Top 50 Universities in 2008

Current   2007       University Name              
rank        rank


1      1      HARVARD University
2      2=     YALE University
3      2=     University of CAMBRIDGE
 4      2=     University of OXFORD
5      7=     CALIFORNIA Institute of Technology
6      5      IMPERIAL College London
7      9      UCL (University College London)
8      7=     University of CHICAGO
9      10     MASSACHUSETTS Institute of Technology
10     11     COLUMBIA University
 11     14     University of PENNSYLVANIA
12     6      PRINCETON University
13=    13     DUKE University
13=    15     JOHNS HOPKINS University
15     20=    CORNELL University 
16     16     AUSTRALIAN National University
 17     19     STANFORD University
18     38=    University of MICHIGAN
19     17     University of TOKYO  
20     12     MCGILL University   
21     20=    CARNEGIE MELLON University
22     24     KING'S College London
23     23     University of EDINBURGH
24     42     ETH Zurich
25     25     KYOTO University
26     18     University of HONG KONG
27     32     BROWN University
28     26     École Normale Supérieure,
29     30     University of MANCHESTER
30=    33=    National University of SINGAPORE
30=    41     University of CALIFORNIA,
 32     37     University of BRISTOL
33     29     NORTHWESTERN University
34=    28     ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE
34=    33=    University of BRITISH COLUMBIA
36     22     University of California, BERKELEY
37     31     The University of SYDNEY
38     27     The University of MELBOURNE
39     53=    HONG KONG University of Science & Techno...
40     49     NEW YORK University (NYU) 
41     45     University of TORONTO   
42     38=    The CHINESE University of Hong Kong
43     33=    University of QUEENSLAND 
44     46     OSAKA University
45     44     University of NEW SOUTH WALES
46     47     BOSTON University
47     43     MONASH University
48     93=    University of COPENHAGEN
49     53=    TRINITY College Dublin 
50=    117=   Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de LAUSANNE...
50=    36     PEKING University