World’s Best University Rankings 2010 – Top 400 Universities in the World

The World’s Best Universities rankings are based on data from the THE-QS World University Rankings, which were produced in association with QS Quacquarelli Symonds. U.S.News & World Report’s World’s Best Universities rankings, based on the QS World University Rankings

Top 400 World’s Best Universities in 2010

Rank	Universities	Overall Score
1	Harvard University, United States	100
2	University of Cambridge, United Kingdom	99.6
3	Yale University, United States	99.1
4	UCL (University College London), United Kingdom	99
5	Imperial College London, United Kingdom	97.8
5	University of Oxford, United Kingdom	97.8
7	University of Chicago, United States	96.8
8	Princeton University, United States	96.6
9	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), United States	96.1
10	California Institute of Technology (Caltech), United States	95.9
11	Columbia University, United States	95.6
12	University of Pennsylvania, United States	94.2
13	Johns Hopkins University, United States	94.1
14	Duke University, United States	92.9
15	Cornell University, United States	92.5
16	Stanford University, United States	92.2
17	Australian National University, Australia	90.5
18	McGill University, Canada	90.4
19	University of Michigan, United States	89.9
20	University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom	89.3
20	ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology), Switzerland	89.3
22	University of Tokyo, Japan	88.9
23	King’s College London, United Kingdom	88.4
24	University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong	87.5
25	Kyoto University, Japan	87.1
26	University of Manchester, United Kingdom	85.7
27	Carnegie Mellon University, United States	85.6
28	Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France	85.4
29	University of Toronto, Canada	85.3
30	National University of , Singapore (NUS), Singapore	84.3
31	Brown University, United States	83.9
32	University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), United States	83.5
32	Northwestern University, United States	83.5
34	University of Bristol, United Kingdom	83.4
35	Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong	83.3
36	École Polytechnique, France	83.1
36	University of Melbourne, Australia	83.1
36	University of Sydney, Australia	83.1
39	University of California, Berkeley, United States	82.7
40	University of British Columbia, Canada	81.2
41	University of Queensland, Australia	80.7
42	École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland	80.6
43	Osaka University, Japan	80.1
43	Trinity College Dublin, Ireland	80.1
45	Monash University, Australia	80
46	The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong	79.6
47	University of New South Wales, Australia	79
47	Seoul National University, Korea, South	79
49	University of Amsterdam, Netherlands	78.9
49	Tsinghua University, China	78.9
51	University of Copenhagen, Denmark	78.8
52	New York University (NYU), United States	78.4
52	Peking University, China	78.4
54	Boston University, United States	77.8
55	Technische Universität München, Germany	76.3
55	Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan	76.3
57	Heidelberg University, Germany	76.2
58	University of Warwick, United Kingdom	75.7
59	University of Alberta, Canada	75.4
60	Leiden University, Netherlands	75.3
61	The University of Auckland, New Zealand	74.7
61	University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States	74.7
63	Aarhus University, Denmark	74.5
63	University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, United States	74.5
65	Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium	74.2
66	University of Birmingham, United Kingdom	73.9
67	London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), United Kingdom	73.7
67	Lund University, Sweden	73.7
69	KAIST – Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology, Korea, South	72.6
70	Utrecht University, Netherlands	72.4
70	University of York, United Kingdom	72.4
72	University of Geneva, Switzerland	72.3
73	Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore	72
73	Washington University in St. Louis, United States	72
75	Uppsala University, Sweden	71.9
76	University of California, San Diego, United States	71.5
76	University of Texas at Austin, United States	71.5
78	University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, United States	71.3
79	University of Glasgow, United Kingdom	71.2
80	University of Washington, United States	71.1
81	University of Adelaide, Australia	70.8
82	University of Sheffield, United Kingdom	70.6
83	Delft University of Technology, Netherlands	70.4
84	University of Western , Australia, Australia	70.2
85	Dartmouth College, United States	70.1
86	Georgia Institute of Technology, United States	70
87	Purdue University, United States	69.8
87	University of St Andrews, United Kingdom	69.8
89	University College Dublin, Ireland	69.7
90	Emory University, United States	69.6
91	University of Nottingham, United Kingdom	69.4
92	Nagoya University, Japan	69.2
92	University of Zurich, Switzerland	69.2
94	Freie Universität Berlin, Germany	69
95	University of Southampton, United Kingdom	68.9
95	National , Taiwan University, Taiwan	68.9
97	Tohoku University, Japan	68.6
98	Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany	68.4
99	University of Leeds, United Kingdom	68.3
100	Rice University, United States	68.1
101	University of Oslo, Norway	67.7
102	Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel	67.3
103	Durham University, United Kingdom	67.2
103	Fudan University, China	67.2
105	University of Minnesota, United States	67.1
106	University of California, Santa Barbara, United States	66.6
107	Université de Montréal, Canada	66.2
108	University of Basel, Switzerland	66.1
108	University of California, Davis, United States	66.1
108	Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands	66.1
108	University of Helsinki, Finland	66.1
112	University of Southern California, United States	66
113	University of Waterloo, Canada	65.8
114	University of Pittsburgh, United States	65.6
114	Tel Aviv University, Israel	65.6
116	Maastricht University, Netherlands	65.3
117	Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie Paris VI, France	65
118	Queen’s University, Canada	64.7
119	Case Western Reserve University, United States	64.6
120	Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands	64.4
120	Pennsylvania State University, United States	64.4
122	Universität Freiburg, Germany	64
122	University of Maryland, College Park, United States	64
124	City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong	63.9
125	University of Otago, New Zealand	63.8
126	Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL), Belgium	63.7
126	Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, France	63.7
128	University of Virginia, United States	63.5
129	University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom	63.4
129	Georgetown University, United States	63.4
129	Ohio State University, United States	63.4
132	Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Israel	63
132	University of Vienna, Austria	63
134	Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Korea, South	62.9
135	Cardiff University, United Kingdom	62.8
136	University of Ghent, Belgium	62.6
137	University of Liverpool, United Kingdom	62.4
138	Chulalongkorn University, Thailand	62.3
138	University of Groningen, Netherlands	62.3
140	Vanderbilt University, United States	62.2
141	University of Rochester, United States	61.8
142	Keio University, Japan	61.6
143	McMaster University, Canada	60.9
144	University of Bath, United Kingdom	60.7
144	University of Bergen, Norway	60.7
146	University of Cape Town, South Africa	60.6
146	Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany	60.6
148	Waseda University, Japan	60.5
149	University of Calgary, Canada	60.4
149	Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Germany	60.4
151	The University of Western Ontario, Canada	60.3
151	Yonsei University, Korea, South	60.3
153	Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China	60.2
154	University of Science and Technology of , China, China	60.1
155	Kyushu University, Japan	60
155	Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia	60
155	Wageningen University, Netherlands	60
158	Newcastle University, United Kingdom	59.6
159	Technical University of , Denmark, Denmark	59.5
160	Tufts University, United States	59.4
161	University of California, Irvine, United States	59
162	Lancaster University, United Kingdom	58.9
163	Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB), India	58.6
164	Queen Mary, University of London, United Kingdom	58.5
165	VU University Amsterdam, Netherlands	58.3
166	University of Arizona, United States	58
166	University of Sussex, United Kingdom	58
168	University of Lausanne, Switzerland	57.4
168	Nanjing University, China	57.4
168	Saint-Petersburg State University, Russia	57.4
171	University of Barcelona, Spain	57.2
171	Hokkaido University, Japan	57.2
173	Stony Brook University, State University of New York, United States	57.1
174	University of Bologna, Italy	56.9
174	KTH, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden	56.9
174	University of Tsukuba, Japan	56.9
177	University of Antwerp, Belgium	56.7
177	University of Athens, Greece	56.7
179	Texas A&M University, United States	56.6
180	Universiti Malaya (UM), Malaysia	56.5
181	Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD), India	56.4
182	Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen, Germany	56.3
183	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, United States	56.2
184	Universität Karlsruhe, Germany	56.1
185	University of Gothenburg, Sweden	55.8
186	University of Colorado at Boulder, United States	55.6
186	Universität Göttingen, Germany	55.6
188	University of Canterbury, New Zealand	55.2
189	Macquarie University, Australia	54.9
190	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Mexico	54.8
191	Universite Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Belgium	54.7
191	University of Reading, United Kingdom	54.7
193	University of Bern, Switzerland	54.5
193	Indiana University Bloomington, United States	54.5
195	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong	54.4
196	University of Leicester, United Kingdom	53.9
196	Simon Fraser University, Canada	53.9
198	Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden	53.8
199	University of Notre Dame, United States	53.6
200	University of Twente, Netherlands	53.5
201	University of Florida, United States	53.4
201	Universitas , Indonesia, Indonesia	53.4
201	Queen’s University of Belfast, United Kingdom	53.4
204	Sciences Po Paris, France	53.2
205	Sapienza University of Rome, Italy	53.1
206	Universität Stuttgart, Germany	52.9
207	University College Cork, Ireland	52.7
207	University of São Paulo, Brazil	52.7
209	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, United States	52.5
210	Helsinki University of Technology TKK, Finland	52.4
211	Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain	52.1
211	Technische Universität Berlin, Germany	52.1
211	Korea University, Korea, South	52.1
214	Dalhousie University, Canada	52
215	University of Dundee, United Kingdom	51.9
215	Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain	51.9
215	Stockholm University, Sweden	51.9
218	Kobe University, Japan	51.7
218	Université Paris-Sud Paris XI, France	51.7
220	Mahidol University, Thailand	51.3
220	Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands	51.3
222	Michigan State University, United States	51.2
223	RMIT University, Australia	51.1
223	National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan	51.1
225	University of Iowa, United States	50.8
226	University of Ottawa, Canada	50.6
227	Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Belgium	50.2
228	Université Paris Sorbonne (Paris IV), France	50.1
229	Charles University, Czech Republic	49.9
229	Loughborough University, United Kingdom	49.9
229	Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand	49.9
232	University of Technology, Sydney, Australia	49.7
233	Universität Frankfurt am Main, Germany	49.6
234	Brandeis University, United States	49.5
234	Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines	49.5
234	SOAS – School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, United Kingdom	49.5
237	University of Bonn, Germany	49.4
237	Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK), India	49.4
237	University of Massachusetts, Amherst, United States	49.4
237	Wake Forest University, United States	49.4
241	La Trobe University, Australia	49.3
241	University of Victoria, Canada	49.3
243	National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland	49.1
244	Curtin University of Technology, Australia	49
244	University of Miami, United States	49
244	Queensland University of Technology, Australia	49
247	King Saud University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia	48.9
247	Zhejiang University, China	48.9
249	University of Surrey, United Kingdom	48.8
250	Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia	48.6
251	University of Wollongong, Australia	48.2
252	University of California, Santa Cruz, United States	47.8
252	University Complutense Madrid, Spain	47.8
254	Flinders University, Australia	47.6
254	Universite de Strasbourg, France	47.6
254	University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom	47.6
257	Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden	47.5
258	Laval University, Canada	47.4
259	Hiroshima University, Japan	47.3
259	Universität Mannheim, Germany	47.3
259	University of Utah, United States	47.3
262	George Washington University, United States	47
262	University of the , Philippines, Philippines	47
264	University of Turku, Finland	46.8
264	Vienna University of Technology, Austria	46.8
266	University of Exeter, United Kingdom	46.6
266	King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia	46.6
266	University of Newcastle, Australia	46.6
269	North Carolina State University, United States	46.5
270	Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway	46.4
271	École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées ENPC, France	46.3
272	Universität Hamburg, Germany	46.2
273	École Normale Supérieure Lettres et Sciences Humaines (ENS LSH), France	46.1
273	University of Essex, United Kingdom	46.1
273	University of Hawaii, United States	46.1
273	York University, Canada	46.1
277	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile	45.9
277	Université Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne, France	45.9
279	Dublin City University, Ireland	45.8
279	Universität Ulm, Germany	45.8
281	National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan	45.7
281	Technische Universität Dresden, Germany	45.7
281	Université Joseph-Fourier, Grenoble I, France	45.7
284	Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM), India	45.6
285	University of California, Riverside, United States	45.4
286	Politecnico di Milano, Italy	45.1
287	Aston University, United Kingdom	45
288	University of Cincinnati, United States	44.8
288	Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany	44.8
288	University Montpellier 2 – Sciences and Techniques, France	44.8
291	University of Delhi, India	44.5
291	Griffith University, Australia	44.5
291	University of Liege, Belgium	44.5
291	Universiti Kebangsaan , Malaysia (UKM), Malaysia	44.5
295	University of Campinas (Unicamp), Brazil	44.4
295	University of South , Australia, Australia	44.4
295	Tulane University, United States	44.4
298	University of Buenos Aires, Argentina	44.3
299	Massey University, New Zealand	44
300	University of Southern , Denmark, Denmark	43.9
301	Universität Köln (Cologne), Germany	43.8
302	University of East Anglia (UEA), United Kingdom	43.7
302	Jagiellonian University, Poland	43.7
302	University of Tromso, Norway	43.7
305	Austral University, Argentina	43.4
306	National Yang Ming University, Taiwan	43.3
307	Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong	43.1
307	Chiba University, Japan	43.1
309	Arizona State University, United States	43
309	Universität Würzburg, Germany	43
311	Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Virginia Tech), United States	42.9
312	Novosibirsk State University, Russia	42.8
312	University of Padua, Italy	42.8
314	Universiti Sains , Malaysia (USM), Malaysia	42.6
314	University of Waikato, New Zealand	42.6
316	Royal Holloway University of London, United Kingdom	42.5
317	Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany	42.4
318	Brunel University, United Kingdom	42.2
318	Umeå University, Sweden	42.2
320	Universiti Teknologi , Malaysia (UTM), Malaysia	42
321	University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa	41.8
322	University of Pisa, Italy	41.7
323	Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel	41.6
324	Universität Düsseldorf, Germany	41.5
324	Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain	41.5
326	Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland	41.4
326	University of Tasmania, Australia	41.4
328	Kuopio University, Finland	41.3
328	Universität Leipzig, Germany	41.3
330	Iowa State University, United States	41.2
331	Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz, Germany	40.9
331	University of Oulu, Finland	40.9
333	University of Lille 1, France	40.8
334	Université Paris VII Denis Diderot, France	40.7
335	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IITKGP), India	40.5
336	Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, Austria	40.4
337	University of Alabama, United States	40.2
337	University of St Gallen (HSG), Switzerland	40.2
339	University of Connecticut, United States	40.1
339	Hanyang University, Korea, South	40.1
339	Tecnologico de Monterrey at Monterrey (ITESM), Mexico	40.1
342	Universität Bielefeld, Germany	40
343	Boston College, United States	39.9
343	Universidad de , Chile, Chile	39.9
345	Universiti Putra , Malaysia (UPM), Malaysia	39.8
346	Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany	39.6
346	Howard University, United States	39.6
346	Universität Konstanz, Germany	39.6
349	Warsaw University, Poland	39.3
350	National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Pakistan	39.2
351	American University of Beirut (AUB), Lebanon	39.1
351	Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), Indonesia	39.1
351	National , Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan	39.1
354	Universität Marburg, Germany	38.9
355	Deakin University, Australia	38.7
355	James Cook University, Australia	38.7
357	Universität des Saarlandes, Germany	38.5
357	Sung Kyun Kwan University, Korea, South	38.5
357	Swansea University, United Kingdom	38.5
360	Bilkent University, Turkey	38.4
361	Goldsmiths, University of London, United Kingdom	38.3
361	Universität Innsbruck, Austria	38.3
363	Colorado State University, United States	38.2
364	Hitotsubashi University, Japan	38.1
364	Université Paris V Descartes, France	38.1
366	University of Coimbra, Portugal	37.9
366	Washington State University, United States	37.9
368	University of Georgia, United States	37.8
368	Showa University, Japan	37.8
368	University of Tehran, Iran	37.8
371	Florida State University, United States	37.7
371	Pusan National University, Korea, South	37.7
371	University of Toulouse III Paul Sabatier, France	37.7
374	Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom	37.5
374	Kyung Hee University, Korea, South	37.5
374	United Arab Emirates University, United Arab Emirates	37.5
377	University of Florence, Italy	37.4
377	Yokohama National University, Japan	37.4
379	Sogang University, Korea, South	37.3
380	University of Tennessee, United States	37.1
381	University of Navarra, Spain	37
381	City University of New York, United States	37
383	University of Bradford, United Kingdom	36.9
383	University of New , Mexico, United States	36.9
383	Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	36.9
386	Aberystwyth University, United Kingdom	36.8
386	Universität Bayreuth, Germany	36.8
386	Carleton University, Canada	36.8
389	National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan	36.7
389	University of Manitoba, Canada	36.7
389	Yeshiva University, United States	36.7
392	Illinois Institute of Technology, United States	36.6
392	Nagasaki University, Japan	36.6
394	Bangor University, United Kingdom	36.5
394	Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic	36.5
394	Université du Québec, Canada	36.5
397	Drexel University, United States	36.2
397	Ewha Womans University, Korea, South	36.2
399	Universität Bremen, Germany	35.8
399	Osaka City University, Japan	35.8