Campus Future · Worldwide

Colleges shaping what’s next

A KFN guide to campuses and the cities around them, built to grow country by country, region by region. Stable paths so a college in California and a college in Tokyo can share the same map.

Comparisons

Head-to-head briefs with a direct answer first, criteria first, prestige last.

Campus comparisons hub 227 comparisons Live
Berkeley vs Stanford, MIT vs Harvard, Oxford vs Cambridge, Tsinghua vs PKU, NUS vs NTU, ETH vs MIT, and 217 head-to-heads.
Why Berkeley is better than Stanford Bay Area Live
When the public flagship wins, and when Peninsula Stanford still does.
MIT vs Harvard for AI and engineering Cambridge Live
Kendall Square computing versus broader Cambridge brand power.

Rankings by year

Editorial shortlists that archive cleanly, AI, climate, biotech, chips, and more.

2026 rankings · 14 lists Worldwide + U.S. mobility Live
Top 20 for AI through energy and public universities, plus law, business, accounting, entrepreneurship, and social mobility.
Top 20 colleges for AI · 2026 Worldwide shortlist Live
Stanford, MIT, CMU, Berkeley, Tsinghua, Toronto, and the rest of the AI decade’s campus map.
All rankings By year Live
Yearly shortlists archived so 2026 stays 2026.

Countries

Start with a country hub, then a region, then a campus.

United States 50 states · territories Live
34 U.S. states live, 132 campus guides.
China Provinces & SARs Live
Tsinghua, PKU, Fudan, SJTU, ZJU, USTC, and Hong Kong’s big three, 10 campuses.
India States & union territories Live
IITs, IISc, DU, KLE dental, 9 campuses.
Indonesia Provinces Live
UI, ITB, UGM, ITS, 4 campuses.
Pakistan Provinces & territories Live
NUST, QAU, LUMS, Punjab, IBA, 5 campuses.
Nigeria States Live
Ibadan, UNILAG, OAU, UNN, ABU Zaria, 5 campuses.
Brazil States Live
USP, Unicamp, UFRJ, UFMG, 4 campuses.
Bangladesh Divisions Live
University of Dhaka and BUET, 2 campuses.
Mexico States Live
UNAM, IPN, ITAM, Tec de Monterrey, UdeG, 5 campuses · ES.
Spain Autonomous communities Live
UPM Madrid, UPC Barcelona, 2 campuses · ES.
Colombia Departments Live
Uniandes, Universidad Nacional, 2 campuses · ES.
Argentina Provinces Live
UBA, ITBA, 2 campuses · ES.
Chile Regions Live
Universidad de Chile, UC, 2 campuses · ES.
Peru Departments Live
PUCP, San Marcos, 2 campuses · ES.
Japan Prefectures Live
UTokyo, Science Tokyo, Waseda, Keio, Kyoto, Osaka, Tohoku, 7 campuses.
Philippines Regions Live
UP Diliman, Ateneo, DLSU, UST, 4 campuses.
Egypt Governorates Live
Cairo University, Ain Shams, AUC, 3 campuses.
Vietnam Cities Live
VNU Hanoi and VNU HCMC, 2 campuses.
Turkey Provinces Live
METU, Boğaziçi, ITU, 3 campuses.
Germany States (Länder) Live
TUM, Heidelberg, Humboldt, TU Berlin, 4 campuses.
Switzerland Cantons Live
ETH and EPFL, Swiss federal tech twins.
Singapore City-state Live
NUS, NTU, and SMU, 3 campuses.
United Kingdom Nations & regions Live
England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, 12 campuses.
France Regions Live
Sorbonne, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Sciences Po, 3 campuses.
South Korea Cities & provinces Live
SNU, Yonsei, Korea University, KAIST, 4 campuses.
Canada Provinces Live
Toronto, Waterloo, McMaster, McGill, UBC, Alberta, 6 campuses.
Australia States & territories Live
Sydney, UNSW, Melbourne, Monash, ANU, 5 campuses.
Saudi Arabia Provinces Live
King Saud and KFUPM, 2 campuses.
United Arab Emirates Emirates Live
Khalifa, UAEU, NYU Abu Dhabi, 3 campuses.