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Rank Institution Country Score
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1 Cambridge University UK 100.0 7.6

2 Oxford University UK 95.0 7.5

3 University of California, Berkeley US 93.1 9.5

4 Harvard University US 88.9 11.1

5 Massachusetts Institute of Technology US 87.8 9.6

6 Princeton University US 80.1 11.6

7 Stanford University US 79.1 9.5

8 California Institute of Technology US 73.2 11.9

9 Imperial College London UK 72.9 6.3

10 Tokyo University Japan 72.1 5.6

11 ETH Zurich Switzerland 71.6 6.8

12 Beijing University China 67.6 3.3

13 Kyoto University Japan 66.6 4.9

14 Yale University US 65.7 9.5

15 Cornell University US 64.5 6.9

16 Australian National University Australia 63.1 6.1

17 Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris France 60.8 6.0

18 University of Chicago US 60.4 11.6

19 Lomonosov Moscow State University Russia 60.1 2.0

20 University of Toronto Canada 54.9 6.0

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
21 University of California, Los Angeles US 53.1 8.2
The latest research grants,
when and where to apply. 22= National University of Singapore Singapore 52.4 3.5

LATEST STATISTICS 22= Pierre and Marie Curie University France 52.4 4.8
Data published by The 24 Ecole Polytechnique France 52.3 4.9
THES on a wide range of
higher education issues. 25 University of Columbia US 49.9 8.8

LATEST RESEARCH NEWS 26 University of Texas at Austin US 49.2 6.6

Full text of all the 27 Melbourne University Australia 48.6 5.0

important European
28 Heidelberg University Germany 48.0 6.7
announcements.
29 University of Illinois US 47.5 6.0
TEXTBOOK GUIDES
Comparative reviews of 30 La Sapienza University, Rome Italy 46.4 4.6
the most recent student
texts. 31 University of California, Santa Barbara US 46.3 9.4

32 China University of Sci & Technol China 45.7 3.3

33 Indian Institutes of Technology India 45.1 –

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34 University of Michigan US 45.0 7.1

35 Sydney University Australia 44.8 4.4

36 University of California, San Diego US 44.0 8.3

37= Göttingen University Germany 43.6 4.7

37= McGill University Canada 43.6 5.0

39 Paris XI — Orsay France 43.5 5.5

40 Seoul National University South Korea 43.3 4.2

41= New South Wales University Australia 43.1 4.9

41= Tsing Hua University China 43.1 2.3

43 Munich University Germany 43.0 5.9

44 Utrecht University Netherlands 42.4 5.8

45 University of British Columbia Canada 41.3 6.4

46 Edinburgh University UK 40.6 7.8

47 Copenhagen University Denmark 40.2 4.8

48 Johns Hopkins University US 40.0 9.9

49 Osaka University Japan 39.6 4.6

50 Technion — Israel Institute of Technol Israel 39.1 3.9

51 University of Wisconsin US 39 6.5

52 Hebrew University of Jerusalem Israel 38.5 5.0

53 Bonn University Germany 38.3 4.6

54 Monash University Australia 37.9 –

55 Pennsylvania University US 37.8 9.4

56= Delft University of Technology Netherlands 37.7 5.6

56= Technical University Berlin Germany 37.7 –

58= Auckland University New Zealand 37.5 –

58= Queensland University Australia 37.5 4.3

58= Tel Aviv University Israel 37.5 5.4

61 National Taiwan University Taiwan 37.4 3.4

62 Malaysia National University Malaysia 36.8 –

63 Fudan University China 36.7 –

64 Aarhus University Denmark 36.6 6.4

65= Tohoku University Japan 36.2 4.6

65= Warwick University UK 36.2 –

67= Humboldt University Berlin Germany 36.1 5.3

67= Tokyo Institute of Technology Japan 36.1 –

69 Hong Kong University Sci & Technol Hong Kong 35.8 –

70 Nanjing University China 35.7 2.7

71 University of Hong Kong Hong Kong 35.3 –

72 Helsinki University Finland 35.2 6.0

73= St Petersburg State University Russia 35.1 –

73= Vienna University Austria 35.1 4.7

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75 Technical University Munich Germany 34.9 5.9

76 Georgia Institute of Technology US 34.2 5.8

77 Penn State University US 34.1 7.0

78 Leiden University Netherlands 34.0 6.5

79 Lund University Sweden 33.9 6.2

80 University of Adelaide Australia 33.8 –

81 Aachen RWTH Germany 33.6 4.9

82= Korea Advanced Inst Sci & Technol South Korea 32.9 –

82= New York University US 32.9 –

84 King’s College London UK 32.8 –

85 Nagoya University Japan 32.7 5.4

86 Manchester University & Umist UK 32.5 5.0

87= Nanyang Technological University Singapore 32.4 –

87= Vienna Technical University Austria 32.4 –

89 Carnegie Mellon University US 32.3 9.9

90= Free University Berlin Germany 32.2 4.6

90= University College London UK 32.2 6.0

90= State University New York US 32.2 7.5

93= Bristol University UK 32.1 6.1

93= Trinity College Dublin Ireland 32.1 –

95 Malaya University Malaysia 31.9 –

96 Chalmers University of Technology Sweden 31.7 4.4

97= Maryland University US 31.5 7.2

97= University of Waterloo Canada 31.5 –

99 Brown University US 31.0 8.4

100= Uppsala University Sweden 30.7 5.3

100= Washington University US 30.7 8.9

Source: QS Ltd, Evidence Ltd, published October 13 2006.

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