THE–QS World University Rankings, 2004

This is the 2004 THE–QS World University Rankings list of the top 200 universities in the world.

Top 200

Rank

University

Country

1

Harvard University (Cambridge)

2

California University, Berkeley

3

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge)

4

California Institute of Technology (Pasadena)

5

Oxford University

6

Cambridge University

7

Stanford University

8

Yale University (New Haven)

9

Princeton University

10

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich

11

London University – School of Economics

12

Tokyo University

13

Chicago University

14

London University – Imperial College

15

Texas University, Austin

16

Australian National University (Canberra)

17

Peking University

18

Singapore National University

19

Columbia University (New York City)

20

California University, San Francisco

21

McGill University

22

Melbourne University

23

Cornell University (Ithaca)

24

California University, San Diego

25

Johns Hopkins University

26

California University, Los Angeles

27

École Polytechnique (Paris)

28

Pennsylvania University (Philadelphia)

29

Kyoto University

30

Paris École Normale Supérieure

31

Michigan University

32

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne

33

Monash University

34

London University – University College

35

Illinois University (Champaign/Urbana)

36

New South Wales University (Kensington)

37

Toronto University

38

Carnegie Mellon University

39

Hong Kong University

40

Sydney University

41

Indian Institute of Technology

42

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

43

Manchester University & UMIST

44

London University – School of Oriental and African Studies

45

Massachusetts University

46

British Columbia University (Kelowna/Vancouver)

47

Heidelberg University

48

Edinburgh University

49

Queensland University

50

Nanyang University

51

Tokyo Institute of Technology

52

Duke University

53

Louvain University

54

Brussels Free University (French-speaking)

55

RMIT University

56

Adelaide University

57

Paris 06 – Pierre and Marie Curie University

58

Sussex University (Falmer)

59

Purdue University

60

Berlin Technical University

61

Brown University

62

Tsing Hua University

63

Copenhagen University

64

Rotterdam University

65

Georgia Institute of Technology

66

Wisconsin University

67

Auckland University

68

Macquarie University

69

Osaka University

70

St Andrews University

71

Paris 04 – Paris-Sorbonne University

72

California University, Santa Barbara

73

Northwestern University

74

Washington University

75

Boston University

76

Curtin University of Technology

77

Vienna Technical University

78

Delft Technology University

79

New York University

80

Warwick University

81

Yeshiva University

82

Minnesota University

83

Eindhoven Technology University

84

Hong Kong Chinese University

85

Göttingen University

86

Rochester University

87

Dublin University – Trinity College

88

Case Western Reserve University

89

Malaya University

90

Alabama University

91

Bristol University

92

Moscow State University

93

Jerusalem Hebrew University

94

Vienna University

95

Munich Technical University

96

Western Australia University

97

London University – King's College

98

Amsterdam University

99

Munich University

100

London University – Queen Mary

101

Oslo University

102

National Taiwan University

103

University of Bath

104

Tufts University

105

Texas A&M University

106

Iowa University

107

Colorado University

108

Massey University

109

Washington University in St. Louis

110

Chalmers University of Technology

111

Malaysia Science University

112

Glasgow University

113

Sydney Technology University

114

Otago University

115

Brandeis University

116

Michigan State University

117

North Carolina University

118

Virginia University

119

Seoul National University

120

Utrecht University

121

Paris 11 – Paris-Sud University

122

Royal Institute of Technology (Stockholm)

123

Maastricht University

124

Stuttgart University

125

Berlin University

126

Birmingham University

127

Aarhus University

128

Durham University

129

Helsinki University

130

Penn State University

131

Leiden University

132

Strasbourg University

133

Leeds University

134

Maryland University

135

Bonn University

136

Stony Brook University

137

York University

138

Dartmouth College

139

Stockholm University

140

Uppsala University

141

Utah University

142

La Trobe University

143

Waterloo University

144

Toulouse University

145

Denmark Technical University

146

Rice University

147

Hamburg University

148

McMaster University

149

Kiel University

150

Sheffield University

151

Liverpool University

152

Karlsruhe University

153

Tohoku University

154

China Science and Technology University

155

Montpellier 1 University

156

Vanderbilt University

157

Frankfurt University

158

Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (Haifa)

159

Madrid Autonomous University

160

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

161

Tasmania University

162

Rome University – La Sapienza

163

Pohang Science and Technology University

164

Innsbruck University

165

Georgetown University

166

Alberta University

167

Nagoya University

168

Dundee University

169

Würzburg University

170

Nottingham University

171

Lund University

172

Darmstadt Technology University

173

Emory University

174

Indiana University

175

California University, Santa Cruz

176

Helsinki Technology University

177

Montreal University

178

Freiburg University

179

Newcastle University

180

Southern California University

181

Lancaster University

182

California University, Davis

183

Arizona University

184

Aachen RWTH

185

Belfast Queen's University

186

Bologna University

187

Norwegian Science and Technology University (Trondheim)

188

Tulane University (New Orleans)

189

Leicester University

190

Rutgers University

191

Nijmegen University

192

Nanjing University

193

Southampton University

194

Aberdeen University

195

Mexico National Autonomous University

196

Fudan University

197

Bremen University

198

Hong Kong City University

199

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

200

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Regional rankings (top 10)

Asia & Australia

Rank

Rank
(world)

University

Country

1

12

Tokyo University

2

16

Australian National University

3

17

Beijing University

4

18

Singapore National University

5

22

Melbourne University

6

29

Kyoto University

7

33

Monash University

8

36

New South Wales University

9

39

Hong Kong University

10

40

Sydney University

Europe

Rank

Rank
(world)

University

Country

1

5

Oxford University

2

6

Cambridge University

3

10

ETH Zurich

4

11

London School of Economics

5

14

Imperial College London

6

27

Ecole Polytechnique

7

30

École Normale Supérieure, Paris

8

32

Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

9

34

University College London

10

43

Manchester University & UMIST

North America

Rank

Rank
(world)

University

Country

1

1

Harvard University

2

2

University of California, Berkeley

3

3

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

4

4

California Institute of Technology

5

7

Stanford University

6

8

Yale University

7

9

Princeton University

8

13

Chicago University

9

15

University of Texas, Austin

10

19

Columbia University