The world's top 100 universities listed
Oxford is down and Tokyo is up. Find out how the world's universities did
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Top 100 universities: Cambridge came second Photograph: Graeme Robertson/Getty
Oxford University has slipped in the international league table of the world's top universities - in a study which shows the advance of academia in Asia that will soon pose a challenge to the Ivy League and Oxbridge.
The study, from Times Higher Education and QS Top Universities shows that overall the UK still punches above its weight, second only to the US. The UK has four out of the top 10 slots and 18 in the top 100. But there has been a significant fall in the number of North American universities in the top 100, from 42 in 2008 to 36 in 2009.
However, the number of Asian universities in the top 100 increased from 14 to 16. The University of Tokyo, at 22, is the highest ranked Asian university, ahead of the University of Hong Kong at 24.
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国外大学排名
The world's top universities
2009 Rank
2008 Rank
School Name
Country
SOURCE: THES, QS
1
1
HARVARD University
United States
2
3
University of CAMBRIDGE
United Kingdom
3
2
YALE University
United States
4
7
UCL (University College London)
United Kingdom
5
6
IMPERIAL College London
United Kingdom
5
4
University of OXFORD
United Kingdom
7
8
University of CHICAGO
United States
8
12
PRINCETON University
United States
9
9
MASSACHUSETTS Institute of Technology (MIT)
United States
10
5
CALIFORNIA Institute of Technology (Caltech)
United States
11
10
COLUMBIA University
United States
12
11
University of PENNSYLVANIA
United States
13
13
JOHNS HOPKINS University
United States
14
13
DUKE University
United States
15
15
CORNELL University
United States
16
17
STANFORD University
United States
17
16
AUSTRALIAN National University
Australia
18
20
MCGILL University
Canada
19
18
University of MICHIGAN
United States
20
24
ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)
Switzerland
20
23
University of EDINBURGH
United Kingdom
22
19
University of TOKYO
Japan
23
22
KING'S College London
United Kingdom
24
26
University of HONGKONG
Hong Kong
25
25
KYOTO University
Japan
26
29
University of MANCHESTER
United Kingdom
27
21
CARNEGIE MELLON University
United States
28
28
École normale supérieure, PARIS
France
29
41
University of TORONTO
Canada
30
30
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Singapore
31
27
BROWN University
United States
32
33
NORTHWESTERN University
United States
32
30
University of CALIFORNIA, Los Angeles (UCLA)
United States
34
32
University of BRISTOL
United Kingdom
35
39
HONG KONG University of Science and Technology
Hong Kong
36
34
ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE
France
36
38
University of MELBOURNE
Australia
36
37
University of SYDNEY
Australia
39
36
University of California, BERKELEY
United States
40
34
University of BRITISH COLUMBIA
Canada
41
43
University of QUEENSLAND
Australia
42
50
École Polytechnique Fédérale de LAUSANNE
Switzerland
43
44
OSAKA University
Japan
43
49
TRINITY College Dublin
Ireland
45
47
MONASH University
Australia
46
42
The CHINESE University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
47
50
SEOUL National University
Korea, South
47
45
University of NEWSOUTH WALES
Australia
49
56
TSINGHUA University
China
49
53
University of AMSTERDAM
Netherlands
51
48
University of COPENHAGEN
Denmark
52
40
NEW YORK University(NYU)
United States
52
50
PEKING University
China
54
46
BOSTON University
United States
55
78
Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM)
Germany
55
61
TOKYO Institute of Technology
Japan
57
57
HEIDELBERG University
Germany
58
69
University of WARWICK
United Kingdom
59
74
University of ALBERTA
Canada
60
64
LEIDEN University
Netherlands
61
65
The University of AUCKLAND
New Zealand
61
55
University of WISCONSIN-Madison
United States
63
81
AARHUS University
Denmark
63
71
University of ILLINOIS, Chicago (UIC)
United States
65
72
Katholieke Universiteit LEUVEN
Belgium
66
75
University of BIRMINGHAM
United Kingdom
67
66
LONDON School of Economics and Political Science
United Kingdom
67
88
LUND University
Sweden
69
95
KAIST – Korea Advanced Institute of Science
Korea, South
70
81
University of YORK
United Kingdom
70
67
UTRECHT University
Netherlands
72
68
University of GENEVA
Switzerland
73
77
Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
Singapore
73
60
WASHINGTON University in St. Louis
United States
75
63
UPPSALA University
Sweden
76
58
University of CALIFORNIA, San Diego
United States
76
70
University of TEXAS at Austin
United States