Top 10 Colleges for History: History teaching and research are getting a fresh global spotlight in the QS World University Rankings 2027, signalling where investment in faculty, research networks, and student opportunities is concentrating worldwide.
The rankings offer a snapshot of how the discipline is evolving, and which programmes are producing influential scholarship, shaping public debate, and training the next generation of historians.
Top 10 Colleges To Study History
According to QS 'World University Rankings 2027 by Subject', Harvard University is the top university in the world for studying history, one of nearly 250 institutions included in this year's ranking.
1. Harvard University
- Location: Cambridge, United States
- Rank: 1
- Overall Score: 98.2
- Employer Reputation: 100
- Academic Reputation: 99.2
2. University of Oxford
- Location: Oxford, United Kingdom
- Rank: 2
- Overall Score: 97.5
- Employer Reputation: 99.5
- Academic Reputation: 100
3. University of Cambridge
- Location: Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Rank: 3
- Overall Score: 96.7
- Employer Reputation: 98.3
- Academic Reputation: 99.4
4. Yale University
- Location: New Haven, United States
- Rank: 4
- Overall Score: 92.4
- Employer Reputation: 93.1
- Academic Reputation: 93.6
5. Stanford University
- Location: Stanford, United States
- Rank: 5
- Overall Score: 89.8
- Employer Reputation: 95.4
- Academic Reputation: 89.4
6. Columbia University
- Location: New York City, United States
- Rank: 6
- Overall Score: 89.3
- Employer Reputation: 88.9
- Academic Reputation: 88.9
7. University of California, Berkeley (UCB)
- Location: Berkeley, United States
- Rank: 6
- Overall Score: 89.3
- Employer Reputation: 86.1
- Academic Reputation: 90.8
8. Princeton University
- Location: Princeton, United States
- Rank: 8
- Overall Score: 89.2
- Employer Reputation: 85.4
- Academic Reputation: 92.5
9. National University of Singapore (NUS)
- Location: Singapore, Singapore
- Rank: 9
- Overall Score: 87.7
- Employer Reputation: 89.6
- Academic Reputation: 91.3
10. The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Rank: 10
- Overall Score: 87.6
- Employer Reputation: 87.7
- Academic Reputation: 86.3
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Universities from the US and the UK dominate the top of this year's ranking of the best universities for history, with ninth-placed National University of Singapore (NUS) the highest-performing exception, as per the QS Global Rankings 2027.