In order to qualify for inclusion in the QS World University Rankings®, - History 2015, universities must offer a course or the option to specialize in these disciplines, and meet the discipline specific threshold for papers published.
Rank 2015
Rank 2014
Institution
Country
Academic
Employer
Citations
Score
1
3
Harvard University
United States
96.9
97.6
91.6
100
2
1
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom
99.2
100
82.6
95.1
3
2
University of Oxford
United Kingdom
98.7
98.6
81.1
94.3
4
6
University of California, Berkeley (UCB)
United States
91.8
85.9
89.8
93.5
5
4
Yale University
United States
93
89.4
87.2
88.2
6
7
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
United Kingdom
100
95.2
71
68.6
7
5
Princeton University
United States
91.5
80.8
85.5
91
8
9
Stanford University
United States
86.9
91.5
89.4
91
9
15
Australian National University
Australia
97.1
76.5
74.2
72.5
10
11
Columbia University
United States
88.4
82.5
85.8
91
11
12
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
United States
86.1
83.5
89.2
90.1
12
17
University of Wisconsin-Madison
United States
91.5
64.4
84.2
85
13
8
University of Chicago
United States
87.1
77.8
82.8
87.2
14
29
Kyoto University
Japan
91.2
78.4
73.2
74.2
15
24
The University of Warwick
United Kingdom
89.9
86.9
70.2
70.6
16
13
Université, Paris 1 Panthé,on-Sorbonne
France
96.1
85
55
61.6
17
37
The University of Tokyo
Japan
85.4
81.7
80.4
77.3
18
19
University of Toronto
Canada
83.3
73.6
79.5
86.1
19
21
Johns Hopkins University
United States
83.9
60.9
86.4
83.9
20
23
Duke University
United States
80.2
71.3
87.4
87.2
21
20
Cornell University
United States
76.2
76.7
91.6
92.7
22
40
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Singapore
83
83.6
75.4
74.2
22
10
University of Michigan
United States
79.5
69.7
84.7
88.2
24
32=
University of Pennsylvania
United States
76.3
81.4
88.8
85
25
22
The University of Melbourne
Australia
80.2
83.9
76.7
77.3
26
41
Utrecht University
Netherlands
79.3
70.9
84
81.5
27
26
King's College London (KCL)
United Kingdom
80.3
85
75.7
75.8
28
16
Humboldt-Universitä,t zu Berlin
Germany
83.7
84.5
65.7
70.6
29
28
Leiden University
Netherlands
79.6
76.6
77.7
78.8
30
49
Peking University
China
81.8
81.5
71.6
70.6
31
45
The University of Sydney
Australia
81
79.1
71
75.8
32
32=
UCL (University College London)
United Kingdom
72.2
90
79
89.2
33
25
Universidad Nacional Autó,noma de Mé,xico (UNAM)
Mexico
87
69
60.4
61.6
34
14
Freie Universitä,t Berlin
Germany
82.3
73.9
69.1
66.5
34
101-150
University of Exeter
United Kingdom
77.3
80.4
73.7
77.3
36
51-100
McGill University
Canada
77
74.6
76.2
75.8
37
51-100
Northwestern University
United States
73.6
67.9
87
82.7
38
50=
The University of Manchester
United Kingdom
70.5
90.6
81
85
39
48
Trinity College Dublin
Ireland
79.8
81.4
65.7
68.6
40
34=
University of British Columbia
Canada
71.6
76.8
86
83.9
40
38=
The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
77.8
79
70.9
72.5
42
101-150
University of California, Davis
United States
74.6
62.7
80.6
83.9
43
51-100
University of York
United Kingdom
74.1
75
78.1
78.8
44
43=
University of Texas at Austin
United States
71.5
68.5
85.6
83.9
45
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
89.3
72.3
39.7
47.9
46
51-100
Queen Mary University of London (QMUL)
United Kingdom
76.6
67.7
71.3
68.6
47
27
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitä,t Mü,nchen
Germany
72.8
59.2
78.3
80.1
48
51-100
National Taiwan University (NTU)
Taiwan
79.8
71.1
58.3
58.8
48
51-100
University of Washington
United States
65.5
60.5
92.3
89.2
50
46=
New York University (NYU)
United States
65
76.9
85.8
86.1
50
101-150
Seoul National University
Korea, South
75.6
83.1
63.7
61.6
51-100
51-100
Birkbeck College, University of London
United Kingdom
68.7
67
72.8
64.2
51-100
51-100
Brown University
United States
70.4
71.5
73.1
75.8
51-100
46=
Durham University
United Kingdom
65.3
86
74.8
80.1
51-100
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Netherlands
70.4
72.6
77.4
72.5
51-100
51-100
Fudan University
China
74.7
71.3
55
55.6
51-100
51-100
Georgetown University
United States
74.3
63.5
60.8
61.6
51-100
51-100
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Israel
72
45.7
69.7
72.5
51-100
151-200
Indiana University Bloomington
United States
63.5
70.1
75.2
74.2
51-100
51-100
KU Leuven
Belgium
65.2
82.9
71.2
70.6
51-100
Keio University
Japan
72.4
67.3
63.7
52.1
51-100
38=
La Trobe University
Australia
67
68.1
69.7
68.6
51-100
51-100
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
United States
54.5
85.9
100
95.9
51-100
51-100
Monash University
Australia
72
73.9
69.3
72.5
51-100
Pontificia Universidad Cató,lica de Chile
Chile
80.4
73.8
53.8
43.1
51-100
18
Ruprecht-Karls-Universitä,t Heidelberg
Germany
69.3
86.3
65.8
70.6
51-100
101-150
SOAS - School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London