2010 Rank |
2009 Rank |
Institution |
Country /Territory |
Size |
Focus |
Research Intensity |
1 |
2 |
University of Cambridge |
GB |
L |
FC |
VH |
2 |
1 |
Harvard University |
US |
L |
FC |
VH |
3 |
3 |
Yale University |
US |
M |
FC |
VH |
4 |
4 |
UCL (University College London) |
GB |
L |
FC |
VH |
5 |
9 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) |
US |
M |
CO |
VH |
6 |
5= |
University of Oxford |
GB |
L |
FC |
VH |
7 |
5= |
Imperial College London |
GB |
L |
FC |
VH |
8 |
7 |
University of Chicago |
US |
M |
FC |
VH |
9 |
10 |
California Institute of Technology (Caltech) |
US |
S |
CO |
VH |
10 |
8 |
Princeton University |
US |
M |
CO |
VH |
11 |
11 |
Columbia University |
US |
L |
FC |
VH |
12 |
12 |
University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) |
US |
L |
FC |
VH |
13 |
16 |
Stanford University |
US |
L |
FC |
VH |
14 |
14 |
Duke University |
US |
L |
FC |
VH |
15 |
19 |
University of Michigan |
US |
XL |
FC |
VH |
16 |
15 |
Cornell University |
US |
L |
FC |
VH |
17 |
13 |
Johns Hopkins University |
US |
L |
FC |
VH |
18 |
20= |
ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) |
CH |
L |
FO |
VH |
19 |
18 |
McGill University |
CA |
L |
FC |
VH |
20 |
17 |
Australian National University (ANU) |
AU |
M |
CO |
VH |
21 |
23 |
King’s College London (KCL) |
GB |
L |
FC |
VH |
22 |
20= |
University of Edinburgh |
GB |
L |
FC |
VH |
23 |
24 |
University of Hong Kong (HKU) |
HK |
L |
FC |
VH |
24 |
22 |
University of Tokyo, The |
JP |
L |
FC |
VH |
25 |
25 |
Kyoto University |
JP |
L |
FC |
VH |
26 |
32= |
Northwestern University |
US |
L |
FC |
VH |
27 |
34 |
University of Bristol |
GB |
L |
FC |
VH |
28 |
39 |
University of California, Berkeley (UCB) |
US |
XL |
FC |
VH |
29 |
29 |
University of Toronto |
CA |
XL |
FC |
VH |
30 |
26 |
University of Manchester |
GB |
XL |
FC |
VH |
31 |
30 |
National University of Singapore (NUS) |
SG |
XL |
FC |
VH |
32 |
42 |
Ecole Polytechnique F?d?rale de Lausanne (EPFL) |
CH |
M |
FO |
VH |
33 |
28 |
Ecole Normale Superieure de Paris (ENS Paris) |
FR |
S |
SP |
VH |
34 |
27 |
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) |
US |
M |
FC |
VH |
35 |
32= |
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) |
US |
XL |
FC |
VH |
36 |
36= |
Ecole Polytechnique, ParisTech |
FR |
S |
CO |
VH |
37 |
36= |
University of Sydney |
AU |
XL |
FC |
VH |
38 |
36= |
University of Melbourne |
AU |
XL |
FC |
VH |
39 |
31 |
Brown University |
US |
M |
FC |
VH |
40 |
35 |
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology |
HK |
M |
CO |
VH |
41 |
52= |
New York University (NYU) |
US |
XL |
FC |
VH |
42 |
46 |
Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) |
HK |
L |
FC |
VH |
43 |
41 |
University of Queensland (UQ) |
AU |
XL |
FC |
VH |
44 |
40 |
University of British Columbia (UBC) |
CA |
XL |
FC |
VH |
45 |
51 |
University of Copenhagen |
DE |
L |
FC |
VH |
46 |
47= |
University of New South Wales (UNSW) |
AU |
XL |
FC |
VH |
47 |
52= |
Peking University |
CN |
L |
FC |
VH |
48 |
61= |
University of Wisconsin-Madison |
US |
XL |
FC |
VH |
49 |
43= |
Osaka University |
JP |
L |
FC |
VH |
50 |
47= |
Seoul National University (SNU) |
KR |
L |
FC |
VH |
51 |
57 |
Ruprecht-Karls-Universit?t Heidelberg |
DE |
L |
FC |
VH |
52 |
43= |
Trinity College Dublin |
IE |
L |
FC |
HI |
53 |
58 |
University of Warwick |
GB |
L |
FC |
HI |
54 |
49= |
Tsinghua University |
CN |
L |
FC |
VH |
55 |
80 |
University of Washington |
US |
XL |
FC |
VH |
56 |
49= |
University of Amsterdam |
NL |
XL |
FC |
VH |
57 |
78 |
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill |
US |
L |
FC |
VH |
58 |
55= |
Technische Universitat Munchen (TUM) |
DE |
L |
FC |
VH |
59 |
66 |
University of Birmingham |
GB |
L |
FC |
VH |
60 |
55= |
Tokyo Institute of Technology |
JP |
M |
FO |
VH |
61 |
45 |
Monash University |
AU |
XL |
FC |
VH |
62 |
75 |
Uppsala University |
SE |
L |
FC |
VH |
63 |
63= |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) |
US |
XL |
FC |
VH |
64 |
54 |
Boston University |
US |
L |
FC |
VH |
65 |
76= |
University of California, San Diego (UCSD) |
US |
L |
FC |
VH |
66 |
98 |
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit?t M?nchen (LMU) |
DE |
XL |
FC |
VH |
67 |
76= |
University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) |
US |
XL |
FC |
VH |
68 |
61= |
University of Auckland |
NZ |
L |
FC |
VH |
69 |
82 |
University of Sheffield |
GB |
L |
FC |
VH |
70 |
94 |
Freie Universit?t Berlin |
DE |
XL |
FC |
VH |
71 |
72 |
University of Geneva |
CH |
L |
FC |
VH |
72 |
67= |
Lund University |
SE |
L |
FC |
VH |
73 |
91 |
University of Nottingham |
GB |
L |
FC |
VH |
74 |
73= |
Nanyang Technological University (NTU) |
SG |
L |
CO |
VH |
75= |
108= |
University of Helsinki |
FI |
L |
CO |
VH |
75= |
73= |
Washington University in St. Louis |
US |
L |
FC |
VH |
77 |
79 |
University of Glasgow |
GB |
L |
FC |
VH |
78 |
59 |
University of Alberta |
CA |
XL |
FC |
VH |
79 |
69 |
KAIST – Korea Advanced Institute of Sci. & Tech. |
KR |
M |
CO |
VH |
80 |
67= |
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) |
GB |
M |
SP |
VH |
81 |
95= |
University of Southampton |
GB |
L |
FC |
VH |
82 |
60 |
Leiden University |
NL |
L |
FC |
VH |
83 |
70= |
Utrecht University |
NL |
L |
FC |
VH |
84 |
63= |
Aarhus University |
DE |
L |
FC |
VH |
85 |
99 |
University of Leeds |
GB |
L |
FC |
VH |
86 |
65 |
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven |
BE |
XL |
FC |
VH |
87 |
87= |
Purdue University |
US |
XL |
FC |
VH |
88 |
70= |
University of York |
GB |
M |
FC |
VH |
89 |
84 |
University of Western Australia (UWA) |
AU |
L |
FC |
VH |
90 |
85 |
Dartmouth College |
US |
M |
FC |
VH |
91 |
92= |
Nagoya University |
JP |
L |
FC |
VH |
92 |
103= |
Durham University |
GB |
L |
FC |
HI |
93 |
101= |
Lomonosov Moscow State University |
RU |
XL |
FC |
VH |
94 |
95= |
National Taiwan University (NTU) |
TW |
XL |
FC |
VH |
95 |
87= |
University of St Andrews |
GB |
M |
FC |
VH |
96 |
105 |
University of Minnesota |
US |
XL |
FC |
VH |
97 |
122= |
Universit?t Freiburg |
DE |
L |
FC |
VH |
98 |
120= |
Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) |
US |
XL |
FC |
VH |
99 |
108= |
Erasmus University Rotterdam |
NL |
L |
FO |
VH |
100 |
101 |
University of Oslo |
NO |
L |
FC |
VH |
101 |
92= |
University of Zurich |
CH |
L |
FC |
VH |
102 |
97 |
Tohoku University |
JP |
L |
FC |
VH |
103 |
81 |
University of Adelaide |
AU |
L |
FC |
VH |
104 |
122= |
University of Maryland, College Park |
US |
XL |
FC |
VH |
105 |
103= |
Fudan University |
CN |
L |
FC |
VH |
106 |
86 |
Georgia Institute of Technology |
US |
L |
CO |
VH |
107 |
90 |
Emory University |
US |
L |
FC |
VH |
108 |
83 |
Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) |
NL |
L |
FO |
VH |
109 |
102 |
Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
IL |
L |
FC |
VH |
110 |
108= |
University of California, Davis (UCD) |
US |
L |
FC |
VH |
111 |
116 |
Maastricht University |
NL |
L |
FO |
VH |
112 |
134 |
Pohang University of Scie. and Tech. (POSTECH) |
KR |
S |
FO |
VH |
113 |
112 |
University of Southern California (USC) |
US |
XL |
FC |
VH |
114 |
89 |
University College Dublin (UCD) |
IE |
L |
FC |
HI |
115 |
100 |
Rice University |
US |
M |
FC |
VH |
116 |
106 |
University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) |
US |
L |
CO |
VH |
117 |
129= |
University of Aberdeen |
GB |
L |
FC |
HI |
118 |
117 |
Universite Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC) |
FR |
XL |
FO |
VH |
119 |
114= |
University of Pittsburgh |
US |
L |
FC |
VH |
120 |
138= |
University of Groningen |
NL |
L |
FC |
VH |