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,The Times Higher Education - QS World University Rankings identified these to be the world's top 100 universities in 2008. These institutions represent 20 countries with Israel represented for the first time. Whilst North America dominates with 42 universities, Europe and Asia Pacific are well represented with 36 and 22 respectively.

2008	2007	School Name	Country
2008 2007 School Name Country 2008 2007 School Name Country School Name Country Source: http://www.topuniversities.com/worlduniversityrankings/results/2008/overall_rankings/fullrankings/ ABERYSTWYTH University United Kingdom National Technical University of ATHENS Greece University of BELGRANO Argentina Università Commerciale Luigi BOCCONI Italy Technische Universität BRAUNSCHWEIG Germany BRIGHAM YOUNG University United States CAIRO University Egypt University of CALCUTTA India National CENTRAL University Taiwan CHIANG MAI University Thailand National CHIAO TUNG University Taiwan CHONBUK National University Korea, South University of CRETE Greece CZECH TECHNICAL University in Prague Czech Republic DE LA SALLE University Philippines Universität DORTMUND Germany Universität DUISBURG-ESSEN Germany ESCP-EAP Paris France EWHA WOMANS University Korea, South EÖTVÖS LORÁND University Hungary GEORGIA STATE University United States Justus-Liebig-Universität GIEßEN Germany GIFU University Japan Martin-Luther-Universität HALLE-WITTENBE... Germany Leibniz Universität HANNOVER Germany HEC School of Management France HERIOT-WATT University United Kingdom University of HOUSTON United States University of HULL United Kingdom Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (... India ISTANBUL University Turkey KANAZAWA University Japan University of KENT United Kingdom University of KENTUCKY United States Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu KIEL Germany KOC University Turkey University of KWAZULU-NATAL South Africa KYUNG HEE University Korea, South University of LAHORE Pakistan LEHIGH University United States LINKÖPING University Sweden Johannes Kepler University LINZ Austria Universidade Catolica Portuguesa, LISBOA... Portugal Universidade Nova de LISBOA Portugal University of LJUBLJANA Slovenia Universidad de LOS ANDES Colombia LOUISIANA STATE University United States Université Claude Bernard LYON I France Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (UC... Italy University of NANCY I - Henri Poincare France University of NAVARRA Spain NIIGATA University Japan NORTHEASTERN University United States NOVOSIBIRSK STATE University Russia OKAYAMA University Japan The OPEN University United Kingdom OSAKA CITY University Japan Université PARIS IX Dauphine France Université PARIS V Descartes France Universidade Estadual PAULISTA Brazil Università degli Studi di PAVIA Italy Pontificia Universidad Católica del PERÚ... Peru University of PUNE India Universität REGENSBURG Germany University of RENNES France Pontifícia Universidade Católica do RIO ... Brazil Universitá degli Studi di ROMA - Tor Ver... Italy SABANCI University Turkey University of SALAMANCA Spain University of SANTO TOMAS Philippines SHANDONG University China University of SIENA Italy SMITH College United States SOUTHEAST University China National SUN YAT-SEN University Taiwan SWINBURNE University of Technology Australia National TAIWAN University of Science an... Taiwan University of TEHRAN Iran TEMPLE University United States THAMMASAT University Thailand Aristotelian University of THESSALONIKI Greece TOKAI University Japan TOMSK STATE University Russia TONGJI University China Universidad TORCUATO DI TELLA Argentina University of TOULOUSE III Paul Sabatier... France University of TRENTO Italy University of TRIESTE Italy UNITED ARAB EMIRATES University United Arab Emirates Universitat de VALENCIA Spain VIRGINIA Commonwealth University United States WARSAW University of Technology Poland XI'AN JIAOTONG University China 302 300 DUBLIN City University Ireland 303= 401-500 Indian Institute of Technology Madras (I... India 303= 291 University of SOUTH AUSTRALIA Australia 303= 312= Universität DÜSSELDORF Germany 306 401-500 University Complutense MADRID Spain 307 304= University of MANITOBA Canada 308 289 University of TENNESSEE United States 309= 401-500 AUSTRAL University Argentina 309= 356= University of EAST Anglia (UEA) United Kingdom 311 401-500 ROYAL HOLLOWAY University of London United Kingdom 312 292= Universität LEIPZIG Germany 313= 267= KUOPIO University Finland 313= 307= Universiti Sains MALAYSIA (USM) Malaysia 315 369= BANDUNG Institute of Technology Indonesia 316= 266 ASTON University United Kingdom 316= 360= Universitas GADJAH MADA Indonesia 318 319= Universität KÖLN (Cologne) Germany 319 282= University of the WITWATERSRAND South Africa 320= 358= City University of NEW YORK United States 320= 312= Universidad de CHILE Chile 320= 364= Universiti Putra MALAYSIA (UPM) Malaysia 320= 292= University of TROMSO Norway 320= 270= Universität ERLANGEN-NÜRNBERG Germany 325= 309= GRIFFITH University Australia 325= 362= University of ST GALLEN Switzerland 325= 311 Universität KONSTANZ Germany 328= 351= DUBLIN Institute of Technology Ireland 328= 401-500 Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Supe... Mexico 328= 301= NORWEGIAN University of Science and Tech... Norway 328= 312= Universität BIELEFELD Germany 332 330 Johannes Gutenberg Universität MAINZ Germany 333 325 University of PISA Italy 334= 338 Federal University of RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil 334= 336= Université du QUÉBEC Canada 336 319= University of TAMPERE Finland 337 358= University of NEW MEXICO United States 338= 256= DREXEL University United States 338= - KING FAHD University of Petroleum & Mine... Saudi Arabia 340 326 COLORADO STATE University United States 341 401-500 National YANG MING University Taiwan 342= 339= Universitat POMPEU FABRA Spain 342= 345= WARSAW University Poland 344 401-500 HANYANG University Korea, South 345 - HOWARD University United States 346 345= CARLETON University Canada 347= 401-500 SWANSEA University United Kingdom 347= 297 Universität BAYREUTH Germany 349= 333 Ruhr-Universität BOCHUM Germany 349= 335 TOKYO Metropolitan University Japan 349= 329 University of FLORENCE Italy 349= 281 University of KANSAS United States 349= 392 Universität MANNHEIM Germany 354= 336= National CHENG KUNG University Taiwan 354= 282= University of ALABAMA United States 356 401-500 Universiti Teknologi MALAYSIA (UTM) Malaysia 357= 383= CONCORDIA University Canada 357= 345= Universität des SAARLANDES Germany 359= 318 SHOWA University Japan 359= 328 University of CONNECTICUT United States 361 295= University of GEORGIA United States 362= 273= NAGASAKI University Japan 362= 401-500 Université PARIS VII Denis Diderot France 362= 401-500 YOKOHAMA CITY University Japan 365 286= WASHINGTON STATE University United States 366= 343= University of DELAWARE United States 366= 381= YESHIVA University United States 368= 401-500 National University of Ireland, GALWAY Ireland 368= 341= Universität MARBURG Germany 370= 350 LOYOLA University Chicago United States 370= 380 SUNG KYUN KWAN University Korea, South 372 354= University of OULU Finland 373 351= University of OREGON United States 374 401-500 BILKENT University Turkey 375 364= Universität BREMEN Germany 376= 390 ISTANBUL Technical University Turkey 376= 401-500 National University of Sciences and Tech... Pakistan 378= 401-500 HITOTSUBASHI University Japan 378= 386= KUMAMOTO University Japan 378= 364= TOKYO University of Science (TUS) Japan 378= 319= University of WAIKATO New Zealand 382= 303 College of WILLIAM & MARY United States 382= 401-500 Université des Sciences et Technologies ... France 382= 373 University of OKLAHOMA United States 382= 316 Universität JENA Germany 386 324 TIANJIN University China 387= 401-500 Universidad ORT Uruguay Uruguay 387= 319= University of COIMBRA Portugal 389 381= University of MISSOURI United States 390 354= YOKOHAMA NATIONAL University Japan 391= 349 University of BRADFORD United Kingdom 391= 374= University of JYVÄSKYLÄ Finland 391= 362= University of SOUTH CAROLINA United States 394= 401-500 GOLDSMITHS, University of London United Kingdom 394= 401-500 University of LIMERICK Ireland 396= 374= DEAKIN University Australia 396= 331= GUNMA University Japan 398= 401-500 University of NAPLES - Federico II Italy 398= 339= Universität of MÜNSTER Germany 400= 401-500 BANGOR University United Kingdom 400= 401-500 KASETSART University Thailand 202 205= QUEEN'S University of Belfast United Kingdom 203= 159= MICHIGAN STATE University United States 203= 236 YONSEI University Korea, South 205 183 Università degli Studi di ROMA - La Sapi... Italy 206 200= RMIT University Australia 207= 227= Sciences Po PARIS France 207= 184 Université Louis Pasteur STRASBOURG I France 207= 199 University of WOLLONGONG Australia 207= 171= Universität KARLSRUHE Germany 211 170 HELSINKI University of Technology TKK Finland 212 195= QUEENSLAND University of Technology Australia 213 171= University of DUNDEE United Kingdom 214= 161= KEIO University Japan 214= 229= Vrije University BRUSSELS (VUB) Belgium 216= 182 Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochsc... Germany 216= 209= University of TSUKUBA Japan 218 203= WAKE FOREST University United States 219= 248= NORTH CAROLINA STATE University United States 219= 207 University of IOWA United States 221 195= Radboud Universiteit NIJMEGEN Netherlands 222 227= University of OTTAWA Canada 223 190 University of SURREY United Kingdom 224= 239= SAINT-PETERSBURG State University Russia 224= 256= The HONG KONG Polytechnic University Hong Kong 226 286= University College CORK Ireland 227= 225= University of BERGEN Norway 227= 234 VICTORIA University of Wellington New Zealand 229 209= ZHEJIANG University China 230= 237= LOUGHBOROUGH University United Kingdom 230= 246= Universiti MALAYA (UM) Malaysia 232 235 CURTIN University of Technology Australia 233 218 TULANE University United States 234 259= University of Technology, SYDNEY Australia 235 259= University of CALIFORNIA, Santa Cruz United States 236 243= KOREA University Korea, South 237= 220 University of EXETER United Kingdom 237= 202 University of MIAMI United States 239= 246= STOCKHOLM University Sweden 239= 295= Université Paris Sorbonne (PARIS IV) France 241 239= Pontificia Universidad Católica de CHILE... Chile 242= 401-500 Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (I... India 242= 205= LA TROBE University Australia 244= 213 University of VICTORIA Canada 244= 166= VIENNA University of Technology Austria 246= 229= GEORGE WASHINGTON University United States 246= 237= University of TURKU Finland 246= 261 University of UTAH United States 249 177= University of CAMPINAS (Unicamp) Brazil 250 309= Universiti Kebangsaan MALAYSIA (UKM) Malaysia 251 284= MAHIDOL University Thailand 252 248= YORK University Canada 253 243= School of Oriental and African Studies, ... United Kingdom 254= 401-500 Ateneo de MANILA University Philippines 254= 306 Universidad Autónoma de MADRID Spain 256= 258 Universidad Autónoma de BARCELONA Spain 256= 225= Universität INNSBRUCK Austria 258= 272 University of ESSEX United Kingdom 258= 276= University of GOTHENBURG Sweden 260 221= ARIZONA STATE University United States 261 290 CHARLES University Czech Republic 262= 298 University of CALIFORNIA, Riverside United States 262= 255 University of HAWAII United States 264= 286= BEN GURION University of the Negev Israel 264= 276= Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universitä... Germany 266 267= Université Paris-Sud PARIS XI France 267 212 HIROSHIMA University Japan 268= 280 LAVAL University Canada 268= 219 University of CINCINNATI United States 270 252 University of STRATHCLYDE United Kingdom 271= 243= Technische Universität DRESDEN Germany 271= 262 University of LIEGE Belgium 273 351= FLINDERS University Australia 274= 254 University of DELHI India 274= 216 Universität HAMBURG Germany 276= 398= University of the PHILIPPINES Philippines 276= 263 Universität ULM Germany 276= 270= Universität WÜRZBURG Germany 276= 248= Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VIRGINIA... United States 280 273= STOCKHOLM School of Economics Sweden 281 334 National TSING HUA University Taiwan 282 275 Université Joseph-Fourier, GRENOBLE I France 283 242 MASSEY University New Zealand 284= 279 Karl-Franzens-Universität GRAZ Austria 284= 239= Technische Universität DARMSTADT Germany 286 215 University of NEWCASTLE Australia 287 395 University of INDONESIA Indonesia 288 369= Université PARIS I Panthéon Sorbonne France 289 276= IOWA STATE University United States 290 301= University of MONTPELLIER II - Sciences ... France 291= 343= Politecnico di MILANO Italy 291= 264= University of TASMANIA Australia 293 - Ecole Normale Supérieure Lettres et Scie... France 294 401-500 École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées E... France 295 317 University of SOUTHERN DENMARK Denmark 296= 292= BRUNEL University United Kingdom 296= 312= University of PADUA Italy 298 284= CHIBA University Japan 299 299 UMEÅ University Sweden 300= 253 FLORIDA STATE University United States 300= 331= JAGIELLONIAN University Poland
1	1	HARVARD University	United States
2	2=	YALE University	United States
3	2=	University of CAMBRIDGE	United Kingdom
4	2=	University of OXFORD	United Kingdom
5	7=	CALIFORNIA Institute of Technology (Calt...	United States
6	5	IMPERIAL College London	United Kingdom
7	9	UCL (University College London)	United Kingdom
8	7=	University of CHICAGO	United States
9	10	MASSACHUSETTS Institute of Technology (M...	United States
10	11	COLUMBIA University	United States
11	14	University of PENNSYLVANIA	United States
12	6	PRINCETON University	United States
13=	13	DUKE University	United States
13=	15	JOHNS HOPKINS University	United States
15	20=	CORNELL University	United States
16	16	AUSTRALIAN National University	Australia
17	19	STANFORD University	United States
18	38=	University of MICHIGAN	United States
19	17	University of TOKYO	Japan
20	12	MCGILL University	Canada
21	20=	CARNEGIE MELLON University	United States
22	24	KING'S College London	United Kingdom
23	23	University of EDINBURGH	United Kingdom
24	42	ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of T...	Switzerland
25	25	KYOTO University	Japan
26	18	University of HONG KONG	Hong Kong
27	32	BROWN University	United States
28	26	École Normale Supérieure, PARIS	France
29	30	University of MANCHESTER	United Kingdom
30=	33=	National University of SINGAPORE(NUS)	Singapore
30=	41	University of CALIFORNIA, Los Angeles (U...	United States
32	37	University of BRISTOL	United Kingdom
33	29	NORTHWESTERN University	United States
34=	28	ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE	France
34=	33=	University of BRITISH COLUMBIA	Canada
36	22	University of California, BERKELEY	United States
37	31	The University of SYDNEY	Australia
38	27	The University of MELBOURNE	Australia
39	53=	HONG KONG University of Science & Techno...	Hong Kong
40	49	NEW YORK University (NYU)	United States
41	45	University of TORONTO	Canada
42	38=	The CHINESE University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong
43	33=	University of QUEENSLAND	Australia
44	46	OSAKA University	Japan
45	44	University of NEW SOUTH WALES	Australia
46	47	BOSTON University	United States
47	43	MONASH University	Australia
48	93=	University of COPENHAGEN	Denmark
49	53=	TRINITY College Dublin	Ireland
50=	117=	Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de LAUSANNE...	Switzerland
50=	36	PEKING University	China
50=	51=	SEOUL National University	Korea, South
53	48	University of AMSTERDAM	Netherlands
54	71=	DARTMOUTH College	United States
55	55=	University of WISCONSIN-Madison	United States
56	40	TSINGHUA University	China
57	60	HEIDELBERG Universität	Germany
58	58	University of CALIFORNIA, San Diego	United States
59	55=	University of WASHINGTON	United States
60	161=	WASHINGTON University in St. Louis	United States
61	90=	TOKYO Institute of Technology	Japan
62	74=	EMORY University	United States
63	71=	UPPSALA University	Sweden
64	84	LEIDEN University	Netherlands
65	50	The University of AUCKLAND	New Zealand
66	59	LONDON School of Economics and Political...	United Kingdom
67	89	UTRECHT University	Netherlands
68	105	University of GENEVA	Switzerland
69	57	University of WARWICK	United Kingdom
70	51=	University of TEXAS at Austin	United States
71	73	University of ILLINOIS	United States
72	61	Katholieke Universiteit LEUVEN	Belgium
73	83	University of GLASGOW	United Kingdom
74	97=	University of ALBERTA	Canada
75	65=	University of BIRMINGHAM	United Kingdom
76	68	University of SHEFFIELD	United Kingdom
77	69	NANYANG Technological University	Singapore
78=	63	DELFT University of Technology	Netherlands
78=	92	RICE University	United States
78=	67	Technische Universität MÜNCHEN	Germany
81=	114=	University of AARHUS	Denmark
81=	74=	University of YORK	United Kingdom
83=	97=	GEORGIA Institute of Technology	United States
83=	64	The University of WESTERN AUSTRALIA	Australia
83=	76	University of ST ANDREWS	United Kingdom
86	70	University of NOTTINGHAM	United Kingdom
87	142=	University of MINNESOTA	United States
88	106	LUND University	Sweden
89	96	University of CALIFORNIA, Davis	United States
90	85=	CASE WESTERN RESERVE University	United States
91=	93=	Université de Montréal	Canada
91=	100	University of HELSINKI	Finland
93=	128	Hebrew University of JERUSALEM	Israel
93=	65=	Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München	Germany
95	132=	KAIST - Korea Advanced Institute of Scie...	Korea, South
96	110	University of VIRGINIA	United States
97	77=	University of PITTSBURGH	United States
98	117=	University of CALIFORNIA, Santa Barbara	United States
99=	77=	PURDUE University	United States
99=	80=	University of SOUTHAMPTON	United Kingdom