| 2009 Rank | School Name | Country | Natural Score |
| 1 | University of CAMBRIDGE | United Kingdom | 100.0 |
| 2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | United States | 94.9 |
| 3 | University of California, BERKELEY | United States | 93.8 |
| 4 | HARVARD University | United States | 92.6 |
| 5 | University of OXFORD | United Kingdom | 92.5 |
| 6 | PRINCETON University | United States | 81.0 |
| 7 | California Institute of Technology (calt... | United States | 80.8 |
| 8 | University of TOKYO | Japan | 79.3 |
| 9 | STANFORD University | United States | 79.0 |
| 10 | IMPERIAL College London | United Kingdom | 71.4 |
| 10 | KYOTO University | Japan | 71.4 |
| 12 | ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of T... | Switzerland | 69.8 |
| 13 | Ecole Normale Superieure, PARIS | France | 65.5 |
| 14 | University of TORONTO | Canada | 64.8 |
| 15 | CORNELL University | United States | 62.7 |
| 16 | University of California, Los Angeles (u... | United States | 62.1 |
| 17 | University of CHICAGO | United States | 62.0 |
| 18 | YALE University | United States | 61.7 |
| 19 | PEKING University | China | 61.3 |
| 20 | University of BRITISH COLUMBIA | Canada | 60.7 |
| 21 | AUSTRALIAN National University | Australia | 60.1 |
| 22 | University Pierre and Marie Curie - PARI... | France | 56.7 |
| 23 | University of MELBOURNE | Australia | 52.8 |
| 24 | COLUMBIA University | United States | 51.9 |
| 25 | Sapienza University of Rome | Italy | 51.8 |
