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International comparisons The world's top 200 universities

The world’s top 200 universities

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2006 2005 review faculty students Overall
Name Country review student faculty
rank rank score score score score
(10%) score score
(40%) (5%) (5%)
(20%) (20%)

Harvard
1 1 US 93 100 15 25 56 55 100.0
University
Cambridge
2 3 UK 100 79 58 43 64 17 96.8
University
3 4 Oxford University UK 97 76 54 39 61 15 92.7
Massachusetts
4= 2 Institute of US 81 93 11 39 42 54 89.2
Technology
4= 7 Yale University US 72 81 45 26 93 24 89.2
Stanford
6 5 US 82 85 9 34 32 55 85.4
University
California
7 8 Institute of US 53 21 24 40 67 100 83.8
Technology
University of
8 6 California, US 92 75 6 13 22 39 80.4
Berkeley
Imperial College
9 13 UK 65 44 55 56 88 12 78.6
London
Princeton
10 9 US 68 61 21 29 53 34 74.2
University
University of
11 17 US 57 67 19 30 73 17 69.8
Chicago
Columbia
12 20 US 57 64 9 32 74 17 69.0
University
13 11 Duke University US 39 78 11 21 100 19 68.3
14 15 Beijing University China 70 55 5 11 69 2 67.9
Cornell
15 14 US 60 74 10 25 44 26 65.9
University
Australian
16 23 National Australia 72 30 48 33 38 13 64.8
University
London School
17 11 UK 42 85 89 100 53 1 63.9
of Economics
Ecole Normale
18 24 France 46 30 22 28 69 37 63.3
Supérieure, Paris
National
19= 22 University of Singapore 70 44 82 47 22 8 63.1
Singapore
19= 16 Tokyo University Japan 72 29 8 10 35 27 63.1

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21 24 McGill University Canada 57 61 31 33 52 10 62.3

Melbourne
22 19 Australia 72 44 51 36 25 7 61.6
University
Johns Hopkins
23 27 US 49 37 15 20 65 29 61.3
University
24 21 ETH Zurich Switzerland 51 25 84 45 44 23 59.7
University
25 28 UK 46 28 39 47 70 12 58.7
College London
Pennsylvania
26 32 US 45 64 17 26 52 22 57.8
University
University of
27 29 Canada 63 51 37 17 15 25 57.7
Toronto
Tsing Hua
28 62 China 45 34 22 9 84 1 56.1
University
29= 31 Kyoto University Japan 61 20 15 7 44 18 56.0
University of
29= 36 US 50 61 15 19 46 15 56.0
Michigan
University of
31 37 California, Los US 58 42 2 12 34 25 55.9
Angeles
University of
32 26 US 44 56 24 14 19 53 55.0
Texas at Austin
Edinburgh
33= 30 UK 54 42 28 29 42 11 54.8
University
University of
33= 41 Hong Kong 48 40 84 27 46 6 54.8
Hong Kong
Carnegie Mellon
35= 44 US 44 64 28 40 48 11 54.6
University
Sydney
35= 38 Australia 65 26 56 31 23 8 54.6
University
Ecole
37 10 France 37 40 18 40 64 17 53.0
Polytechnique
Monash
38 33 Australia 57 40 61 51 21 5 52.6
University
Geneva
39 88 Switzerland 26 13 69 58 81 7 49.9
University
Manchester
40 35 UK 44 50 42 29 38 6 49.0
University
University of New
41 40 Australia 56 36 23 37 20 7 48.2
South Wales
Northwestern
42 46 US 32 71 12 20 44 19 47.9
University
New York
43 56 US 39 51 8 16 55 6 47.6
University
University of
44 42 California, San US 46 16 3 9 26 42 47.5
Diego
Queensland
45 47 Australia 52 26 51 31 18 12 47.2
University
Auckland New
46= 52 51 17 44 21 38 2 46.8
University Zealand

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King’s College
46= 73 UK 42 28 42 30 44 7 46.8
London
Rochester
48= 73 US 21 26 8 23 91 12 46.7
University
Washington
48= 58 University, St US 25 32 5 18 73 22 46.7
Louis
University of
50= 38 Canada 51 38 23 15 19 16 46.4
British Columbia
Chinese
50= 51 University of Hong Kong 39 38 62 24 41 7 46.4
Hong Kong
52 69 Sciences Po France 21 29 22 53 86 – 45.6
Vanderbilt
53 114 US 22 37 2 14 81 14 45.3
University
54= 71 Brown University US 32 32 34 20 50 18 45.0
Copenhagen
54= 66 Denmark 44 21 12 13 51 5 45.0
University
56 141 Emory University US 19 38 1 14 84 15 44.9
Indian Institutes
57 50 India 45 34 0 1 27 24 44.5
of Technology
Heidelberg
58= 45 Germany 43 28 17 28 36 11 44.3
University
Hong Kong
58= 43 University Sci & Hong Kong 40 41 74 21 17 16 44.3
Technol
Case Western
60 109 Reserve US 19 34 3 24 77 19 44.2
University
Dartmouth
61= 117 US 22 56 13 17 59 16 43.7
College
Nanyang
61= 48 Technological Singapore 40 37 77 56 21 3 43.7
University
Seoul National South
63 93 43 13 2 7 57 4 43.6
University Korea
64= 49 Bristol University UK 36 44 37 26 34 10 43.2
Ecole Polytech
64= 34 Fédérale de Switzerland 28 13 70 66 47 11 43.2
Lausanne
Boston
66 54 US 35 38 9 21 47 10 42.9
University
Eindhoven
67 70 University of Netherlands 19 18 21 11 92 3 42.1
Technology
Indian Institutes
68 84 India 31 46 0 10 60 2 41.6
of Management
Amsterdam
69 58 Netherlands 42 20 30 10 28 15 41.3
University
School of
70= 103 Oriental and UK 23 9 48 74 64 0 40.4
African Studies

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70= 105 Osaka University Japan 39 0 4 9 45 17 40.4

Ecole Normale
72 92 France 21 18 15 19 50 34 40.1
Supérieure, Lyon
Warwick
73 77 UK 39 40 38 41 22 4 40.0
University
National
74 95 Autonomous Mexico 29 36 3 1 65 0 39.8
Univ of Mexico
75 127 Basel University Switzerland 21 0 76 28 63 10 39.7
Catholic
76 88 University of Belgium 37 25 29 25 29 11 39.4
Louvain (French)
University of
77 58 US 39 31 10 16 32 9 39.3
Illinois
Trinity College
78 111 Ireland 37 34 58 29 17 9 39.1
Dublin
New
79= 186 Otago University 26 17 94 20 45 3 38.5
Zealand
University of
79= 73 US 39 11 0 14 35 16 38.5
Wisconsin
Glasgow
81 101 UK 35 33 17 16 35 9 38.4
University
Macquarie
82= 67 Australia 32 40 100 51 10 5 38.3
University
Technical
82= 105 University Germany 30 26 22 30 42 10 38.3
Munich
Washington
84 88 US 31 23 13 10 38 20 38.2
University
Nottingham
85 97 UK 34 37 34 29 28 6 38.1
University
Delft University
86 53 Netherlands 34 13 52 18 37 7 38.0
of Technology
Vienna
87 65 Austria 43 22 23 26 10 15 37.8
University
Pittsburgh
88 193 US 22 19 20 10 62 11 37.6
University
Lausanne
89 133 Switzerland 20 21 54 33 53 9 37.3
University
Birmingham
90= 143 UK 34 27 34 29 28 9 37.2
University
90= 138 Leiden University Netherlands 33 21 33 11 20 26 37.2
Erasmus
92 57 University Netherlands 22 49 24 31 11 38 37.1
Rotterdam
Lomonosov
93= 79 Moscow State Russia 42 28 1 7 30 3 37.0
University
Pierre and Marie
93= 88 France 31 0 29 35 49 6 37.0
Curie University
Utrecht
95 120 Netherlands 37 12 24 9 25 18 36.7
University

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Catholic
96 95 University of Belgium 37 35 11 20 18 13 36.6
Leuven (Flemish)
Wageningen
97 108 Netherlands 16 9 16 45 61 17 36.5
University
Munich
98 55 Germany 35 23 19 21 29 9 36.4
University
Queen Mary,
99= 112 University of UK 26 9 44 40 47 4 36.3
London
Pennsylvania
99= 64 US 33 43 7 8 31 6 36.3
State University
University of
101 124 Southern US 27 28 7 28 45 9 36.2
California
Georgetown
102= 159 US 19 65 6 17 41 11 36.1
University
102= 150 Rice University US 20 31 12 23 50 15 36.1
Sheffield
102= 143 UK 31 22 32 28 33 8 36.1
University
University of
105= 80 Australia 38 0 47 44 14 14 35.9
Adelaide
Humboldt
105= 112 Germany 32 15 18 18 43 5 35.9
University Berlin
Sussex
105= 100 UK 27 18 42 27 41 6 35.9
University
National Taiwan
108 114 Taiwan 40 0 1 0 43 4 35.8
University
St Andrews
109= 136 UK 26 20 40 53 33 9 35.7
University
109= 85 Zurich University Switzerland 26 0 69 23 41 11 35.7
Maryland
111= 133 US 27 33 16 15 35 14 35.6
University
Uppsala
111= 180 Sweden 36 0 17 8 41 9 35.6
University
Wake Forest
111= 199 US 10 32 2 6 80 10 35.6
University
University of
111= 80 Western Australia 34 11 61 28 19 13 35.6
Australia
University of
115 217 Netherlands 23 15 29 16 59 3 35.5
Twente
116= 72 Fudan University China 39 47 11 8 18 2 35.4
Helsinki
116= 62 Finland 38 20 7 5 16 20 35.4
University
Tokyo Institute of
118 99 Japan 29 18 3 14 39 16 35.3
Technology
Hebrew
119 77 University of Israel 41 0 14 5 22 16 35.2
Jerusalem
120 215 Keio University Japan 28 25 18 4 48 2 35.1

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121 103 Leeds University UK 32 33 28 25 25 7 35.0

122 180 Lund University Sweden 35 0 26 9 36 10 34.8
University of
123 143 US 23 38 7 8 36 19 34.6
North Carolina
University of
124= 68 Massachusetts US 32 28 1 10 20 23 34.5
Amherst
124= 109 York University UK 28 22 31 30 33 8 34.5
Aarhus
126 138 Denmark 30 15 38 13 33 9 34.4
University
Purdue
127 61 US 32 42 20 15 21 6 34.2
University
Kyushu
128= 222 Japan 21 17 8 8 59 7 34.1
University
Nagoya
128= 129 Japan 29 11 4 9 41 13 34.1
University
130= 164 Tufts University US 17 31 12 17 42 22 33.9
Virginia
130= 105 US 20 57 6 11 34 14 33.9
University
Durham
132 83 UK 25 41 43 25 23 10 33.8
University
University of
133= 149 Canada 32 11 40 21 17 18 33.6
Alberta
Brussels Free
133= 259 University Belgium 16 15 21 17 72 – 33.6
(Flemish)
Hokkaido
133= 157 Japan 29 0 8 6 52 8 33.6
University
Newcastle upon
133= 168 UK 25 24 33 32 36 7 33.6
Tyne University
Nijmegen
137 177 Netherlands 21 9 33 10 55 7 33.5
University
Vienna Technical
138 86 Austria 29 17 27 34 36 3 33.3
University
Liverpool
139 119 UK 26 26 32 21 32 8 33.2
University
Cranfield
140 234 UK 14 26 31 62 52 2 33.0
University
University of
141= 159 California, Santa US 31 11 7 8 22 24 32.9
Barbara
141= 228 Cardiff University UK 29 13 27 23 36 4 32.9
141= 219 Ghent University Belgium 29 9 20 10 43 4 32.9
Southampton
141= 206 UK 26 16 38 25 34 7 32.9
University
Georgia Institute
145 147 US 30 36 2 27 19 13 32.8
of Technology
146 82 RMIT University Australia 34 26 31 65 9 1 32.5
Chalmers
147= 166 University of Sweden 27 9 17 8 46 5 32.4
Technology

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Tel Aviv
147= 188 Israel 35 22 0 3 13 21 32.4
University
Free University
148 172 Germany 37 0 27 17 25 6 32.3
Berlin
South
150= 184 Korea University 25 8 5 19 55 1 32.2
Korea
Texas A&M
150= 125 US 30 39 12 13 16 13 32.2
University
Notre Dame
152 179 US 19 51 17 14 35 9 32.0
University
153 130 Bath University UK 21 36 34 35 32 5 31.8
City University of
154 178 Hong Kong 28 11 75 14 25 5 31.7
Hong Kong
McMaster
155 184 Canada 29 24 9 13 18 19 31.6
University
Curtin University
156= 101 Australia 28 18 71 70 12 – 31.5
of Technology
Göttingen
156= 114 Germany 32 0 17 17 31 8 31.5
University
Technion —
158= 194 Israel Inst of Israel 31 17 6 6 23 16 31.4
Technology
158= 240 University of Ulm Germany 12 0 22 16 70 9 31.4
Waseda
158= 202 Japan 27 24 11 6 42 1 31.4
University
Chulalongkorn
161= 121 Thailand 33 18 9 1 33 0 31.2
University
University Louis
161= 131 Pasteur France 25 15 22 34 28 12 31.2
Strasbourg
Michigan State
163 121 US 28 39 10 12 21 9 31.1
University
Saint Petersburg
164 219 Russia 26 18 1 9 47 1 30.7
State University
Brussels Free
165= 76 University Belgium 30 19 15 39 13 12 30.5
(French)
China University
165= 93 China 36 14 3 0 24 5 30.5
of Sci & Technol
State Univ of
165= 175 New York, Stony US 26 16 6 15 30 14 30.5
Brook
George
168= 199 Washington US 24 46 3 13 30 5 30.4
University
Tohoku
168= 136 Japan 26 0 8 7 31 21 30.4
University
University of
170= 206 US 30 0 2 8 30 17 30.3
California, Davis
University of
170= 260 Germany 21 21 21 19 37 9 30.3
Tubingen
172= 172 Aachen RWT Germany 23 37 24 24 28 4 30.2

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Maastricht
172= 157 Netherlands 18 28 34 46 24 13 30.2
University
Royal Institute of
172= 196 Sweden 24 11 17 12 43 4 30.2
Technology
Yeshiva
172= 254 US 7 0 9 6 70 20 30.2
University
Queen’s
176 261 Canada 21 36 38 8 28 7 30.0
University
177 138 Oslo University Norway 30 0 17 9 34 5 29.9
University of
178 228 Switzerland 17 9 1 16 54 9 29.8
Bern
Shanghai Jiao
179 169 China 31 37 13 5 19 1 29.7
Tong University
Nanjing
180 150 China 35 20 24 2 16 3 29.6
University
181= 172 Kobe University Japan 25 17 8 7 38 5 29.4
Université de
181= 132 Canada 25 25 48 11 13 14 29.4
Montréal
Jawaharlal
183= 192 India 32 14 2 6 27 4 29.3
Nehru University
Free University
183= 186 Netherlands 25 9 19 8 36 8 29.3
of Amsterdam
University of
185 289 Kebangsaan Malaysia 32 22 9 6 25 0 29.2
Malaysia
Innsbruck
186 165 Austria 23 0 30 48 32 6 29.1
University
Brandeis
187= 213 US 19 23 7 23 34 13 29.0
University
Frankfurt
187= 142 Germany 30 17 22 17 19 7 29.0
University
University of
187= 150 US 26 20 8 10 20 16 29.0
Minnesota
University of
190= 240 Spain 31 16 2 11 26 4 28.9
Barcelona
Reading
190= 248 UK 21 19 32 25 30 6 28.9
University
Malaya
192= 169 Malaysia 33 14 10 7 24 1 28.6
University
Queensland
192= 118 University of Australia 33 8 51 19 13 2 28.6
Technology
Technical
194 154 University of Denmark 25 0 19 19 25 17 28.5
Denmark
Aberdeen
195 267 UK 20 9 37 25 33 7 28.3
University
University of
196 308 Australia 23 8 69 64 15 3 28.2
Wollongong
La Sapienza
197 125 Italy 37 15 2 6 11 5 28.1
University, Rome

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University of
198= 254 US 24 16 2 10 19 21 28.0
California, Irvine
Korea Advanced
South
198= 143 Inst Science & 24 11 14 6 29 12 28.0
Korea
Technol
University of
200 305 Paris-Sorbonne France 32 29 6 29 13 0 27.9
(Paris IV)
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Data compiled for The Times Higher by QS and Evidence Ltd, published October 06 2006.

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