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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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