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.
12 countries and 49 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
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
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)
Germany
1 universities
University of Freiburg
Canada
1 universities
University of Waterloo
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