Academic Ranking of World Universities - 2009

Institution

Region

Regional Rank

National Rank

Total Score

1

Harvard University

Americas

1

1

100

2

Stanford University

Americas

2

2

73.1

3

University of California, Berkeley

Americas

3

3

71.0

4

University of Cambridge

Europe

1

1

70.2

5

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Americas

4

4

69.5

6

California Institute of Technology

Americas

5

5

64.8

7

Columbia University

Americas

6

6

61.7

8

Princeton University

Americas

7

7

60.2

9

University of Chicago

Americas

8

8

57.0

10

University of Oxford

Europe

2

2

56.3

11

Yale University

Americas

9

9

55.2

12

Cornell University

Americas

10

10

53.1

13

University of California, Los Angeles

Americas

11

11

52.3

14

University of California, San Diego

Americas

12

12

50.7

15

University of Pennsylvania

Americas

13

13

49.3

16

University of Washington

Americas

14

14

48.0

17

University of Wisconsin - Madison

Americas

15

15

46.7

18

University of California, San Francisco

Americas

16

16

45.9

19

The Johns Hopkins University

Americas

17

17

45.2

20

The University of Tokyo

Asia/Pacific

1

1

45.1

21

University College London

Europe

3

3

44.6

22

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

Americas

18

18

43.8

23

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

Europe

4

1

43.6

24

Kyoto University

Asia/Pacific

2

2

42.7

25

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Americas

19

19

42.4

26

The Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine

Europe

5

4

41.9

27

University of Toronto

Americas

20

1

40.5

28

University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Americas

21

20

40.4

29

Washington University in St. Louis

Americas

22

21

39.5

30

Northwestern University

Americas

23

22

38.7

31

Duke University

Americas

24

23

37.1

32

New York University

Americas

25

24

36.9

32

Rockefeller University

Americas

25

24

36.9

34

University of Colorado at Boulder

Americas

27

26

36.4

35

University of California, Santa Barbara

Americas

28

27

35.0

36

University of British Columbia

Americas

29

2

34.4

37

University of Maryland, College Park

Americas

30

28

34.1

38

The University of Texas at Austin

Americas

31

29

34.0

39

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Americas

32

30

33.4

40

Pierre and Marie Curie University - Paris 6

Europe

6

1

33.3

41

The University of Manchester

Europe

7

5

33.0

41

Vanderbilt University

Americas

33

31

33.0

43

University of Copenhagen

Europe

8

1

32.7

43

University of Paris Sud (Paris 11)

Europe

8

2

32.7

45

Pennsylvania State University - University Park

Americas

34

32

32.5

46

University of California, Irvine

Americas

35

33

32.4

46

University of Southern California

Americas

35

33

32.4

48

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas

Americas

37

35

32.2

49

University of California, Davis

Americas

38

36

31.8

50

Karolinska Institute

Europe

10

1

31.7

50

University of Pittsburgh

Americas

39

37

31.7

52

Utrecht University

Europe

11

1

31.5

53

The University of Edinburgh

Europe

12

6

31.0

54

University of Zurich

Europe

13

2

30.9

55

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick

Americas

40

38

30.4

55

University of Munich

Europe

14

1

30.4

57

Technical University Munich

Europe

15

2

30.2

58

University of Florida

Americas

41

39

29.8

59

Carnegie Mellon University

Americas

42

40

29.6

59

The Australian National University

Asia/Pacific

3

1

29.6

61

University of Bristol

Europe

16

7

29.5

62

The Ohio State University - Columbus

Americas

43

41

29.1

63

University of Heidelberg

Europe

17

3

28.7

64

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Asia/Pacific

4

1

28.6

65

King's College London

Europe

18

8

28.5

65

McGill University

Americas

44

3

28.5

65

Purdue University - West Lafayette

Americas

44

42

28.5

65

University of Oslo

Europe

18

1

28.5

69

Brown University

Americas

46

43

28.4

70

Ecole Normale Superieure - Paris

Europe

20

3

28.1

71

Osaka University

Asia/Pacific

5

3

27.8

72

Leiden University

Europe

21

2

27.7

72

University of Helsinki

Europe

21

1

27.7

74

Boston University

Americas

47

44

27.3

75

University of Melbourne

Asia/Pacific

6

2

27.2

76

Uppsala University

Europe

23

2

27.1

77

Moscow State University

Europe

24

1

26.9

77

University of Arizona

Americas

48

45

26.9

77

University of Rochester

Americas

48

45

26.9

80

University of Utah

Americas

50

47

26.6

81

The University of Sheffield

Europe

25

9

26.3

82

Nagoya University

Asia/Pacific

7

4

26.0

83

University of Nottingham

Europe

26

10

25.9

84

Tohoku University

Asia/Pacific

8

5

25.8

85

University of Basel

Europe

27

3

25.6

86

Michigan State University

Americas

51

48

25.5

87

Case Western Reserve University

Americas

52

49

25.3

88

Stockholm University

Europe

28

3

25.2

88

Texas A&M University - College Station

Americas

53

50

25.2

90

University of Goettingen

Europe

29

4

24.9

91

McMaster University

Americas

54

4

24.6

91

University of Virginia

Americas

54

51

24.6

93

Indiana University Bloomington

Americas

56

52

24.4

94

Arizona State University - Tempe

Americas

57

53

24.3

94

University of Birmingham

Europe

30

11

24.3

94

University of Sydney

Asia/Pacific

9

3

24.3

97

University of Aarhus

Europe

31

2

24.2

98

University of Bonn

Europe

32

5

24.1

99

Rice University

Americas

58

54

23.9

100

Emory University

Americas

59

55

23.8