2026 Rankings

Institution Leaderboard

Ranked by Leap Score — a composite of institutional inputs, research processes, and interdisciplinary output. 911 institutions across 94 countries.

20 institutions

#		Country				vs. 2025
1	Massachusetts Institute of Technology3F	United States	94	96	95	▲ 2
2	ETH Zürich1F	Switzerland	91	93	90	▲ 2
3	University of Tokyo1F	Japan	88	85	88	▲ 3
4	Stanford University	United States	87	90	87	▲ 1
5	Imperial College London1F	United Kingdom	85	82	85	▲ 3
6	Karolinska Institutet	Sweden	83	80	84	▲ 2
7	National University of Singapore1F	Singapore	82	84	81	▲ 4
8	University of Cambridge	United Kingdom	81	83	80	▲ 1
9	University of Toronto	Canada	79	76	79	▲ 3
10	Tsinghua University	China	78	80	77	▲ 4
11	University of Melbourne	Australia	76	73	76	▲ 2
12	Delft University of Technology	Netherlands	74	72	73	▲ 3
13	University of Cape Town	South Africa	71	68	70	▲ 5
14	University of São Paulo	Brazil	68	65	67	▲ 3
15	Indian Institute of Technology Bombay	India	66	64	65	▲ 5
16	RWTH Aachen University	Germany	64	62	63	▲ 2
17	University of Ibadan	Nigeria	58	54	57	▲ 5
18	University of the Witwatersrand	South Africa	55	52	54	▲ 4
19	National Autonomous University of Mexico	Mexico	52	50	51	▲ 3
20	Cairo University	Egypt	47	44	46	▲ 4