Rank
|
Change compared to 2004 data
|
University
|
Country
|
1 |
00 |
Harvard University (Cambridge) |
United States
|
2 |
01 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge) |
United States
|
3 |
03 |
University of Cambridge |
United Kingdom
|
4 |
01 |
University of Oxford |
United Kingdom
|
5 |
02 |
Stanford University |
United States
|
6 |
04 |
California University, Berkeley |
United States
|
7 |
01 |
Yale University (New Haven) |
United States
|
8 |
04 |
California Institute of Technology |
United States
|
9 |
00 |
Princeton University |
United States
|
10 |
17 |
École Polytechnique (Paris) |
France
|
11 |
41 |
Duke University |
United States
|
11 |
00 |
London University – School of Economics and Political Science |
United Kingdom
|
13 |
01 |
London University – Imperial College |
United Kingdom
|
14 |
09 |
Cornell University |
United States
|
15 |
02 |
Peking University |
China
|
16 |
04 |
Tokyo University |
Japan
|
17 |
03 |
California University, San Francisco |
United States
|
17 |
04 |
Chicago University |
United States
|
19 |
03 |
Melbourne University |
Australia
|
20 |
01 |
Columbia University (New York City) |
United States
|
21 |
11 |
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich |
Switzerland
|
22 |
04 |
Singapore National University |
Singapore
|
23 |
07 |
Australian National University (Canberra) |
Australia
|
24 |
06 |
Paris École Normale Supérieure |
France
|
24 |
03 |
McGill University |
Canada
|
26 |
11 |
Texas University, Austin |
United States
|
27 |
02 |
Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore) |
United States
|
28 |
06 |
London University – University College |
United Kingdom
|
29 |
08 |
Toronto University |
Canada
|
30 |
18 |
University of Edinburgh |
United Kingdom
|
31 |
29 |
Kyoto University |
Japan
|
32 |
28 |
Pennsylvania University (Philadelphia) |
United States
|
33 |
33 |
Monash University (Melbourne) |
Australia
|
34 |
32 |
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) |
Switzerland
|
35 |
43 |
Manchester University & UMIST |
United Kingdom
|
36 |
31 |
Michigan University (Ann Arbor) |
United States
|
37 |
26 |
California University, Los Angeles |
United States
|
38 |
46 |
British Columbia University (Kelowna/Vancouver) |
Canada
|
38 |
40 |
Sydney University |
Australia
|
40 |
36 |
New South Wales University |
Australia
|
41 |
39 |
Hong Kong University |
Hong Kong
|
42 |
24 |
California University, San Diego |
United States
|
43 |
42 |
Hong Kong Science and Technology University |
Hong Kong
|
44 |
38 |
Carnegie Mellon University |
United States
|
45 |
47 |
Heidelberg University |
Germany
|
46 |
73 |
Northwestern University |
United States
|
47 |
49 |
Queensland University |
Australia
|
48 |
50 |
Nanyang Technological University |
Singapore
|
49 |
91 |
Bristol University |
United Kingdom
|
50 |
41 |
Indian Institutes of Technology |
India
|
51 |
84 |
Hong Kong Chinese University |
Hong Kong
|
52 |
67 |
Auckland University |
New Zealand
|
53 |
78 |
Delft Technology University |
Netherlands
|
54 |
75 |
Boston University |
United States
|
55 |
99 |
Munich University |
Germany
|
56 |
79 |
New York University |
United States
|
57 |
64 |
Rotterdam University |
Netherlands
|
58 |
109 |
Washington University in St. Louis |
United States
|
58 |
98 |
Amsterdam University |
Netherlands
|
58 |
35 |
Illinois University |
United States
|
61 |
59 |
Purdue University |
United States
|
62 |
129 |
Helsinki University |
Finland
|
62 |
61 |
Tsinghua University |
China
|
64 |
130 |
Pennsylvania State University |
United States
|
65 |
94 |
Vienna University |
Austria
|
66 |
63 |
Copenhagen University |
Denmark
|
67 |
68 |
Macquarie University (Sydney) |
Australia
|
68 |
45 |
Massachusetts University |
United States
|
69 |
N/A |
Paris Institute of Political Studies |
France
|
70 |
83 |
Eindhoven Technology University |
Netherlands
|
71 |
61 |
Brown University (Providence) |
United States
|
72 |
195 |
Fudan University |
China
|
73 |
96 |
London University – King's College |
United Kingdom
|
73 |
86 |
Rochester University |
United States
|
73 |
66 |
Wisconsin University, Madison |
United States
|
76 |
54 |
Brussels Free University (French-speaking) |
Belgium
|
77 |
93 |
Jerusalem Hebrew University |
Israel
|
77 |
80 |
Warwick University (Coventry) |
United Kingdom
|
79 |
92 |
Lomonosov Moscow State University |
Russia
|
80 |
96 |
Western Australia University |
Australia
|
80 |
56 |
University of Adelaide |
Australia
|
82 |
55 |
RMIT University |
Australia
|
83 |
128 |
Durham University |
United Kingdom
|
84 |
N/A |
Indian Institutes of Management |
India
|
85 |
N/A |
Zurich University |
Switzerland
|
86 |
77 |
Vienna Technical University |
Austria
|
87 |
113 |
Sydney Technology University |
Australia
|
88 |
N/A |
Geneva University |
Switzerland
|
88 |
74 |
Washington University |
United States
|
88 |
57 |
Paris 06 – Pierre and Marie Curie University |
France
|
88 |
53 |
Louvain University |
Belgium
|
92 |
N/A |
Lyon École Normale Supérieure |
France
|
93 |
154 |
China University of Science and Technology |
China
|
93 |
118 |
Seoul National University |
South Korea
|
95 |
N/A |
Leuven University |
Belgium
|
95 |
195 |
Mexico National Autonomous University |
Mexico
|
97 |
170 |
University of Nottingham |
United Kingdom
|
98 |
142 |
La Trobe University |
Australia
|
99 |
51 |
Tokyo Institute of Technology |
Japan
|
100 |
58 |
Sussex University (Falmer) |
United Kingdom
|
101 |
112 |
University of Glasgow |
United Kingdom
|
101 |
76 |
Curtin University of Technology |
Australia
|
103 |
133 |
Leeds University |
United Kingdom
|
103 |
44 |
London University – School of Oriental and African Studies |
United Kingdom
|
105 |
118 |
Virginia University (Charlottesville) |
United States
|
105 |
95 |
Munich Technical University |
Germany
|
105 |
69 |
Osaka University |
Japan
|
108 |
N/A |
Wageningen University |
Netherlands
|
109 |
137 |
York University |
United Kingdom
|
109 |
88 |
Case Western Reserve University |
United States
|
111 |
87 |
Dublin University – Trinity College |
Ireland
|
112 |
125 |
Berlin University |
Germany
|
112 |
100 |
London University – Queen Mary |
United Kingdom
|
114 |
156 |
Vanderbilt University |
United States
|
114 |
102 |
Taiwan National University |
Taiwan
|
114 |
85 |
Göttingen University |
Germany
|
117 |
138 |
Dartmouth College |
United States
|
118 |
N/A |
Queensland Technology University |
Australia
|
119 |
151 |
Liverpool University |
United Kingdom
|
120 |
120 |
Utrecht University |
Netherlands
|
121 |
N/A |
Chulalongkorn University |
Thailand
|
121 |
116 |
Michigan State University |
United States
|
121 |
71 |
Paris 04 – Paris-Sorbonne University |
France
|
124 |
180 |
University of Southern California |
United States
|
125 |
162 |
Rome University – La Sapienza |
Italy
|
125 |
105 |
Texas A&M University |
United States
|
127 |
N/A |
Basel University |
Switzerland
|
127 |
N/A |
Newcastle University |
Australia
|
129 |
167 |
Nagoya University |
Japan
|
130 |
103 |
University of Bath |
United Kingdom
|
131 |
132 |
Louis Pasteur University (Strasbourg) |
France
|
132 |
177 |
Montreal University |
Canada
|
133 |
N/A |
University of Lausanne (UNIL) |
Switzerland
|
133 |
134 |
Maryland University |
United States
|
133 |
N/A |
Paris École des Hautes Études Commerciales |
France
|
136 |
153 |
Tohoku University |
Japan
|
136 |
70 |
University of St Andrews |
United Kingdom
|
136 |
131 |
Leiden University |
Netherlands
|
138 |
127 |
Aarhus University |
Denmark
|
138 |
101 |
Oslo University |
Norway
|
141 |
173 |
Emory University (Druid Hills) |
United States
|
142 |
157 |
Frankfurt University |
Germany
|
143 |
160 |
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology |
South Korea
|
143 |
150 |
Sheffield University |
United Kingdom
|
143 |
126 |
Birmingham University |
United Kingdom
|
143 |
117 |
University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill) |
United States
|
147 |
N/A |
Hiroshima University |
Japan
|
147 |
65 |
Georgia Institute of Technology |
United States
|
149 |
166 |
Alberta University (Edmonton) |
Canada
|
150 |
192 |
Nanjing University |
China
|
150 |
N/A |
St Gallen University |
Switzerland
|
150 |
146 |
Rice University (Houston) |
United States
|
150 |
82 |
Minnesota University (Minneapolis and Saint Paul) |
United States
|
154 |
N/A |
South Australia University |
Australia
|
154 |
145 |
Denmark Technical University |
Denmark
|
154 |
60 |
Berlin Technical University |
Germany
|
157 |
N/A |
Hokkaido University |
Japan
|
157 |
123 |
Maastricht University |
Netherlands
|
159 |
186 |
Bologna University |
Italy
|
159 |
165 |
Georgetown University |
United States
|
159 |
143 |
Waterloo University |
Canada
|
159 |
72 |
California University, Santa Barbara |
United States
|
163 |
107 |
University of Colorado (Boulder) |
United States
|
164 |
104 |
Tufts University (Medford/Somerville) |
United States
|
165 |
164 |
Innsbruck University |
Austria
|
166 |
161 |
Tasmania University |
Australia
|
166 |
110 |
Chalmers University of Technology (Gothenburg) |
Sweden
|
168 |
179 |
Newcastle University |
United Kingdom
|
169 |
N/A |
Shanghai Jiao Tong University |
China
|
169 |
N/A |
Novosibirsk State University |
Russia
|
169 |
89 |
Malaya University (Kuala Lumpur) |
Malaysia
|
172 |
N/A |
Berlin Free University |
Germany
|
172 |
N/A |
Kobe University |
Japan
|
172 |
184 |
Aachen RWTH |
Germany
|
175 |
136 |
New York State University, Stony Brook |
United States
|
175 |
90 |
University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa) |
United States
|
177 |
191 |
Nijmegen University |
Netherlands
|
178 |
198 |
Hong Kong City University |
Hong Kong
|
179 |
N/A |
Notre Dame University |
United States
|
180 |
N/A |
Toulouse 1 University Capitole |
France
|
180 |
171 |
Lund University |
Sweden
|
180 |
140 |
Uppsala University |
Sweden
|
183 |
159 |
Madrid Autonomous University |
Spain
|
184 |
N/A |
Korea University |
South Korea
|
184 |
37 |
McMaster University (Hamilton) |
Canada
|
186 |
N/A |
Amsterdam Free University |
Netherlands
|
186 |
72 |
Otago University (Dunedin) |
New Zealand
|
188 |
N/A |
Tel Aviv University |
Israel
|
188 |
80 |
Massey University (Auckland/Palmerston North/Wellington) |
New Zealand
|
190 |
N/A |
Gothenburg University |
Sweden
|
191 |
N/A |
Western Ontario University (London) |
Canada
|
192 |
N/A |
Jawaharlal Nehru University |
India
|
193 |
N/A |
University of Pittsburgh |
United States
|
194 |
18 |
Helsinki Technology University |
Finland
|
194 |
36 |
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (Haifa) |
Israel
|
196 |
N/A |
São Paulo University |
Brazil
|
196 |
74 |
Royal Institute of Technology (Stockholm) |
Sweden
|
198 |
N/A |
Showa University |
Japan
|
199 |
N/A |
Florence University |
Italy
|
199 |
N/A |
George Washington University (Washington, D.C.) |
United States
|
199 |
N/A |
Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem) |
United States
|