Johns Hopkins University remained at No. 16 for a second year in a row in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings for 2026, which were released today and compare 2,191 colleges and universities in 115 countries and territories from around the globe.
Among these key performance indicators, Hopkins was one of 37 universities to receive the maximum score of 100 in the "Industry" category, which includes measures of innovation, knowledge-transfer, and commercial funding. JHU also earned high marks in the categories of medical and health education (No. 5), life sciences (No. 9), psychology (No. 20), computer science (No. 25), and social sciences (tied at No. 25).
Johns Hopkins has regularly been ranked among the world's top universities by Times Higher Education. Out of 171 United States schools included in the rankings this year, Hopkins is No. 10, the same spot it held last year, according to THE.
Oxford University topped the Times Higher Education rankings for the 10th year in a row, with MIT at No. 2, Princeton and Cambridge tied at No. 3, and Stanford and Harvard tied at No. 5.
Times Higher Education measures colleges and universities based on 18 key performance indicators in the following five categories:
- Teaching (where Hopkins ranked No. 22), which considers the overall quality of a university's learning environment, as well as how committed it is to supporting its students. Factors considered include teaching reputation, student-staff ratio, and institutional income.
- Research Environment (where Hopkins ranked No. 21), which examines the productivity, reputation, and income of an institution's research.
- Research Quality (where Hopkins ranked No. 24), which analyzes the strength, excellence, and influence of a university's research, as well as how often that research is cited.
- Industry (where Hopkins ranked No. 1), which weighs a university's ability to support industry and the economy through its innovations, as well as its ability to attract funding from the commercial marketplace. It also includes the number of patents that cite research from the university.
- International Outlook (where Hopkins ranked No. 240), which judges a university's ability to attract students and faculty internationally, as well as the institution's relevance on the world stage. This includes the proportion of international staff, students, and co-authorship at a university.
In September, Johns Hopkins was ranked No. 7 nationally in U.S. News & World Report's annual undergraduate rankings, where it has claimed a top-10 spot each year since 2019.
