| Arts and Humanities Rank 2020 |
Arts and Humanities Rank 2019 |
University |
Country/Region |
| 1 |
1 |
Stanford University |
United States |
| 2 |
4 |
University of Cambridge |
United Kingdom |
| 3 |
3 |
University of Oxford |
United Kingdom |
| 4 |
2 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
United States |
| 5 |
5 |
Harvard University |
United States |
| 6 |
6 |
UCL |
United Kingdom |
| 7 |
10 |
Princeton University |
United States |
| 8 |
8 |
University of Chicago |
United States |
| 9 |
7 |
Yale University |
United States |
| 10 |
9 |
University of California, Berkeley |
United States |
| 11 |
12 |
University of Edinburgh |
United Kingdom |
| 12 |
11 |
Columbia University |
United States |
| 13 |
13 |
University of Pennsylvania |
United States |
| 14 |
14 |
University of California, Los Angeles |
United States |
| 15 |
15 |
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor |
United States |
| 16 |
16 |
LMU Munich |
Germany |
| 17 |
=18 |
New York University |
United States |
| 18 |
=18 |
University of Toronto |
Canada |
| =19 |
20 |
Humboldt University of Berlin |
Germany |
| =19 |
17 |
Paris Sciences et Lettres – PSL Research University Paris |
France |
| 21 |
=23 |
Leiden University |
Netherlands |
| 22 |
28 |
KU Leuven |
Belgium |
| 23 |
=23 |
Peking University |
China |
| 24 |
26 |
King’s College London |
United Kingdom |
| 25 |
25 |
Free University of Berlin |
Germany |
| 26 |
22 |
Cornell University |
United States |
| 27 |
=30 |
Durham University |
United Kingdom |
| 28 |
27 |
London School of Economics and Political Science |
United Kingdom |
| 29 |
21 |
Duke University |
United States |
| 30 |
=30 |
University of Vienna |
Austria |
| 31 |
29 |
University of Hong Kong |
Hong Kong |
| 32 |
35 |
Heidelberg University |
Germany |
| 33 |
33 |
Australian National University |
Australia |
| 34 |
43 |
University of Tübingen |
Germany |
| 35 |
32 |
National University of Singapore |
Singapore |
| 36 |
38 |
Johns Hopkins University |
United States |
| 37 |
36 |
University of Amsterdam |
Netherlands |
| 38 |
=48 |
The University of Tokyo |
Japan |
| 39 |
=54 |
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey |
United States |
| 40 |
34 |
University of York |
United Kingdom |
| 41 |
47 |
University of Sydney |
Australia |
| 42 |
41 |
University of Melbourne |
Australia |
| 43 |
52 |
University of Manchester |
United Kingdom |
| 44 |
=48 |
University of Wisconsin-Madison |
United States |
| 45 |
51 |
McGill University |
Canada |
| 46 |
50 |
Tsinghua University |
China |
| 47 |
=54 |
University of St Andrews |
United Kingdom |
| 48 |
46 |
Panthéon-Sorbonne University – Paris 1 |
France |
| 49 |
37 |
ETH Zurich |
Switzerland |
| 50 |
=44 |
Lancaster University |
United Kingdom |
| 51 |
=44 |
University of Warwick |
United Kingdom |
| =52 |
63 |
University of British Columbia |
Canada |
| =52 |
42 |
Sorbonne University |
France |
| 54 |
53 |
University of Notre Dame |
United States |
| 55 |
40 |
Brown University |
United States |
| 56 |
=54 |
University of Freiburg |
Germany |
| 57 |
61 |
SOAS University of London |
United Kingdom |
| 58 |
71 |
Northwestern University |
United States |
| 59 |
=64 |
University of Texas at Austin |
United States |
| 60 |
=59 |
Carnegie Mellon University |
United States |
| 61 |
57 |
University of California, San Diego |
United States |
| 62 |
62 |
University of Sheffield |
United Kingdom |
| 63 |
58 |
University of Helsinki |
Finland |
| 64 |
=64 |
Chinese University of Hong Kong |
Hong Kong |
| 65 |
70 |
University of Birmingham |
United Kingdom |
| 66 |
84 |
Sapienza University of Rome |
Italy |
| =67 |
81 |
Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
Israel |
| =67 |
=87 |
University of Leeds |
United Kingdom |
| 69 |
=59 |
Ohio State University (Main campus) |
United States |
| 70 |
75 |
Utrecht University |
Netherlands |
| 71 |
68 |
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh campus |
United States |
| 72 |
66 |
Lomonosov Moscow State University |
Russian Federation |
| 73 |
67 |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
United States |
| =74 |
83 |
University of Groningen |
Netherlands |
| =74 |
101–125 |
Queen Mary University of London |
United Kingdom |
| =76 |
=77 |
University of Copenhagen |
Denmark |
| =76 |
=73 |
University of Geneva |
Switzerland |
| 78 |
NR |
Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa |
Italy |
| 79 |
76 |
University of Washington |
United States |
| 80 |
101–125 |
University of Arizona |
United States |
| 81 |
72 |
University of Southern California |
United States |
| 82 |
=73 |
University of California, Santa Barbara |
United States |
| 83 |
98 |
University of Exeter |
United Kingdom |
| 84 |
79 |
Ghent University |
Belgium |
| 85 |
=77 |
University of Zurich |
Switzerland |
| 86 |
69 |
University of Glasgow |
United Kingdom |
| =87 |
93 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
United States |
| =87 |
82 |
University of Maryland, College Park |
United States |
| 89 |
101–125 |
University of Queensland |
Australia |
| 90 |
=87 |
Université Catholique de Louvain |
Belgium |
| 91 |
86 |
University of Bristol |
United Kingdom |
| =92 |
=90 |
Aarhus University |
Denmark |
| =92 |
=87 |
Birkbeck, University of London |
United Kingdom |
| =92 |
126–150 |
Fudan University |
China |
| 95 |
85 |
University of Oslo |
Norway |
| 96 |
92 |
Radboud University Nijmegen |
Netherlands |
| 97 |
100 |
University of Hamburg |
Germany |
| =98 |
99 |
Georgetown University |
United States |
| =98 |
80 |
Indiana University |
United States |
| 100 |
126–150 |
Macquarie University |
Australia |
| 101–125 |
126–150 |
University of Auckland |
New Zealand |
| 101–125 |
101–125 |
Autonomous University of Barcelona |
Spain |
| 101–125 |
101–125 |
University of Barcelona |
Spain |
| 101–125 |
101–125 |
University of Bologna |
Italy |
| 101–125 |
101–125 |
Boston University |
United States |
| 101–125 |
101–125 |
University of California, Irvine |
United States |
| 101–125 |
101–125 |
University of Cologne |
Germany |
| 101–125 |
126–150 |
Complutense University of Madrid |
Spain |
| 101–125 |
NR |
Goldsmiths, University of London |
United Kingdom |
| 101–125 |
126–150 |
Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
Hong Kong |
| 101–125 |
101–125 |
Kyoto University |
Japan |
| 101–125 |
94 |
Lund University |
Sweden |
| 101–125 |
101–125 |
University of Massachusetts |
United States |
| 101–125 |
101–125 |
Michigan State University |
United States |
| 101–125 |
101–125 |
Monash University |
Australia |
| 101–125 |
101–125 |
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore |
Singapore |
| 101–125 |
126–150 |
National Autonomous University of Mexico |
Mexico |
| 101–125 |
=90 |
University of Nottingham |
United Kingdom |
| 101–125 |
101–125 |
Penn State (Main campus) |
United States |
| 101–125 |
126–150 |
University of Southampton |
United Kingdom |
| 101–125 |
95 |
Stockholm University |
Sweden |
| 101–125 |
126–150 |
Tilburg University |
Netherlands |
| 101–125 |
96 |
Trinity College Dublin |
Republic of Ireland |
| 101–125 |
97 |
Uppsala University |
Sweden |
| 101–125 |
101–125 |
University of Virginia (Main campus) |
United States |
| 126–150 |
101–125 |
Aalto University |
Finland |
| 126–150 |
126–150 |
Arizona State University (Tempe) |
United States |
| 126–150 |
151–175 |
Bar-Ilan University |
Israel |
| 126–150 |
101–125 |
University of Bern |
Switzerland |
| 126–150 |
101–125 |
University of California, Santa Cruz |
United States |
| 126–150 |
151–175 |
City University of Hong Kong |
Hong Kong |
| 126–150 |
126–150 |
Emory University |
United States |
| 126–150 |
126–150 |
Georgia Institute of Technology |
United States |
| 126–150 |
101–125 |
University of Göttingen |
Germany |
| 126–150 |
126–150 |
University of Leicester |
United Kingdom |
| 126–150 |
201–250 |
Loughborough University |
United Kingdom |
| 126–150 |
126–150 |
University of Montreal |
Canada |
| 126–150 |
126–150 |
University of Münster |
Germany |
| 126–150 |
101–125 |
Nanjing University |
China |
| 126–150 |
101–125 |
National Taiwan University |
Taiwan |
| 126–150 |
176–200 |
University of Padua |
Italy |
| 126–150 |
NR |
University of Paris |
France |
| 126–150 |
126–150 |
Pompeu Fabra University |
Spain |
| 126–150 |
126–150 |
University of Potsdam |
Germany |
| 126–150 |
176–200 |
Royal Holloway, University of London |
United Kingdom |
| 126–150 |
126–150 |
Sun Yat-sen University |
China |
| 126–150 |
126–150 |
Technical University of Berlin |
Germany |
| 126–150 |
101–125 |
Tel Aviv University |
Israel |
| 126–150 |
126–150 |
UNSW Sydney |
Australia |
| 126–150 |
151–175 |
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam |
Netherlands |
| 126–150 |
101–125 |
Zhejiang University |
China |
| 151–175 |
101–125 |
University of Aberdeen |
United Kingdom |
| 151–175 |
176–200 |
University of Antwerp |
Belgium |
| 151–175 |
126–150 |
University of Basel |
Switzerland |
| 151–175 |
NR |
Beijing Normal University |
China |
| 151–175 |
151–175 |
Boston College |
United States |
| 151–175 |
176–200 |
Cardiff University |
United Kingdom |
| 151–175 |
151–175 |
Charles University in Prague |
Czech Republic |
| 151–175 |
151–175 |
Erasmus University Rotterdam |
Netherlands |
| 151–175 |
151–175 |
University of Fribourg |
Switzerland |
| 151–175 |
176–200 |
Goethe University Frankfurt |
Germany |
| 151–175 |
151–175 |
University of Hawai’i at Mānoa |
United States |
| 151–175 |
151–175 |
University of Lausanne |
Switzerland |
| 151–175 |
NR |
University of Macau |
Macao |
| 151–175 |
151–175 |
University of Minnesota |
United States |
| 151–175 |
126–150 |
Newcastle University |
United Kingdom |
| 151–175 |
151–175 |
University of Otago |
New Zealand |
| 151–175 |
126–150 |
Polytechnic University of Milan |
Italy |
| 151–175 |
151–175 |
Queen’s University Belfast |
United Kingdom |
| 151–175 |
126–150 |
University of Reading |
United Kingdom |
| 151–175 |
151–175 |
Rice University |
United States |
| 151–175 |
151–175 |
University of São Paulo |
Brazil |
| 151–175 |
176–200 |
Shanghai Jiao Tong University |
China |
| 151–175 |
151–175 |
University of Sussex |
United Kingdom |
| 151–175 |
176–200 |
University College Dublin |
Republic of Ireland |
| 151–175 |
126–150 |
Victoria University of Wellington |
New Zealand |
| 151–175 |
201–250 |
Western Sydney University |
Australia |
| 151–175 |
151–175 |
University of the Witwatersrand |
South Africa |
| 176–200 |
201–250 |
University of Adelaide |
Australia |
| 176–200 |
126–150 |
University of Bergen |
Norway |
| 176–200 |
151–175 |
University of Bordeaux |
France |
| 176–200 |
201–250 |
University of Bremen |
Germany |
| 176–200 |
151–175 |
University of California, Davis |
United States |
| 176–200 |
151–175 |
University of Cape Town |
South Africa |
| 176–200 |
201–250 |
University of Colorado Boulder |
United States |
| 176–200 |
176–200 |
University of Connecticut |
United States |
| 176–200 |
176–200 |
Dartmouth College |
United States |
| 176–200 |
251–300 |
École Normale Supérieure de Lyon |
France |
| 176–200 |
201–250 |
University of Gothenburg |
Sweden |
| 176–200 |
201–250 |
Higher School of Economics |
Russian Federation |
| 176–200 |
151–175 |
University of Konstanz |
Germany |
| 176–200 |
176–200 |
La Trobe University |
Australia |
| 176–200 |
151–175 |
University of Liverpool |
United Kingdom |
| 176–200 |
201–250 |
Renmin University of China |
China |
| 176–200 |
NR |
RWTH Aachen University |
Germany |
| 176–200 |
176–200 |
Seoul National University |
South Korea |
| 176–200 |
176–200 |
Simon Fraser University |
Canada |
| 176–200 |
176–200 |
University of Wollongong |
Australia |
| 176–200 |
201–250 |
University of Würzburg |
Germany |
| 176–200 |
151–175 |
York University |
Canada |