| Rank[2]
|
2005 rank
|
University
|
Country
|
| 1 |
1 |
Harvard University (Cambridge) |
 United States
|
| 2 |
3 |
University of Cambridge |
 United Kingdom
|
| 3 |
4 |
University of Oxford |
United Kingdom
|
| 4 |
2 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge) |
United States
|
| 4 |
7 |
Yale University (New Haven) |
United States
|
| 6 |
5 |
Stanford University |
United States
|
| 7 |
8 |
California Institute of Technology |
United States
|
| 8 |
6 |
University of California, Berkeley |
United States
|
| 9 |
13 |
London University – Imperial College |
United Kingdom
|
| 10 |
9 |
Princeton University |
United States
|
| 11 |
17 |
Chicago University |
United States
|
| 12 |
20 |
Columbia University (New York City) |
United States
|
| 13 |
11 |
Duke University |
United States
|
| 14 |
15 |
Peking University |
 China
|
| 15 |
14 |
Cornell University |
United States
|
| 16 |
23 |
Australian National University (Canberra) |
 Australia
|
| 17 |
11 |
London University – School of Economics and Political Science |
United Kingdom
|
| 18 |
24 |
Paris École Normale Supérieure |
 France
|
| 19 |
22 |
Singapore National University |
 Singapore
|
| 19 |
16 |
Tokyo University |
 Japan
|
| 21 |
24 |
McGill University (Montreal) |
 Canada
|
| 22 |
19 |
Melbourne University |
Australia
|
| 23 |
27 |
Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore) |
United States
|
| 24 |
21 |
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich |
 Switzerland
|
| 25 |
28 |
London University – University College |
United Kingdom
|
| 26 |
32 |
University of Pennsylvania |
United States
|
| 27 |
29 |
Toronto University |
Canada
|
| 28 |
62 |
Tsing Hua University |
China
|
| 29 |
31 |
Kyoto University |
Japan
|
| 29 |
36 |
Michigan University |
United States
|
| 31 |
37 |
California University, Los Angeles |
United States
|
| 32 |
26 |
Texas University, Austin |
United States
|
| 33 |
30 |
University of Edinburgh |
United Kingdom
|
| 33 |
41 |
Hong Kong University |
 Hong Kong
|
| 35 |
44 |
Carnegie Mellon University |
United States
|
| 35 |
38 |
Sydney University |
Australia
|
| 37 |
10 |
École Polytechnique (Paris) |
France
|
| 38 |
33 |
Monash University |
Australia
|
| 39 |
88 |
Geneva University |
Switzerland
|
| 40 |
35 |
Manchester University |
United Kingdom
|
| 41 |
40 |
New South Wales University |
Australia
|
| 42 |
46 |
Northwestern University |
United States
|
| 43 |
56 |
New York University |
United States
|
| 44 |
42 |
California University, San Diego |
United States
|
| 45 |
47 |
Queensland University (Brisbane) |
Australia
|
| 46 |
52 |
Auckland University |
 New Zealand
|
| 46 |
73 |
London University – King's College |
United Kingdom
|
| 48 |
73 |
Rochester University |
United States
|
| 48 |
58 |
Washington University in St. Louis |
United States
|
| 50 |
38 |
British Columbia University (Kelowna/Vancouver) |
Canada
|
| 50 |
51 |
Hong Kong Chinese University |
Hong Kong
|
| 52 |
69 |
Paris Institute of Political Studies |
France
|
| 53 |
114 |
Vanderbilt University (Nashville) |
United States
|
| 54 |
71 |
Brown University (Providence) |
United States
|
| 54 |
66 |
Copenhagen University |
 Denmark
|
| 56 |
141 |
Emory University (Druid Hills) |
United States
|
| 57 |
50 |
Indian Institutes of Technology |
 India
|
| 58 |
45 |
Heidelberg University |
 Germany
|
| 58 |
43 |
Hong Kong Science and Technology University |
Hong Kong
|
| 60 |
109 |
Case Western Reserve University |
United States
|
| 61 |
117 |
Dartmouth College |
United States
|
| 61 |
48 |
Nanyang Technological University |
Singapore
|
| 63 |
93 |
Seoul National University |
 South Korea
|
| 64 |
49 |
Bristol University |
United Kingdom
|
| 64 |
34 |
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) |
Switzerland
|
| 66 |
54 |
Boston University |
United States
|
| 67 |
70 |
Eindhoven Technology University |
 Netherlands
|
| 68 |
84 |
Indian Institutes of Management |
India
|
| 69 |
58 |
Amsterdam University |
Netherlands
|
| 70 |
103 |
London University – School of Oriental and African Studies |
United Kingdom
|
| 70 |
105 |
Osaka University |
Japan
|
| 72 |
92 |
Lyon École Normale Supérieure |
France
|
| 73 |
77 |
Warwick University (Coventry) |
United Kingdom
|
| 74 |
95 |
Mexico National Autonomous University (Mexico City) |
 Mexico
|
| 75 |
127 |
Basel University |
Switzerland
|
| 76 |
88 |
Louvain University |
 Belgium
|
| 77 |
58 |
Illinois University |
United States
|
| 78 |
111 |
Dublin University – Trinity College |
 Ireland
|
| 79 |
186 |
Otago University |
New Zealand
|
| 79 |
73 |
Wisconsin University |
United States
|
| 81 |
101 |
University of Glasgow |
United Kingdom
|
| 82 |
67 |
Macquarie University |
Australia
|
| 82 |
105 |
Munich Technical University |
Germany
|
| 84 |
88 |
Washington University |
United States
|
| 85 |
97 |
University of Nottingham |
United Kingdom
|
| 86 |
53 |
Delft Technology University |
Netherlands
|
| 87 |
65 |
Vienna University |
 Austria
|
| 88 |
193 |
University of Pittsburgh |
United States
|
| 89 |
133 |
University of Lausanne (UNIL) |
Switzerland
|
| 90 |
143 |
Birmingham University |
United Kingdom
|
| 90 |
138 |
Leiden University |
Netherlands
|
| 92 |
57 |
Rotterdam University |
Netherlands
|
| 93 |
79 |
Lomonosov Moscow State University |
 Russia
|
| 93 |
88 |
Paris 06 – Pierre and Marie Curie University |
France
|
| 95 |
120 |
Utrecht University |
Netherlands
|
| 96 |
95 |
Leuven University |
Belgium
|
| 97 |
108 |
Wageningen University |
Netherlands
|
| 98 |
55 |
Munich University |
Germany
|
| 99 |
112 |
London University – Queen Mary |
United Kingdom
|
| 99 |
64 |
Pennsylvania State University |
United States
|
| 101 |
124 |
Southern California University |
United States
|
| 102 |
159 |
Georgetown University |
United States
|
| 102 |
150 |
Rice University |
United States
|
| 102 |
143 |
Sheffield University |
United Kingdom
|
| 105 |
80 |
Adelaide University |
Australia
|
| 105 |
112 |
Berlin University |
Germany
|
| 105 |
100 |
Sussex University |
United Kingdom
|
| 108 |
114 |
Taiwan National University (Taipei) |
 Taiwan
|
| 109 |
136 |
University of St Andrews |
United Kingdom
|
| 109 |
85 |
Zurich University |
Switzerland
|
| 111 |
133 |
Maryland University |
United States
|
| 111 |
180 |
Uppsala University |
 Sweden
|
| 111 |
199 |
Wake Forest University |
United States
|
| 111 |
80 |
Western Australia University |
Australia
|
| 115 |
217 |
Twente University |
Netherlands
|
| 116 |
72 |
Fudan University |
China
|
| 116 |
62 |
Helsinki University |
 Finland
|
| 118 |
99 |
Tokyo Institute of Technology |
Japan
|
| 119 |
77 |
Jerusalem Hebrew University |
 Israel
|
| 120 |
215 |
Keio University |
Japan
|
| 121 |
103 |
Leeds University |
United Kingdom
|
| 122 |
180 |
Lund University |
Sweden
|
| 123 |
143 |
University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill) |
United States
|
| 124 |
68 |
Massachusetts University, Amherst |
United States
|
| 124 |
109 |
York University |
United Kingdom
|
| 126 |
138 |
Aarhus University |
Denmark
|
| 127 |
61 |
Purdue University (West Lafayette) |
United States
|
| 128 |
222 |
Kyushu University |
Japan
|
| 128 |
129 |
Nagoya University |
Japan
|
| 130 |
164 |
Tufts University (Medford/Somerville) |
United States
|
| 130 |
105 |
Virginia University (Charlottesville) |
United States
|
| 132 |
83 |
Durham University |
United Kingdom
|
| 133 |
149 |
Alberta University |
Canada
|
| 133 |
259 |
Brussels Free University (Dutch-speaking) |
Belgium
|
| 133 |
157 |
Hokkaido University |
Japan
|
| 133 |
168 |
Newcastle University |
United Kingdom
|
| 137 |
177 |
Nijmegen University |
Netherlands
|
| 138 |
86 |
Vienna Technical University |
Austria
|
| 139 |
119 |
Liverpool University |
United Kingdom
|
| 140 |
234 |
Cranfield University |
United Kingdom
|
| 141 |
159 |
California University, Santa Barbara |
United States
|
| 141 |
228 |
Cardiff University |
United Kingdom
|
| 141 |
219 |
Ghent University |
Belgium
|
| 141 |
206 |
Southampton University |
United Kingdom
|
| 145 |
147 |
Georgia Institute of Technology |
United States
|
| 146 |
82 |
RMIT University |
Australia
|
| 147 |
166 |
Chalmers University of Technology |
Sweden
|
| 147 |
188 |
Tel Aviv University |
Israel
|
| 148 |
172 |
Berlin Free University |
Germany
|
| 150 |
184 |
Korea University |
South Korea
|
| 150 |
125 |
Texas A&M University |
United States
|
| 152 |
179 |
Notre Dame University |
United States
|
| 153 |
130 |
University of Bath |
United Kingdom
|
| 154 |
178 |
City University of Hong Kong |
Hong Kong
|
| 155 |
184 |
McMaster University |
Canada
|
| 156 |
101 |
Curtin University of Technology |
Australia
|
| 156 |
114 |
Göttingen University |
Germany
|
| 158 |
194 |
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (Haifa) |
Israel
|
| 158 |
240 |
Ulm University |
Germany
|
| 158 |
202 |
Waseda University |
Japan
|
| 161 |
121 |
Chulalongkorn University |
 Thailand
|
| 161 |
131 |
Louis Pasteur University (Strasbourg) |
France
|
| 163 |
121 |
Michigan State University |
United States
|
| 164 |
219 |
Saint Petersburg State University |
Russia
|
| 165 |
76 |
Brussels Free University (French-speaking) |
Belgium
|
| 165 |
93 |
China University of Science and Technology |
China
|
| 165 |
175 |
New York State University, Stony Brook |
United States
|
| 168 |
199 |
George Washington University (Washington, D.C.) |
United States
|
| 168 |
136 |
Tohoku University |
Japan
|
| 170 |
206 |
California University, Davis |
United States
|
| 170 |
260 |
Tübingen University |
Germany
|
| 172 |
172 |
Aachen RWTH |
Germany
|
| 172 |
157 |
Maastricht University |
Netherlands
|
| 172 |
196 |
Royal Institute of Technology (Stockholm) |
Sweden
|
| 172 |
254 |
Yeshiva University (New York City) |
United States
|
| 176 |
261 |
Queen's University (Kingston) |
Canada
|
| 177 |
138 |
Oslo University |
 Norway
|
| 178 |
228 |
Bern University |
Switzerland
|
| 179 |
169 |
Shanghai Jiao Tong University |
China
|
| 180 |
150 |
Nanjing University |
China
|
| 181 |
172 |
Kobe University |
Japan
|
| 181 |
132 |
Montreal University |
Canada
|
| 183 |
192 |
Jawaharlal Nehru University |
India
|
| 183 |
186 |
Amsterdam Free University |
Netherlands
|
| 185 |
289 |
Malaysia National University (Bangi) |
 Malaysia
|
| 186 |
165 |
Innsbruck University |
Austria
|
| 187 |
213 |
Brandeis University (Waltham) |
United States
|
| 187 |
142 |
Frankfurt University |
Germany
|
| 187 |
150 |
Minnesota University |
United States
|
| 190 |
240 |
Barcelona University |
 Spain
|
| 190 |
248 |
Reading University |
United Kingdom
|
| 192 |
169 |
Malaya University (Kuala Lumpur) |
Malaysia
|
| 192 |
118 |
Queensland University of Technology (Brisbane) |
Australia
|
| 194 |
154 |
Denmark Technical University |
Denmark
|
| 195 |
267 |
University of Aberdeen |
United Kingdom
|
| 196 |
308 |
Wollongong University |
Australia
|
| 197 |
125 |
Rome University – La Sapienza |
 Italy
|
| 198 |
254 |
California University, Irvine |
United States
|
| 198 |
143 |
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (Daejeon) |
South Korea
|
| 200 |
305 |
Paris 04 – Paris-Sorbonne University |
France
|
