Wednesday, November 4, 2009

The world's top 100 universities listed

The world's top 100 universities listed

Oxford is down and Tokyo is up. Find out how the world's universities did

A man at Cambridge University

Top 100 universities: Cambridge came second Photograph: Graeme Robertson/Getty

Oxford University has slipped in the international league table of the world's top universities - in a study which shows the advance of academia in Asia that will soon pose a challenge to the Ivy League and Oxbridge.

The study, from Times Higher Education and QS Top Universities shows that overall the UK still punches above its weight, second only to the US. The UK has four out of the top 10 slots and 18 in the top 100. But there has been a significant fall in the number of North American universities in the top 100, from 42 in 2008 to 36 in 2009.

However, the number of Asian universities in the top 100 increased from 14 to 16. The University of Tokyo, at 22, is the highest ranked Asian university, ahead of the University of Hong Kong at 24.



The world's top universities

2009 Rank
2008 Rank
School Name
Country
11HARVARD UniversityUnited States
23University of CAMBRIDGEUnited Kingdom
32YALE UniversityUnited States
47UCL (University College London)United Kingdom
56IMPERIAL College LondonUnited Kingdom
54University of OXFORDUnited Kingdom
78University of CHICAGOUnited States
812PRINCETON UniversityUnited States
99MASSACHUSETTS Institute of Technology (MIT)United States
105CALIFORNIA Institute of Technology (Caltech)United States
1110COLUMBIA UniversityUnited States
1211University of PENNSYLVANIAUnited States
1313JOHNS HOPKINS UniversityUnited States
1413DUKE UniversityUnited States
1515CORNELL UniversityUnited States
1617STANFORD UniversityUnited States
1716AUSTRALIAN National UniversityAustralia
1820MCGILL UniversityCanada
1918University of MICHIGANUnited States
2024ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)Switzerland
2023University of EDINBURGHUnited Kingdom
2219University of TOKYOJapan
2322KING'S College LondonUnited Kingdom
2426University of HONGKONGHong Kong
2525KYOTO UniversityJapan
2629University of MANCHESTERUnited Kingdom
2721CARNEGIE MELLON UniversityUnited States
2828École normale supérieure, PARISFrance
2941University of TORONTOCanada
3030National University of Singapore (NUS)Singapore
3127BROWN UniversityUnited States
3233NORTHWESTERN UniversityUnited States
3230University of CALIFORNIA, Los Angeles (UCLA)United States
3432University of BRISTOLUnited Kingdom
3539HONG KONG University of Science and TechnologyHong Kong
3634ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUEFrance
3638University of MELBOURNEAustralia
3637University of SYDNEYAustralia
3936University of California, BERKELEYUnited States
4034University of BRITISH COLUMBIACanada
4143University of QUEENSLANDAustralia
4250École Polytechnique Fédérale de LAUSANNESwitzerland
4344OSAKA UniversityJapan
4349TRINITY College DublinIreland
4547MONASH UniversityAustralia
4642The CHINESE University of Hong KongHong Kong
4750SEOUL National UniversityKorea, South
4745University of NEWSOUTH WALESAustralia
4956TSINGHUA UniversityChina
4953University of AMSTERDAMNetherlands
5148University of COPENHAGENDenmark
5240NEW YORK University(NYU)United States
5250PEKING UniversityChina
5446BOSTON UniversityUnited States
5578Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM)Germany
5561TOKYO Institute of TechnologyJapan
5757HEIDELBERG UniversityGermany
5869University of WARWICKUnited Kingdom
5974University of ALBERTACanada
6064LEIDEN UniversityNetherlands
6165The University of AUCKLANDNew Zealand
6155University of WISCONSIN-MadisonUnited States
6381AARHUS UniversityDenmark
6371University of ILLINOIS, Chicago (UIC)United States
6572Katholieke Universiteit LEUVENBelgium
6675University of BIRMINGHAMUnited Kingdom
6766LONDON School of Economics and Political ScienceUnited Kingdom
6788LUND UniversitySweden
6995KAIST – Korea Advanced Institute of ScienceKorea, South
7081University of YORKUnited Kingdom
7067UTRECHT UniversityNetherlands
7268University of GENEVASwitzerland
7377Nanyang Technological University (NTU)Singapore
7360WASHINGTON University in St. LouisUnited States
7563UPPSALA UniversitySweden
7658University of CALIFORNIA, San DiegoUnited States
7670University of TEXAS at AustinUnited States
78102University of NORTH CAROLINA, Chapel HillUnited States
7973University of GLASGOWUnited Kingdom
8059University of WASHINGTONUnited States
81106University of ADELAIDEAustralia
8276University of SHEFFIELDUnited Kingdom
8378DELFT University of TechnologyNetherlands
8483University of WESTERN AUSTRALIAAustralia
8554DARTMOUTH CollegeUnited States
8683GEORGIA Institute of TechnologyUnited States
8799PURDUE UniversityUnited States
8783University of STANDREWSUnited Kingdom
89108University College DUBLINIreland
9062EMORY UniversityUnited States
9186University of NOTTINGHAMUnited Kingdom
92120NAGOYA UniversityJapan
92106University of ZURICHSwitzerland
94137Freie Universität BERLINGermany
95124National TAIWAN UniversityTaiwan
9599University of SOUTHAMPTONUnited Kingdom
97112TOHOKU UniversityJapan
9893Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermany
99104University of LEEDSUnited Kingdom
10078RICE UniversityUnited States

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