Top 100 Universities in the World

These are the ranking for the top 100 universities in the world according to the Times – QS ranking, which is done annually. QS stands for Quacquarelli Symonds, a leading global career and education network. QS helps foster international mobility and educational and career development. They have an excellent website which aims to link educators and employers to qualified candidates from all over the world.

Rank	School Name	Country
1	HARVARD University	United States
2=	University of CAMBRIDGE	United Kingdom
2=	YALE University	United States
2=	University of OXFORD	United Kingdom
5	Imperial College LONDON	United Kingdom
6	PRINCETON University	United States
7=	University of CHICAGO	United States
7=	CALIFORNIA Institute of Technology (Calt…	United States
9	UCL (University College LONDON)	United Kingdom
10	MASSACHUSETTS Institute of Technology (M…	United States
11	COLUMBIA University	United States
12	MCGILL University	Canada
13	DUKE University	United States
14	University of PENNSYLVANIA	United States
15	JOHNS HOPKINS University	United States
16	AUSTRALIAN National University	Australia
17	University of TOKYO	Japan
18	University of HONG KONG	Hong Kong
19	STANFORD University	United States
20=	CARNEGIE MELLON University	United States
20=	CORNELL University	United States
22	University of California, BERKELEY	United States
23	University of EDINBURGH	United Kingdom
24	King’s College LONDON	United Kingdom
25	KYOTO University	Japan
26	Ecole Normale Supérieure, PARIS	France
27	University of MELBOURNE	Australia
28	ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE	France
29	NORTHWESTERN University	United States
30	University of MANCHESTER	United Kingdom
31	The University of SYDNEY	Australia
32	BROWN University	United States
33=	National University of SINGAPORE	Singapore
33=	University of BRITISH COLUMBIA	Canada
33=	University of QUEENSLAND	Australia
36	PEKING University	China
37	University of BRISTOL	United Kingdom
38=	University of MICHIGAN	United States
38=	The CHINESE University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong
40	TSINGHUA University	China
41	University of CALIFORNIA, Los Angeles (U…	United States
42	ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of T…	Switzerland
43	MONASH University	Australia
44	University of NEW SOUTH WALES	Australia
45	University of TORONTO	Canada
46	OSAKA University	Japan
47	BOSTON University	United States
48	University of AMSTERDAM	Netherlands
49	NEW YORK University (NYU)	United States
50	The University of AUCKLAND	New Zealand
51=	SEOUL National University	Korea, South
51=	University of TEXAS at Austin	United States
53=	TRINITY College Dublin	Ireland
53=	HONG KONG University of Science & Techno…	Hong Kong
55=	University of WASHINGTON	United States
55=	University of WISCONSIN-Madison	United States
57	University of WARWICK	United Kingdom
58	University of CALIFORNIA, San Diego	United States
59	LONDON School of Economics and Political…	United Kingdom
60	HEIDELBERG University	Germany
61	Katholieke Universiteit LEUVEN	Belgium
62	University of ADELAIDE	Australia
63	DELFT University of Technology	Netherlands
64	University of WESTERN AUSTRALIA	Australia
65=	University of BIRMINGHAM	United Kingdom
65=	Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (…	Germany
67	Technische Universität MÜNCHEN	Germany
68	University of SHEFFIELD	United Kingdom
69	NANYANG Technological University	Singapore
70	University of NOTTINGHAM	United Kingdom
71=	UPPSALA University	Sweden
71=	DARTMOUTH College	United States
73	University of ILLINOIS	United States
74=	EMORY University	United States
74=	University of YORK	United Kingdom
76	University of ST ANDREWS	United Kingdom
77=	University of PITTSBURGH	United States
77=	PURDUE University	United States
79	University of MARYLAND	United States
80=	University of SOUTHAMPTON	United Kingdom
80=	University of LEEDS	United Kingdom
82	VANDERBILT University	United States
83	University of GLASGOW	United Kingdom
84	LEIDEN University	Netherlands
85=	CASE WESTERN RESERVE University	United States
85=	University of VIENNA	Austria
85=	FUDAN University	China
88	QUEEN’S University	Canada
89	UTRECHT University	Netherlands
90=	TOKYO Institute of Technology	Japan
90=	PENNSYLVANIA STATE University	United States
92	RICE University	United States
93=	University of MONTREAL	Canada
93=	University of COPENHAGEN	Denmark
95	University of ROCHESTER	United States
96	University of CALIFORNIA, Davis	United States
97=	GEORGIA Institute of Technology	United States
97=	University of ALBERTA	Canada
99	CARDIFF University	United Kingdom
100	University of HELSINKI	Finland

Source: THES – QS World University Rankings
© Quacquarelli Symonds 2004 – 2007

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