| 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 |
