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World University Rankings

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Universities	Location	2023	2022	2021
University of Oxford	Oxford, ENG, United Kingdom	1	1	1
Harvard University	Cambridge, MA, United States	2	2	3
Stanford University	Stanford, CA, United States	3	4	2
University of Cambridge	Cambridge, ENG, United Kingdom	3	5	6
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	Cambridge, MA, United States	5	5	5
California Institute of Technology - Caltech	Pasadena, CA, United States	6	2	4
Princeton University	Princeton, NJ, United States	7	7	9
University of California, Berkeley	Berkeley, CA, United States	8	8	7
Yale University	New Haven, CT, United States	9	9	8
Imperial College London	London, ENG, United Kingdom	10	12	11
Columbia University	New York City, NY, United States	11	11	17
ETH Zurich - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology	Zürich, Switzerland	11	15	14
University of Chicago	Chicago, IL, United States	13	10	10
University of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia, PA, United States	14	13	13
Johns Hopkins University	Baltimore, MD, United States	15	13	12
Tsinghua University	Beijing, China	16	16	20
Peking University	Beijing, China	17	16	23
University of Toronto	Pickering, Canada	18	18	18
National University of Singapore	Singapore, Singapore	19	21	25
Cornell University	Ithaca, NY, United States	20	22	19
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)	Los Angeles, CA, United States	21	20	15
University College London (UCL)	London, ENG, United Kingdom	22	18	16
University of Michigan	Ann Arbor, MI, United States	23	24	22
New York University	New York City, NY, United States	24	26	26

Universities	Location	2023	2022	2021
University of Michigan	Ann Arbor, MI, United States	25	23	21
PSL Research University	Paris, France	26	44	52
University of California, Berkeley	Berkeley, CA, United States	27	32	30
The University of Manchester	Manchester, ENG, United Kingdom	28	27	27
Seoul National University	Anyang, South Korea	29	36	37
Australian National University	Canberra, 01, Australia	30	27	31
McGill University	Montréal, Canada	31	27	31
Northwestern University	Evanston, IL, United States	32	30	29
University of Melbourne	North Melbourne, 07, Australia	33	37	41
Fudan University	Shanghai, China	34	31	34
University of Toronto	Pickering, Canada	34	26	25
Kyoto University	Kyoto, Japan	36	33	38
King's College London	London, ENG, United Kingdom	37	35	31
The Chinese University of Hong Kong	Shatin, Hong Kong (SAR)	38	39	43
New York University	New York City, NY, United States	39	42	35
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology	Hong Kong, Hong Kong (SAR)	40	34	27
University of Sydney	Sydney, 02, Australia	41	38	40
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)	Taiden, South Korea	42	41	39
Zhejiang University	Hangzhou, China	42	45	53
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)	Los Angeles, CA, United States	44	40	36
University of New South Wales	Kingsford, 02, Australia	45	43	44
Shanghai Jiao Tong University	Shanghai, China	46	50	47
University of British Columbia	Vancouver, Canada	47	46	45
Institut Polytechnique de Paris	Palaiseau, France	48	49	-

Universities	Location	2023	2022	2021
Technical University of Munich	München, Germany	49	50	50
Duke University	Durham, NC, United States	50	52	42
University of Queensland	South Brisbane, 04, Australia	50	47	46
Carnegie Mellon University	Pittsburgh, PA, United States	52	53	51
University of California, San Diego	San Diego, CA, United States	53	48	54
City University of Hong Kong	Kowloon, Hong Kong (SAR)	54	53	48
Tokyo Institute of Technology	Shinagawa-ku, Japan	55	56	56
London School of Economics and Political Science	London, ENG, United Kingdom	56	49	49
Monash University	Notting Hill, 07, Australia	57	58	55
University of Amsterdam	Amsterdam, Netherlands	58	55	61
Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) Munich	München, Germany	59	64	63
Sorbonne University	Paris, France	60	72	83
Delft University of Technology (TU Delft)	Delft, Netherlands	61	57	57
University of Bristol	Bristol, ENG, United Kingdom	61	62	58
Brown University	Providence, RI, United States	63	60	60
University of Warwick	Coventry, ENG, United Kingdom	64	61	62
Heidelberg University	Heidelberg, Germany	65	63	64
PolyU Design	Kowloon, Hong Kong (SAR)	65	66	75
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University	Hong Kong, Hong Kong (SAR)	65	66	75
University of Buenos Aires	Buenos Aires, Argentina	67	69	66
Osaka University	Osaka-shi, Japan	68	75	72
Paris-Saclay University	Bures-sur-Yvette, France	69	86	305
University of Malaya	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	70	65	59
Pohang University of Science and Technology (Postech)	Enjitsu, South Korea	71	81	77

Universities	Location	2023	2022	2021
University of Texas at Austin	Austin, TX, United States	72	67	71
Yonsei University	Seoul, South Korea	73	79	85
Korea University	Seoul, South Korea	74	74	69
Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU)	Moscow, Russia	75	78	74
KU Leuven	Brussels, Belgium	76	70	84
National Taiwan University	Taipei, Taiwan	77	68	66
University of Southampton	Southampton, ENG, United Kingdom	78	77	90
Tohoku University	Sendai-shi, Japan	79	82	79
University of Washington	Seattle, WA, United States	80	85	72
University of Glasgow	Glasgow, SCT, United Kingdom	81	73	77
University of Copenhagen	Copenhagen, Denmark	82	79	76
University of Wisconsin Madison	Madison, WI, United States	83	75	65
University of Zurich	Zürich (Kreis 1), Switzerland	83	70	69
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign	Urbana, IL, United States	85	82	82
University of Leeds	Leeds, ENG, United Kingdom	86	92	91
University of Auckland	Auckland, New Zealand	87	85	81
Georgia Institute of Technology	Atlanta, GA, United States	88	88	80
KTH Royal Institute of Technology	Stockholm, Sweden	89	89	98
The University of Western Australia	Perth, 08, Australia	90	93	92
University of Birmingham	Birmingham, ENG, United Kingdom	91	90	87
University of Birmingham online	Birmingham, ENG, United Kingdom	91	90	87
Durham University	Durham, ENG, United Kingdom	92	82	86
Pennsylvania State University	State College, PA, United States	93	96	101
University of Science and Technology of China	Hefei, China	94	98	93

Universities	Location	2023	2022	2021
Lund University	Lund, Sweden	95	87	97
University of Sheffield	Sheffield, ENG, United Kingdom	96	95	93
University of St Andrews	Saint Andrews, SCT, United Kingdom	96	91	96
Trinity College Dublin	Dublin, Ireland	98	101	101
Sungkyunkwan University	Seoul, South Korea	99	97	88
Rice University	Houston, TX, United States	100	94	89
University of Oslo	Oslo, Norway	101	102	113
University of California, Davis	Davis, CA, United States	102	138	112
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill	Chapel Hill, NC, United States	102	100	95
National Autonomous University of Mexico	Coyoacán, Mexico	104	105	100
Technical University of Denmark (DTU)	Copenhagen, Denmark	104	99	103
King Abdulaziz University	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia	106	109	143
University of Helsinki	Helsinki, Finland	106	104	104
Boston University	Boston, MA, United States	108	112	110
University of Adelaide	Adelaide, 05, Australia	109	108	106
University of Alberta	Edmonton, Canada	110	126	119
École Normale Supérieure de Lyon	Lyon, France	111	130	161
Nagoya University	Nagoya-shi, Japan	112	118	110
Utrecht University	Utrecht, Netherlands	112	110	121
University of Nottingham	Nottingham, ENG, United Kingdom	114	103	99
University of Sao Paulo	São Paulo, Brazil	115	121	115
Aalto University	Helsinki, Finland	116	112	127
University of Montreal	Montréal, Canada	116	111	118
Freie Universität Berlin	Berlin Steglitz Zehlendorf, Germany	118	127	130

Universities	Location	2023	2022	2021
Washington University in St. Louis	Saint Louis, MO, United States	118	107	105
University of Bern	Bern, Switzerland	120	119	114
Pontifical Catholic University of Chile	Villa Presidente Frei, Ñuñoa, Santiago, Chile, Chile	121	135	121
Newcastle University	Newcastle upon Tyne, ENG, United Kingdom	122	134	152
University Putra Malaysia	Kampong Baharu Balakong, Malaysia	123	143	132
Wageningen University and Research	Wageningen, Netherlands	124	123	115
Chalmers University of Technology	Göteborg, Sweden	125	121	139
Queen Mary University of London	London, ENG, United Kingdom	125	117	114
University of Geneva	Genève, Switzerland	125	105	106
Uppsala University	Uppsala, Sweden	128	124	124
Purdue University	West Lafayette, IN, United States	129	116	109
Purdue University - Online	West Lafayette, IN, United States	129	116	109
University Kebangsaan Malaysia	Semenyih, Malaysia	129	144	141
Humboldt University Berlin	Berlin, Germany	131	128	117
Leiden University	Leiden, Netherlands	131	112	128
Nanjing University	Nanjing, China	133	131	124
University of Southern California	Los Angeles, CA, United States	134	112	121
Kyushu University	Fukuoka-shi, Japan	135	137	124
University of Basel	Basel, Switzerland	136	138	149
University of Technology Sydney	Sydney, 02, Australia	137	133	133
Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e)	Eindhoven, Netherlands	138	125	120
MIP Politecnico Di Milano	Milano, Italy	139	142	137
Politecnico di Milano	Milano, Italy	139	142	137
The Ohio State University	Upper Arlington, OH, United States	140	120	108

Universities	Location	2023	2022	2021
Hokkaido University	Sapporo-shi, Japan	141	145	139
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)	Karlsruhe, Germany	141	136	131
Ghent University	Ledeberg, Belgium	143	141	135
University Sains Malaysia	George Town, Malaysia	143	147	142
University of Groningen	Groningen, Netherlands	145	128	128
Lancaster University	Lancaster, ENG, United Kingdom	146	132	135
RWTH Aachen University	Aachen, Germany	147	165	145
University of Rochester	Rochester, NY, United States	147	154	166
University of California, Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara, CA, United States	149	146	152
Al-Farabi Kazakh National University	Almaty, Kazakhstan	150	175	165
University of Vienna	Vienna, Austria	151	151	150
McMaster University	Hamilton, Canada	152	140	144
Stockholm University	Bergshamra, Sweden	153	148	181
University of Waterloo	Waterloo, Canada	154	149	166
Emory University	Atlanta, GA, United States	155	160	158
Indian Institute of Science	Bengalore, India	155	186	185
Hanyang University	Seoul, South Korea	157	156	146
TU Berlin	Berlin, Germany	158	159	148
Michigan State University	East Lansing, MI, United States	159	157	157
King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals	Dhahran, Saudi Arabia	160	163	186
Aarhus University	Aarhus, Denmark	161	155	147
University of York	York, ENG, United Kingdom	162	151	150
The University of Exeter	Exeter, ENG, United Kingdom	163	149	164
Texas A&M University	College Station, TX, United States	164	168	169

Universities	Location	2023	2022	2021
University of Maryland	College Park, MD, United States	164	158	152
Cardiff University	Cardiff, WLS, United Kingdom	166	151	159
Bologna Business School	Bologna, Italy	167	166	160
University of Bologna	Bologna, Italy	167	166	160
University of Chile	Lo Prado, Chile	167	183	180
University of Tübingen	Tübingen, Germany	169	177	175
Tecnológico de Monterrey	Monterrey, Mexico	170	161	155
Sapienza University of Rome	Roma, Italy	171	171	171
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay	Powai, India	172	177	172
Western University - Canada	London, Canada	172	170	203
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi	New Delhi, India	174	185	193
ParisTech School of Bridges	Champs-sur-Marne, France	174	245	242
Case Western Reserve University	Cleveland, OH, United States	176	161	162
National Tsing Hua University	Hsinchu, Taiwan	177	180	168
Autonomous University of Barcelona	Barcelona, Spain	178	209	213
University of Bath	Bath, ENG, United Kingdom	179	166	173
University of Bath Online	Bath, ENG, United Kingdom	179	166	173
Vienna University of Technology	Vienna, Austria	179	180	191
Khalifa University	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	181	183	211
UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School	Dublin, Ireland	181	173	177
University College Dublin	Dublin, Ireland	181	173	177
University of Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh, PA, United States	181	163	156
University of Barcelona	Eixample, Spain	184	168	183
University of Gothenburg	Göteborg, Sweden	185	180	202

Universities	Location	2023	2022	2021
University of Minnesota Twin Cities	Minneapolis, MN, United States	185	186	177
University of Wollongong	Wollongong, 02, Australia	185	193	196
University of Florida	Gainesville, FL, United States	188	173	162
University of Freiburg	Freiburg, Germany	189	172	175
RMIT University	Melbourne, 07, Australia	190	206	223
University of Liverpool	Liverpool, ENG, United Kingdom	190	189	181
University of Liverpool Online Programmes	Liverpool, ENG, United Kingdom	190	189	181
University of Newcastle	Newcastle, 02, Australia	192	197	197
Curtin University	Perth, 08, Australia	193	194	217
Wuhan University	Wuhan, China	194	225	246
Macquarie University	Sydney, 02, Australia	195	200	214
UCLouvain	Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium	195	188	189
Keio University International Center	Shinagawa-ku, Japan	197	201	191
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology	Ulsan, South Korea	197	212	-
Vanderbilt University	Nashville, TN, United States	199	218	187
TU Dresden	Dresden, Germany	200	194	173
University of Bonn	Bonn, Germany	201	226	240
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU)	Taipei, Taiwan	202	268	298
University of Lausanne	Lausanne, Switzerland	203	176	169
University Teknologi Malaysia	Sekudai, Malaysia	203	191	187
Dartmouth College	Hanover, NH, United States	205	191	203
Waseda University	Nerima, Japan	205	203	189
University of Bergen	Bergen, Norway	207	199	194
Erasmus University College	Rotterdam, Netherlands	208	179	197

Universities	Location	2023	2022	2021
Erasmus University Rotterdam	Rotterdam, Netherlands	208	179	197
Qatar University	Umm Salal Mu, Qatar	208	224	245
Institute for European Studies - Universite Libre de Bruxelles	Brussels, Belgium	210	207	250
UNICAMP - University of Campinas	Campinas, Brazil	210	219	233
Tongji University	Shanghai, China	212	211	256
Twente Pathway College	Enschede, Netherlands	212	189	197
University of Twente (UT)	Enschede, Netherlands	212	189	197
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam	Amsterdam, Netherlands	214	209	236
Autonomous University of Madrid	Alcobendas, Spain	215	207	200
University of Göttingen	Göttingen, Germany	215	204	195
Harbin Institute of Technology	Harbin, China	217	236	260
University of Otago	Dunedin, New Zealand	217	194	184
Arizona State University	Tempe Junction, AZ, United States	219	216	220
University of Aberdeen	Aberdeen, SCT, United Kingdom	220	205	207
University of the Andes	Bogotá, Colombia	220	236	227
Queensland University of Technology	Brisbane, 04, Australia	222	213	217
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Jerusalem, Israel	222	198	177
Chulalongkorn University	Bangkok, Thailand	224	215	208
National Cheng Kung University	Tainan, Taiwan	224	252	234
Complutense University of Madrid	Madrid, Spain	226	223	206
Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech)	Shenzhen, China	226	275	323
University of Hamburg	Hamburg, Germany	228	214	228
University of Reading	Reading, ENG, United Kingdom	229	202	205
Bauman Moscow State Technical University	Moscow, Russia	230	281	282

Universities	Location	2023	2022	2021
Universitas Gadjah Mada	Yogyakarta, Indonesia	231	254	254
Radboud University	Nijmegen, Netherlands	232	220	214
Pompeu Fabra University	Ciutat Vella, Spain	233	248	287
Queen's University Belfast	Belfast, NIR, United Kingdom	233	216	209
Institute of Technology Bandung	Bandung, Indonesia	235	303	313
University of California, Irvine (UCI)	Irvine, CA, United States	235	232	210
King Saud University	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	237	277	287
University of Cape Town	Cape Town, South Africa	237	226	220
University of Ottawa	Ottawa, Canada	237	230	279
Università della Svizzera italiana (USI)	Lugano, Switzerland	240	240	273
University of Sussex	Brighton, ENG, United Kingdom	240	226	246
University of Calgary	Calgary, Canada	242	235	246
National University of Colombia	Bogotá, Colombia	243	258	259
University of Notre Dame	South Bend, IN, United States	243	222	211
University of Padua	Padova, Italy	243	242	216
Queen's University	Kingston, Canada	246	240	246
Yeshiva University	New York City, NY, United States	246	252	341
University of Indonesia	Depok, Indonesia	248	290	305
University of Paris	Paris, France	248	261	275
Indian Institute of Technology Madras	Perungudi, India	250	255	275
Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)