2007 THES ­ QS World University Rankings

2007  2006 
RANK RANK INSTITUTION NAME COUNTRY
1   1   HARVARD University United States
2= 2   University of CAMBRIDGE United Kingdom
2= 3   University of OXFORD United Kingdom
2= 4= YALE University United States
5   9   Imperial College LONDON United Kingdom
6   10   PRINCETON University United States
7= 7   CALIFORNIA Institute of Technology (Caltech) United States
7= 11   University of CHICAGO United States
9   25   UCL (University College LONDON) United Kingdom
10   4= MASSACHUSETTS Institute of Technology (MIT)  United States
11   12   COLUMBIA University United States
12   21   MCGILL University Canada
13   13   DUKE University United States
14   26   University of PENNSYLVANIA United States
15   23   JOHNS HOPKINS University United States
16   16   AUSTRALIAN National University Australia
17   19= University of TOKYO Japan
18   33= University of HONG KONG Hong Kong
19   6   STANFORD University United States
20= 35= CARNEGIE MELLON University United States
20= 15   CORNELL University United States
22   8   University of California, BERKELEY United States
23   33= University of EDINBURGH United Kingdom
24   46= King's College LONDON United Kingdom
25   29= KYOTO University Japan
26   18   Ecole Normale Supérieure, PARIS France
27   22   University of MELBOURNE Australia
28   37   ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE France
29   42   NORTHWESTERN University United States
30   40   University of MANCHESTER United Kingdom
31   35= The University of SYDNEY Australia
32   54= BROWN University United States
33= 50= University of BRITISH COLUMBIA Canada
33= 45   University of QUEENSLAND Australia
33= 19= National University of SINGAPORE Singapore
36   14   PEKING University China
37   64= University of BRISTOL United Kingdom
38= 50= The CHINESE University of Hong Kong Hong Kong
38= 29= University of MICHIGAN United States
40   28   TSINGHUA University China
41   31   University of CALIFORNIA, Los Angeles (UCLA) United States
42   24   ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) Switzerland
43   38   MONASH University Australia
44   41   University of NEW SOUTH WALES Australia
45   27   University of TORONTO Canada
46   70= OSAKA University Japan
47   66   BOSTON University United States
48   69   University of AMSTERDAM Netherlands
49   43   NEW YORK University (NYU) United States
50   46= The University of AUCKLAND New Zealand
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51= 63   SEOUL National University Korea, South
51= 32   University of TEXAS at Austin United States
53= 58= HONG KONG University of Science & Technology Hong Kong
53= 78   TRINITY College Dublin Ireland
55= 84   University of WASHINGTON United States
55= 79= University of WISCONSIN‐Madison United States
57   73   University of WARWICK United Kingdom
58   44   University of CALIFORNIA, San Diego United States
59   17   LONDON School of Economics and Political Science United Kingdom
60   58= HEIDELBERG University Germany
61   96   Katholieke Universiteit LEUVEN  Belgium
62   105= University of ADELAIDE Australia
63   86   DELFT University of Technology Netherlands
64   111= University of WESTERN AUSTRALIA Australia
65= 90= University of BIRMINGHAM United Kingdom
65= 98   Ludwig‐Maximilians‐Universität München (MUNICH) Germany
67   82= Technische Universität MÜNCHEN Germany
68   102= University of SHEFFIELD United Kingdom
69   61= NANYANG Technological University Singapore
70   85   University of NOTTINGHAM United Kingdom
71= 61= DARTMOUTH College United States
71= 111= UPPSALA University Sweden
73   77   University of ILLINOIS United States
74= 56   EMORY University United States
74= 124= University of YORK United Kingdom
76   109= University of ST ANDREWS United Kingdom
77= 88   University of PITTSBURGH United States
77= 127   PURDUE University United States
79   111= University of MARYLAND United States
80= 121   University of LEEDS United Kingdom
80= 141= University of SOUTHAMPTON United Kingdom
82   53   VANDERBILT University United States
83   81   University of GLASGOW United Kingdom
84   90= LEIDEN University Netherlands
85= 60   CASE WESTERN RESERVE University United States
85= 116= FUDAN University China
85= 87   University of VIENNA Austria
88   176   QUEEN'S University Canada
89   95   UTRECHT University Netherlands
90= 99= PENNSYLVANIA STATE University United States
90= 118   TOKYO Institute of Technology Japan
92   102= RICE University United States
93= 54= University of COPENHAGEN Denmark
93= 181= University of MONTREAL Canada
95   48= University of ROCHESTER United States
96   170= University of CALIFORNIA, Davis United States
97= 133= University of ALBERTA Canada
97= 145   GEORGIA Institute of Technology United States
99   141= CARDIFF University United Kingdom
100   116= University of HELSINKI Finland
101   139   University of LIVERPOOL United Kingdom
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102= 102= GEORGETOWN University United States
102= 108   National TAIWAN University Taiwan
102= 168= TOHOKU University Japan
105   39   University of GENEVA Switzerland
106   122   LUND University Sweden
107   211= University of COLORADO United States
108   155   MCMASTER University Canada
109   132   DURHAM University United Kingdom
110   130= University of VIRGINIA United States
111   172= MAASTRICHT University Netherlands
112= 128= NAGOYA University Japan
112= 204= University of WATERLOO Canada
114= 126   University of AARHUS Denmark
114= 75   University of BASEL Switzerland
114= 79= University of OTAGO New Zealand
117= 141= University of CALIFORNIA, Santa Barbara United States
117= 64= Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de LAUSANNE Switzerland
119   101   University of SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA United States
120   219= OHIO STATE University United States
121   105= University of SUSSEX United Kingdom
122   150= TEXAS A&M University United States
123   76   Université Catholique de LOUVAIN (UCL) Belgium
124   141= University of GHENT Belgium
125   180   NANJING University China
126= 105= HUMBOLDT‐Universität zu Berlin Germany
126= 215= University of WESTERN ONTARIO Canada
128   119   Hebrew University of JERUSALEM Israel
129   133= NEWCASTLE University, NEWCASTLE Upon Tyne United Kingdom
130= 194   Technical University of DENMARK Denmark
130= 67   EINDHOVEN University of Technology Netherlands
132= 198= KOREA Advanced Institute of Science & Technology Korea, South
132= 93= Université Pierre‐et‐Marie‐Curie ‐ PARIS VI France
134   224= University of ARIZONA United States
135   226= University of FLORIDA United States
136   128= KYUSHU University Japan
137= 195   University of ABERDEEN United Kingdom
137= 232= INDIANA University Bloomington United States
139   282= SIMON FRASER University Canada
140= 198= University of CALIFORNIA, Irvine United States
140= 109= University of ZURICH Switzerland
142= 187= University of MINNESOTA United States
142= 170= Universität TÜBINGEN Germany
144   219= Universität FREIBURG Germany
145   153   University of BATH United Kingdom
146   149   Freie Universität BERLIN Germany
147   228= University of LANCASTER United Kingdom
148   97   WAGENINGEN University Netherlands
149= 154   CITY University of Hong Kong Hong Kong
149= 99= Queen Mary, University of LONDON United Kingdom
151= 133= HOKKAIDO University Japan
151= 123   University of NORTH CAROLINA United States
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151= 147= TEL AVIV University Israel
154   165= Université Libre de BRUXELLES (ULB) Belgium
155= 165= University of Science and Technology of CHINA China
155= 152   University of NOTRE DAME United States
157   72   Ecole Normale Supérieure de LYON France
158   140   CRANFIELD University United Kingdom
159= 163   MICHIGAN STATE University United States
159= 130= TUFTS University United States
161= 120   KEIO University Japan
161= 48= WASHINGTON University in St. Louis United States
163= 92   ERASMUS University Rotterdam Netherlands
163= 179   SHANGHAI JIAO TONG University China
165   201= Universität STUTTGART Germany
166= 266= University of CALGARY Canada
166= 138   VIENNA University of Technology Austria
168= 156= Universität GÖTTINGEN Germany
168= 82= MACQUARIE University Australia
170   291   HELSINKI University of Technology ‐ TKK Finland
171= 238   University of DUNDEE United Kingdom
171= 222= Universität KARLSRUHE Germany
173= 207= University of BOLOGNA Italy
173= 232= University of GRONINGEN Netherlands
175= 124= University of MASSACHUSETTS, Amherst United States
175= 284= University of SAO PAULO Brazil
177= 448   University of CAMPINAS (Unicamp) Brazil
177= 219= University College DUBLIN Ireland
177= 215= RUTGERS, The State University of New Jersey United States
180= 190= University of READING United Kingdom
180= 158= WASEDA University Japan
182   172= Rheinisch‐Westfälische Technische Hochschule AACHEN Germany
183   197   Università degli Studi di ROMA ‐ La Sapienza Italy
184   161= Université Louis Pasteur ‐ STRASBOURG I France
185= 239= University of LEICESTER United Kingdom
185= 115   University of TWENTE Netherlands
187   252= University of ANTWERP Belgium
188= 333= University of CANTERBURY New Zealand
188= 177   University of OSLO Norway
190   258= University of SURREY United Kingdom
191   255= RENSSELAER Polytechnic Institute United States
192= 172= KTH, ROYAL Institute of Technology Sweden
192= 74   Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) Mexico
194   190= University of BARCELONA Spain
195= 137   Radboud Universiteit NIJMEGEN Netherlands
195= 192= QUEENSLAND University of Technology Australia
197= 147= CHALMERS University of Technology Sweden
197= 181= KOBE University Japan
199   196   University of WOLLONGONG Australia
200= 257   University of CAPE TOWN South Africa
200= 146   RMIT University Australia