As per the list which was taken out by the QS University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology tops the list among the top 10 Universities. The categories by which these institutes are measured are as follows:
1. Academic reputation
2. Employer reputation
3. Faculty to student ratio
4. Citations per faculty
5. The ratio of international faculty members
6. The ratio of international students
Here is the list of the top 10 universities in the world given by the QS University:
1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
2. Stanford University
3. Harvard University
4. California Institute of Technology
5. University of Oxford
6. University of Cambridge
7. ETH Zurich – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
8. Imperial College of London
9. University of Chicago
10. UCL (University College London)