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TOP-100 best Social Policy universities in the world 2026 QS Rankings

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TOP-100 best Social Policy universities in the world 2026 QS Rankings

Top 100 best universities in the world in 2026 QS: Social Policy

If you are looking for a suitable university to study sociology abroad, we recommend starting your search with a ranking of the best sociological universities in the world. Our list includes prestigious educational institutions for foreign schoolchildren, students and foreigners, offering excellent conditions for studying social sciences.

In the presented universities you can study social policy on bachelor's, master's and doctoral programs + there are short-term courses for specialists who want to improve their skills. The best universities in the world in the field of sociology offer to adopt the experience of professionals and practicing experts in the field, to study the latest theories in the field of social policy.

In the first years of study at the faculties of sociology, students study a wide range of disciplines and receive a fundamental education. Undergraduate students have more choice in studying priority areas: you will find comprehensive preparation in the field of human rights, globalization, migration, equality, the future of states.

#	University	Ranking
1	Harvard University	97.6
2	University of Oxford	95.6
3	National University of Singapore (NUS)	94
4	The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)	92.4
5	Stanford University	91.9
6	University of Cambridge	91.6
7	Syracuse University	89.8
8	University of California, Berkeley (UCB)	89.3
9	Yale University	88.5
10	The University of Edinburgh	88.2
11	Seoul National University	87.7
=12	Columbia University	87
=12	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	87
14	Yonsei University	86.5
15	Princeton University	86.3
16	Utrecht University	85.8
17	Sciences Po	83.9
18	University of Bristol	83.2
=19	University of Chicago	83
=19	University of Toronto	83
21	Australian National University (ANU)	82.7
22	Indiana University Bloomington	82.5
23	The University of Melbourne	81.9
24	The University of Tokyo	81.6
25	University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)	81.4
=26	KU Leuven	81.3
=26	UCL	81.3
28	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	81.2
29	Leiden University	81.1
30	Stockholm University	80.8
31	King's College London	80.7
32	The University of Hong Kong	80.3
33	American University	80.2
34	Korea University	80
35	The University of Sydney	79.6
=36	Georgetown University	79.3
=36	Johns Hopkins University	79.3
=38	Aarhus University	78.7
=38	University of York	78.7
40	The University of Georgia	78.4
41	University of Amsterdam	78.1
=42	The University of Manchester	77.6
=42	University of Copenhagen	77.6
44	Hertie School	77.5
45	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)	77.3
=46	City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK)	77.2
=46	Tsinghua University	77.2
48	Bocconi University	76.8
49	Peking University	76.6
50	National Taiwan University (NTU)	76.5
51-100	Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna	n/a
51-100	Central European University	n/a
51-100	Chung-Ang University (CAU)	n/a
51-100	Cornell University	n/a
51-100	Duke University	n/a
51-100	Erasmus University Rotterdam	n/a
51-100	European University Institute	n/a
51-100	Ewha Womans University	n/a
51-100	Florida State University	n/a
51-100	Fudan University	n/a
51-100	Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV)	n/a
51-100	George Washington University	n/a
51-100	Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin	n/a
51-100	Kyoto University	n/a
51-100	McGill University	n/a
51-100	Monash University	n/a
51-100	Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore)	n/a
51-100	New York University (NYU)	n/a
51-100	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (UC)	n/a
51-100	Queen's University Belfast	n/a
51-100	Renmin (People's) University of China	n/a
51-100	Shanghai Jiao Tong University	n/a
51-100	Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU)	n/a
51-100	Tecnológico de Monterrey	n/a
51-100	The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)	n/a
51-100	The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney)	n/a
51-100	The University of Queensland	n/a
51-100	Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin	n/a
51-100	Universidad Autónoma de Madrid	n/a
51-100	Universidad de Chile	n/a
51-100	Universidad de los Andes - Colombia	n/a
51-100	Universidade de São Paulo	n/a
51-100	Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona	n/a
51-100	Universitat de Barcelona	n/a
51-100	University College Dublin	n/a
51-100	University of Antwerp	n/a
51-100	University of Bath	n/a
51-100	University of Birmingham	n/a
51-100	University of British Columbia	n/a
51-100	University of Glasgow	n/a
51-100	University of Helsinki	n/a
51-100	University of Leeds	n/a
51-100	University of Pennsylvania	n/a
51-100	University of Southern California	n/a
51-100	University of Southern Denmark (SDU)	n/a
51-100	University of Washington	n/a
51-100	Universität Konstanz	n/a
51-100	Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne	n/a
51-100	York University	n/a
51-100	Zhejiang University	n/a

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TOP-100 best Social Policy universities in the world 2026 QS Rankings

Top 100 best universities in the world in 2026 QS: Social Policy