Top 100 World Universities in 2006

 Rank

Institution*

Region

Reg. Rank

Country

Nat. Rank

Score on Alumni

Score on Award

Score on HiCi

Score on N&S

Score on SCI

Score on Size

Total Score

1

Harvard Univ

Americas

1

USA

1

100

100

100

100

100

73.6

100

2

Univ Cambridge

Europe

1

UK

1

96.3

91.5

53.8

59.5

67.1

66.5

72.6

3

Stanford Univ

Americas

2

USA

2

39.7

70.7

88.4

70

71.4

65.3

72.5

4

Univ California - Berkeley

Americas

3

USA

3

70.6

74.5

70.5

72.2

71.9

53.1

72.1

5

Massachusetts Inst Tech (MIT)

Americas

4

USA

4

72.9

80.6

66.6

66.4

62.2

53.6

69.7

6

California Inst Tech

Americas

5

USA

5

57.1

69.1

59.1

64.5

50.1

100

66

7

Columbia Univ

Americas

6

USA

6

78.2

59.4

56

53.6

69.8

45.8

61.8

8

Princeton Univ

Americas

7

USA

7

61.1

75.3

59.6

43.5

47.3

58

58.6

8

Univ Chicago

Americas

7

USA

7

72.9

80.2

49.9

43.7

54.1

41.8

58.6

10

Univ Oxford

Europe

2

UK

2

62

57.9

48

54.3

66

46

57.6

11

Yale Univ

Americas

9

USA

9

50.3

43.6

59.1

56.6

63

49.3

55.9

12

Cornell Univ

Americas

10

USA

10

44.9

51.3

56

48.4

65.2

40.1

54.1

13

Univ California - San Diego

Americas

11

USA

11

17.1

34

59.6

54.8

65.6

47.1

50.5

14

Univ California - Los Angeles

Americas

12

USA

12

26.4

32.1

57.6

47.5

77.3

34.9

50.4

15

Univ Pennsylvania

Americas

13

USA

13

34.2

34.4

57

41.7

73.6

40

50.1

16

Univ Wisconsin - Madison

Americas

14

USA

14

41.5

35.5

53.3

45.1

68.3

29.3

48.8

17

Univ Washington - Seattle

Americas

15

USA

15

27.7

31.8

53.3

47.6

75.5

27.8

48.5

18

Univ California - San Francisco

Americas

16

USA

16

0

36.8

55.5

54.8

61.1

48.2

47.7

19

Tokyo Univ

Asia/Pac

1

Japan

1

34.8

14.1

41.4

51.5

85.5

35.2

46.7

20

Johns Hopkins Univ

Americas

17

USA

17

49.5

27.8

40.7

52.2

68.8

25.3

46.6

21

Univ Michigan - Ann Arbor

Americas

18

USA

18

41.5

0

61.5

41.6

76.9

31.2

44.5

22

Kyoto Univ

Asia/Pac

2

Japan

2

38.3

33.4

36.9

36.2

72.4

31.7

43.9

23

Imperial Coll London

Europe

3

UK

3

20.1

37.4

40

39.7

64.2

40.2

43.4

24

Univ Toronto

Americas

19

Canada

1

27.1

19.3

38.5

36.5

78.3

44.8

42.8

25

Univ Illinois - Urbana Champaign

Americas

20

USA

19

40.1

36.6

45.5

33.6

57.7

26.3

42.5

26

Univ Coll London

Europe

4

UK

4

29.6

32.2

38.5

43.2

60

33.4

42.2

27

Swiss Fed Inst Tech - Zurich

Europe

5

Switzerland

1

38.8

36.3

35.3

39.9

43.5

52.6

41.2

28

Washington Univ - St. Louis

Americas

21

USA

20

24.2

26

37.7

45.6

55.3

40.4

40.4

29

New York Univ

Americas

22

USA

21

36.8

24.5

42.8

34

54

26.4

38.4

30

Rockefeller Univ

Americas

23

USA

22

21.8

58.6

28.8

44.8

24.1

38.4

38.3

31

Duke Univ

Americas

24

USA

23

20.1

0

48

45.4

62.4

40.3

38.2

32

Univ Minnesota - Twin Cities

Americas

25

USA

24

34.8

0

50.4

34.1

69.7

24.3

37.8

33

Northwestern Univ

Americas

26

USA

25

21

18.9

44.9

33.6

57.1

36.7

37.6

34

Univ Colorado - Boulder

Americas

27

USA

26

16

30.8

40

37

46.4

30.1

36.4

35

Univ California - Santa Barbara

Americas

28

USA

27

0

35.3

42.1

37

43.7

35.7

36.1

36

Univ British Columbia

Americas

29

Canada

2

20.1

18.9

31.7

31.9

62.1

36.6

35.5

37

Univ Maryland - Coll Park

Americas

30

USA

28

25

20

40

32.7

53.8

26.4

35.4

38

Univ Texas Southwestern Med Center

Americas

31

USA

29

23.4

33.2

31.7

38.1

39.8

33.5

35.2

39

Univ Texas - Austin

Americas

32

USA

30

21

16.7

48

28.3

55.4

21.8

34.9

40

Univ Utrecht

Europe

6

Netherlands

1

29.6

20.9

28.8

27.5

57.3

26.9

33.4

41

Vanderbilt Univ

Americas

33

USA

31

12.1

29.6

32.6

24.7

50.6

36.2

33.2

42

Pennsylvania State Univ - Univ Park

Americas

34

USA

32

13.5

0

44.9

37.7

58

23.8

32.7

42

Univ California - Davis

Americas

34

USA

32

0

0

47.4

33.3

63.3

30.1

32.7

44

Univ California - Irvine

Americas

36

USA

34

0

29.4

35.3

28.9

49

32.4

32.6

45

Univ Paris 06

Europe

7

France

1

34.4

23.5

23.1

24.9

52.9

32.5

32.4

46

Rutgers State Univ - New Brunswick

Americas

37

USA

35

14.8

20

38.5

32.7

46.5

24.6

32.3

47

Univ Southern California

Americas

38

USA

36

0

26.8

37.7

24.1

54

26.6

32

48

Karolinska Inst Stockholm

Europe

8

Sweden

1

29.6

27.3

33.5

18

48.7

25.6

31.9

48

Univ Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh

Americas

39

USA

37

24.2

0

40

24

65

28.6

31.9

50

Univ Manchester

Europe

9

UK

5

26.4

18.9

24.3

24.9

58.7

28.7

31.7

51

Univ Munich

Europe

10

Germany

1

35.8

22.9

15.4

28

52.9

32.2

31.5

52

Univ Edinburgh

Europe

11

UK

6

21.8

16.7

25.5

35.4

49.3

30.3

31.4

53

Univ Florida

Americas

40

USA

38

21.8

0

36.1

25.1

65.6

26.7

31

54

Australian Natl Univ

Asia/Pac

3

Australia

1

17.1

12.6

37.7

30.1

44.4

32.8

30.8

54

Tech Univ Munich

Europe

12

Germany

2

41.5

23.6

24.3

19.5

46.2

30.7

30.8

56

Carnegie Mellon Univ

Americas

41

USA

39

33.7

32.8

32.6

12.7

37.5

31.8

30.5

56

Univ Copenhagen

Europe

13

Denmark

1

29.6

24.2

23.1

24.8

46.4

30

30.5

58

Univ Zurich

Europe

14

Switzerland

2

12.1

26.8

21.8

29.7

47.9

31.4

30.4

59

Univ North Carolina - Chapel Hill

Americas

42

USA

40

12.1

0

37.7

29.3

60.3

27.9

30.3

60

Hebrew Univ Jerusalem

Asia/Pac

4

Israel

1

32

20

25.5

25.2

44.7

29.5

30

61

Osaka Univ

Asia/Pac

5

Japan

3

12.1

0

25.5

30.7

67

29.9

29.6

62

McGill Univ

Americas

43

Canada

3

27.7

0

30.8

22.4

59.7

33.5

29.5

62

Univ Bristol

Europe

15

UK

7

10.5

17.9

29.8

26.3

47.8

33.2

29.5

64

Univ Paris 11

Europe

16

France

2

32

33.5

13.3

20.8

44.7

29.7

29.4

65

Uppsala Univ

Europe

17

Sweden

2

25

32.2

13.3

24.6

49.3

21.5

29.3

66

Ohio State Univ - Columbus

Americas

44

USA

41

17.1

0

40.7

20.6

61.3

19.7

29

66

Univ Heidelberg

Europe

18

Germany

3

19.1

27.2

18.8

21.5

49.5

29.5

29

68

Univ Oslo

Europe

19

Norway

1

25

33.4

18.8

17.7

42.7

28.5

28.6

69

Univ Sheffield

Europe

20

UK

8

22.6

14.1

23.1

29.2

45.8

30.2

28.5

70

Case Western Reserve Univ

Americas

45

USA

42

39.2

11.5

21.8

22

43.9

33.6

27.9

70

Moscow State Univ

Europe

21

Russia

1

49.5

34.2

0

5.6

54.3

33.4

27.9

72

Univ Leiden

Europe

22

Netherlands

2

24.2

15.5

28.8

18.9

46

28.5

27.8

73

Purdue Univ - West Lafayette

Americas

46

USA

43

18.2

16.7

27.7

20.7

50.6

19.9

27.7

74

Univ Helsinki

Europe

23

Finland

1

18.2

17.9

20.4

19.2

53.4

29.2

27.6

74