Discipline guide
Best Universities for Economics & Finance 2026
Economics, finance, and quantitative programs — for international students targeting investment banking, asset management, central banks, policy work, or PhD-track economics research.
40 countries and 85 universities cover this discipline in our dataset.
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United States
16 universities
Carnegie Mellon University, University of Chicago, Princeton University
United Kingdom
9 universities
University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, Imperial College London
Europe (Other)
4 universities
Bocconi University, NYU Abu Dhabi, Lund University
Netherlands
3 universities
University of Amsterdam (UvA), Erasmus University Rotterdam, Maastricht University
France
3 universities
École Normale Supérieure (ENS Paris), Université PSL (Paris Sciences & Lettres), Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
Japan
3 universities
University of Tokyo (Todai), Waseda University, Keio University
Switzerland
3 universities
University of St. Gallen (HSG), University of Geneva, University of Zurich
China
3 universities
Tsinghua University, Fudan University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Brazil
3 universities
Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio)
Australia
2 universities
University of New South Wales (UNSW), Macquarie University
Singapore
2 universities
National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore Management University (SMU)
Hong Kong
2 universities
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
Belgium
2 universities
KU Leuven, Université catholique de Louvain
Sweden
2 universities
Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm School of Economics
Mexico
2 universities
Tecnológico de Monterrey, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM)
Vietnam
2 universities
Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU), Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City (VNU-HCMC)
Germany
1 universities
University of Freiburg
Canada
1 universities
University of Waterloo
Austria
1 universities
University of Vienna
Spain
1 universities
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
India
1 universities
University of Delhi
Italy
1 universities
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Chile
1 universities
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (UC Chile)
Argentina
1 universities
Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA)
Colombia
1 universities
Universidad de los Andes (Uniandes)
Qatar
1 universities
Qatar University
Egypt
1 universities
Cairo University
Nigeria
1 universities
University of Lagos (UNILAG)
Pakistan
1 universities
Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS)
Bangladesh
1 universities
University of Dhaka
Sri Lanka
1 universities
University of Colombo
Morocco
1 universities
Mohammed V University (Université Mohammed V de Rabat)
Czechia
1 universities
Charles University
Poland
1 universities
University of Warsaw
Turkey
1 universities
Koç University
Malaysia
1 universities
Universiti Malaya (University of Malaya)
Indonesia
1 universities
Universitas Indonesia (UI)
Philippines
1 universities
University of the Philippines Diliman (UP Diliman)
South Africa
1 universities
University of Pretoria (UP / Tuks)
Ghana
1 universities
University of Ghana (Legon)
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