World’s Best Colleges 2015: List of Academic Ranking of World Universities Released
Harvard has ranked No. 1 in the World’s Best Colleges 2015 since the list’s inception in 2003. The academic ranking of world universities is compiled by researchers from the Center for World-Class Universities of Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
Here is your top 100 universities in the world.
1
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Harvard University |
1
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100.0
|
100.0
|
|
2
|
Stanford University |
2
|
73.3
|
40.7
|
|
3
|
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) |
3
|
70.4
|
68.2
|
|
4
|
University of California, Berkeley |
4
|
69.6
|
65.1
|
|
5
|
University of Cambridge |
1
|
68.8
|
77.1
|
|
6
|
Princeton University |
5
|
61.0
|
53.3
|
|
7
|
California Institute of Technology |
6
|
59.6
|
49.5
|
|
8
|
Columbia University |
7
|
58.8
|
63.5
|
|
9
|
University of Chicago |
8
|
57.1
|
59.8
|
|
10
|
University of Oxford |
2
|
56.6
|
49.7
|
|
11
|
Yale University |
9
|
54.5
|
47.6
|
|
12
|
University of California, Los Angeles |
10
|
50.7
|
29.5
|
|
13
|
Cornell University |
11
|
50.5
|
42.0
|
|
14
|
University of California, San Diego |
12
|
48.7
|
19.2
|
|
15
|
University of Washington |
13
|
47.8
|
21.2
|
|
16
|
Johns Hopkins University |
14
|
46.3
|
37.7
|
|
17
|
University of Pennsylvania |
15
|
46.1
|
31.6
|
|
18
|
University College London |
3
|
44.5
|
28.1
|
|
18
|
University of California, San Francisco |
16
|
44.5
|
0.0
|
|
20
|
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich |
1
|
43.7
|
29.5
|
|
21
|
The University of Tokyo |
1
|
42.0
|
30.8
|
|
22
|
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor |
17
|
41.7
|
34.4
|
|
23
|
The Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine |
4
|
41.5
|
14.5
|
|
24
|
University of Wisconsin – Madison |
18
|
41.1
|
30.8
|
|
25
|
University of Toronto |
1
|
40.6
|
19.9
|
|
26
|
Kyoto University |
2
|
38.9
|
31.6
|
|
27
|
New York University |
19
|
38.8
|
28.1
|
|
27
|
Northwestern University |
19
|
38.8
|
15.4
|
|
29
|
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
21
|
38.6
|
29.9
|
|
30
|
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities |
22
|
38.5
|
29.5
|
|
31
|
Duke University |
23
|
38.0
|
15.4
|
|
32
|
Washington University in St. Louis |
24
|
37.4
|
22.9
|
|
33
|
Rockefeller University |
25
|
36.5
|
17.0
|
|
34
|
University of Colorado at Boulder |
26
|
36.0
|
12.6
|
|
35
|
University of Copenhagen |
1
|
35.7
|
21.8
|
|
36
|
Pierre and Marie Curie University – Paris 6 |
1
|
35.0
|
33.6
|
|
37
|
The University of Texas at Austin |
27
|
34.8
|
16.2
|
|
38
|
University of California, Santa Barbara |
28
|
34.6
|
14.5
|
|
39
|
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
29
|
34.4
|
8.9
|
|
40
|
University of British Columbia |
2
|
34.1
|
15.4
|
|
41
|
The University of Manchester |
5
|
33.6
|
18.5
|
|
41
|
University of Paris-Sud (Paris 11) |
2
|
33.6
|
30.3
|
|
43
|
University of Maryland, College Park |
30
|
32.8
|
19.2
|
|
44
|
The University of Melbourne |
1
|
32.3
|
17.0
|
|
44
|
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas |
31
|
32.3
|
18.5
|
|
46
|
Heidelberg University |
1
|
32.2
|
19.9
|
|
47
|
The University of Edinburgh |
6
|
32.0
|
20.5
|
|
48
|
Karolinska Institute |
1
|
31.9
|
22.4
|
|
49
|
University of Southern California |
32
|
31.3
|
0.0
|
|
50
|
University of California, Irvine |
33
|
31.0
|
0.0
|
|
51
|
Technical University Munich |
2
|
30.5
|
34.8
|
|
52
|
University of Munich |
3
|
30.3
|
25.6
|
|
53
|
Vanderbilt University |
34
|
30.2
|
15.4
|
|
54
|
University of Zurich |
2
|
30.1
|
5.1
|
|
55
|
King’s College London |
7
|
30.0
|
21.2
|
|
56
|
Utrecht University |
1
|
29.8
|
22.9
|
|
57
|
University of California, Davis |
35
|
29.7
|
0.0
|
|
58
|
University of Geneva |
3
|
29.4
|
27.1
|
|
58
|
University of Oslo |
1
|
29.4
|
28.1
|
|
60
|
Pennsylvania State University – University Park |
36
|
29.3
|
10.3
|
|
61
|
Carnegie Mellon University |
37
|
29.2
|
31.6
|
|
61
|
Purdue University – West Lafayette |
37
|
29.2
|
13.6
|
|
61
|
Uppsala University |
2
|
29.2
|
17.8
|
|
64
|
McGill University |
3
|
28.5
|
32.8
|
|
64
|
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey – New Brunswick |
39
|
28.5
|
10.3
|
|
66
|
University of Bristol |
8
|
28.3
|
7.3
|
|
67
|
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
1
|
28.2
|
32.0
|
|
67
|
The Ohio State University – Columbus |
40
|
28.2
|
12.6
|
|
67
|
University of Helsinki |
1
|
28.2
|
12.6
|
|
70
|
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Campus |
41
|
28.1
|
18.5
|
|
71
|
Ghent University |
1
|
27.8
|
5.1
|
|
72
|
Ecole Normale Superieure – Paris |
3
|
27.6
|
48.9
|
|
73
|
Aarhus University |
2
|
27.3
|
11.5
|
|
73
|
Boston University |
42
|
27.3
|
11.5
|
|
75
|
Brown University |
43
|
27.0
|
14.5
|
|
75
|
University of Groningen |
2
|
27.0
|
0.0
|
|
77
|
Nagoya University |
3
|
26.7
|
29.0
|
|
77
|
Stockholm University |
3
|
26.7
|
24.1
|
|
77
|
Technion-Israel Institute of Technology |
2
|
26.7
|
23.5
|
|
77
|
The Australian National University |
2
|
26.7
|
13.6
|
|
77
|
The University of Queensland |
2
|
26.7
|
12.6
|
|
82
|
Leiden University |
3
|
26.5
|
17.8
|
|
83
|
University of Florida |
44
|
26.2
|
17.0
|
|
84
|
Rice University |
45
|
26.0
|
16.2
|
|
85
|
Osaka University |
4
|
25.7
|
8.9
|
|
86
|
Moscow State University |
1
|
25.3
|
41.4
|
|
87
|
The University of Western Australia |
4
|
24.9
|
13.6
|
|
87
|
University of Basel |
4
|
24.9
|
19.2
|
|
87
|
University of Strasbourg |
4
|
24.9
|
25.1
|
|
90
|
KU Leuven |
2
|
24.7
|
0.0
|
|
90
|
University of Arizona |
46
|
24.7
|
14.5
|
|
92
|
University of Warwick |
9
|
24.6
|
0.0
|
|
93
|
Arizona State University |
47
|
24.5
|
0.0
|
|
93
|
University of California, Santa Cruz |
47
|
24.5
|
0.0
|
|
93
|
University of Utah |
47
|
24.5
|
0.0
|
|
96
|
McMaster University |
4
|
24.4
|
12.6
|
|
97
|
University of Bonn |
4
|
24.3
|
15.4
|
|
98
|
VU University Amsterdam |
4
|
24.2
|
0.0
|
|
99
|
Michigan State University |
50
|
24.0
|
8.9
|
|
100
|
Texas A&M University |
51
|
23.9
|
0.0
|
The Academic Ranking of World Universities uses six indicators to evaluate world universities: the number of alumni and staff winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals; the number of Highly Cited Researchers; the number of articles published in journals of Nature and Science; the number of articles indexed in Science Citation Index – Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index; and per capita performance.
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