2016 – World University Rankings

The Center for World University Ranking (CWUR) released its annual rankings of the 1000 best universities of the world by judging the quality of education and skills developed by students and also identifying the stature of the faculty members and the quality of their research.
The rankings were based on eight parameters: Quality of Education, Alumni Employment and Quality of Faculty each contribute 25 per cent to the overall score, while, Publications, Influence, Citations, Broad Impact and Patents each contribute 5 per cent.

Here’s a countdown of the Top 50 outstanding institutes on the planet.
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2016 – World University Rankings

World Rank Institution Location National Rank Quality of Education Alumni Employment Quality of Faculty Publications Influence Citations Broad Impact Patents Score
1 Harvard University
USA 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 100.00
2 Stanford University
USA 2 9 2 2 5 3 3 3 7 98.25
3 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
USA 3 2 12 3 15 2 2 2 1 97.12
4 University of Cambridge
United Kingdom 1 3 10 6 12 8 14 12 45 96.13
5 University of Oxford
United Kingdom 2 7 13 10 6 11 6 9 19 95.39
6 Columbia University
USA 4 13 6 9 14 12 15 14 2 94.12
7 University of California, Berkeley
USA 5 6 21 5 11 4 8 6 21 91.35
8 University of Chicago
USA 6 11 14 8 17 16 11 17 83 90.72
9 Princeton University
USA 7 4 15 4 82 25 26 37 109 88.72
10 Yale University
USA 8 8 26 11 18 6 31 18 41 85.83
11 California Institute of Technology
USA 9 5 338 7 67 13 20 25 9 83.74
12 Cornell University
USA 10 12 19 19 24 15 27 23 13 81.74
13 University of Tokyo
Japan 1 14 3 31 13 20 31 31 8 79.51
14 University of Pennsylvania
USA 11 22 4 26 8 18 12 11 11 77.60
15 University of California, Los Angeles
USA 12 35 28 13 7 14 10 8 6 75.23
16 Johns Hopkins University
USA 13 18 89 16 4 10 4 4 4 70.44
17 University of California, San Diego
USA 14 27 594+ 18 16 5 16 16 16 67.59
18 University of California, San Francisco
USA 15 378+ 594+ 14 23 7 18 10 55 66.97
19 University of Michigan
USA 16 25 20 139 3 19 5 12 12 66.60
20 Kyoto University
Japan 2 23 17 27 33 43 84 65 15 66.53
21 Northwestern University
USA 17 176 11 75 28 36 31 26 40 66.14
22 New York University
USA 18 38 24 20 47 30 27 32 43 66.11
23 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich
Switzerland 1 17 61 17 46 27 41 72 51 64.98
24 Seoul National University
South Korea 1 378+ 9 235+ 27 148 184 106 9 64.92
25 University of Wisconsin–Madison
USA 19 29 29 32 22 24 23 27 14 64.04
26 Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Israel 1 16 196 15 127 103 324 149 28 63.52
27 University of Washington
USA 20 41 112 23 10 9 8 5 25 63.38
28 Rockefeller University
USA 21 32 594+ 12 395 28 136 81 240 61.64
29 Duke University
USA 22 80 33 46 21 23 13 15 24 61.32
30 University of Toronto
Canada 1 47 70 24 2 17 7 6 230 60.79
31 University College London
United Kingdom 3 21 442 33 9 22 21 20 85 60.54
32 University of Texas at Austin
USA 23 66 31 28 51 53 29 68 37 60.17
33 Keio University
Japan 3 300 5 235+ 312 249 380 280 70 60.08
34 University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
USA 24 24 76 22 44 45 39 79 51 59.83
35 Imperial College London
United Kingdom 4 99 72 37 19 26 19 20 29 59.40
36 École Polytechnique
France 1 101 7 184 339 301 200 296 207 59.09
37 Waseda University
Japan 4 302 8 235+ 422 428 436 371 196 57.97
38 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
USA 25 134 74 61 32 29 17 22 30 57.40
39 École normale supérieure – Paris
France 2 10 529 69 386 160 818+ 300 912+ 57.30
40 University of Virginia
USA 26 220 18 129 105 82 78 103 63 56.86
41 Weizmann Institute of Science
Israel 2 20 594+ 21 256 67 240 144 34 56.57
42 McGill University
Canada 2 34 38 54 37 55 39 35 103 56.45
43 Rutgers University
USA 27 112 42 29 68 59 57 60 68 56.08
44 University of Southern California
USA 28 164 62 35 63 60 84 56 22 55.89
45 University of Minnesota
USA 29 62 130 64 20 34 29 27 58 55.85
46 Ohio State University
USA 30 82 101 57 30 49 31 33 39 55.72
47 University of Pittsburgh
USA 31 85 169 235+ 25 58 22 24 38 55.60
48 Osaka University
Japan 5 46 37 78 59 62 160 98 18 55.52
49 University of California, Davis
USA 32 45 262 63 31 32 37 51 53 55.18
50 Dartmouth College
USA 33 48 16 235+ 254 165 200 173 79 55.16
51 Washington University in St. Louis
USA 34 111 98 74 42 21 25 18 104 55.15
52 Pennsylvania State University
USA 35 272 60 67 38 39 41 42 68 54.48
53 National Taiwan University
Taiwan 1 69 22 235+ 50 206 113 201 763 54.40
54 Pierre-and-Marie-Curie University
France 3 26 439 96 29 35 51 54 141 54.03
55 University of Edinburgh
United Kingdom 5 49 146 39 52 38 54 40 167 54.03
56 Purdue University
USA 36 72 41 48 77 94 84 118 30 54.03
57 University of British Columbia
Canada 3 78 312 95 26 37 38 33 73 53.89
58 University of California, Santa Barbara
USA 37 107 303 36 119 65 43 48 54 53.86
59 University of Florida
USA 38 219 244 98 41 75 75 56 5 53.85
60 Peking University
China 1 162 34 235+ 48 106 126 115 46 53.75
61 University of Manchester
United Kingdom 6 110 93 76 45 70 23 45 144 53.74
62 Boston University
USA 39 319 57 89 70 46 35 39 92 53.49
63 National University of Singapore
Singapore 1 378+ 86 235+ 36 119 78 81 26 53.30
64 University of Paris-Sud
France 4 33 394 30 72 89 109 99 403 53.23
65 University of Colorado Boulder
USA 40 61 82 42 99 41 46 68 151 53.21
66 University of Utah
USA 41 102 104 70 98 64 75 87 20 53.06
67 Carnegie Mellon University
USA 42 28 140 25 216 219 101 155 122 53.04
68 University of Maryland, College Park
USA 43 54 189 50 60 44 35 59 203 52.99
69 University of Copenhagen
Denmark 1 132 153 68 34 31 43 30 303 52.92
70 Karolinska Institute
Sweden 1 108 594+ 41 49 50 51 35 558 52.76
71 Vanderbilt University
USA 44 92 83 111 56 57 63 45 67 52.68
72 University of Rochester
USA 45 63 48 114 118 112 90 87 42 52.47
73 University of Arizona
USA 46 146 50 87 84 42 46 55 161 52.46
74 Tsinghua University
China 2 325 53 235+ 53 133 64 121 44 52.36
75 University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
USA 47 70 594+ 40 140 33 57 40 159 52.32
76 Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Germany 1 40 125 71 61 54 57 47 182 52.27
77 Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russia 1 15 174 53 275 256 324 352 763 52.15
78 Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Belgium 1 378+ 190 235+ 35 84 49 50 80 52.10
79 Emory University
USA 48 378+ 143 126 71 61 71 37 60 52.09
80 University of Geneva
Switzerland 2 36 221 38 120 81 75 78 347 52.02
81 Tel Aviv University
Israel 3 68 90 49 102 109 160 149 36 51.94
82 Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg
Germany 2 43 398 59 65 63 64 42 222 51.85
83 Utrecht University
Netherlands 1 88 193 115 39 48 57 48 234 51.84
84 Tohoku University
Japan 6 51 142 191 81 144 126 127 23 51.78
85 University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
USA 49 378+ 594+ 82 95 69 49 27 61 51.76
86 Georgia Institute of Technology
USA 50 152 68 117 112 161 78 108 34 51.75
87 Brown University
USA 51 75 39 77 122 73 64 103 203 51.74
88 University of California, Irvine
USA 52 240 594+ 45 89 56 64 51 91 51.70
89 University of Melbourne
Australia 1 93 124 139 40 66 54 63 237 51.69
90 Sapienza University of Rome
Italy 1 59 192 34 91 173 126 119 285 51.62
91 Erasmus University Rotterdam
Netherlands 2 378+ 43 202 88 147 78 51 155 51.45
92 King’s College London
United Kingdom 7 31 173 116 73 100 84 68 192 51.45
93 University of Zurich
Switzerland 3 125 358 88 57 47 43 58 141 51.44
94 University of Notre Dame
USA 53 230 25 154 250 245 218 233 291 51.42
95 University of Sydney
Australia 2 116 231 164 43 92 54 81 89 51.41
96 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne
Switzerland 4 378+ 73 117 123 108 46 95 65 51.35
97 Tufts University
USA 54 71 44 182 170 159 84 95 77 51.14
98 Texas A&M University
USA 55 352 96 47 86 113 64 138 95 50.94
99 University of Queensland
Australia 3 285 284 143 58 77 90 95 71 50.74
100 University of Oslo
Norway 1 56 310 44 106 128 95 101 210 50.59
101 University of Alberta
Canada 4 174 149 152 66 114 78 100 99 50.39
102 Arizona State University
USA 56 378+ 287 91 141 96 90 155 27 50.32