Rank 2009 | Rank 2008
| Institution | Country | Overall Score
|
| 1 |
1 |
Harvard University |
US |
100.0 |
| 2 |
3 |
University of Cambridge |
UK |
99.6 |
| 3 |
2 |
Yale University |
US |
99.1 |
| 4 |
7 |
University College London |
UK |
99.0 |
| 5= |
6 |
Imperial College London |
UK |
97.8 |
| 5= |
4 |
University of Oxford |
UK |
97.8 |
| 7 |
8 |
University of Chicago |
US |
96.8 |
| 8 |
12 |
Princeton University |
US |
96.6 |
| 9 |
9 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
US |
96.1 |
| 10 |
5 |
California Institute of Technology |
US |
95.9 |
| 11 |
10 |
Columbia University |
US |
95.6 |
| 12 |
11 |
University of Pennsylvania |
US |
94.2 |
| 13 |
13= |
Johns Hopkins University |
US |
94.1 |
| 14 |
13= |
Duke University |
US |
92.9 |
| 15 |
15 |
Cornell University |
US |
92.5 |
| 16 |
17 |
Stanford University |
US |
92.2 |
| 17 |
16 |
Australian National University |
Australia |
90.5 |
| 18 |
20 |
McGill University |
Canada |
90.4 |
| 19 |
18 |
University of Michigan |
US |
89.9 |
| 20= |
23 |
University of Edinburgh |
UK |
89.3 |
| 20= |
24 |
ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) |
Switzerland |
89.3 |
| 22 |
19 |
University of Tokyo |
Japan |
88.9 |
| 23 |
22 |
King’s College London |
UK |
88.4 |
| 24 |
26 |
University of Hong Kong |
Hong Kong |
87.5 |
| 25 |
25 |
Kyoto University |
Japan |
87.1 |
| 26 |
29 |
University of Manchester |
UK |
85.7 |
| 27 |
21 |
Carnegie Mellon University |
US |
85.6 |
| 28 |
28 |
Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris |
France |
85.4 |
| 29 |
41 |
University of Toronto |
Canada |
85.3 |
| 30 |
30= |
National University of Singapore |
Singapore |
84.3 |
| 31 |
27 |
Brown University |
US |
83.9 |
| 32= |
30= |
University of California, Los Angeles |
US |
83.5 |
| 32= |
33 |
Northwestern University |
US |
83.5 |
| 34 |
32 |
University of Bristol |
UK |
83.4 |
| 35 |
39 |
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology |
Hong Kong |
83.3 |
| 36= |
34= |
Ecole Polytechnique |
France |
83.1 |
| 36= |
38 |
University of Melbourne |
Australia |
83.1 |
| 36= |
37 |
University of Sydney |
Australia |
83.1 |
| 39 |
36 |
University of California, Berkeley |
US |
82.7 |
| 40 |
34= |
University of British Columbia |
Canada |
81.2 |
| 41 |
43 |
University of Queensland |
Australia |
80.7 |
| 42 |
50= |
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne |
Switzerland |
80.6 |
| 43= |
44 |
Osaka University |
Japan |
80.1 |
| 43= |
49 |
Trinity College Dublin |
Ireland |
80.1 |
| 45 |
47 |
Monash University |
Australia |
80.0 |
| 46 |
42 |
Chinese University of Hong Kong |
Hong Kong |
79.6 |
| 47= |
45 |
University of New South Wales |
Australia |
79.0 |
| 47= |
50= |
Seoul National University |
South Korea |
79.0 |
| 49= |
53 |
University of Amsterdam |
Netherlands |
78.9 |
| 49= |
56 |
Tsinghua University |
China |
78.9 |
| 51 |
48 |
University of Copenhagen |
Denmark |
78.8 |
| 52= |
40 |
New York University |
US |
78.4 |
| 52= |
50= |
Peking University |
China |
78.4 |
| 54 |
46 |
Boston University |
US |
77.8 |
| 55= |
78= |
Technical University of Munich |
Germany |
76.3 |
| 55= |
61 |
Tokyo Institute of Technology |
Japan |
76.3 |
| 57 |
57 |
Heidelberg University |
Germany |
76.2 |
| 58 |
69 |
University of Warwick |
UK |
75.7 |
| 59 |
74 |
University of Alberta |
Canada |
75.4 |
| 60 |
64 |
Leiden University |
Netherlands |
75.3 |
| 61= |
65 |
University of Auckland |
New Zealand |
74.7 |
| 61= |
55 |
University of Wisconsin-Madison |
US |
74.7 |
| 63= |
81= |
Aarhus University |
Denmark |
74.5 |
| 63= |
71 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
US |
74.5 |
| 65 |
72 |
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven |
Belgium |
74.2 |
| 66 |
75 |
University of Birmingham |
UK |
73.9 |
| 67= |
66 |
London School of Economics |
UK |
73.7 |
| 67= |
88 |
Lund University |
Sweden |
73.7 |
| 69 |
95 |
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology |
South Korea |
72.6 |
| 70= |
67 |
Utrecht University |
Netherlands |
72.4 |
| 70= |
81= |
University of York |
UK |
72.4 |
| 72 |
68 |
University of Geneva |
Switzerland |
72.3 |
| 73= |
77 |
Nanyang Technological University |
Singapore |
72.0 |
| 73= |
60 |
Washington University in St Louis |
US |
72.0 |
| 75 |
63 |
Uppsala University |
Sweden |
71.9 |
| 76= |
58 |
University of California, San Diego |
US |
71.5 |
| 76= |
70 |
University of Texas at Austin |
US |
71.5 |
| 78 |
102= |
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill |
US |
71.3 |
| 79 |
73 |
University of Glasgow |
UK |
71.2 |
| 80 |
59 |
University of Washington |
US |
71.1 |
| 81 |
106= |
University of Adelaide |
Australia |
70.8 |
| 82 |
76 |
University of Sheffield |
UK |
70.6 |
| 83 |
78= |
Delft University of Technology |
Netherlands |
70.4 |
| 84 |
83= |
University of Western Australia |
Australia |
70.2 |
| 85 |
54 |
Dartmouth College |
US |
70.1 |
| 86 |
83= |
Georgia Institute of Technology |
US |
70.0 |
| 87= |
99= |
Purdue University |
US |
69.8 |
| 87= |
83= |
University of St Andrews |
UK |
69.8 |
| 89 |
108 |
University College Dublin |
Ireland |
69.7 |
| 90 |
62 |
Emory University |
US |
69.6 |
| 91 |
86 |
University of Nottingham |
UK |
69.4 |
| 92= |
120 |
Nagoya University |
Japan |
69.2 |
| 92= |
106= |
University of Zurich |
Switzerland |
69.2 |
| 94 |
137= |
Free University of Berlin |
Germany |
69.0 |
| 95= |
99= |
University of Southampton |
UK |
68.9 |
| 95= |
124= |
National Taiwan University |
Taiwan |
68.9 |
| 97 |
112 |
Tohoku University |
Japan |
68.6 |
| 98 |
93= |
Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich |
Germany |
68.4 |
| 99 |
104 |
University of Leeds |
UK |
68.3 |
| 100 |
78= |
Rice University |
US |
68.1 |
| 101 |
177= |
University of Oslo |
Norway |
67.7 |
| 102 |
93= |
Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
Israel |
67.3 |
| 103= |
122= |
Durham University |
UK |
67.2 |
| 103= |
113 |
Fudan University |
China |
67.2 |
| 105 |
87 |
University of Minnesota |
US |
67.1 |
| 106 |
98 |
University of California, Santa Barbara |
US |
66.6 |
| 107 |
91= |
Université de Montréal |
Canada |
66.2 |
| 108= |
131 |
University of Basel |
Switzerland |
66.1 |
| 108= |
89 |
University of California, Davis |
US |
66.1 |
| 108= |
126 |
Erasmus University Rotterdam |
Netherlands |
66.1 |
| 108= |
91= |
University of Helsinki |
Finland |
66.1 |
| 112 |
102= |
University of Southern California |
US |
66.0 |
| 113 |
129 |
University of Waterloo |
Canada |
65.8 |
| 114= |
97 |
University of Pittsburgh |
US |
65.6 |
| 114= |
114 |
Tel Aviv University |
Israel |
65.6 |
| 116 |
111 |
Maastricht University |
Netherlands |
65.3 |
| 117 |
149 |
Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie Paris VI |
France |
65.0 |
| 118 |
117= |
Queen’s University |
Canada |
64.7 |
| 119 |
90 |
Case Western Reserve University |
US |
64.6 |
| 120= |
128 |
Eindhoven University of Technology |
Netherlands |
64.4 |
| 120= |
105 |
Pennsylvania State University |
US |
64.4 |
| 122= |
147= |
Freiburg University |
Germany |
64.0 |
| 122= |
122= |
University of Maryland, College Park |
US |
64.0 |
| 124 |
147= |
City University of Hong Kong |
Hong Kong |
63.9 |
| 125 |
124= |
University of Otago |
New Zealand |
63.8 |
| 126= |
116 |
Université Catholique de Louvain |
Belgium |
63.7 |
| 126= |
140 |
Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon |
France |
63.7 |
| 128 |
96 |
University of Virginia |
US |
63.5 |
| 129= |
153 |
University of Aberdeen |
UK |
63.4 |
| 129= |
110 |
Georgetown University |
US |
63.4 |
| 129= |
121 |
Ohio State University |
US |
63.4 |
| 132= |
109 |
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology |
Israel |
63.0 |
| 132= |
115 |
University of Vienna |
Austria |
63.0 |
| 134 |
188= |
Pohang University of Science and Technology |
South Korea |
62.9 |
| 135 |
133= |
Cardiff University |
UK |
62.8 |
| 136 |
136 |
University of Ghent |
Belgium |
62.6 |
| 137 |
133= |
University of Liverpool |
UK |
62.4 |
| 138= |
166= |
Chulalongkorn University |
Thailand |
62.3 |
| 138= |
144= |
University of Groningen |
Netherlands |
62.3 |
| 140 |
101 |
Vanderbilt University |
US |
62.2 |
| 141 |
119 |
University of Rochester |
US |
61.8 |
| 142 |
214 |
Keio University |
Japan |
61.6 |
| 143 |
117= |
McMaster University |
Canada |
60.9 |
| 144= |
152 |
University of Bath |
UK |
60.7 |
| 144= |
227 |
University of Bergen |
Norway |
60.7 |
| 146= |
179 |
University of Cape Town |
South Africa |
60.6 |
| 146= |
139 |
Humboldt University of Berlin |
Germany |
60.6 |
| 148 |
180= |
Waseda University |
Japan |
60.5 |
| 149= |
170= |
University of Calgary |
Canada |
60.4 |
| 149= |
155= |
Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen |
Germany |
60.4 |
| 151= |
159 |
University of Western Ontario |
Canada |
60.3 |
| 151= |
203 |
Yonsei University |
South Korea |
60.3 |
| 153 |
144= |
Shanghai Jiao Tong University |
China |
60.2 |
| 154 |
141 |
University of Science and Technology of China |
China |
60.1 |
| 155= |
158 |
Kyushu University |
Japan |
60.0 |
| 155= |
183= |
Lomonosov Moscow State University |
Russia |
60.0 |
| 155= |
142 |
Wageningen University |
Netherlands |
60.0 |
| 158 |
162= |
Newcastle University |
UK |
59.6 |
| 159 |
133= |
Technical University of Denmark |
Denmark |
59.5 |
| 160 |
157 |
Tufts University |
US |
59.4 |
| 161 |
132 |
University of California, Irvine |
US |
59.0 |
| 162 |
170= |
Lancaster University |
UK |
58.9 |
| 163 |
174= |
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay |
India |
58.6 |
| 164 |
160 |
Queen Mary, University of London |
UK |
58.5 |
| 165 |
155= |
VU University Amsterdam |
Netherlands |
58.3 |
| 166= |
146 |
University of Arizona |
US |
58.0 |
| 166= |
130 |
University of Sussex |
UK |
58.0 |
| 168= |
161 |
University of Lausanne |
Switzerland |
57.4 |
| 168= |
143 |
Nanjing University |
China |
57.4 |
| 168= |
224 |
Saint-Petersburg State University |
Russia |
57.4 |
| 171= |
186= |
University of Barcelona |
Spain |
57.2 |
| 171= |
174= |
Hokkaido University |
Japan |
57.2 |
| 173 |
127 |
Stony Brook University |
US |
57.1 |
| 174= |
192= |
University of Bologna |
Italy |
56.9 |
| 174= |
173 |
KTH, Royal Institute of Technology |
Sweden |
56.9 |
| 174= |
216 |
University of Tsukuba |
Japan |
56.9 |
| 177= |
195 |
University of Antwerp |
Belgium |
56.7 |
| 177= |
200= |
University of Athens |
Greece |
56.7 |
| 179 |
137= |
Texas A&M University |
US |
56.6 |
| 180 |
230 |
Universiti Malaya |
Malaysia |
56.5 |
| 181 |
154 |
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi |
India |
56.4 |
| 182 |
216 |
Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen |
Germany |
56.3 |
| 183 |
151 |
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey |
US |
56.2 |
| 184 |
207 |
University of Karlsruhe |
Germany |
56.1 |
| 185 |
258 |
University of Gothenburg |
Sweden |
55.8 |
| 186= |
180= |
University of Colorado at Boulder |
US |
55.6 |
| 186= |
166= |
University of Göttingen |
Germany |
55.6 |
| 188 |
186= |
University of Canterbury |
New Zealand |
55.2 |
| 189 |
182 |
Macquarie University |
Australia |
54.9 |
| 190 |
150 |
National Autonomous University of Mexico |
Mexico |
54.8 |
| 191= |
183= |
Université Libre de Bruxelles |
Belgium |
54.7 |
| 191= |
194 |
University of Reading |
UK |
54.7 |
| 193= |
192= |
University of Bern |
Switzerland |
54.5 |
| 193= |
170= |
Indiana University Bloomington |
US |
54.5 |
| 195 |
224 |
Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
Hong Kong |
54.4 |
| 196= |
177= |
University of Leicester |
UK |
53.9 |
| 196= |
164 |
Simon Fraser University |
Canada |
53.9 |
| 198 |
162= |
Chalmers University of Technology |
Sweden |
53.8 |
| 199 |
168 |
University of Notre Dame |
US |
53.6 |
| 200 |
200= |
University of Twente |
Netherlands |
53.5 |