During the ranking process, QS scored more than 400 universities from 100 countries or regions around the world.

Brazil's Globe reported on June 9 that in this ranking, MIT ranked first, Cambridge University ranked second and Stanford University ranked third.

In Latin America, Brazil has the largest number of universities, with 35 universities on the list. In addition to the University of S? o Paulo, there are four universities in Brazil that rank among the top 500 in the world, including Unicamp, UFRJ, Unifesp and Unesp.