Times Higher Education World University Rankings: 1, Harvard University 2, Stanford University 3, Yale University 4, California Institute of Technology 5, University of California at Berkeley 6, Cambridge University 7, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 8, Oxford University 9, University of California at San Francisco 10, Columbia University1,University of Michigan 60. UCLA/KOOC-0/3, University of Pennsylvania/KOOC-0/4, Duke University/KOOC-0/5, Princeton University/KOOC-0/6, University of Tokyo/KOOC-0/7, London, Imperial College London, London/KOOC-0/8, University of Toronto/KOOC-0/9. University of California, San Diego 24, Johns Hopkins University 25, University College London 26, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne 27, University of Texas, Austin 28, University of Wisconsin, Madison 29, Kyoto University 30, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 3 1, University of British Columbia, Canada 32, University of Geneva 33, University of Washington, St. Louis 34, London School of Economics 35, Northwest University 36, National University of Singapore 37, University of Pittsburgh 38, Australian National University 39, new york University 40, Pennsylvania State University 4 1, University of North Carolina 42, Canadian McGill University 43, Paris Institute of Technology 44, university of basel 45, University of Maryland 46, University of Zurich 47, University of Edinburgh 48, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 49, University of Bristol 59.

Times Higher Education World University Rankings, QS World University Rankings and academic ranking of world universities are three authoritative world rankings. The ranking standards are different, but in general, the gap is not big.