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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #19 |
Australian National University (ANU)
Australia |
75.3 | 71.7 | 81.4 | 75.9 |
| #17 |
Brown University
United States |
75.9 | 63.9 | 74.1 | 88.8 |
| #12 |
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
United States |
77.5 | 77.3 | 69.7 | 81.6 |
| #15 |
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)
United States |
76.6 | 69.3 | 75.0 | 84.6 |
| #23 |
Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
Hong Kong |
74.7 | 64.2 | 82.7 | 81.3 |
| #19 |
City University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong |
75.3 | 69.8 | 69.5 | 83.7 |
| #16 |
Columbia University
United States |
76.4 | 68.0 | 83.7 | 81.2 |
| #33 |
Cornell University
United States |
72.3 | 69.4 | 76.2 | 73.3 |
| #43 | 70.1 | 76.1 | 67.5 | 65.3 | |
| #27 |
Ecole Polytechnique
France |
73.8 | 71.5 | 72.8 | 76.7 |
| #35 |
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Switzerland |
71.8 | 67.9 | 81.7 | 70.7 |
| #12 | 77.5 | 76.7 | 85.1 | 74.6 | |
| #22 |
Fudan University
China |
74.9 | 64.8 | 88.6 | 78.2 |
| #36 |
Georgia Institute of Technology
United States |
71.4 | 73.5 | 64.6 | 72.6 |
| #2 |
Harvard University
United States |
86.3 | 81.1 | 93.3 | 88.1 |
| #29 |
Imperial College London
United Kingdom |
73.1 | 76.0 | 78.5 | 67.5 |
| #39 |
Kyoto University
Japan |
70.7 | 73.9 | 84.1 | 60.7 |
| #1 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
United States |
87.8 | 100.0 | 88.0 | 75.4 |
| #11 |
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Singapore |
78.3 | 73.7 | 95.1 | 74.6 |
| #8 |
New York University (NYU)
United States |
80.8 | 77.8 | 78.8 | 84.8 |
| #18 |
Peking University
China |
75.7 | 70.7 | 87.9 | 74.6 |
| #45 |
Politecnico di Milano
Italy |
69.5 | 59.2 | 81.0 | 74.0 |
| #4 |
Princeton University
United States |
84.3 | 82.3 | 77.4 | 89.8 |
| #28 | 73.2 | 61.3 | 90.9 | 76.2 | |
| #3 |
Stanford University
United States |
85.3 | 83.5 | 90.3 | 84.7 |














