The QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 highlight the top global universities to pursue anthropology. With Oxford, Cambridge, and ANU leading the way, this year’s list features over 170 universities, with English-speaking countries dominating the top positions. These rankings provide students with insights into institutions where they can receive world-class education in understanding human cultures, societies, and histories.The following table lists over 60 top-ranked universities worldwide for anthropology, along with their employability score, entrepreneurship and alumni outcomes score, return on investment score, diversity score, and overall score for some institutions.20252024InstitutionCountry / TerritoryAcademicAR rankEmployerER Rank12Harvard UniversityUnited States of America99.22100.0121University of OxfordUnited Kingdom99.1394.3233University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom100.0193.9344UCLUnited Kingdom97.8475.34255University of California, Berkeley (UCB)United States of America97.2685.213=6=7Stanford UniversityUnited States of America95.3889.98=66University of ChicagoUnited States of America97.1778.928=8=7University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)United States of America93.31079.92599The Australian National UniversityAustralia94.5989.691012University of Michigan-Ann ArborUnited States of America93.21170.151+1111The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)United Kingdom92.61279.2271216University of TorontoCanada89.61884.315=1326New York University (NYU)United States of America89.21987.911=1317Yale UniversityUnited States of America91.91380.6241510Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)Mexico97.6581.1201613National University of Singapore (NUS)Singapore91.51491.571715The University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom90.91676.8381819SOAS University of LondonUnited Kingdom91.31582.8181921Columbia UniversityUnited States of America88.02674.645=2022University of AmsterdamNetherlands86.82872.251+2129The University of ManchesterUnited Kingdom88.323=73.651+2214University of British ColumbiaCanada88.323=68.451+2320The University of MelbourneAustralia86.23084.7142432Princeton UniversityUnited States of America87.12776.041=2541The University of Hong KongHong Kong SAR, China88.62283.117=2523Universidade de São PauloBrazil90.41774.149=2718Leiden UniversityNetherlands88.22574.149=2836The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)Hong Kong SAR, China89.020=74.247=2928Durham UniversityUnited Kingdom85.43472.751+=3025McGill UniversityCanada85.03683.416=3034University of PennsylvaniaUnited States of America84.93774.645=3233The University of TokyoJapan89.020=77.3353327The University of SydneyAustralia82.84587.2123430Duke UniversityUnited States of America81.64877.1363535Aarhus UniversityDenmark81.44976.539=3638Arizona State UniversityUnited States of America84.138=52.751+=3631University of CopenhagenDenmark82.246=70.651+=36=48University of Texas at AustinUnited States of America80.951+72.351+39=43Kyoto UniversityJapan86.03167.551+4024Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA)Argentina86.42978.928=41=48Cornell UniversityUnited States of America79.751+70.251+4240University of Wisconsin-MadisonUnited States of America82.94460.751+4339The University of ArizonaUnited States of America84.04046.451+44=43University of ViennaAustria85.13552.651+4551-100University of OsloNorway80.951+67.851+46=45Université Paris 1 Panthéon-SorbonneFrance84.138=71.051+=47=45Brown UniversityUnited States of America80.751+73.751+=4751-100Peking UniversityChina (Mainland)83.64281.819=4937Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS)France85.83250.351+=4951-100Freie Universitaet BerlinGermany85.53362.051+51-10051-100Alma Mater Studiorum - University of BolognaItaly77.751+74.84451-100101-150Boston UniversityUnited States of America67.651+77.631=51-10051-100City University of New YorkUnited States of America73.651+68.351+51-10051-100Complutense University of MadridSpain75.651+69.651+51-10051-100Eberhard Karls Universität TübingenGermany78.051+49.851+51-100101-150Emory UniversityUnited States of America70.851+60.851+51-10051-100Goldsmiths, University of LondonUnited Kingdom76.751+68.651+51-100=45Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinGermany82.246=64.051+51-100101-150Indiana University BloomingtonUnited States of America71.051+63.351+51-10051-100Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States of America77.651+76.34051-10051-100Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermany80.451+55.551+51-10051-100Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)United States of America78.651+93.1551-10051-100Michigan State UniversityUnited States of America77.151+59.651+51-10051-100Monash UniversityAustralia72.751+79.52651-10051-100National Taiwan University (NTU)Taiwan80.851+73.551+51-10051-100Northwestern UniversityUnited States of America72.751+71.751+51-10051-100Pennsylvania State UniversityUnited States of America75.551+63.951+51-10051-100Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (UC)Chile79.651+77.631=51-10051-100Ruprecht-Karls-Universität HeidelbergGermany78.851+64.951+51-10051-100Sapienza University of RomeItaly77.851+69.051+51-10051-100Seoul National UniversityRepublic of Korea83.74178.23051-10051-100Stockholm UniversitySweden76.851+57.451+51-100=48The University of AucklandNew Zealand77.951+72.551+51-10051-100The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney)Australia72.851+91.7651-10051-100The University of QueenslandAustralia73.951+77.03751-10051-100Universidad Autónoma de MadridSpain77.751+61.151+51-10051-100Universidad de ChileChile77.251+80.72351-100=48Universidad de los AndesColombia83.24372.551+51-10042Universidad Nacional de ColombiaColombia80.851+80.822The above-mentioned institutions are among the top choices for aspiring anthropologists who want to study and understand the world’s cultures and communities.
