Top Global 100 Universities
Here are listings of the top 100 universities in the world that was compliled by various research undertaken by asking students and staff their views.
The ones we have below are from the Times Higher Education research that's undertaken each year and published online on their site for all to view.
The Times have been producing these rankings since 2004 and Harvard University has always taken top spot. They were set up after calling on the UK government to prove that the increasing university development was viable on a world stage. They announce the results in early October each year online and you can search the rankings by subject at the THE online portal.
2017 Rankings
Here are the current top 100 universities in the world according to their research.
Top 10 - Oxford to Chicage
The top 10 rankings include two colleges tied in tenth place, so a total of 11 institutions make the top 10!
| Rank | University Name | Students | Score Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Oxford | 19,718 | 95.0% |
| 2 | California Institute of Technology | 2,181 | 94.3% |
| 3 | Stanford University | 15,658 | 93.8% |
| 4 | University of Cambridge | 18,605 | 93.6% |
| 5 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 11,192 | 93.4% |
| 6 | Harvard University | 19,890 | 92.7% |
| 7 | Princeton University | 7,925 | 90.2% |
| 8 | Imperial College London | 15,236 | 90.0% |
| 9 | ETH Zurich | 18,616 | 89.3% |
| 10= | Berkeley University | 34,834 | 88.9% |
| 10= | University of Chicago | 13,486 | 88.9% |
11 to 20 - Yale to Northwestern University
Just nine universities make the second batch up to Northwestern University in twentieth place.
| Rank | University Name | Students | Score Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | Yale University | 11,946 | 88.2% |
| 13 | University of Pennsylvania | 13,486 | 87.1% |
| 14 | Los Angeles University | 38,392 | 86.6% |
| 15 | University College London | 28,602 | 86.5% |
| 16 | Columbia University | 25,659 | 86.1% |
| 17 | Johns Hopkins University | 15,303 | 85.9% |
| 18 | Duke University | 15,204 | 84.7% |
| 19 | Cornell University | 21,593 | 84.6% |
| 20 | Northwestern University | 18,570 | 83.7% |
21 to 30 - Michigan to Switzerland
Germany and Switzerland feature in the third set of rankings.
| Rank | University Name | Students | Score Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | University of Michigan | 41,912 | 83.6% |
| 22 | University of Toronto | 68,093 | 83.0% |
| 23 | Carnegie Mellon University | 12,311 | 81.8% |
| 24 | National University of Singapore | 31,111 | 81.7% |
| 25= | London School of Economics | 9,401 | 80.2% |
| 25= | University of Washington | 45,162 | 80.2% |
| 27 | University of Edinburgh | 25,279 | 79.2% |
| 28 | Karolinska Institute | 7,723 | 77.6% |
| 29 | Peking University | 42,977 | 77.2% |
| 30= | LMU Munich | 36,180 | 76.8% |
| 30= | Ecole Polytechnique | 9,750 | 76.8% |
31 to 40 - New York to Leuven
The first university from Belgium makes it into the charts.
| Rank | University Name | Students | Score Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | New York University | 43,021 | 76.7% |
| 33= | Georgia Institute of Technology | 19,847 | 76.3% |
| 33= | University of Melbourne | 42,273 | 76.3% |
| 35 | Tsinghua University | 41,537 | 76.2% |
| 36= | University of British Columbia | 51,889 | 75.9% |
| 36= | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 43,202 | 75.9% |
| 36= | King's College London | 21,986 | 75.9% |
| 39 | University of Tokyo | 26,080 | 74.1% |
| 40 | KU Leuven | 46,381 | 73.8% |
41 to 50 - San Diego to Texas
Many smaller establishments from the USA and Australia come together to make up the first 50 rankings.
| Rank | University Name | Students | Score Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | University of California, San Diego | 28,416 | 73.2% |
| 42 | McGill University | 30,911 | 73.1% |
| 43= | Heidelberg University | 29,527 | 73.0% |
| 43= | University of Hong Kong | 20,095 | 73.0% |
| 45 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 40,048 | 72.6% |
| 46 | Technical University of Munich | 36,929 | 71.6% |
| 47 | Australian National University | 15,402 | 71.3% |
| 48 | University of California, Santa Barbara | 22,267 | 71.2% |
| 49 | Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | 11,960 | 71.1% |
| 50 | University of Texas at Austin | 48,689 | 70.8% |
51 to 60 - USA, Singapore, Australia, UK and Germany
A whole international mixture of areas make up the next 10 in the charts.
| Rank | University Name | Students | Score Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 51= | Brown University | 8,694 | 70.4% |
| 51= | University of California, Davis | 36,060 | 70.4% |
| 53 | University of Minnesota | 46,625 | 70.3% |
| 54 | Nanyang Technological University | 25,278 | 70.0% |
| 55 | Manchester University | 34,015 | 69.7% |
| 56 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 26,412 | 69.3% |
| 57= | Humboldt University of Berlin | 31,043 | 69.2% |
| 57= | Washington University in St Louis | 12,528 | 69.2% |
| 59 | Delft University of Technology | 16,174 | 67.9% |
| 60= | University of Queensland | 38,892 | 67.2% |
| 60= | University of Southern California | 38,466 | 67.2% |
| 60= | University of Sydney | 42,678 | 67.2% |
61 to 70 - Amsterdam to Purdue
The Netherlands features two top institutions in this section.
| Rank | University Name | Students | Score Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 63 | University of Amsterdam | 25,344 | 67.1% |
| 64 | Boston University | 24,714 | 66.9% |
| 65 | Wageningen University & Research | 9,535 | 66.6% |
| 66 | Ecole Normale Superieure | 1,548 | 65.8% |
| 67 | University of Maryland, College Park | 31,353 | 65.3% |
| 68 | Pennsylvania State University | 45,359 | 65.0% |
| 69 | Erasmus University Rotterdam | 21,854 | 64.6% |
| 70 | Purdue University | 38,788 | 64.5% |
71 to 80 - Bristol to Pittsburgh
South Korea makes its first appearance together with Hong Kong.
| Rank | University Name | Students | Score Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 71 | University of Bristol | 18,544 | 64.4% |
| 72= | Ohio State University | 52,497 | 64.2% |
| 72= | Seoul National University | 26,777 | 64.2% |
| 74 | Monash University | 44,217 | 64.0% |
| 75 | Free University of Berlin | 32,909 | 63.7% |
| 76 | Chinese University of Hong Kong | 18,433 | 63.6% |
| 77 | Leiden University | 23,597 | 63.3% |
| 78= | University of New South Wales | 39,121 | 63.0% |
| 78= | RWTH Aachen University | 42,298 | 63.0% |
| 80= | University of Groningen | 25,281 | 62.2% |
| 80= | University of Pittsburgh | 26,501 | 62.2% |
81 to 90 - Dartmouth to Tubingen
More from South Korea, UK, and Germany.
| Rank | University Name | Students | Score Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 82= | Dartmouth College | 6,109 | 62.0% |
| 82= | Emory University | 12,649 | 62.0% |
| 82= | Technical University of Berlin | 20,548 | 62.0% |
| 82= | Warwick University | 18,558 | 62.0% |
| 86 | Utrecht University | 31,142 | 61.9% |
| 87 | Rice University | 6,447 | 61.7% |
| 88 | University of Glasgow | 22,856 | 61.4% |
| 89= | Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology | 9,327 | 61.3% |
| 89= | University of Tubingen | 28,074 | 61.3% |
91 to 100 - Helsinki to California
The final 10 to make up the top 100 universities in the World sees entries from Finland and Sweden.
| Rank | University Name | Students | Score Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 91= | University of Helsinki | 23,369 | 61.2% |
| 91= | Kyoto University | 22,547 | 61.2% |
| 93 | Uppsala University | 25,275 | 61.1% |
| 94 | Maastricht University | 16,030 | 61.0% |
| 95 | University of Freiburg | 25,890 | 60.9% |
| 96= | Durham University | 15,705 | 60.6% |
| 96= | Lund University | 28,852 | 60.6% |
| 98= | Aarhus University | 24,633 | 60.3% |
| 98= | University of Basel | 12,560 | 60.3% |
| 98= | University of California, Irvine | 29,304 | 60.3% |