World's Top Universities

World's Top Universities

The Times Higher Education - QS World University Rankings identified these to be the world's top 400 universities in 2008. Most notable are the institutions ranked in the top 100 which represents 20 countries with Israel represented for the first time. Whilst North America dominates with 42 universities, Europe and Asia Pacific are well represented with 36 and 22 in the top 100.

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RankCollegeCountry 
1 Harvard University Harvard UniversityUnited States 
2 Yale University Yale UniversityUnited States 
3 University of Cambridge University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 
4 University of Oxford University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 
5 California Institute of Technology California Institute of TechnologyUnited States 
6 Imperial College London Imperial College LondonUnited Kingdom 
7 University College London University College LondonUnited Kingdom 
8 University of Chicago University of ChicagoUnited States 
9 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States 
10 Columbia University Columbia UniversityUnited States 
11 University of Pennsylvania University of PennsylvaniaUnited States 
12 Princeton University Princeton UniversityUnited States 
13 Duke University Duke UniversityUnited States 
13 Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 
15 Cornell University Cornell UniversityUnited States 
16 Australian National University Australian National UniversityAustralia 
17 Stanford University Stanford UniversityUnited States 
18 University of Michigan University of MichiganUnited States 
19 University of Tokyo University of TokyoJapan 
20 Mcgill University Mcgill UniversityCanada 
21 Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon UniversityUnited States 
22 King'S College London King'S College LondonUnited Kingdom 
23 University of Edinburgh University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom 
24 ETH Zurich ETH ZurichSwitzerland 
25 Kyoto University Kyoto UniversityJapan 
26 University of Hong Kong University of Hong KongHong Kong 
27 Brown University Brown UniversityUnited States 
28 École Normale Supérieure École Normale SupérieureFrance 
29 University of Manchester University of ManchesterUnited Kingdom 
30 National University of Singapore National University of SingaporeSingapore 
30 University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los AngelesUnited States 
32 University of Bristol University of BristolUnited Kingdom 
33 Northwestern University Northwestern UniversityUnited States 
34 École Polytechnique École PolytechniqueFrance 
34 University of British Columbia University of British ColumbiaCanada 
36 University of California, Berkeley University of California, BerkeleyUnited States 
37 The University of Sydney The University of SydneyAustralia 
38 The University of Melbourne The University of MelbourneAustralia 
39 Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Hong Kong University of Science & TechnologyHong Kong 
40 New York University New York UniversityUnited States 
41 University of Toronto University of TorontoCanada 
42 The Chinese University of Hong Kong The Chinese University of Hong KongHong Kong 
43 University of Queensland University of QueenslandAustralia 
44 Osaka University Osaka UniversityJapan 
45 University of New South Wales University of New South WalesAustralia 
46 Boston University Boston UniversityUnited States 
47 Monash University Monash UniversityAustralia 
48 University of Copenhagen University of CopenhagenDenmark 
49 Trinity College, Dublin Trinity College, DublinIreland 
50 École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne École Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneSwitzerland 
50 Peking University Peking UniversityChina 
50 Seoul National University Seoul National UniversitySouth Korea 
53 University of Amsterdam University of AmsterdamNetherlands 
54 Dartmouth College Dartmouth CollegeUnited States 
55 University of Wisconsin-Madison University of Wisconsin-MadisonUnited States 
56 Tsinghua University Tsinghua UniversityChina 
57 Heidelberg Universität Heidelberg UniversitätGermany 
58 University of California, San Diego University of California, San DiegoUnited States 
59 University of Washington University of WashingtonUnited States 
60 Washington University In St. Louis Washington University In St. LouisUnited States 
61 Tokyo Institute of Technology Tokyo Institute of TechnologyJapan 
62 Emory University Emory UniversityUnited States 
63 Uppsala University Uppsala UniversitySweden 
64 Leiden University Leiden UniversityNetherlands 
65 The University of Auckland The University of AucklandNew Zealand 
66 London School of Economics London School of EconomicsUnited Kingdom 
67 Utrecht University Utrecht UniversityNetherlands 
68 University of Geneva University of GenevaSwitzerland 
69 University of Warwick University of WarwickUnited Kingdom 
70 University of Texas At Austin University of Texas At AustinUnited States 
71 University of Illinois University of IllinoisUnited States 
72 Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Katholieke Universiteit LeuvenBelgium 
73 University of Glasgow University of GlasgowUnited Kingdom 
74 University of Alberta University of AlbertaCanada 
75 University of Birmingham University of BirminghamUnited Kingdom 
76 University of Sheffield University of SheffieldUnited Kingdom 
77 Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore 
78 Delft University of Technology Delft University of TechnologyNetherlands 
78 Rice University Rice UniversityUnited States 
78 Technische Universität München Technische Universität MünchenGermany 
81 University of Aarhus University of AarhusDenmark 
81 University of York University of YorkUnited Kingdom 
83 Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Institute of TechnologyUnited States 
83 The University of Western Australia The University of Western AustraliaAustralia 
83 University of St Andrews University of St AndrewsUnited Kingdom 
86 University of Nottingham University of NottinghamUnited Kingdom 
87 University of Minnesota University of MinnesotaUnited States 
88 Lund University Lund UniversitySweden 
89 University of California, Davis University of California, DavisUnited States 
90 Case Western Reserve University Case Western Reserve UniversityUnited States 
91 Université De Montréal Université De MontréalCanada 
91 University of Helsinki University of HelsinkiFinland 
93 Hebrew University of Jerusalem Hebrew University of JerusalemIsrael 
93 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermany 
95 KAIST KAISTSouth Korea 
96 University of Virginia University of VirginiaUnited States 
97 University of Pittsburgh University of PittsburghUnited States 
98 University of California, Santa Barbara University of California, Santa BarbaraUnited States 
99 Purdue University Purdue UniversityUnited States 
99 University of Southampton University of SouthamptonUnited Kingdom 
Information Provided by QS World University Rankings
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