World's Best Universities
History
Typically, students earning a history degree learn about the past to better understand the present. Graduates can pursue a wide range of jobs, including those in research, education, politics, and advocacy. These are the world's top universities for history. See the methodology.
| Rank | School | Overall Score | Academic Reputation Score | Employer Reputation Score | Citations per Paper Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #35 |
University of Manchester
United Kingdom |
66.3 | 64.6 | 85.1 | 61.2 |
| #25 |
University of Warwick
United Kingdom |
69.0 | 67.9 | 85.3 | 61.6 |
| #24 |
University of Wisconsin-Madison
United States |
69.2 | 69.5 | 72.5 | 63.0 |
| #43 | 64.0 | 64.4 | 61.2 | 63.2 | |
| #50 |
University of Virginia
United States |
61.5 | 60.4 | 68.4 | 63.8 |
| #4 |
University of California, Berkeley (UCB)
United States |
83.6 | 86.7 | 78.4 | 64.1 |
| #9 |
University of Chicago
United States |
78.6 | 80.5 | 77.5 | 64.7 |
| #2 |
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom |
89.7 | 91.5 | 100.0 | 65.1 |
| #5 |
Princeton University
United States |
82.5 | 84.6 | 81.2 | 66.6 |
| #17 |
University of Sydney
Australia |
72.8 | 71.4 | 89.4 | 67.1 |
| #30 |
University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin)
United States |
67.5 | 67.0 | 71.3 | 68.0 |
| #21 |
Monash University
Australia |
70.1 | 68.3 | 86.0 | 68.5 |
| #41 |
McGill University
Canada |
64.1 | 61.5 | 80.0 | 68.7 |
| #11 |
Stanford University
United States |
76.6 | 76.4 | 85.5 | 69.0 |
| #13 |
University of Melbourne
Australia |
74.8 | 73.1 | 93.8 | 69.1 |
| #47 |
KU Leuven
Belgium |
61.9 | 60.8 | 63.0 | 69.5 |
| #15 |
UCL (University College London)
United Kingdom |
74.1 | 72.2 | 93.4 | 69.5 |
| #12 |
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
United Kingdom |
75.8 | 74.4 | 93.1 | 69.9 |
| #50 |
University of York
United Kingdom |
61.5 | 58.5 | 76.8 | 69.9 |
| #37 |
University of Queensland (UQ)
Australia |
65.8 | 62.3 | 88.0 | 71.3 |
| #34 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
United States |
67.0 | 65.1 | 76.3 | 72.5 |
| #23 | 69.4 | 67.9 | 78.0 | 73.0 | |
| #1 |
University of Oxford
United Kingdom |
97.3 | 100.0 | 98.1 | 75.0 |
| #3 |
Harvard University
United States |
85.9 | 85.9 | 95.0 | 76.3 |
| #8 |
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
United States |
80.3 | 79.5 | 85.8 | 81.0 |