THE–QS World University Rankings, 2005

This is the 2005 THE–QS World University Rankings list of the top 200 universities in the world.

Top 200

Rank

Change compared
to 2004 data

University

Country

1

Harvard University (Cambridge)

2

1

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge)

3

3

Cambridge University

4

1

Oxford University

5

2

Stanford University

6

4

California University, Berkeley

7

1

Yale University (New Haven)

8

4

California Institute of Technology

9

Princeton University

10

17

École Polytechnique (Paris)

11

41

Duke University

11

London University – School of Economics and Political Science

13

1

London University – Imperial College

14

9

Cornell University

15

2

Peking University

16

4

Tokyo University

17

3

California University, San Francisco

17

4

Chicago University

19

3

Melbourne University

20

1

Columbia University (New York City)

21

11

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich

22

4

Singapore National University

23

7

Australian National University (Canberra)

24

6

Paris École Normale Supérieure

24

3

McGill University

26

11

Texas University, Austin

27

2

Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore)

28

6

London University – University College

29

8

Toronto University

30

18

Edinburgh University

31

29

Kyoto University

32

28

Pennsylvania University (Philadelphia)

33

33

Monash University (Melbourne)

34

32

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne

35

43

Manchester University & UMIST

36

31

Michigan University (Ann Arbor)

37

26

California University, Los Angeles

38

46

British Columbia University (Kelowna/Vancouver)

38

40

Sydney University

40

36

New South Wales University

41

39

Hong Kong University

42

24

California University, San Diego

43

42

Hong Kong Science and Technology University

44

38

Carnegie Mellon University

45

47

Heidelberg University

46

73

Northwestern University

47

49

Queensland University

48

50

Nanyang Technological University

49

91

Bristol University

50

41

Indian Institutes of Technology

51

84

Hong Kong Chinese University

52

67

Auckland University

53

78

Delft Technology University

54

75

Boston University

55

99

Munich University

56

79

New York University

57

64

Rotterdam University

58

109

Washington University in St. Louis

58

98

Amsterdam University

58

35

Illinois University

61

59

Purdue University

62

129

Helsinki University

62

61

Tsing Hua University

64

130

Pennsylvania State University

65

94

Vienna University

66

63

Copenhagen University

67

68

Macquarie University (Sydney)

68

45

Massachusetts University

69

N/A

Paris Institute of Political Studies

70

83

Eindhoven Technology University

71

61

Brown University (Providence)

72

195

Fudan University

73

96

London University – King's College

73

86

Rochester University

73

66

Wisconsin University, Madison

76

54

Brussels Free University (French-speaking)

77

93

Jerusalem Hebrew University

77

80

Warwick University (Coventry)

79

92

Lomonosov Moscow State University

80

96

Western Australia University

80

56

Adelaide University

82

55

RMIT University

83

128

Durham University

84

N/A

Indian Institutes of Management

85

N/A

Zurich University

86

77

Vienna Technical University

87

113

Sydney Technology University

88

N/A

Geneva University

88

74

Washington University

88

57

Paris 06 – Pierre and Marie Curie University

88

53

Louvain University

92

N/A

Lyon École Normale Supérieure

93

154

China University of Science and Technology

93

118

Seoul National University

95

N/A

Leuven University

95

195

Mexico National Autonomous University

97

170

Nottingham University

98

142

La Trobe University

99

51

Tokyo Institute of Technology

100

58

Sussex University (Falmer)

101

112

Glasgow University

101

76

Curtin University of Technology

103

133

Leeds University

103

44

London University – School of Oriental and African Studies

105

118

Virginia University (Charlottesville)

105

95

Munich Technical University

105

69

Osaka University

108

N/A

Wageningen University

109

137

York University

109

88

Case Western Reserve University

111

87

Dublin University – Trinity College

112

125

Berlin University

112

100

London University – Queen Mary

114

156

Vanderbilt University

114

102

Taiwan National University

114

85

Göttingen University

117

138

Dartmouth College

118

N/A

Queensland Technology University

119

151

Liverpool University

120

120

Utrecht University

121

N/A

Chulalongkorn University

121

116

Michigan State University

121

71

Paris 04 – Paris-Sorbonne University

124

180

Southern California University

125

162

Rome University – La Sapienza

125

105

Texas A&M University

127

N/A

Basel University

127

N/A

Newcastle University

129

167

Nagoya University

130

103

University of Bath

131

132

Louis Pasteur University (Strasbourg)

132

177

Montreal University

133

N/A

Lausanne University

133

134

Maryland University

133

N/A

Paris École des Hautes Études Commerciales

136

153

Tohoku University

136

70

St Andrews University

136

131

Leiden University

138

127

Aarhus University

138

101

Oslo University

141

173

Emory University (Druid Hills)

142

157

Frankfurt University

143

160

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

143

150

Sheffield University

143

126

Birmingham University

143

117

North Carolina University (Chapel Hill)

147

N/A

Hiroshima University

147

65

Georgia Institute of Technology

149

166

Alberta University (Edmonton)

150

192

Nanjing University

150

N/A

St Gallen University

150

146

Rice University (Houston)

150

82

Minnesota University (Minneapolis and Saint Paul)

154

N/A

South Australia University

154

145

Denmark Technical University

154

60

Berlin Technical University

157

N/A

Hokkaido University

157

123

Maastricht University

159

186

Bologna University

159

165

Georgetown University

159

143

Waterloo University

159

72

California University, Santa Barbara

163

107

Colorado University (Boulder)

164

104

Tufts University (Medford/Somerville)

165

164

Innsbruck University

166

161

Tasmania University

166

110

Chalmers University of Technology (Gothenburg)

168

179

Newcastle University

169

N/A

Shanghai Jiao Tong University

169

N/A

Novosibirsk State University

169

89

Malaya University (Kuala Lumpur)

172

N/A

Berlin Free University

172

N/A

Kobe University

172

184

Aachen RWTH

175

136

New York State University, Stony Brook

175

90

Alabama University (Tuscaloosa)

177

191

Nijmegen University

178

198

Hong Kong City University

179

N/A

Notre Dame University

180

N/A

Toulouse 1 University Capitole

180

171

Lund University

180

140

Uppsala University

183

159

Madrid Autonomous University

184

N/A

Korea University

184

147

McMaster University (Hamilton)

186

N/A

Amsterdam Free University

186

114

Otago University (Dunedin)

188

N/A

Tel Aviv University

188

108

Massey University (Auckland/Palmerston North/Wellington)

190

N/A

Gothenburg University

191

N/A

Western Ontario University (London)

192

N/A

Jawaharlal Nehru University

193

N/A

Pittsburgh University

194

176

Helsinki Technology University

194

158

Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (Haifa)

196

N/A

São Paulo University

196

122

Royal Institute of Technology (Stockholm)

198

N/A

Showa University

199

N/A

Florence University

199

N/A

George Washington University (Washington, D.C.)

199

N/A

Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem)

Regional rankings (top 10)

Europe

Rank

Rank
(world)

University

Country

1

3

Cambridge University

2

4

Oxford University

3

10

École Polytechnique

4

11

London University – School of Economics

5

13

London University – Imperial College

6

21

Zurich ETH

7

24

École Normale Supérieure (Paris)

8

28

London University – University College

9

30

Edinburgh University

10

34

Lausanne École Polytechnique Fédérale