| Rank
|
2007 rank
|
University
|
Country
|
| 1 |
1 |
Harvard University (Cambridge) |
 United States
|
| 2 |
2 |
Yale University (New Haven) |
United States
|
| 3 |
2 |
Cambridge University |
 United Kingdom
|
| 4 |
2 |
Oxford University |
United Kingdom
|
| 5 |
7 |
California Institute of Technology (Pasadena) |
United States
|
| 6 |
5 |
London Imperial College |
United Kingdom
|
| 7 |
9 |
London University – University College |
United Kingdom
|
| 8 |
7 |
Chicago University |
United States
|
| 9 |
10 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge) |
United States
|
| 10 |
11 |
Columbia University (New York City) |
United States
|
| 11 |
14 |
Pennsylvania University |
United States
|
| 12 |
6 |
Princeton University |
United States
|
| 13 |
13 |
Duke University (Durham) |
United States
|
| 13 |
15 |
Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore) |
United States
|
| 15 |
20 |
Cornell University |
United States
|
| 16 |
16 |
Australian National University (Canberra) |
 Australia
|
| 17 |
19 |
Stanford University |
United States
|
| 18 |
38 |
University of Michigan |
United States
|
| 19 |
17 |
Tokyo University |
 Japan
|
| 20 |
12 |
McGill University (Montreal) |
 Canada
|
| 21 |
20 |
Carnegie Mellon University |
United States
|
| 22 |
24 |
London University – King's College |
United Kingdom
|
| 23 |
23 |
Edinburgh University |
United Kingdom
|
| 24 |
42 |
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich |
 Switzerland
|
| 25 |
25 |
Kyoto University |
Japan
|
| 26 |
18 |
The University of Hong Kong |
 Hong Kong
|
| 27 |
32 |
Brown University |
United States
|
| 28 |
26 |
Paris École Normale Supérieure |
 France
|
| 29 |
30 |
Manchester University |
United Kingdom
|
| 30 |
41 |
California University, Los Angeles |
United States
|
| 30 |
33 |
National University of Singapore |
 Singapore
|
| 32 |
37 |
Bristol University |
United Kingdom
|
| 33 |
29 |
Northwestern University |
United States
|
| 34 |
33 |
University of British Columbia |
Canada
|
| 34 |
28 |
Paris École Polytechnique |
France
|
| 36 |
22 |
University of California, Berkeley |
United States
|
| 37 |
31 |
Sydney University |
Australia
|
| 38 |
27 |
Melbourne University |
Australia
|
| 39 |
53 |
Hong Kong Science and Technology University |
Hong Kong
|
| 40 |
49 |
New York University |
United States
|
| 41 |
45 |
Toronto University |
Canada
|
| 42 |
38 |
Hong Kong Chinese University |
Hong Kong
|
| 43 |
33 |
Queensland University |
Australia
|
| 44 |
46 |
Osaka University |
Japan
|
| 45 |
44 |
New South Wales University |
Australia
|
| 46 |
47 |
Boston University |
United States
|
| 47 |
43 |
Monash University |
Australia
|
| 48 |
93 |
Copenhagen University |
 Denmark
|
| 49 |
53 |
Dublin University – Trinity College |
 Ireland
|
| 50 |
117 |
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) |
Switzerland
|
| 50 |
36 |
Peking University |
 China
|
| 50 |
51 |
Seoul National University |
 South Korea
|
| 53 |
48 |
Amsterdam University |
 Netherlands
|
| 54 |
71 |
Dartmouth College |
United States
|
| 55 |
55 |
Wisconsin University, Madison |
United States
|
| 56 |
40 |
Tsinghua University |
China
|
| 57 |
60 |
Heidelberg University |
 Germany
|
| 58 |
58 |
California University, San Diego |
United States
|
| 59 |
55 |
Washington University |
United States
|
| 60 |
161 |
Washington University in St. Louis |
United States
|
| 61 |
90 |
Tokyo Institute of Technology |
Japan
|
| 62 |
74 |
Emory University |
United States
|
| 63 |
71 |
Uppsala University |
 Sweden
|
| 64 |
84 |
Leiden University |
Netherlands
|
| 65 |
50 |
Auckland University |
 New Zealand
|
| 66 |
59 |
London University – School of Economics and Political Science |
United Kingdom
|
| 67 |
89 |
Utrecht University |
Netherlands
|
| 68 |
105 |
Geneva University |
Switzerland
|
| 69 |
57 |
Warwick University |
United Kingdom
|
| 70 |
51 |
Texas University, Austin |
United States
|
| 71 |
73 |
Illinois University |
United States
|
| 72 |
61 |
Leuven (Catholic) University |
 Belgium
|
| 73 |
83 |
Glasgow University |
United Kingdom
|
| 74 |
97 |
Alberta University |
Canada
|
| 75 |
65 |
Birmingham University |
United Kingdom
|
| 76 |
68 |
Sheffield University |
United Kingdom
|
| 77 |
69 |
Nanyang Technological University |
Singapore
|
| 78 |
63 |
Delft Technology University |
Netherlands
|
| 78 |
67 |
Munich Technical University |
Germany
|
| 78 |
92 |
Rice University |
United States
|
| 81 |
114 |
Aarhus University |
Denmark
|
| 81 |
74 |
York University |
United Kingdom
|
| 83 |
97 |
Georgia Institute of Technology |
United States
|
| 83 |
76 |
St Andrews University |
United Kingdom
|
| 83 |
64 |
Western Australia University |
Australia
|
| 86 |
70 |
University of Nottingham |
United Kingdom
|
| 87 |
142 |
University of Minnesota |
United States
|
| 88 |
106 |
Lund University |
Sweden
|
| 89 |
96 |
California University, Davis |
United States
|
| 90 |
85 |
Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland) |
United States
|
| 91 |
100 |
Helsinki University |
 Finland
|
| 91 |
93 |
Montreal University |
Canada
|
| 93 |
128 |
Jerusalem Hebrew University |
 Israel
|
| 93 |
65 |
Munich University |
Germany
|
| 95 |
132 |
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology |
South Korea
|
| 96 |
110 |
Virginia University |
United States
|
| 97 |
77 |
University of Pittsburgh |
United States
|
| 98 |
117 |
California University, Santa Barbara |
United States
|
| 99 |
77 |
Purdue University |
United States
|
| 99 |
80 |
Southampton University |
United Kingdom
|
| 101 |
82 |
Vanderbilt University |
United States
|
| 102 |
151 |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
United States
|
| 102 |
119 |
University of Southern California |
United States
|
| 104 |
80 |
Leeds University |
United Kingdom
|
| 105 |
90 |
Pennsylvania State University |
United States
|
| 106 |
62 |
University of Adelaide |
Australia
|
| 106 |
140 |
Zurich University |
Switzerland
|
| 108 |
177 |
Dublin University College |
Ireland
|
| 109 |
231 |
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (Haifa) |
Israel
|
| 110 |
102 |
Georgetown University |
United States
|
| 111 |
111 |
Maastricht University |
Netherlands
|
| 112 |
102 |
Tohoku University |
Japan
|
| 113 |
85 |
Fudan University |
China
|
| 114 |
151 |
Tel Aviv University |
Israel
|
| 115 |
85 |
Vienna University |
 Austria
|
| 116 |
123 |
Louvain (Catholic) University |
Belgium
|
| 117 |
108 |
McMaster University |
Canada
|
| 117 |
88 |
Queen's University (Kingston) |
Canada
|
| 119 |
101 |
Rochester University |
United States
|
| 120 |
112 |
Nagoya University |
Japan
|
| 121 |
120 |
Ohio State University |
United States
|
| 122 |
109 |
Durham University |
United Kingdom
|
| 122 |
79 |
Maryland University |
United States
|
| 124 |
114 |
Otago University |
New Zealand
|
| 124 |
102 |
Taiwan National University (Taipei) |
 Taiwan
|
| 126 |
163 |
Rotterdam University |
Netherlands
|
| 127 |
224 |
New York State University, Stony Brook |
United States
|
| 128 |
130 |
Eindhoven Technology University |
Netherlands
|
| 129 |
112 |
Waterloo University |
Canada
|
| 130 |
121 |
Sussex University |
United Kingdom
|
| 131 |
114 |
Basel University |
Switzerland
|
| 132 |
140 |
California University, Irvine |
United States
|
| 133 |
140 |
Cardiff University |
United Kingdom
|
| 133 |
130 |
Denmark Technical University |
Denmark
|
| 133 |
101 |
Liverpool University |
United Kingdom
|
| 136 |
124 |
Ghent University |
Belgium
|
| 137 |
146 |
Berlin Free University |
Germany
|
| 137 |
122 |
Texas A&M University (College Station) |
United States
|
| 139 |
126 |
Berlin University |
Germany
|
| 140 |
157 |
Lyon École Normale Supérieure |
France
|
| 141 |
155 |
China Science and Technology University |
China
|
| 142 |
148 |
Wageningen University |
Netherlands
|
| 143 |
125 |
Nanjing University |
China
|
| 144 |
173 |
Groningen University |
Netherlands
|
| 144 |
163 |
Shanghai Jiao Tong University |
China
|
| 146 |
134 |
University of Arizona (Tucson) |
United States
|
| 147 |
149 |
Hong Kong City University |
Hong Kong
|
| 147 |
144 |
Freiburg University |
Germany
|
| 149 |
132 |
Paris 06 – Pierre and Marie Curie University |
France
|
| 150 |
192 |
Mexico National Autonomous University (Mexico City) |
 Mexico
|
| 151 |
177 |
New Jersey State University – Rutgers |
United States
|
| 152 |
145 |
Bath University |
United Kingdom
|
| 153 |
137 |
Aberdeen University |
United Kingdom
|
| 154 |
307 |
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi |
 India
|
| 155 |
304 |
Amsterdam Free University |
Netherlands
|
| 155 |
142 |
Tübingen University |
Germany
|
| 157 |
159 |
Tufts University |
United States
|
| 158 |
136 |
Kyushu University |
Japan
|
| 159 |
126 |
Western Ontario University |
Canada
|
| 160 |
149 |
London University – Queen Mary |
United Kingdom
|
| 161 |
217 |
University of Lausanne (UNIL) |
Switzerland
|
| 162 |
197 |
Chalmers Technology University (Gothenburg) |
Sweden
|
| 162 |
129 |
Newcastle University |
United Kingdom
|
| 164 |
139 |
Simon Fraser University |
Canada
|
| 165 |
135 |
University of Florida |
United States
|
| 166 |
223 |
Chulalongkorn University |
 Thailand
|
| 166 |
168 |
Göttingen University |
Germany
|
| 168 |
155 |
Notre Dame University |
United States
|
| 169 |
209 |
Frankfurt University |
Germany
|
| 170 |
166 |
Calgary University |
Canada
|
| 170 |
137 |
Indiana University – Bloomington |
United States
|
| 170 |
147 |
Lancaster University |
United Kingdom
|
| 173 |
192 |
Royal Institute of Technology (Stockholm) |
Sweden
|
| 174 |
151 |
Hokkaido University |
Japan
|
| 174 |
269 |
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay |
India
|
| 174 |
191 |
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy) |
United States
|
| 177 |
185 |
Leicester University |
United Kingdom
|
| 177 |
188 |
Oslo University |
 Norway
|
| 179 |
200 |
Cape Town University |
 South Africa
|
| 180 |
107 |
University of Colorado |
United States
|
| 180 |
180 |
Waseda University |
Japan
|
| 182 |
168 |
Macquarie University |
Australia
|
| 183 |
154 |
Brussels Free University (French-speaking) |
Belgium
|
| 183 |
231 |
Lomonosov Moscow State University |
 Russia
|
| 185 |
208 |
Brandeis University |
United States
|
| 186 |
194 |
Barcelona University |
 Spain
|
| 186 |
188 |
Canterbury University |
New Zealand
|
| 188 |
203 |
Berlin Technical University |
Germany
|
| 188 |
233 |
Pohang Science and Technology University |
South Korea
|
| 190 |
165 |
Stuttgart University |
Germany
|
| 191 |
175 |
Massachusetts University, Amherst |
United States
|
| 192 |
214 |
Bern University |
Switzerland
|
| 192 |
173 |
Bologna University |
 Italy
|
| 194 |
180 |
Reading University |
United Kingdom
|
| 195 |
187 |
Antwerp University |
Belgium
|
| 196 |
175 |
São Paulo University |
 Brazil
|
| 197 |
264 |
Buenos Aires University |
 Argentina
|
| 197 |
221 |
Dalhousie University (Halifax) |
Canada
|
| 199 |
197 |
Kobe University |
Japan
|
| 200 |
248 |
Athens University |
 Greece
|
| 200 |
185 |
Twente University |
Netherlands
|
