Eight campus architecture projects named to Prix Versailles 'World's Most Beautiful Universities' 2026 list

The Prix Versailles award program is back with its annual list of the World's Most Beautiful Universities, highlighting campuses where architecture is doing more than housing classrooms and labs. 

This year's selections reflect a growing shift toward universities that double as inspiring, nature-connected environments, recognizing that the best campuses today are designed not only to support learning and research but also to foster collaboration, creativity, and a stronger sense of place.

Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) managed to land two winning designs on this year's list: Claremont McKenna College's new Robert Day Sciences Center and the Bloomberg Student Center for Johns Hopkins University.

Check out the eight selected designs in this category for 2026 below, and explore other recent Prix Versailles winners for the World's Most Beautiful Emporiums, Airports, Restaurants, Hotels, and Museums.

University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney: Health Translation Hub, Randwick, Australia, by Arch...