HIGHEST IQ UNIVERSITIES

The world's most intellectually elite institutions, ranked by average student IQ. Discover where the brightest minds study.

Updated: January 2025

Based on admission data

Universities

152

Highest Avg IQ

137

Overall Avg

Countries

Top 10 Highest IQ Universities

Complete University Rankings

Rank	University	Location	Archetype	Avg IQ
1	Caltech	Pasadena, CA	The Logician	152
2	MIT	Cambridge, MA	The Innovator	150
3	Harvard University	Cambridge, MA	The Ruler	145
4	Stanford University	Stanford, CA	The Creator	145
5	Princeton University	Princeton, NJ	The Scholar	142
6	University of Cambridge	Cambridge, UK	The Scholar	142
7	University of Chicago	Chicago, IL	The Theorist	142
8	Carnegie Mellon University	Pittsburgh, PA	The Technologist	142
9	University of Oxford	Oxford, UK	The Statesman	141
10	Yale University	New Haven, CT	The Statesman	140
11	ETH Zürich	Zürich, Switzerland	The Builder	140
12	Tsinghua University	Beijing, China	The Engineer	140
13	Columbia University	New York, NY	The Cosmopolitan	140
14	Seoul National University	Seoul, South Korea	The Elite	140
15	Johns Hopkins University	Baltimore, MD	The Researcher	140
16	University of Tokyo	Tokyo, Japan	The Sage	138
17	Imperial College London	London, UK	The Innovator	138
18	Duke University	Durham, NC	The Achiever	138
19	Peking University	Beijing, China	The Scholar	138
20	UC Berkeley	Berkeley, CA	The Rebel	136
21	Northwestern University	Evanston, IL	The Versatile	136
22	National University of Singapore	Singapore	The Global Achiever	135
23	Technical University of Munich	Munich, Germany	The Engineer	135
24	IIT (Indian Institutes of Technology)	Multiple Campuses, India	The Problem Solver	135
25	University of Toronto	Toronto, Canada	The Analyst	132
26	University of Michigan	Ann Arbor, MI	The Leader	130
27	University of Edinburgh	Edinburgh, Scotland	The Enlightener	130
28	McGill University	Montreal, Canada	The Bilingual Scholar	130
29	UCLA	Los Angeles, CA	The Performer	128
30	New York University	New York, NY	The Artist	128
31	University of Melbourne	Melbourne, Australia	The Progressive	125
32	University of Sydney	Sydney, Australia	The Trailblazer	123

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HIGHEST IQ UNIVERSITIES

Top 10 Highest IQ Universities

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MIT

Harvard University

Stanford University

Princeton University

University of Cambridge

University of Chicago

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University of Oxford

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