What you would study
- Bachelor's
- BA English, History, Philosophy, Liberal Arts
- Master's / PhD
- MA, MFA; PhD
- Class 12 stream
- Humanities, any
- Careers
- Explore Arts & Humanities careers →
Exams you may need
- For bachelor's
- SAT (USA) · IELTS/TOEFL
- For master's
- GRE (some programmes) · IELTS/TOEFL
Universities by overall rank
no subject table exists — ARWU 2025 overall order
#1Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts, United States · UG fees ~₹59.6 lakh/yrAdmission guide#2Stanford UniversityStanford, California, United States · UG fees ~₹64.9 lakh/yrAdmission guide#3Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, Massachusetts, United States · UG fees ~₹63.9 lakh/yrAdmission guide#4University of CambridgeCambridge, England, United Kingdom · UG fees ~₹39.1 lakh/yrAdmission guide#5University of California, BerkeleyBerkeley, California, United States · UG fees ~₹48.4 lakh/yrAdmission guide#6University of OxfordOxford, England, United KingdomAdmission guide#7Princeton UniversityPrinceton, New Jersey, United States · UG fees ~₹65.3 lakh/yrAdmission guide#8Columbia UniversityNew York, NY, United States · UG fees ~₹68.8 lakh/yr#9California Institute of TechnologyPasadena, CA, United States · UG fees ~₹65.7 lakh/yrAdmission guide#10University of ChicagoChicago, IL, United States · UG fees ~₹67.7 lakh/yrAdmission guide#11Yale UniversityNew Haven, CT, United States · UG fees ~₹69.4 lakh/yrAdmission guide#12Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY, United States · UG fees ~₹70.8 lakh/yrAdmission guide#13Paris-Saclay UniversityGif-sur-Yvette, France · UG fees ~₹3.2 lakh/yrAdmission guide#14University College LondonLondon, England, United KingdomAdmission guide#14University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, United States · UG fees ~₹65.8 lakh/yrAdmission guide#16University of California, Los AngelesLos Angeles, California, United States · UG fees ~₹47.3 lakh/yrAdmission guide#17University of WashingtonSeattle, Washington, United States · UG fees ~₹41.4 lakh/yrAdmission guide#18Tsinghua UniversityBeijing, China#19Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, Maryland, United States · UG fees ~₹62.5 lakh/yrAdmission guide#20University of California, San DiegoLa Jolla, San Diego, California, United States · UG fees ~₹48.8 lakh/yrAdmission guide#21University of California, San FranciscoSan Francisco, CA, United States#22ETH ZurichZurich, SwitzerlandAdmission guide#23Peking UniversityBeijing, China#24Zhejiang UniversityHangzhou, China#25University of TorontoToronto, Ontario, Canada · UG fees ~₹44.8 lakh/yrAdmission guide#26Imperial College LondonLondon, England, United KingdomAdmission guide#26Washington University in St LouisSt. Louis, Missouri, United States · UG fees ~₹63 lakh/yrAdmission guide#28New York UniversityNew York, NY, United States · UG fees ~₹60.2 lakh/yr#29Rockefeller UniversityNew York City, New York, United StatesAdmission guide#30Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina#31Northwestern UniversityEvanston, Illinois, United States · UG fees ~₹65.4 lakh/yrAdmission guide#31The University of TokyoHongō, JapanAdmission guide#33University of Michigan, Ann ArborAnn Arbor, MI, United States · UG fees ~₹58.4 lakh/yr#34PSL UniversityParis, France · UG fees ~₹3.2 lakh/yrAdmission guide#35University of CopenhagenCopenhagen Municipality, Denmark#36University of Wisconsin, MadisonMadison, Wisconsin, United States · UG fees ~₹43.6 lakh/yrAdmission guide#37The University of EdinburghEdinburgh, Scotland, United KingdomAdmission guide#38The University of MelbourneParkville, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaAdmission guide#39University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel Hill, North Carolina, United States · UG fees ~₹45.5 lakh/yrAdmission guide#40University of Science and Technology of ChinaHefei, China#41Fudan UniversityYangpu District, China#42University of MunichMunich, Bavaria, GermanyAdmission guide#43Sorbonne UniversityParis, France · UG fees ~₹19,000/yrAdmission guide#44Swiss Federal Institute of Technology LausanneSwitzerlandAdmission guide#45Technical University of MunichMunich, Bavaria, GermanyAdmission guide#46Duke UniversityDurham, North Carolina, United States · UG fees ~₹65.9 lakh/yrAdmission guide#46Kyoto UniversityKyoto Prefecture, JapanAdmission guide#46The University of ManchesterManchester, England, United KingdomAdmission guide#49The University of Texas at AustinAustin, Texas, United StatesAdmission guide#50Karolinska InstitutetSolna Municipality, SwedenAdmission guide