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THE - QS World University Rankings 2009 - Social Sciences

2009 World Rank School Name Country Social Score
Source: QS Intelligence Unit (www.topuniversities.com) 
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1 HARVARD University United States 100.0
2 University of California, BERKELEY United States 87.9
3 University of OXFORD United Kingdom 85.1
4 University of CAMBRIDGE United Kingdom 84.8
5 London School of Economics And Political... United Kingdom 83.7
6 STANFORD University United States 80.6
7 University of CHICAGO United States 77.6
8 YALE University United States 75.2
9 PRINCETON University United States 71.1
10 COLUMBIA University United States 69.3
11 AUSTRALIAN National University Australia 67.6
12 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (m... United States 67.3
13 University of BRITISH COLUMBIA Canada 67.2
14 University of California, Los Angeles (u... United States 65.8
15 University of TORONTO Canada 64.1
16 University of TOKYO Japan 61.1
17 Mcgill University Canada 59.6
18 CORNELL University United States 58.3
19 University of MELBOURNE Australia 57.6
20 National University of Singapore (NUS) Singapore 57.3
21 PEKING University China 56.8
22 NEW YORK University (nyu) United States 56.1
23 University of MICHIGAN United States 55.1
24 University of PENNSYLVANIA United States 54.5
25 DUKE University United States 48.9
26 MONASH University Australia 48.8
27 University of SYDNEY Australia 48.6
28 UCL (University College London) United Kingdom 48.1
29 KYOTO University Japan 46.8
30 SEOUL National University Korea, South 46.7
31 NORTHWESTERN University United States 45.9
32 University of AMSTERDAM Netherlands 45.2
33 University of WARWICK United Kingdom 45.0
34 University of HONG KONG Hong Kong 43.9
35 University of NEW SOUTH WALES Australia 43.5
36 University of COPENHAGEN Denmark 42.2
37 The University of AUCKLAND New Zealand 42.1
38 University of CALIFORNIA, San Diego United States 41.4
39 University of MANCHESTER United Kingdom 40.9
40 FUDAN University China 40.8
41 Catholic University of LEUVEN Belgium 40.7
42 Catholic University of LOUVAIN (UCL) Belgium 40.6
43 TSINGHUA University China 40.3
44 University of Wisconsin-madison United States 39.7
45 KING'S College London United Kingdom 39.6
46 University of QUEENSLAND Australia 39.4
47 Free University of BERLIN Germany 39.0
48 University of EDINBURGH United Kingdom 38.7
49 BOSTON University United States 38.3
50 JOHNS HOPKINS University United States 38.2
51= LEIDEN University Netherlands 37.9
51= CHULALONGKORN University Thailand 37.9
53 STOCKHOLM School of Economics Sweden 37.6
54 ERASMUS University Rotterdam Netherlands 37.5
55 CARNEGIE MELLON University United States 37.4
56 University of VIENNA Austria 37.0
57 GEORGETOWN University United States 36.9
58= NATIONAL TAIWAN University (NTU) Taiwan 36.8
58= The Chinese University of HONG KONG Hong Kong 36.8
58= Hebrew University of JERUSALEM Israel 36.8
61 HUMBOLDT University of Berlin Germany 36.4
62= POMPEU FABRA University Spain 36.3
62= TRINITY College Dublin Ireland 36.3
64 University of DELHI India 36.0
65= WASEDA University Japan 35.9
65= MAASTRICHT University Netherlands 35.9
67 TEL AVIV University Israel 35.6
68= University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (U of I)
 United States 35.3
68= Università Commerciale Luigi BOCCONI Italy 35.3
70= BROWN University United States 35.0
70= Autonomous University of BARCELONA Spain 35.0
72 University of BOLOGNA Italy 34.7
73 JAWAHARLAL NEHRU University India 34.3
74 University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne France 34.0
75= University of HELSINKI Finland 33.7
75= University of TOULOUSE I - Sciences Soci... France 33.7
77= University College DUBLIN Ireland 33.5
77= IMPERIAL College London United Kingdom 33.5
77= UPPSALA University Sweden 33.5
77= Ludwig Maximilian - University of MUNICH... Germany 33.5
81 LUND University Sweden 33.4
82= Paris-SORBONNE University (Paris IV) France 33.0
82= HONG KONG University of Science And Tech... Hong Kong 33.0
84 University of OSLO Norway 32.8
85 University of MINNESOTA United States 32.6
86 Université De Montréal Canada 32.5
87 KOREA University Korea, South 32.4
88 AARHUS University Denmark 32.3
89 YORK University Canada 32.1
90 QUEEN'S University Canada 31.9
91 KEIO University Japan 31.5
92 PENNSYLVANIA STATE University United States 31.4
93 University of TEXAS At Austin United States 31.3
94 HEIDELBERG University Germany 30.9
95= The University of WESTERN ONTARIO Canada 30.7
95= University of ESSEX United Kingdom 30.7
97= Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore 30.5
97= LANCASTER University United Kingdom 30.5
99 HITOTSUBASHI University Japan 30.2
100= PARIS Institute of Political Studies France 30.0
100= UTRECHT University Netherlands 30.0
102= University of INDONESIA Indonesia 29.9
102= University of NORTH CAROLINA, Chapel Hil... United States 29.9
104 SIMON FRASER University Canada 29.7
105 University of WASHINGTON United States 29.4
106 University of ZURICH Switzerland 29.3
107= University of ALBERTA Canada 29.1
107= University of BERGEN Norway 29.1
109 University of ADELAIDE Australia 29.0
110 YONSEI University Korea, South 28.9
111 OHIO STATE University United States 28.8
112 SOAS - School of Oriental And African St... United Kingdom 28.5
113 OSAKA University Japan 28.4
114= California Institute of Technology (calt... United States 28.3
114= Complutense University of MADRID Spain 28.3
114= DARTMOUTH College United States 28.3
114= STOCKHOLM University Sweden 28.3
118 Ecole Normale Superieure, PARIS France 28.0
119 University of BIRMINGHAM United Kingdom 27.8
120 University of OTAGO New Zealand 27.5
121 NANJING University China 27.3
122 HEC Paris School of Management France 27.2
123= University of The PHILIPPINES Philippines 27.0
123= City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong 27.0
125 University of MANNHEIM Germany 26.9
126 MICHIGAN STATE University United States 26.8
127 University of BRISTOL United Kingdom 26.7
128 Goethe University FRANKFURT Germany 26.5
129 University of SUSSEX United Kingdom 26.4
130 University of NOTTINGHAM United Kingdom 26.3
131= Free University of Brussels Belgium 25.9
131= University of ST GALLEN (HSG) Switzerland 25.9
133 VU University AMSTERDAM Netherlands 25.8
134 University of MARYLAND, College Park United States 25.6
135 University of CALIFORNIA, Irvine United States 25.5
136 LOMONOSOV MOSCOW State University Russia 25.4
137 University of BARCELONA Spain 25.2
138= University of GRONINGEN Netherlands 25.1
138= ATENEO De Manila University Philippines 25.1
140= University of CAPE TOWN South Africa 25.0
140= PURDUE University United States 25.0
142 University of Cologne Germany 24.7
143= Autonomous University of MADRID Spain 24.6
143= ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of T... Switzerland 24.6
143= Sapienza University of Rome Italy 24.6
143= VICTORIA University of Wellington New Zealand 24.6
147= ESSEC Business School, Paris France 24.5
147= GADJAH MADA University Indonesia 24.5
149 University of VIRGINIA United States 24.4
150 Mcmaster University Canada 24.3
151= University of WESTERN AUSTRALIA Australia 24.2
151= KOBE University Japan 24.2
151= BIELEFELD University Germany 24.2
154= INDIANA University Bloomington United States 24.0
154= ARIZONA STATE University United States 24.0
156= RUTGERS, The State University of New Jer... United States 23.9
156= University of OTTAWA Canada 23.9
158 DURHAM University United Kingdom 23.7
159 University of YORK United Kingdom 23.6
160= University of GENEVA Switzerland 23.5
160= University of BONN Germany 23.5
160= University of GLASGOW United Kingdom 23.5
163 University of GOTHENBURG Sweden 23.4
164= MACQUARIE University Australia 23.3
164= University of ARIZONA United States 23.3
164= ESADE Business School Spain 23.3
167= University of MALAYA (UM) Malaysia 23.1
167= CARDIFF University United Kingdom 23.1
169 THAMMASAT University Thailand 23.0
170= Pontifical Catholic University of CHILE Chile 22.9
170= University of São Paulo Brazil 22.9
170= University of CALIFORNIA, Santa Barbara United States 22.9
173 University of ROCHESTER United States 22.7
174 University of CALGARY Canada 22.6
175= University of CALIFORNIA, Davis United States 22.5
175= The OPEN University United Kingdom 22.5
177 University of LEEDS United Kingdom 22.4
178 University of SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA United States 22.2
179 University of FLORENCE Italy 21.9
180 University of SHEFFIELD United Kingdom 21.8
181= University of BATH United Kingdom 21.7
181= GEORGE WASHINGTON University United States 21.7
183 University of CANTERBURY New Zealand 21.6
184 University of LAUSANNE Switzerland 21.5
185= University of WATERLOO Canada 21.4
185= University of Fribourg Germany 21.4
185= CHARLES University Czech Republic 21.4
188 National Autonomous University of Mexico... Mexico 20.8
189 The HONG KONG Polytechnic University Hong Kong 20.7
190 SHANGHAI JIAO TONG University China 20.6
191= University of BUENOS AIRES Argentina 20.5
191= LA TROBE University Australia 20.5
193= University of VICTORIA Canada 20.4
193= QUEENSLAND University of Technology Australia 20.4
193= CARLETON University Canada 20.4
193= University of CALCUTTA India 20.4
197= Université PARIS X - Nanterre France 20.3
197= University of GHENT Belgium 20.3
199 WASHINGTON University In St. Louis United States 20.1
200= University of ANTWERP Belgium 20.0
200= TEXAS A&m University United States 20.0
200= GRIFFITH University Australia 20.0
203= EMORY University United States 19.9
203= National University of Malaysia (UKM) Malaysia 19.9
205= LAVAL University Canada 19.8
205= University of CHILE Chile 19.8
205= University of WARSAW Poland 19.8
208 University of BASEL Switzerland 19.7
209 DEAKIN University Australia 19.6
210= NAGOYA University Japan 19.5
210= Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (I... India 19.5
212= École Polytechnique France 19.2
212= University of STRATHCLYDE United Kingdom 19.2
212= University of MASSACHUSETTS, Amherst United States 19.2
215= University of TSUKUBA Japan 19.1
215= MASSEY University New Zealand 19.1
217= VANDERBILT University United States 19.0
217= Dauphine University, Paris France 19.0
217= University of Technology, SYDNEY Australia 19.0
221 University of FLORIDA United States 18.9
222 City University of NEW YORK United States 18.8
223 BEN GURION University of The Negev Israel 18.7
224= Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen Germany 18.6
224= University of PITTSBURGH United States 18.6
226= Université Du QUéBEC Canada 18.2
226= University of The WITWATERSRAND South Africa 18.2
228= DALHOUSIE University Canada 18.1
228= Free University of BRUSSELS Belgium 18.1
228= University of HAWAII United States 18.1
231= University of NOTRE DAME United States 18.0
231= BOSTON College United States 18.0
231= University of ATHENS Greece 18.0
231= QUEEN MARY, University of London United Kingdom 18.0
231= University of TURKU Finland 18.0
231= CRANFIELD University United Kingdom 18.0
231= University of COIMBRA Portugal 18.0
238= TOHOKU University Japan 17.9
238= CURTIN University of Technology Australia 17.9
240= University of ABERDEEN United Kingdom 17.8
240= University of IOWA United States 17.8
240= University of MUMBAI India 17.8
240= National CHENGCHI University Taiwan 17.8
244= SOGANG University Korea, South 17.6
244= GOLDSMITHS, University of London United Kingdom 17.6
246 University of TWENTE Netherlands 17.5
247= University of TAMPERE Finland 17.4
247= University of HAMBURG Germany 17.4
247= University of TRENTO Italy 17.4
250 University of Science, Malaysia (USM) Malaysia 17.3
251= EWHA WOMANS University Korea, South 17.2
251= LOUGHBOROUGH University United Kingdom 17.2
253 CHIANG MAI University Thailand 17.1
254 University of Strasbourg France 17.0
255 University of CALIFORNIA, Santa Cruz United States 16.9
256= TECHNION - Israel Institute of Technolog... Israel 16.8
256= DELFT University of Technology Netherlands 16.8
258 University of SOUTHAMPTON United Kingdom 16.7
259= Rmit University Australia 16.6
259= University of TURIN Italy 16.6
259= University of WAIKATO New Zealand 16.6
259= University of KONSTANZ Germany 16.6
263= University of INNSBRUCK Austria 16.4
263= ABERYSTWYTH University United Kingdom 16.4
265= University of SOUTH AUSTRALIA Australia 16.2
265= RICE University United States 16.2
265= Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (II... India 16.2
265= University of Colorado At BOULDER United States 16.2
265= University of Göttingen Germany 16.2
270= BILKENT University Turkey 16.1
270= University of SIENA Italy 16.1
270= TEMPLE University United States 16.1
270= FUNDACAO GETULIO VARGAS Brazil 16.1
270= HIROSHIMA University Japan 16.1
275= University of BERN Switzerland 16.0
275= TILBURG University Netherlands 16.0
275= KYUSHU University Japan 16.0
275= CASE WESTERN RESERVE University United States 16.0
275= National SUN YAT-SEN University Taiwan 16.0
275= PUSAN National University Korea, South 16.0
275= University of BREMEN Germany 16.0
282= CONCORDIA University Canada 15.9
282= Queen's University of BELFAST United Kingdom 15.9
284= University of PADUA Italy 15.7
284= Ecole Normale Supérieure Lettres et Sci... France 15.7
284= University of GRAZ Austria 15.7
284= University of LEICESTER United Kingdom 15.7
289 University College CORK Ireland 15.6
290= HOKKAIDO University Japan 15.5
290= FLINDERS University Australia 15.5
292= State University of CAMPINAS (Unicamp) Brazil 15.4
292= MAHIDOL University Thailand 15.4
292= DE LA SALLE University Philippines 15.4
295= BRANDEIS University United States 15.3
295= University of CALIFORNIA, Riverside United States 15.3
295= Universidad De LOS ANDES Colombia 15.3
295= Saint-petersburg State University Russia 15.3
295= ASTON University United Kingdom 15.3
300= University of NEWCASTLE Australia 15.2
300= University of ST ANDREWS United Kingdom 15.2