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Rank 2015
Rank 2014
Institution
Country
Academic
Employer
Citations
Score
1
9
ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)
Switzerland
100
86.8
93.5
94.1
95.6
2
3
University of California, Berkeley (UCB)
United States
90.8
93.6
92.9
95.5
92.8
3
1
Harvard University
United States
88.7
99
92.4
96.7
92.7
4
7
University of Oxford
United Kingdom
90.1
96.4
94.6
92.1
92.4
5
5
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
United States
93.1
95.2
90.8
90.2
92
6
2
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom
92.4
95.8
90.2
90.7
91.8
7
4
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
United States
88.6
75.3
90.3
100
90.5
8
6
Columbia University
United States
84.7
75.4
97.9
96.4
90
9
8
Stanford University
United States
87
93.6
91.4
91
89.8
10
21=
University of Washington
United States
85.4
62.7
95.2
97.3
88.6
11
10
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
United States
84.3
86
93.3
88.1
87.7
12
12
Australian National University
Australia
87.9
81.2
90
86.3
87.4
13
11
University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
United States
86.2
63
91.4
91
86.4
14
16
University of Colorado Boulder
United States
78.4
68.1
92.9
99.2
86.2
15
21=
University of Bristol
United Kingdom
85
66.4
94
86.3
85.7
15
15
University of Edinburgh
United Kingdom
83.6
78.4
90.9
86.9
85.7
15
33
Utrecht University
Netherlands
83.6
82.3
90.5
85.6
85.7
18
13
The University of Tokyo
Japan
84.4
78.1
85.8
90.2
85.6
19
14
Princeton University
United States
74.7
80.6
98.1
91.3
85.3
20
36
University of Leeds
United Kingdom
83
65.9
92.8
86.6
84.6
21
24
Yale University
United States
78.2
85.2
93.6
85
84.5
22
32
University of Toronto
Canada
76
78.4
94.4
89.9
84.3
23
17
Imperial College London
United Kingdom
83.7
89
85.7
80.6
84
24
27=
University of British Columbia
Canada
76.2
81.7
93.1
86
83.4
25
23
University of Texas at Austin
United States
75
75.7
92.2
90.2
83.2
26
34=
The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
73.4
84
93.7
85.3
82.5
27
25=
Durham University
United Kingdom
75.7
75.2
91.3
86.9
82.4
28
30
University of Southampton
United Kingdom
83
70
85
81
81.7
29
19=
University of Arizona
United States
76.6
46.9
92.7
92.1
81.5
30
18
University of Chicago
United States
69.1
70.5
100
86
81.2
31
19=
University of Michigan
United States
73.2
77.8
88.4
87.2
81
32
27=
UCL (University College London)
United Kingdom
78.7
72.1
86.9
81.7
80.8
33
51-100
Delft University of Technology
Netherlands
79.5
100
77.9
77.2
80.6
34
37
The University of Melbourne
Australia
77.8
81.7
87.2
76.8
80.3
35
43
Colorado School of Mines
United States
88.7
76.1
80.5
67.2
80
36
25=
Pennsylvania State University
United States
71.6
57.3
90.5
90.7
79.7
37
51-100
Texas A&,M University
United States
72.4
82.8
84.5
84.6
79.5
37
50
Universitä,t Bremen
Germany
80.2
49.6
88.6
81.4
79.5
37
51-100
Université, Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1
France
78.5
55.8
87.7
82.5
79.5
40
31
Cornell University
United States
65.6
91.5
94
82.1
79.4
41
51-100
University of California, Davis
United States
67.4
81.9
90.4
84.3
78.8
42
101-150
University of Bergen
Norway
74.4
70.9
87.9
79.4
78.7
43
44
Peking University
China
65.4
88.3
86.2
86.6
78.2
44
34=
Kyoto University
Japan
74.3
90.5
80.6
76.8
78.1
44
39
The University of Western Australia
Australia
74.7
85
82.7
76.3
78.1
44
51-100
University of Minnesota
United States
65.5
73.7
93.9
84.3
78.1
44
51-100
University of Wisconsin-Madison
United States
65.4
78.4
89.9
86.3
78.1
48
51-100
McGill University
Canada
71.9
86.5
85.3
76.3
77.8
49
27=
National Taiwan University (NTU)
Taiwan
71.6
82.2
83.1
78.1
77.2
49
40=
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Japan
67.4
76
89.8
80.6
77.2
51-100
51-100
Brown University
United States
61.8
73.5
99
77.2
51-100
51-100
Christian-Albrechts-Universitä,t zu Kiel
Germany
69.8
42.1
92.3
74.9
51-100
51-100
Colorado State University
United States
61.8
68
91.4
85.6
51-100
40=
Curtin University
Australia
71
72.7
85.3
80.6
51-100
101-150
Georgia Institute of Technology
United States
64.9
83
87.4
81.4
51-100
51-100
Hokkaido University
Japan
68.4
63.1
82.6
73.4
51-100
101-150
James Cook University
Australia
75.9
67.8
81.2
65.2
51-100
51-100
Johns Hopkins University
United States
62.5
72.5
92.2
85
51-100
51-100
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitä,t Mü,nchen
Germany
67
69.4
88.2
79.4
51-100
51-100
Lund University
Sweden
59.9
88.7
86.6
74.9
51-100
48=
Macquarie University
Australia
71.5
52
89.5
80.2
51-100
51-100
Monash University
Australia
67.8
79.9
85.3
77.2
51-100
48=
Nagoya University
Japan
67.7
68.8
82.6
72.4
51-100
51-100
Ohio State University
United States
56.1
64.7
92.9
89
51-100
101-150
Oregon State University
United States
79.8
90.2
83.9
51-100
101-150
Purdue University
United States
57.3
79.1
89.3
82.9
51-100
151-200
Royal Holloway University of London
United Kingdom
64.3
76.8
82.5
72.9
51-100
51-100
Seoul National University
Korea, South
66.9
82.1
81.9
74.9
51-100
51-100
Stockholm University
Sweden
57.9
74.7
90.8
83.2
51-100
51-100
The University of Adelaide
Australia
68.2
78.8
82.9
71.3
51-100
47
The University of Manchester
United Kingdom
64.6
75.7
89.8
82.9
51-100
101-150
The University of New South Wales
Australia
63.6
81.1
83.8
76.8
51-100
51-100
The University of Queensland
Australia
71.3
88.5
81.3
71.9
51-100
51-100
The University of Sydney
Australia
68.8
85.1
85.6
73.9
51-100
45=
Tohoku University
Japan
69.2
74.5
83.8
75.4
51-100
101-150
Universidad de Chile
Chile
64.4
75.1
84.8
72.9
51-100
51-100
Universidad Nacional Autó,noma de Mé,xico (UNAM)
Mexico
67.1
63.7
79.3
78.5
51-100
51-100
Universidade de Sã,o Paulo (USP)
Brazil
70.1
77.3
79.3
74.4
51-100
51-100
University of Barcelona
Spain
73.3
54.9
86.8
76.3
51-100
101-150
Universitä,t Frankfurt am Main
Germany
65
60.6
87.6
76.8
51-100
51-100
Universitä,t Potsdam
Germany
69.4
43.9
86.9
74.9
51-100
101-150
University of Vienna
Austria
64.9
64.7
87.8
73.4
51-100
51-100
Université, Montpellier 2, Sciences et Techniques du Languedoc