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THE - QS World University Rankings 2009 - Natural Sciences

2009 World Rank School Name Country Natural Score
Source: QS Intelligence Unit (www.topuniversities.com) 
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1 University of CAMBRIDGE United Kingdom 100.0
2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (m... United States 94.9
3 University of California, BERKELEY United States 93.8
4 HARVARD University United States 92.6
5 University of OXFORD United Kingdom 92.5
6 PRINCETON University United States 81.0
7 California Institute of Technology (calt... United States 80.8
8 University of TOKYO Japan 79.3
9 STANFORD University United States 79.0
10= KYOTO University Japan 71.4
10= IMPERIAL College London United Kingdom 71.4
12 ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of T... Switzerland 69.8
13 Ecole Normale Superieure, PARIS France 65.5
14 University of TORONTO Canada 64.8
15 CORNELL University United States 62.7
16 University of California, Los Angeles (u... United States 62.1
17 University of CHICAGO United States 62.0
18 YALE University United States 61.7
19 PEKING University China 61.3
20 University of BRITISH COLUMBIA Canada 60.7
21 AUSTRALIAN National University Australia 60.1
22 University Pierre and Marie Curie - PARI... France 56.7
23 University of MELBOURNE Australia 52.8
24 COLUMBIA University United States 51.9
25 Sapienza University of Rome Italy 51.8
26 Mcgill University Canada 50.8
27 National University of Singapore (NUS) Singapore 50.7
28= École Polytechnique France 50.1
28= SEOUL National University Korea, South 50.1
30= TSINGHUA University China 49.2
30= LOMONOSOV MOSCOW State University Russia 49.2
32 University of CALIFORNIA, Santa Barbara United States 48.8
33 TECHNION - Israel Institute of Technolog... Israel 48.1
34 University of SYDNEY Australia 46.2
35 UTRECHT University Netherlands 45.8
36 OSAKA University Japan 45.2
37= HEIDELBERG University Germany 45.1
37= University of Illinois at  Urbana-Champaign (U of I) United States 45.1
39 Kaist - Korea Advanced Institute of Scie... Korea, South 43.6
40 University of CALIFORNIA, San Diego United States 43.5
41 Technical University of MUNICH Germany 43.3
42 University of TEXAS At Austin United States 43.0
43 Ludwig Maximilian - University of MUNICH... Germany 42.2
44 Paris-Sud XI University France 41.0
45 University of NEW SOUTH WALES Australia 40.7
46 Federal Polytechnic School of LAUSANNE Switzerland 40.5
47 University of MICHIGAN United States 40.4
48 TOKYO Institute of Technology Japan 40.3
49 TOHOKU University Japan 39.1
50 University of Science And Technology of ... China 38.8
51= NATIONAL TAIWAN University (NTU) Taiwan 38.4
51= JOHNS HOPKINS University United States 38.4
53= MONASH University Australia 38.3
53= UPPSALA University Sweden 38.3
55 University of VIENNA Austria 37.8
56 University of WATERLOO Canada 37.7
57 LUND University Sweden 37.5
58= Hebrew University of JERUSALEM Israel 37.4
58= LEIDEN University Netherlands 37.4
60 UCL (University College London) United Kingdom 37.3
61 University of EDINBURGH United Kingdom 36.9
62 HONG KONG University of Science And Tech... Hong Kong 36.8
63= University of QUEENSLAND Australia 36.7
63= TEL AVIV University Israel 36.7
65 Saint-petersburg State University Russia 35.7
66= Catholic University of LEUVEN Belgium 35.6
66= University of BARCELONA Spain 35.6
68 University of MANCHESTER United Kingdom 35.5
69 University of PENNSYLVANIA United States 35.4
70 TRINITY College Dublin Ireland 35.2
71 AARHUS University Denmark 35.1
72 University of COPENHAGEN Denmark 35.0
73= DELFT University of Technology Netherlands 34.7
73= University of WARWICK United Kingdom 34.7
75 University of ALBERTA Canada 34.6
76 University of PISA Italy 34.4
77 Free University of BERLIN Germany 34.1
78= Autonomous University of MADRID Spain 33.8
78= University of HONG KONG Hong Kong 33.8
80= CHALMERS University of Technology Sweden 33.4
80= University of HELSINKI Finland 33.4
82 NEW YORK University (nyu) United States 33.2
83 The University of AUCKLAND New Zealand 33.1
84 FUDAN University China 32.8
85 University of AMSTERDAM Netherlands 32.7
86 University of Göttingen Germany 32.6
87 Kth, ROYAL INSTITUTE of Technology Sweden 32.5
88= Technical University of BERLIN Germany 32.3
88= Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (I... India 32.3
88= CARNEGIE MELLON University United States 32.3
88= CHARLES University Czech Republic 32.3
92= University of Wisconsin-madison United States 32.2
92= GEORGIA Institute of Technology United States 32.2
94= University of BRISTOL United Kingdom 32.0
94= PURDUE University United States 32.0
96 NAGOYA University Japan 31.8
97 Autonomous University of BARCELONA Spain 31.7
98 HUMBOLDT University of Berlin Germany 31.6
99 DUKE University United States 31.5
100 PENNSYLVANIA STATE University United States 31.1
101 NANJING University China 30.9
102 University of WASHINGTON United States 30.7
103 Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore 30.2
104 University of ZURICH Switzerland 30.1
105 The Chinese University of HONG KONG Hong Kong 29.8
106 University of GENEVA Switzerland 29.7
107= University of BONN Germany 29.5
107= University of BOLOGNA Italy 29.5
107= University of WARSAW Poland 29.5
110= Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (II... India 29.2
110= Complutense University of MADRID Spain 29.2
112 KING'S College London United Kingdom 28.9
113 BROWN University United States 28.6
114 ATENEO De Manila University Philippines 28.5
115= KYUSHU University Japan 28.4
115= TEXAS A&m University United States 28.4
115= BOSTON University United States 28.4
118 Ecole Normale Superieure de LYON France 28.2
119= Joseph Fourier University - GRENOBLE I France 28.1
119= Paris Diderot University France 28.1
121 POHANG University of Science And Technol... Korea, South 28.0
122 University of OSLO Norway 27.9
123 University of ADELAIDE Australia 27.8
124 JAGIELLONIAN University Poland 27.7
125= University of FLORENCE Italy 27.6
125= University of CALIFORNIA, Davis United States 27.6
125= OHIO STATE University United States 27.6
128 Université De Montréal Canada 27.5
129 STONY BROOK University, State University... United States 27.4
130 University of São Paulo Brazil 27.3
131 Catholic University of LOUVAIN (UCL) Belgium 27.2
132 RUTGERS, The State University of New Jer... United States 27.1
133= University of MARYLAND, College Park United States 27.0
133= National Autonomous University of Mexico... Mexico 27.0
135 Free University of Brussels Belgium 26.9
136= NORTHWESTERN University United States 26.7
136= HOKKAIDO University Japan 26.7
136= CHULALONGKORN University Thailand 26.7
136= RWTH AACHEN University Germany 26.7
140 University of Strasbourg France 26.6
141= University of SOUTHAMPTON United Kingdom 26.4
141= VIENNA University of Technology Austria 26.4
143= Mcmaster University Canada 26.3
143= University of TSUKUBA Japan 26.3
145 DURHAM University United Kingdom 26.2
146= University of PADUA Italy 26.1
146= WASEDA University Japan 26.1
148 STOCKHOLM University Sweden 26.0
149 SHANGHAI JIAO TONG University China 25.7
150= University of GLASGOW United Kingdom 25.6
150= National TSING HUA University Taiwan 25.6
152 University of INNSBRUCK Austria 25.4
153 BANDUNG Institute of Technology (ITB) Indonesia 25.3
154 NOVOSIBIRSK STATE University Russia 25.2
155 University of KARLSRUHE Germany 25.1
156 EINDHOVEN University of Technology Netherlands 24.9
157= YONSEI University Korea, South 24.7
157= Paris-SORBONNE University (Paris IV) France 24.7
157= RICE University United States 24.7
160 State University of CAMPINAS (Unicamp) Brazil 24.6
161 University of FLORIDA United States 24.5
162 University of BIRMINGHAM United Kingdom 24.2
163 University of WESTERN AUSTRALIA Australia 24.1
164 University of Colorado At BOULDER United States 24.0
165 QUEEN'S University Canada 23.7
166 University of GHENT Belgium 23.6
167 TOKYO University of Science (TUS) Japan 23.5
168= University of HAMBURG Germany 23.4
168= University of Rome TOR VERGATA Italy 23.4
170 University of NORTH CAROLINA, Chapel Hil... United States 23.0
171= University of BASEL Switzerland 22.8
171= University of LEEDS United Kingdom 22.8
171= University of ARIZONA United States 22.8
174 University of MINNESOTA United States 22.7
175 Polytechnic University of Milan Italy 22.5
176 University of The PHILIPPINES Philippines 22.4
177 Indian Institute of Technology Madras (I... India 22.3
178 Johannes Gutenberg University of MAINZ Germany 22.2
179= SIMON FRASER University Canada 22.1
179= University of CALIFORNIA, Irvine United States 22.1
179= University of CAPE TOWN South Africa 22.1
179= University of CALGARY Canada 22.1
183= University of TEHRAN Iran 22.0
183= ZHEJIANG University China 22.0
183= University of Fribourg Germany 22.0
186 University of VALENCIA Spain 21.9
187 HELSINKI University of Technology (TKK) Finland 21.7
188 University of NOTTINGHAM United Kingdom 21.6
189= QUEENSLAND University of Technology Australia 21.5
189= University of DELHI India 21.5
191= QUEEN MARY, University of London United Kingdom 21.4
191= KOREA University Korea, South 21.4
193= Paul Sabatier University - TOULOUSE III France 21.3
193= MICHIGAN STATE University United States 21.3
195= University of STUTTGART Germany 21.2
195= University of GRONINGEN Netherlands 21.2
197 University of TRIESTE Italy 21.1
198= GADJAH MADA University Indonesia 20.9
198= EÖtvÖs LorÁnd University Hungary 20.9
200 DALHOUSIE University Canada 20.8
201= BIELEFELD University Germany 20.6
201= VU University AMSTERDAM Netherlands 20.6
203 University College DUBLIN Ireland 20.5
204= University of TWENTE Netherlands 20.4
204= Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen Germany 20.4
206 University of OTAGO New Zealand 20.1
207 Technical University of DENMARK Denmark 20.0
208 University of OTTAWA Canada 19.9
209 University of BUENOS AIRES Argentina 19.8
210= University of SHEFFIELD United Kingdom 19.7
210= University of CALCUTTA India 19.7
212= University of CHILE Chile 19.5
212= University MONTPELLIER II - Sciences and... France 19.5
212= University of TRENTO Italy 19.5
212= City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong 19.5
216 University of LIVERPOOL United Kingdom 19.4
217 BEN GURION University of The Negev Israel 19.2
218= University of GOTHENBURG Sweden 19.1
218= University of CANTERBURY New Zealand 19.1
220 University of BATH United Kingdom 19.0
221= ISTANBUL Technical University Turkey 18.9
221= University of LEIPZIG Germany 18.9
223= WAGENINGEN University Netherlands 18.8
223= University of GRAZ Austria 18.8
223= University College CORK Ireland 18.8
223= University of KARACHI Pakistan 18.8
227= Johannes Kepler University of LINZ Austria 18.7
227= KEIO University Japan 18.7
229= University of ST ANDREWS United Kingdom 18.6
229= Indian Institute of Technology KANPUR (I... India 18.6
231= Universidad De SANTIAGO De Chile Chile 18.5
231= Goethe University FRANKFURT Germany 18.5
231= University of BERGEN Norway 18.5
234= KOBE University Japan 18.4
234= University of Science, Malaysia (USM) Malaysia 18.4
236= University of Jyväskylä Finland 18.3
236= University of ABERDEEN United Kingdom 18.3
236= FLORIDA STATE University United States 18.3
239= University of COIMBRA Portugal 18.2
239= University of YORK United Kingdom 18.2
239= DARMSTADT University of Technology Germany 18.2
242= University of INDONESIA Indonesia 18.1
242= ARIZONA STATE University United States 18.1
244 University of MALAYA (UM) Malaysia 18.0
245= INDIANA University Bloomington United States 17.9
245= Pontifical Catholic University of CHILE Chile 17.9
245= JAWAHARLAL NEHRU University India 17.9
248= Federal University of RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil 17.8
248= BILKENT University Turkey 17.8
250= Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 France 17.7
250= CASE WESTERN RESERVE University United States 17.7
252= Ruhr University BOCHUM Germany 17.5
252= CURTIN University of Technology Australia 17.5
254= RENSSELAER Polytechnic Institute United States 17.3
254= Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur... India 17.3
254= NATIONAL TAIWAN University of Science An... Taiwan 17.3
257 University of ATHENS Greece 17.2
258= COLORADO STATE University United States 17.1
258= University of ROCHESTER United States 17.1
260 National University of Sciences And Tech... Pakistan 16.9
261= MACQUARIE University Australia 16.8
261= The University of WESTERN ONTARIO Canada 16.8
261= University of READING United Kingdom 16.8
261= PUSAN National University Korea, South 16.8
265= LA TROBE University Australia 16.7
265= DRESDEN University of Technology Germany 16.7
267= University of CALIFORNIA, Santa Cruz United States 16.6
267= CZECH TECHNICAL University in Prague Czech Republic 16.6
267= University of TURIN Italy 16.6
270= The HONG KONG Polytechnic University Hong Kong 16.5
270= Quaid-i-azam University Pakistan 16.5
272= University of BERN Switzerland 16.3
272= NORTH CAROLINA STATE University United States 16.3
272= University of TURKU Finland 16.3
275= Free University of BRUSSELS Belgium 16.1
275= Dauphine University, Paris France 16.1
275= University of RENNES I France 16.1
278= LAVAL University Canada 16.0
278= HIROSHIMA University Japan 16.0
280 University of STRATHCLYDE United Kingdom 15.9
281= University of BAYREUTH Germany 15.8
281= YORK University Canada 15.8
283= Friedrich Alexander University of Erlang... Germany 15.7
283= University of NOTRE DAME United States 15.7
283= Universidad De ZARAGOZA Spain 15.7
283= University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne France 15.7
283= Université Du QUéBEC Canada 15.7
288= MASSEY University New Zealand 15.6
288= University of BUCHAREST Romania 15.6
288= NORWEGIAN University of Science And Tech... Norway 15.6
288= VICTORIA University of Wellington New Zealand 15.6
288= University of MASSACHUSETTS, Amherst United States 15.6
288= University of UTAH United States 15.6
294= CARDIFF University United Kingdom 15.5
294= GRIFFITH University Australia 15.5
294= University of MILANO Italy 15.5
297= University of PAVIA Italy 15.4
297= University of NEWCASTLE Australia 15.4
297= IOWA STATE University United States 15.4
297= BRANDEIS University United States 15.4
297= MAHIDOL University Thailand 15.4