THE–QS World University Rankings, 2008
This is the 2008 THE–QS World University Rankings list of the top 200 universities in the world.
Top 200
Rank |
2007 rank |
University |
Country |
|---|---|---|---|
1 |
1 |
Harvard University (Cambridge) |
|
2 |
2 |
Yale University (New Haven) |
|
3 |
2 |
Cambridge University |
|
4 |
2 |
Oxford University |
|
5 |
7 |
California Institute of Technology (Pasadena) |
|
6 |
5 |
London Imperial College |
|
7 |
9 |
London University – University College |
|
8 |
7 |
Chicago University |
|
9 |
10 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge) |
|
10 |
11 |
Columbia University (New York City) |
|
11 |
14 |
Pennsylvania University |
|
12 |
6 |
Princeton University |
|
13 |
13 |
Duke University (Durham) |
|
13 |
15 |
Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore) |
|
15 |
20 |
Cornell University |
|
16 |
16 |
Australian National University (Canberra) |
|
17 |
19 |
Stanford University |
|
18 |
38 |
Michigan University |
|
19 |
17 |
Tokyo University |
|
20 |
12 |
McGill University (Montreal) |
|
21 |
20 |
Carnegie Mellon University |
|
22 |
24 |
London University – King's College |
|
23 |
23 |
Edinburgh University |
|
24 |
42 |
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich |
|
25 |
25 |
Kyoto University |
|
26 |
18 |
Hong Kong University |
|
27 |
32 |
Brown University |
|
28 |
26 |
Paris École Normale Supérieure |
|
29 |
30 |
Manchester University |
|
30 |
41 |
California University, Los Angeles |
|
30 |
33 |
Singapore National University |
|
32 |
37 |
Bristol University |
|
33 |
29 |
Northwestern University |
|
34 |
33 |
University of British Columbia |
|
34 |
28 |
École Polytechnique (Paris) |
|
36 |
22 |
California University, Berkeley |
|
37 |
31 |
Sydney University |
|
38 |
27 |
Melbourne University |
|
39 |
53 |
Hong Kong Science and Technology University |
|
40 |
49 |
New York University |
|
41 |
45 |
University of Toronto |
|
42 |
38 |
Hong Kong Chinese University |
|
43 |
33 |
Queensland University |
|
44 |
46 |
Osaka University |
|
45 |
44 |
New South Wales University |
|
46 |
47 |
Boston University |
|
47 |
43 |
Monash University |
|
48 |
93 |
Copenhagen University |
|
49 |
53 |
Dublin University – Trinity College |
|
50 |
117 |
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne |
|
50 |
36 |
Peking University |
|
50 |
51 |
Seoul National University |
|
53 |
48 |
Amsterdam University |
|
54 |
71 |
Dartmouth College |
|
55 |
55 |
Wisconsin University, Madison |
|
56 |
40 |
Tsinghua University |
|
57 |
60 |
Heidelberg University |
|
58 |
58 |
California University, San Diego |
|
59 |
55 |
Washington University |
|
60 |
161 |
Washington University in St. Louis |
|
61 |
90 |
Tokyo Institute of Technology |
|
62 |
74 |
Emory University |
|
63 |
71 |
Uppsala University |
|
64 |
84 |
Leiden University |
|
65 |
50 |
University of Auckland |
|
66 |
59 |
London University – School of Economics and Political Science |
|
67 |
89 |
Utrecht University |
|
68 |
105 |
Geneva University |
|
69 |
57 |
Warwick University |
|
70 |
51 |
Texas University, Austin |
|
71 |
73 |
Illinois University |
|
72 |
61 |
Leuven University |
|
73 |
83 |
Glasgow University |
|
74 |
97 |
Alberta University |
|
75 |
65 |
Birmingham University |
|
76 |
68 |
Sheffield University |
|
77 |
69 |
Nanyang Technological University |
|
78 |
63 |
Delft Technology University |
|
78 |
67 |
Munich Technical University |
|
78 |
92 |
Rice University |
|
81 |
114 |
Aarhus University |
|
81 |
74 |
York University |
|
83 |
97 |
Georgia Institute of Technology |
|
83 |
76 |
St Andrews University |
|
83 |
64 |
Western Australia University |
|
86 |
70 |
Nottingham University |
|
87 |
142 |
Minnesota University |
|
88 |
106 |
Lund University |
|
89 |
96 |
California University, Davis |
|
90 |
85 |
Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland) |
|
91 |
100 |
Helsinki University |
|
91 |
93 |
Montreal University |
|
93 |
128 |
Jerusalem Hebrew University |
|
93 |
65 |
Munich University |
|
95 |
132 |
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology |
|
96 |
110 |
Virginia University |
|
97 |
77 |
Pittsburgh University |
|
98 |
117 |
California University, Santa Barbara |
|
99 |
77 |
Purdue University |
|
99 |
80 |
Southampton University |
|
101 |
82 |
Vanderbilt University |
|
102 |
151 |
North Carolina University |
|
102 |
119 |
Southern California University |
|
104 |
80 |
Leeds University |
|
105 |
90 |
Pennsylvania State University |
|
106 |
62 |
Adelaide University |
|
106 |
140 |
Zurich University |
|
108 |
177 |
Dublin University College |
|
109 |
231 |
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (Haifa) |
|
110 |
102 |
Georgetown University |
|
111 |
111 |
Maastricht University |
|
112 |
102 |
Tohoku University |
|
113 |
85 |
Fudan University |
|
114 |
151 |
Tel Aviv University |
|
115 |
85 |
Vienna University |
|
116 |
123 |
Louvain University |
|
117 |
108 |
McMaster University |
|
117 |
88 |
Queen's University (Kingston) |
|
119 |
101 |
Rochester University |
|
120 |
112 |
Nagoya University |
|
121 |
120 |
Ohio State University |
|
122 |
109 |
Durham University |
|
122 |
79 |
Maryland University |
|
124 |
114 |
Otago University |
|
124 |
102 |
Taiwan National University (Taipei) |
|
126 |
163 |
Rotterdam University |
|
127 |
224 |
New York State University, Stony Brook |
|
128 |
130 |
Eindhoven Technology University |
|
129 |
112 |
Waterloo University |
|
130 |
121 |
Sussex University |
|
131 |
114 |
Basel University |
|
132 |
140 |
California University, Irvine |
|
133 |
140 |
Cardiff University |
|
133 |
130 |
Denmark Technical University |
|
133 |
101 |
Liverpool University |
|
136 |
124 |
Ghent University |
|
137 |
146 |
Berlin Free University |
|
137 |
122 |
Texas A&M University (College Station) |
|
139 |
126 |
Berlin University |
|
140 |
157 |
Lyon École Normale Supérieure |
|
141 |
155 |
China Science and Technology University |
|
142 |
148 |
Wageningen University |
|
143 |
125 |
Nanjing University |
|
144 |
173 |
Groningen University |
|
144 |
163 |
Shanghai Jiao Tong University |
|
146 |
134 |
Arizona University (Tucson) |
|
147 |
149 |
Hong Kong City University |
|
147 |
144 |
Freiburg University |
|
149 |
132 |
Paris 06 – Pierre and Marie Curie University |
|
150 |
192 |
Mexico National Autonomous University (Mexico City) |
|
151 |
177 |
New Jersey State University – Rutgers |
|
152 |
145 |
University of Bath |
|
153 |
137 |
Aberdeen University |
|
154 |
307 |
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi |
|
155 |
304 |
Amsterdam Free University |
|
155 |
142 |
Tübingen University |
|
157 |
159 |
Tufts University |
|
158 |
136 |
Kyushu University |
|
159 |
126 |
Western Ontario University |
|
160 |
149 |
London University – Queen Mary |
|
161 |
217 |
Lausanne University |
|
162 |
197 |
Chalmers Technology University (Gothenburg) |
|
162 |
129 |
Newcastle University |
|
164 |
139 |
Simon Fraser University |
|
165 |
135 |
Florida University |
|
166 |
223 |
Chulalongkorn University |
|
166 |
168 |
Göttingen University |
|
168 |
155 |
Notre Dame University |
|
169 |
209 |
Frankfurt University |
|
170 |
166 |
Calgary University |
|
170 |
137 |
Indiana University – Bloomington |
|
170 |
147 |
Lancaster University |
|
173 |
192 |
Royal Institute of Technology (Stockholm) |
|
174 |
151 |
Hokkaido University |
|
174 |
269 |
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay |
|
174 |
191 |
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy) |
|
177 |
185 |
Leicester University |
|
177 |
188 |
Oslo University |
|
179 |
200 |
Cape Town University |
|
180 |
107 |
Colorado University |
|
180 |
180 |
Waseda University |
|
182 |
168 |
Macquarie University |
|
183 |
154 |
Brussels Free University (French-speaking) |
|
183 |
231 |
Lomonosov Moscow State University |
|
185 |
208 |
Brandeis University |
|
186 |
194 |
Barcelona University |
|
186 |
188 |
Canterbury University |
|
188 |
203 |
Berlin Technical University |
|
188 |
233 |
Pohang Science and Technology University |
|
190 |
165 |
Stuttgart University |
|
191 |
175 |
Massachusetts University, Amherst |
|
192 |
214 |
Bern University |
|
192 |
173 |
Bologna University |
|
194 |
180 |
Reading University |
|
195 |
187 |
Antwerp University |
|
196 |
175 |
São Paulo University |
|
197 |
264 |
Buenos Aires University |
|
197 |
221 |
Dalhousie University (Halifax) |
|
199 |
197 |
Kobe University |
|
200 |
248 |
Athens University |
|
200 |
185 |
Twente University |