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The last decade has been a rollercoaster ride. Since they were first published in 2004, QS World University Rankings have captured the imagination of prospective students, ranked and non-ranked institutions, policymakers, govern-ments and the public at large. In that time, we have also seen a revolution in the typical capa-bility of institutions to gather data and evaluate their own performance.

On the other hand, decisions and actions taken on the strength of league tables alone sometimes seem to be disproportionate to the implications of the results. And even as rankings have become more established and their nov-elty value has diminished, they have nonethe-less lost none of their ability to stir up the most impassioned debate. What is it about a simple ranking table that makes it so compelling?

Ultimately it speaks to the way the mind works. As Umberto Eco has written, “The list is the origin of culture. How does one attempt to grasp the incomprehensible? Through lists.” Universities are diverse and complex organiza-tions that are integrated into the very fabric of the nations, societies, communities and econo-mies in which they operate. The distillation of their value into a single integer is, from one point of view, nonsensical; but from another, this very complexity is what makes a simple comparative assessment such a necessity.

The absence of an absolute truth ensures the inherently controversial nature of the rankings. Argument and debate ensues between husband and wife, parent and child, employer and recruit, government and university president about which institutions are actually better, and which league table does a better job of reflect-ing the facts as they see them. George Box once wrote, “Essentially all models are wrong, but some are useful”. So maybe we should cau-tion all of the above listed combatants to cool it: in a sense, you’re all as wrong as each other.

Nonetheless, QS takes its responsibilities extremely seriously, recognizing that no matter how hard we try, it is likely that some people will use our work in ways we wouldn’t inde-pendently advocate if consulted. We strive hard each year to make the results still more robust and accurate and have put substantial emphasis on drilling down to a discipline level and add-ing institutions to our main exercise in order to increase its relevance and precision. And the hard work is beginning to pay off in terms of external reference and recognition.

In the last few months our work has been ref-erenced by the Economist Intelligence Unit for their Sea Turtles Index, and INSEAD, Cornell and WIPO for their Global Innovation Index. Our various evaluations have been scrutinized in the EUA’s second report on rankings, and all of our institution rankings have successfully been through an external audit at the hands of IREG. Such recognition has been particularly gratifying.

From a personal standpoint however, perhaps the most rewarding moment of the past few years was returning to my alma mater, the Uni-versity of Nottingham, to find its inclusion in the top 75 in our rankings proudly declared at each of the entrances to its various campuses.

Perhaps the biggest development in this year’s results is the inclusion of over 100 new institu-tions. Up or down, herein feature the top 4% of the world’s universities. Among them are the probable origins of much of mankind’s most influential future creative, technological and medical advances. Dazzling, infuriating, com-plex, inefficient, brilliant, chaotic and inspiring all at the same time, every one of them is a privileged place to be.

Welcometo the 2013/14 QS World University Rankings® Report

Ben Sowter, head of QS Intelligence Unit

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Students are continuing to gravitate towards higher education’s global elite, the latest edi-tion of the QS World University Rankings demonstrates.

The top 100 universities in the 2013/14 rank-ings have almost nine per cent more interna-tional students than last year. Even in an era of continuing rapid growth in higher education around the world, increases on such a scale suggest that students are placing a premium on quality and universities are happy to respond.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) remains the top-ranked university, hav-ing taken over the leadership for the first time last year. It also heads the faculty-level ranking for engineering and technology, and is second in the natural sciences. In the QS World Uni-versity Rankings by Subject published in May, MIT topped seven of the 30 tables.

Harvard, which topped the QS World Univer-sity Rankings for the first six years in which they were published, has moved back into sec-ond place at the expense of Cambridge. Har-vard was the most successful university in May’s subject rankings, topping ten of the tables, and leads today in the life sciences and medicine, and the social sciences and management.

However, UK universities still register a strong performance in the 2013/14 rankings, filling four of the top six places. University College London and Imperial College London join Oxford in the leading group, with Edinburgh and King’s College London also appearing in the top 20.

The institutional ranking continues to be ex-tremely stable, with only one university drop-ping out of the top 50 and four leaving the top 100. The volatility of some international rank-ings has been a frequent source of criticism, but the average movement in the top 100 is less than 3.5 places, down from 4.6 last year.

Nunzio Quacquarelli, the founder and manag-ing director of QS, said: “The extra stability in this year’s rankings will be good news for the countless students across the world who rely on them to narrow down their choices. As more and more people compete for places at the top universities, it is the responsibility of ranking organisations to ensure that what they produce is transparent and accurate. As the first global ranking to have been accredited by IREG- In-ternational Observatory on Academic Ranking and Excellence, we are living up to that.”

American universities continue to dominate the top of the rankings, taking more than half of the leading 20 places, but there is much greater diversity beyond that. They represent less than a third of the top 100 and exactly a quarter of the top 200. Thirteen of the 19 US universities in the top 50 have gone down this year, albeit only by a single place in many cases.

Stanford, by contrast, has produced the biggest rise of any university at the top of the rank-ing, moving up from 15th to seventh. But big budget cuts at state universities since the 2008 recession may be having an impact: of the 84 US institutions in the top 400, a total of 27 have improved their position this year, while 52 have dropped.

As usual, the UK is second only to the US in the number of highly-ranked universities. Like last year, it has 18 in the top 100 and 29 in the top 200. Despite each dropping one place in the institutional ranking, Oxford is placed top for the arts and humanities, while Cambridge is the leader in the natural sciences.

After several years in the doldrums, Continen-tal European universities are enjoying a resur-gence. It is led by Switzerland, which now has two universities in the top 20, following a leap of 10 places by Ecole Polytechnique Federal de Lausanne (EPFL). ETH Zurich is the highest-placed university outside the English-speaking world, having moved up to 12th.

The Netherlands has two more universities than last year in the top 100, and all six have improved their positions this year. Although Germany still has only Heidelberg in the top 50, eight of its 13 universities in the top 200 have gone up this year. France has two univer-sities in the top 50 and 19 in the top 400 and, while Italy still has no institutions in the top 100, every one of its representatives in the top 400 has moved up this year, some by as much as 50 places. In Scandinavia, Norway now has University of Oslo in the top 100, the highest-placed of four new entrants to that group, while Denmark has the University of Copen-hagen in the top 50, the sole new entrant there.

Elsewhere, the trends are less clear-cut. Some Asian universities have continued their progress up the rankings - National University of Sin-gapore has overtaken University of Hong Kong to become the continent’s leading institution, for example - but none has reached the top 20 and there is little sign of the wholesale advance predicted by many commentators. There are special circumstances in Hong Kong, where a double cohort of students has put the seven ranked universities at a temporary disadvantage. But only two of Japan’s 24 universities in the top 600 have gone up this year.

American universities continue to

dominate the top of the rankings,

taking more than half of the leading

20 places

ByJohn O’Leary

MIT tightens its gripon the top spotas student mobility soars

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China’s universities, led by Peking University and Tsinghua University in the top 50, have fared better, but there are still only 11 in the top 400. There is a mixed picture in South Ko-rea, which has Seoul National University and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in the top 60. In India, five Indian Institutes of Technology are the country’s only representatives in the top 400.

Australia still has seven universities in the top 100, but several of its lower-ranked institutions have dropped this year. The same is true in Canada, where Toronto has overtaken McGill to become the leading university for the first time since QS World University Rankings were first published in 2004.

The progress made by universities in the Mid-dle East has not been maintained in the latest rankings, except in Israel, which now has three universities in the top 200. But there have been further advances in Latin America, especially in

Brazil, where ten universities are ranked for the first time. The wait for broader global recogni-tion goes on in Africa, where the University of Cape Town has moved into the top 150, but the American University in Cairo is the only institution outside South Africa in the top 500.

The published rankings include classifications to enable readers to choose between univer-sities of different sizes, ages and degrees of specialization. California Institute of Technol-ogy is the leading small university, for example, while Hong Kong University of Science and Technology is the youngest institution in the top 40.

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SIZE FOCUS RES. AGE SCORE RANK SCORE RANK SCORE RANK SCORE RANK SCORE RANK SCORE RANK SCORE

1 1 MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (MIT) US M CO VH 5 100.0 6 100.0 5 100.0 14 99.7 13 97.6 49 96.3 48 100.0

2 3 HARVARD UNIVERSITY US L FC VH 5 100.0 1 100.0 3 99.3 33 100.0 4 94.1 74 85.3 105 99.2

3 2 UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE GB L FC VH 5 100.0 2 100.0 2 99.6 30 95.8 37 95.5 65 96.0 51 99.0

4 4 UCL (UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON) GB L FC VH 5 99.9 16 98.7 22 98.9 37 95.6 38 96.5 54 100.0 10 98.9

5 6 IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON GB L FC VH 5 99.9 14 100.0 9 99.8 25 92.5 49 99.9 34 99.9 11 98.8

6 5 UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD GB L FC VH 5 100.0 3 100.0 1 100.0 11 93.1 45 97.7 47 96.7 42 98.7

7 15 STANFORD UNIVERSITY US L FC VH 5 100.0 5 100.0 7 94.4 62 100.0 5 75.6 170 76.0 139 96.8

8 7 YALE UNIVERSITY US M FC VH 5 100.0 10 100.0 14 100.0 4 88.8 58 94.4 73 72.7 156 96.5

9 8 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO US L FC VH 5 99.9 15 94.3 41 96.2 51 97.8 28 78.8 161 74.9 147 96.2

10= 10 CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (CALTECH) US S CO VH 5 99.6 25 69.2 146 100.0 5 100.0 2 92.2 90 87.7 95 96.1

10= 9 PRINCETON UNIVERSITY US M CO VH 5 100.0 11 95.1 38 96.3 50 98.8 23 76.3 169 68.8 179 96.1

12 13 ETH ZURICH CH L FO VH 5 99.9 18 97.9 32 76.5 138 94.9 39 100.0 8 98.4 31 94.3

13 12 UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA US L FC VH 5 98.4 36 93.8 43 99.9 16 92.7 47 55.0 240 69.8 174 93.8

14 11 COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY US L FC VH 5 100.0 12 100.0 15 95.9 54 96.8 34 16.2 401+ 78.8 127 93.6

15 14 CORNELL UNIVERSITY US L FC VH 5 99.8 22 97.8 33 75.1 145 99.2 20 87.8 110 64.6 191 92.5

16 16 JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY US L FC VH 5 96.0 45 64.1 179 100.0 6 97.8 27 78.9 159 69.7 175 92.1

17= 21 UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH GB L FC VH 5 99.7 24 98.3 25 75.1 146 84.5 73 89.8 100 97.3 38 91.3

17= 19 UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO CA XL FC VH 5 99.9 13 95.9 36 78.8 132 82.2 79 97.7 48 86.8 100 91.3

19= 29 ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FÉDÉRALE DE LAUSANNE (EPFL) CH M FO VH 5 87.9 70 88.3 66 94.5 61 88.2 61 100.0 7 100.0 9 90.9

19= 26 KING'S COLLEGE LONDON (KCL) GB L FC VH 5 94.6 49 93.7 45 89.9 88 79.3 87 93.9 75 96.6 45 90.9

21 18 MCGILL UNIVERSITY CA L FC VH 5 99.1 31 95.7 37 90.2 84 72.2 113 81.1 150 90.2 82 90.6

22 17 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN US XL FC VH 5 99.8 20 95.0 39 92.7 73 88.7 59 44.0 284 45.9 290 90.5

23 20 DUKE UNIVERSITY US L FC VH 5 96.2 44 85.8 79 99.9 21 98.4 25 16.4 401+ 44.4 300 90.1

24 25 NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE (NUS) SG XL FC VH 5 100.0 9 99.9 16 89.1 90 57.3 204 100.0 15 96.6 44 89.4

25 22 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY (UCB) US XL FC VH 5 100.0 4 100.0 12 52.1 284 98.9 22 93.9 76 74.7 150 89.0

26 23 UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG (HKU) HK L FC VH 5 99.4 28 93.1 48 94.7 60 51.7 239 100.0 19 98.7 26 88.6

27 24 AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY (ANU) AU L CO VH 4 99.7 23 92.4 51 83.4 118 63.2 158 99.9 33 94.1 62 88.5

28 34 ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE, PARIS (ENS PARIS) FR S SP VH 5 89.7 66 77.4 118 97.1 48 94.3 40 58.7 228 52.1 247 87.8

29 27 NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY US L FC VH 5 92.9 57 90.7 58 87.2 99 99.5 16 12.0 401+ 55.4 228 87.3

30 28 UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL GB L FC VH 5 92.2 61 98.3 26 78.6 134 78.1 93 83.7 134 81.0 117 86.6

31 36 THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE AU XL FC VH 5 99.8 21 100.0 10 50.1 301 84.0 74 81.5 147 96.6 46 86.0

32 30 THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO JP L FC VH 5 100.0 7 99.3 18 91.4 78 76.3 99 11.1 401+ 27.3 401+ 85.7

33 32 THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER GB XL FC VH 5 99.2 30 100.0 11 66.2 181 64.7 144 84.5 127 96.0 52 85.2

34 33 HKUST HK M CO VH 2 93.3 55 90.6 60 86.5 103 52.6 233 100.0 10 98.6 27 84.4

35= 35 KYOTO UNIVERSITY JP L FC VH 5 99.9 17 92.1 53 94.8 59 68.4 124 16.5 401+ 22.9 401+ 84.1

35= 37 SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY (SNU) KR L FC VH 4 98.7 32 93.6 46 87.0 101 60.9 173 47.2 269 60.4 206 84.1

37 38 UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON US XL FC VH 5 97.4 40 69.7 144 91.8 77 68.7 118 56.9 231 36.0 360 83.0

38 39 THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY AU XL FC VH 5 99.5 27 98.0 31 50.1 302 68.4 123 99.7 39 87.2 97 82.9

39 40 THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG (CUHK) HK L FC VH 4 94.5 50 83.3 91 87.9 95 47.1 265 95.8 61 81.7 114 82.3

40 31 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES (UCLA) US XL FC VH 4 100.0 8 98.0 28 47.7 328 100.0 7 2.3 401+ 43.6 303 81.9

41= 41 ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE PARISTECH FR S CO VH 5 74.1 122 97.5 34 99.9 18 66.2 132 72.0 185 91.4 76 81.1

41= 47 NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY (NTU) SG L CO VH 2 92.4 60 94.1 42 90.1 85 33.0 368 100.0 9 97.1 39 81.1

43 46 THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND (UQ) AU XL FC VH 5 95.7 46 91.9 55 49.8 306 69.3 117 98.8 43 86.8 99 80.9

44 43 NEW YORK UNIVERSITY (NYU) US XL FC VH 5 98.4 35 92.0 54 94.9 58 43.8 286 23.5 401+ 60.0 208 80.8

45 51 UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN DK L FC VH 5 89.0 69 78.9 112 99.7 27 57.4 201 67.5 200 37.5 348 80.5

46 44 PEKING UNIVERSITY CN L FC VH 5 99.8 19 98.8 21 79.0 131 46.5 267 64.5 210 32.1 384 80.0

47 42 BROWN UNIVERSITY US M FC VH 5 81.1 95 65.5 171 85.2 111 97.6 29 23.5 401+ 55.8 227 79.8

48 48 TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY CN XL FC VH 5 99.3 29 99.1 20 88.6 92 38.3 323 48.7 263 38.9 340 79.7

49 45 UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA CA XL FC VH 5 99.6 26 86.5 77 35.4 401+ 83.4 76 83.4 135 53.5 239 79.4

50 55 RUPRECHT-KARLS-UNIVERSITÄT HEIDELBERG DE XL FC VH 5 96.4 43 64.1 180 86.0 110 55.6 212 52.7 248 61.6 200 79.3

51 54 UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW GB L FC VH 5 86.4 73 80.1 106 52.7 276 85.9 66 81.2 149 84.7 109 78.9

52 52 THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES (UNSW) AU XL FC VH 4 96.5 42 98.6 24 40.2 401+ 61.2 172 100.0 24 95.8 55 78.8

53 53 TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT MÜNCHEN DE XL CO VH 5 90.7 65 96.1 35 95.5 56 39.1 317 51.0 254 57.7 216 78.5

54 57 UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, CHAPEL HILL US L FC VH 5 83.9 85 56.3 233 78.8 133 92.4 50 43.6 285 22.1 401+ 77.0

55 50 OSAKA UNIVERSITY JP L FC VH 4 91.7 64 80.5 105 93.2 68 57.7 197 14.9 401+ 19.9 401+ 76.9

56 56 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN US XL FC VH 5 97.9 38 77.5 117 23.6 401+ 91.3 54 67.6 199 62.6 198 76.7

57 49 CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY US M FC VH 5 85.8 76 82.6 95 46.4 346 93.4 43 18.6 401+ 98.0 36 76.6

58 62 UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM NL XL FC VH 5 93.8 53 83.9 90 41.1 401+ 85.7 67 67.0 201 30.6 395 76.4

59 59 UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON US XL FC VH 5 95.2 47 54.6 250 54.7 256 99.5 15 8.7 401+ 22.3 401+ 76.2

60 63 KAIST KR M CO VH 3 85.1 79 72.8 137 90.8 82 64.5 146 40.7 303 21.8 401+ 75.8



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61 67 TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN (TCD) IE L FC VH 5 81.8 91 82.6 96 59.8 221 65.4 136 98.0 46 78.7 130 75.1

62 77 UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM GB L FC VH 5 81.3 94 90.4 63 57.3 239 67.4 128 81.6 144 80.0 122 74.9

63 70 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO (UCSD) US L FC VH 4 98.0 37 50.4 289 45.5 355 99.8 11 2.1 401+ 22.3 401+ 74.8

64 58 THE UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK GB L FC VH 3 89.4 68 100.0 13 47.1 337 47.7 261 91.6 92 98.0 35 74.5

65 60 LUDWIG-MAXIMILIANS-UNIVERSITÄT MÜNCHEN DE XL FC VH 5 98.4 34 84.3 89 45.4 357 63.8 154 46.3 274 43.0 309 74.4

66 65 TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY JP M CO VH 5 79.8 101 84.6 86 76.8 136 78.3 92 15.0 401+ 35.1 367 74.2

67 71 LUND UNIVERSITY SE L FC VH 5 89.6 67 90.0 64 50.8 292 67.7 127 51.4 251 52.4 244 74.0

68 69 LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS (LSE) GB M SP VH 5 92.6 58 100.0 4 63.5 198 19.6 401+ 100.0 17 100.0 4 73.9

69= 61 MONASH UNIVERSITY AU XL FC VH 4 94.1 52 98.0 27 34.6 401+ 50.1 245 89.5 104 90.7 80 73.7

69= 78 UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI FI L CO VH 5 84.3 82 55.7 240 92.9 70 59.9 178 56.8 233 14.7 401+ 73.7

71= 66 THE UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD GB L FC VH 5 79.3 102 84.7 84 59.4 228 62.0 163 80.4 154 91.4 75 73.3

71= 74 UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA CH L FC VH 5 66.6 151 36.9 401+ 64.8 190 98.9 21 100.0 23 99.0 25 73.3

71= 68 UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN US XL FC VH 5 98.5 33 87.9 69 21.1 401+ 82.0 80 57.9 229 26.5 401+ 73.3

74 75= LEIDEN UNIVERSITY NL L FC VH 5 86.6 71 59.8 206 44.5 369 94.3 41 68.8 195 22.7 401+ 73.2

75= 72 THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM GB XL FC VH 5 80.3 98 98.0 30 54.8 255 56.5 208 84.8 125 87.7 94 73.1

75= 75= TOHOKU UNIVERSITY JP L FC VH 5 81.8 90 76.0 125 97.9 46 54.9 217 18.5 401+ 21.2 401+ 73.1

77 82 KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN BE XL FC VH 5 93.1 56 79.6 107 21.7 401+ 86.2 64 74.9 174 44.3 301 73.0

78 90= UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH CH L FC VH 5 80.6 96 67.6 156 70.9 160 59.2 183 99.7 38 52.2 246 72.9

79= 64 BOSTON UNIVERSITY US L FC VH 5 75.6 115 81.5 103 64.9 189 85.3 68 12.7 401+ 63.7 193 72.5

79= 81 UPPSALA UNIVERSITY SE L FC VH 5 86.3 74 70.1 143 38.6 401+ 92.5 48 41.0 301 48.9 270 72.5

81 85 UTRECHT UNIVERSITY NL XL FC VH 5 84.9 80 63.2 185 46.5 344 93.7 42 55.7 236 18.1 401+ 72.3

82 80 NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY (NTU) TW XL FC VH 4 97.5 39 76.4 121 39.9 401+ 77.4 95 17.5 401+ 14.9 401+ 72.0

83 93 UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS GB M FC VH 5 66.2 154 78.4 114 67.8 175 68.5 122 95.9 58 99.9 16 71.6

84 79 THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA (UWA) AU L FC VH 5 77.5 111 79.2 110 38.6 401+ 78.8 88 99.9 31 75.2 146 71.4

85 100 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS (UCD) US XL FC VH 5 83.8 86 48.6 304 38.7 401+ 96.9 33 68.9 192 41.3 320 71.3

86= 73 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON GB L FC VH 5 73.9 123 65.8 168 61.0 212 67.9 125 87.0 117 89.2 88 71.0

86= 84 WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS US L FC VH 5 62.1 165 36.7 401+ 99.8 23 96.7 35 7.2 401+ 50.6 260 71.0

88 90= FUDAN UNIVERSITY CN L FC VH 5 92.5 59 92.9 49 40.4 401+ 64.9 142 18.3 401+ 46.5 285 70.8

89 111 UNIVERSITY OF OSLO NO L FC VH 5 72.4 131 50.8 282 83.2 119 75.4 103 46.3 273 44.5 298 70.6

90 92 DURHAM UNIVERSITY GB L FC HI 5 75.3 117 98.7 23 48.9 312 60.4 175 89.7 101 76.3 137 70.4

91 89 AARHUS UNIVERSITY DK L FC VH 4 75.1 118 60.1 203 59.9 220 80.0 85 66.9 202 53.7 237 70.3

92= 99 ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM NL L FO VH 5 54.5 196 91.5 56 68.7 171 93.2 44 75.4 172 57.2 219 70.2

92= 114 UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL CA XL FC VH 5 79.0 105 59.6 211 37.3 401+ 82.4 78 87.0 116 82.6 113 70.2

94 83 THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND NZ L FC VH 5 92.1 62 88.0 68 27.9 401+ 47.1 264 89.7 102 89.1 89 69.8

95 103 DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY NL L FO VH 5 79.8 100 81.8 98 36.6 401+ 67.3 129 90.2 98 74.8 149 69.4

96 108 UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA CA XL FC VH 5 77.8 110 59.6 210 61.5 208 57.6 199 90.5 97 72.9 154 69.3

97= 109 UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN NL L FC VH 5 66.4 152 57.3 228 73.8 152 63.9 151 91.9 91 90.2 83 69.2

97= 94 UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS GB L FC VH 5 81.3 93 87.3 73 48.2 322 52.5 234 77.8 164 72.6 157 69.2

99= 88 GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (GEORGIA TECH) US L CO VH 5 76.2 113 82.9 93 18.8 401+ 99.6 14 41.6 290 72.1 160 68.4

99= 86 NAGOYA UNIVERSITY JP L FC VH 5 72.3 133 64.7 176 94.1 65 57.0 206 21.8 401+ 28.8 401+ 68.4

99= 95= PURDUE UNIVERSITY US XL FC VH 5 78.6 108 82.8 94 35.5 401+ 63.7 155 95.1 69 77.2 135 68.4

102= 106 UNIVERSITÄT FREIBURG DE L FC VH 5 79.2 103 39.1 401+ 59.6 223 75.1 104 59.0 224 43.1 308 67.9

102= 104 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA US XL FC VH 5 83.1 88 50.0 291 35.6 401+ 99.4 19 6.1 401+ 41.4 319 67.9

104= 95= CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG HK M CO VH 3 67.0 147 55.1 244 80.5 125 47.9 257 100.0 18 89.4 86 67.7

104= 102 THE UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE AU L FC VH 5 74.8 119 78.7 113 47.7 327 54.9 216 91.5 93 91.6 74 67.7

106 98 UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH US L FC VH 5 55.7 192 25.3 401+ 94.2 63 91.5 53 68.1 196 39.0 338 67.6

107= 101 PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY US XL FC VH 5 82.4 89 85.8 78 34.5 401+ 80.6 83 12.7 401+ 40.5 328 67.5

107= 97 POSTECH KR S FO VH 3 51.7 212 54.7 248 99.9 22 86.4 63 59.1 223 18.2 401+ 67.5

109 87 FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN DE XL FC HI 4 93.4 54 62.2 189 29.6 401+ 58.9 186 51.8 249 55.4 229 66.9

110 121 UNIVERSITY OF BASEL CH L FC VH 5 54.3 198 44.7 338 60.3 218 93.1 46 100.0 16 81.3 116 66.2

111 115 UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE CH M CO VH 5 51.8 211 44.5 339 61.7 207 96.2 36 93.2 82 89.7 85 66.1

112 129 UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE (UPMC) FR L CO VH 5 72.4 130 48.2 307 49.6 309 84.5 71 36.6 328 63.6 195 65.9

113 105 OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY US XL FC VH 5 78.9 107 59.5 213 45.8 353 63.9 152 82.4 140 40.6 327 65.8

114 112 YONSEI UNIVERSITY KR L FC VH 5 76.3 112 82.0 97 86.2 106 31.0 386 16.3 401+ 37.4 351 65.1

115 147 QUEEN MARY, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON (QMUL) GB L FC VH 5 63.4 160 53.5 259 68.6 172 52.7 230 95.5 64 96.7 43 64.8

116= 141 KIT, KARLSRUHER INSTITUT FÜR TECHNOLOGIE DE L CO VH 4 66.0 155 92.3 52 92.1 76 24.5 401+ 54.5 242 55.1 232 64.7

116= 117 UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK US XL FC VH 5 69.4 140 47.1 312 64.6 192 77.0 97 37.3 324 36.0 359 64.7

118 142 KTH, ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY SE L CO VH 5 61.9 166 83.1 92 69.0 167 46.0 270 86.9 118 76.9 136 64.5

119 113 DARTMOUTH COLLEGE US M FC VH 5 43.6 269 65.6 169 86.5 104 97.1 32 10.3 401+ 53.5 238 64.1

120 116 LOMONOSOV MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY RU XL FC VH 5 84.1 83 64.8 173 99.9 17 6.3 401+ 8.7 401+ 37.3 352 63.9



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121 107 MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY NL L CO VH 3 37.3 339 81.4 104 76.5 139 76.8 98 96.3 57 99.9 14 63.8

122 148 UNIVERSITY OF GHENT BE XL FC VH 5 66.8 150 60.9 198 86.9 102 45.0 278 56.4 234 29.6 401+ 63.7

123 125 SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY CN XL FC VH 5 83.6 87 90.7 57 41.1 401+ 54.9 218 20.4 401+ 12.3 401+ 63.6

124 110 UNIVERSITY OF YORK GB L FC HI 4 72.5 129 72.9 136 44.8 363 57.3 203 47.9 267 82.9 111 63.5

125 134 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA US XL FC VH 5 67.1 145 59.7 207 55.3 252 72.7 112 20.1 401+ 71.7 164 63.2

126 130 HUMBOLDT-UNIVERSITÄT ZU BERLIN DE L FC HI 5 97.2 41 58.5 223 29.2 401+ 38.7 320 48.7 264 43.4 306 63.1

127 139 UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO (USP) BR XL FC VH 4 94.2 51 87.6 70 36.8 401+ 40.5 308 11.4 401+ 5.7 401+ 63.0

128 119 GEORG-AUGUST-UNIVERSITÄT GÖTTINGEN DE L FC VH 5 76.0 114 38.6 401+ 81.1 123 40.4 309 44.5 282 35.8 363 62.8

129 126 NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY GB L FC VH 4 50.4 220 77.0 119 64.8 191 63.8 153 82.1 142 91.0 79 62.5

130= 118 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA (UCSB) US L CO VH 5 81.6 92 16.6 401+ 14.3 401+ 99.9 10 66.6 204 30.3 401+ 62.2

130= 124 UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL GB L FC VH 5 56.0 191 76.1 122 62.0 205 57.3 202 77.1 167 85.9 103 62.2

132 123 UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA US L FC VH 5 53.5 202 64.8 174 68.7 170 78.7 90 49.8 255 39.7 334 62.1

133 128 KYUSHU UNIVERSITY JP L FC VH 5 66.8 149 75.2 128 98.0 43 29.5 400 17.8 401+ 23.8 401+ 62.0

134= 144 EBERHARD KARLS UNIVERSITÄT TÜBINGEN DE L FC VH 5 66.9 148 55.8 238 89.5 89 37.6 330 35.1 334 41.2 322 61.8

134= 132 TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK DK M FO VH 5 41.5 290 49.7 293 98.4 40 60.4 176 92.7 85 72.6 158 61.8

136= 143 CARDIFF UNIVERSITY GB L FC VH 5 60.2 176 66.3 166 63.8 197 53.7 227 72.5 181 72.7 155 61.7

136= 120 RICE UNIVERSITY US M FC VH 5 48.3 236 24.5 401+ 67.6 176 97.2 30 64.2 212 70.7 168 61.7

138 127 UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN (UCL) BE L FC HI 5 75.5 116 68.5 148 40.0 401+ 43.3 290 81.0 151 66.6 185 61.3

139 131 UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN (UCD) IE L FC VH 5 61.5 169 66.7 163 54.6 259 46.4 269 93.3 81 96.5 47 61.2

140 152 MCMASTER UNIVERSITY CA L FC VH 5 60.4 173 52.3 267 39.3 401+ 84.0 75 82.4 141 51.8 249 61.0

141= 122 EMORY UNIVERSITY US L FC VH 5 42.7 275 30.8 401+ 87.8 96 99.4 17 18.1 401+ 43.5 305 60.9

141= 140 HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM IL L FC VH 4 68.0 144 37.5 401+ 73.4 154 65.7 135 28.2 376 9.2 401+ 60.9

143 136 RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN NL L FC VH 4 44.2 263 52.9 261 75.1 144 89.6 56 57.2 230 36.8 355 60.8

144 138 HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY JP L FC VH 5 64.9 157 61.2 194 88.0 94 45.3 277 13.5 401+ 18.8 401+ 60.6

145= 137 KOREA UNIVERSITY KR L FC VH 5 71.2 136 77.7 116 79.9 127 27.3 401+ 19.1 401+ 32.0 386 60.5

145= 154 UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN ZA L FC VH 5 68.7 142 65.5 170 34.2 401+ 65.4 137 68.8 194 57.2 220 60.5

147 150 RHEINISCH-WESTFÄLISCHE AACHEN DE XL FC VH 5 74.6 120 94.4 40 38.1 401+ 43.4 289 38.9 313 48.0 276 60.1

148 162 UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN GB L FC HI 5 53.6 200 50.6 287 53.6 266 66.2 131 89.4 105 94.9 59 59.9

149 155 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE (UCI) US L FC VH 3 66.4 153 40.4 386 25.5 401+ 98.1 26 53.1 247 28.7 401+ 59.6

150 161 WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY NL M FO VH 4 49.6 227 41.2 372 100.0 10 43.0 292 46.5 272 86.2 101 59.4

151= 145 UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN NO M FC VH 4 48.8 231 28.0 401+ 73.1 155 84.9 69 75.6 171 25.7 401+ 59.2

151= 135 UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER US M FC VH 5 42.4 283 12.1 401+ 99.9 15 75.9 101 39.1 311 74.0 153 59.2

153 165 TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY US XL FC VH 5 73.0 126 74.2 131 19.7 401+ 77.6 94 20.2 401+ 28.2 401+ 58.7

154 149 UNIVERSITY OF BERN CH L CO VH 5 40.0 308 44.7 336 87.1 100 65.7 134 99.0 42 44.5 297 58.4

155 133 UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO NZ L FC VH 5 62.2 164 56.6 230 30.7 401+ 62.3 161 100.0 14 76.2 138 58.2

156 163 LANCASTER UNIVERSITY GB M FC VH 3 60.3 175 68.2 151 41.6 397 48.9 252 84.4 130 91.9 72 58.1

157 158 EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY NL M FO VH 4 46.9 249 53.2 260 99.7 28 37.1 335 99.7 37 27.0 401+ 58.0

158= 153 ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE DE LYON FR S CO VH 5 59.4 181 28.4 401+ 100.0 8 28.9 401+ 58.9 225 42.8 311 57.7

158= 160 UNIVERSITÄT WIEN AT L FC VH 5 84.0 84 45.0 333 26.9 401+ 26.2 401+ 85.3 123 89.3 87 57.7

160 157 UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER US L CO VH 5 53.6 201 65.9 167 69.3 165 65.1 141 38.3 318 12.1 401+ 57.6

161 159 THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY HK L CO VH 2 60.9 171 59.1 216 46.7 341 41.2 303 99.6 40 89.1 90 57.5

162 179 SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY KR L FC VH 5 56.5 188 87.4 71 88.3 93 26.4 401+ 19.5 401+ 38.0 345 57.4

163= 151 RHEINISCHE FRIEDRICH-WILHELMS-UNIVERSITÄT BONN DE L FC VH 5 70.1 139 33.4 401+ 69.0 168 45.4 275 15.5 401+ 41.9 315 57.3

163= 146 UNAM MX XL FC VH 5 95.0 48 78.2 115 44.7 366 6.3 401+ 19.2 401+ 2.7 401+ 57.3

165 170 ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY CN XL FC VH 5 72.6 128 72.9 135 30.0 401+ 64.4 147 14.7 401+ 20.4 401+ 57.2

166 195 PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE CL L FC HI 5 85.5 77 87.4 72 42.1 393 17.5 401+ 17.1 401+ 21.2 401+ 57.0

167 156 UNIVERSITI MALAYA (UM) MY L FC VH 5 58.8 184 60.8 200 90.0 86 7.5 401+ 77.3 166 75.2 145 56.9

168= 172 UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES (ULB) BE L FC HI 5 58.5 185 58.6 221 41.5 398 47.9 258 92.5 88 96.2 49 56.8

168= 182 UNIVERSITY OF EXETER GB L FC HI 4 54.2 199 75.4 127 37.4 401+ 55.4 215 84.1 132 92.0 70 56.8

170 171 STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY SE XL CO VH 5 79.0 106 63.5 184 43.1 384 38.7 321 16.4 401+ 21.7 401+ 56.4

171 174 MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY US XL FC VH 5 64.9 156 67.3 160 28.8 401+ 58.4 190 66.0 207 50.7 259 56.2

172= 166 QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY OF BELFAST GB L FC HI 5 50.2 221 70.4 141 52.5 278 44.3 284 97.4 50 91.0 78 56.1

172= 189 VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL (VUB) BE M FC VH 5 41.4 293 70.2 142 96.2 52 31.6 380 71.3 186 64.7 190 56.1

174 186 UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA CN L CO VH 4 60.4 174 45.5 327 60.3 219 70.9 115 12.7 401+ 2.5 401+ 55.9

175= 164 CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY US M FC VH 5 33.0 392 5.3 401+ 96.5 49 91.8 52 22.7 401+ 59.8 210 55.7

175= 168 NANJING UNIVERSITY CN L FC VH 5 71.4 135 55.2 243 41.1 401+ 50.5 244 41.2 297 20.1 401+ 55.7

177 176 UNIVERSITAT AUTÓNOMA DE BARCELONA ES XL FC VH 3 79.0 104 44.0 344 34.9 401+ 48.7 253 22.8 401+ 30.5 396 55.6

178 187 UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONA (UB) ES XL FC VH 5 84.7 81 61.5 193 29.0 401+ 39.3 313 6.0 401+ 23.4 401+ 55.4

179 169 UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA US XL FC VH 5 61.9 168 51.6 275 55.5 250 58.3 192 15.9 401+ 26.8 401+ 55.0

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181= 167 VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY US L FC VH 5 49.3 228 16.4 401+ 100.0 7 57.9 195 6.7 401+ 27.1 401+ 54.8

181= 177 VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT AMSTERDAM NL L FC VH 5 68.2 143 62.8 188 44.4 371 45.6 272 44.7 280 16.3 401+ 54.8

183= 220 TECHNION - ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY IL L FC VH 4 55.2 193 39.7 394 38.4 401+ 84.5 72 66.2 206 9.9 401+ 54.6

183= 207 TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN DE L CO VH 5 71.0 137 73.0 134 55.9 249 17.3 401+ 38.4 316 43.4 307 54.6

185 196 UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP BE L FC VH 3 42.2 288 46.4 318 99.5 32 32.3 374 68.9 193 53.5 240 54.2

186 205 UNIVERSITÄT HAMBURG DE XL FC VH 4 70.8 138 46.2 320 55.2 253 31.4 382 26.0 389 46.1 288 54.1

187 178 UNIVERSITY OF BATH GB L CO VH 3 46.5 250 86.9 74 33.0 401+ 54.3 224 87.7 112 93.8 63 54.0

188 194 UNIVERSITÀ DI BOLOGNA (UNIBO) IT XL FC VH 5 86.5 72 67.1 162 16.8 401+ 37.9 327 7.1 401+ 19.5 401+ 53.8

189= 183= GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY US L FC HI 5 49.6 226 68.2 150 52.5 279 55.5 214 63.9 214 40.7 326 53.7

189= 175 QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY CA L FC VH 5 53.4 204 67.8 152 22.2 401+ 78.7 89 74.8 175 29.0 401+ 53.7

189= 218= UNIVERSITÉ PARIS-SUD 11 FR L CO VH 5 50.6 219 31.6 401+ 69.5 164 58.6 189 32.5 349 56.6 222 53.7

192 180 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, CHICAGO (UIC) US L FC VH 5 52.3 210 47.3 310 52.8 275 70.3 116 39.3 310 22.2 401+ 53.5

193= 200 KEIO UNIVERSITY JP XL FC HI 5 67.1 146 84.6 88 60.8 215 19.9 401+ 15.3 401+ 8.2 401+ 52.8

193= 188 UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX GB L FC HI 4 51.6 213 41.0 375 33.5 401+ 61.3 170 85.4 122 93.5 65 52.8

195 206 UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID ES L FC VH 3 72.8 127 67.6 155 37.8 401+ 37.0 338 15.5 401+ 18.2 401+ 52.7

196= 222 AALTO UNIVERSITY FI L SP VH 5 48.2 237 58.6 219 98.0 42 17.0 401+ 55.0 241 30.0 401+ 52.6

196= 216 SAPIENZA - UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA IT XL FC VH 5 85.3 78 58.1 225 9.8 401+ 46.4 268 5.2 401+ 20.0 401+ 52.6

196= 209 TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY IL L FC VH 4 59.6 179 40.7 379 14.4 401+ 99.4 18 26.9 385 8.6 401+ 52.6

199= 192 NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY TW M CO VH 4 59.6 180 40.0 390 32.1 401+ 76.1 100 41.3 296 13.3 401+ 52.4

199= 173 THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO CA L FC VH 5 51.1 218 59.6 212 33.7 401+ 65.2 140 76.5 168 44.7 295 52.4

201 214 UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY CA L FC VH 3 56.2 190 53.6 258 20.6 401+ 73.0 108 51.3 253 58.3 212 52.2

202= 223 CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SE M CO VH 5 44.4 261 78.9 111 55.9 248 45.3 276 69.0 191 51.7 252 52.1

202= 185 UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER GB L FC HI 4 37.0 342 42.0 365 56.5 242 64.4 148 79.4 156 95.8 54 52.1

204 181 TUFTS UNIVERSITY US M FC VH 5 27.6 401+ 34.0 401+ 62.7 200 97.2 31 73.3 178 34.9 369 52.0

205= 234 UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT - PARIS 7 FR L FC VH 5 68.9 141 17.4 401+ 26.9 401+ 61.8 167 41.4 295 49.7 262 51.8

205= 193 UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG SE L FC VH 5 54.4 197 51.3 279 47.4 334 62.6 160 35.2 332 19.6 401+ 51.8

205= 211 UNIVERSITY OF TURKU FI L FC HI 4 45.2 256 64.1 178 86.2 107 37.7 329 35.6 331 10.5 401+ 51.8

208 201= UNIVERSITÄT FRANKFURT AM MAIN DE XL FC VH 4 61.9 167 61.0 196 37.4 401+ 43.8 287 23.3 401+ 51.7 250 51.0

209 230 UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES AR XL FC HI 5 91.9 63 90.5 62 15.3 401+ 5.8 401+ 12.6 401+ 50.8

210= 190 UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK (UCC) IE L FC HI 5 47.7 242 67.1 161 43.8 376 45.9 271 88.3 108 45.3 293 50.6

210= 203 UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA JP L FC VH 3 52.3 209 36.0 401+ 90.9 81 28.0 401+ 15.7 401+ 26.7 401+ 50.6

212 183= UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA US XL FC VH 5 57.4 186 22.5 401+ 38.9 401+ 75.8 102 23.5 399 18.9 401+ 50.5

213 215 UNIVERSITY OF READING GB M CO VH 5 45.8 254 54.5 252 48.3 320 40.7 306 84.9 124 87.8 93 50.4

214 213 SCIENCES PO PARIS FR M SP HI 5 36.7 347 85.3 82 90.9 80 1.8 401+ 68.0 197 97.3 37 50.2

215 228 UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DE CAMPINAS (UNICAMP) BR L FC VH 3 72.0 134 61.6 191 34.0 401+ 35.9 345 13.4 401+ 6.2 401+ 50.1

216= 208 KFUPM SA M FO VH 4 44.0 265 55.4 242 84.7 113 7.7 401+ 100.0 12 61.6 201 49.9

216= 226 UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID (UCM) ES XL FC VH 5 78.2 109 76.1 123 33.7 401+ 14.8 401+ 3.7 401+ 19.7 401+ 49.9

216= 217 UNIVERSITÉ PARIS-SORBONNE (PARIS IV) FR L SP VH 5 85.8 75 76.0 124 15.7 401+ 1.9 401+ 24.7 395 59.9 209 49.9

219 204 UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE GB M FC VH 5 35.2 358 16.6 401+ 68.3 173 61.6 168 81.8 143 75.7 142 49.8

220= 248 UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER - GRENOBLE 1 FR L CO VH 5 52.5 208 37.6 401+ 45.4 358 61.2 171 20.0 401+ 47.2 282 49.6

220= 198 WASEDA UNIVERSITY JP XL CO VH 5 72.3 132 85.4 81 35.4 401+ 9.6 401+ 34.1 337 24.7 401+ 49.6

222 212 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI (IITD) IN M CO VH 4 51.3 215 86.8 75 35.9 401+ 63.3 157 1.3 401+ 1.5 401+ 49.4

223 225 UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE CL XL FC HI 5 80.1 99 79.4 108 19.1 401+ 21.5 401+ 12.2 401+ 8.1 401+ 49.3

224 235 UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME US M CO VH 5 41.3 296 61.6 192 51.7 288 61.9 166 49.8 256 21.9 401+ 49.2

225 218= UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON-SORBONNE FR XL FO HI 5 80.4 97 88.0 67 8.2 401+ 4.2 401+ 34.0 339 74.7 151 49.1

226 232 UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG FR XL FC HI 5 74.3 121 25.8 401+ 19.6 401+ 36.5 341 28.0 378 67.3 183 48.5

227 240 UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA CA XL FC VH 5 47.3 247 31.7 401+ 13.7 401+ 84.7 70 88.7 107 39.8 333 48.4

228 224 UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE NL M FO VH 4 39.0 320 39.1 400 44.4 372 59.8 180 74.6 176 75.4 144 48.0

229 236 UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA (UEA) GB L FC HI 4 44.1 264 31.2 401+ 42.5 390 48.4 254 83.9 133 88.0 92 47.7

230= 238 NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY TW M CO VH 5 36.8 344 34.0 401+ 59.5 225 62.1 162 51.3 252 47.2 281 47.5

230= 244 POLITECNICO DI MILANO IT L SP VH 5 64.0 159 90.6 61 16.7 401+ 29.0 401+ 28.7 373 42.3 314 47.5

232 231 UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI US L FC VH 4 27.4 401+ 25.8 401+ 95.9 55 59.2 182 12.3 401+ 40.0 332 47.3

233= 286 CHARLES UNIVERSITY CZ XL FC VH 5 57.1 187 54.3 253 53.1 272 21.1 401+ 13.6 401+ 62.0 199 47.1

233= 227 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY (IITB) IN M CO VH 4 58.9 183 89.2 65 28.1 401+ 43.0 294 3.8 401+ 1.2 401+ 47.1

235 256= UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO IT XL FC VH 4 63.2 161 56.1 235 19.0 401+ 54.2 225 10.8 401+ 10.7 401+ 46.8

236= 199 UNIVERSITY OF IOWA US L FC VH 5 42.5 279 25.3 401+ 48.1 324 74.0 106 12.6 401+ 34.9 370 46.5

236= 245 WESTFÄLISCHE WILHELMS-UNIVERSITÄT MÜNSTER DE XL FC VH 5 51.3 216 60.2 202 53.4 269 33.4 365 28.0 379 20.5 401+ 46.5

238 221 UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY NZ M CO VH 5 46.2 253 67.7 153 20.9 401+ 41.7 302 100.0 27 66.1 187 46.2

239 201= CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY TH XL FC HI 4 73.8 124 60.8 199 36.6 401+ 10.2 401+ 15.3 401+ 3.7 401+ 46.1

240= 210 INDIANA UNIVERSITY BLOOMINGTON US XL FC VH 5 61.5 170 51.7 273 34.5 401+ 37.3 332 1.2 401+ 31.5 389 45.9



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240= 253 SAINT-PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY RU L FC HI 5 49.7 223 40.3 387 97.9 44 3.6 401+ 5.2 401+ 24.3 401+ 45.9

240= 239 UNIVERSITY OF LIEGE BE L FC VH 5 37.2 340 42.8 355 59.8 222 44.9 279 46.0 276 66.2 186 45.9

243 247 UNIVERSITÄT KÖLN DE XL FC HI 5 55.0 195 67.3 158 16.3 401+ 51.6 240 30.9 358 33.5 377 45.7

244= 243 DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY CA L FC VH 5 38.3 329 19.6 401+ 31.6 401+ 73.0 109 89.1 106 55.2 230 45.6

244= 242 LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY GB L FO VH 3 41.5 291 76.6 120 38.0 401+ 27.4 401+ 84.7 126 77.3 133 45.6

244= 282 SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY CA L CO VH 3 41.8 289 43.7 347 11.4 401+ 65.3 139 94.4 72 85.0 106 45.6

247 271= NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY TW L FC VH 4 48.7 233 40.4 385 47.9 326 47.9 259 20.8 401+ 32.4 383 45.5

248 229 UNIVERSITÄT STUTTGART DE L CO VH 5 41.1 299 59.9 204 75.7 140 13.6 401+ 34.0 340 64.8 189 45.4

249 249 HANYANG UNIVERSITY KR L FC VH 4 32.4 401+ 50.2 290 96.0 53 15.6 401+ 27.3 382 69.0 177 45.3

250 250 AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT (AUB) LB M FC HI 5 26.3 401+ 79.2 109 66.9 177 20.3 401+ 95.9 59 84.9 107 45.1

251 289 NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY NO L FC VH 5 44.9 257 44.7 337 44.9 362 40.9 305 73.1 180 30.9 391 45.0

252 252 BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY CN L CO VH 5 56.4 189 39.4 398 44.5 370 21.0 401+ 72.1 184 28.6 401+ 44.8

253= 197 KING SAUD UNIVERSITY (KSU) SA XL FC HI 4 43.3 271 35.2 401+ 86.1 109 3.8 401+ 96.4 56 17.8 401+ 44.7

253= 262 UNIVERSITY OF OULU FI M FC VH 4 32.5 401+ 21.0 401+ 83.2 120 44.3 283 65.0 209 14.5 401+ 44.7

255= 270 KYUNG HEE UNIVERSITY KR L FC VH 4 36.8 346 72.0 139 83.6 116 11.5 401+ 21.1 401+ 47.6 279 44.5

255= 260 RUTGERS, NEW BRUNSWICK US XL CO VH 5 52.8 205 25.2 401+ 38.3 401+ 50.7 242 37.2 325 21.0 401+ 44.5

257 254 UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE GB L CO VH 5 40.5 303 66.7 164 37.9 401+ 30.8 388 83.3 136 69.0 178 44.4

258 251 UNIVERSITÄT ULM DE M CO VH 3 18.0 401+ 18.2 401+ 92.6 74 64.9 143 29.1 368 38.2 343 44.0

259 314 UNIVERSITÀ DI PISA IT XL FC VH 5 59.9 178 41.9 366 7.8 401+ 64.2 150 13.1 401+ 10.4 401+ 43.9

260 275 TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT DARMSTADT DE L FO VH 5 36.9 343 81.6 101 34.9 401+ 37.1 337 64.2 213 63.1 196 43.8

261 290 UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, AMHERST US L CO VH 5 49.7 225 40.1 389 26.6 401+ 60.1 177 27.0 383 15.9 401+ 43.5

262 288 TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT DRESDEN DE XL FC VH 5 46.5 251 59.8 205 32.4 401+ 45.6 274 28.6 374 32.0 385 43.4

263 233 MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY AU L FC HI 3 42.3 286 72.4 138 15.7 401+ 30.5 394 99.8 36 94.4 60 43.3

264 274 TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT WIEN AT L FO VH 5 45.2 255 67.7 154 20.0 401+ 33.2 366 60.5 220 89.8 84 43.2

265= 267 ROYAL HOLLOWAY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON GB M CO VH 5 34.2 372 38.7 401+ 34.4 401+ 43.9 285 95.4 67 98.4 32 43.1

265= 237 VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON NZ L CO HI 5 48.6 235 66.3 165 19.4 401+ 22.2 401+ 100.0 29 71.9 161 43.1

267 298 UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI PADOVA (UNIPD) IT XL FC VH 5 62.9 163 43.6 350 22.4 401+ 40.3 310 3.7 401+ 10.7 401+ 42.9

268 303 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, RIVERSIDE (UCR) US L FC HI 4 37.9 334 14.5 401+ 22.6 401+ 78.5 91 77.9 163 39.0 339 42.8

269= 261 UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA (UKM) MY L FC VH 3 48.0 240 36.5 401+ 58.5 231 5.7 401+ 93.0 84 44.6 296 42.7

269= 241 YESHIVA UNIVERSITY US M FC VH 5 5.8 401+ 10.5 401+ 97.6 47 92.1 51 1.8 401+ 23.7 401+ 42.7

271 256= UNIVERSITY OF UTAH US L FC VH 5 25.2 401+ 23.9 401+ 55.3 251 80.1 84 28.6 375 28.0 401+ 42.5

272 284 UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, SYDNEY (UTS) AU L CO VH 3 41.3 294 81.6 102 25.6 401+ 15.2 401+ 95.5 66 92.0 71 42.4

273 279 UNIVERSITÄT KONSTANZ DE M CO VH 3 47.7 243 36.5 401+ 46.0 349 27.9 401+ 56.8 232 36.1 358 42.3

274= 335 UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES COLOMBIA CO L FC MD 4 59.9 177 73.0 133 32.0 401+ 11.0 401+ 39.3 309 3.6 401+ 42.2

274= 315 UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES FR L FC VH 5 37.9 335 28.4 401+ 21.5 401+ 81.1 82 19.2 401+ 51.3 254 42.2

276= 277 TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY JP S FO VH 4 12.9 401+ 17.4 401+ 100.0 12 68.6 120 7.0 401+ 19.3 401+ 42.1

276= 264 UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG AU L FC HI 3 28.4 401+ 81.7 100 36.3 401+ 31.9 376 99.8 35 76.0 140 42.1

278 269 UNIVERSITÄT ERLANGEN-NÜRNBERG DE XL FC VH 5 38.8 325 26.9 401+ 57.5 238 44.6 282 41.2 300 23.7 401+ 42.0

279= 281 QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (QUT) AU XL CO VH 2 44.8 258 75.4 126 21.2 401+ 22.8 401+ 95.0 70 54.7 236 41.9

279= 306= TECNOLÓGICO DE MONTERREY (ITESM) MX L FC MD 4 42.6 276 84.6 85 56.2 245 3.6 401+ 55.2 239 30.4 399 41.9

281= 263 UNIVERSITÄT MANNHEIM DE M FO VH 5 31.8 401+ 85.3 83 18.0 401+ 74.8 105 21.8 401+ 14.2 401+ 41.8

281= 266 UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA ES M CO VH 2 41.4 292 40.4 384 40.8 401+ 34.1 358 78.8 160 42.5 312 41.8

283 255 MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY TH L FC HI 4 47.8 241 29.2 401+ 79.1 128 12.7 401+ 14.3 401+ 7.5 401+ 41.6

284= 258 CURTIN UNIVERSITY AU XL CO VH 3 39.3 318 68.2 149 28.5 401+ 15.9 401+ 100.0 21 99.4 21 41.5

284= 287 NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, GALWAY (NUIG) IE L FC HI 5 36.1 351 44.3 341 50.0 303 25.1 401+ 92.5 87 56.7 221 41.5

284= 333 UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO DE JANEIRO BR XL FC VH 4 63.1 162 32.3 401+ 43.3 382 15.9 401+ 14.4 401+ 5.7 401+ 41.5

284= 259 UNIVERSITY OF SURREY GB L CO VH 5 34.4 366 44.3 340 35.5 401+ 32.3 373 93.4 80 98.6 29 41.5

288 271= HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY (HKBU) HK M FC HI 2 27.2 401+ 25.9 401+ 75.5 141 22.8 401+ 87.5 113 74.8 148 41.4

289= 297 UMEÅ UNIVERSITY SE M FC VH 3 32.9 393 29.4 401+ 65.2 187 47.5 262 45.8 277 4.3 401+ 41.3

289= 276 UNIVERSITÄT INNSBRUCK AT L FC HI 5 47.4 245 38.0 401+ 20.5 401+ 23.3 401+ 93.7 78 98.5 30 41.3

291= 246 RMIT UNIVERSITY AU XL CO HI 2 40.1 307 84.6 87 23.6 401+ 9.0 401+ 100.0 28 99.9 12 41.2

291= 302 UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND FI M CO VH 3 23.9 401+ 19.4 401+ 80.8 124 54.5 222 37.9 321 12.2 401+ 41.2

293= 330 ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY US XL CO VH 5 55.2 194 36.9 401+ 13.1 401+ 53.6 228 11.3 401+ 21.8 401+ 40.9

293= 265 CHRISTIAN-ALBRECHTS-UNIVERSITÄT ZU KIEL DE L FC VH 5 31.2 401+ 30.8 401+ 16.8 401+ 89.9 55 55.5 238 21.1 401+ 40.9

295= 278 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR (IITK) IN M CO VH 4 43.9 266 64.7 177 25.6 401+ 56.3 209 1.5 401+ 1.2 401+ 40.7

295= 285 NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY TW S FC VH 3 17.3 401+ 17.1 401+ 99.1 36 54.9 219 11.3 401+ 11.3 401+ 40.7

297 316 JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITÄT MAINZ DE XL FC HI 5 38.8 323 32.8 401+ 15.3 401+ 72.9 110 37.8 322 40.7 325 40.5

298 268 UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE AU L FC HI 3 42.5 280 54.7 246 23.0 401+ 31.1 384 94.6 71 45.2 294 40.4

299= 390 AL-FARABI KAZAKH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY KZ L CO MD 4 39.3 317 35.6 401+ 91.3 79 1.1 401+ 26.8 386 18.6 401+ 40.2

299= 301 ÉCOLE DES PONTS PARISTECH FR S FO HI 5 18.0 401+ 56.0 236 99.9 19 5.8 401+ 30.1 361 91.7 73 40.2



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299= 309= UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ FI M CO VH 4 33.1 388 27.9 401+ 92.9 69 16.5 401+ 31.7 353 12.0 401+ 40.2

302 313 UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO SUNY US L FC VH 5 30.3 401+ 9.1 401+ 18.9 401+ 89.4 57 38.0 320 68.1 181 40.1

303 369 L.N. GUMILYOV EURASIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY KZ L CO LO 2 38.3 330 32.0 401+ 99.7 26 1.1 401+ 15.7 401+ 6.9 401+ 40.0

304= 295 KOBE UNIVERSITY JP L FC HI 4 39.3 319 40.7 377 63.9 196 29.2 401+ 8.7 401+ 14.8 401+ 39.7

304= 291 NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY US L CO VH 5 37.5 337 48.3 306 27.8 401+ 62.0 165 10.5 401+ 25.1 401+ 39.7

306 304 UNIVERSITY OF TROMSO NO M FC HI 3 22.4 401+ 4.5 401+ 95.5 57 37.1 336 41.6 289 28.0 401+ 39.6

307= 280 HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY JP L FC VH 4 34.2 371 18.0 401+ 86.2 108 27.2 401+ 8.8 401+ 14.7 401+ 39.5

307= 311 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA CRUZ (UCSC) US L CO VH 3 39.6 315 21.7 401+ 85.9 65 36.5 329 3.8 401+ 39.5

309= 306= UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1, SCIENCES TECHNOLOGIES FR M FO VH 5 32.1 401+ 26.8 401+ 57.6 237 35.7 346 49.8 257 50.8 258 39.4

309= 273 UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA ID XL FC MD 5 48.8 232 67.4 157 56.3 243 1.5 401+ 24.8 394 4.4 401+ 39.4

311= 320 UNIVERSITÄT LEIPZIG DE L FC VH 5 42.3 285 21.4 401+ 16.4 401+ 72.8 111 14.3 401+ 30.4 401+ 39.3

311= 318 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK DK L FO VH 3 29.6 401+ 35.4 401+ 53.6 267 39.2 315 48.8 262 56.2 224 39.3

313= 312 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS (IITM) IN M CO VH 4 40.3 306 74.6 130 29.8 401+ 46.6 266 2.1 401+ 1.3 401+ 39.2

313= 363 UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND ZA L FC HI 5 44.3 262 43.7 349 23.3 401+ 34.0 360 84.2 131 26.5 401+ 39.2

315 359 UNIVERSIDAD DE NAVARRA ES M FC VH 4 26.6 401+ 50.0 292 70.7 162 24.9 401+ 33.5 343 49.0 267 39.0

316 337 VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE (VIRGINIA TECH) US L FC VH 5 38.6 328 52.7 264 38.1 401+ 38.5 322 30.0 362 24.7 401+ 38.9

317= 327= UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL AR S CO MD 2 31.8 401+ 49.5 297 93.3 67 3.7 401+ 8.9 401+ 22.1 401+ 38.8

317= 343 UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID ES L FO VH 2 43.5 270 61.9 190 54.3 263 6.3 401+ 30.0 363 28.4 401+ 38.8

317= - UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI US S CO VH 5 8.8 401+ 4.1 401+ 98.5 39 59.7 181 10.0 401+ 51.7 251 38.8

320 336 UNIVERSITÁ DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA - TOR VERGATA IT XL CO VH 3 51.1 217 33.2 401+ 10.8 401+ 58.2 193 3.9 401+ 15.7 401+ 38.7

321= 319 IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY US L CO VH 5 34.3 367 24.0 401+ 34.3 401+ 59.1 185 38.2 319 34.9 371 38.6

321= 305 UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA ARGENTINA AR L FC LO 4 41.1 300 71.8 140 65.6 185 1.2 401+ 28.6 401+ 38.6

321= 299 UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA CA L CO VH 4 32.4 401+ 23.7 401+ 16.4 401+ 68.7 119 89.8 99 33.0 380 38.6

324 332 BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY US M CO VH 4 24.2 401+ 15.9 401+ 39.3 401+ 73.6 107 18.4 401+ 72.2 159 38.5

325= 292 JULIUS-MAXIMILIANS-UNIVERSITÄT WÜRZBURG DE L FC VH 5 33.3 384 11.4 401+ 42.4 392 64.3 149 32.9 347 16.0 401+ 38.4

325= 381= UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA CO XL FC HI 5 64.2 158 73.1 132 17.9 401+ 5.0 401+ 11.5 401+ 2.0 401+ 38.4

327= 339 GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY US L FC HI 5 39.9 311 40.8 376 40.8 401+ 38.2 325 3.1 401+ 43.5 304 38.3

327= 283 UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MĀ�NOA US L FC VH 5 26.0 401+ 6.9 401+ 60.4 216 61.4 169 31.7 351 23.4 401+ 38.3

329= 324= LAVAL UNIVERSITY CA L FC VH 5 35.7 354 33.6 401+ 29.3 401+ 54.3 223 37.7 323 36.7 356 38.2

329= 317 WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY US M FC VH 5 10.1 401+ 99.7 29 65.4 138 7.0 401+ 13.5 401+ 38.2

331= 377 BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV IL L FC HI 3 32.0 401+ 25.4 401+ 56.8 240 33.0 369 79.6 155 14.3 401+ 38.1

331= 329 BOSTON COLLEGE US L CO HI 5 32.1 401+ 54.8 245 36.7 401+ 28.1 401+ 81.4 148 52.8 242 38.1

331= 340 LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY SE L CO VH 3 32.8 394 55.6 241 52.3 281 29.9 399 39.0 312 17.9 401+ 38.1

334= 352= AALBORG UNIVERSITY DK L FC HI 5 34.1 373 59.2 215 40.0 401+ 20.5 401+ 70.8 188 52.7 243 38.0

334= 352= BAUMAN MOSCOW STATE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY RU L FO HI 5 27.8 401+ 58.5 222 100.0 9 1.1 401+ 1.0 401+ 12.5 401+ 38.0

334= - ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE DE CACHAN FR S CO VH 5 31.3 401+ 85.0 112 26.2 401+ 26.6 387 35.8 362 38.0

337 294 SOAS, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON GB S SP HI 4 34.9 361 37.4 401+ 46.7 342 3.4 401+ 99.9 32 100.0 8 37.9

338= 300 STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY US L FC VH 4 25.3 401+ 10.4 401+ 47.6 331 63.1 159 31.7 352 54.9 234 37.8

338= 321 UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX GB L CO HI 3 37.2 341 30.4 401+ 26.2 401+ 23.5 401+ 98.0 45 98.6 28 37.8

338= 398 UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW PL XL CO VH 5 53.4 203 57.6 227 38.5 401+ 9.7 401+ 9.5 401+ 7.8 401+ 37.8

341= 368 GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY AU L FC HI 3 34.8 362 54.1 255 27.5 401+ 18.9 401+ 92.6 86 87.0 98 37.7

341= 293 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA (UNISA) AU L CO VH 2 33.0 389 52.6 265 37.1 401+ 16.0 401+ 100.0 6 70.4 170 37.7

343= 308 MASSEY UNIVERSITY NZ L CO VH 4 36.5 348 49.2 301 33.3 401+ 21.6 401+ 93.0 83 41.0 323 37.3

343= 401-450 UNIVERSITY OF PORTO PT XL FC VH 5 50.1 222 41.1 373 25.8 401+ 33.8 362 10.5 401+ 10.9 401+ 37.3

345 350 UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA ES L CO VH 3 38.1 333 32.0 401+ 65.6 186 14.4 401+ 14.2 401+ 37.6 347 37.2

346 349 IIT KHARAGPUR IN M FO VH 4 36.0 352 59.0 217 26.0 401+ 57.0 205 1.0 401+ 37.1

347 327= CITY UNIVERSITY LONDON GB L CO HI 5 33.3 379 64.0 182 23.7 401+ 15.1 401+ 87.8 111 99.7 20 37.0

348 392 AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO EG M CO HI 4 33.3 380 69.5 145 54.5 260 3.5 401+ 97.4 51 36.9

349= 324= DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY (DCU) IE M CO VH 2 25.4 401+ 54.5 251 44.7 365 23.7 401+ 86.9 120 61.0 204 36.8

349= 401-450 PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA CO L FC MD 5 49.7 224 67.3 159 45.0 361 2.1 401+ 8.2 401+ 4.1 401+ 36.8

351 362 JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY (JCU) AU M FC VH 3 22.0 401+ 32.5 401+ 36.3 401+ 49.7 247 93.6 79 48.0 277 36.5

352 371 NOVOSIBIRSK STATE UNIVERSITY RU M FC HI 4 32.7 395 24.8 401+ 87.3 98 5.2 401+ 4.9 401+ 35.3 366 36.2

353= 296 RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE US M CO VH 5 17.3 401+ 21.5 401+ 41.4 399 81.2 81 8.4 401+ 40.1 331 36.1

353= 401-450 UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA PT L FC HI 3 35.2 359 51.7 272 44.6 368 19.0 401+ 46.8 271 34.0 376 36.1

355= - UNIVERSITÉ AIX-MARSEILLE FR XL FC VH 5 48.1 238 28.2 401+ 27.9 401+ 27.3 401+ 7.7 401+ 47.5 280 36.0

355= 326 UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA (USM) MY L FC VH 4 48.1 239 42.6 360 33.8 401+ 13.2 401+ 20.3 401+ 39.3 337 36.0

355= 358 UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA (UTM) MY L CO VH 5 32.2 401+ 40.6 380 62.2 203 3.2 401+ 37.1 326 79.6 125 36.0

358= 344 UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DAUPHINE FR M SP MD 3 35.0 360 93.7 44 18.2 401+ 6.9 401+ 55.6 237 92.5 69 35.9

358= 385= UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA PT L FC HI 5 46.3 252 31.5 401+ 19.8 401+ 36.3 343 6.1 401+ 51.2 257 35.9

360= 331 BRUNEL UNIVERSITY GB L CO VH 3 24.4 401+ 35.3 401+ 28.5 401+ 35.7 347 95.6 63 95.9 53 35.8



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360= 334 KING ABDUL AZIZ UNIVERSITY (KAU) SA XL FC HI 3 38.2 331 29.2 401+ 53.2 271 2.7 401+ 77.3 165 48.7 273 35.8

362 341 EWHA WOMANS UNIVERSITY KR L FC HI 5 30.9 401+ 43.7 348 59.5 227 16.9 401+ 23.2 401+ 45.7 291 35.6

363= 451-500 NANKAI UNIVERSITY CN L FC VH 4 37.3 338 41.2 371 46.5 345 28.4 401+ 3.3 401+ 24.0 401+ 35.5

363= 323 TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY TW M FO VH 4 24.7 401+ 32.3 401+ 56.7 241 43.4 288 27.9 380 16.0 401+ 35.5

363= 376 UNIVERSITÄT JENA DE L FC VH 5 32.5 399 18.2 401+ 40.0 401+ 52.7 231 21.4 401+ 18.3 401+ 35.5

366= 338 RUHR-UNIVERSITÄT BOCHUM DE XL FC VH 4 35.8 353 35.2 401+ 33.1 401+ 32.6 371 42.3 288 44.4 299 35.4

366= - UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS DALLAS US L CO VH 3 23.0 401+ 26.1 401+ 16.2 401+ 79.3 86 15.6 401+ 70.9 167 35.4

366= 356 WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY US L FC VH 5 36.8 345 20.8 401+ 32.2 401+ 37.2 334 72.3 182 19.7 401+ 35.4

369 388 HERIOT-WATT UNIVERSITY GB M CO VH 3 19.0 401+ 46.0 323 35.3 401+ 30.7 392 96.5 55 99.3 23 35.3

370= 401-450 POLITECNICO DI TORINO IT L FO VH 5 42.9 272 68.6 147 9.5 401+ 30.7 391 2.8 401+ 57.8 215 35.2

370= 346= UNIVERSITÄT BREMEN DE L CO VH 3 39.7 314 28.1 401+ 47.9 325 20.3 401+ 20.6 401+ 35.1 368 35.2

372 361 XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY CN L FC VH 5 27.6 401+ 54.3 254 72.9 156 14.6 401+ 9.7 401+ 9.5 401+ 35.1

373 401-450 TILBURG UNIVERSITY NL M FO VH 4 33.5 376 58.6 220 21.9 401+ 27.2 401+ 83.3 137 28.4 401+ 34.8

374= 379 BIRKBECK COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON GB M FO VH 5 35.4 356 16.2 401+ 17.0 401+ 34.1 357 92.3 89 78.8 128 34.7

374= 401-450 OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY GB L CO HI 5 36.5 349 62.9 187 23.2 401+ 9.4 401+ 60.5 221 83.7 110 34.7

376= 401-450 JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY PL XL CO VH 5 42.5 278 49.5 296 48.3 319 10.4 401+ 5.7 401+ 9.0 401+ 34.6

376= 401-450 UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS US L FC VH 5 23.5 401+ 25.3 401+ 66.0 182 34.4 355 23.3 401+ 25.3 401+ 34.6

376= 395 UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE FI M CO VH 4 28.8 401+ 32.6 401+ 62.2 202 27.7 401+ 25.2 391 8.7 401+ 34.6

379 401-450 UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI FIRENZE (UNIFI) IT XL FC VH 4 49.3 229 22.5 401+ 24.2 401+ 31.0 385 10.6 401+ 17.0 401+ 34.5

380= 401-450 DEAKIN UNIVERSITY AU XL FC HI 3 34.5 365 52.1 268 14.4 401+ 21.7 401+ 91.4 95 69.5 176 34.4

380= 366 UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT US L FC VH 5 22.3 401+ 22.7 401+ 27.3 401+ 63.5 156 79.0 157 18.5 401+ 34.4

380= 348 UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES PH XL FC MD 5 47.4 246 65.0 172 39.9 401+ 3.0 401+ 2.3 401+ 2.5 401+ 34.4

383 401-450 UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DE VALENCIA ES L CO VH 3 34.7 363 49.5 298 56.0 247 14.3 401+ 7.5 401+ 16.0 401+ 34.2

384 451-500 SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITY CN XL FC VH 4 42.6 277 40.2 388 29.0 401+ 29.2 401+ 13.5 401+ 11.8 401+ 34.1

385 378 UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2 FR L FO VH 5 27.1 401+ 19.0 401+ 36.3 401+ 54.8 220 16.2 401+ 40.9 324 33.9

386 367 MGIMO UNIVERSITY RU M FO LO 4 15.8 401+ 46.0 324 98.7 38 1.0 401+ 8.3 401+ 48.7 271 33.8

387= 401-450 STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY ZA L FC HI 5 42.2 287 43.0 354 16.8 401+ 32.4 372 27.8 381 22.8 401+ 33.7

387= 309= TULANE UNIVERSITY US M FC VH 5 17.0 401+ 10.4 401+ 67.9 174 49.4 249 16.3 401+ 29.0 401+ 33.7

389 451-500 POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID ES L SP VH 3 32.7 396 58.4 224 51.1 290 7.7 401+ 2.9 401+ 52.9 241 33.6

390= - INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE BUENOS AIRES (ITBA) AR S CO MD 4 21.8 401+ 42.8 356 98.1 41 1.4 401+ 7.9 401+ 2.3 401+ 33.5

390= 375 LA TROBE UNIVERSITY AU L CO VH 3 33.3 383 38.1 401+ 24.9 401+ 17.0 401+ 80.9 152 77.2 134 33.5

390= 351 UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER TOULOUSE III FR XL CO HI 5 43.7 268 43.7 378 23.7 401+ 15.7 401+ 33.0 379 33.5

390= 401-450 UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE US L FC VH 5 18.0 401+ 29.7 401+ 52.0 285 57.8 196 13.8 401+ 11.1 401+ 33.5

394= 365 COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY US L CO VH 5 26.1 401+ 43.9 346 15.4 401+ 68.5 121 23.8 398 10.5 401+ 33.4

394= 373 KARL-FRANZENS-UNIVERSITÄT GRAZ AT L FO VH 5 40.7 302 30.3 401+ 19.4 401+ 27.3 401+ 61.4 219 30.3 401+ 33.4

394= 355 UNIVERSITÄT DÜSSELDORF DE L FC HI 3 22.6 401+ 18.0 401+ 48.4 317 52.5 235 5.9 401+ 38.7 342 33.4

397= 451-500 NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY US L CO VH 5 21.5 401+ 56.3 232 34.9 401+ 36.5 342 12.5 401+ 80.3 121 33.3

397= 451-500 UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI NAPOLI FEDERICO II IT XL FC VH 5 42.7 274 26.3 401+ 8.6 401+ 57.7 198 1.8 401+ 2.1 401+ 33.3

399= 345 ASTON UNIVERSITY GB M CO VH 3 21.5 401+ 46.7 315 26.4 401+ 25.8 401+ 93.8 77 93.1 68 33.2

399= 401-450 UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI TORINO (UNITO) IT XL FC VH 5 41.0 301 27.4 401+ 11.8 401+ 52.6 232 4.8 401+ 17.1 401+ 33.2

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M – Medium FO – Focused MD – Moderate 3 - Established (< 50 years)

S – Small SP – Specialist LO – Limited or None 2 - Young (< 25 years)

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401-410 - BEIHANG UNIVERSITY CN L CO VH 4

401-410 401-450 IIT ROORKEE IN S FO VH 5

401-410 401-450 NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY TW M CO VH 4

401-410 401-450 OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY US L CO VH 5

401-410 391 SOGANG UNIVERSITY KR M CO VH 4

401-410 372 UNIVERSITÄT REGENSBURG DE L CO VH 4

401-410 396= UNIVERSITÉ LILLE 1, SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIE FR L FO VH 5

401-410 357 UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA AU L CO VH 5

401-410 374 UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO NZ M CO VH 3

401-410 451-500 WUHAN UNIVERSITY CN XL FC VH 5

401-410 401-450 YORK UNIVERSITY CA XL CO HI 4

411-420 396= NTUST TW M FO VH 3

411-420 387 THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA US XL FC VH 5

411-420 401-450 UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE SÃO PAULO (UNIFESP) BR M FC VH 4

411-420 401-450 UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI PAVIA (UNIPV) IT L FC HI 5

411-420 399 UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH DE M CO VH 3

411-420 346= UNIVERSITÉ CLAUDE BERNARD LYON 1 FR XL FC HI 5

411-420 401-450 UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC CA XL FC HI 3

411-420 360 UNIVERSITI PUTRA MALAYSIA (UPM) MY L FC VH 3

411-420 383 UNIVERSITY OF KENT GB L CO HI 3

411-420 393= UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN (HSG) CH M SP VH 5

421-430 380 BOND UNIVERSITY AU S FC HI 2

421-430 401-450 FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY US XL FC HI 5

421-430 370 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY AE L FC MD 3

421-430 - UNIVERSIDAD DE SAN ANDRÉS AR S SP LO 3

421-430 401-450 UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA AR XL FC HI 5

421-430 364 UNIVERSITÄT DES SAARLANDES DE L FC HI 4

421-430 385= UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI, COLUMBIA US L FC VH 5

421-430 400 UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO US L FC VH 5

421-430 393= UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN CA L FC HI 5

431-440 401-450 AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF SHARJAH AE M FC MD 2

431-440 401-450 BILKENT UNIVERSITY TR M CO VH 3

431-440 342 FLINDERS UNIVERSITY AU L FC HI 3

431-440 354 HANKUK UNIVERSITY OF FOREIGN STUDIES KR L CO MD 4

431-440 451-500 MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY TR L CO VH 4

431-440 401-450 PHILIPPS-UNIVERSITÄT MARBURG DE L FC HI 5

431-440 401-450 SWANSEA UNIVERSITY GB L FC HI 4

431-440 - TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY FI M CO VH 3

431-440 384 UNIVERSITÄT BIELEFELD DE L CO HI 3

431-440 401-450 UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA CA L FC VH 5

441-450 381= CHIBA UNIVERSITY JP L FC HI 5

441-450 401-450 ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY US M CO VH 5

441-450 - MIPT RU M FO VH 4

441-450 - TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY EE M CO VH 4

441-450 501-550 UNIVERSITY OF KYIV UA L CO HI 5

441-450 322 TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE JP L FO VH 4

441-450 451-500 UNIVERSIDAD DE SALAMANCA ES L FC HI 5

441-450 451-500 UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI TRENTO IT L CO VH 4

441-450 - UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE CA L FC HI 4

441-450 401-450 UNIVERSITÉ PANTHÉON-ASSAS (PARIS 2) FR L SP LO 5


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441-450 401-450 UNIVERSITY OF DELHI IN XL FC HI 4

451-460 401-450 ABO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY FI M CO VH 4

451-460 501-550 CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE CZ L SP VH 5

451-460 401-450 LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITÄT HANNOVER DE L CO VH 5

451-460 401-450 PUSAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY KR L FC VH 4

451-460 401-450 SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY CN XL CO VH 2

451-460 - ST. PETERSBURG STATE POLITECNICAL UNIVERSITY RU L CO HI 5

451-460 451-500 UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE IT XL CO VH 4

451-460 501-550 UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI GENOVA IT XL FC HI 5

451-460 401-450 UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE US L CO VH 5

461-470 451-500 BANDUNG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (ITB) ID L CO HI 4

461-470 551-600 BOGAZIÇI ÜNIVERSITESI TR M CO VH 5

461-470 401-450 GOLDSMITHS, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON GB M FO HI 5

461-470 451-500 NATIONAL SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITY TW M CO VH 3

461-470 401-450 RENMIN (PEOPLE’S) UNIVERSITY OF CHINA CN L FO VH 4

461-470 - UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA CR XL CO MD 4

461-470 451-500 UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE (USACH) CL L FC MD 5

461-470 389 UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI US XL FC VH 5

461-470 401-450 UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH CA L CO VH 3

461-470 501-550 UNIVERSITY OF TARTU EE L FC HI 5

471-480 601+ AMERICAN UNIVERSITY US M CO HI 5

471-480 451-500 ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI GR XL FC VH 4

471-480 451-500 AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY NZ L CO HI 2

471-480 451-500 BANGOR UNIVERSITY GB M FC HI 5

471-480 - CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY AU S CO VH 2

471-480 - KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY US L CO VH 5

471-480 - KINGSTON UNIVERSITY, LONDON GB L CO HI 5

471-480 451-500 UNIVERSITAT DE VALENCIA ES XL FC HI 5

471-480 451-500 UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 1 FR L FO VH 5

471-480 501-550 UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA ZA XL FC HI 5

481-490 501-550 CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY CA L CO VH 3

481-490 401-450 DREXEL UNIVERSITY US L FC HI 5

481-490 - LINCOLN UNIVERSITY NZ S CO HI 5

481-490 451-500 NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY TW L CO HI 4

481-490 401-450 NUST ISLAMABAD PK M CO HI 2

481-490 451-500 SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AU L CO HI 5

481-490 451-500 TONGJI UNIVERSITY CN XL FC VH 5

481-490 501-550 UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA ES L FC HI 5

481-490 451-500 UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE MINAS GERAIS BR XL FC HI 5

481-490 451-500 UNIVERSITÄT DUISBURG-ESSEN DE XL FC HI 3

481-490 401-450 UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY US L FC VH 5

481-490 451-500 UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA US L FC VH 5

491-500 401-450 IMAM UNIVERSITY SA XL CO LO 4

491-500 401-450 HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY CN XL FO VH 4

491-500 501-550 PEOPLE'S FRIENDSHIP UNIVERSITY OF RUSSIA RU L CO MD 4

491-500 551-600 UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL PAULISTA BR XL FC VH 3

491-500 - UNIVERSITÉ NICE SOPHIA-ANTIPOLIS FR L FC HI 3

491-500 451-500 UNIVERSITY OF CRETE GR L FC HI 3

491-500 - UNIVERSITY OF MILANO-BICOCCA IT XL CO VH 2

491-500 451-500 UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA US L CO VH 5



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501-550 451-500 ATENEO DE MANILA UNIVERSITY PH M FC LO 5

501-550 451-500 BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY CN L FO VH 4

501-550 501-550 CARLETON UNIVERSITY CA L CO VH 4

501-550 451-500 CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY TW M FO VH 3

501-550 551-600 CHUNG-ANG UNIVERSITY KR L FC HI 4

501-550 451-500 CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK US XL CO VH 5

501-550 501-550 COLLEGE OF WILLIAM & MARY US M CO VH 5

501-550 451-500 DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (DIT) IE L CO MD 3

501-550 451-500 HUAZHONG UNIV. OF SCI. & TECH. CN XL FC VH 4

501-550 401-450 INT’L ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA MY L FC MD 3

501-550 451-500 JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITÄT LINZ (JKU) AT L CO HI 3

501-550 501-550 JUSTUS-LIEBIG-UNIVERSITÄT GIEßEN DE L FC HI 5

501-550 501-550 KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY JP M FC VH 4

501-550 - KEELE UNIVERSITY GB M FC HI 4

501-550 501-550 KOÇ UNIVERSITY TR S FC HI 2

501-550 501-550 LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY US L CO VH 5

501-550 501-550 UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS GR XL FC VH 5

501-550 501-550 HIGHER SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS (HSE) RU L FO MD 2

501-550 551-600 NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS GR L FO VH 5

501-550 451-500 OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY JP L FC HI 5

501-550 501-550 SABANCI UNIVERSITY TR S CO VH 2

501-550 551-600 SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY CN L FC VH 5

501-550 401-450 SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY OM M FC HI 3

501-550 501-550 TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BRAUNSCHWEIG DE L CO VH 5

501-550 451-500 TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT DORTMUND DE L CO VH 3

501-550 451-500 THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF KOREA KR M FC VH 5

501-550 501-550 TIANJIN UNIVERSITY CN L CO VH 5

501-550 401-450 TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY JP M CO VH 4

501-550 451-500 UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA CO XL FC MD 5

501-550 451-500 UNIVERSIDAD DE GRANADA ES XL FC HI 5

501-550 - UNIVERSIDAD DE PALERMO AR L FO LO 3

501-550 451-500 UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA AR XL CO HI 5

501-550 451-500 UNIVERSIDADE DE SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA ES L CO VH 5

501-550 501-550 UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL BR L FC VH 5

501-550 501-550 UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI SIENA (UNISI) IT L FC HI 5

501-550 501-550 UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI TRIESTE (UNITS) IT L FC HI 4

501-550 401-450 UNIVERSITAS GADJAH MADA ID XL FC MD 4

501-550 401-450 UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE FR XL CO MD 5

501-550 501-550 UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1 FR L CO VH 5

501-550 451-500 UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA US L CO VH 5

501-550 501-550 UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD GB M CO VH 3

501-550 501-550 UNIVERSITY OF HULL GB L FC HI 4

501-550 551-600 UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL ZA L FC HI 3

501-550 451-500 UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK (UL) IE M FC HI 3

501-550 501-550 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA US XL CO VH 4

501-550 - UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING GB M CO VH 3

501-550 501-550 UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED HU L FC HI 5

501-550 451-500 UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT US L FC HI 5

501-550 451-500 URAL FEDERAL UNIVERSITY RU XL CO HI 4

501-550 451-500 XIAMEN UNIVERSITY CN XL FC HI 4


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501-550 451-500 YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY JP S CO VH 5

551-600 451-500 ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY GB M CO HI 5

551-600 501-550 BELARUS STATE UNIVERSITY BY L CO HI 4

551-600 501-550 CAIRO UNIVERSITY EG XL CO VH 5

551-600 501-550 CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY TH XL FC HI 3

551-600 601+ CHONBUK NATIONAL UNIVERSITY KR L FC HI 4

551-600 551-600 EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY HU L CO HI 5

551-600 501-550 INHA UNIVERSITY KR L FC HI 4

551-600 551-600 INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL (IPN) MX XL CO VH 4

551-600 501-550 ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY TR XL CO HI 5

551-600 501-550 KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY JP M FC VH 4

551-600 501-550 KYUNGPOOK NATIONAL UNIVERSITY KR L FC VH 4

551-600 501-550 LEHIGH UNIVERSITY US M CO VH 5

551-600 - LINGNAN UNIVERSITY (HONG KONG) HK S SP HI 5

551-600 551-600 MASARYK UNIVERSITY CZ XL FC HI 4

551-600 - MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY US M CO VH 5

551-600 401-450 MURDOCH UNIVERSITY AU M CO VH 3

551-600 501-550 NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY JP M CO VH 4

551-600 601+ NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY TW L CO VH 4

551-600 - NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY TW M FO VH 5

551-600 501-550 NUI MAYNOOTH (NUIM) IE M FO VH 5

551-600 - NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (NJIT) US M CO VH 5

551-600 - NEW SCHOOL UNIVERSITY US M FO MD 4

551-600 501-550 OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY JP M FC VH 5

551-600 601+ PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL PERÚ PE L FO MD 4

551-600 551-600 PONTIFICIA UNIV. CATÓLICA DE SÃO PAULO BR L FC LO 4

551-600 551-600 PONTIFICIA UNIV. CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO BR L CO HI 4

551-600 551-600 QATAR UNIVERSITY QA S FC HI 3

551-600 - RHODES UNIVERSITY ZA S CO VH 5

551-600 451-500 RUTGERS, NEWARK US M CO HI 4

551-600 551-600 TEMPLE UNIVERSITY US XL FC HI 5

551-600 451-500 TOKYO UNIV. OF AGRICULTURE & TECH. JP M FO VH 4

551-600 601+ TOMSK POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY RU L CO MD 5

551-600 551-600 TOMSK STATE UNIVERSITY RU L CO HI 5

551-600 501-550 UMM AL-QURA UNIVERSITY (UQU) SA XL FC LO 4

551-600 - UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA ANDRÉS BELLO–UCAB VE L FO LO 4

551-600 551-600 UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA (UCV) VE XL FC MD 5

551-600 601+ UNIVERSIDAD DE BELGRANO AR M CO LO 3

551-600 551-600 UNIVERSIDAD DE CONCEPCIÓN CL L FC HI 4

551-600 551-600 UNIVERSIDAD DE SEVILLA ES XL FC HI 5

551-600 551-600 UNIVERSIDADE CATOLICA PORTUGUESA, LISBOA PT M FC MD 2

551-600 551-600 UNIVERSIDADE DE BRASILIA BR L FC HI 4

551-600 551-600 UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON US XL CO VH 4

551-600 551-600 UNIVERSITY OF LISBON PT L CO HI 5

551-600 551-600 UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA SI XL FC HI 4

551-600 - UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE US M CO VH 5

551-600 551-600 UNIVERSITY OF OREGON US L CO HI 5

551-600 501-550 UNIVERSITY OF SEOUL KR M CO HI 4

551-600 501-550 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA US XL FC HI 5

551-600 501-550 VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY US L FC VH 5


Due to space constraints the names of some universities have been abbreviated to their acronym or to a shorter version of the full official name.

To see the full results visit www.topuniversities.com


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601-650 501-550 ABU DHABI UNIVERSITY AE S FO MD 2

601-650 601+ AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY EG XL FC HI 4

601-650 - AJOU UNIVERSITY KR M FC VH 3

601-650 601+ DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY PH L CO MD 5

601-650 - DONGGUK UNIVERSITY KR L FC HI 5

601-650 - GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY US L CO VH 3

601-650 551-600 GIFU UNIVERSITY JP M FC HI 4

601-650 551-600 HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY TR XL FC HI 3

601-650 501-550 HOWARD UNIVERSITY US M FC HI 5

601-650 551-600 IIT GUWAHATI IN S CO VH 2

601-650 601+ JILIN UNIVERSITY CN XL FC VH 4

601-650 601+ KAZAN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY RU XL CO MD 5

601-650 501-550 KING KHALID UNIVERSITY SA XL FC MD 2

601-650 551-600 LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO US L FC HI 5

601-650 551-600 UNIVERSITÄT HALLE-WITTENBERG DE L FC HI 5

601-650 - MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND CA L FC HI 4

601-650 551-600 MISSOURI UNIV. OF SCI. & TECH. US M CO VH 5

601-650 551-600 NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY TW L CO HI 4

601-650 601+ NAT’L TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF UKRAINE UA L CO MD 5

601-650 501-550 NIIGATA UNIVERSITY JP L FC HI 4

601-650 - OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY US L CO VH 5

601-650 - OSAKA PREFECTURE UNIVERSITY JP M CO VH 4

601-650 551-600 PARIS LODRON UNIVERSITÄT SALZBURG AT L CO HI 5

601-650 601+ SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY IR M FO VH 3

601-650 551-600 SMITH COLLEGE US S CO HI 5

601-650 - SOUTHERN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY (SFEDU) RU XL CO MD 1

601-650 451-500 SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY US L CO HI 5

601-650 551-600 THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY TH XL FC MD 4

601-650 501-550 UNIVERSIDAD DE GUADALAJARA (UDG) MX XL FC MD 5

601-650 601+ UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA (UDELAR) UY XL FC MD 5

601-650 551-600 UNIVERSIDAD IBEROAMERICANA (UIA) MX M FC MD 4

601-650 601+ UNIVERSIDAD TORCUATO DI TELLA AR S SP LO 2

601-650 - UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DA BAHIA BR L FC HI 4

601-650 601+ UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE SÃO CARLOS BR M FC VH 3

601-650 - UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE VIÇOSA BR L FC HI 4

601-650 601+ UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI PERUGIA IT L FC HI 5

601-650 - UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES FR XL CO HI 5

601-650 501-550 UNIVERSITÉ SAINT-JOSEPH DE BEYROUTH LB M FC MD 5

601-650 551-600 UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY SUNY US L CO VH 5

601-650 - UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA AU M CO HI 3

601-650 601+ UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN HU L FC HI 5

601-650 - UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG ZA L CO HI 1

601-650 551-600 UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI IN XL FC MD 5

601-650 601+ UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS GR L FC HI 3

601-650 551-600 UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN IR XL CO VH 4

601-650 551-600 UNIVERSITY OF ULSAN KR L FC HI 3

601-650 - UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER GB L CO HI 3

601-650 551-600 UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB HR XL FC VH 5

601-650 501-550 VILNIUS UNIVERSITY LT L FC HI 5

601-650 601+ WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY PL L CO VH 5


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601-650 601+ WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE US S CO VH 5

651-700 551-600 AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY EG XL CO HI 5

651-700 601+ BAR-ILAN UNIVERSITY IL L FC HI 4

651-700 601+ BRNO UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY CZ L FO VH 5

651-700 551-600 CHONNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY KR L FC HI 4

651-700 551-600 CHUNGNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY KR L FC HI 4

651-700 601+ CLARK UNIVERSITY US S CO HI 5

651-700 - CLARKSON UNIVERSITY US S CO VH 5

651-700 551-600 CORVINUS UNIVERSITY OF BUDAPEST HU L FO HI 5

651-700 - GUNMA UNIVERSITY JP M FO VH 4

651-700 - HALLYM UNIVERSITY KR M FC HI 3

651-700 601+ INSTITUTO TEC. AUTONOMO DE MÉXICO (ITAM) MX S FO HI 4

651-700 551-600 ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY TR XL FC HI 5

651-700 601+ JORDAN UNIV. OF SCI. & TECH. JO L CO HI 3

651-700 601+ KASETSART UNIVERSITY TH XL CO HI 4

651-700 551-600 KAZAKH-BRITISH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY KZ S SP LO 2

651-700 601+ KHAZAR UNIVERSITY AZ S CO LO 2

651-700 - LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY GB L CO MD 2

651-700 - MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY GB L CO MD 3

651-700 601+ PONTIFICIA UNIV. CATÓLICA DE VALPARAÍSO CL L FC MD 4

651-700 - PONT. UNIV. CATÓLICA RIO GRANDE DO SUL BR M FC HI 4

651-700 601+ QAFQAZ UNIVERSITY AZ S FO LO 2

651-700 601+ RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY JP XL CO HI 5

651-700 601+ SHANDONG UNIVERSITY CN XL FC VH 5

651-700 601+ SOFIA UNIVERSITY "ST. KLIMENT OHRIDSKI" BG L CO HI 5

651-700 601+ SOUTH KAZAKHSTAN STATE UNIVERSITY (SKSU) KZ L FO LO 4

651-700 601+ SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY US M CO VH 5

651-700 - UNIVERSIDAD ADOLFO IBÁÑEZ CL M FO MD 4

651-700 601+ UNIV. AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MÉXICO MX XL FC MD 5

651-700 601+ UNIV. AUTÓNOMA METROPOLITANA (UAM) MX XL FC MD 3

651-700 601+ UNIVERSIDAD DE ALCALÁ ES L FC HI 3

651-700 - UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL COSTA RICA CR L CO MD 3

651-700 - UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA AR L CO HI 3

651-700 - UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA PE S FO VH 4

651-700 551-600 UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR VENEZUELA VE M FO VH 3

651-700 601+ UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE SANTA CATARINA BR XL FC HI 4

651-700 - UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO PARANÁ (UFPR) BR L FC HI 5

651-700 - UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL FLUMINENSE BR L FC HI 4

651-700 601+ UNIVERSITÀ DI MODENA IT L FC HI 5

651-700 551-600 UNIVERSITÉ LUMIÈRE LYON 2 FR L SP HI 5

651-700 601+ UNIVERSITÉ TOULOUSE 1, CAPITOLE FR L FO MD 5

651-700 601+ UNIVERSITY OF DENVER US M CO HI 5

651-700 - UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS PRAGUE CZ L SP LO 4

651-700 - UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE GB L CO HI 4

651-700 - UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH GB L FC HI 5

651-700 551-600 UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD GB L CO HI 3

651-700 - UNIV. OF SCI. & TECH. BEIJING CN L CO VH 4

651-700 601+ UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY AU XL FC HI 2

651-700 - YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY JP M FC HI 4

651-700 551-600 YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY JP M CO VH 4

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If the world has changed since the start of the Global Economic Crisis in 2008, we might im-agine that the globalised world of higher edu-cation would have changed as well. Five years on, what do the 2013/14 QS World University Rankings suggest has been the biggest change?

One surprise, perhaps, is that global higher education continues to grow despite the in-ternational economic damage that we have all seen since the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008. In 2009 there were just over 3.7 million students studying outside their home country, according to the OECD publication Education at a Glance. In 2011, the latest year for which we have the numbers, the total was 4.3 million. 53% were from Asia, mainly India, China and Korea.

Something else that has changed little in the recession years has been the pecking order of desirable destinations for international, and indeed national, students. Of our top 20 uni-versities in 2008, 16 are in the top 21 for 2013. Perhaps the most notable change is not MIT’s move from ninth to top place, but the appear-ance of ETH and EPFL from Switzerland in the top 20.

In 2008 we published a ranking of only 200 universities, which limits our current ability to see change lower down in the system. How-ever, this tighter focus on the top institutions has some clear messages.

One of the most distinct is in Asia, where big winners and losers are all too apparent. In 2008 there were 10 Japanese universities in the top 200, starting with Tokyo in 19th place. There are still nine but Tokyo is in 32nd place. From being Asia’s top university five years ago, it is now behind institutions in Singapore and Hong Kong.

Like Japan in general, the picture for Japanese higher education is one of genteel decline. The same cannot be said of its ambitious neighbour

Korea. It now has six top-200 universities, up from three in 2008. Seoul National, its top university, is in 35th place, up from 50 in 2008, and at this rate may well overtake Tokyo some time soon.

Over five years, it is also possible to see whether China’s growing economic reach is reflected in the standing of its education system. The answer is not an emphatic yes. In 2008, China had six top-200 universities. Its leading institution, Peking, was tied with Seoul National in 50th place. This year it has one more, but Peking is only four places higher than five years ago.

By contrast, both sets of rankings agree on the lowly international standing of Indian higher education, and between them show its failure to progress in the past five years. India had two ranked institutions, the Indian Institutes of Technology in Delhi and Bombay, in 2008. They were in 154th and 175th positions respectively. In 2013, these remain India’s top institutions, but have fallen to 222 and 233 respectively. The top general university in the country, Delhi, is in 447th position.

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A consistent tale to emerge from these rank-ings is the poor standing of many continental European universities. They fare badly by com-parison with their UK counterparts, despite being in a rich, stable part of the world with a massive cultural and scientific heritage and with strong school systems. But we are seeing some signs of change. ETH Zurich, for long the top continental university, is now 12th in the world, and is the highest-ranked university not to work mainly in English. It was 24th in 2008. Its francophone sister institution EPFL is 19th this year. Interestingly, Ireland has made little of the natural advantage of English, with only two top-200 universities in 2008 and to-day. The better-placed of these, Trinity College Dublin, has fallen from 49 to 61 between 2008 and today.

The well-liked education systems of small-country Europe, including Belgium, the Netherlands and Sweden, continue to feature strongly in the middle order of these rankings. More of a surprise is that France had only four top-200 universities in 2008 and has only one more now. Although the Ecole Normale Su-perieure was in 28th place in both years, it has little elite company. By contrast, Germany had 11 ranked universities in 2008 and manages 13 in the top 200 today.

It is also indisputable that today’s QS World University Rankings tell us far more than our more limited 2008 edition allowed. For exam-ple, we are now able to see excellent universi-ties in Indonesia, the world’s fourth most popu-lous nation. There are eight in this year’s far deeper rankings, there having been none in the more limited 2008 version. The same applies to Russia, which had only one ranked institu-tion in 2008, in Eastern Europe, and in former Soviet states such as Ukraine and Kazakhstan.

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Rankings tell us far more than our more limited 2008

edition allowed.


The picture is more varied in the southern hemisphere. The Australian university system has always been obviously world-class, although the Australian National University has fallen from 16 in 2008 to 27 today. In Latin America, we found only three top-200 universities in 2008, but today’s more exhaustive rankings show world-class universities across the region. They are led by Sao Paulo in Brazil at 127, up from 196 five years ago.

The 2008 rankings also contained just one African university, Cape Town at 177. In 2013, Cape Town is at 145. It is still Africa’s top insti-tution, and South Africa still has the continent’s only university system of significance on the world stage.

These rankings also allow the emergence of higher education systems in the Middle East to be seen more clearly. In 2008, the region was represented only by three Israeli universities. There are now Saudi universities just below the top 200, and they have the resources they need to expand massively in the next few years.


MIT may have cemented its position at the top of the global academic tree in this year’s QS World University Rankings, but it seems that in the job market the historic reputation of the UK’s two oldest institutions still holds con-siderable sway. University of Oxford tops the employer reputation survey this year, while its rival University of Cambridge secures second. Last year’s number one, Harvard University, drops down to third.

The QS employer reputation survey forms 10% of the overall rankings score, and is based on a major global survey of some 27,000 graduate employers. Respondents are asked to identify the universities that they regard as produc-ing the best graduates. The results provide a unique insight into the global hierarchy as it stands in the eyes of a group of stakeholders who, perhaps more than any other, play a role in determining the value of a degree in the job market.

As in previous years, the results show that the position of a university in the overall table does not necessarily correspond with the esteem in which it is held by international employ-ers. Oxford and Cambridge are outmuscled by MIT and Harvard in terms of research strength, but their longstanding reputation as producers of top graduate talent remains undented.

Indeed, the employer reputation of many UK universities is stronger than their overall performance. Five UK universities make the top ten for employer reputation, one more than the US. Oxford and Cambridge are joined by London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), Imperial College London and The University of Manchester.

MIT joins fellow Cambridge, Massachusetts institution Harvard in the top five, with two California universities, Stanford and Berkeley, also making the top ten. They are joined by

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Australia’s University of Melbourne, breaking up the US-UK whitewash at the top of the table.

The performance of UK universities shows that employers around the world recognize the value of a UK degree. Yet it is notable that the hierarchy of UK universities in the eyes of employers differs significantly from that of the overall rankings. For example, whereas UCL ranks fourth in the overall QS World Universi-ty Rankings and second in the UK, employers place it seventh, behind Oxford, Cambridge, LSE, Imperial, University of Manchester and University of Warwick.

Similarly, though the University of Chicago is the fifth highest ranked US university overall, it is only the 11th most popular amongst inter-national employers. Employers show a higher regard for the graduates of Ivy League schools Columbia, Princeton and Cornell – all institu-tions whose world-class credentials are beyond question, but which rank below University of Chicago in the overall table. When it comes to employer reputation, the ‘brand name’ of the Ivy Leagues and Oxbridge is clearly still a powerful advantage.

Outside of the famous US and UK institu-tions, the results give prospective students a valuable indication of which institutions in a given country possess a reputation that extends beyond their national borders. University of Melbourne is Australia’s star performer, with overall top-ranked institution Australia National University surprisingly outperformed by University of New South Wales, Monash University and University of Sydney.

In Canada, University of Toronto has a very slight edge over McGill University, but the two are clearly established as the country’s most internationally well-regarded institutions. Uni-versity of British Columbia and University of Waterloo are the only other Canadian institu-tions to make the top 100.

Whereas Mainland China is outperformed by Hong Kong’s top institutions in the overall rankings, the tables are turned in the employer survey, with Peking University and Tsinghua University ranking third and fourth in Asia respectively. Yet both are beaten by National University of Singapore, Asia’s number one university in both the overall and employer reputation tables, as well as Japan’s University of Tokyo.

ETH Zurich has in recent years established itself as the world’s premier institution that doesn’t operate primarily in English, and employers have recognized it as the number one institution in Continental Europe. Fellow tech-focused institution Ecole Polytechnique ParisTech ranks second, just ahead of Germa-ny’s Technische Universität München.

And the considerable advances made by leading Latin American universities in recent years have led to an increase in recognition among em-ployers. However, it is Argentina’s Universidad de Buenos Aires, rather than the continent’s overall top-ranked institution Universidade de São Paulo (USP), that is regarded as the best source of graduate talent.

WHy MeaSURe eMPloyeR RePUTaTIon?

QS is the only major international ranking compiler that takes into account the views of graduate employers.

The employer reputation component is in some ways the only aspect of the rankings that might be called purely subjective. Unlike the employer reputation component, the academic reputation survey is a snapshot of the consensus of opinion among people who are by defini-tion experts: the global academic community. Academics are asked to identify the leading universities for research within their field of expertise.

While responses vary even between academics within a given field and region, it is nonethe-less clearly within the remit of an academic to be aware of where the most significant work in their field is currently taking place. And despite being criticized by some who prefer a more ‘objective’ data-driven approach to rankings, the academic reputation survey is actually the most stable component of the rankings in terms of year-on-year volatility.

The graduate recruiters included in the em-ployer reputation survey do not have this level of expertise on the strengths and weaknesses of universities. Nonetheless, as a group they do have one major advantage: a direct, tangible impact on the future prospects of graduates. Academics may be the experts, but in the long run for many graduates it is employers whose opinions really count.

The individual employers who respond to the survey probably will not be those that are responsible for the job application of a given student consulting the QS rankings. But the consensus of opinion that emerges from a large sample of global employers – over 27,000 in 2013–gives students an unparalleled insight into the global hierarchy as it is seen by those who in effect decide upon the real-world value of a given degree.


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The mass expansion of international student mobility has been a global trend over the last 30 years, and the latest data from QS Intel-ligence Unit shows that it has accelerated again this year.

International enrolments at the top 400 uni-versities in the QS World University Rankings grew by 80,000 this year to a total of 1.37 million. This represents an average of ap-proximately 3,400 international students per institution, up from 3,225 in 2012–an annual growth of 6.5%.

The trend is even more evident among the elite top 100 institutions, where international enrolments grew by 9% to an average of ap-proximately 5,100 per institution.

The correlation between higher rank position and a larger international student cohort is evident across the full range of 700 plus institu-tions in the QS World University Rankings 2013 (see table below). While the proportion of international students is one of the rankings criteria, it is weighted at just 5% when calculat-ing a university’s overall score. The extent of the correlation shows that the positive impact of international students clearly extends into other areas such as academic and employer reputation.

This general link between institutional quality and relatively higher numbers of international students is also supported by a comparison with the OECD’s Education at a Glance report. Data covers the bulk of the world’s 17,000 higher education institutions (HEIs) and for 2011 shows there were 4.3 million in-ternational higher education students, a growth of 4.8% over the previous year.

The link between quality and increased in-ternational student intake is perhaps evidence of the wider contribution they make to the student experience, creating a more vibrant classroom and campus environment. This was

the premise behind QS’s decision to include the international students indicator in the rank-ings when they were first conceived a decade ago. It is also likely that there is a circular effect at play whereby increased enrolments lead to improved institutional reputation, which in turn drives a higher ranking position and cre-ates more interest from prospective students, and so on.

In an era where the international dimension is core business for all world-class HEIs, and the internationalization of research, teaching and community engagement is carefully considered in strategic planning processes, the QS data-set on student mobility is an important addition to the evidence base. While it doesn’t indicate where the students are coming from or what programs they are undertaking, it is the most current view on mobility at the institutional level globally.

Most of the mobility data such as Education at a Glance, IIE’s Open Doors, the British Council, and so on, tends to have a fairly long time lag to publication. The QS data, which is current to within weeks or a few months rather than many months or years, offers a more current insight into global trends.

Beyond the global result, points of interest in 2013 include:

In the United Kingdom international enrol-ments at the 45 institutions in the top 400 increased 20% in 2013 to an average of 5,200. This is by far the highest growth rate among the major English-speaking recipient countries,

Students on the move

ByJohn Molony

In the United Kingdom

international enrolments at the

45 institutions in the top 400

increased 20% in 2013.


and may be the result of the emphasis English universities have placed on international stu-dent recruitment as a risk mitigation strategy surrounding the uncertainties associated with the successive increases in domestic under-graduate tuition fees over the past decade. Next year’s result will be keenly watched as it is widely thought that recruitment is negatively impacted by recent changes to student visa and post-study work rights policies.

Growth among the leading US institutions at 7% was about the global average, while growth at Canadian institutions in the top 400 was slightly slower at 5.5%. However, the capac-ity for growth in Canada is not as great, as Canadian institutions already have the highest average enrolments (5,950 in the top 400 and 9,770 in the top 100) among the major recipi-ent countries. This is slightly ahead of Australia (7,567 in top 400 and 9,270 in top 100) and well ahead of the US (3,000 in top 400 and 3,900 in top 100).

The downturn in international tertiary educa-tion enrolments in Australia in recent years is well documented. It is largely the result of policy crackdowns to flush out bogus colleges and non-legitimate students, alongside a sharp rise in costs as the dollar appreciated over the course of an extended positive economic cycle. These factors contributed to a deep decline in international tertiary enrolments. However, the QS data confirms that the higher education sector was less impacted, with enrolments for institutions in the top 400 down 2.2% and the top 100 up 1% in 2013. With the pressure now coming off the dollar, and visa and migration reforms that favour international students in place, it is widely predicted that Australia is poised to continue to win back some of its market share.

The rise of Chinese institutions in recent years in the QS World University Rankings and other international assessments is mirrored in the 38% growth of the international cohort at the 10 Chinese institutions in the top 400. Much of the mobility in China is from within the immediate region (e.g. South Korea, Japan and Russia), but recently established Ameri-

can and European study abroad and exchange programs will also be contributing.

In contrast, the rankings success of the leading South Korean universities in recent years is not yet obviously reflected in the international student indicator, with the leading group of institutions growing by an aggregate 6% from a small base.

For world-class universities the recruitment of international students is a strategic priority that variably contributes to the internationalization and strengthening of teaching, research and the campus environment. It is also often a financial priority through the application of premium international student tuition fees. Over the last few decades it has become an increasingly competitive space for HEIs and significant re-sources are applied towards achieving ambitious targets. It is also a priority area, which struggles to find timely data to support planning pro-cesses. The QS dataset has matured over the last decade and now provides a unique and timely view of international student mobility.


This is the tenth edition of the World Uni-versity Rankings. The first nine were accom-panied by a ranking of universities at faculty level, based upon academic opinion of their quality. But this year we are breaking with this approach, with the introduction of a new and more powerful faculty-level analysis.

These new rankings use a similar approach to our well-regarded QS World University Rankings by Subject, but apply it to the five principal areas of academic life: arts and hu-manities, social sciences and management, the natural sciences, life sciences and medicine, and engineering and technology.

This new analysis uses four measures of quality. The first two are the academic and employer review which feed the QS World University Rankings, gathered by QS in a unique and

powerful global survey. The third is citations, the frequency with which research from a specific university is referred to in academic literature. Finally we add the H Index for each university in the subjects in question. This is a measure of the volume and quality of research. It works by calculating the number of papers from an institution with at least the same number of citations. So if University X has 28 papers in biomedicine with 28 or more cita-tions, its H Index for biomedicine is 28. These two measures use data from Elsevier, which is also the data supplier to the main QS World University Rankings.

As with our subject rankings, we weight the importance of these measures differently for different areas of academic life. Because of its ruthless publish-or-perish culture, citations and the H-Index are weighted at 25 per cent

each in biomedicine, and at 20 per cent in the similarly vigorous world of the natural sciences. In the arts and humanities, where papers and citations are less important and other forms of publication count for more, we weight citations and the H-Index at only 10 per cent each and academic opinion at 60 per cent.

The overall results of this analysis are kind to US and UK universities. If we look at the top 10 in each faculty area, we find that they occupy 42 of the 50 available positions, with global names such as Cambridge, Oxford, Har-vard and MIT placed prominently. However, our decision to publish the top 400 universi-ties in each area means that universities across the world are ranked here, including some in regions such as Latin America and the Middle East that we might expect to emerge more strongly in future years.

This is the first time we have published this analysis, and we welcome your response.

2013 rankings by faculty area

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aRTS & HUManITIeS

2013 rank

Institution Country/Territory Overall

SCORE

1 University of Oxford United Kingdom 99.1

2 University of Cambridge United Kingdom 93.5

3 Harvard University United States 89.7

4 Yale University United States 89

5 University of California, Berkeley (UCB) United States 87.2

6 Stanford University United States 86.8

7 Princeton University United States 86.5

8 UCL (University College London) United Kingdom 85.6

9 Columbia University United States 84.3

10 New York University (NYU) United States 84.1

11 University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) United States 84

12 University of Chicago United States 83.7

13 University of Edinburgh United Kingdom 82

14 King's College London (KCL) United Kingdom 80.6

15 University of Toronto Canada 80.3

16 Australian National University (ANU) Australia 79.5

17 National University of Singapore (NUS) Singapore 79.2

18 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States 78.7

19 The University of Melbourne Australia 78.6

20= The University of Sydney Australia 78.5

20= The University of Tokyo Japan 78.5

22 Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Germany 77.9

23 Peking University China 77.1

24= McGill University Canada 76.7

24= University of Pennsylvania United States 76.7

26 London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) United Kingdom 76.5

27 Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne France 76.2

28 Freie Universität Berlin Germany 76.1

29 University of British Columbia Canada 75.9

30= Leiden University Netherlands 75.6

30= Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Germany 75.6

32 Université Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV) France 75.5

33= Cornell University United States 75.3

33= University of Texas at Austin United States 75.3

35 Durham University United Kingdom 75

36= Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg Germany 74.9

36= University of Michigan United States 74.9

38 The University of Manchester United Kingdom 74.6

39 Duke University United States 74.4

40 University of York United Kingdom 73.7

41 University of Hong Kong (HKU) Hong Kong 73.2

42 Kyoto University Japan 72.8

43 Brown University United States 72.4

44 University of Copenhagen Denmark 72.1

45 Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Belgium 71.7

46= The University of Warwick United Kingdom 71.6

46= University of Helsinki Finland 71.6

48 University of St Andrews United Kingdom 71.2

49 Universität Freiburg Germany 70.9

50= The University of Queensland (UQ) Australia 70.8

50= University of Amsterdam Netherlands 70.8


engIneeRIng & TecHnology

2013 rank


SCORE





5 ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) Switzerland 89.5

6 Imperial College London United Kingdom 88.3


8 Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) Switzerland 86.4


10 California Institute of Technology (Caltech) United States 85.8


12 Tsinghua University China 84.6

13 Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) United States 84.2

14 Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore 83.3

15 Delft University of Technology Netherlands 83.1

16 University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) United States 82.8

17 Technische Universität München Germany 81.9


19= Carnegie Mellon University United States 81.2

19= The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) Hong Kong 81.2


22= University of Michigan United States 80.7


24 Cornell University United States 80.6

25= University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign United States 80.2

25= University of Toronto Canada 80.2

27 KTH, Royal Institute of Technology Sweden 80.1

28= Politecnico di Milano Italy 79.8

28= Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen Germany 79.8

28= The University of Manchester United Kingdom 79.8

31 Technical University of Denmark Denmark 79.6

32 The University of Melbourne Australia 79.5

33= KIT, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie Germany 78.9

33= The University of New South Wales (UNSW) Australia 78.9

35 Shanghai Jiao Tong University China 78.7

36 KAIST - Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology South Korea 78.3

37 Northwestern University United States 78.2


39 Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Belgium 77.6

40 Purdue University United States 77.5

41 Technische Universität Berlin Germany 77.3

42= Kyoto University Japan 77.2

42= Tokyo Institute of Technology Japan 77.2

44 Columbia University United States 77

45 Ecole Polytechnique ParisTech France 76.9

46 University of Waterloo Canada 76.8

47 The University of Queensland (UQ) Australia 76.6


49 Seoul National University (SNU) South Korea 76.3

50 The University of Sydney Australia 76.1


lIFe ScIenceS & MedIcIne

2013 rank


SCORE




4 Johns Hopkins University United States 91.6



7 University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) United States 89.9

8 University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) United States 89

9 Yale University United States 88.6

10 Karolinska Institute Sweden 88

11 University of California, San Diego (UCSD) United States 87.9

12 Duke University United States 86.5


14= Imperial College London United Kingdom 85.5

14= University of Washington United States 85.5



18 University of Pennsylvania United States 85



21 University of Michigan United States 83.9

22 Washington University in St. Louis United States 83.3

23 The University of Melbourne Australia 83

24 University of Edinburgh United Kingdom 82.8


26 McGill University Canada 81.9


28 Boston University United States 81.2

29= ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) Switzerland 81.1


31 University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill United States 81

32 The University of Tokyo Japan 80.8

33 University of Copenhagen Denmark 80.6

34= Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Germany 80.5

34= University of Wisconsin-Madison United States 80.5


37= New York University (NYU) United States 80.1

37= University of British Columbia Canada 80.1

39 Baylor College of Medicine United States 80




42= University of Zurich Switzerland 79.3

44 Rockefeller University United States 79.2

45 Emory University United States 78.8

46 University of California, Davis (UCD) United States 78.6

47 University of Pittsburgh United States 78.4


49 Uppsala University Sweden 78

50= Osaka University Japan 77.8

50= The University of Queensland (UQ) Australia 77.8


naTURal ScIenceS

2013 rank


SCORE

1 University of Cambridge United Kingdom 97





6 ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) Switzerland 91.9

7 California Institute of Technology (Caltech) United States 91.4


9 Imperial College London United Kingdom 89.4


11= National University of Singapore (NUS) Singapore 86.5

11= University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) United States 86.5

13 Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) Switzerland 86


15 Technische Universität München Germany 85

16 The University of Tokyo Japan 84.4

17 Yale University United States 84.3

18 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Germany 83.7



21 Peking University China 83

22= University of Chicago United States 82.8



25 University of British Columbia Canada 81.9

26 University of Washington United States 81.7

27= Northwestern University United States 81.6

27= Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC) France 81.6

29 University of Michigan United States 81.2

30= University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) United States 81

30= University of Edinburgh United Kingdom 81



34= KIT, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie Germany 80.4

34= The University of Melbourne Australia 80.4

36= Australian National University (ANU) Australia 79.9

36= University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign United States 79.9


39= McGill University Canada 79.5


41 University of Wisconsin-Madison United States 79.4

42 University of Colorado at Boulder United States 79.3


44= The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) Hong Kong 79.1

44= University of California, San Diego (UCSD) United States 79.1

46 Tokyo Institute of Technology Japan 78.7

47= Fudan University China 78.6

47= KAIST - Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology South Korea 78.6

47= Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen Germany 78.6

47= The University of New South Wales (UNSW) Australia 78.6

47= University of California, Davis (UCD) United States 78.6

SocIal ScIenceS & ManageMenT

2013 rank


SCORE


2 London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) United Kingdom 95.2





7= Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States 87.4

7= Yale University United States 87.4

9= National University of Singapore (NUS) Singapore 87.3

9= University of California, Berkeley (UCB) United States 87.3


12 London Business School United Kingdom 85.2


14 New York University (NYU) United States 84.2

15 University of Pennsylvania United States 83.8

16 The University of Melbourne Australia 83

17 University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) United States 82.8

18 INSEAD (France) France 82.6

19 University of Michigan United States 82


21 Australian National University (ANU) Australia 81.4


23 The University of New South Wales (UNSW) Australia 81

24 Erasmus University Rotterdam Netherlands 80.7


26 The University of Warwick United Kingdom 80.1


27= University of British Columbia Canada 79.9

29= The University of Manchester United Kingdom 79.6

29= Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi Italy 79.6

31 Northwestern University United States 79.4


33 The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) Hong Kong 78.8


35 The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) Hong Kong 78

36= Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore 77.6


38 McGill University Canada 77.5




42 Duke University United States 77

43 Monash University Australia 76.3

44 University of Texas at Austin United States 76.2

45 Copenhagen Business School Denmark 76

46 University of Edinburgh United Kingdom 75.9

47 Seoul National University (SNU) South Korea 75.6

48 University of Amsterdam Netherlands 75.3

49= Imperial College London United Kingdom 74.9

49= University of Copenhagen Denmark 74.9

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Science and technology focused universities have made their presence felt in the top 50 of the QS World University Rankings this year. Building on its league table lead from last year, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) continues to be the world’s top-ranked institu-tion. Other science and technology oriented universities have strengthened their positions, including Imperial College London, which advanced from 6th to 5th place this year, Cali-fornia Institute of Technology (CALTECH) ranking at 10th place, ETH Zurich shifting up to 12th place, and the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), progressing an impressive 10 places to 19th this year. With almost all science and technology focused institutions either maintaining their position or advancing in the QS World University Rank-ings, it is clear that universities focusing on the so-called STEM subjects – science, technol-ogy, engineering and mathematics – are in the ascendancy.

This is not surprising. STEM subjects have long been instrumental in building knowledge-based economies that thrive on innovation and production. With a global knowledge-based economy in full swing, the demand for specialized skills in the STEM subjects has skyrocketed in recent years. In the UK alone,

the number of jobs to be filled that require degree-level training in science and technol-ogy oriented subjects is expected to exceed 100,000 per year, according to a recent study conducted by the Social Market Foundation. In order to meet this demand, the UK would have to double its current STEM subject graduate output. Similarly, research conducted by the Technology and Innovation Foundation in the US projects that the number of STEM skilled graduates has to increase by up to 30% by 2016 in order to meet job market demand. Euro-pean countries fare no better in their need for STEM skills; Germany was down over 100,000 STEM workers in 2011.

While this is a welcome break for university graduates from the otherwise strained and uncertain global job market, it also presents a problem in terms of competitiveness for many Western countries. Science and technology and the related areas of engineering and mathemat-ics are crucial drivers of innovation, produc-tion and manufacturing, and are therefore key elements for continued economic growth. As the economic balance of power is slowly shift-ing in favour of Asian countries, this is more crucial than ever. Not only is China hot on the heels of the US in terms of STEM publication output, set to surpass the US in this respect in the coming years, but it is also producing high rates of STEM graduates, with 41% of all university graduates completing a degree in science, technology, engineering, mathematics or a related subject. Furthermore, there seems to be a greater drive among international students, specifically Asian students, to venture abroad to study STEM subjects. Both the UK and the US report that the number of foreign students enrolling in these subjects has been sharply rising, while numbers among domes-tic students remained somewhat stagnant. For Asian students, studying STEM subjects not only meets the growing demands of emerging economies in the East, but also provides greater levels of mobility and flexibility in terms of career choices.

It has been a cause for concern among Europe-an countries and the US that domestic students have shown less enthusiasm for the STEM subjects than their Asian counterparts. In the UK, the US and throughout Europe, several initiatives have been established to not only accommodate better immigration structures to meet the demand for STEM skills, but also to raise awareness and interest among domes-tic students in studying a science, technology, engineering or mathematics discipline. The increase in awareness is beginning to pay off, as a growing number of students have expressed interest in enrolling in science subjects. In the UK, the number of students taking mathemat-ics entrance exams was up by 7.4% for this year, while the numbers for chemistry and biology entrance exams were up by 9.2% and 7.2% respectively. Furthermore, the challenging job prospects in many Western countries are a reason for the growing number of students to take up the challenge to qualify for the dynamic STEM sector. In particular, the gender imbalance that has long existed in STEM in-dustries is rapidly being overcome, with many more women encouraged to study STEM subjects. As Chloe Medov, a computer science undergraduate student confirms: “Even though there are more and more women, especially in technology programs, it continues to be a man’s world to date. Luckily, many universi-ties are providing services and associations that encourage women to enter the sector.” Chloe is planning to apply to ETH Zurich’s Robotics, Systems and Control Masters program once she completes her bachelor’s degree and is excited about the prospect. “Robotics is an incredibly exciting field at the moment with tremendous possibilities for Artificial Intelligence on the horizon in the near future.” Robotics is just one area that is becoming increasingly appeal-ing for its future possibilities. Programs address-ing energy needs, environmental technologies, neuroscience or nanotechnology are among the most stimulating fields of research and study at present, with exciting prospects for in-novation and discovery at the horizon. It is not

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Does this mean that social sciences and arts and humanities subjects are a dying breed? Certain-ly not. While there is a concrete demand for STEM skills, a growing number of top STEM employers also value the qualities humanities graduates possess, among them critical thinking skills, a greater awareness of social implications and, it must be said, often also better social skills. Employers like to have the best of both worlds, and an arts and humanities background combined with an STEM degree makes for the most employable graduate. This is often achieved through collaborative and inter-disci-plinary efforts. A growing number of universi-ties recognize the added value of interdiscipli-nary research and have taken steps to facilitate inter- and trans-disciplinary research and study options. The Munich Center for Technology in Society, situated at the Technische Universität Munich (TU Munich, ranked 53rd), for exam-ple, offers an “interface between the sciences” and comprises social science, philosophy and history as well as the natural sciences, among others, to further knowledge of the effects of technology on society. By bringing the differ-ent disciplines together, greater synergies can be explored, which then, in turn, drives inno-vation. Many of the universities that have done well in the rankings this year have actively fostered such collaborative efforts.

The growing global emphasis on STEM subjects will not abate any time soon. STEM will constitute the largest area of growth and proliferation in the coming decade, as both specialist institutes and comprehensive universi-ties seeks to raise their provision levels in these subjects to attract larger numbers of students. The growing strength of science and technol-ogy oriented universities in the QS World University Rankings signals this development.

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1 The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) HK M CO VH 2 1991

2 Nanyang Technological University (NTU) SG L CO VH 2 1991†

3 The University of Warwick GB L FC VH 3 1964

4 KAIST - Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology KR M CO VH 3 1971

5 City University of Hong Kong HK M CO VH 3 1984

6 Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) KR S FO VH 3 1986

7 Maastricht University NL L CO VH 3 1976

8 University of California, Irvine (UCI) US L FC VH 3 1965

9 The Hong Kong Polytechnic University HK L CO VH 2 1994†

10 Lancaster University GB M FC VH 3 1964

11 Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona ES L FC VH 3 1968

12 University of Bath GB L CO VH 3 1966

13 University of Antwerp BE L FC HI 3 1971*†

14 University of Tsukuba JP L FC VH 3 1973†

15 Universidad Autónoma de Madrid ES L FC VH 3 1968

16 University of Calgary CA L FC VH 3 1966†

17 Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp) BR L FC VH 3 1966

18 Macquarie University AU L FC HI 3 1964

19 Loughborough University GB L FO VH 3 1966†

20 RMIT University AU XL CO HI 2 1992†

21 Universität Ulm DE M CO VH 3 1967

22 Curtin University AU XL CO VH 3 1987

23 Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) MY L FC HI 3 1970

24 University of Wollongong AU L FC HI 3 1975†

25 Universitat Pompeu Fabra ES M CO VH 2 1990

26 University of Newcastle AU L FC HI 3 1965

27 Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) HK M FC HI 2 1994†

28 Universität Konstanz DE M CO VH 3 1966

29 Queensland University of Technology (QUT) AU L CO VH 2 1990†

30 Simon Fraser University CA L CO VH 3 1965

31 University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) AU L CO VH 3 1988

32 National Yang Ming University TW S FC VH 3 1975

33 University of South Australia (UniSA) AU L CO VH 2 1991

34 Umeå University SE L FC HI 3 1965

35 University of Eastern Finland FI M CO VH 3 1972*†

36 University of Tromso NO M FC HI 3 1968

37 University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) US L CO VH 3 1965

38 University of Southern Denmark DK L FO VH 3 1966*†

39 University of Essex GB M CO VH 3 1964

40 Dublin City University (DCU) IE M CO VH 2 1989†

41 Universidad Austral AR S CO MD 2 1991

42 Brunel University GB L CO VH 3 1966

43 King Abdul Aziz University (KAU) SA XL FC MD 3 1967

44 Universitá degli Studi di Roma - Tor Vergata IT XL CO VH 3 1982

45 Linköping University SE L CO VH 3 1969

46 Flinders University AU L FC HI 3 1966

47 Universidad Carlos III de Madrid ES L FO VH 2 1989

48 Université Paris Dauphine FR M SP 3 1968

49 Aston University GB M CO VH 3 1966†

50 Universität Bremen DE L CO VH 3 1971

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