|
Rank 2009 |
Rank 2008 |
Institution |
Country |
|
1 |
1 |
Harvard University |
US |
|
2 |
3 |
University of Cambridge |
UK |
|
3 |
2 |
Yale University |
US |
|
4 |
7 |
University College London |
UK |
|
5= |
6 |
Imperial College London |
UK |
|
5= |
4 |
University of Oxford |
UK |
|
7 |
8 |
University of Chicago |
US |
|
8 |
12 |
Princeton University |
US |
|
9 |
9 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
US |
|
10 |
5 |
California Institute of Technology |
US |
|
11 |
10 |
Columbia University |
US |
|
12 |
11 |
University of Pennsylvania |
US |
|
13 |
13= |
Johns Hopkins University |
US |
|
14 |
13= |
Duke University |
US |
|
15 |
15 |
Cornell University |
US |
|
16 |
17 |
Stanford University |
US |
|
17 |
16 |
Australian National University |
Australia |
|
18 |
20 |
McGill University |
Canada |
|
19 |
18 |
University of Michigan |
US |
|
20= |
23 |
University of Edinburgh |
UK |
|
20= |
24 |
ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) |
Switzerland |
|
22 |
19 |
University of Tokyo |
Japan |
|
23 |
22 |
King’s College London |
UK |
|
24 |
26 |
University of Hong Kong |
Hong Kong |
|
25 |
25 |
Kyoto University |
Japan |
|
26 |
29 |
University of Manchester |
UK |
|
27 |
21 |
Carnegie Mellon University |
US |
|
28 |
28 |
Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris |
France |
|
29 |
41 |
University of Toronto |
Canada |
|
30 |
30= |
National University of Singapore |
Singapore |
|
31 |
27 |
Brown University |
US |
|
32= |
30= |
University of California, Los Angeles |
US |
|
32= |
33 |
Northwestern University |
US |
|
34 |
32 |
University of Bristol |
UK |
|
35 |
39 |
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology |
Hong Kong |
|
36= |
34= |
Ecole Polytechnique |
France |
|
36= |
38 |
University of Melbourne |
Australia |
|
36= |
37 |
University of Sydney |
Australia |
|
39 |
36 |
University of California, Berkeley |
US |
|
40 |
34= |
University of British Columbia |
Canada |
|
41 |
43 |
University of Queensland |
Australia |
|
42 |
50= |
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne |
Switzerland |
|
43= |
44 |
Osaka University |
Japan |
|
43= |
49 |
Trinity College Dublin |
Ireland |
|
45 |
47 |
Monash University |
Australia |
|
46 |
42 |
Chinese University of Hong Kong |
Hong Kong |
|
47= |
45 |
University of New South Wales |
Australia |
|
47= |
50= |
Seoul National University |
South Korea |
|
49= |
53 |
University of Amsterdam |
Netherlands |
|
49= |
56 |
Tsinghua University |
China |
|
51 |
48 |
University of Copenhagen |
Denmark |
|
52= |
40 |
New York University |
US |
|
52= |
50= |
Peking University |
China |
|
54 |
46 |
Boston University |
US |
|
55= |
78= |
Technical University of Munich |
Germany |
|
55= |
61 |
Tokyo Institute of Technology |
Japan |
|
57 |
57 |
Heidelberg University |
Germany |
|
58 |
69 |
University of Warwick |
UK |
|
59 |
74 |
University of Alberta |
Canada |
|
60 |
64 |
Leiden University |
Netherlands |
|
61= |
65 |
University of Auckland |
New Zealand |
|
61= |
55 |
University of Wisconsin-Madison |
US |
|
63= |
81= |
Aarhus University |
Denmark |
|
63= |
71 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
US |
|
65 |
72 |
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven |
Belgium |
|
66 |
75 |
University of Birmingham |
UK |
|
67= |
66 |
London School of Economics |
UK |
|
67= |
88 |
Lund University |
Sweden |
|
69 |
95 |
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology |
South Korea |
|
70= |
67 |
Utrecht University |
Netherlands |
|
70= |
81= |
University of York |
UK |
|
72 |
68 |
University of Geneva |
Switzerland |
|
73= |
77 |
Nanyang Technological University |
Singapore |
|
73= |
73= |
Washington University in St Louis |
US |
|
75 |
63 |
Uppsala University |
Sweden |
|
76= |
58 |
University of California, San Diego |
US |
|
76= |
70 |
University of Texas at Austin |
US |
|
78 |
102= |
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill |
US |
|
79 |
73 |
University of Glasgow |
UK |
|
80 |
59 |
University of Washington |
UK |
|
81 |
106= |
University of Adelaide |
Australia |
|
82 |
76 |
University of Sheffield |
UK |
|
83 |
78= |
Delft University of Technology |
Netherlands |
|
84 |
83= |
University of Western Australia |
Australia |
|
85 |
54 |
Dartmouth College |
US |
|
86 |
83= |
Georgia Institute of Technology |
US |
|
87= |
99= |
Purdue University |
US |
|
87= |
83= |
University of St Andrews |
UK |
|
89 |
108 |
University College Dublin |
Ireland |
|
90 |
62 |
Emory University |
US |
|
91 |
86 |
University of Nottingham |
UK |
|
92= |
120 |
Nagoya University |
Japan |
|
92= |
106= |
University of Zurich |
Switzerland |
|
94 |
137= |
Free University of Berlin |
Germany |
|
95= |
99= |
University of Southampton |
UK |
|
95= |
124= |
National Taiwan University |
Taiwan |
|
97 |
112 |
Tohoku University |
Japan |
|
98 |
93= |
Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich |
Germany |
|
99 |
104 |
University of Leeds |
UK |
|
100 |
78= |
Rice University |
US |
|
101 |
177= |
University of Oslo |
Norway |
|
102 |
93= |
Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
Israel |
|
103= |
122= |
Durham University |
UK |
|
103= |
113 |
Fudan University |
China |
|
105 |
87 |
University of Minnesota |
US |
|
106 |
98 |
University of California, Santa Barbara |
US |
|
107 |
91= |
Université de Montréal |
Canada |
|
108= |
131 |
University of Basel |
Switzerland |
|
108= |
89 |
University of California, Davis |
US |
|
108= |
126 |
Erasmus University Rotterdam |
Netherlands |
|
108= |
91= |
University of Helsinki |
Finland |
|
112 |
102= |
University of Southern California |
US |
|
113 |
129 |
University of Waterloo |
Canada |
|
114= |
97 |
University of Pittsburgh |
US |
|
114= |
114 |
Tel Aviv University |
Israel |
|
116 |
111 |
Maastricht University |
Netherlands |
|
117 |
149 |
Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie Paris VI |
France |
|
118 |
117= |
Queen’s University |
Canada |
|
119 |
90 |
Case Western Reserve University |
US |
|
120= |
128 |
Eindhoven University of Technology |
Netherlands |
|
120= |
105 |
Pennsylvania State University |
US |
|
122= |
147= |
Freiburg University |
Germany |
|
122= |
122= |
University of Maryland, College Park |
US |
|
124 |
147= |
City University of Hong Kong |
Hong Kong |
|
125 |
124= |
University of Otago |
New Zealand |
|
126= |
116 |
Université Catholique de Louvain |
Belgium |
|
126= |
140 |
Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon |
France |
|
128 |
96 |
University of Virginia |
US |
|
129= |
153 |
University of Aberdeen |
UK |
|
129= |
110 |
Georgetown University |
US |
|
129= |
121 |
Ohio State University |
US |
|
132= |
109 |
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology |
Israel |
|
132= |
115 |
University of Vienna |
Austria |
|
134 |
188= |
Pohang University of Science and Technology |
South Korea |
|
135 |
133= |
Cardiff University |
UK |
|
136 |
136 |
University of Ghent |
Belgium |
|
137 |
133= |
University of Liverpool |
UK |
|
138= |
166= |
Chulalongkorn University |
Thailand |
|
138= |
144= |
University of Groningen |
Netherlands |
|
140 |
101 |
Vanderbilt University |
US |
|
141 |
119 |
University of Rochester |
US |
|
142 |
214 |
Keio University |
Japan |
|
143 |
117= |
McMaster University |
Canada |
|
144= |
152 |
University of Bath |
UK |
|
144= |
227 |
University of Bergen |
Norway |
|
146= |
179 |
University of Cape Town |
South Africa |
|
146= |
139 |
Humboldt University of Berlin |
Germany |
|
148 |
180= |
Waseda University |
Japan |
|
149= |
170= |
University of Calgary |
Canada |
|
149= |
155= |
Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen |
Germany |
|
151= |
159 |
University of Western Ontario |
Canada |
|
151= |
203 |
Yonsei University |
South Korea |
|
153 |
144= |
Shanghai Jiao Tong University |
China |
|
154 |
141 |
University of Science and Technology of China |
China |
|
155= |
158 |
Kyushu University |
Japan |
|
155= |
183= |
Lomonosov Moscow State University |
Russia |
|
155= |
142 |
Wageningen University |
Netherlands |
|
158 |
162= |
Newcastle University |
UK |
|
159 |
133= |
Technical University of Denmark |
Denmark |
|
160 |
157 |
Tufts University |
US |
|
161 |
132 |
University of California, Irvine |
US |
|
162 |
170= |
Lancaster University |
UK |
|
163 |
174= |
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay |
India |
|
164 |
160 |
Queen Mary, University of London |
UK |
|
165 |
155= |
VU University Amsterdam |
Netherlands |
|
166= |
146 |
University of Arizona |
US |
|
166= |
130 |
University of Sussex |
UK |
|
168= |
161 |
University of Lausanne |
Switzerland |
|
168= |
143 |
Nanjing University |
China |
|
168= |
224 |
Saint-Petersburg State University |
Russia |
|
171= |
186= |
University of Barcelona |
Spain |
|
171= |
174= |
Hokkaido University |
Japan |
|
173 |
127 |
Stony Brook University |
US |
|
174= |
192= |
University of Bologna |
Italy |
|
174= |
173 |
KTH, Royal Institute of Technology |
Sweden |
|
174= |
216 |
University of Tsukuba |
Japan |
|
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