Top 200 Universities in the World 2018 
      Based on the QS World University Rankings 2018
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				Rank
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				University
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				Locaiton 
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				1
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				Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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				United States
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				2
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				Stanford University
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				United States
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				3
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				Harvard University
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				United States
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				4
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				California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
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				United States
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				5
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				University of Cambridge
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				United Kingdom
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				6
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				University of Oxford
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				United Kingdom
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			| 
				7
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				UCL (University College London)
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				United Kingdom
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			| 
				8
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				Imperial College London
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				United Kingdom
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			| 
				9
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				University of Chicago
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				United States
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			| 
				10
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				ETH Zurich - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
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				Switzerland
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			| 
				11
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				Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU)
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				Singapore
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			| 
				12
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				Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
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				Switzerland
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			| 
				13
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				Princeton University
			 | 
			
				United States
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			| 
				14
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				Cornell University
			 | 
			
				United States
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			| 
				15
			 | 
			
				National University of Singapore (NUS)
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				Singapore
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			| 
				16
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				Yale University
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				United States
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			| 
				17
			 | 
			
				Johns Hopkins University
			 | 
			
				United States
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			| 
				18
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				Columbia University
			 | 
			
				United States
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				19
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				University of Pennsylvania
			 | 
			
				United States
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			| 
				20
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				The Australian National University
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				Australia
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				21=
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				Duke University
			 | 
			
				United States
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				21=
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				University of Michigan
			 | 
			
				United States
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			| 
				23=
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				King's College London
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				United Kingdom
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				23=
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				The University of Edinburgh
			 | 
			
				United Kingdom
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				25
			 | 
			
				Tsinghua University
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				China
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				26
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				The University of Hong Kong
			 | 
			
				Hong Kong
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				27
			 | 
			
				University of California, Berkeley (UCB)
			 | 
			
				United States
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				28=
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				Northwestern University
			 | 
			
				United States
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				28=
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				The University of Tokyo
			 | 
			
				Japan
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				30
			 | 
			
				The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
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				Hong Kong
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			| 
				31
			 | 
			
				University of Toronto
			 | 
			
				Canada
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				32
			 | 
			
				McGill University
			 | 
			
				Canada
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				33
			 | 
			
				University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
			 | 
			
				United States
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				34
			 | 
			
				The University of Manchester
			 | 
			
				United Kingdom
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				35
			 | 
			
				London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
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				United Kingdom
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				36=
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				Kyoto University
			 | 
			
				Japan
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			| 
				36=
			 | 
			
				Seoul National University
			 | 
			
				South Korea
			 | 
		
		
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				38=
			 | 
			
				Peking University
			 | 
			
				China
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				38=
			 | 
			
				University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
			 | 
			
				United States
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				40
			 | 
			
				Fudan University
			 | 
			
				China
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				41=
			 | 
			
				KAIST - Korea Advanced Institute of Science &   Technology
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				South Korea
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			| 
				41=
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				The University of Melbourne
			 | 
			
				Australia
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				43
			 | 
			
				Ecole normale supérieure, Paris
			 | 
			
				France
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				44
			 | 
			
				University of Bristol
			 | 
			
				United Kingdom
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				45
			 | 
			
				The University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney)
			 | 
			
				Australia
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				46
			 | 
			
				The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
			 | 
			
				Hong Kong
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			| 
				47=
			 | 
			
				Carnegie Mellon University
			 | 
			
				United States
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				47=
			 | 
			
				The University of Queensland
			 | 
			
				Australia
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				49
			 | 
			
				City University of Hong Kong
			 | 
			
				Hong Kong
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				50
			 | 
			
				The University of Sydney
			 | 
			
				Australia
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				51
			 | 
			
				University of British Columbia
			 | 
			
				Canada
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				52
			 | 
			
				New York University (NYU)
			 | 
			
				United States
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				53
			 | 
			
				Brown University
			 | 
			
				United States
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				54
			 | 
			
				Delft University of   Technology
			 | 
			
				Netherlands
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				55
			 | 
			
				University of Wisconsin-Madison
			 | 
			
				United States
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				56
			 | 
			
				Tokyo Institute of Technology
			 | 
			
				Japan
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				57
			 | 
			
				The University of Warwick
			 | 
			
				United Kingdom
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				58
			 | 
			
				University of Amsterdam
			 | 
			
				Netherlands
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				59
			 | 
			
				Ecole Polytechnique
			 | 
			
				France
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				60
			 | 
			
				Monash University
			 | 
			
				Australia
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				61
			 | 
			
				University of Washington
			 | 
			
				United States
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				62
			 | 
			
				Shanghai Jiao Tong University
			 | 
			
				China
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				63
			 | 
			
				Osaka University
			 | 
			
				Japan
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				64
			 | 
			
				Technical University of Munich
			 | 
			
				Germany
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				65
			 | 
			
				University of Glasgow
			 | 
			
				United Kingdom
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				66
			 | 
			
				Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
			 | 
			
				Germany
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				67
			 | 
			
				University of Texas at Austin
			 | 
			
				United States
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				68
			 | 
			
				Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
			 | 
			
				Germany
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				69
			 | 
			
				University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
			 | 
			
				United States
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				70
			 | 
			
				Georgia Institute of Technology
			 | 
			
				United States
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				71=
			 | 
			
				KU Leuven
			 | 
			
				Belgium
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				71=
			 | 
			
				Pohang University of Science And Technology (POSTECH)
			 | 
			
				South Korea
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				73=
			 | 
			
				University of Copenhagen
			 | 
			
				Denmark
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				73=
			 | 
			
				University of Zurich
			 | 
			
				Switzerland
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				75
			 | 
			
				Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA)
			 | 
			
				Argentina
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				76=
			 | 
			
				National Taiwan University (NTU)
			 | 
			
				Taiwan
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				76=
			 | 
			
				Tohoku University
			 | 
			
				Japan
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				78=
			 | 
			
				Durham University
			 | 
			
				United Kingdom
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				78=
			 | 
			
				Lund University
			 | 
			
				Sweden
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				80
			 | 
			
				University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
			 | 
			
				United States
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				81
			 | 
			
				Boston University
			 | 
			
				United States
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				82=
			 | 
			
				The University of Sheffield
			 | 
			
				United Kingdom
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				82=
			 | 
			
				The University of Auckland
			 | 
			
				New Zealand
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				84=
			 | 
			
				The University of Nottingham
			 | 
			
				United Kingdom
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				84=
			 | 
			
				University of Birmingham
			 | 
			
				United Kingdom
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				86
			 | 
			
				The Ohio State University
			 | 
			
				United States
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				87
			 | 
			
				Zhejiang University
			 | 
			
				China
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				88
			 | 
			
				Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin
			 | 
			
				Ireland
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				89
			 | 
			
				Rice University
			 | 
			
				United States
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				90=
			 | 
			
				University of Alberta
			 | 
			
				Canada
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				90=
			 | 
			
				Korea University
			 | 
			
				South Korea
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				92
			 | 
			
				University of St Andrews
			 | 
			
				United Kingdom
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				93=
			 | 
			
				Pennsylvania State University
			 | 
			
				United States
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				93=
			 | 
			
				The University of Western Australia
			 | 
			
				Australia
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				95=
			 | 
			
				Lomonosov Moscow State University
			 | 
			
				Russia
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				95=
			 | 
			
				The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
			 | 
			
				Hong Kong
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				97
			 | 
			
				University of Science and Technology of China
			 | 
			
				China
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				98=
			 | 
			
				University of Geneva
			 | 
			
				Switzerland
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				98=
			 | 
			
				KTH Royal Institute of Technology
			 | 
			
				Sweden
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				100
			 | 
			
				Washington University in St. Louis
			 | 
			
				United States
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				101
			 | 
			
				University of Leeds
			 | 
			
				United Kingdom
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				102=
			 | 
			
				University of Helsinki
			 | 
			
				Finland
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				102=
			 | 
			
				University of Southampton
			 | 
			
				United Kingdom
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				104
			 | 
			
				Eindhoven University of Technology
			 | 
			
				Netherlands
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				105
			 | 
			
				Purdue University
			 | 
			
				United States
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				106
			 | 
			
				Yonsei University
			 | 
			
				South Korea
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				107
			 | 
			
				KIT, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
			 | 
			
				Germany
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				108
			 | 
			
				Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU)
			 | 
			
				South Korea
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				109=
			 | 
			
				Leiden University
			 | 
			
				Netherlands
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				109=
			 | 
			
				The University of Adelaide
			 | 
			
				Australia
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				109=
			 | 
			
				Utrecht University
			 | 
			
				Netherlands
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				112
			 | 
			
				Uppsala University
			 | 
			
				Sweden
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				113
			 | 
			
				University of Groningen
			 | 
			
				Netherlands
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				114=
			 | 
			
				Nanjing University
			 | 
			
				China
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				114=
			 | 
			
				Universiti Malaya (UM)
			 | 
			
				Malaysia
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				116=
			 | 
			
				Nagoya University
			 | 
			
				Japan
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				116=
			 | 
			
				Technical University of Denmark
			 | 
			
				Denmark
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				118
			 | 
			
				University of California, Davis
			 | 
			
				United States
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				119
			 | 
			
				Aarhus University
			 | 
			
				Denmark
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				120
			 | 
			
				Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
			 | 
			
				Germany
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				121
			 | 
			
				Universidade de São Paulo
			 | 
			
				Brazil
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				122=
			 | 
			
				Hokkaido University
			 | 
			
				Japan
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				122=
			 | 
			
				Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México    (UNAM)
			 | 
			
				Mexico
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				124
			 | 
			
				Wageningen University
			 | 
			
				Netherlands
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				125=
			 | 
			
				Freie Universitaet Berlin
			 | 
			
				Germany
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				125=
			 | 
			
				Ghent University
			 | 
			
				Belgium
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				127
			 | 
			
				Queen Mary University of London
			 | 
			
				United Kingdom
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				128
			 | 
			
				Kyushu University
			 | 
			
				Japan
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				129
			 | 
			
				University of Maryland, College Park
			 | 
			
				United States
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				130
			 | 
			
				Université de Montréal
			 | 
			
				Canada
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				131
			 | 
			
				Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC)
			 | 
			
				France
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				132
			 | 
			
				University of Southern California
			 | 
			
				United States
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				133
			 | 
			
				Chalmers University of Technology
			 | 
			
				Sweden
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				134
			 | 
			
				University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)
			 | 
			
				United States
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				135=
			 | 
			
				University of York
			 | 
			
				United Kingdom
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				135=
			 | 
			
				Lancaster University
			 | 
			
				United Kingdom
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				137=
			 | 
			
				Aalto University
			 | 
			
				Finland
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				137=
			 | 
			
				Cardiff University
			 | 
			
				United Kingdom
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				137=
			 | 
			
				Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (UC)
			 | 
			
				Chile
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				140
			 | 
			
				McMaster University
			 | 
			
				Canada
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				141
			 | 
			
				RWTH Aachen University
			 | 
			
				Germany
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				142=
			 | 
			
				University of Oslo
			 | 
			
				Norway
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				142=
			 | 
			
				University of Pittsburgh
			 | 
			
				United States
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				144
			 | 
			
				Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin)
			 | 
			
				Germany
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				145
			 | 
			
				The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
			 | 
			
				Israel
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				146
			 | 
			
				University of Lausanne
			 | 
			
				Switzerland
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				147=
			 | 
			
				Emory University
			 | 
			
				United States
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				147=
			 | 
			
				Erasmus University Rotterdam
			 | 
			
				Netherlands
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				149=
			 | 
			
				Michigan State University
			 | 
			
				United States
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				149=
			 | 
			
				University of Basel
			 | 
			
				Switzerland
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				151
			 | 
			
				University of Otago
			 | 
			
				New Zealand
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				152
			 | 
			
				University of Waterloo
			 | 
			
				Canada
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				153
			 | 
			
				Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)
			 | 
			
				Belgium
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				154
			 | 
			
				University of Vienna
			 | 
			
				Austria
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				155
			 | 
			
				Hanyang University
			 | 
			
				South Korea
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				156
			 | 
			
				Universitat de Barcelona
			 | 
			
				Spain
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				157
			 | 
			
				école Normale Supérieure de Lyon
			 | 
			
				France
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				158=
			 | 
			
				University of Aberdeen
			 | 
			
				United Kingdom
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				158=
			 | 
			
				The University of Exeter
			 | 
			
				United Kingdom
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				160
			 | 
			
				University of Bath
			 | 
			
				United Kingdom
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				161=
			 | 
			
				National Tsing Hua University
			 | 
			
				Taiwan
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				161=
			 | 
			
				Newcastle University
			 | 
			
				United Kingdom
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				163
			 | 
			
				University of Minnesota
			 | 
			
				United States
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				164=
			 | 
			
				Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
			 | 
			
				Germany
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				164=
			 | 
			
				University of Bergen
			 | 
			
				Norway
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				164=
			 | 
			
				University of California, Irvine
			 | 
			
				United States
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				167
			 | 
			
				University of Bern
			 | 
			
				Switzerland
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				168
			 | 
			
				University College Dublin
			 | 
			
				Ireland
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				169
			 | 
			
				Dartmouth College
			 | 
			
				United States
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				170
			 | 
			
				Politecnico di Milano
			 | 
			
				Italy
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				171
			 | 
			
				Albert-Ludwigs-Universitaet Freiburg
			 | 
			
				Germany
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				172
			 | 
			
				Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD)
			 | 
			
				India
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				173=
			 | 
			
				University of Virginia
			 | 
			
				United States
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				173=
			 | 
			
				King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals
			 | 
			
				Saudi Arabia
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				173=
			 | 
			
				University of Liverpool
			 | 
			
				United Kingdom
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				176
			 | 
			
				University of Technology Sydney
			 | 
			
				Australia
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				177
			 | 
			
				CentraleSupélec
			 | 
			
				France
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				178
			 | 
			
				University of Florida
			 | 
			
				United States
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				179=
			 | 
			
				Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB)
			 | 
			
				India
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				179=
			 | 
			
				University of Twente
			 | 
			
				Netherlands
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				181
			 | 
			
				University of Göttingen
			 | 
			
				Germany
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				182=
			 | 
			
				Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp)
			 | 
			
				Brazil
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				182=
			 | 
			
				University of Colorado Boulder
			 | 
			
				United States
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				182=
			 | 
			
				Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)
			 | 
			
				Belgium
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				182=
			 | 
			
				Vienna University of Technology
			 | 
			
				Austria
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				186
			 | 
			
				University of Rochester
			 | 
			
				United States
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				187
			 | 
			
				Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
			 | 
			
				Spain
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				188=
			 | 
			
				Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna
			 | 
			
				Italy
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				188=
			 | 
			
				University of Reading
			 | 
			
				United Kingdom
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				190
			 | 
			
				Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore
			 | 
			
				India
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				191
			 | 
			
				University of Cape Town
			 | 
			
				South Africa
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				192=
			 | 
			
				Keio University
			 | 
			
				Japan
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				192=
			 | 
			
				Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa
			 | 
			
				Italy
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				192=
			 | 
			
				Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna Pisa di Studi Universitari e di   Perfezionamento
			 | 
			
				Italy
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				195=
			 | 
			
				Stockholm University
			 | 
			
				Sweden
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				195=
			 | 
			
				Technische Universität Dresden
			 | 
			
				Germany
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				195=
			 | 
			
				Texas A&M University
			 | 
			
				United States
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				195=
			 | 
			
				Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
			 | 
			
				Spain
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				199
			 | 
			
				Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey
			 | 
			
				Mexico
			 | 
		
		
			| 
				200
			 | 
			
				Maastricht University
			 | 
			
				Netherlands
			 |