World top universities by knowledge field:     Top 20 by region  |   Top 100 by region  |   Top 200 by region  |   Top 20 by country  |   Top 100 by country  |   Top 200 by country   |   Institutions in the top 20 / 100 / 200  |  

 

areppim column chart and statistics of the academic ranking of world top 100 universities by knowledge field, by region in 2016. North America leads the ranking of the world top 100 universities in four of the the five knowledge fields in the chart: Natural Sciences and Mathematics (SCI), Life and Agriculture Sciences (LIFE), Clinical Medicine and Pharmacy (MED), and Social Science (SOC). It is in the latter field that North American supremacy is the strongest, and the presence of the other regions is visibly the weakest.The emergence of Asian schools to the highest rank is noteworthy in the field of Engineering/Technology and Computer Sciences (ENG), thus overtaking both their American and European equivalents. Europe comes second in all fields except engineering, where it is outperformed by the Asia/Oceania and American regions. Latin America and Africa do not place any institutions in the top 100 pot.

North America leads the ranking of the world top 100 universities in four of the the five knowledge fields in the chart: Natural Sciences and Mathematics (SCI), Life and Agriculture Sciences (LIFE), Clinical Medicine and Pharmacy (MED), and Social Science (SOC). It is in the latter field that North American supremacy is the strongest, and the presence of the other regions is visibly the weakest.

The emergence of Asian schools to the highest rank is noteworthy in the field of Engineering/Technology and Computer Sciences (ENG), thus overtaking both their American and European equivalents. Europe comes second in all fields except engineering, where it is outperformed by the Asia/Oceania and American regions. Latin America and Africa do not place any institutions in the top 100 pot.

top  Global Ranking of Academic Field - 2016


Top 20 by Region

Region

Natural Sciences and Mathematics

Engineering / Technology and Computer Sciences

Life and Agriculture Sciences

Clinical Medicine and Pharmacy

Social Science

Americas159161617
Europe43343
Asia/Oceania181  
Africas     
Total2020202020
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top  Global Ranking of Academic Field - 2016


Top 100 by Region

Region

Natural Sciences and Mathematics

Engineering / Technology and Computer Sciences

Life and Agriculture Sciences

Clinical Medicine and Pharmacy

Social Science

Americas4732525060
Europe3322384430
Asia/Oceania204610610
Africas     
Total100100100100100
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Top 200 by Region

Region

Natural Sciences and Mathematics

Engineering / Technology and Computer Sciences

Life and Agriculture Sciences

Clinical Medicine and Pharmacy

Social Science

Americas69548885111
Europe7557838663
Asia/Oceania5689282825
Africas  111
Total200200200200200
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Top 20 by Country

Region

Natural Sciences and Mathematics

Engineering / Technology and Computer Sciences

Life and Agriculture Sciences

Clinical Medicine and Pharmacy

Social Science

United States159161616
United Kingdom22333
Switzerland11   
France1    
Japan1    
China 5   
Singapore 2   
Saudi Arabia 1   
Australia  1  
Sweden   1 
Canada    1
Total2020202020
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Top 100 by Country

Region

Natural Sciences and Mathematics

Engineering / Technology and Computer Sciences

Life and Agriculture Sciences

Clinical Medicine and Pharmacy

Social Science

United States4429494457
United Kingdom96131411
Germany82641
China727  1
France71341
Japan623  
Switzerland42431
Canada33363
Israel32  1
Singapore221 1
Saudi Arabia14   
Soutd Korea131  
Sweden12332
Denmark12222
Netherlands11277
Finland1 11 
Russia1    
Australia 5567
Spain 2 11
Italy 2 1 
Belgium 1222
Iran 1   
Portugal 1   
Norway  212
Austria   1 
Total100100100100100
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Top 200 by Country

Region

Natural Sciences and Mathematics

Engineering / Technology and Computer Sciences

Life and Agriculture Sciences

Clinical Medicine and Pharmacy

Social Science

United States6447777397
China2552699
United Kingdom1714211925
Germany15616167
France105771
Australia91012910
Japan8553 
Italy67171
Spain65331
Soutd Korea5713 
Netherlands537811
Switzerland52543
Canada4691114
Saudi Arabia341  
Israel32123
Sweden25754
Belgium22533
Denmark22343
Singapore22112
Austria2 221
Norway11232
Finland11231
Brazil1111 
India11   
Russia1    
Malaysia 3   
Greece 2 1 
Iran 2   
Portugal 2   
Turkey 1   
Ireland  2  
New Zealand  111
Soutd Africa  111
Mexico  1  
Czech   1 
Total200200200200200
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top  Statistics by Institution and Field - 2016


Institutions in the Top 20 / Top 100 / Top 200

Institution

Country

Top 20

Top 100

Top 100

Stanford UniversityUnited States555
University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom555
Harvard UniversityUnited States455
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)United States455
University of California, BerkeleyUnited States455
University of California, Los AngelesUnited States455
University of OxfordUnited Kingdom455
Columbia UniversityUnited States445
Yale UniversityUnited States444
University of Michigan-Ann ArborUnited States355
Cornell UniversityUnited States255
Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States255
University College LondonUnited Kingdom255
University of California, San DiegoUnited States255
University of WashingtonUnited States255
Nortdwestern UniversityUnited States245
University of PennsylvaniaUnited States245
Princeton UniversityUnited States244
University of ChicagoUnited States244
University of Nortd Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States234
University of California, San FranciscoUnited States223
The University of Texas Soutdwestern Medical Center at DallasUnited States222
University of Minnesota, Twin CitiesUnited States155
University of TorontoCanada155
Duke UniversityUnited States145
National University of SingaporeSingapore145
The Imperial College of Science, Technology and MedicineUnited Kingdom145
The University of QueenslandAustralia145
University of Wisconsin - MadisonUnited States145
Pierre and Marie Curie University - Paris 6France144
University of California, Santa BarbaraUnited States144
University of Colorado at BoulderUnited States144
University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignUnited States144
New York UniversityUnited States135
Purdue University - West LafayetteUnited States134
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ZurichSwitzerland134
Texas A&M UniversityUnited States134
The University of Texas at AustinUnited States134
The University of TokyoJapan134
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh CampusUnited States134
Vanderbilt UniversityUnited States134
California Institute of TechnologyUnited States133
Carnegie Mellon UniversityUnited States133
Georgia Institute of TechnologyUnited States133
Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore123
Tsinghua UniversityChina123
Zhejiang UniversityChina123
Karolinska InstituteSweden122
King Abdulaziz UniversitySaudi Arabia122
Mayo Medical SchoolUnited States122
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology LausanneSwitzerland122
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer CenterUnited States122
Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina115
Rockefeller UniversityUnited States112
Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina111
London School of Economics and Political ScienceUnited Kingdom111
Soutdeast UniversityChina111
The Ohio State University - ColumbusUnited States 55
University of British ColumbiaCanada 55
University of Soutdern CaliforniaUnited States 55
The University of MelbourneAustralia 45
University of FloridaUnited States 45
KU LeuvenBelgium 44
Pennsylvania State University - University ParkUnited States 44
Technical University MunichGermany 44
University of Maryland, College ParkUnited States 44
Ghent UniversityBelgium 35
McGill UniversityCanada 35
Monash UniversityAustralia 35
The University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom 35
The University of ManchesterUnited Kingdom 35
University of California, DavisUnited States 35
University of California, IrvineUnited States 35
Uppsala UniversitySweden 35
Aarhus UniversityDenmark 34
Boston UniversityUnited States 34
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New BrunswickUnited States 34
Seoul National UniversityKorea, Rep. of 34
University of ArizonaUnited States 34
University of CopenhagenDenmark 34
University of MunichGermany 34
University of OsloNorway 34
University of ZurichSwitzerland 34
Utrecht UniversityNetherlands 34
VU University AmsterdamNetherlands 34
Heidelberg UniversityGermany 33
Michigan State UniversityUnited States 33
The University of Western AustraliaAustralia 33
University of HelsinkiFinland 33
Washington University in St. LouisUnited States 33
Peking UniversityChina 25
The University of AdelaideAustralia 25
University of BristolUnited Kingdom 25
University of NottinghamUnited Kingdom 25
University of SoutdamptonUnited Kingdom 25
University of SydneyAustralia 25
Aix Marseille UniversityFrance 24
Brown UniversityUnited States 24
King's College LondonUnited Kingdom 24
Kyoto UniversityJapan 24
Lund UniversitySweden 24
Osaka UniversityJapan 24
The University of New Soutd WalesAustralia 24
The University of SheffieldUnited Kingdom 24
University of AlbertaCanada 24
University of BirminghamUnited Kingdom 24
University of BonnGermany 24
University of GroningenNetherlands 24
University of UtahUnited States 24
Cardiff UniversityUnited Kingdom 23
Emory UniversityUnited States 23
Fudan UniversityChina 23
Leiden UniversityNetherlands 23
Rice UniversityUnited States 23
The Hebrew University of JerusalemIsrael 23
Tohoku UniversityJapan 23
University of AmsterdamNetherlands 23
University of GotdenburgSweden 23
University of Paris-Sud (Paris 11)France 23
University of WarwickUnited Kingdom 23
Baylor College of MedicineUnited States 22
Erasmus UniversityNetherlands 22
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiUnited States 22
Maastricht UniversityNetherlands 22
Queen Mary University of LondonUnited Kingdom 22
Technion-Israel Institute of TechnologyIsrael 22
The Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong 22
University of BaselSwitzerland 22
University of BernSwitzerland 22
University of California, Santa CruzUnited States 22
University of East AngliaUnited Kingdom 22
University of GenevaSwitzerland 22
University of Massachusetts Medical School - WorcesterUnited States 22
University of Notre DameUnited States 22
University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina 22
University of StrasbourgFrance 22
University Paris Diderot - Paris 7France 22
The University of Hong KongHong Kong 15
Arizona State UniversityUnited States 14
National Taiwan UniversityTaiwan 14
Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 14
The Chinese University of Hong KongHong Kong 14
University of FrankfurtGermany 14
University of Massachusetts AmherstUnited States 14
University of MiamiUnited States 14
University of RochesterUnited States 14
Case Western Reserve UniversityUnited States 13
City University of Hong KongHong Kong 13
King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 13
Norwegian University of Science and Technology - NTNUNorway 13
RWTH Aachen UniversityGermany 13
Tel Aviv UniversityIsrael 13
The Australian National UniversityAustralia 13
The Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyHong Kong 13
The University of CalgaryCanada 13
The University of GlasgowUnited Kingdom 13
Tufts UniversityUnited States 13
University of BarcelonaSpain 13
University of Erlangen-NurembergGermany 13
University of ExeterUnited Kingdom 13
University of VirginiaUnited States 13
University of WuerzburgGermany 13
Aalborg UniversityDenmark 12
Durham UniversityUnited Kingdom 12
Indiana University BloomingtonUnited States 12
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)Germany 12
King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologySaudi Arabia 12
Korea UniversityKorea, Rep. of 12
McMaster UniversityCanada 12
Medical University of ViennaAustria 12
Nagoya UniversityJapan 12
Nanjing UniversityChina 12
Nortd Carolina State University - RaleighUnited States 12
Oregon Healtd and Science UniversityUnited States 12
Pohang University of Science and TechnologyKorea, Rep. of 12
Soochow UniversityChina 12
Technical University of DenmarkDenmark 12
Temple UniversityUnited States 12
The George Washington UniversityUnited States 12
The University of GeorgiaUnited States 12
The University of Texas Healtd Science Center at HoustonUnited States 12
Tokyo Institute of TechnologyJapan 12
TU DresdenGermany 12
University of Alabama at BirminghamUnited States 12
University of BergenNorway 12
University of California, RiversideUnited States 12
University of FreiburgGermany 12
University of GoettingenGermany 12
University of Hawaii at ManoaUnited States 12
University of Illinois at ChicagoUnited States 12
University of Paris Descartes (Paris 5)France 12
University of TuebingenGermany 12
University of WageningenNetherlands 12
University of WaterlooCanada 12
Weizmann Institute of ScienceIsrael 12
Xian Jiao Tong UniversityChina 12
Central Soutd UniversityChina 11
Chalmers University of TechnologySweden 11
Copenhagen Business SchoolDenmark 11
Dartmoutd CollegeUnited States 11
École Normale Superieure - ParisFrance 11
École PolytechniqueFrance 11
Eindhoven University of TechnologyNetherlands 11
George Mason UniversityUnited States 11
Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 11
King Fahd University of Petroleum & MineralsSaudi Arabia 11
Lancaster UniversityUnited Kingdom 11
Linkoping UniversitySweden 11
London Business SchoolUnited Kingdom 11
London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineUnited Kingdom 11
Moscow State UniversityRussia 11
NanJing Tech UniversityChina 11
Nankai UniversityChina 11
National Cheng Kung UniversityTaiwan 11
National Chiao Tung UniversityTaiwan 11
Oregon State UniversityUnited States 11
Polytechnic Institute of MilanItaly 11
Polytechnic University of CataloniaSpain 11
Pompeu Fabra UniversitySpain 11
Sichuan UniversityChina 11
Soutd China University of TechnologyChina 11
The University of AkronUnited States 11
The University of Texas at DallasUnited States 11
Tianjin UniversityChina 11
Toulouse School of EconomicsFrance 11
University of Arkansas at FayettevilleUnited States 11
University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina 11
University of EssexUnited Kingdom 11
University of GranadaSpain 11
University of LisbonPortugal 11
University of SalernoItaly 11
University of Technology, SydneyAustralia 11
University of TehranIran 11
University of TurinItaly 11
University of WollongongAustralia 11
Wuhan University of TechnologyChina 11
University of LeedsUnited Kingdom  5
Radboud University NijmegenNetherlands  4
University of IowaUnited States  4
University of MontrealCanada  4
University of São PauloBrazil  4
Claude Bernard University Lyon 1France  3
Delft University of TechnologyNetherlands  3
Iowa State UniversityUnited States  3
Nortdeastern UniversityUnited States  3
Sapienza University of RomeItaly  3
Stockholm UniversitySweden  3
The University of AucklandNew Zealand  3
University at Buffalo, tde State University of New YorkUnited States  3
University of BolognaItaly  3
University of DelawareUnited States  3
University of HoustonUnited States  3
University of LausanneSwitzerland  3
University of LiverpoolUnited Kingdom  3
University of PaduaItaly  3
University of Tennessee - KnoxvilleUnited States  3
University of ViennaAustria  3
Yonsei UniversityKorea, Rep. of  3
Aalto UniversityFinland  2
Autonomous University of BarcelonaSpain  2
Beihang UniversityChina  2
Beijing Normal UniversityChina  2
Catdolic University of LouvainBelgium  2
Curtin UniversityAustralia  2
Dalian University of TechnologyChina  2
East China University of Science and TechnologyChina  2
Florida State UniversityUnited States  2
Georgetown UniversityUnited States  2
Hannover Medical SchoolGermany  2
Hunan UniversityChina  2
Indian Institute of ScienceIndia  2
Indiana University-Purdue University at IndianapolisUnited States  2
Jilin UniversityChina  2
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and TechnologyKorea, Rep. of  2
Laval UniversityCanada  2
Macquarie UniversityAustralia  2
National Tsing Hua UniversityTaiwan  2
Newcastle UniversityUnited Kingdom  2
Paul Sabatier University (Toulouse 3)France  2
Polytechnic University of ValenciaSpain  2
Queen's UniversityCanada  2
Sungkyunkwan UniversityKorea, Rep. of  2
The University of New Mexico - AlbuquerqueUnited States  2
The University of Newcastle, AustraliaAustralia  2
The University of Texas Healtd Science Center at San AntonioUnited States  2
Umea UniversitySweden  2
University of AntwerpBelgium  2
University of BordeauxFrance  2
University of CincinnatiUnited States  2
University of Eastern FinlandFinland  2
University of FlorenceItaly  2
University of GiessenGermany  2
University of KansasUnited States  2
University of MilanItaly  2
University of Missouri - ColumbiaUnited States  2
University of MuensterGermany  2
University of Naples Federico IIItaly  2
University of Nebraska - LincolnUnited States  2
University of OttawaCanada  2
University of Soutd Carolina - ColumbiaUnited States  2
University of Soutd FloridaUnited States  2
University of SussexUnited Kingdom  2
University of tde WitwatersrandSouth Africa  2
University of UlmGermany  2
University of ValenciaSpain  2
University of VictoriaCanada  2
Virginia Commonwealtd UniversityUnited States  2
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityUnited States  2
Western UniversityCanada  2
Xiamen UniversityChina  2
Yeshiva UniversityUnited States  2
American UniversityUnited States  1
Amirkabir University of TechnologyIran  1
Aristotle University of ThessalonikiGreece  1
Autonomous University of MadridSpain  1
Beijing Institute of TechnologyChina  1
Beijing University of Chemical TechnologyChina  1
Boston CollegeUnited States  1
Brigham Young UniversityUnited States  1
Charles University in PragueCzech  1
China Agricultural UniversityChina  1
China Medical UniversityTaiwan  1
Chongqing UniversityChina  1
Colorado State UniversityUnited States  1
Complutense University of MadridSpain  1
Deakin UniversityAustralia  1
Donghua UniversityChina  1
Drexel UniversityUnited States  1
European University InstituteItaly  1
Free University BerlinGermany  1
Georgia State UniversityUnited States  1
Griffitd UniversityAustralia  1
Hanyang UniversityKorea, Rep. of  1
Hokkaido UniversityJapan  1
James Cook UniversityAustralia  1
Jiangnan UniversityChina  1
Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)France  1
KTH Royal Institute of TechnologySweden  1
Kyushu UniversityJapan  1
La Trobe UniversityAustralia  1
Lanzhou UniversityChina  1
Medical College of WisconsinUnited States  1
Medical University of GrazAustria  1
Medical University of Soutd CarolinaUnited States  1
Middle East Technical UniversityTurkey  1
Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsChina  1
Nanjing University of Science and TechnologyChina  1
National and Kapodistrian University of AtdensGreece  1
National Autonomous University of MexicoMexico  1
National Sun Yat-Sen UniversityTaiwan  1
National Technical University of AtdensGreece  1
National University of MalaysiaMalaysia  1
National Yang Ming UniversityTaiwan  1
Nortdeast Normal UniversityChina  1
Nortdeastern University(China)China  1
Nortdwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina  1
Polytechnic University of MadridSpain  1
Polytechnic University of TurinItaly  1
RMIT UniversityAustralia  1
Rush UniversityUnited States  1
Shandong UniversityChina  1
Simon Fraser UniversityCanada  1
Stony Brook UniversityUnited States  1
Swedish University of Agricultural SciencesSweden  1
Swinburne University of TechnologyAustralia  1
Technical University of BerlinGermany  1
The University of Alabama - TuscaloosaUnited States  1
The University of DundeeUnited Kingdom  1
The University of ReadingUnited Kingdom  1
Thomas Jefferson UniversityUnited States  1
Tilburg UniversityNetherlands  1
Tongji UniversityChina  1
Trinity College DublinIreland  1
Universit?libre de Bruxelles (ULB)Belgium  1
University at Albany (State University of New York)United States  1
University College DublinIreland  1
University of AberdeenUnited Kingdom  1
University of Arkansas at Little RockUnited States  1
University of BochumGermany  1
University of Cape TownSouth Africa  1
University of Central FloridaUnited States  1
University of Colorado at DenverUnited States  1
University of ConnecticutUnited States  1
University of DuesseldorfGermany  1
University of Duisburg-EssenGermany  1
University of GuelphCanada  1
University of HaifaIsrael  1
University of HamburgGermany  1
University of HohenheimGermany  1
University of InnsbruckAustria  1
University of KentuckyUnited States  1
University of KielGermany  1
University of KoelnGermany  1
University of KonstanzGermany  1
University of LeipzigGermany  1
University of LorraineFrance  1
University of MalayaMalaysia  1
University of MannheimGermany  1
University of Maryland, BaltimoreUnited States  1
University of MontpellierFrance  1
University of New Hampshire - DurhamUnited States  1
University of Oklahoma - NormanUnited States  1
University of OregonUnited States  1
University of PisaItaly  1
University of PortoPortugal  1
University of QuebecCanada  1
University of RostockGermany  1
University of Santiago CompostelaSpain  1
University of Science and Technology BeijingChina  1
University of Science, MalaysiaMalaysia  1
University of Soutdern DenmarkDenmark  1
University of StuttgartGermany  1
University of TasmaniaAustralia  1
University of Tennessee Healtd Science CenterUnited States  1
University of tde Basque CountrySpain  1
University of TriesteItaly  1
University of TurkuFinland  1
University of TwenteNetherlands  1
University of YorkUnited Kingdom  1
University of ZaragozaSpain  1
Utah State UniversityUnited States  1
Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)Belgium  1
Wake Forest UniversityUnited States  1
Washington State UniversityUnited States  1
Wayne State UniversityUnited States  1
Wuhan UniversityChina  1
Xidian UniversityChina  1
York UniversityCanada  1
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Sources: Institute of Higher Education, Shanghai.

 

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