The top 200 QS World University Rankings 2011

 

 

Guardian Professional, Monday 5 September 2011

 

 

Rank

Institution

Country

Academic Reputation Score

Employer Reputation Score

Citations Per Faculty Score

Overall Score

1
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom
100
100
92.7
100

2
Harvard University
United States
100
100
100
99.3

3
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
United States
100
100
99.6
99.2

4
Yale University
United States
100
100
97.2
98.8

5
University of Oxford
United Kingdom
100
100
82
98

6
Imperial College London
United Kingdom
99.8
100
79.6
97.6

7
UCL (University College London)
United Kingdom
99.4
82
89.5
97.3

8
University of Chicago
United States
99.9
90
92.3
96.1

9
University of Pennsylvania
United States
98.7
90
94.9
95.7

10
Columbia University
United States
99.9
100
95.8
95.3

11
Stanford University
United States
100
100
100
93.4

12
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
United States
99
25.8
100
93

13
Princeton University
United States
100
67.9
100
91.9

14
University of Michigan
United States
99.8
90
85.3
91.3

15
Cornell University
United States
99.8
90
96.8
90.7

16
Johns Hopkins University
United States
95.9
55.9
99.8
90

17
McGill University
Canada
98.8
90
62.6
89.6

18
ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)
Switzerland
99.2
74.6
99
89.5

19
Duke University
United States
95.4
65
96.3
89.3

20
University of Edinburgh
United Kingdom
98.9
90
68.8
87.8

21
University of California, Berkeley (UCB)
United States
100
100
95.7
87.6

22
University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
98.9
59.4
54.5
87

23
University of Toronto
Canada
99.9
90
77.3
86.2

24
Northwestern University
United States
91.5
77.1
93.6
85.9

25
The University of Tokyo
Japan
100
90
74
85.9

26
Australian National University
Australia
99.8
59.4
70
85.7

27
King’s College London (University of London)
United Kingdom
92
59.4
68.5
85

28
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Singapore
100
92.6
43.9
84.1

29
The University of Manchester
United Kingdom
98.4
100
54.1
84

30
University of Bristol
United Kingdom
89.3
90
69.3
83.7

31
The University of Melbourne
Australia
99.8
100
78.4
83.6

32
Kyoto University
Japan
99.8
59.4
70.9
82.9

33
École Normale Supérieure, Paris
France
93.5
59.4
67.8
82.4

34
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
United States
100
90
99.9
81.9

35
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Switzerland
78.6
52.1
69.9
81.8

36
École Polytechnique
France
75.5
90
56.9
80.5

37
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
92
55.9
53.8
79.5

38
The University of Sydney
Australia
99.5
74.7
50.6
79.3

39
Brown University
United States
85
55.9
98.8
79.2

40
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Hong Kong
91.7
47.5
47.5
79.1

41
University of Wisconsin-Madison
United States
96.4
55.9
67.6
79

42
Seoul National University
Korea, South
98.3
55.9
42.2
78.7

43
Carnegie Mellon University
United States
88
59.4
74.5
78.5

44
New York University (NYU)
United States
97
63.5
43
77.7

45
Osaka University
Japan
89.7
55.9
70.1
77.5

46
Peking University
China
99.8
82.6
29.7
77.4

47
Tsinghua University
China
98.7
86.5
26.4
76.3

48
The University of Queensland
Australia
94.4
59.4
67.6
75.9

49
The University of New South Wales
Australia
96.1
78.6
56.3
75.7

50
The University of Warwick
United Kingdom
89.9
100
30.7
74.9

51
University of British Columbia
Canada
99.6
59.4
85.6
74.8

52
University of Copenhagen
Denmark
82.8
55.9
43.6
74.7

53
Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
Germany
92.7
15.3
53.7
74.5

54
Technische Universität München
Germany
82.3
73.1
34.1
74.3

55
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
United States
83
55.9
86.5
73.6

56
University of Washington
United States
93.5
29.6
99.8
72.9

57
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Japan
78.3
59.4
65.5
72.7

58
Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
Singapore
88
59.4
22.6
72.5

59
University of Glasgow
United Kingdom
81.2
55.9
72.3
72.1

60
Monash University
Australia
96.5
90
34.9
72.1

61
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
United States
97.4
45
87.3
71.9

62
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Germany
95.2
45.4
80.1
71.6

63
University of Amsterdam
Netherlands
91.4
55.9
64.2
71.5

64
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
United Kingdom
88.1
100
15.2
70.5

65
Trinity College Dublin
Ireland
81
59.4
47.7
70

66
Freie Universität Berlin
Germany
89.9
23
95.8
70

67
University of Birmingham
United Kingdom
78.4
61.4
55.3
69.9

68
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Belgium
88.4
55.9
85.1
69.9

69
University of Geneva
Switzerland
65.4
4.4
93.3
69.8

70=
Boston University
United States
74
59.4
75.2
69.7

70=
Tohoku University
Japan
73.3
55.9
57.3
69.7

72
The University of Sheffield
United Kingdom
76.5
59.4
56.3
69.6

73
The University of Western Australia
Australia
79.5
55.9
64.9
69.2

74
The University of Nottingham
United Kingdom
75.4
90
44.2
68.8

75
University of Southampton
United Kingdom
72.1
59.4
58.4
68.8

76
University of Texas at Austin
United States
97.2
62.5
66.2
68.7

77
University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
United States
97.6
18.1
99.9
68.5

78
Washington University in St. Louis
United States
58.9
6
98.3
68.5

79
Aarhus University
Denmark
69.1
24.6
64.4
68

80=
Nagoya University
Japan
64.9
55.9
79.6
68

80=
Utrecht University
Netherlands
81.7
23.1
89.8
68

82
The University of Auckland
New Zealand
94
59.4
39.5
67.3

83
Uppsala University
Sweden
82.5
19.2
90.9
67.2

84
Georgia Institute of Technology
United States
73.3
59.4
98
67.1

85
Purdue University
United States
81.5
67.5
55.7
67.1

86
Lund University
Sweden
82.9
55.9
81.9
66.7

87
National Taiwan University (NTU)
96.5
55.9
60.7
66.6

88
Leiden University
Netherlands
84.4
15.2
99
66.6

89
University of Helsinki
Finland
80.6
20.9
69.6
66.3

90
KAIST – Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology
Korea, South
79.9
23.8
45.3
66

91
Fudan University
China
91.5
59.4
41.2
65.7

92
The University of Adelaide
Australia
75.1
59.4
59.8
65.7

93
University of Leeds
United Kingdom
81.1
59.4
40.2
65.7

94
Pennsylvania State University
United States
76.3
66.2
80.6
65.4

95
Durham University
United Kingdom
66.2
90
54.7
65.2

96
University of York
United Kingdom
67.4
59.4
52.4
65.2

97
University of St Andrews
United Kingdom
59.7
59.4
53.2
65.1

98
Pohang University of Science And Technology (POSTECH)
Korea, South
55.8
17.3
80.9
65.1

99
Dartmouth College
United States
44.6
59.4
97.9
64.9

100
University of Alberta
Canada
75.2
27.8
49.8
64.5

101
University of California, Davis
United States
77.3
17.1
94.4
64.4

102
University of Minnesota
United States
82.8
24.8
98.9
64.3

103
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Netherlands
54.6
59.4
96.9
64

104
Delft University of Technology
Netherlands
76.4
59.4
43.8
63.9

105
Universität Freiburg
Germany
69.3
2.4
52.8
63.7

106
University of Zurich
Switzerland
74.6
20.7
69.8
63.3

107
University of Southern California
United States
61.7
25
66.3
63.2

108
University of Oslo
Norway
70.3
10.8
44
62.9

109
Maastricht University
Netherlands
37.5
55.9
85.5
62.5

110
City University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
72.2
18.7
38.6
62

111
Ohio State University
United States
73.9
55.9
65.9
61.5

112
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russia
77.3
59.4
5.5
61.3

113
University of Maryland, College Park
United States
67.3
20.3
76.8
61

114
Emory University
United States
37.3
37.9
96.5
60.4

115
University of Groningen
Netherlands
60.4
25.1
61.7
60.4

116
University of Pittsburgh
United States
49.6
8.2
80.5
60.3

117
Rice University
United States
47.1
12.9
91.3
60.2

118
University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)
United States
79.7
3.2
98.8
59.9

119
Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC)
France
67.7
7.9
49.5
59.8

120
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Israel
65
7.2
78.1
59.4

121
University of Bergen
Norway
47
12.4
73.8
59.3

122
Kyushu University
Japan
56.4
55.9
41.9
58.9

123
University of Liverpool
United Kingdom
54
55.9
49.3
58.8

124
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
China
80.4
55.9
34.4
58.3

125
Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL)
Belgium
72.2
23
80.1
57.8

126
University of Virginia
United States
54.2
59.4
80.6
57.6

127
Newcastle University
United Kingdom
45.1
59.4
57.2
57.6

128
University of Rochester
United States
42.1
66.1
57.4

129
Yonsei University
Korea, South
72.4
37.5
21
57.3

130
University of Otago
New Zealand
63.2
55.9
50
57.2

131
Vanderbilt University
United States
41.8
55.9
57.9
57.2

132
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Germany
93.2
11.5
35.9
57.1

133
École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
France
54.6
2.4
40.5
57

134
University College Dublin
Ireland
58.8
59.4
31.8
56.9

135
Cardiff University
United Kingdom
56.9
55.9
45.4
56.9

136
University of Lausanne
Switzerland
46.1
9.2
78.2
56.7

137
Université de Montréal
Canada
64.6
9.7
67
56.4

138
Radboud University Nijmegen
Netherlands
37.4
25.5
79.4
56.1

139
Hokkaido University
Japan
52.4
55.9
65.5
55.9

140
Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen
Germany
63.6
68.5
23.6
55.9

141
University of Aberdeen
United Kingdom
48.4
37.9
49.5
55.7

142
University of Colorado at Boulder
United States
49.5
34.1
90
55.3

143
University of Bern
Switzerland
38.3
12.4
87
55

144
Queen’s University
Canada
52.5
59.4
64.2
54.9

145
Case Western Reserve University
United States
31.1
2.5
90.8
54.8

146
Eindhoven University of Technology
Netherlands
46.2
18.2
33.5
54.8

147
Universität Karlsruhe
Germany
59.1
55.9
28.7
54.6

148
University of California, Irvine
United States
65.6
6.9
98.9
54.5

149
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Germany
63.8
42.8
53.8

150
Technical University of Denmark
Denmark
34.4
11.9
53.6
53.8

151
University of Basel
Switzerland
54.4
8.7
38.1
53.8

152
Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
Germany
55.5
15.8
58
53.7

153
Lancaster University
United Kingdom
52.9
55.9
37.8
53.4

154
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
Germany
66.5
10.3
34.7
53.4

155
University of Vienna
Austria
81
26.5
43
53.3

156
University of Cape Town
South Africa
56.7
55.9
48.5
52.9

157
The University of Western Ontario
Canada
50
55.9
88.4
52.6

158
Texas A&M University
United States
65.8
36.9
71.2
52.5

159
McMaster University
Canada
57.8
15.5
90.3
52.2

160
University of Waterloo
Canada
62
55.9
53.3
52

161
University of Florida
United States
60
23.2
73.4
51.6

162
University of Illinois, Chicago (UIC)
United States
46.3
15
92.3
51.5

163
University of Arizona
United States
60.2
4.6
81
51.5

164
Michigan State University
United States
62
44.7
53.5
51.4

165
University of Ghent
Belgium
58.4
24.9
47.7
51.3

166
Georgetown University
United States
51.6
59.4
43.1
51

167
Universiti Malaya (UM)
Malaysia
56.3
37.9
4.6
50.9

168
University of Bath
United Kingdom
48.6
59.4
39.5
50.8

169=
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
Mexico
79.4
55.9
4.5
50.7

169=
Universidade de São Paulo
Brazil
75.1
52.8
28.8
50.7

171
Chulalongkorn University
Thailand
82.2
55.9
7.4
50.7

172
Queen Mary, University of London (QMUL)
United Kingdom
56.4
14.9
15
50.7

173
Tel Aviv University
Israel
59
8.2
99.3
50.6

174
Tufts University
United States
29.1
5.5
92.6
50.6

175
Wageningen University
Netherlands
43
6.7
30.9
50.3

176
University of Barcelona
Spain
77.9
12.7
44.3
50.3

177
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hong Kong
58.4
13.3
36.5
50.1

178
Stockholm University
Sweden
71.9
16.3
40.5
49.8

179
VU University Amsterdam
Netherlands
62.5
25
36.9
49.6

180
KTH, Royal Institute of Technology
Sweden
51.7
26.9
32.1
49.6

181
University College Cork
Ireland
49
55.9
31
49.5

182
Universität Frankfurt am Main
Germany
58.2
22.2
53.7
49.5

183
University of Bologna
Italy
81.9
37.9
24.2
49.4

184
University of Gothenburg
Sweden
46.9
13.9
62.3
49.3

185
Waseda University
Japan
76.3
59.4
7.8
49.2

186=
Nanjing University
China
70.6
16.9
34.3
49

186=
University of Tsukuba
Japan
53.8
3.9
36.7
49

188=
Keio University
Japan
64.5
59.4
15.8
49

188=
University of Science and Technology of China
China
62.4
11
51.9
49

190
Korea University
Korea, South
70.8
27.4
18.5
49

191
Zhejiang University
China
66.6
35.1
45.4
48.8

192
University of Iowa
United States
42.6
7
82.6
48.4

193
Queen’s University of Belfast
United Kingdom
40.4
55.9
34.8
48.3

194
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Spain
71.2
13.2
39.4
48.2

195
University of Leicester
United Kingdom
34.3
10.9
68.4
48

196
Universite Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
Belgium
53
18.7
33.8
47.9

197=
University of Antwerp
Belgium
36.5
11.8
26.9
47.5

197=
University of Sussex
United Kingdom
48.8
7.3
49.6
47.5

199
University of Dundee
United Kingdom
32.7
4
59.4
47.3

200
King Saud University
Saudi Arabia
56.6
6.7
2.2
47.1

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