U.S.News & World Report's World's Best Universities rankings, based on the QS World University Rankings, identified these to be the world's top universities in 2009.
| Rank | Overall Score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harvard UniversityUnited States | 100.0 | |||
| Academic Peer Review Score 100 | Employer Review Score 100 | Student to Faculty Score 98 | International Faculty Score 85 | International Students Score 78 | Citations per Faculty Score 100 |
| 2 | University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom | 99.6 | |||
| Academic Peer Review Score 100 | Employer Review Score 100 | Student to Faculty Score 100 | International Faculty Score 98 | International Students Score 96 | Citations per Faculty Score 89 |
| 3 | Yale UniversityUnited States | 99.1 | |||
| Academic Peer Review Score 100 | Employer Review Score 99 | Student to Faculty Score 100 | International Faculty Score 85 | International Students Score 77 | Citations per Faculty Score 94 |
| 4 | UCL (University College London)United Kingdom | 99.0 | |||
| Academic Peer Review Score 98 | Employer Review Score 99 | Student to Faculty Score 100 | International Faculty Score 96 | International Students Score 99 | Citations per Faculty Score 90 |
| 5 | Imperial College LondonUnited Kingdom | 97.8 | |||
| Academic Peer Review Score 100 | Employer Review Score 100 | Student to Faculty Score 100 | International Faculty Score 98 | International Students Score 100 | Citations per Faculty Score 80 |
| 5 | University of OxfordUnited Kingdom | 97.8 | |||
| Academic Peer Review Score 100 | Employer Review Score 100 | Student to Faculty Score 100 | International Faculty Score 96 | International Students Score 97 | Citations per Faculty Score 80 |
| 7 | University of ChicagoUnited States | 96.8 | |||
| Academic Peer Review Score 100 | Employer Review Score 99 | Student to Faculty Score 97 | International Faculty Score 77 | International Students Score 83 | Citations per Faculty Score 88 |
| 8 | Princeton UniversityUnited States | 96.6 | |||
| Academic Peer Review Score 100 | Employer Review Score 96 | Student to Faculty Score 82 | International Faculty Score 89 | International Students Score 81 | Citations per Faculty Score 100 |
| 9 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States | 96.1 | |||
| Academic Peer Review Score 100 | Employer Review Score 100 | Student to Faculty Score 89 | International Faculty Score 31 | International Students Score 95 | Citations per Faculty Score 100 |
| 10 | California Institute of Technology (Caltech)United States | 95.9 | |||
| Academic Peer Review Score 99 | Employer Review Score 72 | Student to Faculty Score 87 | International Faculty Score 100 | International Students Score 89 | Citations per Faculty Score 100 |
| 11 | Columbia UniversityUnited States | 95.6 | |||
| Academic Peer Review Score 100 | Employer Review Score 99 | Student to Faculty Score 97 | International Faculty Score 28 | International Students Score 89 | Citations per Faculty Score 92 |
| 12 | University of PennsylvaniaUnited States | 94.2 | |||
| Academic Peer Review Score 96 | Employer Review Score 99 | Student to Faculty Score 85 | International Faculty Score 82 | International Students Score 60 | Citations per Faculty Score 98 |
| 13 | Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States | 94.1 | |||
| Academic Peer Review Score 98 | Employer Review Score 79 | Student to Faculty Score 100 | International Faculty Score 28 | International Students Score 71 | Citations per Faculty Score 99 |
| 14 | Duke UniversityUnited States | 92.9 | |||
| Academic Peer Review Score 95 | Employer Review Score 97 | Student to Faculty Score 100 | International Faculty Score 29 | International Students Score 62 | Citations per Faculty Score 93 |
| 15 | Cornell UniversityUnited States | 92.5 | |||
| Academic Peer Review Score 100 | Employer Review Score 99 | Student to Faculty Score 85 | International Faculty Score 28 | International Students Score 73 | Citations per Faculty Score 94 |
| 16 | Stanford UniversityUnited States | 92.2 | |||
| Academic Peer Review Score 100 | Employer Review Score 100 | Student to Faculty Score 71 | International Faculty Score 25 | International Students Score 96 | Citations per Faculty Score 100 |
| 17 | Australian National UniversityAustralia | 90.5 | |||
| Academic Peer Review Score 100 | Employer Review Score 91 | Student to Faculty Score 75 | International Faculty Score 99 | International Students Score 92 | Citations per Faculty Score 74 |
| 18 | McGill UniversityCanada | 90.4 | |||
| Academic Peer Review Score 100 | Employer Review Score 97 | Student to Faculty Score 92 | International Faculty Score 67 | International Students Score 95 | Citations per Faculty Score 61 |
| 19 | University of MichiganUnited States | 89.9 | |||
| Academic Peer Review Score 99 | Employer Review Score 99 | Student to Faculty Score 85 | International Faculty Score 57 | International Students Score 52 | Citations per Faculty Score 81 |
| 20 | University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom | 89.3 | |||
| Academic Peer Review Score 97 | Employer Review Score 99 | Student to Faculty Score 84 | International Faculty Score 93 | International Students Score 86 | Citations per Faculty Score 65 |
| 20 | ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)Switzerland | 89.3 | |||
| Academic Peer Review Score 97 | Employer Review Score 80 | Student to Faculty Score 55 | International Faculty Score 100 | International Students Score 94 | Citations per Faculty Score 99 |
| 22 | University of TokyoJapan | 88.9 | |||
| Academic Peer Review Score 100 | Employer Review Score 97 | Student to Faculty Score 98 | International Faculty Score 28 | International Students Score 42 | Citations per Faculty Score 70 |
| 23 | King's College LondonUnited Kingdom | 88.4 | |||
| Academic Peer Review Score 91 | Employer Review Score 98 | Student to Faculty Score 90 | International Faculty Score 92 | International Students Score 88 | Citations per Faculty Score 67 |
| 24 | University of Hong KongHong Kong | 87.5 | |||
| Academic Peer Review Score 96 | Employer Review Score 89 | Student to Faculty Score 87 | International Faculty Score 100 | International Students Score 95 | Citations per Faculty Score 56 |
| 25 | Kyoto UniversityJapan | 87.1 | |||
| Academic Peer Review Score 100 | Employer Review Score 93 | Student to Faculty Score 81 | International Faculty Score 32 | International Students Score 26 | Citations per Faculty Score 85 |
| 26 | University of ManchesterUnited Kingdom | 85.7 | |||
| Academic Peer Review Score 94 | Employer Review Score 100 | Student to Faculty Score 79 | International Faculty Score 90 | International Students Score 87 | Citations per Faculty Score 58 |
| 27 | Carnegie Mellon UniversityUnited States | 85.6 | |||
| Academic Peer Review Score 94 | Employer Review Score 93 | Student to Faculty Score 56 | International Faculty Score 62 | International Students Score 96 | Citations per Faculty Score 88 |
| 28 | Ecole Normale Supérieure, ParisFrance | 85.4 | |||
| Academic Peer Review Score 94 | Employer Review Score 87 | Student to Faculty Score 100 | International Faculty Score 76 | International Students Score 61 | Citations per Faculty Score 53 |
| 29 | University of TorontoCanada | 85.3 | |||
| Academic Peer Review Score 100 | Employer Review Score 96 | Student to Faculty Score 63 | International Faculty Score 82 | International Students Score 51 | Citations per Faculty Score 74 |
| 30 | National University of Singapore (NUS)Singapore | 84.3 | |||
| Academic Peer Review Score 100 | Employer Review Score 96 | Student to Faculty Score 40 | International Faculty Score 100 | International Students Score 100 | Citations per Faculty Score 75 |
| 31 | Brown UniversityUnited States | 83.9 | |||
| Academic Peer Review Score 88 | Employer Review Score 85 | Student to Faculty Score 67 | International Faculty Score 53 | International Students Score 55 | Citations per Faculty Score 97 |
| 32 | University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)United States | 83.5 | |||
| Academic Peer Review Score 100 | Employer Review Score 98 | Student to Faculty Score 46 | International Faculty Score 21 | International Students Score 33 | Citations per Faculty Score 100 |
| 32 | Northwestern UniversityUnited States | 83.5 | |||
| Academic Peer Review Score 86 | Employer Review Score 97 | Student to Faculty Score 78 | International Faculty Score 28 | International Students Score 100 | Citations per Faculty Score 79 |
| 34 | University of BristolUnited Kingdom | 83.4 | |||
| Academic Peer Review Score 83 | Employer Review Score 99 | Student to Faculty Score 84 | International Faculty Score 85 | International Students Score 77 | Citations per Faculty Score 69 |
| 35 | Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyHong Kong | 83.3 | |||
| Academic Peer Review Score 89 | Employer Review Score 86 | Student to Faculty Score 84 | International Faculty Score 100 | International Students Score 99 | Citations per Faculty Score 54 |
| 36 | École PolytechniqueFrance | 83.1 | |||
| Academic Peer Review Score 76 | Employer Review Score 99 | Student to Faculty Score 100 | International Faculty Score 63 | International Students Score 95 | Citations per Faculty Score 65 |
| 36 | University of MelbourneAustralia | 83.1 | |||
| Academic Peer Review Score 100 | Employer Review Score 100 | Student to Faculty Score 57 | International Faculty Score 59 | International Students Score 97 | Citations per Faculty Score 61 |
| 36 | University of SydneyAustralia | 83.1 | |||
| Academic Peer Review Score 99 | Employer Review Score 97 | Student to Faculty Score 58 | International Faculty Score 99 | International Students Score 95 | Citations per Faculty Score 53 |
| 39 | University of California, BerkeleyUnited States | 82.7 | |||
| Academic Peer Review Score 100 | Employer Review Score 100 | Student to Faculty Score 25 | International Faculty Score 86 | International Students Score 34 | Citations per Faculty Score 100 |
| 40 | University of British ColumbiaCanada | 81.2 | |||
| Academic Peer Review Score 100 | Employer Review Score 93 | Student to Faculty Score 51 | International Faculty Score 34 | International Students Score 60 | Citations per Faculty Score 77 |
| 41 | University of QueenslandAustralia | 80.7 | |||
| Academic Peer Review Score 94 | Employer Review Score 95 | Student to Faculty Score 47 | International Faculty Score 99 | International Students Score 82 | Citations per Faculty Score 67 |
| 42 | École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Switzerland | 80.6 | |||
| Academic Peer Review Score 67 | Employer Review Score 70 | Student to Faculty Score 92 | International Faculty Score 100 | International Students Score 100 | Citations per Faculty Score 84 |
| 43 | Osaka UniversityJapan | 80.1 | |||
| Academic Peer Review Score 92 | Employer Review Score 73 | Student to Faculty Score 90 | International Faculty Score 24 | International Students Score 33 | Citations per Faculty Score 68 |
| 43 | Trinity College DublinIreland | 80.1 | |||
| Academic Peer Review Score 88 | Employer Review Score 96 | Student to Faculty Score 72 | International Faculty Score 98 | International Students Score 83 | Citations per Faculty Score 49 |
| 45 | Monash UniversityAustralia | 80.0 | |||
| Academic Peer Review Score 98 | Employer Review Score 99 | Student to Faculty Score 56 | International Faculty Score 95 | International Students Score 96 | Citations per Faculty Score 42 |
| 46 | The Chinese University of Hong KongHong Kong | 79.6 | |||
| Academic Peer Review Score 87 | Employer Review Score 77 | Student to Faculty Score 77 | International Faculty Score 97 | International Students Score 79 | Citations per Faculty Score 55 |
| 47 | University of New South WalesAustralia | 79.0 | |||
| Academic Peer Review Score 96 | Employer Review Score 99 | Student to Faculty Score 39 | International Faculty Score 82 | International Students Score 93 | Citations per Faculty Score 62 |
| 47 | Seoul National UniversityKorea, South | 79.0 | |||
| Academic Peer Review Score 99 | Employer Review Score 69 | Student to Faculty Score 92 | International Faculty Score 29 | International Students Score 33 | Citations per Faculty Score 47 |
| 49 | University of AmsterdamNetherlands | 78.9 | |||
| Academic Peer Review Score 93 | Employer Review Score 81 | Student to Faculty Score 73 | International Faculty Score 71 | International Students Score 32 | Citations per Faculty Score 62 |
| 49 | Tsinghua UniversityChina | 78.9 | |||
| Academic Peer Review Score 98 | Employer Review Score 83 | Student to Faculty Score 95 | International Faculty Score 45 | International Students Score 34 | Citations per Faculty Score 34 |
| Source: QS Quacquarelli Symonds (www.topuniversities.com) | See Schools 50-99 » | ||||

















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