The document lists the top 100 universities in the world according to a 2009 ranking. It shows the university name, country, and 2008 and 2009 ranks. Many of the top universities are from the United States, United Kingdom, and other English-speaking countries such as Australia and Canada. Several Asian universities also made the top 100, including those from China, Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea, and Taiwan.

1. 2009 Rank 2008 Rank School Name Country
1 1 HARVARD University United States
2 3 University of CAMBRIDGE Kingdom
3 2 YALE University United States
4 7 UCL (University College London) Kingdom
United
5 6 IMPERIAL College London Kingdom
United
5 4 University of OXFORD Kingdom
7 8 University of CHICAGO United States
8 12 PRINCETON University United States
9 9 MASSACHUSETTS Institute of Technology (MIT) United States
10 5 CALIFORNIA Institute of Technology (Caltech) United States
11 10 COLUMBIA University United States
12 11 University of PENNSYLVANIA United States
13 13 JOHNS HOPKINS University United States
14 13 DUKE University United States
15 15 CORNELL University United States
16 17 STANFORD University United States
17 16 AUSTRALIAN National University Australia
18 20 MCGILL University Canada
19 18 University of MICHIGAN Institute of
ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal United States
20 24 Technology) Switzerland
United
20 23 University of EDINBURGH Kingdom
22 19 University of TOKYO Japan
United
23 22 KING'S College London Kingdom
24 26 University of HONGKONG Hong Kong
25 25 KYOTO University Japan
United
26 29 University of MANCHESTER Kingdom
27 21 CARNEGIE MELLON University United States
28 28 École normale supérieure, PARIS France
29 41 University of TORONTO Canada
30 30 National University of Singapore (NUS) Singapore
31 27 BROWN University United States
32 33 NORTHWESTERN University United States
32 30 University of CALIFORNIA, Los Angeles (UCLA) United States
34 32 University of BRISTOL of Science and
HONG KONG University Kingdom
35 39 Technology Hong Kong
36 34 ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE France
36 38 University of MELBOURNE Australia
36 37 University of SYDNEY Australia
39 36 University of California, BERKELEY United States
40 34 University of BRITISH COLUMBIA Canada
41 43 University of QUEENSLAND Australia
42 50 École Polytechnique Fédérale de LAUSANNE Switzerland
43 44 OSAKA University Japan
43 49 TRINITY College Dublin Ireland
45 47 MONASH University Australia

2. 46 42 The CHINESE University of Hong Kong Hong Kong
47 50 SEOUL National University Korea, South
47 45 University of NEWSOUTH WALES Australia
49 56 TSINGHUA University China
49 53 University of AMSTERDAM Netherlands
51 48 University of COPENHAGEN Denmark
52 40 NEW YORK University(NYU) United States
52 50 PEKING University China
54 46 BOSTON University United States
55 78 Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM) Germany
55 61 TOKYO Institute of Technology Japan
57 57 HEIDELBERG University Germany
United
58 69 University of WARWICK Kingdom
59 74 University of ALBERTA Canada
60 64 LEIDEN University Netherlands
61 65 The University of AUCKLAND New Zealand
61 55 University of WISCONSIN-Madison United States
63 81 AARHUS University Denmark
63 71 University of ILLINOIS, Chicago (UIC) United States
65 72 Katholieke Universiteit LEUVEN Belgium
United
66 75 University of BIRMINGHAM and Political
LONDON School of Economics Kingdom
United
67 66 Science Kingdom
67 88 LUND University Sweden
69 95 KAIST – Korea Advanced Institute of Science Korea, South
United
70 81 University of YORK Kingdom
70 67 UTRECHT University Netherlands
72 68 University of GENEVA Switzerland
73 77 Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore
73 60 WASHINGTON University in St. Louis United States
75 63 UPPSALA University Sweden
76 58 University of CALIFORNIA, San Diego United States
76 70 University of TEXAS at Austin United States
78 102 University of NORTH CAROLINA, Chapel Hill United States
79 73 University of GLASGOW Kingdom
80 59 University of WASHINGTON United States
81 106 University of ADELAIDE Australia
United
82 76 University of SHEFFIELD Kingdom
83 78 DELFT University of Technology Netherlands
84 83 University of WESTERN AUSTRALIA Australia
85 54 DARTMOUTH College United States
86 83 GEORGIA Institute of Technology United States
87 99 PURDUE University United States
87 83 University of STANDREWS Kingdom
89 108 University College DUBLIN Ireland
90 62 EMORY University United States
91 86 University of NOTTINGHAM Kingdom

3. 92 120 NAGOYA University Japan
92 106 University of ZURICH Switzerland
94 137 Freie Universität BERLIN Germany
95 124 National TAIWAN University Taiwan
United
95 99 University of SOUTHAMPTON Kingdom
97 112 TOHOKU University Japan
98 93 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Germany
United
99 http://www.ti University of LEEDS
104 Kingdom
100 meshighereduc RICE University
78 United States
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