Faculty-Student Dynamics: QS World University Rankings on Faculty Student

The Faculty-Student category of the QS World University Rankings assesses universities based on their faculty-student ratio. This metric provides insight into the learning environment at a university, with a lower ratio often indicating smaller class sizes and greater interaction between students and faculty.

According to the rankings data as of January 31, 2023, three universities secured the top position with an index score of 100 in the Faculty-Student category:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) University of Cambridge Stanford University These universities are known for their commitment to providing a high level of interaction and personalized education between faculty and students, fostering a conducive learning environment.

The QS World University Rankings on Faculty-Student Ratio recognize universities that prioritize small class sizes and strong faculty engagement, resulting in a more intimate and enriching educational experience.

QS World University Rankings For Faculty Student January 2023 (Index, January 2023)

University Country Index
1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States 100
1 University of Cambridge United Kingdom 100
1 Stanford University United States 100
1 University of Oxford United Kingdom 100
1 California Institute of Technology (Caltech) United States 100
1 Yale University United States 100
1 Columbia University United States 100
1 Johns Hopkins University United States 100
1 Duke University United States 100
1 Pohang University of Science And Technology (POSTECH) South Korea 100
1 University of Copenhagen Denmark 100
1 Technical University of Denmark Denmark 100
1 Vanderbilt University United States 100
1 Bauman Moscow State Technical University Russia 100
2 University of Pennsylvania United States 99.9
2 Washington University in St. Louis United States 99.9
3 Université PSL France 99.8
3 Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg Germany 99.8
3 Lomonosov Moscow State University Russia 99.8
4 Université Paris-Saclay France 99.7
5 Tomsk State University Russia 99.6
6 Imperial College London United Kingdom 99.5
7 Harvard University United States 99.4
8 University of Rochester United States 99.3
9 Emory University United States 99.1
9 Graz University of Technology Austria 99.1
10 Institut Polytechnique de Paris France 98.9
11 L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University (ENU) Kazakhstan 98.8
12 Tohoku University Japan 98.6
13 Northwestern University United States 98.3
13 Al-Farabi Kazakh National University Kazakhstan 98.3
14 New York University (NYU) United States 98.1
15 Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT / Moscow Phystech) Russia 97.9
16 Southern University of Science and Technology China 97.7
17 UCL United Kingdom 97.6
18 Wageningen University & Research Netherlands 97.4
18 Ecole des Ponts ParisTech France 97.4
19 Belarusian State University Belarus 96.8
20 Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen Germany 96.7
21 Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD) Brunei 96.5
22 Technical University of Munich Germany 96.4
23 University of Pittsburgh United States 96.3
24 Kyoto University Japan 94.8
25 École Normale Supérieure de Lyon France 94.3
26 Novosibirsk State University Russia 94
27 Sciences Po France 93.6
28 University of Zurich Switzerland 93.3
29 Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) Malaysia 93.1
30 University of Chicago United States 92.9
31 Tsinghua University China 92.8
32 RUDN University Russia 92.7
33 The University of Tokyo Japan 91.9
34 Khalifa University of Science and Technology United Arab Emirates 91.7
35 EPFL Switzerland 91.1
36 Nagoya University Japan 90.6
37 Fudan University China 89.3
38 Case Western Reserve University United States 89.1
38 Technische Universität Dresden Germany 89.1
39 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor United States 88.9
39 University of Tartu Estonia 88.9
40 City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong 88.6
40 Yonsei University South Korea 88.6
41 King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals Saudi Arabia 88.5
42 Peking University China 87.3
43 Seoul National University South Korea 87
44 University of Science and Technology of China China 86.6
45 Korea University South Korea 86.1
46 Kyung Hee University South Korea 85.7
47 Yeshiva University United States 85.5
48 USI - Università della Svizzera italiana Switzerland 85
49 Kyushu University Japan 84.9
50 McMaster University Canada 84.7
51 The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong 84.2
52 Sungkyunkwan University(SKKU) South Korea 83.9
53 University of Oslo Norway 83.8
54 Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU) Singapore 83.2
54 Ghent University Belgium 83.2
54 Hanyang University South Korea 83.2
55 Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) Japan 81.5
56 The University of Edinburgh United Kingdom 81.1
57 Brown University United States 80.8
58 University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill United States 80.4
59 National University of Singapore (NUS) Singapore 79.8
59 Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) South Korea 79.8
60 Mahidol University Thailand 79.3
61 The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Israel 78.8
62 Zhejiang University China 78.7
63 The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong 78.4
64 Hokkaido University Japan 77.8
65 Université de Montréal Canada 76.2
65 Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) Belgium 76.2
66 Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA) Argentina 76
66 University of Bergen Norway 76
67 Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) Malaysia 75.4
68 King's College London United Kingdom 74.5
69 ETH Zurich - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Switzerland 74.2
70 Tecnológico de Monterrey Mexico 72.9
71 Princeton University United States 72.6
72 University of Florida United States 71.4
73 University of Miami United States 70.8
74 National University of Ireland Galway Ireland 70.7
75 University of Wisconsin-Madison United States 70.6
76 KTH Royal Institute of Technology Sweden 70
77 Rice University United States 69.5
78 McGill University Canada 68.9
78 KAIST - Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology South Korea 68.9
79 Saint Petersburg State University Russia 68.5
80 Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn Germany 68.1
81 Universiti Malaya (UM) Malaysia 67.8
82 The University of Arizona United States 67.6
83 Osaka University Japan 67.4
84 UCSI University Malaysia 67.1
85 University of Helsinki Finland 66.5
86 King Abdulaziz University (KAU) Saudi Arabia 66.3
87 University of Gothenburg Sweden 66.1
88 University of Toronto Canada 65.6
89 Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) Malaysia 65.2
89 Dartmouth College United States 65.2
90 University of Bern Switzerland 64.9
91 University of Göttingen Germany 64.1
92 University of Southampton United Kingdom 63.3
93 The University of Manchester United Kingdom 63.1
94 The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Hong Kong 62.6
94 Jagiellonian University Poland 62.6
95 Gadjah Mada University Indonesia 62.3
96 Cornell University United States 62.2
96 Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) Indonesia 62.2
97 American University of Beirut (AUB) Lebanon 62.1
98 University of Notre Dame United States 61.5
99 University of St Andrews United Kingdom 61.1
99 Qatar University Qatar 61.1
100 The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) Hong Kong 60.9
101 King Saud University Saudi Arabia 60.8
102 University of Virginia United States 60.7
103 Chalmers University of Technology Sweden 60.5
104 Keio University Japan 60.3
104 University of Turku Finland 60.3
105 University of Navarra Spain 59.7
106 The University of Sheffield United Kingdom 59.4
106 United Arab Emirates University United Arab Emirates 59.4
107 Carnegie Mellon University United States 58.6
108 University of Bristol United Kingdom 58.3
109 Shanghai Jiao Tong University China 57.7
110 University of British Columbia Canada 56.5
111 Indian Institute of Science India 56.3
112 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Germany 56
113 University of California, San Diego (UCSD) United States 55.6
114 Georgetown University United States 55.4
115 University of Antwerp Belgium 55.2
116 Taylor's University Malaysia 55.1
117 University of Groningen Netherlands 54.4
118 University of Basel Switzerland 53.8
119 Sun Yat-sen University China 52.6
120 University of Alberta Canada 51.5
121 Lund University Sweden 51.3
121 Rutgers University–New Brunswick United States 51.3
122 The Ohio State University United States 51.1
123 Hong Kong Baptist University Hong Kong 50.9
124 University of Glasgow United Kingdom 50.5
124 Eindhoven University of Technology Netherlands 50.5
124 Harbin Institute of Technology China 50.5
125 National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University Taiwan 50.3
126 Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin) Germany 48.5
127 Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Malaysia 46.3
128 University of York United Kingdom 45
129 Universitas Indonesia Indonesia 44.9
130 University of Geneva Switzerland 44.8
131 University of Leicester United Kingdom 44.6
132 Aalto University Finland 44.4
133 University of Birmingham United Kingdom 44.1
134 University of Lausanne Switzerland 43.5
135 Uppsala University Sweden 43.4
136 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) Mexico 43.2
137 The University of Warwick United Kingdom 43.1
138 Queen Mary University of London United Kingdom 42.8
139 University of Leeds United Kingdom 41.6
140 University of Liverpool United Kingdom 41.5
141 Charles University Czech Republic 41.3
142 National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) Taiwan 40.7
143 Sorbonne University France 40.6
144 Boston University United States 40.4
145 Cardiff University United Kingdom 40.3
146 Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST) South Korea 39.2
147 Newcastle University United Kingdom 39.1
148 University of Warsaw Poland 38.4
149 University of Minnesota Twin Cities United States 38.2
150 The Australian National University Australia 38
151 The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) United Kingdom 37.8
152 University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) United States 37.7
153 Massey University New Zealand 37.4
154 Universidad Autónoma de Madrid Spain 37.3
155 University of Maryland, College Park United States 37.1
156 University of Twente Netherlands 37
157 University of Nottingham United Kingdom 36.9
158 Albert-Ludwigs-Universitaet Freiburg Germany 36.5
159 Utrecht University Netherlands 35.1
160 Chulalongkorn University Thailand 34.6
161 Delft University of Technology Netherlands 34.5
161 Queen's University Belfast United Kingdom 34.5
162 National Tsing Hua University Taiwan 34.4
163 The University of Newcastle, Australia (UON) Australia 34.1
164 University of Aberdeen United Kingdom 33.5
165 National Taiwan University (NTU) Taiwan 33.4
166 KIT, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Germany 33.3
167 Pennsylvania State University United States 32.6
168 Aarhus University Denmark 32.4
169 Nanjing University China 32.3
170 Lancaster University United Kingdom 31.5
170 The University of Exeter United Kingdom 31.5
171 Durham University United Kingdom 31
172 Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Netherlands 30
173 Stockholm University Sweden 29.2
174 University of Southern California United States 28.4
175 Erasmus University Rotterdam Netherlands 28.3
176 Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD) India 27.7
176 Beijing Normal University China 27.7
177 Radboud University Netherlands 27.6
177 Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) India 27.6
178 Waseda University Japan 27.2
179 University of California, Davis United States 27.1
180 University of Amsterdam Netherlands 26.7
181 Tongji University China 26.6
182 Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB) India 25.8
183 Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin Ireland 25.7
184 University of Vienna Austria 24.2
185 University of California, Berkeley (UCB) United States 23.9
186 University College Dublin Ireland 22.5
187 The University of Auckland New Zealand 22.4
188 Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (UC) Chile 22.3
188 Complutense University of Madrid Spain 22.3
189 Leiden University Netherlands 22.2
189 Loughborough University United Kingdom 22.2
190 The University of Western Australia Australia 21.8
191 Heriot-Watt University United Kingdom 21.3
192 University of Calgary Canada 21.2
193 University of Wollongong Australia 20.9
193 University of Reading United Kingdom 20.9
194 The University of Queensland Australia 20.2
195 University of Bath United Kingdom 19.9
196 Universidad de los Andes Colombia 19.5
197 The University of Melbourne Australia 17.9
198 Universidade de São Paulo Brazil 17.4
198 Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK) India 17.4
199 The University of Adelaide Australia 17.2
200 The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney) Australia 16.8
201 University of Sussex United Kingdom 16.2
202 Universität Hamburg Germany 16
203 University of Cape Town South Africa 15.7
204 The University of Sydney Australia 15.6
205 Maastricht University Netherlands 14.9
206 University of Tasmania Australia 14.5
207 Curtin University Australia 13.9
208 Wuhan University China 13.8
209 University of Massachusetts Amherst United States 13.7
210 Universitat de Barcelona Spain 13.6
210 Macquarie University Australia 13.6
211 Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT-KGP) India 13
212 Michigan State University United States 12.9
212 University of California, Irvine United States 12.9
213 University of Porto Portugal 12.8
214 Universidad de Chile Chile 12.5
214 University of Otago New Zealand 12.5
215 Technische Universität Wien Austria 12.3
216 Swinburne University of Technology Australia 12.2
217 Université Paris Cité France 11.9
218 Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Spain 11.8
219 Purdue University United States 11.7
220 Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp) Brazil 11.6
221 University of Canterbury | Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha New Zealand 11.3
222 Monash University Australia 11.2
223 Georgia Institute of Technology United States 11.1
224 University of Washington United States 10.8
225 University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) United States 10.6
226 Victoria University of Wellington New Zealand 10.5
227 Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona) Spain 9.9
228 University of Texas at Austin United States 9.8
229 University of Technology Sydney Australia 9.6
230 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign United States 9.5
231 Università di Padova Italy 9.3
232 Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Germany 8.7
233 Arizona State University United States 8.2
234 KU Leuven Belgium 7.7
234 Queensland University of Technology (QUT) Australia 7.7
235 University of Waterloo Canada 7
236 RMIT University Australia 6.7
237 Universidad Nacional de Colombia Colombia 6.1
237 Queen's University at Kingston Canada 6.1
237 Technical University of Darmstadt Germany 6.1
238 Politecnico di Milano Italy 5.4
238 RWTH Aachen University Germany 5.4
238 Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain) Belgium 5.4
239 Texas A&M University United States 5
240 Deakin University Australia 4.7
241 Western University Canada 4.6
242 Sapienza University of Rome Italy 4.5
243 University of Ottawa Canada 4.4
244 Tel Aviv University Israel 4.2
245 Universite libre de Bruxelles Belgium 4.1
246 Freie Universitaet Berlin Germany 4
247 Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna Italy 3.5

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