The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2012-2013 powered by Thomson Reuters are the only global university performance tables to judge world class universities across all of their core missions - teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook. The top universities rankings employ 13 carefully calibrated performance indicators to provide the most comprehensive and balanced comparisons available, which are trusted by students, academics, university leaders, industry and governments.
World rankings - North America
Rank | Institution | Location | Overall score change criteria |
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1 | California Institute of Technology | United States |
95.5
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2 | Stanford University | United States |
93.7
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4 | Harvard University | United States |
93.6
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5 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | United States |
93.1
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6 | Princeton University | United States |
92.7
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9 | University of California, Berkeley | United States |
90.5
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10 | University of Chicago | United States |
90.4
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11 | Yale University | United States |
89.2
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13 | University of California, Los Angeles | United States |
87.7
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14 | Columbia University | United States |
87.0
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15 | University of Pennsylvania | United States |
86.6
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16 | Johns Hopkins University | United States |
85.6
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18 | Cornell University | United States |
83.3
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19 | Northwestern University | United States |
83.1
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20 | University of Michigan | United States |
82.6
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21 | University of Toronto | Canada |
82.2
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22 | Carnegie Mellon University | United States |
81.5
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23 | Duke University | United States |
81.2
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24 | University of Washington | United States |
79.9
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25 | Georgia Institute of Technology | United States |
78.8
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25 | University of Texas at Austin | United States |
78.8
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30 | University of British Columbia | Canada |
77.3
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31 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | United States |
76.9
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33 | University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign | United States |
75.8
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34 | McGill University | Canada |
75.7
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35 | University of California, Santa Barbara | United States |
75.6
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38 | University of California, San Diego | United States |
75.2
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41 | New York University | United States |
72.8
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42 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | United States |
72.4
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44 | University of California, Davis | United States |
71.8
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44 | Washington University in St Louis | United States |
71.8
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47 | University of Minnesota | United States |
70.5
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51 | Brown University | United States |
68.9
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53 | Ohio State University | United States |
67.0
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54 | Boston University | United States |
66.8
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56 | University of Southern California | United States |
66.3
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61 | Pennsylvania State University | United States |
65.8
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69 | Purdue University | United States |
63.8
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72 | University of Massachusetts | United States |
62.9
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75 | Rice University | United States |
62.0
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76 | University of Pittsburgh | United States |
61.7
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79 | Emory University | United States |
61.3
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84 | University of Montreal | Canada |
59.8
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87 | Tufts University | United States |
59.1
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88 | McMaster University | Canada |
59.0
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91 | University of Colorado Boulder | United States |
58.7
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94 | Michigan State University | United States |
58.3
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94 | University of Notre Dame | United States |
58.3
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96 | University of California, Irvine | United States |
58.2
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97 | University of Maryland, College Park | United States |
57.9
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98 | University of Arizona | United States |
57.7
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99 | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey | United States |
57.5
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102 | University of Rochester | United States |
57.2
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104 | Case Western Reserve University | United States |
56.9
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106 | Vanderbilt University | United States |
56.6
|
118 | University of Virginia | United States |
55.0
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121 | University of Alberta | Canada |
54.7
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122 | University of California, Santa Cruz | United States |
54.5
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122 | University of Florida | United States |
54.5
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124 | Dartmouth College | United States |
54.4
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134 | University of Utah | United States |
53.2
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134 | Indiana University | United States |
53.2
|
148 | Arizona State University | United States |
51.9
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150 | Boston College | United States |
51.6
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154 | University of California, Riverside | United States |
51.1
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156 | Yeshiva University | United States |
50.9
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156 | Texas A&M University | United States |
50.9
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162 | Stony Brook University | United States |
50.2
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165 | University of Delaware | United States |
49.7
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167 | The University of Texas at Dallas | United States |
49.5
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168 | George Washington University | United States |
49.4
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169 | University of Iowa | United States |
49.3
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171 | University of Ottawa | Canada |
49.0
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174 | Georgetown University | United States |
48.9
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174 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | United States |
48.9
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184 | William & Mary | United States |
48.0
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184 | Colorado School of Mines | United States |
48.0
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184 | University of Illinois at Chicago | United States |
48.0
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189 | Medical University of South Carolina | United States |
47.7
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190 | Wake Forest University | United States |
47.3
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193 | University of Miami | United States |
46.9
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193 | Iowa State University | United States |
46.9
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196 | University of Victoria | Canada |
46.7
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198 | University at Buffalo | United States |
46.6
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201-225 | Brandeis University | United States |
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201-225 | University of Georgia | United States |
Data withheld by THE
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201-225 | Northeastern University | United States |
Data withheld by THE
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201-225 | Queen's University | Canada |
Data withheld by THE
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226-250 | University of Calgary | Canada |
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226-250 | Carleton University | Canada |
Data withheld by THE
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226-250 | University of Cincinnati | United States |
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226-250 | Florida Institute of Technology | United States |
Data withheld by THE
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226-250 | Laval University | Canada |
Data withheld by THE
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226-250 | Georgia Health Sciences University | United States |
Data withheld by THE
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226-250 | University of Missouri | United States |
Data withheld by THE
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226-250 | Simon Fraser University | Canada |
Data withheld by THE
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226-250 | University of South Florida | United States |
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226-250 | Tulane University | United States |
Data withheld by THE
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226-250 | University of Waterloo | Canada |
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226-250 | Western University | Canada |
Data withheld by THE
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251-275 | University of Connecticut | United States |
Data withheld by THE
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251-275 | Dalhousie University | Canada |
Data withheld by THE
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251-275 | University of Oregon | United States |
Data withheld by THE
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276-300 | Colorado State University | United States |
Data withheld by THE
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276-300 | Drexel University | United States |
Data withheld by THE
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276-300 | University of Kansas | United States |
Data withheld by THE
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276-300 | University of Montana | United States |
Data withheld by THE
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276-300 | Oregon State University | United States |
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276-300 | University of South Carolina | United States |
Data withheld by THE
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276-300 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | United States |
Data withheld by THE
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301-350 | Creighton University | United States |
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301-350 | University of Guelph | Canada |
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301-350 | University of Kentucky | United States |
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301-350 | University of Manitoba | Canada |
Data withheld by THE
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301-350 | University of Maryland, Baltimore County | United States |
Data withheld by THE
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301-350 | North Carolina State University | United States |
Data withheld by THE
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301-350 | State University of New York Albany - University at Albany | United States |
Data withheld by THE
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301-350 | University of Vermont | United States |
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301-350 | Washington State University | United States |
Data withheld by THE
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301-350 | Wayne State University | United States |
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301-350 | York University | Canada |
Data withheld by THE
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351-400 | National Autonomous University of Mexico | Mexico |
Data withheld by THE
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351-400 | Binghamton University, State University of New York | United States |
Data withheld by THE
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351-400 | George Mason University | United States |
Data withheld by THE
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351-400 | University of Houston | United States |
Data withheld by THE
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351-400 | Lehigh University | United States |
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351-400 | University of Oklahoma | United States |
Data withheld by THE
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351-400 | Southern Methodist University | United States |
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351-400 | Temple University | United States |
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351-400 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | United States |
Data withheld by THE
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351-400 | University of Wyoming | United States |
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