International comparisons   The world's top 200 universities
The world’s top 200 universities   
2006
rank
2005
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
93
100
15
25
56
55
100.0
  
2
3
 Cambridge University UK
100
79
58
43
64
17
96.8
  
3
4
 Oxford University UK
97
76
54
39
61
15
92.7
  
4=
2
 Massachusetts Institute of Technology US
81
93
11
39
42
54
89.2
  
4=
7
 Yale University US
72
81
45
26
93
24
89.2
  
6
5
 Stanford University US
82
85
9
34
32
55
85.4
  
7
8
 California Institute of Technology US
53
21
24
40
67
100
83.8
  
8
6
 University of California, Berkeley US
92
75
6
13
22
39
80.4
  
9
13
 Imperial College London UK
65
44
55
56
88
12
78.6
  
10
9
 Princeton University US
68
61
21
29
53
34
74.2
  
11
17
 University of Chicago US
57
67
19
30
73
17
69.8
  
12
20
 Columbia University US
57
64
9
32
74
17
69.0
  
13
11
 Duke University US
39
78
11
21
100
19
68.3
  
14
15
 Beijing University China
70
55
5
11
69
2
67.9
  
15
14
 Cornell University US
60
74
10
25
44
26
65.9
  
16
23
 Australian National University Australia
72
30
48
33
38
13
64.8
  
17
11
 London School of Economics UK
42
85
89
100
53
1
63.9
  
18
24
 Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris France
46
30
22
28
69
37
63.3
  
19=
22
 National University of Singapore Singapore
70
44
82
47
22
8
63.1
  
19=
16
 Tokyo University Japan
72
29
8
10
35
27
63.1
  
21
24
 McGill University Canada
57
61
31
33
52
10
62.3
  
22
19
 Melbourne University  Australia
72
44
51
36
25
7
61.6
  
23
27
 Johns Hopkins University US
49
37
15
20
65
29
61.3
  
24
21
 ETH Zurich Switzerland
51
25
84
45
44
23
59.7
  
25
28
 University College London UK
46
28
39
47
70
12
58.7
  
26
32
 Pennsylvania University US
45
64
17
26
52
22
57.8
  
27
29
 University of Toronto Canada
63
51
37
17
15
25
57.7
  
28
62
 Tsing Hua University China
45
34
22
9
84
1
56.1
  
29=
31
 Kyoto University Japan
61
20
15
7
44
18
56.0
  
29=
36
 University of Michigan US
50
61
15
19
46
15
56.0
  
31
37
 University of California, Los Angeles US
58
42
2
12
34
25
55.9
  
32
26
 University of Texas at Austin US
44
56
24
14
19
53
55.0
  
33=
30
 Edinburgh University UK
54
42
28
29
42
11
54.8
  
33=
41
 University of Hong Kong Hong Kong
48
40
84
27
46
6
54.8
  
35=
44
 Carnegie Mellon University US
44
64
28
40
48
11
54.6
  
35=
38
 Sydney University Australia
65
26
56
31
23
8
54.6
  
37
10
 Ecole Polytechnique France
37
40
18
40
64
17
53.0
  
38
33
 Monash University Australia
57
40
61
51
21
5
52.6
  
39
88
 Geneva University Switzerland
26
13
69
58
81
7
49.9
  
40
35
 Manchester University UK
44
50
42
29
38
6
49.0
  
41
40
 University of New South Wales Australia
56
36
23
37
20
7
48.2
  
42
46
 Northwestern University US
32
71
12
20
44
19
47.9
  
43
56
 New York University US
39
51
8
16
55
6
47.6
  
44
42
 University of California, San Diego US
46
16
3
9
26
42
47.5
  
45
47
 Queensland University Australia
52
26
51
31
18
12
47.2
  
46=
52
 Auckland University New Zealand
51
17
44
21
38
2
46.8
  
46=
73
 King’s College London UK
42
28
42
30
44
7
46.8
  
48=
73
 Rochester University US
21
26
8
23
91
12
46.7
  
48=
58
 Washington University, St Louis US
25
32
5
18
73
22
46.7
  
50=
38
 University of British Columbia Canada
51
38
23
15
19
16
46.4
  
50=
51
 Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong
39
38
62
24
41
7
46.4
  
52
69
 Sciences Po France
21
29
22
53
86
–
45.6
  
53
114
 Vanderbilt University US
22
37
2
14
81
14
45.3
  
54=
71
 Brown University US
32
32
34
20
50
18
45.0
  
54=
66
 Copenhagen University Denmark
44
21
12
13
51
5
45.0
  
56
141
 Emory University US
19
38
1
14
84
15
44.9
  
57
50
 Indian Institutes of Technology India
45
34
0
1
27
24
44.5
  
58=
45
 Heidelberg University Germany
43
28
17
28
36
11
44.3
  
58=
43
 Hong Kong University Sci & Technol Hong Kong
40
41
74
21
17
16
44.3
  
60
109
 Case Western Reserve University US
19
34
3
24
77
19
44.2
  
61=
117
 Dartmouth College US
22
56
13
17
59
16
43.7
  
61=
48
 Nanyang Technological University Singapore
40
37
77
56
21
3
43.7
  
63
93
 Seoul National University South Korea
43
13
2
7
57
4
43.6
  
64=
49
 Bristol University UK
36
44
37
26
34
10
43.2
  
64=
34
 Ecole Polytech Fédérale de Lausanne Switzerland
28
13
70
66
47
11
43.2
  
66
54
 Boston University US
35
38
9
21
47
10
42.9
  
67
70
 Eindhoven University of Technology Netherlands
19
18
21
11
92
3
42.1
  
68
84
 Indian Institutes of Management India
31
46
0
10
60
2
41.6
  
69
58
 Amsterdam University Netherlands
42
20
30
10
28
15
41.3
  
70=
103
 School of Oriental and African Studies UK
23
9
48
74
64
0
40.4
  
70=
105
 Osaka University Japan
39
0
4
9
45
17
40.4
  
72
92
 Ecole Normale Supérieure, Lyon France
21
18
15
19
50
34
40.1
  
73
77
 Warwick University UK
39
40
38
41
22
4
40.0
  
74
95
 National Autonomous Univ of Mexico Mexico
29
36
3
1
65
0
39.8
  
75
127
 Basel University Switzerland
21
0
76
28
63
10
39.7
  
76
88
 Catholic University of Louvain (French) Belgium
37
25
29
25
29
11
39.4
  
77
58
 University of Illinois US
39
31
10
16
32
9
39.3
  
78
111
 Trinity College Dublin Ireland
37
34
58
29
17
9
39.1
  
79=  
186
 Otago University New Zealand
26
17
94
20
45
3
38.5
  
79=
73
 University of Wisconsin US
39
11
0
14
35
16
38.5
  
81
101
 Glasgow University UK
35
33
17
16
35
9
38.4
  
82=
67
 Macquarie University Australia
32
40
100
51
10
5
38.3
  
82=
105
 Technical University Munich Germany
30
26
22
30
42
10
38.3
  
84
88
 Washington University US
31
23
13
10
38
20
38.2
  
85
97
 Nottingham University UK
34
37
34
29
28
6
38.1
  
86
53
 Delft University of Technology Netherlands
34
13
52
18
37
7
38.0
  
87
65
 Vienna University Austria
43
22
23
26
10
15
37.8
  
88
193
 Pittsburgh University US
22
19
20
10
62
11
37.6
  
89
133
 Lausanne University Switzerland
20
21
54
33
53
9
37.3
  
90=
143
 Birmingham University UK
34
27
34
29
28
9
37.2
  
90=
138
 Leiden University Netherlands
33
21
33
11
20
26
37.2
  
92
57
 Erasmus University Rotterdam Netherlands
22
49
24
31
11
38
37.1
  
93=
79
 Lomonosov Moscow State University Russia
42
28
1
7
30
3
37.0
  
93=
88
 Pierre and Marie Curie University France
31
0
29
35
49
6
37.0
  
95
120
 Utrecht University Netherlands
37
12
24
9
25
18
36.7
  
96
95
 Catholic University of Leuven (Flemish) Belgium
37
35
11
20
18
13
36.6
  
97
108
 Wageningen University Netherlands
16
9
16
45
61
17
36.5
  
98
55
 Munich University Germany
35
23
19
21
29
9
36.4
  
99=
112
 Queen Mary, University of London UK
26
9
44
40
47
4
36.3
  
99=
64
 Pennsylvania State University US
33
43
7
8
31
6
36.3
  
101
124
 University of Southern California US
27
28
7
28
45
9
36.2
  
102=
159
 Georgetown University US
19
65
6
17
41
11
36.1
  
102=
150
 Rice University US
20
31
12
23
50
15
36.1
  
102=
143
 Sheffield University UK
31
22
32
28
33
8
36.1
  
105=
80
 University of Adelaide Australia
38
0
47
44
14
14
35.9
  
105=
112
 Humboldt University Berlin Germany
32
15
18
18
43
5
35.9
  
105=
100
 Sussex University UK
27
18
42
27
41
6
35.9
  
108
114
 National Taiwan University Taiwan
40
0
1
0
43
4
35.8
  
109=
136
 St Andrews University UK
26
20
40
53
33
9
35.7
  
109=
85
 Zurich University Switzerland
26
0
69
23
41
11
35.7
  
111=
133
 Maryland University US
27
33
16
15
35
14
35.6
  
111=
180
 Uppsala University Sweden
36
0
17
8
41
9
35.6
  
111=
199
 Wake Forest University US
10
32
2
6
80
10
35.6
  
111=
80
 University of Western Australia Australia
34
11
61
28
19
13
35.6
  
115
217
 University of Twente Netherlands
23
15
29
16
59
3
35.5
  
116=
72
 Fudan University China
39
47
11
8
18
2
35.4
  
116=
62
 Helsinki University Finland
38
20
7
5
16
20
35.4
  
118
99
 Tokyo Institute of Technology Japan
29
18
3
14
39
16
35.3
  
119
77
 Hebrew University of Jerusalem Israel
41
0
14
5
22
16
35.2
  
120
215
 Keio University Japan
28
25
18
4
48
2
35.1
  
121
103
 Leeds University UK
32
33
28
25
25
7
35.0
  
122
180
 Lund University Sweden
35
0
26
9
36
10
34.8
  
123
143
 University of North Carolina US
23
38
7
8
36
19
34.6
  
124=
68
 University of Massachusetts Amherst US
32
28
1
10
20
23
34.5
  
124=
109
 York University UK
28
22
31
30
33
8
34.5
  
126
138
 Aarhus University Denmark
30
15
38
13
33
9
34.4
  
127
61
 Purdue University US
32
42
20
15
21
6
34.2
  
128=
222
 Kyushu University Japan
21
17
8
8
59
7
34.1
  
128=
129
 Nagoya University Japan
29
11
4
9
41
13
34.1
  
130=
164
 Tufts University US
17
31
12
17
42
22
33.9
  
130=
105
 Virginia University US
20
57
6
11
34
14
33.9
  
132
83
 Durham University UK
25
41
43
25
23
10
33.8
  
133=
149
 University of Alberta Canada
32
11
40
21
17
18
33.6
  
133=
259
 Brussels Free University (Flemish) Belgium
16
15
21
17
72
–
33.6
  
133=
157
 Hokkaido University Japan
29
0
8
6
52
8
33.6
  
133=
168
 Newcastle upon Tyne University UK
25
24
33
32
36
7
33.6
  
137
177
 Nijmegen University Netherlands
21
9
33
10
55
7
33.5
  
138
86
 Vienna Technical University Austria
29
17
27
34
36
3
33.3
  
139
119
 Liverpool University UK
26
26
32
21
32
8
33.2
  
140
234
 Cranfield University UK
14
26
31
62
52
2
33.0
  
141=
159
 University of California, Santa Barbara US
31
11
7
8
22
24
32.9
  
141=
228
 Cardiff University UK
29
13
27
23
36
4
32.9
  
141=
219
 Ghent University Belgium
29
9
20
10
43
4
32.9
  
141=
206
 Southampton University UK
26
16
38
25
34
7
32.9
  
145
147
 Georgia Institute of Technology US
30
36
2
27
19
13
32.8
  
146
82
 RMIT University Australia
34
26
31
65
9
1
32.5
  
147=
166
 Chalmers University of Technology Sweden
27
9
17
8
46
5
32.4
  
147=
188
 Tel Aviv University Israel
35
22
0
3
13
21
32.4
  
148
172
 Free University Berlin Germany
37
0
27
17
25
6
32.3
  
150=
184
 Korea University South Korea
25
8
5
19
55
1
32.2
  
150=
125
 Texas A&M University US
30
39
12
13
16
13
32.2
  
152
179
 Notre Dame University  US
19
51
17
14
35
9
32.0
  
153
130
 Bath University UK
21
36
34
35
32
5
31.8
  
154
178
 City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong
28
11
75
14
25
5
31.7
  
155
184
 McMaster University Canada
29
24
9
13
18
19
31.6
  
156=
101
 Curtin University of Technology Australia
28
18
71
70
12
–
31.5
  
156=
114
 Göttingen University Germany
32
0
17
17
31
8
31.5
  
158=
194
 Technion — Israel Inst of Technology Israel
31
17
6
6
23
16
31.4
  
158=
240
 University of Ulm Germany
12
0
22
16
70
9
31.4
  
158=
202
 Waseda University Japan
27
24
11
6
42
1
31.4
  
161=
121
 Chulalongkorn University Thailand
33
18
9
1
33
0
31.2
  
161=
131
 University Louis Pasteur Strasbourg France
25
15
22
34
28
12
31.2
  
163
121
 Michigan State University US
28
39
10
12
21
9
31.1
  
164
219
 Saint Petersburg State University Russia
26
18
1
9
47
1
30.7
  
165=
76
 Brussels Free University (French) Belgium
30
19
15
39
13
12
30.5
  
165=
93
 China University of Sci & Technol  China
36
14
3
0
24
5
30.5
  
165=
175
 State Univ of New York, Stony Brook US
26
16
6
15
30
14
30.5
  
168=
199
 George Washington University US
24
46
3
13
30
5
30.4
  
168=
136
 Tohoku University Japan
26
0
8
7
31
21
30.4
  
170=
206
 University of California, Davis US
30
0
2
8
30
17
30.3
  
170=
260
 University of Tubingen Germany
21
21
21
19
37
9
30.3
  
172=
172
 Aachen RWT  Germany
23
37
24
24
28
4
30.2
  
172=
157
 Maastricht University Netherlands
18
28
34
46
24
13
30.2
  
172=
196
 Royal Institute of Technology Sweden
24
11
17
12
43
4
30.2
  
172=
254
 Yeshiva University US
7
0
9
6
70
20
30.2
  
176
261
 Queen’s University Canada
21
36
38
8
28
7
30.0
  
177
138
 Oslo University Norway
30
0
17
9
34
5
29.9
  
178
228
 University of Bern Switzerland
17
9
1
16
54
9
29.8
  
179
169
 Shanghai Jiao Tong University China
31
37
13
5
19
1
29.7
  
180
150
 Nanjing University China
35
20
24
2
16
3
29.6
  
181=
172
 Kobe University Japan
25
17
8
7
38
5
29.4
  
181=
132
 Université de Montréal Canada
25
25
48
11
13
14
29.4
  
183=
192
 Jawaharlal Nehru University India
32
14
2
6
27
4
29.3
  
183=
186
 Free University of Amsterdam Netherlands
25
9
19
8
36
8
29.3
  
185
289
 University of Kebangsaan Malaysia Malaysia
32
22
9
6
25
0
29.2
  
186
165
 Innsbruck University Austria
23
0
30
48
32
6
29.1
  
187=
213
 Brandeis University US
19
23
7
23
34
13
29.0
  
187=
142
 Frankfurt University Germany
30
17
22
17
19
7
29.0
  
187=
150
 University of Minnesota US
26
20
8
10
20
16
29.0
  
190=
240
 University of Barcelona Spain
31
16
2
11
26
4
28.9
  
190=
248
 Reading University UK
21
19
32
25
30
6
28.9
  
192=
169
 Malaya University Malaysia
33
14
10
7
24
1
28.6
  
192=
118
 Queensland University of Technology Australia
33
8
51
19
13
2
28.6
  
194
154
 Technical University of Denmark Denmark
25
0
19
19
25
17
28.5
  
195
267
 Aberdeen University UK
20
9
37
25
33
7
28.3
  
196
308
 University of Wollongong Australia
23
8
69
64
15
3
28.2
  
197
125
 La Sapienza University, Rome Italy
37
15
2
6
11
5
28.1
  
198=
254
 University of California, Irvine US
24
16
2
10
19
21
28.0
  
198=
143
 Korea Advanced Inst Science & Technol South Korea
24
11
14
6
29
12
28.0
  
200
305
 University of Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV) France
32
29
6
29
13
0
27.9
  
© QS Quacquarelli Symonds Ltd.
Data compiled for The Times Higher by QS and Evidence Ltd, published October 06 2006.