International comparisons   The world's top 200 universities 2005 rank 2004 rank Name Country Peer review score (40%) Recruiter review (10%) Int'l faculty score (5%) Int'l students score (5%) Faculty/ student score (20%) Citations/ faculty score (20%) Overall score 1 1 Harvard University US 100 100 17 23 21 57 100 2 3 Massachusetts Institute of Technology US 84 87 12 41 16 53 86.9 3 6 Cambridge University UK 96 73 65 34 20 16 85.8 4 5 Oxford University UK 93 70 58 37 23 15 83.9 5 7 Stanford University US 78 95 10 30 12 56 83.4 6 2 University of California, Berkeley US 95 62 7 13 7 39 80.6 7 8 Yale University US 71 43 52 27 42 19 72.7 8 4 California Institute of Technology US 48 2 27 41 26 100 71.5 9 9 Princeton University US 69 32 22 30 20 31 64.8 10 27 Ecole Polytechnique France 37 17 47 36 100 4 61.5 11= 52 Duke University US 36 79 24 20 66 10 59.1 11= 11 London School of Economics UK 43 86 99 100 20 1 59.1 13 14 Imperial College London UK 59 15 63 51 34 10 59 14 23 Cornell University US 56 71 11 19 17 23 58.1 15 17 Beijing University China 71 37 7 4 26 0 56.3 16 12 Tokyo University Japan 73 2 2 12 19 17 55.1 17= 20 University of California, San Francisco US 24 0 4 6 91 44 54.9 17= 13 University of Chicago US 52 47 29 29 27 16 54.9 19 22 Melbourne University Australia 66 27 53 36 9 7 54.5 20 19 Columbia University US 56 36 11 32 25 17 53.9 21 10 ETH Zurich Switzerland 49 7 98 35 37 8 53.5 22 18 National University of Singapore Singapore 62 12 94 45 8 7 53 23 16 Australian National University Australia 64 8 52 33 13 13 52.9 24= 30 Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris France 38 23 26 23 65 9 51.6 24= 21 McGill University Canada 52 48 33 31 23 8 51.6 26 15 University of Texas at Austin US 47 29 9 15 7 54 51.5 27 25 Johns Hopkins University US 50 14 17 20 21 32 50.2 28 34 University College London UK 46 19 45 46 30 10 48.4 29 37 University of Toronto Canada 51 34 40 14 6 22 47.8 30 48 Edinburgh University UK 48 47 33 28 15 10 47.7 31 29 Kyoto University Japan 57 2 20 9 28 10 47.5 32 28 Pennsylvania University US 42 41 20 25 28 15 47.3 33 33 Monash University Australia 55 19 54 49 7 5 46.5 34 32 Ecole Polytech Fédérale de Lausanne Switzerland 22 3 95 65 64 3 45 35 43 Manchester University & Umist UK 43 50 47 23 18 6 44.8 36 31 University of Michigan US 46 32 17 19 17 15 43.9 37 26 University of California, Los Angeles US 52 6 2 11 12 24 43.3 38= 46 University of British Columbia Canada 47 12 63 18 6 17 42.6 38= 40 Sydney University Australia 53 4 53 31 7 8 42.6 40 36 University of New South Wales Australia 50 12 53 34 11 4 42.5 41 39 Hong Kong University Hong Kong 43 19 82 21 17 4 42 42 24 University of California, San Diego US 43 0 3 9 10 43 41.9 43 42 Hong Kong University Sci & Technol Hong Kong 43 12 93 28 7 11 41.8 44 38 Carnegie Mellon University US 37 33 34 40 18 10 40.5 45 47 Heidelberg University Germany 47 12 11 28 14 11 39.6 46 73 Northwestern University US 28 66 4 20 20 16 39.1 47 49 Queensland University Australia 46 8 53 24 8 7 38.5 48 50 Nanyang Technological University Singapore 38 12 95 53 7 2 38.2 49 91 Bristol University UK 28 63 40 25 13 10 37.2 50 41 Indian Institutes of Technology India 44 11 1 1 10 20 37 51 84 Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong 37 12 73 17 14 6 36.4 52 67 Auckland University New Zealand 45 0 20 25 18 2 35.8 53 78 Delft University of Technology Netherlands 35 3 55 17 25 3 35 54 75 Boston University US 41 3 10 22 16 10 34.9 55 99 Munich University Germany 39 24 11 21 11 8 34.8 56 79 New York University US 36 15 5 18 24 6 34.4 57 64 Erasmus University Rotterdam Netherlands 27 32 19 13 5 31 34 58= 109 Washington University, St Louis US 25 14 6 17 28 22 33.7 58= 98 Amsterdam University Netherlands 36 14 18 18 12 14 33.7 58= 35 University of Illinois US 39 16 12 16 11 9 33.7 61 59 Purdue University US 36 28 25 20 8 8 33.6 62= 129 Helsinki University Finland 39 15 12 5 16 7 33.4 62= 61 Tsing Hua University China 42 4 25 10 18 1 33.4 64 130 Pennsylvania State University US 34 21 2 1 11 21 33.3 65 94 Vienna University Austria 40 3 26 26 4 14 33.1 66 63 Copenhagen University Denmark 39 13 20 4 15 5 32.8 67 68 Macquarie University Australia 34 22 53 42 4 5 32.7 68 45 Massachusetts University US 38 0 1 12 7 23 32.5 69 - IEP Sciences Po, Paris France 19 16 25 50 43 - 32.2 70 83 Eindhoven University of Technology Netherlands 20 3 33 7 54 2 32 71 61 Brown University US 27 6 39 19 19 16 31.9 72 195 Fudan University China 35 26 13 6 17 1 31.3 73= 96 King's College London UK 27 17 45 28 17 6 31.1 73= 86 Rochester University US 24 9 10 24 32 13 31.1 73= 66 University Wisconsin-Madison US 36 0 0 14 17 11 31.1 76 - Brussels Free University (French) Belgium 29 3 31 41 20 6 30.9 77= 93 Hebrew University of Jerusalem Israel 36 0 5 13 5 22 30.8 77= 80 Warwick University UK 30 21 50 37 7 4 30.8 79 92 Lomonosov Moscow State University Russia 42 3 10 7 11 3 30.7 80= 96 University of Western Australia Australia 29 12 53 29 10 8 30.4 80= 56 Adelaide University Australia 33 0 53 30 8 8 30.4 82 55 RMIT University Australia 35 0 53 62 4 1 30.3 83 128 Durham University UK 24 38 46 22 9 9 30 84 - Indian Institutes of Management India 33 24 2 7 21 - 29.9 85 - Zurich University Switzerland 22 0 65 22 29 5 29.6 86 77 Vienna Technical University Austria 33 7 31 32 11 3 29.5 87 113 University of Technology, Sydney Australia 35 4 53 37 4 1 29.4 88= - Geneva University Switzerland 12 3 93 57 29 7 29.2 88= 74 Washington University US 28 0 16 10 14 22 29.2 88= 57 Pierre and Marie Curie University France 31 0 25 36 15 6 29.2 88= - Catholic University of Leuven (French) Belgium 32 5 17 26 9 12 29.2 92 - Ecole Normale Supérieure, Lyon France 16 0 30 18 39 16 29.1 93= 154 China University of Sci & Technology China 33 4 6 0 27 1 28.9 93= 118 Seoul National University South Korea 39 0 3 5 14 4 28.9 95= - Catholic University of Leuven (Flemish) Belgium 24 10 48 20 23 4 28.8 95= 195 National Autonomous Univ of Mexico Mexico 33 9 3 1 25 0 28.8 97 170 Nottingham University UK 22 38 39 30 10 6 28.7 98 142 La Trobe University Australia 34 0 53 26 6 3 28.6 99 51 Tokyo Institute of Technology Japan 30 0 6 16 22 10 28.5 100 58 Sussex University UK 28 0 44 28 15 7 28.4 101= 112 Glasgow University UK 26 27 18 15 13 8 28.3 101= 76 Curtin University of Technology Australia 30 0 54 63 4 1 28.3 103= 133 Leeds University UK 27 22 30 26 10 6 28.2 103= 44 School of Oriental and African Studies UK 20 2 51 74 23 - 28.2 105= 118 Virginia University US 24 29 7 11 13 14 28 105= 95 Technical University Munich Germany 27 12 11 30 16 9 28 105= 69 Osaka University Japan 28 0 7 8 23 12 28 108 - Wageningen University Netherlands 16 3 28 47 29 12 27.9 109= 137 York University UK 28 5 37 28 12 7 27.8 109= 88 Case Western Reserve University US 20 11 4 22 23 19 27.8 111 87 Trinity College, Dublin Ireland 31 14 17 21 5 8 27.6 112= 125 Humboldt University Berlin Germany 32 0 11 18 16 4 27.4 112= 100 Queen Mary, University of London UK 24 3 44 35 18 4 27.4 114= 156 Vanderbilt University US 18 12 2 14 32 14 27.2 114= 102 National Taiwan University Taiwan 36 0 4 1 15 3 27.2 114= 85 Gttingen University Germany 33 0 11 17 12 7 27.2 117 138 Dartmouth College US 19 19 15 16 21 15 27.1 118 - Queensland University of Technology Australia 34 0 53 21 3 2 27 119 151 Liverpool University UK 25 14 35 21 11 8 26.9 120 120 Utrecht University Netherlands 27 3 33 5 12 13 26.8 121= - Chulalongkorn University Thailand 33 16 11 1 12 0 26.7 121= 116 Michigan State University US 31 11 11 12 8 9 26.7 121= 71 Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne France 38 0 13 26 4 - 26.7 124 180 University of Southern California US 25 12 7 28 17 9 26.6 125= 162 La Sapienza University, Rome Italy 39 0 5 5 4 5 26.5 125= 105 Texas A&M University US 30 9 14 13 6 13 26.5 127= - Basel University Switzerland 12 0 88 28 26 10 26.4 127= - University of Newcastle Australia 30 0 53 25 5 5 26.4 129 167 Nagoya University Japan 21 0 9 13 35 6 26.3 130 103 Bath University UK 18 35 47 34 7 7 26.2 131 132 University Louis Pasteur Strasbourg France 24 3 25 35 11 12 26.1 132 177 Université de Montréal Canada 25 6 55 11 5 13 26 133= - Lausanne University Switzerland 17 2 53 26 27 6 25.9 133= 134 Maryland University US 22 15 18 16 13 13 25.9 133= - HEC Paris France 15 46 77 30 8 - 25.9 136= 153 Tohoku University Japan 26 0 7 11 19 11 25.7 136= 70 St Andrews University UK 19 11 39 48 13 8 25.7 138= 131 Leiden University Netherlands 22 8 25 15 14 14 25.6 138= 127 Aarhus University Denmark 27 6 28 7 12 9 25.6 138= 101 Oslo University Norway 29 0 25 16 13 5 25.6 141 173 Emory University US 16 15 1 12 30 13 25.5 142 157 Frankfurt University Germany 33 0 11 17 7 6 25.3 143= 160 Korea Advanced Inst of Sci and Tech South Korea 26 0 22 4 7 19 25.2 143= 150 Sheffield University UK 21 16 34 27 12 7 25.2 143= 126 Birmingham University UK 21 17 36 30 10 8 25.2 143= 117 North Carolina University US 21 14 9 8 13 19 25.2 147= - Hiroshima University Japan 26 0 7 8 25 4 25.1 147= 65 Georgia Institute of Technology US 27 8 5 28 8 11 25.1 149 166 University of Alberta Canada 24 2 52 11 13 7 25 150= 192 Nanjing University China 34 0 12 5 11 1 24.8 150= - St Gallen University Switzerland 2 14 85 59 37 - 24.8 150= 146 Rice University US 20 5 14 23 19 14 24.8 150= 82 University of Minnesota US 25 3 10 12 8 19 24.8 154= - University of South Australia Australia 27 0 53 49 4 1 24.7 154= 145 Technical University of Denmark Denmark 23 0 21 24 10 15 24.7 154= 60 Technical University Berlin Germany 30 7 11 25 6 5 24.7 157= - Hokkaido University Japan 28 0 3 7 16 9 24.5 157= 123 Maastricht University Netherlands 16 5 39 44 20 7 24.5 159= 186 Bologna University Italy 34 0 7 9 7 3 24.4 159= 165 Georgetown University US 19 26 9 17 15 11 24.4 159= 143 University of Waterloo Canada 21 11 75 13 9 5 24.4 159= 72 University of California, Santa Barbara US 24 0 10 6 6 23 24.4 163 107 Colorado University US 23 0 17 7 17 13 24.3 164 104 Tufts University US 15 11 13 18 16 22 24.2 165 164 Innsbruck University Austria 21 0 44 47 8 9 24 166= 161 Tasmania University Australia 24 0 53 29 6 5 23.8 166= 110 Chalmers University of Technology Sweden 24 0 18 16 20 4 23.8 168 179 Newcastle upon Tyne University UK 17 20 34 32 13 7 23.6 169= - Shanghai Jiao Tong University China 25 26 15 5 10 0 23.5 169= - Novosibirsk State University Russia 16 0 2 9 45 - 23.5 169= 89 Malaya University Malaysia 33 0 12 7 8 1 23.5 172= - Free University Berlin Germany 28 0 11 17 9 6 23.3 172= - Kobe University Japan 24 5 9 9 21 3 23.3 172= 184 Aachen RWTH Germany 25 12 11 24 11 4 23.3 175= 136 State Univ of New York, Stony Brook US 24 0 7 15 11 15 23.2 175= 90 Alabama University US 18 0 4 7 7 32 23.2 177 191 Nijmegen University Netherlands 17 3 38 11 25 5 23.1 178 198 City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong 19 0 100 9 8 4 22.7 179 - Notre Dame University US 18 24 17 14 13 8 22 180= - Toulouse 1 France 18 0 25 32 26 0 22.5 180= 171 Lund University Sweden 24 0 15 16 13 7 22.5 180= 140 Uppsala University Sweden 24 0 27 8 7 11 22.5 183 159 Madrid Autonomous University Spain 29 0 5 9 9 6 22.2 184= - Korea University South Korea 28 0 7 2 15 1 22.1 184= 147 McMaster University Canada 18 8 10 16 7 21 22.1 186= - Free University of Amsterdam Netherlands 17 3 32 14 13 13 22 186= 114 Otago University New Zealand 22 0 31 21 15 3 22 188= - Tel Aviv University Israel 25 0 1 1 5 18 21.9 188= 108 Massey University New Zealand 23 0 62 20 5 2 21.9 190 - Gothenburg University Sweden 14 0 27 2 1 37 21.8 191 - University of Western Ontario Canada 11 46 28 12 6 13 21.7 192 - Jawaharlal Nehru University India 29 0 3 6 10 3 21.5 193 - Pittsburgh University US 15 0 23 10 23 11 21.3 194= 176 Helsinki University of Technology Finland 22 0 11 11 20 2 21.1 194= 158 Technion - Israel Inst of Technology Israel 23 2 7 1 10 12 21.1 196= - São Paulo University Brazil 28 0 10 3 8 3 21 196= 122 Royal Institute of Technology Sweden 19 0 54 22 9 5 21 198 - Showa University Japan 8 0 7 19 45 3 20.9 199= - University of Florence Italy 28 0 6 5 5 6 20.8 199= - George Washington University US 22 9 5 14 13 4 20.8 199= - Wake Forest University US 12 8 3 6 28 11 20.8 Data compiled for The Times Higher by QS (www.qsnetwork.com), published October 28 2005. 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