The 2021 edition of the QS World University Rankings has been released. The Quacquarelli Symonds Ranking is perhaps the most significant rankings of Universities around the world. In 2021 their ranking by subject evaluated a total of 51 disciplines, grouped into five broad subject areas: Arts & Humanities, Engineering & Technology, Life Sciences & Medicine, Natural Sciences, and Social Sciences & Management. The discipline of Architecture is part of the field Arts & Humanities.
The evaluation of the QS Ranking’s methodology includes indicators such as Academic Reputation, Employer Reputation, Research Citations per paper, and H-index. Detailed information about the QS methodology can be found here.
For this year, the podium of the subject «Architecture» is dominated by the same 5 than other editions, which are also considered the best Universities for Architecture worldwide by experts and students. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the first place as the previous edition, followed by UCL of London. TU Delft in in the third position, while ETH of Zurich is fourth. Harvard GSD closes the top 5 of best universities for studying architecture.
The following is the complete list of the TOP 50 Universities for Architecture of the QS Ranking by subjects 2021.
Top 50 Universities QS Ranking by subject: Architecture
#1 – Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) – United States
#2 – University College of London (UCL) – The UK
#3 – Technical University of Delft (TUDelft) – The Netherlands
#4 – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Zurich (ETH) – Switzerland
#5 – Harvard University – United States
#6 – National University of Singapore – Singapore
#7 – University of California Berkeley – United States
#8 – Tsinghua University – China
#9 – University of Cambridge – The UK
#10 – Politecnico di Milano – Italy
#11 – Manchester School of Architecture – The UK
#12 – École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) – Switzerland
#13- Tongji University – China
#14 – Columbia University – United States
#14 – The University of Hong Kong (KHU) – Hong Kong
#16 – The University of Tokyo – Japan
#17 – University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) – United States
#18 – The Hong Kong Polytechnic University – Hong Kong
#19 – Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) – Sweden
#20 – Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC) – Spain
#21 – The University of Sydney – Australia
#22 – Technical University of Berlin (TU Berlin) – Germany
#23 – Georgia Institute of Technology – United States
#24 – Technical University of Munich (TU Munich) – Germany
#25 – The University of Melbourne – Australia
#26 – Cornell University – United States
#27 – The University of Sheffield – The UK
#28 – RMIT University – Australia
#28 – University of Pennsylvania – United States
#30 – University of British Columbia – Canada
#31 – Seoul National University – South Korea
#31 – University of Michigan Ann Arbor – United States
#33 – The University of New South Wales – Australia
#34 – Politenico di Torino – Italy
#34 – Standford University – United States
#36 – KU Leuven – Belgium
#37 – Cardiff University – The UK
#37 – Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech)
#37 – Universidad Politécnica de Madrid – Spain
#40 – University of Texas at Austin – United States
#41 – Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile – Chile
#42 – Aalto University – Finland
#43 – Peking University – China
#44 – Chalmers University of Technology – Sweden
#45 – McGill University – Canada
#46 – Nanyang Technologycal University – Singapore
#46 – University of Toronto – Canada
#48 – Shanghai Jiao Tong University – China
#48 – Universidade de Sao Paolo (USP) – Brazil
#50 – Tianjin University – China
Top 10 Universities in Europe & UK
#2 – University College of London (UCL) – The UK
#3 – Technical University of Delft (TUDelft) – The Netherlands
#4 – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Zurich (ETH) – Switzerland
#9 – University of Cambridge – The UK
#10 – Politecnico di Milano – Italy
#11 – Manchester School of Architecture – The UK
#12 – École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) – Switzerland
#19 – Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) – Sweden
#20 – Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC) – Spain
#22 – Technical University of Berlin (TU Berlin) – Germany
Top 10 Universities in North America
#1 – Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) – United States
#5 – Harvard University – United States
#7 – University of California Berkeley – United States
#12 – Columbia University – United States
#17 – University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) – United States
#23 – Georgia Institute of Technology – United States
#26 – Cornell University – United States
#28 – University of Pennsylvania – United States
#31 – University of Michigan Ann Arbor – United States
#34 – Standford University – United States
Top 10 Universities in Latin America
#41 – Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile – Chile
#48 – Universidade de Sao Paolo (USP) – Brazil
#51-100 – Universidad de Chile – Chile
#51-100 – Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) – Mexico
#51-100 – Universidad Nacional de Colombia – Colombia
#51-100 – Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro – Brazil
#101-150 – Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA) – Argentina
#101-150 – Universidad de Los Andes
#101-150 – Universidade Estadual de Campinas – Brazil
#151-200 – Tecnológico de Monterrey – Mexico
Top 10 Universities in Asia
#6 – National University of Singapore – Singapore
#8 – Tsinghua University – China
#13 – Tongji University – China
#14 – The University of Hong Kong (KHU) – Hong Kong
#18 – The Hong Kong Polytechnic University – Hong Kong
#31 – Seoul National University – South Korea
#37 – Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech)
#43 – Peking University – China
#46 – Nanyang Technologycal University – Singapore
#48 – Shanghai Jiao Tong University – China
Top 10 Universities in Oceania
#21 – The University of Sydney – Australia
#23 – The University of Melbourne – Australia
#28 – RMIT University – Australia
#33 – The University of New South Wales – Australia
#51-100 – Curtin University – Australia
#51-100 – Monash University – Australia
#51-100 – Queensland University of Technology – Australia
#51-100 – University of Auckland – New Zealand
#51-100 – The University of Queensland – Australia
#51-100 – University of Technology Sydney (UTS) – Australia
If you want to learn more, you can check the official website of the QS Ranking by clicking here.
Most of the Universities ranked by the QS Ranking are listed in our section of Architecture Schools. You can also check our Ranking 2020 of Master’s Programs in Architecture.
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