Times Higher Education - QS World University Rankings 2007 - Top 100 Universities

Discover the top 100 universities in the world from the THE - QS World University Rankings. How do they compare to last year's rankings? And who is number one? Click the institute names to be directed to the profile of the chosen university.

2007 Rank2006 RankSchool NameCountry
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1 1HARVARD UniversityUnited States
2= 2University of CAMBRIDGEUnited Kingdom
2= 3University of OXFORDUnited Kingdom
2= 4YALE UniversityUnited States
5 9IMPERIAL College LondonUnited Kingdom
6 10PRINCETON UniversityUnited States
7= 7CALIFORNIA Institute of Technology (Calt...United States
7= 11University of CHICAGOUnited States
9 25UCL (University College London)United Kingdom
10 4MASSACHUSETTS Institute of Technology (M...United States
11 12COLUMBIA UniversityUnited States
12 21MCGILL UniversityCanada
13 13DUKE UniversityUnited States
14 26University of PENNSYLVANIAUnited States
15 23JOHNS HOPKINS UniversityUnited States
16 16AUSTRALIAN National UniversityAustralia
17 19University of TOKYOJapan
18 33University of HONG KONGHong Kong
19 6STANFORD UniversityUnited States
20= 35CARNEGIE MELLON UniversityUnited States
20= 15CORNELL UniversityUnited States
22 8University of California, BERKELEYUnited States
23 33University of EDINBURGHUnited Kingdom
24 46KING'S College LondonUnited Kingdom
25 29KYOTO UniversityJapan
26 18École Normale Supérieure, PARISFrance
27 22The University of MELBOURNEAustralia
28 37ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUEFrance
29 42NORTHWESTERN UniversityUnited States
30 40University of MANCHESTERUnited Kingdom
31 35The University of SYDNEYAustralia
32 54BROWN UniversityUnited States
33= 50University of BRITISH COLUMBIACanada
33= 19National University of SINGAPORE(NUS)Singapore
33= 45University of QUEENSLANDAustralia
36 14PEKING UniversityChina
37 64University of BRISTOLUnited Kingdom
38= 29University of MICHIGANUnited States
38= 50The CHINESE University of Hong KongHong Kong
40 28TSINGHUA UniversityChina
41 31University of CALIFORNIA, Los Angeles (U...United States
42 24ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of T...Switzerland
43 38MONASH UniversityAustralia
44 41University of NEW SOUTH WALESAustralia
45 27University of TORONTOCanada
46 70OSAKA UniversityJapan
47 66BOSTON UniversityUnited States
48 69University of AMSTERDAMNetherlands
49 43NEW YORK University (NYU)United States
50 46The University of AUCKLANDNew Zealand
51= 32University of TEXAS at AustinUnited States
51= 63SEOUL National UniversityKorea, South
53= 58HONG KONG University of Science & Techno...Hong Kong
53= 78TRINITY College DublinIreland
55= 79University of WISCONSIN-MadisonUnited States
55= 84University of WASHINGTONUnited States
57 73University of WARWICKUnited Kingdom
58 44University of CALIFORNIA, San DiegoUnited States
59 17LONDON School of Economics and Political...United Kingdom
60 58HEIDELBERG UniversitätGermany
61 96Katholieke Universiteit LEUVEN Belgium
62 105University of ADELAIDEAustralia
63 86DELFT University of TechnologyNetherlands
64 111The University of WESTERN AUSTRALIAAustralia
65= 90University of BIRMINGHAMUnited Kingdom
65= 98Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermany
67 82Technische Universität MÜNCHENGermany
68 102University of SHEFFIELDUnited Kingdom
69 61NANYANG Technological UniversitySingapore
70 85University of NOTTINGHAMUnited Kingdom
71= 111UPPSALA UniversitySweden
71= 61DARTMOUTH CollegeUnited States
73 77University of ILLINOISUnited States
74= 56EMORY UniversityUnited States
74= 124University of YORKUnited Kingdom
76 109University of ST ANDREWSUnited Kingdom
77= 127PURDUE UniversityUnited States
77= 88University of PITTSBURGHUnited States
79 111University of MARYLANDUnited States
80= 141University of SOUTHAMPTONUnited Kingdom
80= 121University of LEEDSUnited Kingdom
82 53VANDERBILT UniversityUnited States
83 81University of GLASGOWUnited Kingdom
84 90LEIDEN UniversityNetherlands
85= 87University of VIENNAAustria
85= 116FUDAN UniversityChina
85= 60CASE WESTERN RESERVE UniversityUnited States
88 176QUEEN'S UniversityCanada
89 95UTRECHT UniversityNetherlands
90= 99PENNSYLVANIA STATE UniversityUnited States
90= 118TOKYO Institute of TechnologyJapan
92 102RICE UniversityUnited States
93= 181Université de MontréalCanada
93= 54University of COPENHAGENDenmark
95 48University of ROCHESTERUnited States
96 170University of CALIFORNIA, DavisUnited States
97= 145GEORGIA Institute of TechnologyUnited States
97= 133University of ALBERTACanada
99 141CARDIFF UniversityUnited Kingdom
100 116University of HELSINKIFinland

Additional information

Vrije Universiteit AMSTERDAM
The data supplied by VU Amsterdam did not include faculty numbers for the VU Medical Center. Using 2006 citations data as a benchmark, it appears that the mapping of the citations database did not return the expected number of papers and citations - perhaps due to a volume of research being published under institution names not easily identifiable as being part of VU Amsterdam. The resolution of these issues would certainly result in a higher ranking for the university and improved performance in the Peer and Recruiter Reviews would suggest that VU Amsterdam may have maintained its Top 200 position.