ARWU 2008

Academic Ranking of World Universities - 2008

Methodology | Statistics | Analysis

World Rank	Institution*	Region	Regional Rank	National Rank	Score on Alumni	Score on Award	Score on HiCi	Score on N&S	Score on PUB	Score on PCP	Total Score
1	Harvard University	Americas	1	1	100	100	100	100	100	74.1	100
2	Stanford University	Americas	2	2	40	78.7	86.6	68.9	71.6	66.9	73.7
3	University of California, Berkeley	Americas	3	3	69	77.1	68.8	70.6	70	53	71.4
4	University of Cambridge	Europe	1	1	90.3	91.5	53.6	56	64.1	65	70.4
5	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	Americas	4	4	71	80.6	65.6	68.7	61.6	53.9	69.6
6	California Institute of Technology	Americas	5	5	52.8	69.1	57.4	66.1	49.7	100	65.4
7	Columbia University	Americas	6	6	72.4	65.7	56.5	52.3	70.5	46.6	62.5
8	Princeton University	Americas	7	7	59.3	80.4	61.9	40.5	44.8	59.3	58.9
9	University of Chicago	Americas	8	8	67.4	81.9	50.5	39.5	51.9	41.3	57.1
10	University of Oxford	Europe	2	2	59	57.9	48.4	52	66	45.7	56.8
11	Yale University	Americas	9	9	48.5	43.6	57	55.7	62.4	48.7	54.9
12	Cornell University	Americas	10	10	41.5	51.3	54.1	52.3	64.7	40.4	54.1
13	University of California, Los Angeles	Americas	11	11	24.4	42.8	57.4	48.9	75.7	36	52.4
14	University of California, San Diego	Americas	12	12	15.8	34	59.7	53	66.7	47.4	50.3
15	University of Pennsylvania	Americas	13	13	31.7	34.4	58.3	41.3	69	39.2	49.0
16	University of Washington	Americas	14	14	25.7	31.8	53.1	49.5	74.1	28	48.3
17	University of Wisconsin - Madison	Americas	15	15	38.4	35.5	52.6	41.2	68.1	28.8	47.4
18	University of California, San Francisco	Americas	16	16	0	36.8	54.1	51.5	60.8	47.5	46.6
19	The University of Tokyo	Asia/Pacific	1	1	32.2	14.1	43.1	51.9	83.3	35	46.4
20	The Johns Hopkins University	Americas	17	17	45.8	27.8	43.1	48.7	68.5	24.8	45.5
21	University of Michigan - Ann Arbor	Americas	18	18	38.4	0	60.6	41.7	78.1	31.4	44.2
22	University College London	Europe	3	3	31.2	32.2	38.6	44.3	65.8	35.4	44.0
23	Kyoto University	Asia/Pacific	2	2	35.4	33.4	38.6	35.8	70.6	31.5	43.5
24	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich	Europe	4	1	35.9	36.3	36.1	38.1	53.6	56	43.1
24	University of Toronto	Americas	19	1	25	19.3	38.6	37	79.8	45.8	43.1
26	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	Americas	20	19	37.1	36.6	43.8	36.1	60.3	26.9	42.9
27	The Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine	Europe	5	4	18.6	37.4	39.9	38.2	61.8	39.4	42.4
28	University of Minnesota, Twin Cities	Americas	21	20	32.2	16.3	50	34.8	67.5	24.4	40.4
29	Washington University in St. Louis	Americas	22	21	22.4	26	38.6	43.2	56	40.5	40.1
30	Northwestern University	Americas	23	22	19.4	18.9	46.7	32.8	58.7	37.7	38.1
31	New York University	Americas	24	23	34.1	24.5	39.9	34.4	53.4	25.9	37.4
32	Duke University	Americas	25	24	18.6	0	46.1	42.6	63.4	39.8	37.2
32	Rockefeller University	Americas	25	24	20.2	58.6	29.2	42.2	22.3	37.9	37.2
34	University of Colorado at Boulder	Americas	27	26	14.8	30.8	39.3	39.4	45.5	30.4	36.4
35	University of British Columbia	Americas	28	2	18.6	18.9	31.8	31.9	65.8	38.2	36.3
36	University of California, Santa Barbara	Americas	29	27	0	35.3	41.9	34.9	43.2	35.4	35.5
37	University of Maryland, College Park	Americas	30	28	23.1	20	40.6	30.4	53.1	26.1	34.6
38	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	Americas	31	29	11.2	16.3	37.9	28.8	62	29.1	33.9
39	The University of Texas at Austin	Americas	32	30	19.4	16.7	46.1	26.7	54.2	21.3	33.7
40	The University of Manchester	Europe	6	5	24.4	18.9	28.2	28.3	60.5	30.4	33.6
41	The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas	Americas	33	31	21.7	33.2	30.9	31.7	39.3	32.1	33.3
42	Pennsylvania State University - University Park	Americas	34	32	12.5	0	45.5	38.5	58.9	24.4	33.1
42	Pierre and Marie Curie University - Paris 6	Europe	7	1	36.6	23.6	23.1	27.3	58.2	21.3	33.1
42	Vanderbilt University	Americas	34	32	18.6	29.6	30.9	23.1	50.3	36	33.1
45	University of Copenhagen	Europe	8	1	27.4	24.2	26.3	25.4	54.5	33.4	33.0
46	University of California, Irvine	Americas	36	34	0	29.4	37.2	27.5	49.3	32.9	32.8
47	Utrecht University	Europe	9	1	27.4	20.9	28.2	28.8	53.3	26	32.4
48	University of California, Davis	Americas	37	35	0	0	46.7	31.7	63.2	30	32.2
49	University of Paris Sud (Paris 11)	Europe	10	2	33.3	46.2	14.6	20.4	47	23.1	32.1
50	University of Southern California	Americas	38	36	0	26.8	38.6	24.7	52.6	26.7	32.0
51	Karolinska Institute	Europe	11	1	27.4	27.3	31.8	18.3	50.1	25.7	31.6
52	University of Pittsburgh	Americas	39	37	22.4	0	40.6	23.2	63.1	28.3	31.3
53	University of Zurich	Europe	12	2	11.2	26.8	24.7	27.5	50.2	32.4	31.0
54	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick	Americas	40	38	13.7	20	39.9	27.9	44	23.8	30.9
55	The University of Edinburgh	Europe	13	6	20.2	16.7	26.3	32.3	49.7	30	30.8
55	University of Munich	Europe	13	1	33.1	22.9	16.3	25.6	52.7	31.8	30.8
57	Technical University Munich	Europe	15	2	41.1	23.6	25.3	18.9	44.8	30.6	30.5
58	University of Florida	Americas	41	39	20.2	0	37.2	22.7	64.9	26.6	30.4
59	The Australian National University	Asia/Pacific	3	1	15.8	12.6	35.7	30.5	43.4	32.2	30.0
60	McGill University	Americas	42	3	25.7	0	32.6	22.8	60.3	34.3	29.9
61	University of Bristol	Europe	16	7	9.7	17.9	28.2	28.1	47.8	33.5	29.5
62	Carnegie Mellon University	Americas	43	40	31.2	32.8	31.8	11.3	35.7	30.9	29.3
62	The Ohio State University - Columbus	Americas	43	40	15.8	0	41.9	19.8	63	20.3	29.3
64	University of Oslo	Europe	17	1	23.1	33.4	17.9	17	46.7	29.8	29.0
65	Purdue University - West Lafayette	Americas	45	42	16.8	16.7	30.1	22	52.8	21	28.8
65	The Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Asia/Pacific	4	1	29.6	20	24.2	22.9	44.1	28.7	28.8
67	University of Heidelberg	Europe	18	3	17.7	27.2	17.9	20.4	49.2	29.3	28.4
68	Osaka University	Asia/Pacific	5	3	11.2	0	26.3	28.2	63.6	28.7	28.3
68	University of Helsinki	Europe	19	1	16.8	17.9	21.9	20.8	53.8	30.1	28.3
70	Moscow State University	Europe	20	1	49.1	34.2	0	8.3	53.2	33.4	28.1
71	Brown University	Americas	46	43	16.8	13.6	31.8	26.6	40.4	29.9	27.9
71	Uppsala University	Europe	21	2	23.1	32.2	12.6	19.3	49.5	21	27.9
73	Ecole Normale Superieure - Paris	Europe	22	3	53.4	24.5	12.6	17.2	25.9	56.2	27.7
73	University of Melbourne	Asia/Pacific	6	2	13.7	14.1	23.1	19.6	58.1	26.7	27.7
73	University of Rochester	Americas	47	44	29.6	8.9	27.3	21.6	44.1	36.1	27.7
76	Leiden University	Europe	23	2	22.4	15.5	28.2	17.7	47.6	28.8	27.6
77	The University of Sheffield	Europe	24	8	20.9	14.1	21.9	25.5	47	29.7	27.5
77	University of Arizona	Americas	48	45	0	0	30.1	36.5	54.2	25.9	27.5
79	Tohoku University	Asia/Pacific	7	4	16.8	0	21.9	23.2	63.9	28.9	27.1
79	University of Utah	Americas	49	46	0	11.5	30.1	29.2	48	26.1	27.1
81	King's College London	Europe	25	9	14.8	23.1	21.9	15.3	48.7	28.6	26.8
82	University of Nottingham	Europe	26	10	13.7	20	24.2	16	47.9	28.7	26.5
83	Boston University	Americas	50	47	13.7	0	30.1	27.5	51.5	17.8	25.6
83	Case Western Reserve University	Americas	50	47	36.3	11.5	21.9	15.2	42.1	31.5	25.6
83	Michigan State University	Americas	50	47	11.2	0	35.7	22.4	51.6	18.5	25.6
86	Stockholm University	Europe	27	3	26.3	29.6	16.3	19.2	36.2	19.7	25.5
87	University of Basel	Europe	28	3	23.1	17.1	20.6	21.1	35.7	34.9	25.4
88	Texas A&M University - College Station	Americas	53	50	0	0	32.6	24.5	55	20.9	25.2
89	McMaster University	Americas	54	4	14.8	18.9	21.9	14.7	46.1	26.4	25.1
90	University of Goettingen	Europe	29	4	34.5	20	14.6	16.5	40.3	25.6	24.9
91	University of Birmingham	Europe	30	11	22.4	10.9	21.9	15.6	47.3	28	24.8
92	Indiana University Bloomington	Americas	55	51	12.5	17.9	26.3	21.2	39.3	18.1	24.6
93	Arizona State University - Tempe	Americas	56	52	0	14.1	24.2	28.2	43.1	18.9	24.5
93	University of Aarhus	Europe	31	2	13.7	18.9	7.3	24.5	48.2	27	24.5
95	University of Virginia	Americas	57	53	0	0	32.6	26.3	47.2	25.5	24.4
96	University of Freiburg	Europe	32	5	22.4	20.9	16.3	19.2	38	24.2	24.2
97	Lund University	Europe	33	4	26.3	0	25.3	18	51.7	18.6	24.1
97	Rice University	Americas	58	54	19.4	21.9	21.9	19.7	29.5	29.3	24.1
97	University of Bonn	Europe	33	6	17.7	20	14.6	20.2	41.3	24.7	24.1
97	University of Sydney	Asia/Pacific	8	3	17.7	0	20.6	16.4	58	26.8	24.1
* Institutions within the same rank range are listed alphabetically.

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