Extracted from www.topuniversties.com the listing of 2009 World ranking of universities and re-sorted to compare with previous years 2008 and 2007.
|
2009 Rank |
2008 Rank |
2007 Rank |
Name of University |
Country |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
Harvard University |
US |
|
2 |
3 |
2 |
University of Cambridge |
UK |
|
3 |
2 |
2 |
Yale University |
US |
|
4 |
7 |
9 |
UCL (University College of London) |
UK |
|
5 |
4 |
2 |
University of Oxford |
UK |
|
5 |
6 |
5 |
Imperial College London |
UK |
|
7 |
8 |
7 |
University of Chicago |
US |
|
8 |
12 |
6 |
Princeton University |
US |
|
9 |
9 |
10 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
US |
|
10 |
5 |
7 |
California Institute of Technology |
US |
|
11 |
10 |
11 |
Columbia University |
US |
|
12 |
11 |
14 |
University of Pennsylvania |
US |
|
13 |
13 |
15 |
Johns Hopkins University |
US |
|
14 |
13 |
13 |
Duke University |
US |
|
15 |
15 |
20 |
Cornell University |
US |
|
16 |
17 |
19 |
Stanford University |
US |
|
17 |
16 |
16 |
Australian National University |
Australia |
|
18 |
20 |
12 |
MCGILL University |
Canada |
|
19 |
18 |
38 |
University of Michigan |
US |
|
20 |
23 |
23 |
University of Edinburgh |
UK |
|
20 |
24 |
42
|
ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ) |
Switzerland |
|
22 |
19 |
17 |
University of Tokyo |
Japan |
|
23 |
22 |
24 |
King’s College London |
UK |
|
24 |
26 |
18 |
University of Hong Kong |
Hong Kong |
|
25 |
25 |
25 |
Kyoto University |
Japan |
|
26 |
29 |
30 |
University of Manchester |
UK |
|
27 |
21 |
20 |
Carnegie Mellon University |
US |
|
28 |
28 |
26 |
Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris |
France |
|
29 |
41 |
45 |
University of Toronto |
Canada |
|
30 |
30 |
33 |
National University of Singapore |
Singapore |
|
31 |
27 |
32 |
Brown University |
US |
|
32 |
30 |
41 |
University of California, Los Angeles |
US |
|
32 |
33 |
29 |
Northwestern University |
US |
|
34 |
32 |
37 |
University of Bristol |
UK |
|
35 |
39 |
53 |
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology |
Hong Kong |
|
36 |
34 |
28 |
École Polytechnique |
France |
|
36 |
37 |
31
|
The University of Sydney |
Australia |
|
36 |
38 |
27 |
University of Melbourne |
Australia |
|
39 |
36 |
22 |
University of California, Berkeley |
US |
|
40 |
|
33 |
University of British Columbia |
US |
|
41 |
43 |
33 |
University of Queensland |
Australia |
|
42 |
50 |
28 |
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne… |
Switzerland |
|
43 |
44 |
46 |
Osaka University |
Japan |
|
43 |
49 |
53 |
Trinity College Dublin |
Ireland |
|
45 |
47 |
43 |
Monash University |
Australia |
|
46 |
42 |
38 |
The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
Hong Kong |
|
47 |
50 |
51 |
SEOUL National University |
S.Korea |
|
47 |
45 |
44 |
University of New South Wales |
Australia |
|
47 |
50 |
44 |
Seoul National University |
South Korea |
|
49 |
53 |
48 |
University of AMSTERDAM |
Netherland |
|
49 |
56 |
40 |
TSINGHUA University |
China |
|
51 |
48 |
93 |
University of Copenhagen |
Denmark |
|
52 |
40 |
49 |
New York University (NYU) |
US |
|
52 |
50 |
36 |
Peking University |
China |
|
54 |
46 |
47 |
Boston University |
US |