В целом, в рейтинге 2008 года находятся 29 британских университетов, на один меньше, чем в 2007 году. Как отмечают эксперты, высшие учебные заведения Великобритании ослабили свои позиции по сравнению с прошлым годом, когда Кембридж и Оксфорд делили второе место с Йелем. Американские вузы, наоборот, по-прежнему доминируют. Список публикуется пять лет с 2004 года, и все это время первое место в нем занимает Гарвард.
По мнению редактора the Times Higher Education Анна Мроза, "тот факт, что Кембридж и Оксфорд опустились в первой десятке, порождает важные вопросы по поводу финансирования сектора в будущем". Он также добавил, что Гарвард располагает значительными финансовыми средствами, которые университет использует, чтобы "привлечь лучших научных сотрудников и предоставить им лучшие условия работы". Как пишет газета, сейчас все больше британских студентвов поступают в вузы США, несмотря на то, что учеба там стоит намного дороже, чем в Великобритании.
Между тем, эксперты отмечают подъем учебных заведений азиатских стран. Девять из них вошли в рейтинг пятидесяти лучших вузов. Три университета находятся в Гонконге.
В этом году также есть два дебютанта: Университет Науки и Техники Гонконга и Сеульский Национальный Университет.
В этом году, в отличие от прошлого МГУ в рейтинг 200 лучших университетов мира попал, но занял только 183 место, вместе с бельгийским Université Libre de BRUXELLES. Два года назад МГУ был в первой сотне и занимал 93 место.
2008 Rank | 2007 Rank | Institution | Country | International staff score | International student score | Overall score |
1 | 1 | Harvard Univ | US | 87 | 81 | 100 |
2 | 2= | Yale Univ | US | 89 | 71 | 99.8 |
3 | 2= | Univ Cambridge | UK | 98 | 95 | 99.5 |
4 | 2= | Univ Oxford | UK | 96 | 96 | 98.9 |
5 | 7= | California Inst Tech | US | 100 | 93 | 98.6 |
6 | 5 | Imperial Coll London | UK | 98 | 100 | 98.4 |
7 | 9 | Univ Coll London | UK | 96 | 100 | 98.1 |
8 | 7= | Univ Chicago | US | 78 | 83 | 98 |
9 | 10 | Massachusetts Inst Tech (MIT) | US | 33 | 94 | 96.7 |
10 | 11 | Columbia Univ | US | 29 | 89 | 96.3 |
11 | 14 | Univ Pennsylvania | US | 83 | 79 | 96.1 |
12 | 6 | Princeton Univ | US | 91 | 82 | 95.7 |
13= | 13 | Duke Univ | US | 30 | 66 | 94.4 |
13= | 15 | Johns Hopkins Univ | US | 30 | 68 | 94.4 |
15 | 20= | Cornell Univ | US | 28 | 76 | 94.3 |
16 | 16 | Australian Natl Univ | Australia | 99 | 91 | 92 |
17 | 19 | Stanford Univ | US | 26 | 87 | 91.2 |
18 | 38= | Univ Michigan - Ann Arbor | US | 59 | 51 | 91 |
19 | 17 | Tokyo Univ | Japan | 27 | 40 | 90 |
20 | 12 | McGill Univ | Canada | 62 | 95 | 89.7. |
21 | 20= | Carnegie Mellon Univ | US | 50 | 97 | 89.6 |
22 | 24 | King's College London | UK | 91 | 85 | 89.5 |
23 | 23 | Univ Edinburgh | UK | 91 | 82 | 89.3 |
24 | 42 | Swiss Fed Inst Tech - Zurich | Switzerland | 100 | 94 | 89.1 |
25 | 25 | Kyoto Univ | Japan | 30 | 26 | 87.4 |
26 | 18 | Univ Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 100 | 92 | 87.1 |
27 | 32 | Brown Univ | US | 56 | 58 | 85.2 |
28 | 26 | Ecole Normale Super Paris | France | 29 | 69 | 84.8 |
29 | 30 | Univ Manchester | UK | 91 | 84 | 84.4 |
30= | 41 | Univ California - Los Angeles | US | 23 | 36 | 84.3 |
30= | 33= | National University of Singapore | Singapore | 100 | 100 | 84.3 |
32 | 37 | Univ Bristol | UK | 85 | 74 | 84.1 |
33 | 29 | Northwestern Univ | US | 30 | 61 | 83.3 |
34= | 33= | Univ British Columbia | Canada | 33 | 61 | 83 |
34= | 28 | Ecole Polytechnique | France | 62 | 93 | 83 |
36 | 22 | Univ California - Berkeley | US | 88 | 36 | 82.9 |
37 | 31 | University of Sydney | Australia | 97 | 93 | 82.4 |
38 | 27 | Univ Melbourne | Australia | 54 | 96 | 82.3 |
39 | 53= | Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | Hong Kong | 100 | 97 | 81.4 |
40 | 49 | New York Univ | US | 28 | 56 | 81.3 |
41 | 45 | Univ Toronto | Canada | 80 | 46 | 81.1 |
42 | 38 | Chinese Univ Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 98 | 86 | 81 |
43 | 33= | Univ Queensland | Australia | 100 | 78 | 80.7 |
44 | 46 | Osaka Univ | Japan | 25 | 28 | 80.1 |
45 | 44 | Univ New South Wales | Australia | 83 | 91 | 79.8 |
46 | 47 | Boston Univ | US | 26 | 59 | 79.1 |
47 | 43 | Monash Univ | Australia | 99 | 99 | 78.7 |
48 | 93= | University of Copenhagen | Denmark | 67 | 69 | 78.5 |
49 | 53 | Trinity Coll Dublin | Ireland | 99 | 76 | 78.2 |
50= | 117= | Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne | Switzerland | 100 | 100 | 78.1 |
50= | 36 | Peking University | China | 27 | 36 | 78.1 |
50= | 51 | Seoul National University | South Korea | 23 | 37 | 78.1 |
53 | 48 | University of Amsterdam | Netherlands | 73 | 32 | 78 |
54 | 48 | Dartmouth College | US | 28 | 57 | 77.8 |
55 | 55= | University of Wisconsin-Madison | US | 31 | 36 | 77.7 |
56 | 40 | Tsinghua University | China | 23 | 24 | 77 |
57 | 60 | Heidelberg University | Germany | 54 | 81 | 76.9 |
58 | 58 | University of California, San Diego | US | 20 | 29 | 76.3 |
59 | 55= | University of Washington | US | 25 | 36 | 75.8 |
60 | 161= | Washington University in St Louis | US | 24 | 54 | 75.7 |
61 | 90= | Tokyo Institute of Technology | Japan | 25 | 45 | 75.3 |
62 | 74= | Emory University | US | 43 | 47 | 75 |
63 | 71= | Uppsala University | Sweden | 70 | 41 | 74.9 |
64 | 84 | Leiden University | Netherlands | 74 | 41 | 74.8 |
65 | 50 | University of Auckland | New Zealand | 94 | 99 | 74.5 |
66 | 59 | London School of Economics | UK | 100 | 100 | 74.2 |
67 | 89 | Utrecht University | Netherlands | 45 | 24 | 74 |
68 | 105 | University of Geneva | Switzerland | 97 | 100 | 73.9 |
69 | 57 | University of Warwick | UK | 92 | 97 | 73.8 |
70 | 51 | University of Texas at Austin | US | 60 | 43 | 73.3 |
71 | 73 | University of Illinois | US | 37 | 51 | 73.2 |
72 | 61 | Katholieke Universiteit Leuven | Belgium | 52 | 51 | 73.1 |
73 | 83 | University of Glasgow | UK | 95 | 60 | 73 |
74 | 97= | University of Alberta | Canada | 92 | 64 | 72.9 |
75 | 65= | University of Birmingham | UK | 82 | 72 | 72.3 |
76 | 68 | University of Sheffield | UK | 81 | 72 | 72.2 |
77 | 69 | Nanyang Technological University | Singapore | 100 | 99 | 72.1 |
78= | 63 | Delft University of Technology | Netherlands | 80 | 66 | 71.8 |
78= | 67 | Technical University of Munich | Germany | 54 | 77 | 71.8 |
78= | 92 | Rice University | US | 42 | 73 | 71.8 |
81= | 114= | University of Aarhus | Denmark | 67 | 58 | 71.5 |
81= | 74= | University of York | UK | 95 | 84 | 71.5 |
83= | 97= | Georgia Institute of Technology | US | 39 | 78 | 71.3 |
83= | 76 | University of St Andrews | UK | 92 | 99 | 71.3 |
83= | 64 | University of Western Australia | Australia | 92 | 83 | 71.3 |
86 | 70 | University of Nottingham | UK | 90 | 89 | 71 |
87 | 142= | University of Minnesota | US | 72 | 33 | 70.2 |
88 | 106 | Lund University | Sweden | 68 | 52 | 70 |
89 | 96 | University of California, Davis | US | 28 | 26 | 69.9 |
90 | 85= | Case Western Reserve University | US | 21 | 51 | 69.8 |
91= | 100 | University of Helsinki | Finland | 51 | 21 | 69.6 |
91= | 93= | Université de Montréal | Canada | 83 | 74 | 69.6 |
93= | 128 | Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Israel | 70 | 33 | 69.5 |
93= | 65= | Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munchen (Munich) | Germany | 51 | 70 | 69.5 |
95 | 132= | Korea Advanced Inst of Science & Technology | South Korea | 48 | 36 | 69.3 |
96 | 110 | University of Virginia | US | 24 | 38 | 69.2 |
97 | 77= | University of Pittsburgh | US | 42 | 34 | 69.1 |
98 | 117= | University of California, Santa Barbara | US | 39 | 22 | 68.8 |
99= | 77= | Purdue University | US | 60 | 57 | 68.6 |
99= | 80= | University of Southampton | UK | 87 | 83 | 68.6 |
101 | 82 | Vanderbilt University | US | 57 | 45 | 68.5 |
102= | 151= | University of North Carolina | US | 22 | 21 | 68.4 |
102= | 119 | University of Southern California | US | 71 | 88 | 68.4 |
104 | 80= | University of Leeds | UK | 71 | 64 | 68.3 |
105 | 90= | Pennsylvania State University | US | 35 | 36 | 68.2 |
106= | 62 | University of Adelaide | Australia | 87 | 95 | 68.1 |
106= | 140= | University of Zurich | Switzerland | 99 | 68 | 68.1 |
108 | 177= | University College Dublin | Ireland | 95 | 82 | 68 |
109 | 231= | Technion— Israel Institute of Technology | Israel | 18 | 18 | 67.9 |
110 | 102= | Georgetown University | US | 26 | 52 | 67.6 |
111 | 111 | Maastricht University | Netherlands | 61 | 100 | 67.4 |
112 | 102= | Tohoku University | Japan | 38 | 31 | 67.2 |
113 | 85= | Fudan University | China | 31 | 32 | 67.1 |
114 | 151= | Tel Aviv University | Israel | 17 | 19 | 66.7 |
115 | 85= | University of Vienna | Austria | 64 | 85 | 66.6 |
116 | 123 | Université Catholique de Louvain | Belgium | 49 | 73 | 66.4 |
117= | 108 | McMaster University | Canada | 27 | 32 | 66.2 |
117= | 88 | Queen's University | Canada | 79 | 34 | 66.2 |
119 | 101 | University of Rochester | US | 63 | 71 | 66.1 |
120 | 112= | Nagoya University | Japan | 26 | 32 | 65.9 |
121 | 120 | Ohio State University | US | 59 | 41 | 65.8 |
122= | 109 | Durham University | UK | 84 | 62 | 65.4 |
122= | 79 | University of Maryland | US | 48 | 39 | 65.4 |
124= | 114= | University of Otago | New Zealand | 100 | 88 | 65.3 |
124= | 102= | National Taiwan University | Taiwan | 31 | 25 | 65.3 |
126 | 163= | Erasmus University Rotterdam | Netherlands | 57 | 50 | 65.2 |
127 | 224 | Stony Brook University | US | 63 | 81 | 65.1 |
128 | 130= | Eindhoven University of Technology | Netherlands | 98 | 42 | 64.8 |
129 | 112= | University of Waterloo | Canada | 60 | 54 | 64.6 |
130 | 121 | University of Sussex | UK | 92 | 79 | 64.1 |
131 | 114= | University of Basel | Switzerland | 84 | 80 | 63.9 |
132 | 140= | University of California, Irvine | US | 24 | 29 | 63.8 |
133 | 140= | Cardiff University | UK | 71 | 77 | 63.4 |
133= | 130= | Technical University of Denmark | Denmark | 90 | 56 | 63.4 |
133 | 101= | University of Liverpool | UK | 80 | 67 | 63.4 |
136 | 124 | University of Ghent | Belgium | 40 | 43 | 63.1 |
137= | 146 | Free University of Berlin | Germany | 47 | 68 | 62.6 |
137= | 122 | Texas A&M University | US | 34 | 40 | 62.6 |
139 | 126= | Humboldt University of Berlin | Germany | 42 | 56 | 62.5 |
140 | 157 | Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon | France | 47 | 56 | 62.4 |
141 | 155= | University of Science and Technology of China | China | 19 | 13 | 62.3 |
142 | 148 | Wageningen University | Netherlands | 42 | 97 | 62 |
143 | 125 | Nanjing University | China | 54 | 18 | 61.9 |
144= | 173= | University of Groningen | Netherlands | 61 | 34 | 61.8 |
144= | 163= | Shanghai Jiao Tong University | China | 34 | 20 | 61.8 |
146 | 134 | University of Arizona | US | 24 | 30 | 61.5 |
147= | 149= | City University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 100 | 43 | 61.2 |
147= | 144 | Freiburg University | Germany | 26 | 67 | 61.2 |
149 | 132= | Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie,Paris VI | France | 24 | 90 | 61 |
150 | 192= | National Autonomous University of Mexico | Mexico | 42 | 15 | 60.9 |
151 | 177= | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey | US | 52 | 29 | 60.7 |
152 | 145 | University of Bath | UK | 92 | 93 | 60.4 |
153 | 137= | University of Aberdeen | UK | 91 | 80 | 60.3 |
154 | 307= | Indian Institute of Technology Delhi | India | 16 | 14 | 60.1 |
155= | 304= | VU University Amsterdam | Netherlands | 37 | 31 | 59.8 |
155= | 142= | Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen | Germany | 55 | 51 | 59.8 |
157 | 159= | Tufts University | US | 37 | 49 | 59.6 |
158 | 136 | Kyushu University | Japan | 20 | 31 | 59.5 |
159 | 126= | University of Western Ontario | Canada | 63 | 31 | 59.4 |
160 | 149= | Queen Mary, University of London | UK | 96 | 92 | 59.1 |
161 | 217 | University of Lausanne | Switzerland | 85 | 82 | 59 |
162= | 197= | Chalmers University of Technology | Sweden | 42 | 60 | 58.7 |
162= | 129 | Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne | UK | 82 | 79 | 58.7 |
164 | 139 | Simon Fraser University | Canada | 93 | 48 | 58.5 |
165 | 135 | University of Florida | US | 33 | 34 | 58.4 |
166= | 223 | Chulalongkorn University | Thailand | 23 | 14 | 58.3 |
166= | 168= | Göttingen University | Germany | 39 | 52 | 58.3 |
168 | 155= | University of Notre Dame | US | 26 | 35 | 58.1 |
169 | 209= | University of Frankfurt am Main | Germany | 30 | 80 | 58 |
170= | 166= | University of Calgary | Canada | 24 | 29 | 57.9 |
170= | 137= | Indiana University Bloomington | US | 49 | 45 | 57.9 |
170= | 147 | University of Lancaster | UK | 90 | 80 | 57.9 |
173= | 192= | KTH, Royal Institute of Technology | Sweden | 70 | 98 | 57.8 |
174= | 151= | Hokkaido University | Japan | 20 | 24 | 57.6 |
174= | 269 | Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB) | India | 23 | 13 | 57.6 |
174= | 191 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | US | 62 | 48 | 57.6 |
177= | 185= | University of Leicester | UK | 77 | 95 | 57.5 |
177= | 188= | University of Oslo | Norway | 46 | 60 | 57.5 |
179 | 200= | University of Cape Town | South Africa | 86 | 82 | 57.4 |
180= | 107 | University of Colorado | US | 37 | 20 | 57.3 |
180= | 180= | Waseda University | Japan | 43 | 30 | 57.3 |
182 | 168= | Macquarie University | Australia | 88 | 100 | 57.1 |
183= | 154 | Université Libre de Bruxelles | Belgium | 50 | 96 | 56.9 |
183= | 231= | Lomonosov Moscow State University | Russia | 17 | 25 | 56.9 |
185 | 208 | Brandeis University | US | 28 | 74 | 56.8 |
186= | 194 | University of Barcelona | Spain | 24 | 38 | 56.4 |
186= | 188= | University of Canterbury | New Zealand | 99 | 93 | 56.4 |
188= | 203= | Technical University of Berlin | Germany | 71 | 85 | 56.1 |
188= | 233 | Pohang University of Science and Technology | South Korea | 52 | 19 | 56.1 |
190 | 165 | Stuttgart University | Germany | 46 | 89 | 55.9 |
191 | 175= | University of Massachusetts, Amherst | US | 53 | 26 | 55.8 |
192= | 214 | University of Bern | Switzerland | 93 | 45 | 55.4 |
192= | 173= | University of Bologna | Italy | 26 | 28 | 55.4 |
194 | 180= | University of Reading | UK | 80 | 77 | 55.3 |
195 | 187 | University of Antwerp | Belgium | 56 | 59 | 55.1 |
196 | 175= | University of São Paulo | Brazil | 34 | 19 | 55 |
197= | 264= | University of Buenos Aires | Argentina | 31 | 34 | 54.8 |
197= | 221= | Dalhousie University | Canada | 61 | 40 | 54.8 |
199 | 197= | Kobe University | Japan | 24 | 30 | 54.5 |
200= | 248= | University of Athens | Greece | - | 92 | 54.3 |
200= | 185= | University of Twente | Netherlands | 68 | 50 | 54.3 |