| Rank |
Institution |
Location |
Overall scorechange criteria |
| 1 |
California Institute of Technology (Caltech) |
United States |
94.3 |
| 2 |
Harvard University |
United States |
93.3 |
| 3 |
University of Oxford |
United Kingdom |
93.2 |
| 4 |
Stanford University |
United States |
92.9 |
| 5 |
University of Cambridge |
United Kingdom |
92.0 |
| 6 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) |
United States |
91.9 |
| 7 |
Princeton University |
United States |
90.9 |
| 8 |
University of California, Berkeley |
United States |
89.5 |
| 9 |
Imperial College London |
United Kingdom |
87.5 |
| 9 |
Yale University |
United States |
87.5 |
| 11 |
University of Chicago |
United States |
87.1 |
| 12 |
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) |
United States |
85.5 |
| 13 |
ETH Zürich – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich |
Switzerland |
84.6 |
| 14 |
Columbia University |
United States |
84.4 |
| 15 |
Johns Hopkins University |
United States |
83.0 |
| 16 |
University of Pennsylvania |
United States |
81.0 |
| 17 |
University of Michigan |
United States |
80.9 |
| 18 |
Duke University |
United States |
79.9 |
| 19 |
Cornell University |
United States |
79.4 |
| 20 |
University of Toronto |
Canada |
79.3 |
| 21 |
Northwestern University |
United States |
79.2 |
| 22 |
University College London (UCL) |
United Kingdom |
78.7 |
| 23 |
The University of Tokyo |
Japan |
76.1 |
| 24 |
Carnegie Mellon University |
United States |
74.3 |
| 25 |
National University of Singapore (NUS) |
Singapore |
73.3 |
| 26 |
University of Washington |
United States |
73.2 |
| 27 |
Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) |
United States |
72.8 |
| 28 |
University of Texas at Austin |
United States |
72.3 |
| 29 |
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich |
Germany |
71.9 |
| 29 |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
United States |
71.9 |
| 29 |
University of Wisconsin-Madison |
United States |
71.9 |
| 32 |
University of British Columbia |
Canada |
71.8 |
| 33 |
University of Melbourne |
Australia |
71.2 |
| 34 |
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne |
Switzerland |
70.9 |
| 34 |
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) |
United Kingdom |
70.9 |
| 36 |
University of Edinburgh |
United Kingdom |
70.4 |
| 37 |
University of California, Santa Barbara |
United States |
70.0 |
| 38 |
New York University (NYU) |
United States |
69.9 |
| 39 |
McGill University |
Canada |
69.6 |
| 40 |
King's College London |
United Kingdom |
69.4 |
| 41 |
University of California, San Diego |
United States |
68.6 |
| 42 |
Washington University in St Louis |
United States |
67.8 |
| 43 |
The University of Hong Kong |
Hong Kong |
67.5 |
| 44 |
Karolinska Institute |
Sweden |
66.8 |
| 45 |
Australian National University |
Australia |
66.5 |
| 46 |
University of Minnesota |
United States |
65.9 |
| 46 |
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
United States |
65.9 |
| 48 |
Peking University |
China |
65.2 |
| 49 |
Tsinghua University |
China |
65.1 |
| 50 |
Seoul National University |
Republic of Korea |
64.8 |
| 51 |
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology |
Hong Kong |
64.7 |
| 52 |
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) |
Republic of Korea |
64.5 |
| 52 |
University of Manchester |
United Kingdom |
64.5 |
| 54 |
Brown University |
United States |
64.1 |
| 55 |
KU Leuven |
Belgium |
63.7 |
| 55 |
University of California, Davis |
United States |
63.7 |
| 57 |
Boston University |
United States |
63.6 |
| 58 |
Pennsylvania State University |
United States |
62.9 |
| 59 |
Kyoto University |
Japan |
62.8 |
| 60 |
University of Sydney |
Australia |
62.7 |
| 61 |
École Polytechnique |
France |
62.2 |
| 61 |
Nanyang Technological University |
Singapore |
62.2 |
| 63 |
Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa |
Italy |
61.9 |
| 64 |
Leiden University |
Netherlands |
61.3 |
| 65 |
University of Queensland |
Australia |
61.2 |
| 66 |
Pohang University of Science and Technology (Postech) |
Republic of Korea |
61.1 |
| 67 |
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen |
Germany |
61.0 |
| 68 |
Ohio State University |
United States |
60.7 |
| 69 |
Rice University |
United States |
59.8 |
| 70 |
Heidelberg University |
Germany |
59.6 |
| 71 |
Delft University of Technology |
Netherlands |
59.2 |
| 72 |
Erasmus University Rotterdam |
Netherlands |
59.1 |
| 73 |
Wageningen University and Research Center |
Netherlands |
59.0 |
| 74 |
University of Bristol |
United Kingdom |
58.9 |
| 75 |
Universität Basel |
Switzerland |
58.4 |
| 75 |
University of Southern California |
United States |
58.4 |
| 77 |
University of Amsterdam |
Netherlands |
58.2 |
| 78 |
École Normale Supérieure |
France |
58.1 |
| 79 |
Utrecht University |
Netherlands |
58.0 |
| 80 |
Humboldt University of Berlin |
Germany |
57.9 |
| 81 |
Free University of Berlin |
Germany |
57.6 |
| 82 |
Michigan State University |
United States |
57.3 |
| 83 |
Durham University |
United Kingdom |
56.9 |
| 83 |
Monash University |
Australia |
56.9 |
| 85 |
Middle East Technical University |
Turkey |
56.6 |
| 86 |
University of Arizona |
United States |
56.5 |
| 86 |
University of Notre Dame |
United States |
56.5 |
| 88 |
Tufts University |
United States |
56.4 |
| 88 |
University of California, Irvine |
United States |
56.4 |
| 90 |
Ghent University |
Belgium |
56.2 |
| 91 |
University of Massachusetts |
United States |
56.1 |
| 91 |
University of Pittsburgh |
United States |
56.1 |
| 93 |
Emory University |
United States |
55.5 |
| 94 |
McMaster University |
Canada |
55.3 |
| 94 |
University of Glasgow |
United Kingdom |
55.3 |
| 96 |
Vanderbilt University |
United States |
55.2 |
| 97 |
University of Colorado Boulder |
United States |
55.1 |
| 98 |
Stockholm University |
Sweden |
54.6 |
| 98 |
Technical University of Munich |
Germany |
54.6 |
| 98 |
Uppsala University |
Sweden |
54.6 |
| 101 |
Maastricht University |
Netherlands |
54.3 |
| 102 |
Purdue University |
United States |
54.0 |
| 103 |
Université Pierre et Marie Curie |
France |
53.9 |
| 103 |
University of Helsinki |
Finland |
53.9 |
| 103 |
University of Warwick |
United Kingdom |
53.9 |
| 103 |
University of Zürich |
Switzerland |
53.9 |
| 107 |
Queen Mary University of London |
United Kingdom |
53.8 |
| 107 |
University of Geneva |
Switzerland |
53.8 |
| 109 |
University of California, Santa Cruz |
United States |
53.7 |
| 109 |
University of New South Wales |
Australia |
53.7 |
| 111 |
University of St Andrews |
United Kingdom |
53.6 |
| 111 |
University of Sussex |
United Kingdom |
53.6 |
| 113 |
Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen |
Germany |
53.4 |
| 113 |
University of Montreal |
Canada |
53.4 |
| 113 |
University of York |
United Kingdom |
53.4 |
| 116 |
Case Western Reserve University |
United States |
53.2 |
| 117 |
University of Groningen |
Netherlands |
53.1 |
| 118 |
Royal Holloway, University of London |
United Kingdom |
53.0 |
| 119 |
Lund University |
Sweden |
52.9 |
| 120 |
Université Paris-Sud |
France |
52.8 |
| 121 |
Technical University of Denmark |
Denmark |
52.7 |
| 121 |
University of Rochester |
United States |
52.7 |
| 121 |
University of Sheffield |
United Kingdom |
52.7 |
| 124 |
University of Alberta |
Canada |
52.6 |
| 124 |
University of Cape Town |
South Africa |
52.6 |
| 126 |
Boston College |
United States |
52.5 |
| 126 |
KTH Royal Institute of Technology |
Sweden |
52.5 |
| 126 |
University of Florida |
United States |
52.5 |
| 129 |
Chinese University of Hong Kong |
Hong Kong |
52.4 |
| 130 |
University of Virginia |
United States |
52.1 |
| 131 |
Lancaster University |
United Kingdom |
52.0 |
| 132 |
University of Bern |
Switzerland |
51.9 |
| 132 |
University of Maryland, College Park |
United States |
51.9 |
| 132 |
University of Southampton |
United Kingdom |
51.9 |
| 135 |
Technische Universität Dresden |
Germany |
51.6 |
| 136 |
Université de Lausanne |
Switzerland |
51.4 |
| 136 |
VU University Amsterdam |
Netherlands |
51.4 |
| 138 |
Trinity College Dublin |
Republic of Ireland |
51.2 |
| 139 |
Bo?aziçi University |
Turkey |
51.1 |
| 140 |
Radboud University |
Netherlands |
51.0 |
| 141 |
Colorado School of Mines |
United States |
50.9 |
| 141 |
Texas A&M University |
United States |
50.9 |
| 141 |
Tokyo Institute of Technology |
Japan |
50.9 |
| 144 |
Eindhoven University of Technology |
Netherlands |
50.5 |
| 144 |
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey |
United States |
50.5 |
| 146 |
University of Leeds |
United Kingdom |
50.4 |
| 147 |
Brandeis University |
United States |
50.3 |
| 148 |
Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) |
Republic of Korea |
50.2 |
| 148 |
University of Birmingham |
United Kingdom |
50.2 |
| 150 |
Indiana University |
United States |
50.1 |
| 150 |
University of California, Riverside |
United States |
50.1 |
| 152 |
Dartmouth College |
United States |
50.0 |
| 153 |
Aarhus University |
Denmark |
49.9 |
| 154 |
University of Exeter |
United Kingdom |
49.7 |
| 155 |
National Taiwan University |
Taiwan |
49.3 |
| 156 |
RWTH Aachen University |
Germany |
49.2 |
| 157 |
Osaka University |
Japan |
49.1 |
| 157 |
University of Liverpool |
United Kingdom |
49.1 |
| 157 |
University of Western Australia |
Australia |
49.1 |
| 160 |
École Normale Supérieure de Lyon |
France |
49.0 |
| 160 |
University of Copenhagen |
Denmark |
49.0 |
| 162 |
University of Utah |
United States |
48.6 |
| 163 |
Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg |
Germany |
48.3 |
| 164 |
University of Adelaide |
Australia |
48.2 |
| 165 |
Istanbul Technical University |
Turkey |
48.1 |
| 165 |
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology |
Germany |
48.1 |
| 165 |
Pompeu Fabra University - Barcelona |
Spain |
48.1 |
| 165 |
Tohoku University |
Japan |
48.1 |
| 169 |
University of Miami |
United States |
48.0 |
| 170 |
University of Antwerp |
Belgium |
47.9 |
| 171 |
Université Catholique de Louvain |
Belgium |
47.8 |
| 171 |
University of Nottingham |
United Kingdom |
47.8 |
| 173 |
Georgetown University |
United States |
47.7 |
| 173 |
University of Victoria |
Canada |
47.7 |
| 175 |
University of Auckland |
New Zealand |
47.5 |
| 175 |
University of Iowa |
United States |
47.5 |
| 177 |
Syracuse University |
United States |
47.3 |
| 178 |
Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble |
France |
47.1 |
| 178 |
University of Aberdeen |
United Kingdom |
47.1 |
| 180 |
Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 |
France |
47.0 |
| 180 |
University of Delaware |
United States |
47.0 |
| 182 |
Arizona State University |
United States |
46.9 |
| 182 |
Sabanci University |
Turkey |
46.9 |
| 182 |
University of Vienna |
Austria |
46.9 |
| 185 |
Northeastern University |
United States |
46.8 |
| 186 |
University of Oslo |
Norway |
46.7 |
| 186 |
Yeshiva University |
United States |
46.7 |
| 188 |
Stony Brook University |
United States |
46.6 |
| 188 |
Tel Aviv University |
Israel |
46.6 |
| 188 |
University of Ottawa |
Canada |
46.6 |
| 191 |
University at Buffalo |
United States |
46.5 |
| 192 |
City University of Hong Kong |
Hong Kong |
46.3 |
| 193 |
Fudan University |
China |
46.2 |
| 193 |
Iowa State University |
United States |
46.2 |
| 195 |
Universität Bonn |
Germany |
46.1 |
| 196 |
Lomonosov Moscow State University |
Russian Federation |
46.0 |
| 196 |
St George's, University of London |
United Kingdom |
46.0 |
| 198 |
University of East Anglia |
United Kingdom |
45.9 |
| 199 |
University of Leicester |
United Kingdom |
45.7 |
| 200 |
Florida Institute of Technology |
United States |
45.6 |
| 200 |
George Washington University |
United States |
45.6 |