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
| # | University | Ranking |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Loughborough University | 94.2 |
| 2 | The University of Queensland | 90.1 |
| 3 | The University of Sydney | 87.8 |
| 4 | University of British Columbia | 87.7 |
| 5 | Norwegian School of Sports Sciences | 86.7 |
| 6 | University of Toronto | 86.1 |
| 7 | University of Alberta | 84.9 |
| 8 | University of Florida | 84.2 |
| 9 | University of Birmingham | 83.7 |
| 10 | German Sport University Cologne | 83.5 |
| =11 | Deakin University | 83.3 |
| =11 | The University of Melbourne | 83.3 |
| 13 | University of Bath | 82.6 |
| 14 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 82.4 |
| 15 | University of Calgary | 82.3 |
| 16 | Liverpool John Moores University | 82.2 |
| 17 | National University of Singapore (NUS) | 81.6 |
| 18 | University of Exeter | 81.5 |
| 19 | University of Copenhagen | 81.4 |
| 20 | The University of Edinburgh | 81 |
| 21 | The Ohio State University | 80.8 |
| 22 | University of Otago | 80.6 |
| 23 | Auckland University of Technology (AUT) | 80.3 |
| 24 | Seoul National University | 80.2 |
| 25 | McMaster University | 79.9 |
| 26 | KU Leuven | 79.6 |
| 27 | Pennsylvania State University | 79.5 |
| 28 | Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) | 79.4 |
| =29 | La Trobe University | 79.3 |
| =29 | University of Ottawa | 79.3 |
| =31 | McGill University | 79.1 |
| =31 | The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) | 79.1 |
| 33 | The University of Auckland | 79 |
| 34 | The University of Western Australia | 78.9 |
| 35 | UCL | 78.6 |
| =36 | Ghent University | 78.3 |
| =36 | University of Technology Sydney | 78.3 |
| 38 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 78.1 |
| 39 | Western University | 77.9 |
| 40 | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam | 77.6 |
| 41 | University of Limerick | 77.4 |
| =42 | Michigan State University | 77.3 |
| =42 | University of Granada | 77.3 |
| 44 | Yonsei University | 77.2 |
| =45 | Manchester Metropolitan University | 77 |
| =45 | University of Jyväskylä | 77 |
| 47 | King's College London | 76.8 |
| 48 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 76.7 |
| 49 | Griffith University | 76.6 |
| 50 | Edith Cowan University | 76.4 |
| 51-100 | Adelaide University | n/a |
| 51-100 | Australian Catholic University | n/a |
| 51-100 | Beijing Sport University | n/a |
| 51-100 | Boston University | n/a |
| 51-100 | Columbia University | n/a |
| 51-100 | Curtin University | n/a |
| 51-100 | Durham University | n/a |
| 51-100 | Florida State University | n/a |
| 51-100 | Korea University | n/a |
| 51-100 | Leeds Beckett University | n/a |
| 51-100 | Maastricht University | n/a |
| 51-100 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | n/a |
| 51-100 | National Taiwan University (NTU) | n/a |
| 51-100 | New York University (NYU) | n/a |
| 51-100 | Northwestern University | n/a |
| 51-100 | Peking University | n/a |
| 51-100 | Queen's University at Kingston | n/a |
| 51-100 | Queensland University of Technology (QUT) | n/a |
| 51-100 | Shanghai University of Sport | n/a |
| 51-100 | Swansea University | n/a |
| 51-100 | Temple University | n/a |
| 51-100 | Texas A&M University | n/a |
| 51-100 | The Hong Kong Polytechnic University | n/a |
| 51-100 | The University of Georgia | n/a |
| 51-100 | The University of Hong Kong | n/a |
| 51-100 | The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney) | n/a |
| 51-100 | The University of Tokyo | n/a |
| 51-100 | UCAM Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia | n/a |
| 51-100 | UNESP | n/a |
| 51-100 | Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp) | n/a |
| 51-100 | Universidade de São Paulo | n/a |
| 51-100 | Universitat de Barcelona | n/a |
| 51-100 | University College Dublin | n/a |
| 51-100 | University of Bristol | n/a |
| 51-100 | University of Cape Town | n/a |
| 51-100 | University of Connecticut | n/a |
| 51-100 | University of Glasgow | n/a |
| 51-100 | University of Groningen | n/a |
| 51-100 | University of Leeds | n/a |
| 51-100 | University of Massachusetts Amherst | n/a |
| 51-100 | University of Oregon | n/a |
| 51-100 | University of Porto | n/a |
| 51-100 | University of South Carolina | n/a |
| 51-100 | University of Southern Denmark (SDU) | n/a |
| 51-100 | University of Tsukuba | n/a |
| 51-100 | University of Victoria (UVic) | n/a |
| 51-100 | University of Waterloo | n/a |
| 51-100 | Université de Montréal | n/a |
| 51-100 | Victoria University | n/a |
| 51-100 | Waseda University | n/a |