| Rank | School Name | Country | Peer Review | Recruiter Review | Intl. Faculty | Intl. Students | Faculty / Student | Citations / Faculty | Overall |
| 1 | HARVARD University | United States | 100.0 | 99.5 | 92.9 | 91.2 | 99.5 | 95.9 | 100.0 |
| 2= | University of OXFORD | United Kingdom | 100.0 | 99.9 | 97.0 | 96.0 | 99.5 | 82.0 | 97.6 |
| 2= | University of CAMBRIDGE | United Kingdom | 100.0 | 100.0 | 98.0 | 91.4 | 99.4 | 83.0 | 97.6 |
| 2= | YALE University | United States | 100.0 | 98.2 | 84.1 | 74.8 | 100.0 | 90.6 | 97.6 |
| 5 | Imperial College LONDON | United Kingdom | 99.3 | 98.9 | 98.3 | 99.7 | 99.9 | 81.5 | 97.5 |
| 6 | PRINCETON University | United States | 100.0 | 93.8 | 82.9 | 74.6 | 94.9 | 96.5 | 97.2 |
| 7= | University of CHICAGO | United States | 99.8 | 97.5 | 71.1 | 89.9 | 99.6 | 86.0 | 96.5 |
| 7= | CALIFORNIA Institute of Technology (Calt... | United States | 99.5 | 55.0 | 99.5 | 91.2 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 96.5 |
| 9 | UCL (University College LONDON) | United Kingdom | 95.6 | 97.5 | 90.6 | 97.5 | 99.8 | 81.5 | 95.3 |
| 10 | MASSACHUSETTS Institute of Technology (M... | United States | 100.0 | 98.9 | 33.5 | 93.6 | 85.1 | 98.4 | 94.6 |
| 11 | COLUMBIA University | United States | 99.9 | 96.4 | 34.5 | 89.3 | 93.9 | 91.4 | 94.5 |
| 12 | MCGILL University | Canada | 99.9 | 97.1 | 73.1 | 96.3 | 99.2 | 71.5 | 93.9 |
| 13 | DUKE University | United States | 97.6 | 97.3 | 16.1 | 74.4 | 99.8 | 92.4 | 93.4 |
| 14 | University of PENNSYLVANIA | United States | 96.7 | 96.0 | 82.7 | 65.4 | 88.0 | 91.7 | 93.3 |
| 15 | JOHNS HOPKINS University | United States | 99.3 | 76.7 | 34.6 | 69.1 | 97.7 | 95.8 | 92.9 |
| 16 | AUSTRALIAN National University | Australia | 99.8 | 90.6 | 67.5 | 91.2 | 99.7 | 65.6 | 91.6 |
| 17 | University of TOKYO | Japan | 99.8 | 92.3 | 25.0 | 44.0 | 96.2 | 88.5 | 91.1 |
| 18 | University of HONG KONG | Hong Kong | 94.8 | 89.9 | 99.9 | 89.3 | 85.3 | 78.6 | 90.7 |
| 19 | STANFORD University | United States | 100.0 | 98.9 | 24.8 | 93.8 | 66.0 | 99.9 | 90.6 |
| 20= | CARNEGIE MELLON University | United States | 95.9 | 94.4 | 66.5 | 96.3 | 75.8 | 86.5 | 90.0 |
| 20= | CORNELL University | United States | 99.9 | 97.7 | 35.7 | 68.7 | 74.4 | 93.2 | 90.0 |
| 22 | University of California, BERKELEY | United States | 100.0 | 98.3 | 73.4 | 88.3 | 58.8 | 92.4 | 89.7 |
| 23 | University of EDINBURGH | United Kingdom | 95.6 | 98.0 | 71.0 | 80.1 | 81.8 | 76.4 | 88.8 |
| 24 | King's College LONDON | United Kingdom | 90.3 | 94.9 | 92.7 | 83.9 | 91.1 | 69.8 | 88.2 |
| 25 | KYOTO University | Japan | 98.7 | 89.2 | 29.3 | 23.9 | 83.0 | 89.9 | 87.2 |
| 26 | Ecole Normale Supérieure, PARIS | France | 90.7 | 60.0 | 60.9 | 81.2 | 82.7 | 98.3 | 87.1 |
| 27 | University of MELBOURNE | Australia | 99.6 | 98.5 | 64.3 | 95.1 | 63.8 | 70.0 | 85.9 |
| 28 | ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE | France | 76.1 | 94.0 | 70.3 | 94.3 | 100.0 | 78.0 | 85.1 |
| 29 | NORTHWESTERN University | United States | 87.9 | 96.8 | 34.6 | 68.2 | 77.2 | 90.6 | 85.0 |
| 30 | University of MANCHESTER | United Kingdom | 88.5 | 99.0 | 84.2 | 84.8 | 76.8 | 70.4 | 84.7 |
| 31 | The University of SYDNEY | Australia | 98.8 | 95.2 | 99.5 | 94.7 | 51.1 | 70.7 | 84.6 |
| 32 | BROWN University | United States | 90.5 | 77.1 | 75.3 | 57.6 | 74.0 | 88.5 | 84.5 |
| 33= | University of BRITISH COLUMBIA | Canada | 99.7 | 91.5 | 35.0 | 63.4 | 70.2 | 74.1 | 84.3 |
| 33= | University of QUEENSLAND | Australia | 95.3 | 93.9 | 79.3 | 76.2 | 70.0 | 67.8 | 84.3 |
| 33= | National University of SINGAPORE | Singapore | 99.8 | 92.8 | 99.8 | 99.5 | 33.8 | 84.4 | 84.3 |
| 36 | PEKING University | China | 99.7 | 97.6 | 32.1 | 26.2 | 97.5 | 53.3 | 84.2 |
| 37 | University of BRISTOL | United Kingdom | 81.2 | 98.2 | 87.9 | 71.7 | 84.8 | 77.2 | 84.1 |
| 38= | The CHINESE University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 83.4 | 78.9 | 99.8 | 84.8 | 79.6 | 79.8 | 83.8 |
| 38= | University of MICHIGAN | United States | 99.4 | 95.5 | 40.8 | 52.2 | 53.0 | 88.9 | 83.8 |
| 40 | TSINGHUA University | China | 95.3 | 92.0 | 20.2 | 35.9 | 100.0 | 58.5 | 83.3 |
| 41 | University of CALIFORNIA, Los Angeles (U... | United States | 99.9 | 92.1 | 20.4 | 35.6 | 55.9 | 90.8 | 82.8 |
| 42 | ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of T... | Switzerland | 92.2 | 75.5 | 99.9 | 92.0 | 61.3 | 73.7 | 82.5 |
| 43 | MONASH University | Australia | 97.6 | 97.2 | 99.1 | 99.2 | 52.6 | 57.3 | 82.1 |
| 44 | University of NEW SOUTH WALES | Australia | 96.5 | 97.5 | 88.6 | 91.5 | 39.4 | 75.7 | 81.8 |
| 45 | University of TORONTO | Canada | 100.0 | 95.7 | 86.3 | 50.2 | 21.1 | 93.1 | 80.6 |
| 46 | OSAKA University | Japan | 82.9 | 75.3 | 17.4 | 29.1 | 86.3 | 91.4 | 80.0 |
| 47 | BOSTON University | United States | 90.7 | 88.7 | 28.5 | 87.8 | 48.8 | 87.8 | 79.7 |
| 48 | University of AMSTERDAM | Netherlands | 83.6 | 80.8 | 76.3 | 31.7 | 81.3 | 70.0 | 78.6 |
| 49 | NEW YORK University (NYU) | United States | 95.4 | 92.9 | 29.4 | 48.5 | 47.8 | 77.5 | 77.8 |
| 50 | The University of AUCKLAND | New Zealand | 94.9 | 83.2 | 100.0 | 99.3 | 37.8 | 61.4 | 77.5 |
| 51= | University of TEXAS at Austin | United States | 94.9 | 93.6 | 66.1 | 46.8 | 22.3 | 91.9 | 77.1 |
| 51= | SEOUL National University | Korea, South | 91.5 | 53.8 | 16.2 | 24.4 | 79.9 | 78.9 | 77.1 |
| 53= | TRINITY College Dublin | Ireland | 79.7 | 91.6 | 98.9 | 76.9 | 70.1 | 58.3 | 76.9 |
| 53= | HONG KONG University of Science & Techno... | Hong Kong | 83.9 | 81.6 | 100.0 | 95.5 | 28.5 | 92.0 | 76.9 |
| 55= | University of WASHINGTON | United States | 83.8 | 50.1 | 44.3 | 32.5 | 73.2 | 91.6 | 76.7 |
| 55= | University of WISCONSIN-Madison | United States | 93.7 | 81.0 | 49.5 | 43.9 | 30.6 | 94.8 | 76.7 |
| 57 | University of WARWICK | United Kingdom | 80.0 | 97.9 | 89.1 | 96.4 | 62.4 | 57.7 | 76.4 |
| 58 | University of CALIFORNIA, San Diego | United States | 97.9 | 39.0 | 23.1 | 30.1 | 50.6 | 95.4 | 76.3 |
| 59 | LONDON School of Economics and Political... | United Kingdom | 88.7 | 99.8 | 99.9 | 100.0 | 65.4 | 29.3 | 75.7 |
| 60 | HEIDELBERG University | Germany | 84.2 | 62.6 | 41.7 | 87.4 | 60.5 | 78.3 | 75.5 |
| 61 | Katholieke Universiteit LEUVEN | Belgium | 88.2 | 83.5 | 51.1 | 55.1 | 39.2 | 84.4 | 75.0 |
| 62 | University of ADELAIDE | Australia | 74.6 | 86.0 | 77.3 | 96.1 | 66.1 | 65.1 | 74.7 |
| 63 | DELFT University of Technology | Netherlands | 75.0 | 80.5 | 83.4 | 67.5 | 65.7 | 72.0 | 74.4 |
| 64 | University of WESTERN AUSTRALIA | Australia | 71.7 | 87.8 | 96.2 | 77.8 | 55.6 | 78.5 | 74.3 |
| 65= | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (... | Germany | 80.3 | 60.0 | 57.6 | 71.4 | 69.7 | 71.5 | 74.1 |
| 65= | University of BIRMINGHAM | United Kingdom | 71.1 | 93.1 | 84.1 | 69.9 | 62.4 | 74.6 | 74.1 |
| 67 | Technische Universität MÜNCHEN | Germany | 67.5 | 70.9 | 59.4 | 83.1 | 88.5 | 68.6 | 73.9 |
| 68 | University of SHEFFIELD | United Kingdom | 68.6 | 96.1 | 80.8 | 66.8 | 71.1 | 68.9 | 73.7 |
| 69 | NANYANG Technological University | Singapore | 81.4 | 81.6 | 99.7 | 99.4 | 36.7 | 71.7 | 73.6 |
| 70 | University of NOTTINGHAM | United Kingdom | 69.4 | 97.6 | 84.3 | 88.2 | 64.1 | 64.7 | 73.2 |
| 71= | DARTMOUTH College | United States | 60.0 | 89.5 | 26.3 | 53.4 | 90.8 | 83.4 | 73.0 |
| 71= | UPPSALA University | Sweden | 84.5 | 34.1 | 50.9 | 26.0 | 81.0 | 72.3 | 73.0 |
| 73 | University of ILLINOIS | United States | 94.2 | 63.5 | 34.0 | 50.6 | 28.7 | 86.3 | 72.6 |
| 74= | University of YORK | United Kingdom | 62.0 | 91.5 | 76.3 | 82.7 | 77.5 | 68.8 | 72.4 |
| 74= | EMORY University | United States | 60.9 | 75.1 | 13.2 | 39.2 | 98.7 | 84.5 | 72.4 |
| 76 | University of ST ANDREWS | United Kingdom | 56.6 | 95.3 | 90.9 | 98.5 | 77.5 | 69.3 | changed November 26, 2007 |