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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #5 |
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom |
83.4 | 82.1 | 99.4 | 76.6 |
| #27 |
Ecole Polytechnique
France |
73.8 | 71.5 | 72.8 | 76.7 |
| #38 |
University of Manchester
United Kingdom |
71.2 | 62.2 | 77.0 | 77.2 |
| #7 |
University of Oxford
United Kingdom |
82.4 | 81.7 | 93.6 | 77.6 |
| #22 |
Fudan University
China |
74.9 | 64.8 | 88.6 | 78.2 |
| #32 |
University of Queensland (UQ)
Australia |
72.4 | 63.5 | 77.8 | 78.5 |
| #34 | 72.1 | 64.1 | 74.9 | 78.7 | |
| #50 |
University of Washington
United States |
68.5 | 57.8 | 69.2 | 78.9 |
| #49 |
University of Minnesota
United States |
68.6 | 61.6 | 61.1 | 79.4 |
| #14 |
University of Chicago
United States |
77.0 | 72.1 | 80.7 | 80.1 |
| #42 |
University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
United States |
70.4 | 58.0 | 74.6 | 80.6 |
| #16 |
Columbia University
United States |
76.4 | 68.0 | 83.7 | 81.2 |
| #23 |
Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
Hong Kong |
74.7 | 64.2 | 82.7 | 81.3 |
| #12 |
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
United States |
77.5 | 77.3 | 69.7 | 81.6 |
| #5 |
University of California, Berkeley (UCB)
United States |
83.4 | 85.3 | 83.0 | 81.8 |
| #10 |
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
United States |
79.3 | 76.6 | 77.3 | 83.0 |
| #19 |
City University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong |
75.3 | 69.8 | 69.5 | 83.7 |
| #21 |
University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin)
United States |
75.1 | 66.0 | 75.9 | 83.7 |
| #15 |
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)
United States |
76.6 | 69.3 | 75.0 | 84.6 |
| #3 |
Stanford University
United States |
85.3 | 83.5 | 90.3 | 84.7 |
| #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 |
| #17 |
Brown University
United States |
75.9 | 63.9 | 74.1 | 88.8 |
| #4 |
Princeton University
United States |
84.3 | 82.3 | 77.4 | 89.8 |
| #9 |
Yale University
United States |
80.0 | 67.7 | 80.1 | 92.3 |