The QS World University Rankings by Subject for 2025, for Economics & Econometrics, highlights the best universities across the world for teaching and research in the discipline. This year saw just under 700 ranked universities, and the top 15 contained more US and UK universities than before. Outside of the US and UK, the highest-ranked university was the National University of Singapore (NUS) in 16th position. The top five universities were unchanged from last year, showing a sustained international reputation within the discipline. The following table lists over 60 such institutions to pursue higher education in linguistics according to the QS University rankings 2025, along with their academic score, AR (academic rank), Employer score, and ER(Employer rank).2025InstitutionCountry / TerritoryAcademicAR rankEmployerER Rank1Harvard UniversityUnited States of America100.01100.012Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)United States of America98.0296.523Stanford UniversityUnited States of America96.8494.754University of ChicagoUnited States of America95.8580.623=5Princeton UniversityUnited States of America97.9382.5176University of California, Berkeley (UCB)United States of America94.2787.277Yale UniversityUnited States of America92.4987.968The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)United Kingdom94.9684.5109University of OxfordUnited Kingdom93.0896.3310University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom91.71095.6411Columbia UniversityUnited States of America90.01182.81612Northwestern UniversityUnited States of America89.91275.659=13University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)United States of America87.31685.3914University of PennsylvaniaUnited States of America89.21378.83615New York University (NYU)United States of America88.61481.920=16National University of Singapore (NUS)Singapore87.81585.5817Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi (Bocconi University)Italy85.61780.325==18Tsinghua UniversityChina (Mainland)83.422=82.914==18UCLUnited Kingdom83.32479.92920Peking UniversityChina (Mainland)84.12082.914=21University of TorontoCanada83.62181.920=22University of Michigan-Ann ArborUnited States of America80.43577.151==23Boston UniversityUnited States of America78.14772.681=23University of British ColumbiaCanada81.63179.233=25Duke UniversityUnited States of America80.93474.86426University of California, San Diego (UCSD)United States of America81.828=68.8132==27Cornell UniversityUnited States of America78.54479.432=27The Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyHong Kong SAR, China85.21871.888==29ETH Zurich - Swiss Federal Institute of TechnologySwitzerland79.53880.325==29The University of TokyoJapan84.91983.41331Fudan UniversityChina (Mainland)79.14178.441=32London Business SchoolUnited Kingdom78.44578.538==33The University of Hong KongHong Kong SAR, China81.828=76.455=33Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona)Spain82.426=64.3201+35Imperial College LondonUnited Kingdom76.85383.51236The University of WarwickUnited Kingdom78.04873.672=37The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)Hong Kong SAR, China82.426=70.999=38Seoul National UniversityRepublic of Korea82.72579.83039The Australian National UniversityAustralia79.339=75.85840The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney)Australia77.64978.343=41Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina (Mainland)74.76278.538=42Monash UniversityAustralia76.455=72.879=43Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU)Singapore79.93682.31844Brown UniversityUnited States of America74.46367.815445The University of MelbourneAustralia76.455=77.94546Korea UniversityRepublic of Korea81.828=75.263=47University of ZurichSwitzerland77.15162.3201+=47Zhejiang UniversityChina (Mainland)70.980=80.02849The University of SydneyAustralia73.86675.659=50Yonsei UniversityRepublic of Korea78.84375.36251University of Minnesota Twin CitiesUnited States of America78.94261.4201+=52Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermany72.17068.3147==52Renmin (People's) University of ChinaChina (Mainland)75.35966.6172==52Tilburg UniversityNetherlands79.339=63.6201+=55Erasmus University RotterdamNetherlands75.26071.790==55Paris School of EconomicsFrance83.422=46.1201+57University of Texas at AustinUnited States of America70.28674.365==58California Institute of Technology (Caltech)United States of America77.25079.135=58Stockholm School of EconomicsSweden81.43259.0201+60Université Paris 1 Panthéon-SorbonneFrance70.08773.47561Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität BonnGermany79.83755.4201+=62The University of ManchesterUnited Kingdom69.492=78.538==62University of Wisconsin-MadisonUnited States of America75.85863.4201+=64Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States of America70.88269.7115==64University of AmsterdamNetherlands71.374=71.888=66University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignUnited States of America71.177=69.4119=67Singapore Management UniversitySingapore78.24661.4201+The QS rankings of 2025 demonstrate how the US and UK can set global standards in Economics and Econometrics education and research, whilst we can see the emergence of NUS and universities meeting and exceeding the standards across the world. For students, this ranking can be a helpful guide in constructing the right conditions to select institutions to access better futures in Economics or related fields.
