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Check out the list of the best universities in the world in the field of physical education: the list includes the most prestigious universities in Europe, the USA, Canada, Australia and other countries that offer high-quality programs. The presented educational institutions have excellent conditions for unlocking your potential and realizing yourself in the sports field. A wide range of specialties, the prestige of diplomas, the level of education are the main advantages of foreign universities.
The rating of sports universities of the world for schoolchildren, students and foreigners is a great way to navigate the diversity of higher educational institutions and make your own personal top promising universities. Check out the list and make your own!
Top 100 best universities in the world in 2026 QS: Sports-Related
| Rank | University | Overall Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Loughborough University | 96.8 |
| 2 | The University of Queensland | 91.9 |
| 3 | University of British Columbia | 91.4 |
| 4 | Sydney University | 91.1 |
| 5 | University of Toronto | 89.9 |
| 6 | Liverpool John Moores University | 88.8 |
| 6 | University of Birmingham | 86.8 |
| 8 | University of Bath | 86.8 |
| 9 | University of Melbourne | 86 |
| 10 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 85.8 |
| 11 | Deakin College | 85.5 |
| 12 | University of Otago | 84.8 |
| 13 | University of Florida | 84.6 |
| 14 | Pennsylvania State University | 84.4 |
| 15 | University of Alberta | 83.8 |
| 16 | University of Edinburgh | 83.8 |
| 17 | KU Leuven | 83.6 |
| 18 | University of Copenhagen | 83.6 |
| 19 | University of Calgary | 83.5 |
| 20 | The University of Western Australia | 83.2 |
| 21 | University of Ottawa | 82.9 |
| 22 | Seoul National University | 82.9 |
| 23 | Western University | 82.8 |
| 24 | Columbia University | 82.5 |
| 25 | National University of Singapore (NUS) | 81.9 |
| 25 | Yonsei University | 81.7 |
| 27 | The University of Exeter | 81.5 |
| 28 | Auckland University of Technology | 81.2 |
| 28 | The University of Auckland | 81 |
| 30 | The Ohio State University | 80.8 |
| 31 | Monash University | 80.7 |
| 32 | McMaster University | 80.5 |
| 33 | McGill University | 80.4 |
| 34 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 80.3 |
| 34 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 80.2 |
| 36 | Edith Cowan University | 79.9 |
| 37 | Texas A&M University | 79.8 |
| 37 | UCL | 79.8 |
| 39 | Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU) | 79.4 |
| 39 | University of Jyväskylä | 79.2 |
| 41 | The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) | 79.1 |
| 42 | Victoria University | 79.1 |
| 43 | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam | 78.8 |
| 44 | University of Hong Kong | 78.7 |
| 44 | Universidade de São Paulo | 78.6 |
| 46 | La Trobe University | 78.6 |
| 47 | University of Technology Sydney | 78.1 |
| 48 | Griffith University | 78 |
| 49 | The University of Tokyo | 77.9 |
| 50 | Michigan State University | 77.7 |
| 51-100 | Arizona State University | |
| 51-100 | Australian Catholic University | |
| 51-100 | Boston University | |
| 51-100 | Cornell University | |
| 51-100 | Curtin University | |
| 51-100 | Durham University | |
| 51-100 | Florida State University | |
| 51-100 | Ghent University | |
| 51-100 | Indiana University Bloomington | |
| 51-100 | Korea University | |
| 51-100 | Kyoto University | |
| 51-100 | Leeds Beckett University | |
| 51-100 | Maastricht University | |
| 51-100 | Manchester Metropolitan University | |
| 51-100 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | |
| 51-100 | National Taiwan Normal University | |
| 51-100 | National Taiwan University (NTU) | |
| 51-100 | New York University (NYU) | |
| 51-100 | Northwestern University | |
| 51-100 | Peking University | |
| 51-100 | Queen's University at Kingston | |
| 51-100 | Queensland University of Technology (QUT) | |
| 51-100 | Swansea University | |
| 51-100 | Temple University | |
| 51-100 | The Hong Kong Polytechnic University | |
| 51-100 | The University of Manchester | |
| 51-100 | The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney) | |
| 51-100 | The University of Newcastle, Australia (UON) | |
| 51-100 | Universitat de Barcelona | |
| 51-100 | University College Dublin | |
| 51-100 | University of Bristol | |
| 51-100 | University of Canberra | |
| 51-100 | University of Glasgow | |
| 51-100 | Universidad de Granada | |
| 51-100 | University of Groningen | |
| 51-100 | University of Leeds | |
| 51-100 | University of Limerick | |
| 51-100 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | |
| 51-100 | University of Nottingham | |
| 51-100 | University of Oslo | |
| 51-100 | University of Porto | |
| 51-100 | University of South Australia | |
| 51-100 | University of Southern California | |
| 51-100 | University of Southern Denmark | |
| 51-100 | University of Tsukuba | |
| 51-100 | University of Virginia | |
| 51-100 | University of Waikato | |
| 51-100 | University of Waterloo | |
| 51-100 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | |
| 51-100 | Utrecht University | |
| 51-100 | Waseda University | |
| 101-140 | Western Sydney University |
