World's Best Universities
Mathematics
Mathematics students can take elective courses that range from linear algebra to math structures for computer science. Graduates can find jobs in statistics, teaching, and many other professional fields. These are the world's top universities for mathematics. See the methodology.
| Rank | School | Overall Score | Academic Reputation Score | Employer Reputation Score | Citations per Paper Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #15 |
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)
United States |
76.6 | 69.3 | 75.0 | 84.6 |
| #33 |
Cornell University
United States |
72.3 | 69.4 | 76.2 | 73.3 |
| #19 |
City University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong |
75.3 | 69.8 | 69.5 | 83.7 |
| #18 |
Peking University
China |
75.7 | 70.7 | 87.9 | 74.6 |
| #27 |
Ecole Polytechnique
France |
73.8 | 71.5 | 72.8 | 76.7 |
| #19 |
Australian National University (ANU)
Australia |
75.3 | 71.7 | 81.4 | 75.9 |
| #25 |
University of Michigan
United States |
74.1 | 71.8 | 76.6 | 75.2 |
| #14 |
University of Chicago
United States |
77.0 | 72.1 | 80.7 | 80.1 |
| #24 |
University of Toronto
Canada |
74.3 | 72.6 | 73.9 | 76.3 |
| #36 |
Georgia Institute of Technology
United States |
71.4 | 73.5 | 64.6 | 72.6 |
| #11 |
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Singapore |
78.3 | 73.7 | 95.1 | 74.6 |
| #39 |
Kyoto University
Japan |
70.7 | 73.9 | 84.1 | 60.7 |
| #29 |
Imperial College London
United Kingdom |
73.1 | 76.0 | 78.5 | 67.5 |
| #43 | 70.1 | 76.1 | 67.5 | 65.3 | |
| #10 |
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
United States |
79.3 | 76.6 | 77.3 | 83.0 |
| #12 | 77.5 | 76.7 | 85.1 | 74.6 | |
| #31 |
The University of Tokyo
Japan |
73.0 | 77.2 | 100.0 | 55.3 |
| #12 |
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
United States |
77.5 | 77.3 | 69.7 | 81.6 |
| #8 |
New York University (NYU)
United States |
80.8 | 77.8 | 78.8 | 84.8 |
| #2 |
Harvard University
United States |
86.3 | 81.1 | 93.3 | 88.1 |
| #7 |
University of Oxford
United Kingdom |
82.4 | 81.7 | 93.6 | 77.6 |
| #5 |
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom |
83.4 | 82.1 | 99.4 | 76.6 |
| #4 |
Princeton University
United States |
84.3 | 82.3 | 77.4 | 89.8 |
| #3 |
Stanford University
United States |
85.3 | 83.5 | 90.3 | 84.7 |
| #5 |
University of California, Berkeley (UCB)
United States |
83.4 | 85.3 | 83.0 | 81.8 |













