The top 10 universities in the world, based on the QS World University Rankings 2022, are:

1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) – United States
2. Stanford University – United States
3. Harvard University – United States
4. California Institute of Technology (Caltech) – United States
5. University of Oxford – United Kingdom
6. University of Cambridge – United Kingdom
7. University of Chicago – United States
8. UCL (University College London) – United Kingdom
9. ETH Zurich – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology – Switzerland
10. University of Pennsylvania – United States

Please note that university rankings can vary depending on different sources and methodologies. This is just one ranking among many, but these universities have consistently been highly regarded.