| 81 | Uppsala University | Sweden | 14,000-16,000 | 20,000-22,000 | 69.8 | 84.3 | ||
| 82 | KU Leuven | Belgium | 69.7 | 88.5 | ||||
| 83 | The University of Auckland | New Zealand | 4,000-6,000 | 20,000-22,000 | 4,000-6,000 | 24,000-26,000 | 69.3 | 92.8 |
| 84 | Washington University in St. Louis | United States | 38,000-40,000 | 38,000-40,000 | 38,000-40,000 | 38,000-40,000 | 69.1 | 60.4 |
| 85 | Utrecht University | Netherlands | 2,000-4,000 | 2,000-4,000 | 2,000-4,000 | 2,000-4,000 | 68.7 | 81.4 |
| 86 | Nagoya University | Japan | 6,000-8,000 | 6,000-8,000 | 6,000-8,000 | 6,000-8,000 | 68.6 | 69.5 |
| 87 | Freie Universit?t Berlin | Germany | 68.6 | 91 | ||||
| 88 | Georgia Institute of Technology | United States | 6,000-8,000 | 26,000-28,000 | 10,000-12,000 | 26,000-28,000 | 68.4 | 70.7 |
| 89 | Aarhus University | Denmark | 0* 16,000-18,000* | 14,000-16,000 | 14,000-16,000 | 68.4 | 70.5 | |
| 90= | Fudan University | China | < 2000* | 2,000-4,000 | < 2000* | 4,000-6,000 | 68.3 | 92.5 |
| 90= | University of Zurich | Switzerland | 68.3 | 76.6 | ||||
| 92 | Durham University | United Kingdom | 14,000-16,000 | 20,000-22,000 | 8,000-10,000 | 22,000-24,000 | 67.9 | 71.1 |
| 93 | University of St Andrews | United Kingdom | 2,000-4,000 | 22,000-24,000 | 6,000-8,000 | 22,000-24,000 | 67.6 | 64.7 |
| 94 | University of Leeds | United Kingdom | 14,000-16,000 | 20,000-22,000 | 6,000-8,000 | 18,000-20,000 | 67.3 | 81.2 |
| 95= | City University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 4,000-6,000 | 10,000-12,000 | 4,000-6,000 | 10,000-12,000 | 66.9 | 73.2 |
| 95= | Purdue University | United States | 8,000-10,000 | 26,000-28,000 | 8,000-10,000 | 26,000-28,000 | 66.9 | 75.8 |
| 97 | Pohang University of Science And Technology (POSTECH) | Korea, South | 4,000-6,000 | 4,000-6,000 | 6,000-8,000* | 6,000-8,000* | 66.8 | 57.5 |
| 98 | University of Pittsburgh | United States | 16,000-18,000 | 24,000-26,000 | 18,000-20,000 | 30,000-32,000 | 66.1 | 53.4 |
| 99 | Erasmus University Rotterdam | Netherlands | 2,000-4,000 | 8,000-10,000 | 2,000-4,000 | 16,000-18,000 | 65.9 | 50.5 |
| 100 | University of California, Davis | United States | 12,000-14,000 | 36,000-38,000 | 10,000-12,000 | 26,000-28,000 | 65.9 | 74.6 |
