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QS releases the 2023 Ranking of Best Universities for Architecture

28-03-2023

The 2023 edition of the QS World University Ranking has been released. The Quacquarelli Symonds Ranking is perhaps the most significant ranking of Universities around the world. In 2023 their ranking by subject evaluated a total of 54 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 of Arts & Humanities.

The evaluation of the QS Ranking’s methodology includes indicators such as Academic Reputation, Employer Reputation, Research Citations per paper, H-index and International Research Network. Detailed information about the QS methodology can be found here.

In 2023, the podium of the subject «Architecture & Built Environment» is dominated by some of the most relevant universities for architecture around the world. UCL of London takes the first place followed by The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the second place. TU Delft and ETH of Zurich tie in the third position, and The Manchester School of Architecture closes the top 5 best universities for studying architecture. Harvard GSD falls to the sixth position. 

The following is the complete list of the TOP 50 Universities for Architecture of the QS Ranking by subjects 2023.

Top 50 Universities QS Ranking by subject: Architecture 2023

#1 – University College of London (UCL) – The UK

#2 – Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) – United States

=#3 – Technical University of Delft (TUDelft) – The Netherlands

=#3 – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Zurich (ETH) – Switzerland

#5 – Manchester School of Architecture – The UK

#6 – Harvard University – United States

#7 – National University of Singapore – Singapore

#8 – Tsinghua University – China

#9 – University of California Berkeley – United States

#10 – Politecnico di Milano – Italy

#11 – University of Cambridge – The UK

#12 – Tongji University – China

#13 – École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) – Switzerland

#14 – The University of Hong Kong (KHU) – Hong Kong

#15 – Columbia University – United States

#16 – The Hong Kong Polytechnic University – Hong Kong

#17 – The University of Tokyo – Japan

=#18 – Georgia Institute of Technology – United States

=#18 – Technical University of Berlin (TU Berlin) – Germany

=#18 – University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) – United States

#21 – Cornell University – United States

#22 – Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC) – Spain

#23 – The University of Melbourne – Australia

#24 – Technical University of Munich (TU Munich) – Germany

#25 – RMIT University – Australia

=#26 – Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) – Sweden

=#26 – Universidad Politécnica de Madrid – Spain

=#28 – Politenico di Torino – Italy

=#28 – Seoul National University – South Korea

#30 – Tianjin University – China

#31 – The University of Sydney – Australia

#32 – The University of Sheffield – The UK

#33 – KU Leuven – Belgium

#34 – Standford University – United States

#35 – University of Michigan Ann Arbor – United States

=#36 – Nanyang Technologycal University – Singapore

=#36 – Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile – Chile

#38 – University of British Columbia – Canada

#39 – Shanghai Jiao Tong University – China

=#40 – The University of New South Wales – Australia

=#40 – University of Pennsylvania – United States

#42 – Princeton University – United States

#43 – University of Toronto – Canada

=#44 – Peking University – China

=#44 – Universidade de Sao Paolo (USP) – Brazil

#46 – Chalmers University of Technology – Sweden

#47 – Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) – Japan

#48 – Aalto University – Finland

=#49 – University of Texas at Austin – United States

=#49 – Yonsei University – South Korea

=#49 – Zhejiang University – China

Top 10 Universities in Europe & UK

#1 – University College of London (UCL) – The UK

=#3 – Technical University of Delft (TUDelft) – The Netherlands

=#3 – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Zurich (ETH) – Switzerland

#5 – Manchester School of Architecture – The UK

#10 – Politecnico di Milano – Italy

#11 – University of Cambridge – The UK

#13 – École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) – Switzerland

#18 – Technical University of Berlin (TU Berlin) – Germany

#22 – Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC) – Spain

#24 – Technical University of Munich (TU Munich) – Germany

Top 10 Universities in North America

#2 – Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) – United States

#6 – Harvard University – United States

#9 – University of California Berkeley – United States

#15 – Columbia University – United States

=#18 – Georgia Institute of Technology – United States

=#18 – University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) – United States

#21 – Cornell University – United States

#34 – Standford University – United States

#35 – University of Michigan Ann Arbor – United States

#38 – University of British Columbia – Canada

Top 10 Universities in Latin America

=#36– Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile – Chile

=#44 – Universidade de Sao Paolo (USP) – Brazil

#51-100 – Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) – Mexico

#51-100 – Universidad Nacional de Colombia – Colombia

#101-150 – Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA) – Argentina

#51-100 – Universidad de Chile – Chile

#151-200 – Tecnológico de Monterrey – Mexico

#101-150 – Universidad de Los Andes

#101-150 – Universidade Estadual de Campinas – Brazil

#51-100 – Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro – Brazil

Top 10 Universities in Asia

#7 – National University of Singapore – Singapore

#8 – Tsinghua University – China

#12 – Tongji University – China

#14 – The University of Hong Kong (KHU) – Hong Kong

#16 – The Hong Kong Polytechnic University – Hong Kong

#17 – The University of Tokyo – Japan

=#28 – Seoul National University – South Korea

#30 – Tianjin University – China

#35 – Nanyang Technologycal University – Singapore

#39 – Shanghai Jiao Tong University – China

Top 10 Universities in Oceania

#23 – The University of Melbourne – Australia

#25 – RMIT University – Australia

#31 – The University of Sydney – Australia

=#40 – The University of New South Wales – Australia

#51-100 – Curtin University – Australia

#51-100 – Queensland University of Technology – Australia

#51-100 – The University of Auckland – New Zealand

#51-100 – The University of Queensland – Australia

#51-100 – University of Technology Sydney (UTS) – Australia

#101-150 – Deakin University – 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 2022 of Master’s Programs in Architecture.

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