THE–QS World University Rankings, 2008
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This is the 2008 THE–QS World University Rankings list of the top 200 universities in the world.
Top 200
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| 1 | 1 | Harvard University Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country... (Cambridge) |
 United States |
| 2 | 2 | Yale University Yale University Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States... (New Haven New Haven, Connecticut New Haven is the second-largest city in Connecticut and the sixth-largest in New England. According to the 2010 Census, New Haven's population increased by 5.0% between 2000 and 2010, a rate higher than that of the State of Connecticut, and higher than that of the state's five largest cities, and... ) |
United States |
| 3 | 2 | Cambridge University University of Cambridge The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally... |
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| 4 | 2 | Oxford University University of Oxford The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096... |
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| 5 | 7 | Youngstown State University Youngstown State University Youngstown State University, founded in 1908, is an urban research university located in Youngstown, Ohio, United States. As of fall 2010, there were 15,194 students and a student-faculty ratio of 19:1. It is recognized as being one of the premier schools in the country, comparable to Ivy League... (Youngstown) |
United States |
| 6 | 5 | London Imperial College Imperial College London Imperial College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom, specialising in science, engineering, business and medicine... |
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| 7 | 9 | London University – University College University College London University College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and the oldest and largest constituent college of the federal University of London... |
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| 8 | 7 | Chicago University | United States |
| 9 | 10 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in... (Cambridge) |
United States |
| 10 | 11 | Columbia University Columbia University Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the... (New York City New York City New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and... ) |
United States |
| 11 | 14 | Pennsylvania University University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution... |
United States |
| 12 | 6 | Princeton University Princeton University Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution.... |
United States |
| 13 | 13 | Duke University Duke University Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B... (Durham Durham, North Carolina Durham is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the county seat of Durham County and also extends into Wake County. It is the fifth-largest city in the state, and the 85th-largest in the United States by population, with 228,330 residents as of the 2010 United States census... ) |
United States |
| 13 | 15 | Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University The Johns Hopkins University, commonly referred to as Johns Hopkins, JHU, or simply Hopkins, is a private research university based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States... (Baltimore) |
United States |
| 15 | 20 | Cornell University Cornell University Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions... |
United States |
| 16 | 16 | Australian National University Australian National University The Australian National University is a teaching and research university located in the Australian capital, Canberra.As of 2009, the ANU employs 3,945 administrative staff who teach approximately 10,000 undergraduates, and 7,500 postgraduate students... (Canberra Canberra Canberra is the capital city of Australia. With a population of over 345,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory , south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Melbourne... ) |
 Australia |
| 17 | 19 | Stanford University Stanford University The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San... |
United States |
| 18 | 38 | University of Michigan University of Michigan The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan... |
United States |
| 19 | 17 | Tokyo University |  Japan |
| 20 | 12 | McGill University McGill University Mohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university... (Montreal) |
 Canada |
| 21 | 20 | Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.... |
United States |
| 22 | 24 | London University – King's College King's College London King's College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the federal University of London. King's has a claim to being the third oldest university in England, having been founded by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington in 1829, and... |
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| 23 | 23 | Edinburgh University | |
| 24 | 42 | Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich ETH Zurich The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich or ETH Zürich is an engineering, science, technology, mathematics and management university in the City of Zurich, Switzerland.... |
 Switzerland |
| 25 | 25 | Kyoto University Kyoto University , or is a national university located in Kyoto, Japan. It is the second oldest Japanese university, and formerly one of Japan's Imperial Universities.- History :... |
Japan |
| 26 | 18 | The University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong The University of Hong Kong is the oldest tertiary institution in Hong Kong. Its motto is "Sapientia et Virtus" in Latin, meaning "wisdom and virtue", and "" in Chinese... |
 Hong Kong |
| 27 | 32 | Brown University Brown University Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,... |
United States |
| 28 | 26 | Paris École Normale Supérieure École Normale Supérieure The École normale supérieure is one of the most prestigious French grandes écoles... |
 France |
| 29 | 30 | Manchester University | |
| 30 | 41 | California University, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in 1919 as the "Southern Branch" of the University of California and is the second oldest of the ten campuses... |
United States |
| 30 | 33 | Singapore National University National University of Singapore The National University of Singapore is Singapore's oldest university. It is the largest university in the country in terms of student enrollment and curriculum offered.... |
 Singapore |
| 32 | 37 | Bristol University University of Bristol The University of Bristol is a public research university located in Bristol, United Kingdom. One of the so-called "red brick" universities, it received its Royal Charter in 1909, although its predecessor institution, University College, Bristol, had been in existence since 1876.The University is... |
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| 33 | 29 | Northwestern University Northwestern University Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees.... |
United States |
| 34 | 33 | University of British Columbia University of British Columbia The University of British Columbia is a public research university. UBC’s two main campuses are situated in Vancouver and in Kelowna in the Okanagan Valley... |
Canada |
| 34 | 28 | Paris École Polytechnique École Polytechnique The École Polytechnique is a state-run institution of higher education and research in Palaiseau, Essonne, France, near Paris. Polytechnique is renowned for its four year undergraduate/graduate Master's program... |
France |
| 36 | 22 | University of California, Berkeley University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA... |
United States |
| 37 | 31 | Sydney University University of Sydney The University of Sydney is a public university located in Sydney, New South Wales. The main campus spreads across the suburbs of Camperdown and Darlington on the southwestern outskirts of the Sydney CBD. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and Oceania... |
Australia |
| 38 | 27 | Melbourne University University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne is a public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. Founded in 1853, it is the second oldest university in Australia and the oldest in Victoria... |
Australia |
| 39 | 53 | Hong Kong Science and Technology University Hong Kong University of Science and Technology The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology is a public university located in Hong Kong. Established in 1991 under Hong Kong Law Chapter 1141 , it is one of the nine universities in Hong Kong.Professor Tony F. Chan is the president of HKUST... |
Hong Kong |
| 40 | 49 | New York University New York University New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan... |
United States |
| 41 | 45 | Toronto University University of Toronto The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada... |
Canada |
| 42 | 38 | Hong Kong Chinese University Chinese University of Hong Kong The Chinese University of Hong Kong is a research-led university in Hong Kong.CUHK is the only tertiary education institution in Hong Kong with Nobel Prize winners on its faculty, including Chen Ning Yang, James Mirrlees, Robert Alexander Mundell and Charles K. Kao... |
Hong Kong |
| 43 | 33 | Queensland University | Australia |
| 44 | 46 | Osaka University Osaka University , or , is a major national university located in Osaka, Japan. It is the sixth oldest university in Japan as the Osaka Prefectural Medical College, and formerly one of the Imperial Universities of Japan... |
Japan |
| 45 | 44 | New South Wales University University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales , is a research-focused university based in Kensington, a suburb in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia... |
Australia |
| 46 | 47 | Boston University Boston University Boston University is a private research university located in Boston, Massachusetts. With more than 4,000 faculty members and more than 31,000 students, Boston University is one of the largest private universities in the United States and one of Boston's largest employers... |
United States |
| 47 | 43 | Monash University Monash University Monash University is a public university based in Melbourne, Victoria. It was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the state. Monash is a member of Australia's Group of Eight and the ASAIHL.... |
Australia |
| 48 | 93 | Copenhagen University |  Denmark |
| 49 | 53 | Dublin University – Trinity College Trinity College, Dublin Trinity College, Dublin , formally known as the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, was founded in 1592 by letters patent from Queen Elizabeth I as the "mother of a university", Extracts from Letters Patent of Elizabeth I, 1592: "...we...found and... |
 Republic of Ireland |
| 50 | 117 | Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne The École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne is one of the two Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology and is located in Lausanne, Switzerland.The school was founded by the Swiss Federal Government with the stated mission to:... |
Switzerland |
| 50 | 36 | Peking University Peking University Peking University , colloquially known in Chinese as Beida , is a major research university located in Beijing, China, and a member of the C9 League. It is the first established modern national university of China. It was founded as Imperial University of Peking in 1898 as a replacement of the... |
 People's Republic of China |
| 50 | 51 | Seoul National University Seoul National University Seoul National University , colloquially known in Korean as Seoul-dae , is a national research university in Seoul, Korea, ranked 24th in the world in publications in an analysis of data from the Science Citation Index, 7th in Asia and 42nd in the world by the 2011 QS World University Rankings... |
 South Korea |
| 53 | 48 | Amsterdam University |  Netherlands |
| 54 | 71 | Dartmouth College Dartmouth College Dartmouth College is a private, Ivy League university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. The institution comprises a liberal arts college, Dartmouth Medical School, Thayer School of Engineering, and the Tuck School of Business, as well as 19 graduate programs in the arts and sciences... |
United States |
| 55 | 55 | Wisconsin University, Madison | United States |
| 56 | 40 | Tsinghua University Tsinghua University Tsinghua University , colloquially known in Chinese as Qinghua, is a university in Beijing, China. The school is one of the nine universities of the C9 League. It was established in 1911 under the name "Tsinghua Xuetang" or "Tsinghua College" and was renamed the "Tsinghua School" one year later... |
People's Republic of China |
| 57 | 60 | Heidelberg University |  Germany |
| 58 | 58 | California University, San Diego University of California, San Diego The University of California, San Diego, commonly known as UCSD or UC San Diego, is a public research university located in the La Jolla neighborhood of San Diego, California, United States... |
United States |
| 59 | 55 | Washington University | United States |
| 60 | 161 | Washington University in St. Louis | United States |
| 61 | 90 | Tokyo Institute of Technology Tokyo Institute of Technology The Tokyo Institute of Technology is a public research university located in Greater Tokyo Area, Japan. Tokyo Tech is the largest institution for higher education in Japan dedicated to science and technology. Tokyo Tech enrolled 4,850 undergaraduates and 5006 graduate students for 2009-2010... |
Japan |
| 62 | 74 | Emory University Emory University Emory University is a private research university in metropolitan Atlanta, located in the Druid Hills section of unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. The university was founded as Emory College in 1836 in Oxford, Georgia by a small group of Methodists and was named in honor of... |
United States |
| 63 | 71 | Uppsala University Uppsala University Uppsala University is a research university in Uppsala, Sweden, and is the oldest university in Scandinavia, founded in 1477. It consistently ranks among the best universities in Northern Europe in international rankings and is generally considered one of the most prestigious institutions of... |
 Sweden |
| 64 | 84 | Leiden University Leiden University Leiden University , located in the city of Leiden, is the oldest university in the Netherlands. The university was founded in 1575 by William, Prince of Orange, leader of the Dutch Revolt in the Eighty Years' War. The royal Dutch House of Orange-Nassau and Leiden University still have a close... |
Netherlands |
| 65 | 50 | Auckland University University of Auckland The University of Auckland is a university located in Auckland, New Zealand. It is the largest university in the country and the highest ranked in the 2011 QS World University Rankings, having been ranked worldwide... |
 New Zealand |
| 66 | 59 | London University – School of Economics and Political Science London School of Economics The London School of Economics and Political Science is a public research university specialised in the social sciences located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London... |
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| 67 | 89 | Utrecht University Utrecht University Utrecht University is a university in Utrecht, Netherlands. It is one of the oldest universities in the Netherlands and one of the largest in Europe. Established March 26, 1636, it had an enrollment of 29,082 students in 2008, and employed 8,614 faculty and staff, 570 of which are full professors.... |
Netherlands |
| 68 | 105 | Geneva University | Switzerland |
| 69 | 57 | Warwick University | |
| 70 | 51 | Texas University, Austin University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin is a state research university located in Austin, Texas, USA, and is the flagship institution of the The University of Texas System. Founded in 1883, its campus is located approximately from the Texas State Capitol in Austin... |
United States |
| 71 | 73 | Illinois University | United States |
| 72 | 61 | Leuven (Catholic) University Katholieke Universiteit Leuven The Katholieke Universiteit Leuven is a Dutch-speaking university in Flanders, Belgium.It is located at the centre of the historic town of Leuven, and is a prominent part of the city, home to the university since 1425... |
 Belgium |
| 73 | 83 | Glasgow University | |
| 74 | 97 | Alberta University University of Alberta The University of Alberta is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford, the first premier of Alberta and Henry Marshall Tory, its first president, it is widely recognized as one of the best universities in Canada... |
Canada |
| 75 | 65 | Birmingham University | |
| 76 | 68 | Sheffield University | |
| 77 | 69 | Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University is one of the two largest public universities in Singapore with the biggest campus in Singapore and the world's largest engineering college. Its lush 200-hectare Yunnan Garden campus was the Youth Olympic Village of the world's first 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in... |
Singapore |
| 78 | 63 | Delft Technology University Delft University of Technology Delft University of Technology , also known as TU Delft, is the largest and oldest Dutch public technical university, located in Delft, Netherlands... |
Netherlands |
| 78 | 67 | Munich Technical University Technical University of Munich The Technische Universität München is a research university with campuses in Munich, Garching, and Weihenstephan... |
Germany |
| 78 | 92 | Rice University Rice University William Marsh Rice University, commonly referred to as Rice University or Rice, is a private research university located on a heavily wooded campus in Houston, Texas, United States... |
United States |
| 81 | 114 | Aarhus University | Denmark |
| 81 | 74 | York University York University York University is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's third-largest university, Ontario's second-largest graduate school, and Canada's leading interdisciplinary university.... |
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| 83 | 97 | Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Institute of Technology The Georgia Institute of Technology is a public research university in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States... |
United States |
| 83 | 76 | St Andrews University | |
| 83 | 64 | Western Australia University | Australia |
| 86 | 70 | Nottingham University | |
| 87 | 142 | Minnesota University | United States |
| 88 | 106 | Lund University Lund University Lund University , located in the city of Lund in the province of Scania, Sweden, is one of northern Europe's most prestigious universities and one of Scandinavia's largest institutions for education and research, frequently ranked among the world's top 100 universities... |
Sweden |
| 89 | 96 | California University, Davis University of California, Davis The University of California, Davis is a public teaching and research university established in 1905 and located in Davis, California, USA. Spanning over , the campus is the largest within the University of California system and third largest by enrollment... |
United States |
| 90 | 85 | Case Western Reserve University Case Western Reserve University Case Western Reserve University is a private research university located in Cleveland, Ohio, USA... (Cleveland) |
United States |
| 91 | 100 | Helsinki University |  Finland |
| 91 | 93 | Montreal University | Canada |
| 93 | 128 | Jerusalem Hebrew University Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Hebrew University of Jerusalem ; ; abbreviated HUJI) is Israel's second-oldest university, after the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. The Hebrew University has three campuses in Jerusalem and one in Rehovot. The world's largest Jewish studies library is located on its Edmond J... |
 Israel |
| 93 | 65 | Munich University | Germany |
| 95 | 132 | Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology | South Korea |
| 96 | 110 | Virginia University University of Virginia The University of Virginia is a public research university located in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, founded by Thomas Jefferson... |
United States |
| 97 | 77 | University of Pittsburgh University of Pittsburgh The University of Pittsburgh, commonly referred to as Pitt, is a state-related research university located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded as Pittsburgh Academy in 1787 on what was then the American frontier, Pitt is one of the oldest continuously chartered institutions of... |
United States |
| 98 | 117 | California University, Santa Barbara University of California, Santa Barbara The University of California, Santa Barbara, commonly known as UCSB or UC Santa Barbara, is a public research university and one of the 10 general campuses of the University of California system. The main campus is located on a site in Goleta, California, from Santa Barbara and northwest of Los... |
United States |
| 99 | 77 | Purdue University Purdue University Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S., is the flagship university of the six-campus Purdue University system. Purdue was founded on May 6, 1869, as a land-grant university when the Indiana General Assembly, taking advantage of the Morrill Act, accepted a donation of land and... |
United States |
| 99 | 80 | Southampton University | |
| 101 | 82 | Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University Vanderbilt University is a private research university located in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1873, the university is named for shipping and rail magnate "Commodore" Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided Vanderbilt its initial $1 million endowment despite having never been to the... |
United States |
| 102 | 151 | North Carolina University | United States |
| 102 | 119 | Southern California University | United States |
| 104 | 80 | Leeds University | |
| 105 | 90 | Pennsylvania State University Pennsylvania State University The Pennsylvania State University, commonly referred to as Penn State or PSU, is a public research university with campuses and facilities throughout the state of Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1855, the university has a threefold mission of teaching, research, and public service... |
United States |
| 106 | 62 | Adelaide University | Australia |
| 106 | 140 | Zurich University | Switzerland |
| 108 | 177 | Dublin University College University College Dublin University College Dublin ) - formally known as University College Dublin - National University of Ireland, Dublin is the Republic of Ireland's largest, and Ireland's second largest, university, with over 1,300 faculty and 17,000 students... |
Republic of Ireland |
| 109 | 231 | Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (Haifa Haifa Haifa is the largest city in northern Israel, and the third-largest city in the country, with a population of over 268,000. Another 300,000 people live in towns directly adjacent to the city including the cities of the Krayot, as well as, Tirat Carmel, Daliyat al-Karmel and Nesher... ) |
Israel |
| 110 | 102 | Georgetown University Georgetown University Georgetown University is a private, Jesuit, research university whose main campus is in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic university in the United States... |
United States |
| 111 | 111 | Maastricht University | Netherlands |
| 112 | 102 | Tohoku University Tohoku University , abbreviated to , located in the city of Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture in the Tōhoku Region, Japan, is a Japanese national university. It is the third oldest Imperial University in Japan and is a member of the National Seven Universities... |
Japan |
| 113 | 85 | Fudan University Fudan University Fudan University , located in Shanghai, is one of the oldest and most selective universities in China, and is a member of the C9 League. Its institutional predecessor was founded in 1905, shortly before the end of China's imperial Qing dynasty... |
People's Republic of China |
| 114 | 151 | Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv University is a public university located in Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel. With nearly 30,000 students, TAU is Israel's largest university.-History:... |
Israel |
| 115 | 85 | Vienna University |  Austria |
| 116 | 123 | Louvain (Catholic) University Université catholique de Louvain The Université catholique de Louvain, sometimes known, especially in Belgium, as UCL, is Belgium's largest French-speaking university. It is located in Louvain-la-Neuve and in Brussels... |
Belgium |
| 117 | 108 | McMaster University McMaster University McMaster University is a public research university whose main campus is located in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is located on of land in the residential neighbourhood of Westdale, adjacent to Hamilton's Royal Botanical Gardens... |
Canada |
| 117 | 88 | Queen's University Queen's University Queen's University, , is a public research university located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Founded on 16 October 1841, the university pre-dates the founding of Canada by 26 years. Queen's holds more more than of land throughout Ontario as well as Herstmonceux Castle in East Sussex, England... (Kingston Kingston, Ontario Kingston, Ontario is a Canadian city located in Eastern Ontario where the St. Lawrence River flows out of Lake Ontario. Originally a First Nations settlement called "Katarowki," , growing European exploration in the 17th Century made it an important trading post... ) |
Canada |
| 119 | 101 | Rochester University | United States |
| 120 | 112 | Nagoya University Nagoya University Nagoya University is one of the most prestigious universities in Japan. It can be seen in the several rankings such as shown below.-General Rankings:... |
Japan |
| 121 | 120 | Ohio State University Ohio State University The Ohio State University, commonly referred to as Ohio State, is a public research university located in Columbus, Ohio. It was originally founded in 1870 as a land-grant university and is currently the third largest university campus in the United States... |
United States |
| 122 | 109 | Durham University Durham University The University of Durham, commonly known as Durham University, is a university in Durham, England. It was founded by Act of Parliament in 1832 and granted a Royal Charter in 1837... |
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| 122 | 79 | Maryland University | United States |
| 124 | 114 | Otago University | New Zealand |
| 124 | 102 | Taiwan National University National Taiwan University National Taiwan University is a national co-educational university located in Taipei, Republic of China . In Taiwan, it is colloquially known as "Táidà" . Its main campus is set upon 1,086,167 square meters in Taipei's Da'an District. In addition, the university has 6 other campuses in Taiwan,... (Taipei Taipei Taipei City is the capital of the Republic of China and the central city of the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Situated at the northern tip of the island, Taipei is located on the Tamsui River, and is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, its port on the Pacific Ocean... ) |
 Republic of China |
| 126 | 163 | Rotterdam University | Netherlands |
| 127 | 224 | New York State University, Stony Brook | United States |
| 128 | 130 | Eindhoven Technology University Eindhoven University of Technology The ' is a university of technology located in Eindhoven, Netherlands. The motto of the university is: Mens agitat molem . The university was the second of its kind in the Netherlands, only Delft University of Technology existed previously. Until mid-1980 it was known as the... |
Netherlands |
| 129 | 112 | Waterloo University | Canada |
| 130 | 121 | Sussex University | |
| 131 | 114 | Basel University | Switzerland |
| 132 | 140 | California University, Irvine University of California, Irvine The University of California, Irvine , founded in 1965, is one of the ten campuses of the University of California, located in Irvine, California, USA... |
United States |
| 133 | 140 | Cardiff University Cardiff University Cardiff University is a leading research university located in the Cathays Park area of Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom. It received its Royal charter in 1883 and is a member of the Russell Group of Universities. The university is consistently recognised as providing high quality research-based... |
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| 133 | 130 | Denmark Technical University Technical University of Denmark The Technical University of Denmark , often simply referred to as DTU, is a university just north of Copenhagen, Denmark. It was founded in 1829 at the initiative of Hans Christian Ørsted as Denmark's first polytechnic, and is today ranked among Europe's leading engineering institutions, and the... |
Denmark |
| 133 | 101 | Liverpool University | |
| 136 | 124 | Ghent University Ghent University Ghent University is a Dutch-speaking public university located in Ghent, Belgium. It is one of the larger Flemish universities, consisting of 32,000 students and 7,100 staff members. The current rector is Paul Van Cauwenberge.It was established in 1817 by King William I of the Netherlands... |
Belgium |
| 137 | 146 | Berlin Free University Free University of Berlin Freie Universität Berlin is one of the leading and most prestigious research universities in Germany and continental Europe. It distinguishes itself through its modern and international character. It is the largest of the four universities in Berlin. Research at the university is focused on the... |
Germany |
| 137 | 122 | Texas A&M University Texas A&M University Texas A&M University is a coeducational public research university located in College Station, Texas . It is the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University System. The sixth-largest university in the United States, A&M's enrollment for Fall 2011 was over 50,000 for the first time in school... (College Station College Station, Texas College Station is a city in Brazos County, Texas, situated in East Central Texas in the heart of the Brazos Valley. The city is located within the most populated region of Texas, near three of the 10 largest cities in the United States - Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio... ) |
United States |
| 139 | 126 | Berlin University Humboldt University of Berlin The Humboldt University of Berlin is Berlin's oldest university, founded in 1810 as the University of Berlin by the liberal Prussian educational reformer and linguist Wilhelm von Humboldt, whose university model has strongly influenced other European and Western universities... |
Germany |
| 140 | 157 | Lyon École Normale Supérieure École Normale Supérieure de Lyon The École Normale Supérieure de Lyon is a highly selective grande école located in Lyon, France. As one of France's three Écoles normales supérieures, ENS Lyon is associated with a strong French tradition of excellence and public service... |
France |
| 141 | 155 | China Science and Technology University University of Science and Technology of China The University of Science and Technology of China is a national research university in Hefei, People's Republic of China. It is a member of the C9 League formed by nine top universities in China... |
People's Republic of China |
| 142 | 148 | Wageningen University Wageningen University Wageningen University and Research Centre is a Dutch public university in Wageningen, The Netherlands. It consists of Wageningen University, the Van Hall-Larenstein School of Higher Professional Education, and the former agricultural research institutes of the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture... |
Netherlands |
| 143 | 125 | Nanjing University Nanjing University Nanjing University , or Nanking University, is one of the oldest and most prestigious institutions of higher learning in China... |
People's Republic of China |
| 144 | 173 | Groningen University | Netherlands |
| 144 | 163 | Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University or SJTU), sometimes referred to as Shanghai Jiaotong University , is a top public research university located in Shanghai, China. Shanghai Jiao Tong University is known as one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in China... |
People's Republic of China |
| 146 | 134 | University of Arizona University of Arizona The University of Arizona is a land-grant and space-grant public institution of higher education and research located in Tucson, Arizona, United States. The University of Arizona was the first university in the state of Arizona, founded in 1885... (Tucson Tucson, Arizona Tucson is a city in and the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, United States. The city is located 118 miles southeast of Phoenix and 60 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border. The 2010 United States Census puts the city's population at 520,116 with a metropolitan area population at 1,020,200... ) |
United States |
| 147 | 149 | Hong Kong City University City University of Hong Kong City University of Hong Kong is a comprehensive research university in Hong Kong. It was founded in 1984 as City Polytechnic of Hong Kong and became a fully accredited university in 1994. It has achieved fast growth in recent years and received international recognition for its academic achievements... |
Hong Kong |
| 147 | 144 | Freiburg University | Germany |
| 149 | 132 | Paris 06 – Pierre and Marie Curie University Pierre and Marie Curie University The Paris VI University , or the Pierre and Marie Curie University , is a university located on the Jussieu Campus in the Latin Quarter of the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France.... |
France |
| 150 | 192 | Mexico National Autonomous University National Autonomous University of Mexico The Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México is a university in Mexico. UNAM was founded on 22 September 1910 by Justo Sierra as a liberal alternative to the Roman Catholic-sponsored Royal and Pontifical University of Mexico The Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) (National Autonomous... (Mexico City Mexico City Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole... ) |
 Mexico |
| 151 | 177 | New Jersey State University – Rutgers | United States |
| 152 | 145 | Bath University University of Bath The University of Bath is a campus university located in Bath, United Kingdom. It received its Royal Charter in 1966.... |
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| 153 | 137 | Aberdeen University | |
| 154 | 307 | Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi Indian Institute of Technology Delhi The Indian Institute Of Technology, Delhi , commonly known as IIT Delhi or IITD, is a college of engineering in Delhi, India... |
 India |
| 155 | 304 | Amsterdam Free University | Netherlands |
| 155 | 142 | Tübingen University | Germany |
| 157 | 159 | Tufts University Tufts University Tufts University is a private research university located in Medford/Somerville, near Boston, Massachusetts. It is organized into ten schools, including two undergraduate programs and eight graduate divisions, on four campuses in Massachusetts and on the eastern border of France... |
United States |
| 158 | 136 | Kyushu University Kyushu University Kyushu University is one of the most prestigious universities in Japan. It can be seen in the several rankings such as shown below.-General Rankings:The university has been ranked 8th in 2010 and 2009 in the ranking "Truly Strong Universities" by Toyo Keizai... |
Japan |
| 159 | 126 | Western Ontario University | Canada |
| 160 | 149 | London University – Queen Mary Queen Mary, University of London Queen Mary, University of London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the federal University of London... |
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| 161 | 217 | Lausanne University | Switzerland |
| 162 | 197 | Chalmers Technology University Chalmers University of Technology Chalmers University of Technology , is a Swedish university located in Gothenburg that focuses on research and education in technology, natural science and architecture.-History:... (Gothenburg Gothenburg Gothenburg is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated on the west coast of Sweden, the city proper has a population of 519,399, with 549,839 in the urban area and total of 937,015 inhabitants in the metropolitan area... ) |
Sweden |
| 162 | 129 | Newcastle University | |
| 164 | 139 | Simon Fraser University Simon Fraser University Simon Fraser University is a Canadian public research university in British Columbia with its main campus on Burnaby Mountain in Burnaby, and satellite campuses in Vancouver and Surrey. The main campus in Burnaby, located from downtown Vancouver, was established in 1965 and has more than 34,000... |
Canada |
| 165 | 135 | University of Florida University of Florida The University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906... |
United States |
| 166 | 223 | Chulalongkorn University Chulalongkorn University Chulalongkorn University is the oldest university in Thailand and is the country's highest ranked university. It now has nineteen faculties and institutes. Regarded as the best and most selective university in Thailand, it consistently attracts top students from around the country... |
 Thailand |
| 166 | 168 | Göttingen University | Germany |
| 168 | 155 | Notre Dame University | United States |
| 169 | 209 | Frankfurt University | Germany |
| 170 | 166 | Calgary University | Canada |
| 170 | 137 | Indiana University – Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University Bloomington is a public research university located in Bloomington, Indiana, in the United States. IU Bloomington is the flagship campus of the Indiana University system. Being the flagship campus, IU Bloomington is often referred to simply as IU or Indiana... |
United States |
| 170 | 147 | Lancaster University Lancaster University Lancaster University, officially The University of Lancaster, is a leading research-intensive British university in Lancaster, Lancashire, England. The university was established by Royal Charter in 1964 and initially based in St Leonard's Gate until moving to a purpose-built 300 acre campus at... |
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| 173 | 192 | Royal Institute of Technology Royal Institute of Technology The Royal Institute of Technology is a university in Stockholm, Sweden. KTH was founded in 1827 as Sweden's first polytechnic and is one of Scandinavia's largest institutions of higher education in technology. KTH accounts for one-third of Sweden’s technical research and engineering education... (Stockholm Stockholm Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area... ) |
Sweden |
| 174 | 151 | Hokkaido University Hokkaido University Hokkaido University is one of the most prestigious universities in Japan. It can be seen in the several rankings such as shown below.-General Rankings:... |
Japan |
| 174 | 269 | Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay Indian Institute of Technology Bombay The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay , popularly known as IIT Bombay or IITB, is a public research university located in Powai, Mumbai... |
India |
| 174 | 191 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Stephen Van Rensselaer established the Rensselaer School on November 5, 1824 with a letter to the Rev. Dr. Samuel Blatchford, in which van Rensselaer asked Blatchford to serve as the first president. Within the letter he set down several orders of business. He appointed Amos Eaton as the school's... (Troy Troy, New York Troy is a city in the US State of New York and the seat of Rensselaer County. Troy is located on the western edge of Rensselaer County and on the eastern bank of the Hudson River. Troy has close ties to the nearby cities of Albany and Schenectady, forming a region popularly called the Capital... ) |
United States |
| 177 | 185 | Leicester University | |
| 177 | 188 | Oslo University |  Norway |
| 179 | 200 | Cape Town University |  South Africa |
| 180 | 107 | Colorado University | United States |
| 180 | 180 | Waseda University Waseda University , abbreviated as , is one of the most prestigious private universities in Japan and Asia. Its main campuses are located in the northern part of Shinjuku, Tokyo. Founded in 1882 as Tokyo Senmon Gakko, the institution was renamed "Waseda University" in 1902. It is known for its liberal climate... |
Japan |
| 182 | 168 | Macquarie University Macquarie University Macquarie University is an Australian public teaching and research university located in Sydney, with its main campus situated in Macquarie Park. Founded in 1964 by the New South Wales Government, it was the third university to be established in the metropolitan area of Sydney... |
Australia |
| 183 | 154 | Brussels Free University Université Libre de Bruxelles The Université libre de Bruxelles is a French-speaking university in Brussels, Belgium. It has 21,000 students, 29% of whom come from abroad, and an equally cosmopolitan staff.-Name:... (French-speaking) |
Belgium |
| 183 | 231 | Lomonosov Moscow State University |  Russia |
| 185 | 208 | Brandeis University Brandeis University Brandeis University is an American private research university with a liberal arts focus. It is located in the southwestern corner of Waltham, Massachusetts, nine miles west of Boston. The University has an enrollment of approximately 3,200 undergraduate and 2,100 graduate students. In 2011, it... |
United States |
| 186 | 194 | Barcelona University |  Spain |
| 186 | 188 | Canterbury University | New Zealand |
| 188 | 203 | Berlin Technical University Technical University of Berlin The Technische Universität Berlin is a research university located in Berlin, Germany. Translating the name into English is discouraged by the university, however paraphrasing as Berlin Institute of Technology is recommended by the university if necessary .The TU Berlin was founded... |
Germany |
| 188 | 233 | Pohang Science and Technology University Pohang University of Science and Technology Pohang University of Science and Technology or POSTECH is a private university, based in Pohang, South Korea, which is dedicated to research and education in science and technology... |
South Korea |
| 190 | 165 | Stuttgart University | Germany |
| 191 | 175 | Massachusetts University, Amherst | United States |
| 192 | 214 | Bern University | Switzerland |
| 192 | 173 | Bologna University |  Italy |
| 194 | 180 | Reading University | |
| 195 | 187 | Antwerp University | Belgium |
| 196 | 175 | São Paulo University |  Brazil |
| 197 | 264 | Buenos Aires University |  Argentina |
| 197 | 221 | Dalhousie University Dalhousie University Dalhousie University is a public research university located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The university comprises eleven faculties including Schulich School of Law and Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine. It also includes the faculties of architecture, planning and engineering located at... (Halifax) |
Canada |
| 199 | 197 | Kobe University Kobe University Shindai is one of the leading universities in Japan. It can be seen in the several rankings such as shown below.-General Rankings:The university is ranked 10th in 2010 in the ranking "Truly Strong Universities" by Toyo Keizai... |
Japan |
| 200 | 248 | Athens University |  Greece |
| 200 | 185 | Twente University | Netherlands |