Top University In The World

The Full Top Ten Universities List of Best Universities in the World

1. Harvard University (US)

2. Yale University (US)

3. University of Cambridge (UK)

4. University of Oxford (UK)

5. California Institute of Technology (US)

6. Imperial College London (UK)

7. University College London (UK)

8. University of Chicago (US)

9. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)

10. Columbia University (US)

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Top Ten Universities - Natural Science

1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2. University of California, Berkeley

3. University of Cambridge

4. Harvard University

5. University of Oxford

6. Princeton University

7. California Institute of Technology

8. Stanford University

9. University of Toronto (Canada)

10.University of Tokyo (Japan)

Top Ten Universities - Life Sciences and Biomedicine

1. Harvard University

2. University of Cambridge University of California, Berkeley

3. John Hopkins University

4. University of California, Berkeley

5. University of Oxford

6. Stanford University

7. Yale University

8. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

9. University California, San Diego

10.McGill University (Canada)

Top Ten Universities – Technology

1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2. University of California, Berkeley

3. Stanford University

4. California Institute of Technology

5. University of Cambridge

6. Carnegie Mellon University

7. Imperial College London

8. Georgia Institute of Technology

9. University of Tokyo (Japan)

10.University of Toronto (Canada)

Top Ten Universities – Social Sciences

1. Harvard University

2. University of California, Berkeley

3. Stanford University

4. London School of Economics

5. University of Cambridge

6. University of Oxford

7. Yale University

8. University of Chicago

9. Princeton University

10.Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Top Ten Universities – Arts and Humanities

1. Harvard University

2. University of California, Berkeley

3. University of Oxford

4. University of Cambridge

5. Yale University

6. Princeton University

7. Columbia University

8. Stanford University

9. University of Chicago

10.UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles)

99 TOP UNIVERSITY IN THE WORLD

World Rank	Institution	Country	Total Score	Score on Alumni	Score on Award	Score on HiCi	Score on N&S	Score on SCI	Score on Size
1	Harvard Univ	USA	100.0	98.6	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	60.6
2	Stanford Univ	USA	77.2	41.2	72.2	96.1	75.2	72.3	68.1
3	Univ Cambridge	UK	76.2	100.0	93.4	56.6	58.5	70.2	73.2
4	Univ California - Berkeley	USA	74.2	70.0	76.0	74.1	75.6	72.7	45.1
5	Massachusetts Inst Tech (MIT)	USA	72.4	74.1	78.9	73.6	69.1	64.6	47.5
6	California Inst Tech	USA	69.0	59.3	66.5	64.8	66.7	53.2	100.0
7	Princeton Univ	USA	63.6	61.0	76.8	65.4	52.1	46.8	67.3
8	Univ Oxford	UK	61.4	64.4	59.1	53.1	55.3	65.2	59.0
9	Columbia Univ	USA	61.2	77.8	58.8	57.3	51.6	68.3	37.0
10	Univ Chicago	USA	60.5	72.2	81.9	55.3	46.6	54.1	32.7
11	Yale Univ	USA	58.6	52.2	44.5	63.6	58.1	63.6	50.4
12	Cornell Univ	USA	55.5	46.6	52.4	60.5	47.2	66.2	33.6
13	Univ California - San Diego	USA	53.8	17.8	34.7	63.6	59.4	67.2	47.9
14	Tokyo Univ	Japan	51.9	36.1	14.4	44.5	55.0	91.9	49.8
15	Univ Pennsylvania	USA	51.8	35.6	35.1	61.2	44.6	72.6	34.0
16	Univ California - Los Angeles	USA	51.6	27.4	32.8	60.5	48.1	79.9	24.8
17	Univ California - San Francisco	USA	50.8	0.0	37.6	59.3	59.5	62.9	48.8
18	Univ Wisconsin - Madison	USA	50.0	43.1	36.3	55.3	48.0	69.2	19.0
19	Univ Michigan - Ann Arbor	USA	49.3	39.8	19.3	64.8	45.7	76.7	20.1
20	Univ Washington - Seattle	USA	49.1	22.7	30.2	57.3	49.6	78.8	16.2
21	Kyoto Univ	Japan	48.3	39.8	34.1	40.0	37.2	77.1	46.4
22	Johns Hopkins Univ	USA	47.5	48.7	28.3	43.7	52.6	71.7	14.2
23	Imperial Coll London	UK	46.4	20.9	38.1	46.2	39.4	65.8	44.5
24	Univ Toronto	Canada	44.6	28.1	19.7	39.1	41.2	78.4	42.8
25	Univ Coll London	UK	44.3	30.8	32.9	41.0	41.0	61.1	42.6
25	Univ Illinois - Urbana Champaign	USA	43.3	41.7	37.4	46.2	36.0	58.2	17.8
27	Swiss Fed Inst Tech - Zurich	Switzerland	43.2	40.3	37.0	39.1	43.2	47.1	41.5
28	Washington Univ - St. Louis	USA	43.1	25.1	26.6	41.9	46.8	56.2	44.9
29	Rockefeller Univ	USA	40.2	22.7	59.8	31.5	43.6	27.1	38.6
30	Northwestern Univ	USA	39.5	21.8	19.3	47.9	35.8	57.2	37.0
31	Duke Univ	USA	38.9	20.9	0.0	48.6	46.8	62.7	36.2
32	New York Univ	USA	38.7	33.9	25.0	43.7	39.3	50.9	19.1
33	Univ Minnesota - Twin Cities	USA	38.3	36.1	0.0	53.9	35.9	69.6	12.8
34	Univ Colorado - Boulder	USA	37.8	16.6	29.8	43.7	38.3	47.5	27.4
35	Univ California - Santa Barbara	USA	37.0	0.0	28.5	45.4	41.4	44.0	36.2
36	Univ British Columbia	Canada	36.3	20.9	19.3	36.0	31.6	59.5	34.9
36	Univ Texas Southwestern Med Center	USA	36.3	16.6	33.9	33.8	40.5	40.0	34.9
38	Vanderbilt Univ	USA	35.1	12.6	30.2	37.1	23.8	50.2	41.7
39	Univ Utrecht	Netherlands	34.9	30.8	21.4	31.5	29.9	58.1	22.1
40	Univ Texas - Austin	USA	34.8	21.8	17.1	50.2	28.8	53.7	12.8
41	Univ Paris 06	France	33.9	35.7	23.9	23.1	24.7	56.7	32.6
42	Univ California - Davis	USA	33.6	0.0	0.0	48.6	37.2	64.7	20.7
43	Pennsylvania State Univ - Univ Park	USA	33.5	14.1	0.0	50.2	37.7	58.7	14.2
44	Rutgers State Univ - New Brunswick	USA	33.4	15.4	20.4	38.1	36.1	48.2	19.5
45	Tech Univ Munich	Germany	33.3	43.1	24.1	27.6	20.4	50.0	32.0
46	Karolinska Inst Stockholm	Sweden	33.0	30.8	27.8	32.7	21.6	49.8	21.5
47	Univ Edinburgh	UK	32.9	22.7	17.1	27.6	36.7	49.1	31.6
48	Univ Paris 11	France	32.5	33.3	34.2	21.4	21.3	46.8	31.2
48	Univ Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh	USA	32.5	18.9	0.0	42.8	26.5	67.0	20.0
48	Univ Southern California	USA	32.5	0.0	27.3	41.9	23.0	53.5	20.5
51	Univ Munich	Germany	32.4	37.2	21.1	12.4	32.0	56.0	31.1
52	Univ Rochester	USA	32.0	33.3	9.1	30.3	27.2	44.9	50.1
53	Australian Natl Univ	Australia	31.9	17.8	12.9	41.0	31.4	43.6	30.7
54	Osaka Univ	Japan	31.5	12.6	0.0	26.2	31.2	72.1	30.2
55	Univ California - Irvine	USA	31.4	0.0	25.0	33.8	29.6	47.2	29.9
56	Univ North Carolina - Chapel Hill	USA	31.2	12.6	0.0	38.1	34.5	60.5	20.3
57	Univ Maryland - Coll Park	USA	31.1	25.9	0.0	40.0	33.2	54.0	17.4
57	Univ Zurich	Switzerland	31.1	12.6	27.3	21.4	30.3	48.9	29.9
59	Univ Copenhagen	Denmark	31.0	30.8	24.7	23.1	22.6	48.1	29.8
60	Univ Bristol	UK	30.6	10.9	18.2	32.7	26.6	49.1	29.4
61	McGill Univ	Canada	30.4	28.8	0.0	31.5	26.3	59.0	29.2
62	Carnegie Mellon Univ	USA	30.3	18.9	30.2	32.7	17.4	38.8	34.0
63	Univ Leiden	Netherlands	29.8	25.1	15.8	30.3	22.0	47.3	30.3
64	Univ Heidelberg	Germany	29.7	10.9	27.7	23.1	22.1	49.7	28.5
65	Case Western Reserve Univ	USA	29.6	37.2	11.8	23.1	22.2	46.1	40.6
66	Moscow State Univ	Russia	29.5	51.5	34.9	0.0	8.1	58.5	28.3
67	Univ Florida	USA	29.3	15.4	0.0	33.8	24.3	66.4	16.3
68	Univ Oslo	Norway	29.2	25.9	34.1	19.5	17.2	42.1	28.0
69	Tohoku Univ	Japan	28.8	18.9	0.0	19.5	26.1	69.3	27.7
69	Univ Sheffield	UK	28.8	23.5	14.4	23.1	28.8	46.2	27.7
71	Purdue Univ - West Lafayette	USA	28.7	18.9	17.1	31.5	22.1	50.5	13.8
72	Univ Helsinki	Finland	28.6	18.9	18.2	15.1	23.7	56.9	27.5
73	Ohio State Univ - Columbus	USA	28.5	17.8	0.0	41.0	20.6	61.3	9.6
74	Uppsala Univ	Sweden	28.4	25.9	32.9	0.0	30.4	52.5	14.5
75	Rice Univ	USA	28.3	21.8	22.3	26.2	23.7	30.2	44.6
76	Univ Arizona	USA	28.1	0.0	0.0	31.5	37.7	56.5	18.1
77	King's Coll London	UK	28.0	16.6	23.5	23.1	19.8	46.2	26.9
78	Univ Manchester	UK	27.9	25.9	19.3	21.4	18.2	48.6	26.8
79	Univ Goettingen	Germany	27.4	38.8	20.4	17.5	18.2	42.8	26.3
80	Michigan State Univ	USA	27.0	12.6	0.0	39.1	28.4	50.5	10.5
80	Univ Nottingham	UK	27.0	15.4	20.4	23.1	20.1	45.1	25.9
82	Brown Univ	USA	26.8	0.0	13.9	30.3	27.9	41.4	30.4
82	Univ Melbourne	Australia	26.8	15.4	14.4	21.4	19.2	53.0	25.8
82	Univ Strasbourg 1	France	26.8	29.5	22.9	21.4	21.3	35.2	25.7
85	Ecole Normale Super Paris	France	26.5	47.9	25.0	17.5	18.2	29.6	25.4
86	Boston Univ	USA	26.3	15.4	0.0	32.7	29.6	51.5	9.6
86	Univ Vienna	Austria	26.3	25.1	15.8	8.7	22.0	54.5	25.3
88	McMaster Univ	Canada	26.0	16.6	19.3	23.1	16.2	45.2	25.0
88	Univ Freiburg	Germany	26.0	25.1	21.4	19.5	18.0	40.9	25.0
90	Hebrew Univ Jerusalem	Israel	25.9	15.4	0.0	26.2	29.5	48.3	24.9
91	Univ Basel	Switzerland	25.8	25.9	17.5	21.4	24.2	35.5	24.8
92	Lund Univ	Sweden	25.6	29.5	0.0	26.2	22.0	54.0	11.2
93	Univ Birmingham	UK	25.5	25.1	11.2	24.7	14.0	47.6	24.5
93	Univ Roma - La Sapienza	Italy	25.5	16.6	15.8	12.4	24.3	57.4	7.9
95	Humboldt Univ Berlin	Germany	25.4	29.5	21.9	8.7	14.8	49.7	24.4
95	Univ Utah	USA	25.4	0.0	0.0	32.7	30.7	48.4	20.1
97	Nagoya Univ	Japan	25.2	0.0	14.4	15.1	23.7	55.3	24.2
97	Stockholm Univ	Sweden	25.2	29.5	30.2	17.5	14.9	35.7	15.3
99	Tufts Univ	USA	25.1	18.9	17.1	19.5	19.1	40.6	29.2
99	Univ Bonn	Germany	25.1	19.9	20.4	17.5	16.7	43.9	24.1