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QS TOP 500 UNIVERSITIES (2010 – 2012):

Argentina Brazil 1. Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina Santa 1. Universidade de São Paulo (USP) María de los Buenos Aires (UCA) 2. Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp) 2. Universidad Austral 3. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais 3. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba 4. Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP) 4. Universidad Nacional de La Plata 5. Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro 5. University of Buenos Aires Canada Australia 1. 1. Australian 2. Concordia University 2. Bond University 3. Dalhousie University 3. of Technology 4. Laval University 4. 5. McGill University 5. Flinders University 6. McMaster University 6. 7. Queen's University 7. James Cook University 8. Simon Fraser University 8. 9. Université de Montréal 9. 10. Université du Québec 10. 11. University of Alberta 11. Murdoch University 12. University of British Columbia 12. Queensland University of Technology 13. University of Calgary 13. RMIT University 14. University of Guelph 14. Swinburne University of Technology 15. University of Manitoba 15. 16. University of Ottawa 16. University of Melbourne 17. University of Toronto 17. University of New South Wales 18. University of Victoria 18. University of Newcastle 19. University of Waterloo 19. 20. University of Western Ontario, The 20. University of South Australia 21. York University 21. 22. University of Saskatchewan 22. 23. University of Technology, Sydney Chile 24. University of Western Australia, The 1. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile 25. 2. Universidad de Chile 3. Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH) Austria 1. Johannes Kepler University Linz China 2. Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz 3. Universität Innsbruck 1. Beijing Institute of Technology 4. University of Vienna (Universität Wien) 2. Beijing Normal University 5. Vienna University of Technology (Technische 3. Fudan University Universität Wien) 4. Harbin Istitute of Technology 5. Huanzhong University of Science and Technology Belgium 6. Nanjing University 1. Katholieke Universiteit Leuven 2. Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL) 7. Nankai University 3. Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) 8. Peking University 4. University of Antwerp 9. Renmin (People’s) University of China 5. University of Ghent 10. Shanghai Jiao Tong University 6. University of Liege

7. Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) 11. Shanghai University

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12. Sun Yat-sen University 8. Universite’ de Lorraine 13. Tianjin University 9. Université de Rennes 1 14. Tongji University 10. Université de Strasbourg 11. Université Henri Poincaré, Nancy 1 15. Tsinghua University 12. Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 16. University of Science and Technology of China 13. Université Lille 1, Sciences et Technologie 17. Wuhan University 14. Universite’ Montpellier 1 18. Xiamen University 15. Université Montpellier 2, Sciences et 19. Xi'an Jiaotong University Techniques du Languedoc 20. Zhejiang University 16. Université Panthéon-Assas (Paris 2) 17. Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne Colombia 18. Université Paris Dauphine 1. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana 19. Université Paris Descartes 2. Universidad de Antioquia 20. Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 3. Universidad de Los Andes 4. Universidad Nacional de Colombia 21. Université Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV) 22. Université Paris-Sud 11 Czech Republic 23. Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse III 2. Charles University 24. Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC) 3. Czech Technical University in Prague Germany 1. Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel 1. University 2. Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen 2. Technical University of Denmark 3. Freie Universität Berlin 3. University of AARHUS 4. Georg-August-Universität Göttingen 4. University of 5. Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin 5. University of Southern Denmark 6. Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz

7. Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg Egypt 1. American University in Cairo 8. Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen 2. Cairo University 9. KIT, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (formerly: Universität Karlsruhe) Finland 10. Leibniz Universität Hannover 1. 11. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München 2. Abo Akademi University 12. Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg 3. University of Eastern Finland 13. Philipps-Universität Marburg 4. University of Helsinki 14. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn 5. University of Jyväskylä 15. Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule 6. Aachen

7. University of Tampere 16. Ruhr-Universität Bochum 8. University of Turku 17. Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg

France 18. Technische Universität Berlin 19. Technische Universität Braunschweig 1. École des Ponts ParisTech 20. Technische Universität Darmstadt 2. Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon 21. Technische Universität Dortmund 3. Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris (ENS Paris) 22. Technische Universität Dresden 4. Ecole Polytechnique ParisTech 23. Technische Universität München 5. Sciences Po Paris 24. Universität Bayreuth 6. Université Bordeaux 1, Sciences Technologies 25. Universität Bielefeld 7. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 26. Universität Bremen

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27. Universität des Saarlandes 2. Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) 28. Universität Duisburg-Essen 3. Universitas Gadjah Mada 29. Universität Düsseldorf 4. Universitas 30. Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg 31. Universität Frankfurt am Main Iran 1. University of Tehran 32. Universität Freiburg 33. Universität Hamburg Ireland 34. Universität Jena 1. Dublin City University 35. Universität Köln 2. Dublin Institute of Technology 36. Universität Konstanz 3. National University of Ireland Maynooth 37. Universität Leipzig 4. National University of Ireland, Galway 38. Universität Mannheim 5. Trinity College Dublin 39. Universität Regensburg 6. University College Cork 40. Universität Stuttgart 7. University College Dublin 41. Universität Ulm 8. University of Limerick 42. Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster Israel Greece 1. Ben Gurion University of the Negev 1. Aristote University of Thessanoloki 2. Hebrew University of Jerusalem 2. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens 3. Technion - Israel Institute of Technology 3. National Technical University of Athens 4. 4. University of Crete 5. Italy 1. Politecnico di Milano Hong Kong 2. Politecnico di Torino 1. City 3. Sapienza - Università di Roma 2. Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) 4. Università degli Studi di Firenze (UNIFI) 3. The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) 5. Università degli Studi di Milano 4. The Hong Kong Polytechnic University 6. Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II 5. The Hong Kong University of Science and 7. Università degli Studi di Padova (UNIPD) Technology (HKUST) 8. Università degli Studi di Pavia (UNIPV) 6. University of Hong Kong (HKU) 9. Universitá degli Studi di Roma - Tor Vergata 10. Università degli Studi di Siena (UNISI) Hungary 11. Università degli Studi di Torino (UNITO) 1. Eötvös Loránd University 2. 12. Università degli Studi di Trento 13. Università degli Studi di Trieste (UNITS) India 14. Università di Bologna (UNIBO) 1. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB) 15. Università di Pisa 2. Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD) Japan 3. Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK) 1. Chiba University 4. Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IITKGP) 2. Gifu University 5. Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) 3. Hiroshima University 6. Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IITR) 4. Hitotsubashi University 7. University of Delhi 5. Hokkaido University 8. University of Mumbai 6. Kanazawa University Indonesia 7. 1. University 8. Kobe University

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9. Kumamoto University 10. 10. 11. Utrecht University 11. Kyushu University 12. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam 12. Nagasaki University 13. Wageningen University 13. Nagoya University 14. Okayama University New Zealand 15. Osaka City University 1. Auckland University of Technology 2. 16. Osaka University 2. University of Auckland, The 17. The University of Tokyo 3. University of Canterbury 18. Tohoku University 4. 19. Tokyo Institute of Technology 5. 20. Tokyo Medical and Dental University 6. Victoria University of Wellington 21. Tokyo Metropolitan University 22. Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology Norway 23. Tokyo University of Science 1. Norwegian University of Science and Technology 24. University of Tsukuba 2. 25. Waseda University 3. University of Oslo 26. Yokohama City University 4. University of Tromso

27. Yokohama National University Oman

1. Sultan Qaboos University Kazakhstan

1. Al-Farabi Kazakh National University Pakistan 2. L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University 1. National University of Sciences and Technology

(NUST), Pakistan Lebanon

1. American University of Beirut (AUB) Philippines

1. Ateneo de Manila University Malaysia 2. 1. International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) 3. University of the Philippines 2. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)

2. Universiti Malaya (UM) Poland 3. Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) 1. Jagiellonian University 4. Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) 2. Warsaw University 5. Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)

Portugal Mexico 1. Universidade Nova de Lisboa 1. Tecnologico de Monterrey at Monterrey (ITESM) 2. University of Coimbra 2. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) 3.

Netherlands Russia 1. Delft University of Technology 1. Bauman Moscow State Technical University 2. Eindhoven University of Technology 2. Lomonosov Moscow State University 3. Erasmus University Rotterdam 3. Moscow State Institute of International Relations 4. Leiden University (MGIMO-University) 5. Maastricht University 4. Novosibirsk State University 6. Radboud University Nijmegen 5. Saint-Petersburg State University 7. Tilburg University 6. Tomsk State University 8. University of Amsterdam 7. Ural Federal University named after Boris Yeltsin 9. University of Groningen (merger: Ural State and Ural State Technical University)

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Saudi Arabia 13. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya 1. King Abdul Aziz University (KAU) 14. Universitat Pompeu Fabra 2. Al-Imam Mohamed Ibn Saud Islamic University 3. King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals 4. King Khalid University Sweden 5. King Saud University 1. Chalmers University of Technology 2. KTH, Royal Institute of Technology Singapore 3. Linköping University 1. Nanyang Technological University (NTU) 4. 2. National University of Singapore (NUS) 6. Stockholm University 7. Umeå University South Africa 8. 1. Stellenbosch University 9. Uppsala University 2. University of Cape Town 3. University of Pretoria Switzerland 4. University of the Witwatersrand 1. École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne 2. ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) South Korea 3. University of Basel 1. Ewha Womans University 4. University of Bern 2. Hankuk (Korea) University of Foreign Studies 5. University of Geneva 3. Hanyang University 6. University of Lausanne 4. Inha University 7. University of St Gallen (HSG) 5. KAIST - Korea Advanced Institute of Science and 8. University of Zurich Technology 6. Korea University Taiwan 1. Chang Gung University 7. Kyung Hee University 2. National Central University

8. Kyungpook National University 3. National Cheng Kung University

9. Pohang University of Science and Technology 4. National Chiao Tung University (POSTECH) 5. National Sun Yat-sen University 10. Pusan National University 6. National Taiwan Normal University 11. Seoul National University (SNU) 7. National Taiwan University 12. Sogang University 8. National Taiwan University of Science and Technology 13. Sungkyunkwan University 9. National Tsing Hua University 14. The Catholic University of Korea 10. National Yang Ming University 15. Yonsei University 11. Taipei Medical University

Thailand Spain 1. 1. Politécnica de Madrid 2. 2. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid 4. 3. Universidad Carlos III de Madrid 5. 4. Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) 5. Universidad de Granada Turkey 1. Bilkent University 6. Universidad de Navarra 2. Istanbul Technical University 7. Universidad de Salamanca 3. Istanbul University 8. Universidad Politecnica de Valencia 4. Koc University 9. Universidade de Santiago de Compostela 5. Middle East Technical University 10. Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona 6. SABANCI University 11. Universitat de Barcelona (UB) 12. Universitat de Valencia

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United Arab Emirates 42. 1. American University of Sharjah 43. University of Leeds 2. United Arab Emirates University 44. University of Leicester

45. University of Liverpool United Kingdom 46. University of Oxford 1. Aberystwyth University 47. University of Reading 2. Aston University 48. University of Southampton 3. Bangor University 49. University of St Andrews 4. Birkbeck College, University of London 50. University of Strathclyde 5. Brunel University 51. 6. Cardiff University 52. University of Sussex 7. City University London 53. University of York 8.

9. Goldsmiths, University of London 10. Heriot-watt University United States 11. Imperial College London 1. American University 12. King's College London (KCL) 2. Arizona State University 13. Lancaster University 3. Boston College 14. London School of Economics and Political Science 4. Boston University (LSE) 5. Brandeis University 15. Loughborough University 6. Brown University 16. 7. California Institute of Technology (Caltech) 17. Oxford Brookes University 8. Carnegie Mellon University 18. Queen Mary, University of London (QMUL) 9. Case Western Reserve University 19. Queen's University of Belfast 10. City University of New York 20. Royal Holloway University of London 11. College of William & Mary 21. SOAS - School of Oriental and African Studies, 12. Colorado State University University of London 13. Columbia University 22. Swansea University 14. Cornell University 23. The Open University 15. Dartmouth College 24. The University of Manchester 16. Drexel University 25. The University of Nottingham 17. Duke University 26. The 18. Emory University 27. The University of Warwick 19. Florida State University 28. UCL (University College London) 20. George Washington University 29. University of Aberdeen 21. Georgetown University 30. University of Bath 22. Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) 31. University of Birmingham 23. Harvard University 32. University of Bradford 24. Howard University 33. University of Bristol 25. Illinois Institute of Technology 34. University of Cambridge 26. Indiana University Bloomington 35. University of Dundee 27. Iowa State University 36. University of East Anglia (UEA) 28. Johns Hopkins University 37. University of Edinburgh 29. Lehigh University 38. University of Essex 30. Louisiana State University 39. University of Exeter 31. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 40. University of Glasgow 32. Michigan State University 41. University of Hull 33. New York University (NYU)

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34. North Carolina State University 73. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 35. Northeastern University 74. University of Illinois, Chicago (UIC) 36. Northwestern University 75. University of Iowa 37. Ohio State University 76. University of Kansas 38. Oregon State University 77. University of Kentucky 39. Pennsylvania State University 78. University of Maryland, College Park 40. Princeton University 79. University of Massachusetts, Amherst 41. Purdue University 80. University of Miami 42. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 81. University of Michigan 43. Rice University 82. University of Minnesota 44. Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey, 83. University of Missouri, Columbia Newark 84. University of Nebraska 45. Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey, New 85. University of New Mexico Brunswick 86. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 46. Stanford University 87. University of Notre Dame 47. Stony Brook University 88. University of Oklahoma 48. Syracuse University 89. University of Oregon 49. Temple University 90. University of Pennsylvania 50. Texas A&M University 91. University of Pittsburgh 51. The University of Georgia 92. University of Rochester 52. Tufts University 93. University of South Carolina 53. Tulane University 94. University of Southern California 54. University at Buffalo SUNY 95. University of Tennessee 55. University of Alabama 96. University of Texas at Austin 56. University of Arizona 97. University of Utah 57. University of California, Berkeley (UCB) 98. University of Vermont 58. University of California, Davis (UCD) 99. University of Virginia 59. University of California, Irvine (UCI) 100. University of Washington 60. University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) 101. University of Wisconsin-Madison 61. University of California, Riverside (UCR) 102. Vanderbilt University 62. University of California, San Diego (UCSD) 103. Virginia Commonwealth University 63. University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) 104. Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Virginia Tech) 64. University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) 105. Wake Forest University 65. University of Chicago 106. Washington State University 66. University of Cincinnati 107. Washington University in St. Louis 67. University of Colorado at Boulder 108. Worcester Polytechnic Institute 68. University of Connecticut 109. Yale University 69. University of Delaware 110. Yeshiva University 70. University of Florida 71. University of Hawaii at Mānoa 72. University of Houston

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