Academic Ranking of World Universities 2012 2012 World Rank
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Institution*
Harvard University University Stanford University University (MIT) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Berkeley University of California, Berkeley Cambridge University of Cambridge Technology California Institute of Technology University Princeton University University Columbia University University of Chicago Chicago Oxford University of Oxford University Yale University Angeles University of California, Los Angeles University Cornell University University of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania University of California, San Diego Diego University of Washington Washington University The Johns Hopkins University University of California, San Francisco Francisco University of Wisconsin - Madison Madison
Country National Total Score /Region Rank Score on
1
100
100
2
72.8
38
3
71.8
69
4
71.6 67.5
1
69.8 80.3
5
64.1 48.5
6
62.1 52.3
7
60.1 64.2
8
57.2 61.8
2
56.1 51.2
9
54.8 45.7
10
52.2 27.7
11
50.8 38.7
12
50.5 33.4
13
49.6 20.3
14
48.4 22.4
15
47.4 39.9
16
46.6
17
45.4 32.5
0
20 21 22
Tokyo The University of Tokyo University College London London University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
1
43.8 32.5
3
43.7 29.7
18
43.4 33.9
23
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich Zurich
1
43.3 31.2
24
The Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Medicine
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana-Champaign Kyoto University University New York University University Toronto University of Toronto University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Cities Northwestern University University Louis Washington University in St. Louis University Rockefeller University University of Colorado at Boulder University of California, Santa Barbara Barbara The University of Texas at Austin Austin Duke University University University of Paris Sud (Paris 11) 11) University of Maryland, College Park University of British Columbia Columbia The University of Manchester Hill University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Institute Karolinska Institute Pierre and Marie Curie University - Paris 6 6 Copenhagen University of Copenhagen University of California, Irvine Irvine California University of Southern California Davis University of California, Davis The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas Dallas Pennsylvania State University - University Park Vanderbilt University University Carnegie Mellon University University The University of Edinburgh Edinburgh Munich Technical University Munich The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Jerusalem University Utrecht University Lafayette Purdue University - West Lafayette University of Melbourne Melbourne Pittsburgh University of Pittsburgh University of Zurich Zurich University of Munich Munich Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Ne w Brunswick
The Australian National University University Brown University University Columbus The Ohio State University - Columbus University of Oslo Oslo King's College London London Geneva University of Geneva Bristol University of Bristol University Boston University University of Florida Florida Ecole Normale Superieure - Paris Paris University Leiden University Helsinki University of Helsinki Uppsala University University University of Arizona Arizona Technion-Israel Institute of Technology Technology Tempe Arizona State University - Tempe University Moscow State University University Stockholm University University of Utah Utah University Osaka University Indiana University Bloomington Bloomington University of Basel Basel
2
29.1 14.3
41
29
15.3
41
29
13.3
1
28.9 18.8
7
28.6 13.3
3
28.5
23
8
28.4
7.7
43
28
12.1
44
27.9
18
3
27.6
50
2
27.6 18.8
1
27.6 13.3
2
27.6 18.8
45
27.4 15.3
2
26.9
21
46
26.6
0
1
26.3 43.7
3
26.1 25.4
47
26
0
3
25.9
9.4
48
25.7 10.8
4
25.6 20.3
86 86 86 89 90 91 92 93 93 93 96 96 96 99 99
Aarhus University University University of Nottingham Nottingham University of Rochester University Ghent University The University of Queensland Queensland Rice University University McMaster University University Texas A&M University - College Station Station University of Sydney Sydney Science Weizmann Institute of Science University Michigan State University University Nagoya University The University of Western Australia Australia Case Western Reserve University University University of Freiburg Freiburg
101150 101150 101150 101150 101150 101150 101150
2
25.5 12.1
9
25.5 12.1
49
25.5
26
1
25.4
5.4
3
25.3 13.3
50
25.1 17.1
4
25
13.3
51
24.6
0
4
24.6 15.3
3
24.6 13.3
52
24.4
9.4
4
24.4
23
5
24.4 14.3
53
24.3 32.1
4
24.3 19.6
4-7
14.3
54-67
0
2-3
0
2-3
10.8
54-67
0
54-67
13.3
5-7
12.1
University Aix Marseille University Medicine Baylor College of Medicine Leuven Catholic University of Leuven Catholic University of Louvain Louvain Emory University University Georgia Institute of Technology Technology University Hokkaido University
1011) 150 Joseph Fourier University (Grenoble 1) 101150 London School of Economics and Political Science Science 101University 150 Lund University 101School 150 Mayo Medical School 101150 Monash University University 101150 National Taiwan University University 101150 National University of Singapore Singapore 101Nijmegen 150 Radboud University Nijmegen 101150 Seoul National University University 101Lausanne 150 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne 101150 Tel Aviv University University 101Georgia 150 The University of Georgia 101150 The University of Sheffield Sheffield 101150 Tohoku University University 101Technology 150 Tokyo Institute of Technology 101150 101150 101150 101150 101150 101150 101150
4-7
0
10-14
21
4
22.4
54-67
0
6-7
0
1
12.1
1
0
3-7
17.1
1
0
5
0
4
0
54-67
0
10-14
18.8
5-7
15.3
5-7
13.3
54-67
15.3
5-6
12.1
3-7
5.4
10-14
19.6
5-8
16.3
54-67
13.3
54-67
0
University Tufts University Alberta University of Alberta Amsterdam University of Amsterdam University of Birmingham Birmingham Bonn University of Bonn University of California, Riverside Riverside
Delaware University of Delaware University of Frankfurt Frankfurt Goettingen University of Goettingen Groningen University of Groningen Manoa University of Hawaii at Manoa University of Iowa Iowa University of Liverpool Liverpool Amherst University of Massachusetts Amherst University of Massachusetts Medical School - Worcester Montreal University of Montreal University of Muenster Wales University of New South Wales 7) University of Paris Diderot (Paris 7) University of Pisa Pisa Sapienza University of Roma - La Sapienza
54-67
10.8
5-8
32.1
5-8
28.7
3-7
0
54-67
0
54-67
0
10-14
18
54-67
14.3
54-67
0
5-6
12.1
5-8
20.3
6-7
0
4-7
12.1
1-2
14.3
1-2
12.1
1
0
4-7
26.6
10-14
0
54-67
0
3-7
0
3-7
0
15-19
0
University of Sao Paulo Paulo Strasbourg University of Strasbourg Sussex University of Sussex University of Virginia Virginia Wageningen University of Wageningen VU University Amsterdam Amsterdam Cardiff University University
151200 Colorado State University University 151College 200 Dartmouth College 151200 Erasmus University University 151University 200 George Mason University 151University 200 Iowa State University 151University 200 Kyushu University 151200 Mount Sinai School of Medicine Medicine 151200 National Autonomous University of Mexico Mexico 151Raleigh 200 North Carolina State University - Raleigh 151200 Oregon Health and Science University University 151200 Oregon State University University 151University 200 Peking University 151200 Shanghai Jiao Tong University University 151200 State University of New York at Stony Brook 151200 Technical University of Denmark 151200 151200 151200 151200 151200 151200 151200
68-85
0
68-85
18.8
8
0
68-85
0
68-85
0
8-9
0
68-85
0
1
13.3
68-85
0
68-85
0
68-85
10.8
1-4
0
1-4
0
68-85
0
3
5.4
1-2
0
1
14.3
15-19
7.7
1-2
0
68-85
0
68-85
0
1-4
10.8
The Chinese University of Hong Kong Kong Auckland The University of Auckland Glasgow The University of Glasgow Kong The University of Hong Kong The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Houston The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Tsinghua University University
University Libre Bruxelles Bruxelles Bern University of Bern University of Buenos Aires Aires Gothenburg University of Gothenburg Hamburg University of Hamburg Chicago University of Illinois at Chicago University of Kiel Kiel Koeln University of Koeln Leeds University of Leeds University of Mainz Mainz Baltimore University of Maryland, Baltimore Miami University of Miami University of Milan Milan Lincoln University of Nebraska - Lincoln University of Padua Padua
4
17.1
6
13.3
1
15.3
5
0
9-14
12.1
68-85
0
9-14
10.8
9-14
0
15-19
18
9-14
0
68-85
0
68-85
0
3-4
18
68-85
18
3-4
0
8
12.1
15-19
0
68-85
10.8
8-9
0
9-14
23.6
1
14.3
15-19
0
5) University of Paris Descartes (Paris 5)
200 151200 151200 151200 151200 151200 151-
Tsukuba University of Tsukuba
200
University of Warwick
University of Southampton Southampton Knoxville University of Tennessee - Knoxville
University of Tuebingen Tuebingen Vienna University of Vienna
Waterloo University of Waterloo University of Wuerzburg Wuerzburg University Virginia Commonwealth University University Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Zhejiang University University Autonomous University of Madrid Madrid Brandeis University University Prague Charles University in Prague City University of Hong Kong Kong Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 1 Madrid Complutense University of Madrid University Dalhousie University Delft University of Technology Technology Technology Dresden University of Technology University Florida State University
7
0
9-14
20.3
68-85
10.8
68-85
12.1
1-4
0
1-3
0
86-109
20.3
1
9.4
3-5
0
9-13
10.8
1-3
20.3
8-17
0
9-10
12.1
15-24
0
86-109
0
5-7
0
1
0
2-4
0
20-30
0
8-17
0
86-109
0
8-9
0
Fudan University University University King Saud University Technology Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Lancaster University University University Laval University Rouge Louisiana State University - Baton Rouge University Macquarie University
Vienna Medical University of Vienna Nanjing University University Nanyang Technological University University University National Cheng Kung University University National Tsing Hua University University Newcastle University Norwegian University of Science and Technology Technology 3) Paul Sabatier University (Toulouse 3) Polytechnic Institute of Milan Milan Queen Mary, U. of London London University Queen's University Institute Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Royal Institute of Technology Technology RWTH Aachen University University Pisa Scuola Normale Superiore - Pisa
300 201300 201300 201300 201300 201300 201-
Sungkyunkwan University University
300
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University University
2-3
9.4
5-7
0
2
0
2-3
0
2-3
13.3
20-30
0
2-3
14.3
9-13
0
5-9
7.7
20-30
18.8
8-17
0
86-109
13.3
6-7
0
15-24
0
5-9
0
8-17
0
2
0
86-109
0
2-4
0
15-24
17.1
86-109
12.1
3-5
0
University Simon Fraser University State University of Campinas Campinas Buffalo State University of New York at Buffalo
Berlin Technical University of Berlin The George Washington University University
Technology The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology The University of Adelaide Adelaide The University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham Calgary The University of Calgary The University of Connecticut - Storrs Storrs The University of New Mexico - Albuquerque Albuquerque Reading The University of Reading Ontario The University of Western Ontario Thomas Jefferson University University Dublin Trinity College Dublin Umea University University Aberdeen University of Aberdeen University of Antwerp Antwerp Barcelona University of Barcelona Bergen University of Bergen
3-5
0
8-9
15.3
86-109
0
8-17
0
86-109
12.1
86-109
0
20-30
0
8-17
0
86-109
0
1
10.8
6-7
0
20-30
0
5-6
0
1-3
0
2-3
0
15-24
0
5-9
0
1
19.6
86-109
0
86-109
0
86-109
0
15-24
12.1
University of Bochum Bochum Bologna University of Bologna University of Cape Town Town University of Central Florida Florida Cincinnati University of Cincinnati University of Colorado at Denver University of Duesseldorf
Durham University of Durham University of East Anglia Anglia Erlangen-Nuremberg University of Erlangen-Nuremberg University of Exeter University of Florence Florence Guelph University of Guelph Houston University of Houston University of Innsbruck University of Kansas - Lawrence Lawrence Karlsruhe University of Karlsruhe University of Kentucky Kentucky Lausanne University of Lausanne University of Leicester University of Leipzig Leipzig Liege University of Liege
300 201300 201300 201300 201300 201300 201-
University of Marburg Marburg
300
University of Montpellier 2 2
20-30
0
20-30
14.3
15-24
0
20-30
0
5-9
0
8-17
0
86-109
0
2-3
0
86-109
12.1
15-24
0
86-109
10.8
7
0
20-30
0
15-24
12.1
5-6
7.7
9-13
12.1
9-10
0
8-17
0
15-24
10.8
86-109
0
86-109
9.4
9-13
10.8
University of Lorraine Lorraine University of Maastricht Maastricht University of Manitoba Manitoba
Jersey University of Medicine and Dentistry New Jersey University of Missouri - Columbia Columbia
University of Notre Dame Dame University of Oregon Oregon Otago University of Otago Ottawa University of Ottawa 9) University of Paris Dauphine (Paris 9) University of Saskatchewan Saskatchewan China University of Science and Technology of China Columbia University of South Carolina - Columbia University of South Florida Florida University of Southern Denmark Andrews University of St Andrews University of Stuttgart Stuttgart University of Turin Turin University of York Washington State University - Pullman Pullman
300 201300 301400 301400 301400 301400 301-
Yeshiva University University
400
Brigham Young University University
Yonsei University University Thessaloniki Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Autonomous University of Barcelona Barcelona University Bar-Ilan University Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Negev
Chalmers University of Technology Technology Chang Gung University University University China Agricultural University College City University of New York City College Clemson University University Drexel University University Ecole Polytechnique Polytechnique Eindhoven University of Technology Technology Eotvos Lorand University University Gerais Federal University of Minas Gerais Janeiro Federal University of Rio de Janeiro University Flinders University University Georgetown University University Griffith University University Hanyang University
8-11
0
4-5
0
8-14
0
110-137
30.2
110-137
0
110-137
0
14-16
18
11-12
0
1
14.3
3-5
0
3-5
0
10-16
16.3
110-137
0
10-16
0
5-7
0
10-16
0
8-14
0
1
0
110-137
0
14-16
7.7
1-2
10.8
10-16
0
University Hiroshima University Huazhong University of Science and Technology Technology Science Indian Institute of Science Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis Indianapolis Industrial Physics and Chemistry Higher Educational Institution - Paris Paris
301400
University Jagiellonian University
301400
University James Cook University
301400 301400 301400
Jilin University University University Kanazawa University University Kansas State University
301400 Keio University University 301University 400 King Abdulaziz University 301400 King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals Minerals 301400 Kobe University University 301400 Korea University University 301400 Linkoping University University 301Carolina 400 Medical University of South Carolina 301400 National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Athens 301400 National Chiao Tung University University 301400 Northeastern University University 301400 Okayama University University 301Technology 400 Pohang University of Science and Technology 301400 301400 301400 301400 301400 301400 301-
Polytechnic University of Valencia Valencia
400
University Sichuan University
Queen's University Belfast Belfast University Saint Louis University University San Diego State University University Sao Paulo State University University Shandong University
State University of New York at Albany Albany Center ter at State University of New York Health Science Cen Brooklyn Brooklyn Economics Stockholm School of Economics Sun Yat-sen University University Sciences Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Swinburne University of Technology Technology Syracuse University University Technical University Darmstadt Darmstadt Temple University University The University of Dundee Dundee The University of Montana - Missoula Missoula The University of Texas at Dallas Dallas The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Antonio The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston Galveston
110-137
0
110-137
0
8-11
0
8-14
0
8-11
0
10-16
0
110-137
0
25-30
15.3
110-137
0
31-33
0
110-137
5.4
110-137
0
110-137
0
110-137
0
10-16
0
110-137
0
2-3
0
2-3
0
110-137
0
31-33
0
14-16
0
University Tokyo Medical and Dental University Tulane University University University College Cork Dublin University College Dublin University of Alaska - Fairbanks Fairbanks University of Bath Bath 1 University of Bordeaux 1
Genova University of Genova University of Giessen Giessen Halle-Wittenberg University of Halle-Wittenberg Konstanz University of Konstanz University of Naples Federico II II University of Nebraska Medical Center Durham University of New Hampshire - Durham University of Newcastle Newcastle University of Oklahoma - Norman Norman University of Oulu Oulu Porto University of Porto Regensburg University of Regensburg University of Rhode Island Island Vergata University of Roma - Tor Vergata Tasmania University of Tasmania
400 301400 301400 301400 301400 301400 301-
University of Tehran Tehran
400
University of Valencia Valencia
Country University of the Basque Country Witwatersrand University of the Witwatersrand University of Turku Turku Twente University of Twente University of Ulm Ulm
Vermont University of Vermont Victoria University of Victoria Warsaw University of Warsaw Wollongong University of Wollongong Wake Forest University University Waseda University University Wayne State University University University Xian Jiao Tong University Auburn University University Beihang University University Beijing Normal University University College Boston College University Cairo University Carleton University University Chile Catholic University of Chile
110-137
14.3
18
0
1-2
16.3
10-16
0
110-137
0
10-16
0
110-137
0
8-14
0
138-150
0
15-28
0
15-28
0
138-150
0
1
20.3
19-22
0
1-2
0
13-20
0
15-28
0
17-21
0
6-9
0
17-19
0
15-28
0
17-20
14.3
Catholic University of the Sacred Heart Heart University Central South University University Chiba University China Medical University University Curtin University of Technology Technology Dalian University of Technology Technology Ecole National Superieure Mines - Paris Paris
Sul Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul Harbin Institute of Technology Technology University Istanbul University University Kent State University Kyung Hee University University Kyungpook National University University La Trobe University University University Lanzhou University Lehigh University University London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Medicine Massey University University Wisconsin Medical College of Wisconsin Graz Medical University of Graz Medical University of Innsbruck Bozeman Montana State University - Bozeman
6
0
15-28
0
1
14.3
138-150
0
8-10
0
8-10
0
17-19
0
15-28
0
138-150
0
34-38
7.7
3-5
0
138-150
0
4-7
0
4-7
0
138-150
0
17-21
12.1
15-28
0
17-21
0
6-9
0
6-9
0
6-9
0
17-21
0
University Nagasaki University University Nankai University Technology Nara Institute of Science and Technology National Central University University National Sun Yat-Sen University University University National Yang Ming University Niigata University University
401500 401500 401500
College Peking Union Medical College Polytechnic University of Turin Turin University Pusan National University
South China University of Technology Technology Southeast University University Southern Methodist University University Swansea Univ Univ Technical University of Braunschweig Braunschweig Lisbon Technical University of Lisbon Texas Tech University University The Open University University The University of Texas at San Antonio Antonio Tokushima The University of Tokushima University Tianjin University
University Tongji University Fayetteville University of Arkansas at Fayetteville University of Bari Bari Bayreuth University of Bayreuth University of Belgrade Belgrade University of Bielefeld Bielefeld
Bremen University of Bremen University of Canterbury Canterbury Chile University of Chile Duisburg-Essen University of Duisburg-Essen University of Eastern Finland Finland University of Essex Essex University of Ferrara Ferrara Granada University of Granada Graz University of Graz University of Hannover Jena University of Jena Jyvaskyla University of Jyvaskyla University of KwaZulu-Natal KwaZulu-Natal University of Lille 1 1 Lisbon University of Lisbon
500 401500 401500 401500 401500 401500 401-
Ljubljana University of Ljubljana
University of Milan - Bicocca Bicocca
500
University of Parma Parma
Louisville University of Louisville University of Malaya Malaya
Antipolis University of Nice Sophia Antipolis University of Palermo Palermo
Perugia University of Perugia University of Pompeu Fabra Fabra Quebec University of Quebec 1 University of Rennes 1 University of Sherbrooke Sherbrooke University of Surrey Surrey University of Szeged Szeged Sydney University of Technology, Sydney University of Tromso Tromso Vigo University of Vigo University of Wyoming Wyoming Zagreb University of Zagreb University of Zaragoza Zaragoza University Utah State University Wellington Victoria University of Wellington
500 Vienna University of Technology Technology 401500 Vrije University Brussel Brussel 401University 500 Wuhan University 401500 Xiamen University University 401University 500 York University * Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.