Top Ten


#6, UW-Madison is Ranked 16th

in the academic ranking of world universities. It is the highest ranked state school outside of California and the Ivy League according to the 2005 ranking by the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Top 500 World Universities (1-100)
World Rank Institution*
Region
 Regional Rank Country National Rank Score on Alumni Score on Award Score on HiCi Score on N&S Score on SCI Score on Size Total Score
1 Harvard Univ Americas 1 USA 1 100 100 100 100 100 72.4 100
2 Univ Cambridge Europe 1 UK 1 99.8 93.4 53.3 56.6 70.9 66.9 73.6
3 Stanford Univ Americas 2 USA 2 41.1 72.2 88.5 70.9 72.3 65 73.4
4 Univ California - Berkeley Americas 3 USA 3 71.8 76 69.4 73.9 72.2 52.7 72.8
5 Massachusetts Inst Tech (MIT) Americas 4 USA 4 74 80.6 66.7 65.8 64.3 53 70.1
6 California Inst Tech Americas 5 USA 5 59.2 68.6 59.8 65.8 52.5 100 67.1
7 Columbia Univ Americas 6 USA 6 79.4 60.6 56.1 54.2 69.5 45.4 62.3
8 Princeton Univ Americas 7 USA 7 63.4 76.8 60.9 48.7 48.5 59.1 60.9
9 Univ Chicago Americas 8 USA 8 75.6 81.9 50.3 44.7 56.4 42.2 60.1
10 Univ Oxford Europe 2 UK 2 64.3 59.1 48.4 55.6 68.4 53.2 59.7
11 Yale Univ Americas 9 USA 9 52.1 44.5 60.3 57.2 63.9 49.3 56.9
12 Cornell Univ Americas 10 USA 10 46.5 52.4 55 48.8 66.3 39.8 54.6
13 Univ California - San Diego Americas 11 USA 11 17.7 34.7 59.8 56.5 64.5 46.6 51
14 Univ California - Los Angeles Americas 12 USA 12 27.3 32.8 56.7 50.1 75.6 34.3 50.6
15 Univ Pennsylvania Americas 13 USA 13 35.5 35.1 56.7 42.9 71.8 39.1 50.2
16 Univ Wisconsin - Madison Americas 14 USA 14 43 36.3 52.1 46.3 68.7 29 49.2
17 Univ Washington - Seattle Americas 15 USA 15 28.8 32.4 53.9 47.1 73.8 27.2 48.4
18 Univ California - San Francisco Americas 16 USA 16 0 37.6 55.6 57.9 58.8 45.2 47.8
19 Johns Hopkins Univ Americas 17 USA 17 51.4 28.3 41.6 52.2 67.7 24.9 46.9
20 Tokyo Univ Asia/Pac 1 Japan 1 36 14.4 38.5 52.1 86.5 34.7 46.7
21 Univ Michigan - Ann Arbor Americas 18 USA 18 43 0 61.9 43 76.5 30.9 44.9
22 Kyoto Univ Asia/Pac 2 Japan 2 39.7 34.1 34.2 37 72.3 31.1 43.8
23 Imperial Coll London Europe 3 UK 3 20.8 38.1 40.8 38.2 64.6 40.3 43.7
24 Univ Toronto Americas 19 Canada 1 28.1 19.7 39.3 38.9 76.7 41.9 43.1
25 Univ Illinois - Urbana Champaign Americas 20 USA 19 41.6 37.4 44.4 34.1 58 26 42.8
26 Univ Coll London Europe 4 UK 4 30.7 32.9 37.7 41.5 60.5 38.8 42.6
27 Swiss Fed Inst Tech - Zurich Europe 5 Switzerland 1 40.2 37 35.1 41.1 43.4 52.4 41.7
28 Washington Univ - St. Louis Americas 21 USA 20 25.1 26.6 38.5 46.5 53.9 39.9 40.7
29 New York Univ Americas 22 USA 21 33.8 25 43 35.3 55.4 26.3 38.8
30 Rockefeller Univ Americas 23 USA 22 22.6 59.8 28.3 44.1 24 35.9 38.2
31 Northwestern Univ Americas 24 USA 23 21.7 19.3 44.4 33.8 57.6 36.2 37.9
32 Duke Univ Americas 25 USA 24 20.8 0 47.1 45.3 60.8 38.9 37.7
32 Univ Minnesota - Twin Cities Americas 25 USA 24 36 0 49.7 35.2 68.4 23.8 37.7
34 Univ California - Santa Barbara Americas 27 USA 26 0 36 42.3 39 44.1 35.8 36.9
35 Univ Colorado - Boulder Americas 28 USA 27 16.6 29.8 40.8 36.6 46.3 29.5 36.3
36 Univ Texas - Austin Americas 29 USA 28 21.7 17.1 49.1 30 54.8 21.7 35.5
37 Univ British Columbia Americas 30 Canada 2 20.8 19.3 32.4 32.5 60.4 33.9 35.4
38 Univ Texas Southwestern Med Center Americas 31 USA 29 24.3 33.9 31.4 38.2 37.9 31 34.8
39 Pennsylvania State Univ - Univ Park Americas 32 USA 30 14 0 45.8 37.9 59.9 24 33.4
39 Vanderbilt Univ Americas 32 USA 30 12.5 30.2 34.2 24.5 49.2 35.6 33.4
41 Univ California - Davis Americas 34 USA 32 0 0 46.5 34.5 64 29.8 32.9
41 Univ Utrecht Europe 6 Netherlands 1 30.7 21.4 27.2 27.3 55.7 25.9 32.9
43 Rutgers State Univ - New Brunswick Americas 35 USA 33 15.4 20.4 36.9 32.9 47.1 24.1 32.3
43 Univ Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Americas 35 USA 33 25.1 0 40.1 25.9 64.3 28.2 32.3
45 Karolinska Inst Stockholm Europe 7 Sweden 1 30.7 27.8 33.3 19.7 47.3 25.1 32.1
46 Univ Paris 06 Europe 8 France 1 35.7 23.9 23.6 24.2 51.2 30 32
47 Univ California - Irvine Americas 37 USA 35 0 30 32.4 28.5 48.2 31.1 31.8
47 Univ Edinburgh Europe 9 UK 5 22.6 17.1 26.1 35.8 49.4 29.9 31.8
47 Univ Maryland - Coll Park Americas 37 USA 35 25.9 0 40.8 33.6 54.6 25.6 31.8
50 Univ Southern California Americas 39 USA 37 0 27.3 37.7 23.6 52.8 25.8 31.7
51 Univ Munich Europe 10 Germany 1 37.1 21.1 15.7 30.4 51.9 30 31.4
52 Tech Univ Munich Europe 11 Germany 2 43 24.1 24.8 20.7 46.5 29.2 31.3
53 Univ Manchester Europe 12 UK 6 27.3 19.3 23.6 22.6 57.3 30.4 31.2
54 Carnegie Mellon Univ Americas 40 USA 38 30.7 33.5 32.4 14.7 38.3 31.4 30.8
55 Univ North Carolina - Chapel Hill Americas 41 USA 39 12.5 0 35.1 32.8 59.5 27.3 30.3
56 Australian Natl Univ Asia/Pac 3 Australia 1 17.7 12.9 36.9 29 45.1 27.8 30.2
57 Univ Copenhagen Europe 13 Denmark 1 30.7 24.7 23.6 22.8 45.7 27.7 30
57 Univ Florida Americas 42 USA 40 15.4 0 35.1 25 65.2 25.8 30
57 Univ Zurich Europe 13 Switzerland 2 12.5 27.3 19.2 30.3 47.2 30.6 30
60 Uppsala Univ Europe 15 Sweden 2 25.9 32.9 11.1 28.7 49.1 21.6 29.9
61 Univ Paris 11 Europe 16 France 2 33.2 34.2 13.6 19.6 44.9 27.9 29.4
62 Osaka Univ Asia/Pac 4 Japan 3 12.5 0 23.6 31.1 66.8 29.2 29.3
63 Ohio State Univ - Columbus Americas 43 USA 41 17.7 0 40.8 21.5 61.2 19.5 29.2
64 Univ Bristol Europe 17 UK 7 10.9 18.2 30.4 24.5 47.5 27.4 28.8
65 Univ Rochester Americas 44 USA 42 33.2 9.1 27.2 25.3 43 36.1 28.6
65 Univ Sheffield Europe 18 UK 8 23.5 14.4 23.6 29.2 46.6 27.1 28.6
67 McGill Univ Americas 45 Canada 3 28.8 0 28.3 23.6 56.8 30 28.4
67 Moscow State Univ Europe 19 Russia 1 51.4 34.9 0 7.5 54 31.6 28.4
69 Case Western Reserve Univ Americas 46 USA 43 40.7 11.8 20.8 23 44.8 33.7 28.3
69 Univ Oslo Europe 20 Norway 1 25.9 34.1 17.6 18.2 41.5 26.4 28.3
71 Univ Heidelberg Europe 21 Germany 3 10.9 27.7 20.8 20.9 48.1 26.9 28
72 Univ Leiden Europe 22 Netherlands 2 25.1 15.8 27.2 19.3 46.7 28.1 27.9
73 Tohoku Univ Asia/Pac 5 Japan 4 18.8 0 19.2 26.9 65.3 29 27.8
73 Univ Arizona Americas 47 USA 44 0 0 29.4 36.8 55.8 25.7 27.8
75 Purdue Univ - West Lafayette Americas 48 USA 45 18.8 17.1 27.2 21.4 49.8 19.4 27.7
76 Univ Helsinki Europe 23 Finland 1 18.8 18.2 15.7 21.4 54.5 27.5 27.4
77 Michigan State Univ Americas 49 USA 46 12.5 0 37.7 26.6 51 18.7 26.9
78 Hebrew Univ Jerusalem Asia/Pac 6 Israel 1 33.2 0 23.6 27.1 46.6 26.9 26.2
78 Rice Univ Americas 50 USA 47 21.7 22.3 23.6 24.4 30.8 31 26.2
80 Boston Univ Americas 51 USA 48 15.4 0 31.4 28.1 50.8 17.5 26.1
80 King's Coll London Europe 24 UK 9 16.6 23.5 20.8 17.4 44.6 24.8 26.1
82 Univ Melbourne Asia/Pac 7 Australia 2 15.4 14.4 22.2 18.7 53.5 19.9 26
83 Univ Nottingham Europe 25 UK 10 15.4 20.4 20.8 19 45.6 24.8 25.9
84 Univ Goettingen Europe 26 Germany 4 38.7 20.4 15.7 17.5 40.2 24.5 25.8
85 Univ Vienna Europe 27 Austria 1 25.1 15.8 7.9 22.7 52.2 26.4 25.6
86 Brown Univ Americas 52 USA 49 0 13.9 29.4 25.5 40.7 27.9 25.4
87 Indiana Univ - Bloomington Americas 53 USA 50 14 18.2 24.8 21.2 42 18.2 25.2
87 Univ Basel Europe 28 Switzerland 3 25.9 17.5 19.2 21.4 34.5 33.8 25.2
89 Texas A&M Univ - Coll Station Americas 54 USA 51 0 0 32.4 24.4 55 20.4 25.1
90 McMaster Univ Americas 55 Canada 4 16.6 19.3 22.2 15.9 43.5 23.9 24.9
90 Univ Freiburg Europe 29 Germany 5 25.1 21.4 17.6 18.2 39.5 23.2 24.9
92 Univ Strasbourg 1 Europe 30 France 3 29.4 22.9 19.2 19.5 32.7 22.4 24.7
93 Ecole Normale Super Paris Europe 31 France 4 47.8 25 13.6 18.1 27.2 23.3 24.6
93 Stockholm Univ Europe 31 Sweden 3 29.4 30.2 15.7 14.3 35.3 18.9 24.6
93 Tokyo Inst Tech Asia/Pac 8 Japan 5 16.6 0 22.2 22.5 50.6 31.5 24.6
93 Univ Utah Americas 56 USA 52 0 0 30.4 31.4 45.5 24.8 24.6
97 Univ Roma - La Sapienza Europe 33 Italy 1 16.6 15.8 11.1 21.8 54.6 15.1 24.5
98 Univ Birmingham Europe 34 UK 11 25.1 11.2 22.2 13.4 47 24.5 24.4
99 Lund Univ Europe 35 Sweden 4 29.4 0 24.8 19.4 50.1 18.1 24.3
100 Tufts Univ Americas 57 USA 53 18.8 17.1 20.8 19.1 37.4 25.2 23.9
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