Three California Universities in THE World Top 10 for 2027
Three California universities have placed in the top 10 of the 2027 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, the New York Post reported on October 14, 2026. The rankings evaluated 2,297 universities across 118 countries and territories.
Stanford University tied for third with Princeton University, the California Institute of Technology placed seventh, and UC Berkeley tied for ninth with Yale University. The University of Oxford ranked first overall, followed by MIT; Cambridge was fifth, Harvard sixth and Imperial College London eighth.
Other California institutions in the world top 100 include UCLA at 20th, UC San Diego at 37th, UC Davis at 65th, UC Santa Barbara and the University of Southern California tied at 71st, and UC Irvine at 97th. Six University of California campuses and three private California colleges made the top 100 in total.
Times Higher Education assesses universities across teaching, research environment, research quality, international outlook and industry.
(Source: New York Post, October 14, 2026)
Source: GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
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