2006 Times Higher Education Supplement ranking of top 200
Universities
worldwide university ranking
2006
rank
2005
rank
 Name Country
Peer
review
score (40%)
Recruiter
review
(10%)
Int'l
faculty
score (5%)

Int'l
students
score (5%)
Faculty /
student
score (20%)

Citations /
faculty
score (20%)

Overall
score
1
1
 Harvard University US
93
100
15
25
56
55
100.0
2
3
 Cambridge University UK
100
79
58
43
64
17
96.8
3
4
 Oxford University UK
97
76
54
39
61
15
92.7
4=
2
 Massachusetts Institute of Technology US
81
93
11
39
42
54
89.2
4=
7
 Yale University US
72
81
45
26
93
24
89.2
6
5
 Stanford University US
82
85
9
34
32
55
85.4
7
8
 California Institute of Technology US
53
21
24
40
67
100
83.8
8
6
 University of California, Berkeley US
92
75
6
13
22
39
80.4
9
13
 Imperial College London UK
65
44
55
56
88
12
78.6
10
9
 Princeton University US
68
61
21
29
53
34
74.2
11
17
 University of Chicago US
57
67
19
30
73
17
69.8
12
20
 Columbia University US
57
64
9
32
74
17
69.0
13
11
 Duke University US
39
78
11
21
100
19
68.3
14
15
 Beijing University China
70
55
5
11
69
2
67.9
15
14
 Cornell University US
60
74
10
25
44
26
65.9
16
23
 Australian National University Australia
72
30
48
33
38
13
64.8
17
11
 London School of Economics UK
42
85
89
100
53
1
63.9
18
24
 Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris France
46
30
22
28
69
37
63.3
19=
22
 National University of Singapore Singapore
70
44
82
47
22
8
63.1
19=
16
 Tokyo University Japan
72
29
8
10
35
27
63.1
21
24
 McGill University Canada
57
61
31
33
52
10
62.3
22
19
 Melbourne University  Australia
72
44
51
36
25
7
61.6
23
27
 Johns Hopkins University US
49
37
15
20
65
29
61.3
24
21
 ETH Zurich Switzerland
51
25
84
45
44
23
59.7
25
28
 University College London UK
46
28
39
47
70
12
58.7
26
32
 Pennsylvania University US
45
64
17
26
52
22
57.8
27
29
 University of Toronto Canada
63
51
37
17
15
25
57.7
28
62
 Tsing Hua University China
45
34
22
9
84
1
56.1
29=
31
 Kyoto University Japan
61
20
15
7
44
18
56.0
29=
36
 University of Michigan US
50
61
15
19
46
15
56.0
31
37
 University of California, Los Angeles US
58
42
2
12
34
25
55.9
32
26
 University of Texas at Austin US
44
56
24
14
19
53
55.0
33=
30
 Edinburgh University UK
54
42
28
29
42
11
54.8
33=
41
 University of Hong Kong Hong Kong
48
40
84
27
46
6
54.8
35=
44
 Carnegie Mellon University US
44
64
28
40
48
11
54.6
35=
38
 Sydney University Australia
65
26
56
31
23
8
54.6
37
10
 Ecole Polytechnique France
37
40
18
40
64
17
53.0
38
33
 Monash University Australia
57
40
61
51
21
5
52.6
39
88
 Geneva University Switzerland
26
13
69
58
81
7
49.9
40
35
 Manchester University UK
44
50
42
29
38
6
49.0
41
40
 University of New South Wales Australia
56
36
23
37
20
7
48.2
42
46
 Northwestern University US
32
71
12
20
44
19
47.9
43
56
 New York University US
39
51
8
16
55
6
47.6
44
42
 University of California, San Diego US
46
16
3
9
26
42
47.5
45
47
 Queensland University Australia
52
26
51
31
18
12
47.2
46=
52
 Auckland University New Zealand
51
17
44
21
38
2
46.8
46=
73
 King’s College London UK
42
28
42
30
44
7
46.8
48=
73
 Rochester University US
21
26
8
23
91
12
46.7
48=
58
 Washington University, St Louis US
25
32
5
18
73
22
46.7
50=
38
 University of British Columbia Canada
51
38
23
15
19
16
46.4
50=
51
 Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong
39
38
62
24
41
7
46.4
52
69
 Sciences Po France
21
29
22
53
86
–
45.6
53
114
 Vanderbilt University US
22
37
2
14
81
14
45.3
54=
71
 Brown University US
32
32
34
20
50
18
45.0
54=
66
 Copenhagen University Denmark
44
21
12
13
51
5
45.0
56
141
 Emory University US
19
38
1
14
84
15
44.9
57
50
 Indian Institutes of Technology India
45
34
0
1
27
24
44.5
58=
45
 Heidelberg University Germany
43
28
17
28
36
11
44.3
58=
43
 Hong Kong University Sci & Technol Hong Kong
40
41
74
21
17
16
44.3
60
109
 Case Western Reserve University US
19
34
3
24
77
19
44.2
61=
117
 Dartmouth College US
22
56
13
17
59
16
43.7
61=
48
 Nanyang Technological University Singapore
40
37
77
56
21
3
43.7
63
93
 Seoul National University South Korea
43
13
2
7
57
4
43.6
64=
49
 Bristol University UK
36
44
37
26
34
10
43.2
64=
34
 Ecole Polytech Fédérale de Lausanne Switzerland
28
13
70
66
47
11
43.2
66
54
 Boston University US
35
38
9
21
47
10
42.9
67
70
 Eindhoven University of Technology Netherlands
19
18
21
11
92
3
42.1
68
84
 Indian Institutes of Management India
31
46
0
10
60
2
41.6
69
58
 Amsterdam University Netherlands
42
20
30
10
28
15
41.3
70=
103
 School of Oriental and African Studies UK
23
9
48
74
64
0
40.4
70=
105
 Osaka University Japan
39
0
4
9
45
17
40.4
72
92
 Ecole Normale Supérieure, Lyon France
21
18
15
19
50
34
40.1
73
77
 Warwick University UK
39
40
38
41
22
4
40.0
74
95
 National Autonomous Univ of Mexico Mexico
29
36
3
1
65
0
39.8
75
127
 Basel University Switzerland
21
0
76
28
63
10
39.7
76
88
 Catholic University of Louvain (French) Belgium
37
25
29
25
29
11
39.4
77
58
 University of Illinois US
39
31
10
16
32
9
39.3
78
111
 Trinity College Dublin Ireland
37
34
58
29
17
9
39.1
79=  
186
 Otago University New Zealand
26
17
94
20
45
3
38.5
79=
73
 University of Wisconsin US
39
11
0
14
35
16
38.5
81
101
 Glasgow University UK
35
33
17
16
35
9
38.4
82=
67
 Macquarie University Australia
32
40
100
51
10
5
38.3
82=
105
 Technical University Munich Germany
30
26
22
30
42
10
38.3
84
88
 Washington University US
31
23
13
10
38
20
38.2
85
97
 Nottingham University UK
34
37
34
29
28
6
38.1
86
53
 Delft University of Technology Netherlands
34
13
52
18
37
7
38.0
87
65
 Vienna University Austria
43
22
23
26
10
15
37.8
88
193
 Pittsburgh University US
22
19
20
10
62
11
37.6
89
133
 Lausanne University Switzerland
20
21
54
33
53
9
37.3
90=
143
 Birmingham University UK
34
27
34
29
28
9
37.2
90=
138
 Leiden University Netherlands
33