Den amerikanska sajten QS Topuniversities listar årligen mängder av universitet och högre utbildningar världen över.
En titt på kategorien Performing Arts visar en mycket glädjande (och snabb!) utveckling för svenska KMH, Kungliga Musikhögskolan, Stockholm.
Från plats 11 till 6
I den rankning som nyss publicerades har KMH klättrat från plats 11 förra året till plats 6 i 2017 års listning. Därmed passerar KMH även Sibeliusakademien i Finland och blir främsta högre musikutbildning i Norden.
De indikatorer som vägs in är Academic reputation och Employer reputation.
Topplistan 2017
| 1 | The Juilliard School | United States |
| 2 | Royal College of Music | United Kingdom |
| 3 | Royal Academy of Music | United Kingdom |
| 3 | Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (tidigare Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama) | United Kingdom |
| 5 | University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna | Austria |
| 6 | Royal College of Music in Stockholm | Sweden |
| 7 | Indiana University Bloomington | United States |
| 8 | Curtis Institute of Music | United States |
| 9 | Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris (CNSMDP) | France |
| 10 | Sibelius Academy | Finland |
| 11 | Harvard University | United States |
| 12 | University of Cambridge | United Kingdom |
| 13 | University of Oxford | United Kingdom |
| 14 | New York University (NYU) | United States |
| 14 | Royal Holloway University of London | United Kingdom |
| 16 | University of California, Berkeley (UCB) | United States |
| 16 | Yale University | United States |
| 18 | University of Rochester | United States |
| 19 | Northwestern University | United States |
| 20 | King's College London | United Kingdom |
Topplistan 2016
| 1 | The Juilliard School | United States |
| 2 | University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna | Austria |
| 3 | Royal College of Music | United Kingdom |
| 4 | University of Oxford | United Kingdom |
| 5 | Royal Academy of Music | United Kingdom |
| 6 | Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (tidigare Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama) | United Kingdom |
| 7 | Sibelius Academy | Finland |
| 8 | University of California, Berkeley (UCB) | United States |
| 9 | Guildhall School of Music and Drama | United Kingdom |
| 10 | Indiana University Bloomington | United States |
| 11 | Royal College of Music in Stockholm | Sweden |
| 12 | Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris (CNSMDP) | France |
| 13 | Curtis Institute of Music | United States |
| 14 | Royal Holloway University of London | United Kingdom |
| 15 | University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) | United States |
| 16 | Hochschule für Musik und Theater München | Germany |
| 17 | Harvard University | United States |
| 17 | University of Cambridge | United Kingdom |
| 19 | Conservatoire de Musique de Genève | Switzerland |
| 20 | Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin | Germany |
