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This is the 2005 THE–QS World University Rankings list of the top 200 universities in the world.
Rank
Change compared to 2004 data
University
Country
1
00
Harvard University (Cambridge )
United States
2
01
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge )
United States
3
03
Cambridge University
United Kingdom
4
01
Oxford University
United Kingdom
5
02
Stanford University
United States
6
04
California University, Berkeley
United States
7
01
Yale University (New Haven )
United States
8
04
California Institute of Technology
United States
9
00
Princeton University
United States
10
17
École Polytechnique (Paris )
France
11
41
Duke University
United States
11
00
London University – School of Economics and Political Science
United Kingdom
13
01
London University – Imperial College
United Kingdom
14
09
Cornell University
United States
15
02
Peking University
China
16
04
Tokyo University
Japan
17
03
California University, San Francisco
United States
17
04
Chicago University
United States
19
03
Melbourne University
Australia
20
01
Columbia University (New York City )
United States
21
11
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich
Switzerland
22
04
Singapore National University
Singapore
23
07
Australian National University (Canberra )
Australia
24
06
Paris École Normale Supérieure
France
24
03
McGill University
Canada
26
11
Texas University, Austin
United States
27
02
Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore )
United States
28
06
London University – University College
United Kingdom
29
08
Toronto University
Canada
30
18
Edinburgh University
United Kingdom
31
29
Kyoto University
Japan
32
28
Pennsylvania University (Philadelphia )
United States
33
33
Monash University (Melbourne )
Australia
34
32
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne
Switzerland
35
43
Manchester University & UMIST
United Kingdom
36
31
Michigan University (Ann Arbor )
United States
37
26
California University, Los Angeles
United States
38
46
British Columbia University (Kelowna /Vancouver )
Canada
38
40
Sydney University
Australia
40
36
New South Wales University
Australia
41
39
Hong Kong University
Hong Kong
42
24
California University, San Diego
United States
43
42
Hong Kong Science and Technology University
Hong Kong
44
38
Carnegie Mellon University
United States
45
47
Heidelberg University
Germany
46
73
Northwestern University
United States
47
49
Queensland University
Australia
48
50
Nanyang Technological University
Singapore
49
91
Bristol University
United Kingdom
50
41
Indian Institutes of Technology
India
51
84
Hong Kong Chinese University
Hong Kong
52
67
Auckland University
New Zealand
53
78
Delft Technology University
Netherlands
54
75
Boston University
United States
55
99
Munich University
Germany
56
79
New York University
United States
57
64
Rotterdam University
Netherlands
58
109
Washington University in St. Louis
United States
58
98
Amsterdam University
Netherlands
58
35
Illinois University
United States
61
59
Purdue University
United States
62
129
Helsinki University
Finland
62
61
Tsing Hua University
China
64
130
Pennsylvania State University
United States
65
94
Vienna University
Austria
66
63
Copenhagen University
Denmark
67
68
Macquarie University (Sydney )
Australia
68
45
Massachusetts University
United States
69
N/A
Paris Institute of Political Studies
France
70
83
Eindhoven Technology University
Netherlands
71
61
Brown University (Providence )
United States
72
195
Fudan University
China
73
96
London University – King's College
United Kingdom
73
86
Rochester University
United States
73
66
Wisconsin University, Madison
United States
76
54
Brussels Free University (French-speaking)
Belgium
77
93
Jerusalem Hebrew University
Israel
77
80
Warwick University (Coventry )
United Kingdom
79
92
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russia
80
96
Western Australia University
Australia
80
56
Adelaide University
Australia
82
55
RMIT University
Australia
83
128
Durham University
United Kingdom
84
N/A
Indian Institutes of Management
India
85
N/A
Zurich University
Switzerland
86
77
Vienna Technical University
Austria
87
113
Sydney Technology University
Australia
88
N/A
Geneva University
Switzerland
88
74
Washington University
United States
88
57
Paris 06 – Pierre and Marie Curie University
France
88
53
Louvain University
Belgium
92
N/A
Lyon École Normale Supérieure
France
93
154
China University of Science and Technology
China
93
118
Seoul National University
South Korea
95
N/A
Leuven University
Belgium
95
195
Mexico National Autonomous University
Mexico
97
170
Nottingham University
United Kingdom
98
142
La Trobe University
Australia
99
51
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Japan
100
58
Sussex University (Falmer )
United Kingdom
101
112
Glasgow University
United Kingdom
101
76
Curtin University of Technology
Australia
103
133
Leeds University
United Kingdom
103
44
London University – School of Oriental and African Studies
United Kingdom
105
118
Virginia University (Charlottesville )
United States
105
95
Munich Technical University
Germany
105
69
Osaka University
Japan
108
N/A
Wageningen University
Netherlands
109
137
York University
United Kingdom
109
88
Case Western Reserve University
United States
111
87
Dublin University – Trinity College
Ireland
112
125
Berlin University
Germany
112
100
London University – Queen Mary
United Kingdom
114
156
Vanderbilt University
United States
114
102
Taiwan National University
Taiwan
114
85
Göttingen University
Germany
117
138
Dartmouth College
United States
118
N/A
Queensland Technology University
Australia
119
151
Liverpool University
United Kingdom
120
120
Utrecht University
Netherlands
121
N/A
Chulalongkorn University
Thailand
121
116
Michigan State University
United States
121
71
Paris 04 – Paris-Sorbonne University
France
124
180
University of Southern California
United States
125
162
Rome University – La Sapienza
Italy
125
105
Texas A&M University
United States
127
N/A
Basel University
Switzerland
127
N/A
Newcastle University
Australia
129
167
Nagoya University
Japan
130
103
University of Bath
United Kingdom
131
132
Louis Pasteur University (Strasbourg )
France
132
177
Montreal University
Canada
133
N/A
Lausanne University
Switzerland
133
134
Maryland University
United States
133
N/A
Paris École des Hautes Études Commerciales
France
136
153
Tohoku University
Japan
136
70
St Andrews University
United Kingdom
136
131
Leiden University
Netherlands
138
127
Aarhus University
Denmark
138
101
Oslo University
Norway
141
173
Emory University (Druid Hills )
United States
142
157
Frankfurt University
Germany
143
160
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
South Korea
143
150
Sheffield University
United Kingdom
143
126
Birmingham University
United Kingdom
143
117
University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill )
United States
147
N/A
Hiroshima University
Japan
147
65
Georgia Institute of Technology
United States
149
166
Alberta University (Edmonton )
Canada
150
192
Nanjing University
China
150
N/A
St Gallen University
Switzerland
150
146
Rice University (Houston )
United States
150
82
Minnesota University (Minneapolis and Saint Paul )
United States
154
N/A
South Australia University
Australia
154
145
Denmark Technical University
Denmark
154
60
Berlin Technical University
Germany
157
N/A
Hokkaido University
Japan
157
123
Maastricht University
Netherlands
159
186
Bologna University
Italy
159
165
Georgetown University
United States
159
143
Waterloo University
Canada
159
72
California University, Santa Barbara
United States
163
107
Colorado University (Boulder )
United States
164
104
Tufts University (Medford /Somerville )
United States
165
164
Innsbruck University
Austria
166
161
Tasmania University
Australia
166
110
Chalmers University of Technology (Gothenburg )
Sweden
168
179
Newcastle University
United Kingdom
169
N/A
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
China
169
N/A
Novosibirsk State University
Russia
169
89
Malaya University (Kuala Lumpur )
Malaysia
172
N/A
Berlin Free University
Germany
172
N/A
Kobe University
Japan
172
184
Aachen RWTH
Germany
175
136
New York State University, Stony Brook
United States
175
90
Alabama University (Tuscaloosa )
United States
177
191
Nijmegen University
Netherlands
178
198
Hong Kong City University
Hong Kong
179
N/A
Notre Dame University
United States
180
N/A
Toulouse 1 University Capitole
France
180
171
Lund University
Sweden
180
140
Uppsala University
Sweden
183
159
Madrid Autonomous University
Spain
184
N/A
Korea University
South Korea
184
37
McMaster University (Hamilton )
Canada
186
N/A
Amsterdam Free University
Netherlands
186
72
Otago University (Dunedin )
New Zealand
188
N/A
Tel Aviv University
Israel
188
80
Massey University (Auckland /Palmerston North /Wellington )
New Zealand
190
N/A
Gothenburg University
Sweden
191
N/A
Western Ontario University (London )
Canada
192
N/A
Jawaharlal Nehru University
India
193
N/A
University of Pittsburgh
United States
194
18
Helsinki Technology University
Finland
194
36
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (Haifa )
Israel
196
N/A
São Paulo University
Brazil
196
74
Royal Institute of Technology (Stockholm )
Sweden
198
N/A
Showa University
Japan
199
N/A
Florence University
Italy
199
N/A
George Washington University (Washington, D.C. )
United States
199
N/A
Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem )
United States
Regional rankings (top 10)
Europe
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