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Rank ⇵University ⇵Country ⇵Key Strength ⇵
1Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)USA1
2University of CambridgeUK2
3University of OxfordUK3
4Harvard UniversityUSA4
5Stanford UniversityUSA5
6Imperial College LondonUK6
7ETH ZurichSwitzerland7
8National University of Singapore (NUS)Singapore8
9UCL (University College London)UK9
10California Institute of Technology (Caltech)USA10
11University of ChicagoUSA11
12University of PennsylvaniaUSA12
13Cornell UniversityUSA13
14University of MelbourneAustralia14
15Peking UniversityChina15
16Yale UniversityUSA16
17Princeton UniversityUSA17
18University of New South Wales (UNSW)Australia18
19University of SydneyAustralia19
20University of TorontoCanada20
21Tsinghua UniversityChina21
22University of EdinburghUK22
23Columbia UniversityUSA23
24PSL UniversityFrance24
25Nanyang Technological University (NTU)Singapore25
26University of Hong Kong (HKU)Hong Kong26
27Johns Hopkins UniversityUSA27
28University of TokyoJapan28
29University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)USA29
30McGill UniversityCanada30
31University of ManchesterUK31
32University of WashingtonUSA32
33Kyoto UniversityJapan33
34Seoul National UniversitySouth Korea34
35University of British ColumbiaCanada35
36University of MichiganUSA36
37Australian National UniversityAustralia37
38New York University (NYU)USA38
39King's College LondonUK39
40Fudan UniversityChina40
41University of California, BerkeleyUSA41
42Monash UniversityAustralia42
43University of QueenslandAustralia43
44Zhejiang UniversityChina44
45London School of Economics (LSE)UK45
46Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneSwitzerland46
47Delft University of TechnologyNetherlands47
48Northwestern UniversityUSA48
49Chinese University of Hong KongHong Kong49
50Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina50
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