The World's Top Universities

2009 World Rank	School Name	Country	Overall Score
1	Harvard University	United States	100.0
2	University of Cambridge	United Kingdom	99.6
3	Yale University	United States	99.1
4	UCL (University College London)	United Kingdom	99.0
5	IMPERIAL College London	United Kingdom	97.8
5	University of OXFORD	United Kingdom	97.8
7	University of CHICAGO	United States	96.8
8	PRINCETON University	United States	96.6
9	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (m...	United States	96.1
10	California Institute of Technology (calt...	United States	95.9
11	COLUMBIA University	United States	95.6
12	University of PENNSYLVANIA	United States	94.2
13	JOHNS HOPKINS University	United States	94.1
14	DUKE University	United States	92.9
15	CORNELL University	United States	92.5
16	STANFORD University	United States	92.2
17	AUSTRALIAN National University	Australia	90.5
18	Mcgill University	Canada	90.4
19	University of MICHIGAN	United States	89.9
20	University of EDINBURGH	United Kingdom	89.3
20	ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of T...	Switzerland	89.3
22	University of TOKYO	Japan	88.9
23	KING'S College London	United Kingdom	88.5
24	University of HONG KONG	Hong Kong	87.5
25	KYOTO University	Japan	87.1

26	University of MANCHESTER	United Kingdom	85.7
27	CARNEGIE MELLON University	United States	85.6
28	Ecole Normale Superieure, PARIS	France	85.4
29	University of TORONTO	Canada	85.3
30	National University of Singapore (NUS)	Singapore	84.3
31	BROWN University	United States	84.0
32	NORTHWESTERN University	United States	83.5
32	University of California, Los Angeles (u...	United States	83.5
34	University of BRISTOL	United Kingdom	83.4
35	HONG KONG University of Science And Tech...	Hong Kong	83.3
36	University of SYDNEY	Australia	83.1
36	École Polytechnique	France	83.1
36	University of MELBOURNE	Australia	83.1
39	University of California, BERKELEY	United States	82.7
40	University of BRITISH COLUMBIA	Canada	81.2
41	University of QUEENSLAND	Australia	80.7
42	Federal Polytechnic School of LAUSANNE	Switzerland	80.6
43	TRINITY College Dublin	Ireland	80.1
43	OSAKA University	Japan	80.1
45	MONASH University	Australia	80.0
46	The Chinese University of HONG KONG	Hong Kong	79.6
47	SEOUL National University	Korea, South	79.0
47	University of NEW SOUTH WALES	Australia	79.0
49	University of AMSTERDAM	Netherlands	78.9
49	TSINGHUA University	China	78.9
51	University of COPENHAGEN	Denmark	78.8
52	PEKING University	China	78.4
52	NEW YORK University (nyu)	United States	78.4
54	BOSTON University	United States	77.8
55	TOKYO Institute of Technology	Japan	76.3
55	Technical University of MUNICH	Germany	76.3
57	HEIDELBERG University	Germany	76.2
58	University of WARWICK	United Kingdom	75.7
59	University of ALBERTA	Canada	75.4
60	LEIDEN University	Netherlands	75.3
61	The University of AUCKLAND	New Zealand	74.7
61	University of Wisconsin-madison	United States	74.7
63	AARHUS University	Denmark	74.5
63	University of Illinois, URBANA-CHAMPAIGN	United States	74.5
65	Catholic University of LEUVEN	Belgium	74.2
66	University of BIRMINGHAM	United Kingdom	73.9

67	LUND University	Sweden	73.7
67	London School of Economics And Political...	United Kingdom	73.7
69	Kaist - Korea Advanced Institute of Scie...	Korea, South	72.6
70	University of YORK	United Kingdom	72.4
70	UTRECHT University	Netherlands	72.4
72	University of GENEVA	Switzerland	72.3
73	Nanyang Technological University (NTU)	Singapore	72.0
73	WASHINGTON University In St. Louis	United States	72.0
75	UPPSALA University	Sweden	71.9
76	University of TEXAS At Austin	United States	71.5
76	University of CALIFORNIA, San Diego	United States	71.5
78	University of NORTH CAROLINA, Chapel Hil...	United States	71.3
79	University of GLASGOW	United Kingdom	71.2
80	University of WASHINGTON	United States	71.1
81	University of ADELAIDE	Australia	70.8
82	University of SHEFFIELD	United Kingdom	70.6
83	DELFT University of Technology	Netherlands	70.5
84	University of WESTERN AUSTRALIA	Australia	70.3
85	DARTMOUTH College	United States	70.1
86	GEORGIA Institute of Technology	United States	70.0
87	PURDUE University	United States	69.8
87	University of ST ANDREWS	United Kingdom	69.8
89	University College DUBLIN	Ireland	69.7
90	EMORY University	United States	69.6
91	University of NOTTINGHAM	United Kingdom	69.4
92	NAGOYA University	Japan	69.2
92	University of ZURICH	Switzerland	69.2
94	Free University of BERLIN	Germany	69.0
95	University of SOUTHAMPTON	United Kingdom	68.9
95	NATIONAL TAIWAN University (NTU)	Taiwan	68.9
97	TOHOKU University	Japan	68.6
98	Ludwig Maximilian - University of MUNICH...	Germany	68.4
99	University of LEEDS	United Kingdom	68.3
100	RICE University	United States	68.1
101	University of OSLO	Norway	67.7
102	Hebrew University of JERUSALEM	Israel	67.3
103	FUDAN University	China	67.2
103	DURHAM University	United Kingdom	67.2
105	University of MINNESOTA	United States	67.1
106	University of CALIFORNIA, Santa Barbara	United States	66.6
107	Université De Montréal	Canada	66.2
108	University of BASEL	Switzerland	66.1
108	ERASMUS University Rotterdam	Netherlands	66.1
108	University of HELSINKI	Finland	66.1
108	University of CALIFORNIA, Davis	United States	66.1
112	University of SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA	United States	66.0
113	University of WATERLOO	Canada	65.9
114	University of PITTSBURGH	United States	65.6
114	TEL AVIV University	Israel	65.6
116	MAASTRICHT University	Netherlands	65.3
117	University Pierre and Marie Curie - PARI...	France	65.0
118	QUEEN'S University	Canada	64.7
119	CASE WESTERN RESERVE University	United States	64.6
120	PENNSYLVANIA STATE University	United States	64.4
120	EINDHOVEN University of Technology	Netherlands	64.4
122	University of Fribourg	Germany	64.0
122	University of MARYLAND, College Park	United States	64.0
124	City University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong	63.9
125	University of OTAGO	New Zealand	63.8
126	Catholic University of LOUVAIN (UCL)	Belgium	63.7
126	Ecole Normale Superieure de LYON	France	63.7
128	University of VIRGINIA	United States	63.5
129	GEORGETOWN University	United States	63.4
129	OHIO STATE University	United States	63.4
129	University of ABERDEEN	United Kingdom	63.4
132	University of VIENNA	Austria	63.0
132	TECHNION - Israel Institute of Technolog...	Israel	63.0
134	POHANG University of Science And Technol...	Korea, South	62.9

135	CARDIFF University	United Kingdom	62.8
136	University of GHENT	Belgium	62.6
137	University of LIVERPOOL	United Kingdom	62.4
138	University of GRONINGEN	Netherlands	62.3
138	CHULALONGKORN University	Thailand	62.3
140	VANDERBILT University	United States	62.2
141	University of ROCHESTER	United States	61.8
142	KEIO University	Japan	61.6
143	Mcmaster University	Canada	60.9
144	University of BATH	United Kingdom	60.7
144	University of BERGEN	Norway	60.7
146	HUMBOLDT University of Berlin	Germany	60.6
146	University of CAPE TOWN	South Africa	60.6
148	WASEDA University	Japan	60.5
149	University of CALGARY	Canada	60.4
149	Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen	Germany	60.4
151	The University of WESTERN ONTARIO	Canada	60.3
151	YONSEI University	Korea, South	60.3
153	SHANGHAI JIAO TONG University	China	60.2
154	University of Science And Technology of ...	China	60.1
155	WAGENINGEN University	Netherlands	60.0
155	KYUSHU University	Japan	60.0
155	LOMONOSOV MOSCOW State University	Russia	60.0
158	NEWCASTLE University	United Kingdom	59.6
159	Technical University of DENMARK	Denmark	59.5
160	TUFTS University	United States	59.4
161	University of CALIFORNIA, Irvine	United States	59.0
162	LANCASTER University	United Kingdom	58.9
163	Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (I...	India	58.6
164	QUEEN MARY, University of London	United Kingdom	58.5
165	VU University AMSTERDAM	Netherlands	58.3
166	University of SUSSEX	United Kingdom	58.0
166	University of ARIZONA	United States	58.0
168	NANJING University	China	57.4
168	University of LAUSANNE	Switzerland	57.4
168	Saint-petersburg State University	Russia	57.4
171	University of BARCELONA	Spain	57.2
171	HOKKAIDO University	Japan	57.2
173	STONY BROOK University, State University...	United States	57.1
174	University of BOLOGNA	Italy	56.9
174	Kth, ROYAL INSTITUTE of Technology	Sweden	56.9
174	University of TSUKUBA	Japan	56.9
177	University of ATHENS	Greece	56.8
177	University of ANTWERP	Belgium	56.8
179	TEXAS A&m University	United States	56.7
180	University of MALAYA (UM)	Malaysia	56.5
181	Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (II...	India	56.4
182	RWTH AACHEN University	Germany	56.3
183	RUTGERS, The State University of New Jer...	United States	56.2
184	University of KARLSRUHE	Germany	56.1
185	University of GOTHENBURG	Sweden	55.8
186	University of Göttingen	Germany	55.6
186	University of Colorado At BOULDER	United States	55.6
188	University of CANTERBURY	New Zealand	55.2
189	MACQUARIE University	Australia	54.9
190	National Autonomous University of Mexico...	Mexico	54.8
191	Free University of Brussels	Belgium	54.7
191	University of READING	United Kingdom	54.7
193	INDIANA University Bloomington	United States	54.5
193	University of BERN	Switzerland	54.5
195	The HONG KONG Polytechnic University	Hong Kong	54.4
196	SIMON FRASER University	Canada	53.9
196	University of LEICESTER	United Kingdom	53.9
198	CHALMERS University of Technology	Sweden	53.8
199	University of NOTRE DAME	United States	53.6
200	University of TWENTE	Netherlands	53.5