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ArticleComments (60)World’s Best Universities: Top 400
Posted February 25, 2010

U.S.News & World Report’s World’s Best Universities rankings, based on the QS World University Rankings, identified these to be the world’s top universities in 2009.
Schools by Location The Top 400 Asian and Middle Eastern Australian and New Zealand British and European Canadian Schools by Subject The Top 400 Arts and Humanities Engineering and IT Life Sciences and Biomedicine Natural & Physical Sciences Social Sciences Methodologies World’s Best Universities Methodology Subject Area Rankings Methodology Academic Peer Review Citations per Faculty Member Student-to-Faculty Ratio Employer Review Survey International Student and International Faculty Factors Weightings and Statistical Scores About the World’s Best Universities Rankings
Rank Overall Score
1 Harvard University
United States 100.0
Academic Peer Review Score
100 Employer Review Score
100 Student to Faculty Score
98 International Faculty Score
85 International Students Score
78 Citations per Faculty Score
100
2 University of Cambridge
United Kingdom 99.6
Academic Peer Review Score
100 Employer Review Score
100 Student to Faculty Score
100 International Faculty Score
98 International Students Score
96 Citations per Faculty Score
89
3 Yale University
United States 99.1
Academic Peer Review Score
100 Employer Review Score
99 Student to Faculty Score
100 International Faculty Score
85 International Students Score
77 Citations per Faculty Score
94
4 UCL (University College London)
United Kingdom 99.0
Academic Peer Review Score
98 Employer Review Score
99 Student to Faculty Score
100 International Faculty Score
96 International Students Score
99 Citations per Faculty Score
90
5 Imperial College London
United Kingdom 97.8
Academic Peer Review Score
100 Employer Review Score
100 Student to Faculty Score
100 International Faculty Score
98 International Students Score
100 Citations per Faculty Score
80
5 University of Oxford
United Kingdom 97.8
Academic Peer Review Score
100 Employer Review Score
100 Student to Faculty Score
100 International Faculty Score
96 International Students Score
97 Citations per Faculty Score
80
7 University of Chicago
United States 96.8
Academic Peer Review Score
100 Employer Review Score
99 Student to Faculty Score
97 International Faculty Score
77 International Students Score
83 Citations per Faculty Score
88
8 Princeton University
United States 96.6
Academic Peer Review Score
100 Employer Review Score
96 Student to Faculty Score
82 International Faculty Score
89 International Students Score
81 Citations per Faculty Score
100
9 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
United States 96.1
Academic Peer Review Score
100 Employer Review Score
100 Student to Faculty Score
89 International Faculty Score
31 International Students Score
95 Citations per Faculty Score
100
10 California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
United States 95.9
Academic Peer Review Score
99 Employer Review Score
72 Student to Faculty Score
87 International Faculty Score
100 International Students Score
89 Citations per Faculty Score
100
11 Columbia University
United States 95.6
Academic Peer Review Score
100 Employer Review Score
99 Student to Faculty Score
97 International Faculty Score
28 International Students Score
89 Citations per Faculty Score
92
12 University of Pennsylvania
United States 94.2
Academic Peer Review Score
96 Employer Review Score
99 Student to Faculty Score
85 International Faculty Score
82 International Students Score
60 Citations per Faculty Score
98
13 Johns Hopkins University
United States 94.1
Academic Peer Review Score
98 Employer Review Score
79 Student to Faculty Score
100 International Faculty Score
28 International Students Score
71 Citations per Faculty Score
99
14 Duke University
United States 92.9
Academic Peer Review Score
95 Employer Review Score
97 Student to Faculty Score
100 International Faculty Score
29 International Students Score
62 Citations per Faculty Score
93
15 Cornell University
United States 92.5
Academic Peer Review Score
100 Employer Review Score
99 Student to Faculty Score
85 International Faculty Score
28 International Students Score
73 Citations per Faculty Score
94
16 Stanford University
United States 92.2
Academic Peer Review Score
100 Employer Review Score
100 Student to Faculty Score
71 International Faculty Score
25 International Students Score
96 Citations per Faculty Score
100
17 Australian National University
Australia 90.5
Academic Peer Review Score
100 Employer Review Score
91 Student to Faculty Score
75 International Faculty Score
99 International Students Score
92 Citations per Faculty Score
74
18 McGill University
Canada 90.4
Academic Peer Review Score
100 Employer Review Score
97 Student to Faculty Score
92 International Faculty Score
67 International Students Score
95 Citations per Faculty Score
61
19 University of Michigan
United States 89.9
Academic Peer Review Score
99 Employer Review Score
99 Student to Faculty Score
85 International Faculty Score
57 International Students Score
52 Citations per Faculty Score
81
20 University of Edinburgh
United Kingdom 89.3
Academic Peer Review Score
97 Employer Review Score
99 Student to Faculty Score
84 International Faculty Score
93 International Students Score
86 Citations per Faculty Score
65
20 ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)
Switzerland 89.3
Academic Peer Review Score
97 Employer Review Score
80 Student to Faculty Score
55 International Faculty Score
100 International Students Score
94 Citations per Faculty Score
99
22 University of Tokyo
Japan 88.9
Academic Peer Review Score
100 Employer Review Score
97 Student to Faculty Score
98 International Faculty Score
28 International Students Score
42 Citations per Faculty Score
70
23 King’s College London
United Kingdom 88.4
Academic Peer Review Score
91 Employer Review Score
98 Student to Faculty Score
90 International Faculty Score
92 International Students Score
88 Citations per Faculty Score
67
24 University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong 87.5
Academic Peer Review Score
96 Employer Review Score
89 Student to Faculty Score
87 International Faculty Score
100 International Students Score
95 Citations per Faculty Score
56
25 Kyoto University
Japan 87.1
Academic Peer Review Score
100 Employer Review Score
93 Student to Faculty Score
81 International Faculty Score
32 International Students Score
26 Citations per Faculty Score
85
26 University of Manchester
United Kingdom 85.7
Academic Peer Review Score
94 Employer Review Score
100 Student to Faculty Score
79 International Faculty Score
90 International Students Score
87 Citations per Faculty Score
58
27 Carnegie Mellon University
United States 85.6
Academic Peer Review Score
94 Employer Review Score
93 Student to Faculty Score
56 International Faculty Score
62 International Students Score
96 Citations per Faculty Score
88
28 Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris
France 85.4
Academic Peer Review Score
94 Employer Review Score
87 Student to Faculty Score
100 International Faculty Score
76 International Students Score
61 Citations per Faculty Score
53
29 University of Toronto
Canada 85.3
Academic Peer Review Score
100 Employer Review Score
96 Student to Faculty Score
63 International Faculty Score
82 International Students Score
51 Citations per Faculty Score
74
30 National University of Singapore (NUS)
Singapore 84.3
Academic Peer Review Score
100 Employer Review Score
96 Student to Faculty Score
40 International Faculty Score
100 International Students Score
100 Citations per Faculty Score
75
31 Brown University
United States 83.9
Academic Peer Review Score
88 Employer Review Score
85 Student to Faculty Score
67 International Faculty Score
53 International Students Score
55 Citations per Faculty Score
97
32 University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
United States 83.5
Academic Peer Review Score
100 Employer Review Score
98 Student to Faculty Score
46 International Faculty Score
21 International Students Score
33 Citations per Faculty Score
100
32 Northwestern University
United States 83.5
Academic Peer Review Score
86 Employer Review Score
97 Student to Faculty Score
78 International Faculty Score
28 International Students Score
100 Citations per Faculty Score
79
34 University of Bristol
United Kingdom 83.4
Academic Peer Review Score
83 Employer Review Score
99 Student to Faculty Score
84 International Faculty Score
85 International Students Score
77 Citations per Faculty Score
69
35 Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Hong Kong 83.3
Academic Peer Review Score
89 Employer Review Score
86 Student to Faculty Score
84 International Faculty Score
100 International Students Score
99 Citations per Faculty Score
54
36 École Polytechnique
France 83.1
Academic Peer Review Score
76 Employer Review Score
99 Student to Faculty Score
100 International Faculty Score
63 International Students Score
95 Citations per Faculty Score
65
36 University of Melbourne
Australia 83.1
Academic Peer Review Score
100 Employer Review Score
100 Student to Faculty Score
57 International Faculty Score
59 International Students Score
97 Citations per Faculty Score
61
36 University of Sydney
Australia 83.1
Academic Peer Review Score
99 Employer Review Score
97 Student to Faculty Score
58 International Faculty Score
99 International Students Score
95 Citations per Faculty Score
53
39 University of California, Berkeley
United States 82.7
Academic Peer Review Score
100 Employer Review Score
100 Student to Faculty Score
25 International Faculty Score
86 International Students Score
34 Citations per Faculty Score
100
40 University of British Columbia
Canada 81.2
Academic Peer Review Score
100 Employer Review Score
93 Student to Faculty Score
51 International Faculty Score
34 International Students Score
60 Citations per Faculty Score
77
41 University of Queensland
Australia 80.7
Academic Peer Review Score
94 Employer Review Score
95 Student to Faculty Score
47 International Faculty Score
99 International Students Score
82 Citations per Faculty Score
67
42 École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Switzerland 80.6
Academic Peer Review Score
67 Employer Review Score
70 Student to Faculty Score
92 International Faculty Score
100 International Students Score
100 Citations per Faculty Score
84
43 Osaka University
Japan 80.1
Academic Peer Review Score
92 Employer Review Score
73 Student to Faculty Score
90 International Faculty Score
24 International Students Score
33 Citations per Faculty Score
68
43 Trinity College Dublin
Ireland 80.1
Academic Peer Review Score
88 Employer Review Score
96 Student to Faculty Score
72 International Faculty Score
98 International Students Score
83 Citations per Faculty Score
49
45 Monash University
Australia 80.0
Academic Peer Review Score
98 Employer Review Score
99 Student to Faculty Score
56 International Faculty Score
95 International Students Score
96 Citations per Faculty Score
42
46 The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong 79.6
Academic Peer Review Score
87 Employer Review Score
77 Student to Faculty Score
77 International Faculty Score
97 International Students Score
79 Citations per Faculty Score
55
47 University of New South Wales
Australia 79.0
Academic Peer Review Score
96 Employer Review Score
99 Student to Faculty Score
39 International Faculty Score
82 International Students Score
93 Citations per Faculty Score
62
47 Seoul National University
Korea, South 79.0
Academic Peer Review Score
99 Employer Review Score
69 Student to Faculty Score
92 International Faculty Score
29 International Students Score
33 Citations per Faculty Score
47
49 University of Amsterdam
Netherlands 78.9
Academic Peer Review Score
93 Employer Review Score
81 Student to Faculty Score
73 International Faculty Score
71 International Students Score
32 Citations per Faculty Score
62
49 Tsinghua University
China 78.9
Academic Peer Review Score
98 Employer Review Score
83 Student to Faculty Score
95 International Faculty Score
45 International Students Score
34 Citations per Faculty Score
34
Source: QS Quacquarelli Symonds (www.topuniversities.com) See Schools 50-99 »

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Read all 60 comments about this article An Advice
I would like to bring into the attention of the US News editors that, their Ranking regarding World’s Best Universities, which they have borrowed from the LONDON TIMES newspaper in the UK, has made (i.e. the Ranking) a lot of people worldwide to feel skepticism about the veracity and reliability of US News.

In fact, this is highly unfair, because US News used to publish so far the best and most reliable rankings.

Hence I would like to kindly ask the editors of US News to consider seriously this fact: even the Ministry of Education in the UK does not take into account the Ranking of LONDON TIMES regarding World’s Best Universities !!! Instead, the Ministry publishes every four years (or so) its own Ranking regarding Universities, which is known as RAE.

Therefore it is unfair for (the international reputation of) US News to publish a Ranking that is not respected even in its own country . . .

In my opinion, the most strange thing in this Ranking is that the University of California at Berkeley appears in the list below the University of Bristol in the UK. The latter is of course a very good university, but currently it has no Nobel Laureates in its faculty. UC Berkeley, instead, has over 10 Nobel Laureates in its faculty right now . . .
Michael of XX
Mar 17, 2010 09:01:47 AM [permalink] [report comment]

A ranking for your entertainment
To make the ranking self consistent, I did some homework using elementary school math to average the individual rankings provided, and find the following:

“A” stands for Social Sciences ranking, “B” is for Engineering and IT ranking, “C” is for Life Sciences and Biomedicine ranking, “D” is for Natural and Physical Sciences ranking, “E” is for Social Sciences ranking, and “F” is the Average of all Rankings.

The lowest average ranking number is put at the top. Enjoy it…

A B C D E F

Cambridge 3 4 2 1 4 2.8

Berkeley 4 2 5 3 2 3.2

Oxford 2 11 3 5 3 4.8

Harvard 1 22 1 4 1 5.8

Stanford 7 3 4 9 6 5.8

MIT 27 1 8 2 9.5

Cal Tech 5 23 7 11.7

Princeton 6 23 27 6 9 14.2

UCLA 9 18 18 16 15.25

Chicago 8 33 17 7 16.25

Yale 5 70 9 18 8 22

Columbia 10 67 29 24 10 28

Paul of CT
Mar 15, 2010 21:43:14 PM [permalink] [report comment]

A ranking for your entertainment
To make the ranking self consistent, I did some homework using elementary school math to average the individual rankings provided, and find the following:

“A” stands for Social Sciences ranking, “B” is for Engineering and IT ranking, “C” is for Life Sciences and Biomedicine ranking, “D” is for Natural and Physical Sciences ranking, “E” is for Social Sciences ranking, and “F” is the Average of all Rankings.

The lowest average ranking number is put at the top. Enjoy it…

A B C D E F

Cambridge 3 4 2 1 4 2.8

Berkeley 4 2 5 3 2 3.2

Oxford 2 11 3 5 3 4.8

Harvard 1 22 1 4 1 5.8

Stanford 7 3 4 9 6 5.8

MIT 27 1 8 2 9.5

Cal Tech 5 23 7 11.7

Princeton 6 23 27 6 9 14.2

UCLA 9 18 18 16 15.25

Chicago 8 33 17 7 16.25

Yale 5 70 9 18 8 22

Columbia 10 67 29 24 10 28