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