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2011 Rank

2010 Rank

Institution Name

Country/
Territory

Academic Reputation

Faculty Student

International Faculty

Overall

 

 

 

 

Score

Score

Score

Score

1

1

University of Cambridge

UK

100.0

98.9

98.4

100.0

2

2

Harvard University

USA

100.0

96.4

76.9

99.3

3

5

Massachusetts institute of Technology (MIT)

USA

100.0

99.9

50.0

99.2

4

3

Yale University

USA

100.0

100.0

84.3

98.8

5

6

University of Oxford

UK

100.0

100.0

98.2

98.0

6

7

Imperial College London

UK

99.8

99.7

99.7

97.6

7

4

UCL (University College London)

UK

99.4

99.0

96.2

97.3

8

8

University of Chicago

USA

99.9

95.8

71.5

96.1

9

12

University of Pennsylvania

USA

98.7

99.5

64.1

95.7

10

11

Columbia University

USA

99.9

95.8

17.1

95.3

11

13

Stanford University

USA

100.0

74.9

36.6

93.4

12

9

California institute of Technology (Caltech)

USA

99.0

97.0

99.0

93.0

13

10

Princeton University

USA

100.0

75.3

96.5

91.9

14

15

University of Michigan

USA

99.8

91.5

53.6

91.3

15

16

Cornell University

USA

99.8

74.7

44.7

90.7

16

17

Johns Hopkins University

USA

95.9

99.3

18.2

90.0

17

19

McGill University

Canada

98.8

89.9

82.0

89.6

18

18

ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)

Switzerland

99.2

54.4

100.0

89.5

19

14

Duke University

USA

95.4

99.8

17.5

89.3

20

22

University of Edinburgh

UK

98.9

73.7

88.8

87.8

21

28

University of California, Berkeley (UCB)

USA

100.0

44.7

95.2

87.6

22

23

University of Hong Kong (HKU)

Hong Kong

98.9

95.1

100.0

87.0

23

29

University of Toronto

Canada

99.9

65.3

91.3

86.2

24

26

Northwestern University

USA

91.5

82.8

12.4

85.9

25

24

The University of Tokyo

Japan

100.0

92.2

10.8

85.9

26

20

Australian National University (ANU)

Australia

99.8

71.7

100.0

85.7

27

21

King's College London (KCL)

UK

92.0

87.5

95.3

85.0

28

31

National University of Singapore (NUS)

Singapore

100.0

72.2

100.0

84.1

29

30

The University of Manchester

UK

98.4

66.0

89.2

84.0

30

27

University of Bristol

UK

89.3

77.1

87.7

83.7

31

38

The University of Melbourne

Australia

99.8

38.1

80.7

83.6

32

25

Kyoto University

Japan

99.8

96.5

14.5

82.9

33

33

Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris (ENS Paris)

France

93.5

94.3

295

82.4

34

35

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

USA

100.0

48.7

4.1

81.9

35

32

Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)

Switzerland

78.6

97.7

100.0

81.8

36

36

Ecole Polytechnique ParisTech

France

75.5

100.0

73.4

80.5

37

42

The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)

Hong Kong

92.0

80.8

98.2

79.5

38

37

The University of Sydney

Australia

99.5

53.4

99.7

793

39

39

Brown University

USA

85.0

68.5

44.0

79.2

40

40

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)

Hong Kong

91.7

83.5

100.0

79.1

41

48

University of Wisconsin-Madison

USA

96.4

78.4

46.2

79.0

42

50

Seoul National University (SNU)

South Korea

98.3

93.0

43.1

78.7

43

34

Carnegie Mellon University

USA

88.0

71.4

38.1

78.5

44

41

New York University (NYU)

USA

97.0

91.7

23.8

77.7

45

49

Osaka University

Japan

89.7

91.9

15.1

77.6

46

47

Peking University

China

99.8

90.4

35.5

77.4

47

54

Tsinghua University

China

98.7

86.1

52.8

76.3

48

43

I he University of Queensland (UU)

Australia

94.4

38.6

97.5

75.9

49

46

The University of New South Wales (UNSW)

Australia

96.1

36.2

92.4

75.7

50

53

The University of Warwick

UK

89.9

59.4

90.0

74.9

51

44

University of British Columbia

Canada

99.6

32.6

267

748

52

45

University of Copenhagen

Denmark

82.8

99.8

71.1

74.7

53

51

Ruprecht-Karls-Universitat Heidelberg

Germany

92.7

86.7

54.9

74.6

54

58

Technische Universitat Munchen

Germany

82.3

97.7

57.5

74.3

55

57

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

USA

83.0

74.1

9.8

73.6

56

55

University of Washington

USA

93.5

47.8

9.2

72.9

57

60

Tokyo Institute of Technology

Japan

78.3

88.3

22.6

72.7

58

74

Nanyang Technological University (NTU)

Singapore

88.0

77.7

100.0

72.5

59

77

University of Glasgow

UK

81.2

53.8

79.6

72.1

60

61

Monash University

Australia

96.5

41.6

58.6

72.1

61

63

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

USA

97.4

25.8

32.5

71.9

62

66

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen

Germany

95.2

34.4

37.1

71.6

63

56

University of Amsterdam

Netherlands

91.4

53.7

563

71.5

64

80

London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

UK

88.1

54.4

100.0

70.5

65

52

Trinity College Dublin (TCD)

Ireland

81.0

58.0

99.1

70.0

66

70

Freie Universitat Berlin

Germany

89.9

30.5

45.0

70.0

67

59

University of Birmingham

UK

78.4

60.3

83.4

69.9

68

86

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Belgium

88.4

22.6

64.2

69.9

69

71

University of Geneva

Switzerland

65.4

66.4

100.0

69.9

70=

64

Boston University

USA

74.0

63.7

14.3

69.7

70=

102

Tohoku University

Japan

73.3

96.7

23.4

69.7

72

69

The University of Sheffield

UK

76.5

61.3

83.0

69.6

73

89

The University of Western Australia (UWA)

Australia

79.5

40.5

99.9

69.2

74

73

The University of Nottingham

UK

75.4

53.8

88.4

68.8

75

81

University of Southampton

UK

72.1

62.3

90.1

68.8

76

67

University of Texas at Austin

USA

97.2

22.1

60.1

68.7

77

65

University of California, San Diego (UCSD)

USA

97.6

26.5

3.1

68.5

78

75=

Washington University in St. Louis

USA

58.9

99.8

13.7

68.5

79

84

Aarhus University

Denmark

69.1

85.8

64.6

68.0

80=

91

Nagoya University

Japan

64.9

80.5

35.1

68.0

80=

83

Utrecht University

Netherlands

81.7

49.5

58.6

68.0

82

68

The University of Auckland

New Zealand

94.0

25.1

943

67.3

83

62

Uppsala University

Sweden

82.5

38.8

79.3

67.2

84

106

Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech)

USA

73.3

20.3

51.1

67.1

85

87

Purdue University

USA

81.5

36.4

96.2

67.1

86

72

Lund University

Sweden

82.9

34.6

31.7

66.7

87

94

National Taiwan University (NTU)

Taiwan

96.5

36.2

18.0

66.6

88

82

Leiden University

Netherlands

84.4

27.2

73.5

66.6

89

75=

University of Helsinki

Finland

80.6

72.9

31.9

66.4

90

79

KAIST- Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

South Korea

79.9

89.9

41.0

66.0

91

105

Fudan University

China

91.5

49.7

18.2

65.7

92

103

The University of Adelaide

Australia

75.1

35.2

94.6

65.7

93

85

University of Leeds

UK

81,1

51.8

77.0

65.7

94

98

Pennsylvania State University

USA

76.3

39.2

23.5

65.4

95

92

Durham University

UK

66.2

46.3

92.4

65.2

96

88

University of York

UK

67.4

59.5

87.4

65.2

97

95

University of St Andrews

UK

59.7

68.0

96.2

65.1

98

112

Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)

South Korea

55.8

97.7

69.9

65.1

99

90

Dartmouth College

USA

44.6

86.9

10.4

64.9

100

78

University of Alberta

Canada

75.2

61.2

92.6

64.5

101

110

University of California, Davis (UCD)

USA

77.3

36.7

40.1

64.4

102

96

University of Minnesota

USA

82.8

25.0

26.9

64.3

103

99

Erasmus University Rotterdam

Netherlands

54.6

46.6

51.8

64.0

104

108

Delft University of Technology

Netherlands

76.4

46.3

91.4

63.9

105

97

Universitat Freiburg

Germany

69.3

90.0

62.4

63.7

106

101

University of Zurich

Switzerland

74.6

39.5

99.6

63.3

107

113

University of Southern California

USA

61.7

73.G

49.6

63.2

108

100

University of Oslo

Norway

70.3

91.2

41.7

62.9

109

111

Maastricht University

Netherlands

37.5

72.4

82.3

62.5

110

129

City University of Honq Kong

Honq Konq

72.2

67.7

100.0

62.0

111

125

Ohio State University

USA

73.9

35.9

65.2

61.5

112

93

Lomonosov Moscow State University

Russia

77.3

100.0

5.4

61.3

113

104

University of Maryland, College Park

USA

67.3

60.2

38.2

61.0

114

107

Emory University

USA

37.3

88.6

27.4

60.4

115

120

University of Groningen

Netherlands

60.4

66.9

80.7

60.4

116

119

University of Pittsburgh

USA

49.6

90.7

59.0

60.3

117

115

Rice University

USA

47.1

80.2

25.5

60.2

118

116

University of California, Santa Barbara {UCSB)

USA

79.7

15.4

42.6

59.9

119

118

University Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMQ

France

67.7

76.4

31.4

59.8

120

109

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Israel

65.0

62.9

45.1

59.4

121

133

University of Bergen

Norway

47.0

77.1

91.3

59.3

122

153

Kyushu University

Japan

56.4

95.7

15.3

58.9

123

121

University of Liverpool

UK

54.0

61.9

92.4

58.8

124

151

Shanghai jiao Tong University

China

80.4

52.4

20.7

58.3

125

124

University Catholique de Louvain (UCL)

Belgium

72.2

16.2

58.3

57.8

126

130

University of Virginia

USA

54.2

54.5

8.9

57.6

127

140

Newcastle University

UK

45.1

64.6

83.2

57.6

128

127=

University of Rochester

USA

42.1

99.9

63.5

57.4

129

142

Yonsei University

South Korea

72.4

83.6

14.0

57.3

130

135

University of Otago

New Zealand

63.2

30.8

100.0

57.2

131

134

Vanderbilt University

USA

41.8

100.0

12.1

57.2

132

123

Humboldt-Universitatzu Berlin

Germany

93.2

27.1

46.3

57.1

133

139

Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon

France

54.6

100.0

48.0

57.0

134

114

University College Dublin (UCD)

Ireland

58.8

52.7

95.7

56.9

135

122

Cardiff University

UK

56.9

55.6

76.5

56.9

136

152

University of Lausanne

Switzerland

46.1

60.6

92.9

56.7

137

136

Universite de Montreal

Canada

64.6

35.3

73.8

56.4

138

149

Radboud University Nijmegen

Netherlands

37.4

84.2

58.7

56.1

139

175

Hokkaido University

Japan

52.4

70.0

6.4

55.9

140

158

Rheinisch-Westfalische Technische Hochschule Aachen

Germany

63.6

64.2

37.8

55.9

141

117

University of Aberdeen

UK

48.4

62.7

90.8

55.7

142

170

University of Colorado at Boulder

USA

49.5

57.0

22.4

55.3

143

162=

University of Bern

Switzerland

38.3

61.2

97.5

55.0

144

132

Queen's University

Canada

52.5

40.9

77.7

54.9

145

127=

Case Western Reserve University

USA

31.1

92.7

25.1

54.8

146

126

Eindhoven University of Technology

Netherlands

46.2

99.6

98.9

54.8

147

166=

KIT, Karlsruher Institute fur Technologie (formerly: University Karlsruhe)

Germany

59.1

65.1

43.9

54.6

148

146

University of California, Irvine (UCI)

USA

65.6

26.6

8.4

54.5

149

174

Georg-August-Universitat Gottingen

Germany

63.8

73.0

40.5

53.8

150

141

Technical University of Denmark

Denmark

34.4

98.6

88.8

53.8

151

137

University of Basel

Switzerland

54.4

66.1

100.0

53.8

152

131

Eberhard Karls Universitat Tubingen

Germany

55.5

58.7

60.9

53.7

153

181

Lancaster University

UK

52.9

48.8

79.6

53.4

154

200

Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universitat Bonn

Germany

66.5

71.5

16.8

53.4

155

143

Universitat Wien

Austria

81.0

9.3

46.2

53.3

156

161

University of Cape Town

South Africa

56.7

34.2

72.2

52.9

157

164

The University of Western Ontario

Canada

50.0

22.1

59.0

52.6

158

198

Texas A&M University

USA

65.8

23.7

19.1

52.5

159

162=

McMaster University

Canada

57.8

19.1

42.6

52.2

160

145

University of Waterloo

Canada

62.0

18.1

80.0

52.0

161

193

University of Florida

USA

60.0

35.0

19.3

51.6

162

252

University of Illinois, Chicago (UIC)

USA

46.3

50.9

6.0

51.5

163

160

University of Arizona

USA

60.2

36.1

27.4

51.5

164

208

Michigan State University

USA

62.0

29.4

41.2

51.4

165

192

University of Ghent

Belgium

58.4

62.6

21.3

51.3

166

155

Georgetown University

USA

51.6

58.1

28.0

51.0

167

207

Universiti Malaya (UM)

Malaysia

56.3

76.4

76.8

50.9

168

144

University of Bath

UK

48.6

37.0

87.5

50.8

169

222

Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM)

Mexico

79.4

52.6

16.1

50.7

170

253

Universidade de Sao Paulo (USP)

Brazil

75.1

39.0

11.6

50.7

171

180

Chulalongkorn University

Thailand

82.2

43.8

17.2

50.7

172

147

Queen Mary, University of London (QMUL)

UK

56.4

66.5

96.6

50.7

173

138

Tel Aviv University

Israel

59.0

17.0

30.1

50.6

174

157

Tufts University

USA

29.1

60.0

100.0

50.6

175

178

Wageningen University

Netherlands

43.0

99.8

9.5

50.3

176

118

Universitat de Barcelona (UB)

Finland

77.9

27.2

5.8

50.3

177

166=

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Hong Kong

58.4

40.3

100.0

50.1

178

168

Stockholm University

Sweden

71.9

28.8

75.4

49.8

179

171

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Netherlands

62.5

53.8

43.2

49.6

180

150

KTH, Royal Institute of Technology

Sweden

51.7

56.3

66.5

49.6

181

184

University College Cork (UCC)

Ireland

49.0

49.5

94.5

49.6

182

195

Universitat Frankfurt am Main

Germany

58.2

38.6

26.5

49.5

183

176

Universita di Bologna (UNIBO)

Italy

81.9

26.6

13.7

49.4

184

183

University of Gothenburg

Sweden

46.9

41.2

72.7

49.3

185

182

Waseda University

Japan

76.3

35.5

35.2

49.2

186

177

Nanjing University

China

70.6

43.2

47.2

49.1

187

172

University of Tsukuba

Japan

53.8

82.8

15.5

49.1

188

206

Keio University

Japan

64.5

59.9

15.0

49.0

189

154

University of Science and Technology of China

China

62.4

56.6

5.0

49.0

190

191

Korea University

South Korea

70.8

58.4

15.3

49.0

191

218

Zhejiang University

China

66.6

36.7

17.1

48.8

192

188

University of Iowa

USA

42.6

52.3

32.5

48.4

193

197

Queen's University of Belfast

UK

40.4

57.9

98.6

48.3

194

173

Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona

Spain

71.2

34.9

17.8

48.2

195

169

University of Leicester

UK

34.3

51.5

84.6

48.0

196

209

Universite Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)

Belgium

53.0

39.5

88.4

47.9

197

179

University of Antwerp

Belgium

36.5

98.6

64.6

47.5

198

156

University of Sussex

UK

48.8

38.1

92.7

47.5

199

201

University of Dundee

UK

32.7

67.2

84.4

47.3

200

221

King Saud University (KSU)

Saudi Arabia

56.6

83.1

94.5

47.1