QS World University Rankings 2013/14
Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) has released their latest World University Rankings – 2013/14. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) maintained the number one position, followed closely by Harvard University and the University of Cambridge at the second and third position. Here’s a look at the top 20 varsities of the world.
| University |
2013 Ranking |
2012 Ranking |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), United States |
1 |
1 |
| Harvard University, United States |
2 |
3 |
| University of Cambridge, United Kingdom |
3 |
2 |
| UCL (University College London), United Kingdom |
4 |
4 |
| Imperial College London, United Kingdom |
5 |
6 |
| University of Oxford, United Kingdom |
6 |
5 |
| Stanford University, United States |
7 |
15 |
| Yale University, United States |
8 |
7 |
| University of Chicago, United States |
9 |
8 |
| California Institute of Technology (Caltech), United States |
10 |
10 |
| Princeton University, United States |
10 |
9 |
| ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology), Switzerland |
12 |
13 |
| University of Pennsylvania, United States |
13 |
12 |
| Columbia University, United States |
14 |
11 |
| Cornell University, United States |
15 |
14 |
| Johns Hopkins University, United States |
16 |
16 |
| University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom |
17 |
21 |
| University of Toronto, Canada |
17 |
19 |
| Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland |
18 |
29 |
| King's College London (KCL), United Kingdom |
19 |
26 |
Stanford University, University of Edinburgh, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, and King's College London are the biggest gainers in this year’s top 20 list.