Top 500 World Universities

Here is a list of the top 500 Universities in the world by rank as determined in a study from the Institute of Higher Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China.

A detailed description of the criteria used, rankings by geographic area, FAQ's and the questionnaire itself can be found at: http://ed.sjtu.edu.cn/rank/2004/2004Main.htm

World Rank	Institution*	Country	Total Score
1	Harvard University	USA	100.0
2	Stanford University	USA	77.2
3	University Cambridge	UK	76.2
4	University California - Berkeley	USA	74.2
5	Massachusetts Inst Tech (MIT)	USA	72.4
6	California Inst Tech	USA	69.0
7	Princeton University	USA	63.6
8	University Oxford	UK	61.4
9	Columbia University	USA	61.2
10	University Chicago	USA	60.5
11	Yale University	USA	58.6
12	Cornell University	USA	55.5
13	University California - San Diego	USA	53.8
14	Tokyo University	Japan	51.9
15	University Pennsylvania	USA	51.8
16	University California - Los Angeles	USA	51.6
17	University California - San Francisco	USA	50.8
18	University Wisconsin - Madison	USA	50.0
19	University Michigan - Ann Arbor	USA	49.3
20	University Washington - Seattle	USA	49.1
21	Kyoto University	Japan	48.3
22	Johns Hopkins University	USA	47.5
23	Imperial Coll London	UK	46.4
24	University Toronto	Canada	44.6
25	University Coll London	UK	44.3
25	University Illinois - Urbana Champaign	USA	43.3
27	Swiss Fed Inst Tech - Zurich	Switzerland	43.2
28	Washington University - St. Louis	USA	43.1
29	Rockefeller University	USA	40.2
30	Northwestern University	USA	39.5
31	Duke University	USA	38.9
32	New York University	USA	38.7
33	University Minnesota - Twin Cities	USA	38.3
34	University Colorado - Boulder	USA	37.8
35	University California - Santa Barbara	USA	37.0
36	University British Columbia	Canada	36.3
36	University Texas Southwestern Med Center	USA	36.3
38	Vanderbilt University	USA	35.1
39	University Utrecht	Netherlands	34.9
40	University Texas - Austin	USA	34.8
41	University Paris 06	France	33.9
42	University California - Davis	USA	33.6
43	Pennsylvania State University - University Park	USA	33.5
44	Rutgers State University - New Brunswick	USA	33.4
45	Tech University Munich	Germany	33.3
46	Karolinska Inst Stockholm	Sweden	33.0
47	University Edinburgh	UK	32.9
48	University Paris 11	France	32.5
48	University Southern California	USA	32.5
48	University Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh	USA	32.5
51	University Munich	Germany	32.4
52	University Rochester	USA	32.0
53	Australian Natl University	Australia	31.9
54	Osaka University	Japan	31.5
55	University California - Irvine	USA	31.4
56	University North Carolina - Chapel Hill	USA	31.2
57	University Zurich	Switzerland	31.1
57	University Maryland - Coll Park	USA	31.1
59	University Copenhagen	Denmark	31.0
60	University Bristol	UK	30.6
61	McGill University	Canada	30.4
62	Carnegie Mellon University	USA	30.3
63	University Leiden	Netherlands	29.8
64	University Heidelberg	Germany	29.7
65	Case Western Reserve University	USA	29.6
66	Moscow State University	Russia	29.5
67	University Florida	USA	29.3
68	University Oslo	Norway	29.2
69	University Sheffield	UK	28.8
69	Tohoku University	Japan	28.8
71	Purdue University - West Lafayette	USA	28.7
72	University Helsinki	Finland	28.6
73	Ohio State University - Columbus	USA	28.5
74	Uppsala University	Sweden	28.4
75	Rice University	USA	28.3
76	University Arizona	USA	28.1
77	King's Coll London	UK	28.0
78	University Manchester	UK	27.9
79	University Goettingen	Germany	27.4
80	Michigan State University	USA	27.0
80	University Nottingham	UK	27.0
82	Brown University	USA	26.8
82	University Melbourne	Australia	26.8
82	University Strasbourg 1	France	26.8
85	Ecole Normale Super Paris	France	26.5
86	University Vienna	Austria	26.3
86	Boston University	USA	26.3
88	University Freiburg	Germany	26.0
88	McMaster University	Canada	26.0
90	Hebrew University Jerusalem	Israel	25.9
91	University Basel	Switzerland	25.8
92	Lund University	Sweden	25.6
93	University Birmingham	UK	25.5
93	University Roma - La Sapienza	Italy	25.5
95	Humboldt University Berlin	Germany	25.4
95	University Utah	USA	25.4
97	Stockholm University	Sweden	25.2
97	Nagoya University	Japan	25.2
99	University Bonn	Germany	25.1
99	Tufts University	USA	25.1
101-152	Aarhus University	Denmark	\
101-152	Arizona State University - Tempe	USA	\
101-152	Baylor Coll Med	USA	\
101-152	Dartmouth Coll	USA	\
101-152	Emory University	USA	\
101-152	Georgia Inst Tech	USA	\
101-152	Hokkaido University	Japan	\
101-152	Indiana University - Bloomington	USA	\
101-152	Kyushu University	Japan	\
101-152	Natl University Singapore	Singapore	\
101-152	North Carolina State University - Raleigh	USA	\
101-152	Oregon State University	USA	\
101-152	State University New York - Stony Brook	USA	\
101-152	Tel Aviv University	Israel	\
101-152	Texas A&M University - Coll Station	USA	\
101-152	Tokyo Inst Tech	Japan	\
101-152	Tsukuba University	Japan	\
101-152	University Alberta	Canada	\
101-152	University Amsterdam	Netherlands	\
101-152	University Bern	Switzerland	\
101-152	University California - Riverside	USA	\
101-152	University California - Santa Cruz	USA	\
101-152	University Frankfurt	Germany	\
101-152	University Geneva	Switzerland	\
101-152	University Georgia	USA	\
101-152	University Ghent	Belgium	\
101-152	University Glasgow	UK	\
101-152	University Groningen	Netherlands	\
101-152	University Hamburg	Germany	\
101-152	University Hawaii - Manoa	USA	\
101-152	University Illinois - Chicago	USA	\
101-152	University Iowa	USA	\
101-152	University Kiel	Germany	\
101-152	University Leeds	UK	\
101-152	University Leuven	Belgium	\
101-152	University Libre Bruxelles	Belgium	\
101-152	University Liverpool	UK	\
101-152	University Louvain	Belgium	\
101-152	University Massachusetts - Amherst	USA	\
101-152	University Miami	USA	\
101-152	University Milan	Italy	\
101-152	University Muenster	Germany	\
101-152	University Paris 07	France	\
101-152	University Pisa	Italy	\
101-152	University Queensland	Australia	\
101-152	University Sussex	UK	\
101-152	University Sydney	Australia	\
101-152	University Tennessee - Knoxville	USA	\
101-152	University Tuebingen	Germany	\
101-152	University Virginia	USA	\
101-152	University Wuerzburg	Germany	\
101-152	Weizmann Inst Sci	Israel	\
153-201	Cardiff University	UK	\
153-201	Coll France	France	\
153-201	Colorado State University	USA	\
153-201	Erasmus University	Netherlands	\
153-201	Florida State University	USA	\
153-201	Free University Amsterdam	Netherlands	\
153-201	Gothenburg University	Sweden	\
153-201	Iowa State University	USA	\
153-201	Mt Sinai Sch Med	USA	\
153-201	Natl Taiwan University	China-tw	\
153-201	Oregon Health & Sci University	USA	\
153-201	Queen's University	Canada	\
153-201	Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst	USA	\
153-201	Royal Inst Tech	Sweden	\
153-201	Seoul Natl University	South Korea	\
153-201	Swiss Fed Inst Tech - Lausanne	Switzerland	\
153-201	Tech University Denmark	Denmark	\
153-201	University Alabama - Birmingham	USA	\
153-201	University Autonoma Madrid	Spain	\
153-201	University Calgary	Canada	\
153-201	University Cincinnati - Cincinnati	USA	\
153-201	University Connecticut - Storrs	USA	\
153-201	University Delaware	USA	\
153-201	University Grenoble 1	France	\
153-201	University Koeln	Germany	\
153-201	University Leicester	UK	\
153-201	University Leipzig	Germany	\
153-201	University Mainz	Germany	\
153-201	University Marburg	Germany	\
153-201	University Maryland - Baltimore	USA	\
153-201	University Montpellier 2	France	\
153-201	University Montreal	Canada	\
153-201	University Nacl Autonoma Mexico	Mexico	\
153-201	University Nebraska - Lincoln	USA	\
153-201	University New South Wales	Australia	\
153-201	University Notre Dame	USA	\
153-201	University Padua	Italy	\
153-201	University Sao Paulo	Brazil	\
153-201	University Southampton	UK	\
153-201	University Texas Health Sci Center - Houston	USA	\
153-201	University Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center	USA	\
153-201	University Turin	Italy	\
153-201	University Wageningen	Netherlands	\
153-201	University Waterloo	Canada	\
153-201	University Western Australia	Australia	\
153-201	Virginia Commonwealth University	USA	\
153-201	Virginia Tech	USA	\
153-201	Washington State University - Pullman	USA	\
153-201	Yeshiva University	USA	\
202-301	Brandeis University	USA	\
202-301	Chalmers University Tech	Sweden	\
202-301	Chinese University Hong Kong	China-hk	\
202-301	Dalhousie University	Canada	\
202-301	Delft University Tech	Netherlands	\
202-301	Ecole Polytechnique	France	\
202-301	Free University Berlin	Germany	\
202-301	George Mason University	USA	\
202-301	George Washington University	USA	\
202-301	Georgetown University	USA	\
202-301	Hiroshima University	Japan	\
202-301	Hong Kong University Sci & Tech	China-hk	\
202-301	Indian Inst Sci	India	\
202-301	Innsbruck University	Austria	\
202-301	Kansas State University	USA	\
202-301	Keio University	Japan	\
202-301	Kobe University	Japan	\
202-301	London Sch Economics	UK	\
202-301	Louisiana State University - Baton Rouge	USA	\
202-301	Monash University	Australia	\
202-301	Okayama University	Japan	\
202-301	Peking University	China	\
202-301	Polytechnic Inst Milan	Italy	\
202-301	Queen Mary Coll	UK	\
202-301	State University New York - Albany	USA	\
202-301	State University New York - Buffalo	USA	\
202-301	Swedish University Agr Sci	Sweden	\
202-301	Syracuse University	USA	\
202-301	Tech University Aachen	Germany	\
202-301	Tech University Berlin	Germany	\
202-301	Technion Israel Inst Tech	Israel	\
202-301	Thomas Jefferson University	USA	\
202-301	Trinity Coll Dublin	Ireland	\
202-301	Tsing Hua University	China	\
202-301	Tulane University	USA	\
202-301	Umea University	Sweden	\
202-301	University Adelaide	Australia	\
202-301	University Alaska - Fairbanks	USA	\
202-301	University Antwerp	Belgium	\
202-301	University Auckland	New Zealand	\
202-301	University Barcelona	Spain	\
202-301	University Bochum	Germany	\
202-301	University Bologna	Italy	\
202-301	University Bordeaux 1	France	\
202-301	University Buenos Aires	Argentina	\
202-301	University Cape Town	South Africa	\
202-301	University Colorado Health Sci Center	USA	\
202-301	University Dundee	UK	\
202-301	University Durham	UK	\
202-301	University East Anglia	UK	\
202-301	University Erlangen Nuernberg	Germany	\
202-301	University Florence	Italy	\
202-301	University Genoa	Italy	\
202-301	University Graz	Austria	\
202-301	University Guelph	Canada	\
202-301	University Halle - Wittenberg	Germany	\
202-301	University Hong Kong	China-hk	\
202-301	University Houston	USA	\
202-301	University Kansas - Lawrence	USA	\
202-301	University Karlsruhe	Germany	\
202-301	University Kentucky	USA	\
202-301	University Laval	Canada	\
202-301	University Liege	Belgium	\
202-301	University Lyon 1	France	\
202-301	University Manchester Inst Sci & Tech	UK	\
202-301	University Manitoba	Canada	\
202-301	University Massachusetts - Worcester	USA	\
202-301	University Med & Dentistry New Jersey	USA	\
202-301	University Missouri - Columbia	USA	\
202-301	University Naples Federico II	Italy	\
202-301	University New Mexico - Albuquerque	USA	\
202-301	University Newcastle	UK	\
202-301	University Nijmegen	Netherlands	\
202-301	University Oregon	USA	\
202-301	University Otago	New Zealand	\
202-301	University Ottawa	Canada	\
202-301	University Paris 05	France	\
202-301	University Reading	UK	\
202-301	University Regensburg	Germany	\
202-301	University Rhode Island	USA	\
202-301	University Saskatchewan	Canada	\
202-301	University South Carolina - Columbia	USA	\
202-301	University South Florida	USA	\
202-301	University Southern Denmark	Denmark	\
202-301	University St Andrews	UK	\
202-301	University Stuttgart	Germany	\
202-301	University Szeged	Hungary