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Rank 2015
Rank 2014
Institution
Country
Academic
Employer
Citations
Score
1
1
Harvard University
United States
92
100
90.2
96.9
94.7
2
4
Princeton University
United States
96.5
82.7
100
99
93
3
2
University of Oxford
United Kingdom
89.4
98.7
86
100
92.9
4
3
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
United Kingdom
88.5
96.9
88.7
99
92.1
5
13
Sciences Po Paris
France
100
90.4
76.9
67.7
91.6
6
6
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom
86.1
99.6
81.3
81.5
89.2
7
7
Australian National University
Australia
89.9
89.1
85.3
86.6
88.9
8
8
Stanford University
United States
85.4
93.2
91.4
89.5
88.8
9
5
Yale University
United States
85.9
87.7
91.1
92.2
87.6
10
11
Columbia University
United States
83.7
88.6
84.2
83.3
85.2
10
17
Johns Hopkins University
United States
88.2
82
85.1
79.6
85.2
12
14=
Georgetown University
United States
87.6
79.5
86.7
86.6
85
13
10
University of California, Berkeley (UCB)
United States
85.6
79.3
90.9
88.1
84.5
14
9
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Singapore
80.9
90.3
79.1
73.1
82.8
15
20
New York University (NYU)
United States
75.1
88.2
90.8
90.9
82.2
16
18
Cornell University
United States
81.2
78.2
90
88.1
81.9
17
14=
University of Chicago
United States
80.3
83.7
83
79.6
81.5
18
12
The University of Tokyo
Japan
78.9
92.2
67
64.6
80.3
19
51-100
Freie Universitä,t Berlin
Germany
84.3
68.8
82.8
81.5
79.2
19
22
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
United States
69.2
91.6
86.1
85
79.2
21
27
University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
United States
86.6
59
92.1
88.1
79
22
29
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
United States
76.3
79.5
85.2
81.5
78.7
23
34
Leiden University
Netherlands
77.9
72.5
86
88.1
78.1
24
51-100
George Washington University
United States
73.7
76.4
92.1
89.5
77.9
25
24
The University of Sydney
Australia
71.3
89.7
78.7
73.1
77.7
26
16
The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
73.9
88.5
74.2
64.6
77.4
27
33
University of Toronto
Canada
75.1
75.8
85.2
79.6
76.8
28
37
University of Michigan
United States
76.3
67.6
89.9
86.6
76.1
29
51-100
Central European University
Hungary
76
82.2
69
64.6
76
30
51-100
University of Copenhagen
Denmark
71.1
76.1
87
86.6
75.7
31
44=
University of Amsterdam
Netherlands
69.7
73.7
90.1
92.2
75.2
32
21
Peking University
China
73
87.3
65.4
57.2
75
33
48
McGill University
Canada
70
83.4
73.5
75.4
74.9
33
46
Trinity College Dublin
Ireland
68
79.9
86.2
83.3
74.9
35
51-100
SOAS - School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
United Kingdom
78.1
72.8
70.1
67.7
74.7
36
28
King's College London (KCL)
United Kingdom
66.5
82.5
79.5
83.3
74.3
36
30=
Seoul National University
Korea, South
72.3
85.1
64.7
61.1
74.3
36
39
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
68.9
87.3
72.1
64.6
74.3
39
50
Duke University
United States
71.4
71.6
84.9
85
74.2
40
19
Fudan University
China
71.1
82.7
67.3
67.7
73.9
40
25
The University of Melbourne
Australia
66.5
85.1
80.5
70.5
73.9
42
Humboldt-Universitä,t zu Berlin
Germany
72
82.5
67.5
61.1
73.6
43
35=
University of Edinburgh
United Kingdom
69.9
73.6
81.9
77.6
73
44
23
Kyoto University
Japan
77.1
80.9
48.2
52.7
72.9
45
47
UCL (University College London)
United Kingdom
66.3
76.7
83.3
83.3
72.8
46
44=
The University of Warwick
United Kingdom
59.6
83.2
87.3
88.1
72.3
47
30=
Yonsei University
Korea, South
67.7
83.7
70.9
61.1
72.2
48
41
Tsinghua University
China
68.6
78.2
69.9
73.1
72.1
48
51-100
University of British Columbia
Canada
66.5
74.2
84.3
81.5
72.1
50
Keio University
Japan
73.3
73.6
66.1
61.1
71.5
51-100
51-100
Aarhus University
Denmark
56.5
76.9
87.5
81.5
51-100
101-150
American University
United States
60.6
66.3
83.6
81.5
51-100
51-100
Brown University
United States
66.5
66.8
74.1
75.4
51-100
38
City University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
60.3
76.3
77.7
64.6
51-100
51-100
Durham University
United Kingdom
48.3
75.1
88.2
85
51-100
51-100
ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)
Switzerland
62.1
76
89.8
85
51-100
European University Institute
Italy
79.7
47.4
84.6
86.6
51-100
51-100
Griffith University
Australia
59.8
70.9
81.2
70.5
51-100
51-100
Indiana University Bloomington
United States
53.4
68.3
90.7
85
51-100
51-100
KU Leuven
Belgium
52.7
84.4
86.1
81.5
51-100
42
Korea University
Korea, South
66.8
82.7
67.6
57.2
51-100
51-100
Lund University
Sweden
58.8
62.1
82.6
83.3
51-100
49
Monash University
Australia
56.9
81.4
76.7
75.4
51-100
35=
Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
Singapore
63.1
86.8
70.2
67.7
51-100
National Chengchi University
Taiwan
63.7
74.6
55.2
57.2
51-100
National Taiwan University (NTU)
Taiwan
67.9
78.8
52.7
57.2
51-100
51-100
Pontificia Universidad Cató,lica de Chile
Chile
59
71.7
63.6
64.6
51-100
Renmin (Peoples) University of China
China
62
69.5
62.3
57.2
51-100
51-100
Ruprecht-Karls-Universitä,t Heidelberg
Germany
67.7
78
67.2
67.7
51-100
26
The University of Auckland
New Zealand
63.6
78.5
72.6
61.1
51-100
43
The University of Manchester
United Kingdom
58.7
78.8
85.5
88.1
51-100
51-100
The University of New South Wales
Australia
47.6
85.4
74.8
75.4
51-100
101-150
The University of Nottingham
United Kingdom
51.7
72.7
86.3
86.6
51-100
40
The University of Queensland
Australia
59.7
83.5
81
77.6
51-100
101-150
Tufts University
United States
68.3
54.1
76.1
67.7
51-100
University Complutense Madrid
Spain
54.3
78.9
64.3
64.6
51-100
51-100
Universidade de Sã,o Paulo (USP)
Brazil
61.6
74
64.6
64.6
51-100
51-100
University of Bologna
Italy
57.3
74.2
67.5
70.5
51-100
51-100
Universitä,t Konstanz
Germany
69.4
51.2
77.6
77.6
51-100
51-100
Universitä,t Mannheim
Germany
65.6
68.4
88.7
92.2
51-100
Université, Catholique de Louvain (UCL)
Belgium
56.6
82.2
58.5
64.6
51-100
51-100
Université, de Montré,al
Canada
58.7
63.8
81.3
81.5
51-100
51-100
Université, Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
Belgium
66.3
72.4
66
67.7
51-100
51-100
Université, Paris 1 Panthé,on-Sorbonne