The world's top 100 universities

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2009   2008 Rank   
1      1    HARVARD University
2      3    University of CAMBRIDGE
3      2    YALE University
4      7    UCL (University College London)
5      6    IMPERIAL College London
5      4    University of OXFORD
7      8    University of CHICAGO
8     12    PRINCETON University
9      9    MASSACHUSETTS Institute of Technology (MIT)
10    5    CALIFORNIA Institute of Technology (Caltech)
11    10    COLUMBIA University
12    11    University of PENNSYLVANIA
13    13    JOHNS HOPKINS University
14    13    DUKE University
15    15    CORNELL University
16    17    STANFORD University
17    16    AUSTRALIAN National University
18    20    MCGILL University
19    18    University of MICHIGAN
20    24    ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)
20    23    University of EDINBURGH
22    19    University of TOKYO
23    22    KING'S College London
24    26    University of HONGKONG
25    25    KYOTO University
26    29    University of MANCHESTER
27    21    CARNEGIE MELLON University
28    28    École normale supérieure, PARIS
29    41    University of TORONTO
30    30    National University of Singapore (NUS)
31    27    BROWN University
32    33    NORTHWESTERN University
32    30    University of CALIFORNIA, Los Angeles (UCLA)
34    32    University of BRISTOL
35    39    HONG KONG University of Science and Technology
36    34    ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE
36    38    University of MELBOURNE
36    37    University of SYDNEY
39    36    University of California, BERKELEY
40    34    University of BRITISH COLUMBIA
41    43    University of QUEENSLAND
42    50    École Polytechnique Fédérale de LAUSANNE
43    44    OSAKA University
43    49    TRINITY College Dublin
45    47    MONASH University
46    42    The CHINESE University of Hong Kong
47    50    SEOUL National University
47    45    University of NEWSOUTH WALES
49    56    TSINGHUA University
49    53    University of AMSTERDAM
51    48    University of COPENHAGEN
52    40    NEW YORK University(NYU)
52    50    PEKING University
54    46    BOSTON University
55    78    Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM)
55    61    TOKYO Institute of Technology
57    57    HEIDELBERG University
58    69    University of WARWICK
59    74    University of ALBERTA
60    64    LEIDEN University
61    65    The University of AUCKLAND
61    55    University of WISCONSIN-Madison
63    81    AARHUS University
63    71    University of ILLINOIS, Chicago (UIC)
65    72    Katholieke Universiteit LEUVEN
66    75    University of BIRMINGHAM
67    66    LONDON School of Economics and Political Science
67    88    LUND University
69    95    KAIST – Korea Advanced Institute of Science
70    81    University of YORK
70    67    UTRECHT University
72    68    University of GENEVA
73    77    Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
73    60    WASHINGTON University in St. Louis
75    63    UPPSALA University
76    58    University of CALIFORNIA, San Diego
76    70    University of TEXAS at Austin
78    102    University of NORTH CAROLINA, Chapel Hill
79    73    University of GLASGOW
80    59    University of WASHINGTON
81    106    University of ADELAIDE
82    76    University of SHEFFIELD
83    78    DELFT University of Technology
84    83    University of WESTERN AUSTRALIA
85    54    DARTMOUTH College
86    83    GEORGIA Institute of Technology
87    99    PURDUE University
87    83    University of STANDREWS
89    108    University College DUBLIN
90    62    EMORY University
91    86    University of NOTTINGHAM
92    120    NAGOYA University
92    106    University of ZURICH
94    137    Freie Universität BERLIN
95    124    National TAIWAN University
95    99    University of SOUTHAMPTON
97    112    TOHOKU University
98    93    Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
99    104    University of LEEDS
00    78    RICE University

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