Ofrecemos una visión general de las 100 mejores universidades del mundo con el estudio del derecho para estudiantes extranjeros. Obtener una licenciatura en derecho en el extranjero no otorga el derecho a trabajar en el campo del derecho, pero es un excelente primer paso hacia ello. Cada país tiene su propio procedimiento para prepararse para una carrera en el ámbito jurídico.

En EE. UU. y Canadá, debes tener una licenciatura antes de cursar un máster en Derecho para obtener el título de Juris Doctor (JD). Te llevará aproximadamente tres años obtener el título de Bachelor of Laws, otro año más obtener el de Master of Laws y hasta tres años obtener el título de Doctor of Law en Estados Unidos.
Los títulos de Máster (LLM) y Grado (LLB) en derecho europeo están disponibles en muchas universidades de toda Europa. Este tipo de sistema de formación de abogados es relevante en los estados miembros de la UE. Algunos países, como el Reino Unido, ofrecen un título de Bachelor of Laws (LLB) en tan solo tres años.

Los programas de Derecho enseñan a los estudiantes a pensar de forma crítica, investigar, debatir y analizar, permitiéndoles estudiar una amplia gama de cuestiones de ciencias sociales y humanidades dentro de un mismo grado.
Top 100 best universities in the world in 2027 QS: Law and Legal Studies
| # | University | Ranking |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harvard University | 99 |
| 2 | University of Oxford | 97.6 |
| 3 | University of Cambridge | 96.7 |
| 4 | Yale University | 94.4 |
| 5 | Stanford University | 92.8 |
| 6 | National University of Singapore (NUS) | 91.8 |
| 7 | New York University (NYU) | 90.4 |
| 8 | Columbia University | 89.4 |
| 9 | The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) | 88.2 |
| 10 | University of California, Berkeley (UCB) | 87.9 |
| 11 | The University of Melbourne | 86.2 |
| 12 | University of Chicago | 84.1 |
| =13 | The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney) | 84 |
| =13 | UCL | 84 |
| 15 | The University of Edinburgh | 83.8 |
| 16 | King's College London | 83.7 |
| 17 | The University of Sydney | 83.3 |
| 18 | University of Toronto | 83.2 |
| 19 | Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne | 82.2 |
| 20 | The University of Hong Kong | 82.1 |
| 21 | Georgetown University | 81.4 |
| 22 | University of Pennsylvania | 81.2 |
| 23 | Leiden University | 80.7 |
| 24 | The University of Tokyo | 80.5 |
| 25 | Australian National University (ANU) | 80.3 |
| =26 | Cornell University | 80.2 |
| =26 | University of British Columbia | 80.2 |
| 28 | Peking University | 80.1 |
| 29 | Tsinghua University | 79.8 |
| 30 | McGill University | 79.3 |
| 31 | University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) | 79.1 |
| 32 | Monash University | 78.9 |
| 33 | Queen Mary University of London | 78.8 |
| 34 | Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA) | 78.7 |
| 35 | O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU) | 77.6 |
| 36 | University of Amsterdam | 77.3 |
| 37 | Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin | 77.2 |
| =38 | Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (UC) | 76.5 |
| =38 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) | 76.5 |
| 40 | Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna | 76.4 |
| 41 | City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) | 76.3 |
| =42 | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München | 76.1 |
| =42 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 76.1 |
| =44 | Duke University | 76 |
| =44 | Seoul National University | 76 |
| 46 | KU Leuven | 75.9 |
| 47 | University of Virginia | 75.2 |
| 48 | Universidad de Chile | 75 |
| =49 | Durham University | 74.4 |
| =49 | Universidad de los Andes - Colombia | 74.4 |
| =49 | Universität Heidelberg | 74.4 |
| 52 | Shanghai Jiao Tong University | 74.3 |
| 53 | The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) | 74.2 |
| =54 | Bocconi University | 74.1 |
| =54 | University of Bristol | 74.1 |
| =56 | Kyoto University | 74 |
| =56 | Singapore Management University | 74 |
| =56 | Universidade de São Paulo | 74 |
| 59 | Sciences Po | 73.9 |
| =60 | Sapienza University of Rome | 73.6 |
| =60 | The University of Queensland | 73.6 |
| =60 | Universidad Externado de Colombia | 73.6 |
| =63 | Adelaide University | 73.4 |
| =63 | University of Glasgow | 73.4 |
| =65 | China University of Political Science and Law | 73 |
| =65 | The University of Auckland | 73 |
| =67 | Complutense University of Madrid | 72.8 |
| =67 | Maastricht University | 72.8 |
| 69 | University of Leeds | 72.7 |
| 70 | The University of Manchester | 72.6 |
| 71 | Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) | 72.5 |
| 72 | Waseda University | 72.4 |
| 73 | Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin | 72.3 |
| 74 | Fudan University | 72.2 |
| =75 | National Taiwan University (NTU) | 72.1 |
| =75 | University of Technology Sydney | 72.1 |
| =75 | Utrecht University | 72.1 |
| 78 | Renmin (People's) University of China | 72 |
| 79 | Northwestern University | 71.8 |
| 80 | Boston University | 71.6 |
| =81 | University of Geneva | 71.3 |
| =81 | Universität Hamburg | 71.3 |
| 83 | European University Institute | 71.2 |
| =84 | The University of Warwick | 71.1 |
| =84 | Universidad Autónoma de Madrid | 71.1 |
| =86 | George Washington University | 71 |
| =86 | University of Texas at Austin | 71 |
| 88 | University of Nottingham | 70.8 |
| 89 | ETH Zurich | 70.5 |
| 90 | Zhejiang University | 70.3 |
| =91 | Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru (PUCP) | 70.2 |
| =91 | Victoria University of Wellington | 70.2 |
| =93 | Macquarie University (Sydney, Australia) | 69.9 |
| =93 | Universidad del Rosario | 69.9 |
| 95 | University of Zurich | 69.8 |
| =96 | Pennsylvania State University | 69.7 |
| =96 | Universitas Indonesia | 69.7 |
| 98 | University College Dublin | 69.6 |
| 99 | Freie Universitaet Berlin | 69.5 |
| =100 | American University | 69.4 |