World's Best Universities: Engineering and IT

U.S.News & World Report's World's Best Universities rankings, based on the QS World University Rankings, identified these to be the world's top universities in 2009.

Rank		Subject Score	Citations per Paper
1	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States	100	4.2
2	University of California, BerkeleyUnited States	86.3	4.5
3	Stanford UniversityUnited States	81.5	4.2
4	University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom	77	3.3
5	California Institute of Technology (Caltech)United States	76.2	4.6
6	University of TokyoJapan	69.1	1.9
6	Imperial College LondonUnited Kingdom	69.1	2.7
8	University of TorontoCanada	63.3	3.4
9	Carnegie Mellon UniversityUnited States	63.2	3.1
10	ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)Switzerland	60.8	3.5
11	University of OxfordUnited Kingdom	59.8	3
12	Georgia Institute of TechnologyUnited States	59.3	2.9
13	Tsinghua UniversityChina	59.2	1.2
14	National University of Singapore (NUS)Singapore	57.5	2.9
15	Delft University of TechnologyNetherlands	55.4	2.2
16	Kyoto UniversityJapan	54.2	1.9
17	University of British ColumbiaCanada	53.2	2.9
18	University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)United States	53.1	4.2
19	Tokyo Institute of TechnologyJapan	51.4	1.8
20	McGill UniversityCanada	51.2	2.3
21	KAIST - Korea Advanced Institute of Science & TechnologyKorea, South	50.7	2.1
22	Harvard UniversityUnited States	50.5	4.8
23	Princeton UniversityUnited States	50.3	4.4
24	Cornell UniversityUnited States	50	3.7
25	University of Illinois, Urbana-ChampaignUnited States	49.5	2.9
26	Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyHong Kong	49.1	2.7
27	Seoul National UniversityKorea, South	47.5	2.2
27	University of WaterlooCanada	47.5	2.1
29	University of MelbourneAustralia	46.9	2.6
30	Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB)India	46.7	1.9
31	Peking UniversityChina	46.6	1.6
32	Technion - Israel Institute of TechnologyIsrael	46.5	2.4
33	University of New South WalesAustralia	45.3	2.1
33	Nanyang Technological University (NTU)Singapore	45.3	2.2
35	Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD)India	44.4	1.9
36	University of Texas at AustinUnited States	44.2	2.9
37	Purdue UniversityUnited States	43.7	2.5
38	University of ManchesterUnited Kingdom	43.5	2.6
38	École PolytechniqueFrance	43.5	2.4
40	University of SydneyAustralia	43.2	2
41	University of MichiganUnited States	42.5	3.3
42	Australian National UniversityAustralia	41.6	2.4
43	University of California, San DiegoUnited States	40.5	3
44	École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Switzerland	39.8	3.1
45	Technische Universität MünchenGermany	39.7	2.4
46	University of AlbertaCanada	38.8	2.5
47	National Taiwan UniversityTaiwan	38	2.1
47	Osaka UniversityJapan	38	1.7
49	Eindhoven University of TechnologyNetherlands	37.9	2.6
50	Monash UniversityAustralia	37.3	2.1
50	Katholieke Universiteit LeuvenBelgium	37.3	2.7
52	University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom	36.8	2.3
53	Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina	36.5	1.1
53	KTH, Royal Institute of TechnologySweden	36.5	2.1
55	The University of AucklandNew Zealand	36	1.7
56	Chalmers University of TechnologySweden	35.6	2.3
57	Politecnico di MilanoItaly	35.5	1.8
57	Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule AachenGermany	35.5	2
59	University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina	35.2	1.6
60	Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK)India	34.8	1.9
61	University of QueenslandAustralia	34.7	2.5
62	Technische Universität BerlinGermany	34.6	1.9
63	UCL (University College London)United Kingdom	34	3
63	University of Hong KongHong Kong	34	2.8
65	Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM)India	33.8	1.7
66	Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Virginia Tech)United States	33.5	2.2
67	Columbia UniversityUnited States	33.1	3.5
68	University of California, Santa BarbaraUnited States	32.7	4.2
68	University of SouthamptonUnited Kingdom	32.7	2.4
70	Yale UniversityUnited States	32.5	3.7
71	Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States	31.9	3.6
71	Universität KarlsruheGermany	31.9	1.9
73	Vienna University of TechnologyAustria	31.8	1.8
74	Texas A&M UniversityUnited States	31.6	2.1
75	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IITKGP)India	31.3	1.7
76	Tohoku UniversityJapan	30.9	2
77	Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteUnited States	30.1	2.8
78	Chulalongkorn UniversityThailand	29.9	1.8
78	The Chinese University of Hong KongHong Kong	29.9	2.2
80	Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB)Indonesia	29.8	0.6
81	Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)Korea, South	29.6	2.9
81	Technical University of DenmarkDenmark	29.6	2.9
83	University of Wisconsin-MadisonUnited States	29.4	3.1
84	Ecole Normale Supérieure, ParisFrance	29.3	3
84	National Tsing Hua UniversityTaiwan	29.3	2
86	Fudan UniversityChina	28.7	1.7
87	University of PennsylvaniaUnited States	28.6	3.9
87	University of CalgaryCanada	28.6	1.7
89	McMaster UniversityCanada	28.4	2.7
89	Universität StuttgartGermany	28.4	2.1
91	The Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong	28.2	2.1
92	City University of Hong KongHong Kong	28	2.8
93	University of BirminghamUnited Kingdom	27.9	2.6
94	Helsinki University of Technology TKKFinland	27.8	1.9
95	Pennsylvania State UniversityUnited States	27.6	2.9
96	University of WashingtonUnited States	27.5	3.9
97	RMIT UniversityAustralia	27.3	1.4
98	Brown UniversityUnited States	27.1	3.5
98	University of BristolUnited Kingdom	27.1	2.8
98	Nagoya UniversityJapan	27.1	1.6

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