World University Rankings 2010
 
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1 Harvard University US 99.7 98.7 98.8 34.5 72.4 96.1
2 California Institute of Technology US 97.7 98 99.9 83.7 54.6 96
3 Massachusetts Institute of Technology US 97.8 91.4 99.9 87.5 82.3 95.6
4 Stanford University US 98.3 98.1 99.2 64.3 29.5 94.3
5 Princeton University US 90.9 95.4 99.9 70.3 94.2
6 University of Cambridge UK 90.5 94.1 94 57 77.7 91.2
6 University of Oxford UK 88.2 93.9 95.1 73.5 77.2 91.2
8 University of California Berkeley US 84.2 99.3 97.8 39.6 91.1
9 Imperial College London UK 89.2 94.5 88.3 92.9 90 90.6
10 Yale University US 92.1 89.7 91.5 59.2 89.5
11 University of California Los Angeles US 83 92.9 93.2 48.1 87.7
12 University of Chicago US 79.1 87.9 96.9 62.8 86.9
13 Johns Hopkins University US 80.9 89.2 92.3 100 58.5 86.4
14 Cornell University US 82.2 88.8 88.1 34.7 62.4 83.9
15 University of Michigan US 83.9 89.1 84.1 59.6 53.3 83.4
15 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich Switzerland 77.5 87.8 83.1 93.7 83.4
17 University of Toronto Canada 75.8 87.9 82.2 82
18 Columbia University US 73.8 73.8 92.6 90.9 81
19 University of Pennsylvania US 71.8 82.7 93.6 43.7 32.9 79.5
20 Carnegie Mellon University US 70.3 79.3 95.7 53.7 39.1 79.3
21 University of Hong Kong Hong Kong 68.4 71.4 96.1 56.5 91.4 79.2
22 University College London UK 74 81.6 80.6 39 90.8 78.4
23 University of Washington US 68.2 77.1 95.9 32.8 49 78
24 Duke University US 66.8 71.5 92.3 100 49.4 76.5
25 Northwestern University US 64.5 68.8 95.3 60.5 75.9
26 University of Tokyo Japan 87.7 91.9 58.1 18.4 75.6
27 Georgia Institute of Technology US 67.9 72.6 83.2 95.1 73.2 75.3
28 Pohang University of Science and Technology South Korea 69.5 62.5 96.5 100 32.6 75.1
29 University of California Santa Barbara US 56.6 68 98.8 89.8 64.3 75
30 University of British Columbia Canada 65.1 74.8 80.3 42.6 93.3 73.8
30 University of North Carolina US 70.9 75.1 85 50.2 21.5 73.8
32 University of California San Diego US 59.8 76.3 90.8 51.8 31.6 73.2
33 University of Illinois - Urbana US 68.1 80.9 72.9 55.9 73
34 National University of Singapore Singapore 65.5 72.6 78.7 40.5 97.8 72.9
35 McGill University Canada 69 74.9 69 85.9 71.7
36 University of Melbourne Australia 58.7 69.2 83.3 47.7 88 71
37 Peking University China 76.4 61.3 72.2 98.6 68.6 70.7
38 Washington University Saint Louis US 58.9 63 88.6 56.4 69.9
39 Ecole Polytechnic France 57.9 56.1 91.4 77.9 69.5
40 University of Edinburgh UK 59.9 61.9 86.8 42.2 67.3 69.2
41 Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Hong Kong 50.4 51.8 98.2 64.1 97.4 69
42 Ecole Normale Superieure Paris France 66.8 48.2 95.7 30.7 44.9 68.6
43 University of Göttingen Germany 57.3 55.9 92.5 31.7 44.5 67
43 Australian National University Australia 51.9 62.4 81 93.9 67
43 University of Wisconsin US 55.5 64.6 83.4 43.7 67
43 Karolinska Institute Sweden 65.8 72.7 62.3 73.3 67
47 Rice University US 57.4 50.6 99.1 29.2 31.2 66.9
48 École Polytechnique Federale of Lausanne Switzerland 55 56.1 83.8 38 100 66.5
49 University of Science and Technology of China China 57.5 48.6 92.7 30.3 66
49 University of California Irvine US 49.4 54.7 91.6 66.3 66
51 Vanderbilt University US 64.9 59.5 78.1 84.2 22.1 65.9
52 University of Minnesota US 57.6 69.1 76.4 23 65.6
53 Tufts University US 64.1 52.3 83.9 28.3 65.2
54 University of California Davis US 57.3 70.7 68.8 48 60.5 65
55 Brown University US 59.7 57 77.7 60.5 64.9
56 University of Massachusetts US 61.3 72.6 67.9 53.9 22.6 64.7
57 Kyoto University Japan 78.9 77.7 46.3 67.1 18.4 64.6
58 Tsinghua University China 74.9 66.6 52.7 97.8 43 64.2
59 Boston University US 53.6 51.9 91.4 29.6 38.1 64
60 New York University US 62 50.7 82.9 31.8 63.9
61 Emory University US 63.4 48.4 77.8 52.3 63
61 University of Munich Germany 59.1 57.5 76.4 40.4 43.1 63
63 University of Notre Dame US 56.4 45.1 89.1 35.6 62.8
64 University of Pittsburgh US 58.5 58.3 78.3 37.9 25.2 62.7
65 Case Western Reserve University US 67.2 53.8 66 56.5 62.2
66 Ohio State University US 63.5 54.9 67.2 64 62.1
67 University of Colorado US 46.4 58.1 83.4 31.7 61.6
68 Yeshiva University US 63.5 46.7 74.4 53.3 61.4
68 University of Bristol UK 49.6 53.1 80.9 36.2 67.2 61.4
68 University of California Santa Cruz US 38.3 50.4 99.6 16.7 61.4
71 University of Sydney Australia 49.8 61.9 64.3 90.8 89.6 61.2
72 University of Virginia US 62 55.4 68.6 42.2 61.1
73 University of Adelaide Australia 46.5 38.8 90.5 52.7 87.5 60.7
73 University of Southern California US 65.4 48.7 71.9 31.2 60.7
75 William & Mary US 53.1 36.1 95.6 20.9 60.4
76 Trinity College Dublin Ireland 47.7 45.3 84.4 31.6 84.2 60.3
77 King's College London UK 48.5 54.5 72.1 44.1 85.9 59.7
78 Stony Brook University US 48.5 43.6 85.8 52.2 59.6
79 University of Sussex UK 42.4 42.4 91.6 29.1 72.8 59.5
79 Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology South Korea 71.3 63.4 45.5 100 36.7 59.5
81 University of Queensland Australia Australia 51.8 53.4 69 57.1 74.2 59.1
81 University of York UK 47.9 46.2 81.9 36.2 66.6 59.1
83 University of Utah US 55.8 54.2 72 22.5 59
83 Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg Germany 59.2 47.5 70.3 39.1 63.4 59
85 Durham University UK 39.8 44.1 91 33.9 65.7 58.9
86 London School of Economics and Political Science UK 62.4 56.2 51.6 38.4 99.5 58.3
87 University of Manchester UK 56.5 56.2 59.2 39 79.1 58
88 Royal Holloway University of London UK 37.7 36.2 93.2 30.5 92.9 57.9
89 Lund University Sweden 46.3 60.8 67.6 33.2 56.8 57.8
90 University of Zurich Switzerland 56.6 47 65 43.8 87.9 57.7
90 University of Southampton UK 50.8 47.8 72.9 37.7 69 57.7
90 Wake Forest University US 54.6 42.9 79.2 24.4 57.7
93 McMaster University Canada 44.7 58.7 68.5 57.6
94 University College Dublin Ireland 42.4 36.6 86.3 87 57.5
95 University of Basel Switzerland 50.2 37.1 78.3 45.8 91.3 57.3
95 George Washington University US 60.6 43.1 70.2 39.6 57.3
95 University of Arizona US 52.4 52.2 70.1 84.2 21.9 57.3
98 University of Maryland College Park US 45.4 48.6 79.2 35.4 57.2
99 Dartmouth College US 44.7 49.2 79.7 31 57.1
100 ENS De Lyon France 51.1 34.4 88.8 26.1 37.6 57
101 Technical University of Munich Germany 50.4 43.2 71.2 85.3 56.9
102 University of Helsinki Finland 49 51.4 75.4 30.2 24.2 56.6
103 University of St. Andrews UK 44.8 47.7 72.9 32.6 85.7 56.5
104 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute US 50.5 54.6 64.9 48 56.4
105 Rutgers the State University of New Jersey US 53.4 64.7 55.7 26.8 56.3
106 Purdue University US 57 67.8 43.9 62.6 56.2
107 National Tsing Hua University Taiwan 52.2 52.6 66.9 50.2 34.1 56.1
107 University of Cape Town South Africa 36.6 42.1 82.8 83.3 56.1
109 Seoul National University South Korea 62.3 54.1 54.6 43 44.9 56
109 Pennsylvania State University US 46.3 49.2 77.6 44 19.9 56
111 Hong Kong Baptist University Hong Kong 32.9 32.5 97.6 26.7 71.8 55.6
112 Tokyo Institute of Technology Japan 62.9 63.4 45.5 60.5 24.8 55.4
112 Bilkent University Turkey 34.3 36.1 95.7 32.4 47.7 55.4
114 Eindhoven University of Technology Netherlands 55.4 51.7 56.9 99.8 44.9 55.3
115 University of Hawaii US 38.3 47.6 81 34.2 55.2
115 National Taiwan University Taiwan 50.3 59 61.6 35.7 29.2 55.2
117 University of California Riverside US 38.6 47.4 78.3 30.5 63 55.1
118 University of Geneva Switzerland 46.6 49.7 63.1 32.7 95.7 55
119 Catholic University of Leuven Belgium 57.7 62.9 45.2 97.7 29.6 54.8
120 Queen Mary University of London UK 39.7 44.1 73.5 38.9 91 54.6
120 Nanjing University China 52.2 46.2 66 43.4 50.2 54.6
122 Technical University of Denmark Denmark 46.2 46.9 64.6 95.5 64 54.5
122 Michigan State University US 50.4 52.7 63.7 30.4 54.5
124 Leiden University Netherlands 47.3 54.9 59.3 100 40 54.4
124 Ghent University Belgium 52.8 59.1 52.8 97.1 24.7 54.4
124 Lancaster University UK 43.5 41.9 74.9 28.8 73.8 54.4
127 University of Alberta Canada 53.7 58 49.7 44.5 71.6 54.3
128 University of Glasgow UK 45.6 50.3 65.1 61 55.1 54.2
129 Stockholm University Sweden 36.9 49.2 75.9 31.7 54
130 University of Victoria Canada 32.9 48.3 79.1 27.4 53.4
130 Osaka University Japan 61.7 63.4 40 73.4 20.1 53.4
132 University of Freiburg Germany 52.4 41.4 64.3 79.8 46.2 53.3
132 Tohoku University Japan 60.3 62.5 41.2 82.3 20.1 53.3
132 University of Iowa US 48.6 59.8 54.8 31.7 53.3
135 University of Bergen Norway 39.9 42.1 73.1 41.5 66.6 52.7
136 University of Lausanne Switzerland 43.1 50.5 59.1 42.5 84.1 52.6
137 University of Sheffield UK 48.9 49.2 58.4 40.3 62.7 52.5
138 University of Montreal Canada 56.1 49.4 51.9 52.4
139 VU University Amsterdam Netherlands 47.6 51.6 58.5 81.4 30.6 52.3
140 University of Dundee UK 34.1 41 79.3 49.3 54.4 52.2
140 Pierre and Marie Curie University France 51.9 37.2 71.5 26.4 30.7 52.2
142 University of Barcelona Spain 34.1 33.7 91.9 30 22.3 52.1
143 Utrecht University Netherlands 43.4 53 58.8 55.3 52.6 52
144 Wageningen University and Research Center Netherlands 58.5 48.8 53 24.3 51.9
145 University of Birmingham UK 50.3 50.7 52.1 34.8 73.8 51.8
145 University of Auckland New Zealand 34.8 39.2 71.8 61.1 94.3 51.8
147 Uppsala University Sweden 49.6 62.2 40.7 39.5 77.9 51.6
147 Alexandria University Egypt 29.5 28 99.8 36 19.3 51.6
149 Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong 39.4 45.7 62.4 57.2 82.9 51.4
149 University of Aberdeen UK 37.8 45.2 64.6 47 86.1 51.4
151 Delft University of Technology Netherlands 55.5 67.7 29 99.4 47.4 51.3
152 University of New South Wales Australia 49.5 48.9 51.2 60 70.7 51.2
152 Birkbeck University of London UK 41.2 35.8 70.6 27.4 88.5 51.2
152 Newcastle University UK 42.7 42.8 63.6 31.1 80.5 51.2
155 Pompeu Fabra University Spain 35 33 84.7 40 44.1 51.1
156 Indiana University US 48.5 42.5 63.2 37.7 51
156 Iowa State University US 49.3 49.6 58.2 49.6 23.2 51
158 Medical College of Georgia US 67.3 41.7 48.9 50.1 16.3 50.7
159 Erasmus University Rotterdam Netherlands 39.4 43.6 65.5 58.6 50.4
159 University of Delaware US 38.4 51.9 61.3 100 16.8 50.4
161 Arizona State University US 43 44.1 66.9 24.1 50.3
161 Boston College US 40.1 33.6 78 31.6 50.3
163 National Sun Yat-Sen University Taiwan 46.1 50.6 58.9 37.5 21.3 50.2
164 Georgetown University US 65.1 44.7 45 24.7 50.1
165 University of Liverpool UK 40.8 47.8 59.6 40.6 59.8 50
165 University of Amsterdam Netherlands 42.5 49.2 60.2 38.8 38.2 50
167 Aarhus University Denmark 38.1 55.6 57.3 61.5 33.4 49.9
168 University of Leeds UK 46.2 48 55.6 38.3 50 49.8
168 University of Würzburg Germany 48.7 40.9 60.4 40.3 49.8
170 University of Groningen Netherlands 41.7 56.4 54.1 34.2 35.5 49.7
171 Sun Yat-sen University China 46.2 34.7 70.2 41.2 29.3 49.6
172 Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main Germany 39.2 37.3 69.5 41.6 56.1 49.4
173 Bielefeld University Germany 39.9 35.7 70.4 49.3
174 Nanyang Technological University Singapore 43.6 51.7 45 40 96.3 49
174 University of East Anglia UK 42.1 40.4 62.8 29.7 62.8 49
174 University of Nottingham UK 46.8 44.1 52.5 38.4 74.8 49
177 University of Copenhagen Denmark 44.1 45.7 58.3 26.1 45.8 48.8
178 Monash University Australia 39.4 38.8 60.5 40.8 87.1 48.5
178 Humboldt University of Berlin Germany 50.9 44.5 52 27.8 46.1 48.5
178 University of Bonn Germany 46.8 33.8 65.3 29.4 46.8 48.5
181 National Chiao Tung University Taiwan 53.2 54.4 32.9 98.7 57.9 48.3
182 RWTH Aachen University Germany 50 42.5 48.9 56.6 63.8 48.2
183 Middle East Technical University Turkey 39.5 39.5 66.4 43.9 27.2 47.7
184 University of Exeter UK 40.4 42.5 57.9 32.2 62.8 47.6
185 University of Twente Netherlands 49.9 48.3 42 49.8 62.4 47.5
186 University of Konstanz Germany 42.7 40.1 51.3 93.6 47.3
187 Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Germany 45 35.4 60.7 40 47.3 47.2
187 University of Innsbruck Austria 37.9 34.8 60.2 35 99.5 47.2
189 Eberhard Karls University Tübingen Germany 45.9 36.3 57.3 32.3 57.8 47
190 University of Cincinnati US 43.6 40.4 61.5 32.5 18.9 46.9
190 Drexel University US 45 35.9 58.2 27.4 60.6 46.9
190 Yonsei University South Korea 43 48.7 52.2 40.4 28 46.9
193 Dalhousie University Canada 41.6 50.2 48.8 44.9 46.8
193 Royal Institute of Technology Sweden 49.1 56.2 29.2 100 64.2 46.8
195 University of Vienna Austria 47.6 45.7 45.6 27 63.2 46.7
196 Kent State University US 33.5 33.3 76.8 26.3 15.9 46.5
197 University of Illinois - Chicago US 57.8 46.8 34.7 51.8 46.4
197 Zhejiang University China 54.6 41.3 44.3 70.3 29.6 46.4
199 Simon Fraser University Canada 32.9 44.2 60.2 37.9 51.9 46.2
199 Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Sweden 43.3 49.5 41.7 99.9 46.2