According to Times Higher Education (THE), California Institute of Technology (USA) takes first place in the world university ranking for fourth year in a row. Second and third place go to, respectively, Harvard and Oxford.

Seven of the top ten universities are located in the USA and the other three are British. In general, British and American universities take the first 12 places in the ranking by THE. Number 13 goes to ETH Zürich – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich.

In the world university ranking by Times Higher Education, North American universities most definitely prevail with its 129 schools in top 400. Europe represents 179 schools for higher education and Asia- 52.

In the graph below you can see the institutions in top 400 divided by region.

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The Times Higher Education university ranking is the only ranking, which rates the higher education institutions based on their main objectives: education, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook.

Top 400 world universities for 2014/2015:

1 California Institute of Technology (Caltech) United States
94.3
2 Harvard University United States
93.3
3 University of Oxford United Kingdom
93.2
4 Stanford University United States
92.9
5 University of Cambridge United Kingdom
92.0
6 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States
91.9
7 Princeton University United States
90.9
8 University of California, Berkeley United States
89.5
9 Imperial College London United Kingdom
87.5
9 Yale University United States
87.5
11 University of Chicago United States
87.1
12 University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) United States
85.5
13 ETH Zürich – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich Switzerland
84.6
14 Columbia University United States
84.4
15 Johns Hopkins University United States
83.0
16 University of Pennsylvania United States
81.0
17 University of Michigan United States
80.9
18 Duke University United States
79.9
19 Cornell University United States
79.4
20
University of Toronto  
Canada
79.3
21 Northwestern University United States
79.2
22 University College London (UCL) United Kingdom
78.7
23
The University of Tokyo  
Japan
76.1
24 Carnegie Mellon University United States
74.3
25
National University of Singapore (NUS)  
Singapore
73.3
26 University of Washington United States
73.2
27 Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) United States
72.8
28 University of Texas at Austin United States
72.3
29 University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign United States
71.9
29 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Germany
71.9
29 University of Wisconsin-Madison United States
71.9
32
University of British Columbia  
Canada
71.8
33 University of Melbourne Australia
71.2
34 École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Switzerland
70.9
34 London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) United Kingdom
70.9
36 University of Edinburgh United Kingdom
70.4
37 University of California, Santa Barbara United States
70.0
38 New York University (NYU) United States
69.9
39 McGill University Canada
69.6
40 King's College London United Kingdom
69.4
41 University of California, San Diego United States
68.6
42 Washington University in St Louis United States
67.8
43
The University of Hong Kong  
Hong Kong
67.5
44 Karolinska Institute Sweden
66.8
45 Australian National University Australia
66.5
46 University of Minnesota United States
65.9
46 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States
65.9
48 Peking University China
65.2
49 Tsinghua University China
65.1
50
Seoul National University  
Republic of Korea
64.8
51
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology  
Hong Kong
64.7
52 Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) Republic of Korea
64.5
52 University of Manchester United Kingdom
64.5
54 Brown University United States
64.1
55 University of California, Davis United States
63.7
55 KU Leuven Belgium
63.7
57 Boston University United States
63.6
58 Pennsylvania State University United States
62.9
59 Kyoto University Japan
62.8
60 University of Sydney Australia
62.7
61 École Polytechnique France
62.2
61
Nanyang Technological University  
Singapore
62.2
63 Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa Italy
61.9
64 Leiden University Netherlands
61.3
65 University of Queensland Australia Australia
61.2
66 Pohang University of Science and Technology (Postech) Republic of Korea
61.1
67 Georg-August-Universität Göttingen Germany
61.0
68 Ohio State University United States
60.7
69 Rice University United States
59.8
70 Universität Heidelberg Germany
59.6
71 Delft University of Technology Netherlands
59.2
72 Erasmus University Rotterdam Netherlands
59.1
73 Wageningen University and Research Center Netherlands
59.0
74 University of Bristol United Kingdom
58.9
75 Universität Basel Switzerland
58.4
75 University of Southern California United States
58.4
77 University of Amsterdam Netherlands
58.2
78 École Normale Supérieure France
58.1
79 Utrecht University Netherlands
58.0
80 Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Germany
57.9
81 Freie Universität Berlin Germany
57.6
82 Michigan State University United States
57.3
83 Durham University United Kingdom
56.9
83
Monash University  
Australia
56.9
85 Middle East Technical University Turkey
56.6
86 University of Arizona United States
56.5
86 University of Notre Dame United States
56.5
88 University of California, Irvine United States
56.4
88 Tufts University United States
56.4
90 Ghent University Belgium
56.2
91 University of Massachusetts United States
56.1
91 University of Pittsburgh United States
56.1
93 Emory University United States
55.5
94 University of Glasgow United Kingdom
55.3
94 McMaster University Canada
55.3
96 Vanderbilt University United States
55.2
97 University of Colorado Boulder United States
55.1
98 Stockholm University Sweden
54.6
98 Technische Universität München Germany
54.6
98 Uppsala University Sweden
54.6
101
Maastricht University  
Netherlands
54.3
102 Purdue University United States
54.0
103 University of Helsinki Finland
53.9
103 Université Pierre et Marie Curie France
53.9
103 University of Warwick United Kingdom
53.9
103 University of Zürich Switzerland
53.9
107 University of Geneva Switzerland
53.8
107 Queen Mary University of London United Kingdom
53.8
109 University of California, Santa Cruz United States
53.7
109 University of New South Wales Australia
53.7
111 University of St Andrews United Kingdom
53.6
111 University of Sussex United Kingdom
53.6
113 University of Montreal Canada
53.4
113 Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen Germany
53.4
113 University of York United Kingdom
53.4
116 Case Western Reserve University United States
53.2
117
University of Groningen  
Netherlands
53.1
118 Royal Holloway, University of London United Kingdom
53.0
119 Lund University Sweden
52.9
120 Université Paris-Sud France
52.8
121 University of Rochester United States
52.7
121 University of Sheffield United Kingdom
52.7
121 Technical University of Denmark Denmark
52.7
124 University of Alberta Canada
52.6
124 University of Cape Town South Africa
52.6
126 Boston College United States
52.5
126 University of Florida United States
52.5
126 KTH Royal Institute of Technology Sweden
52.5
129 Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong
52.4
130 University of Virginia United States
52.1
131 Lancaster University United Kingdom
52.0
132 University of Bern Switzerland
51.9
132 University of Maryland, College Park United States
51.9
132
University of Southampton  
United Kingdom
51.9
135 Technische Universität Dresden Germany
51.6
136 Université de Lausanne Switzerland
51.4
136 VU University Amsterdam Netherlands
51.4
138 Trinity College Dublin Republic of Ireland
51.2
139
Boğaziçi University  
Turkey
51.1
140
Radboud University  
Netherlands
51.0
141 Colorado School of Mines United States
50.9
141 Texas A&M University United States
50.9
141 Tokyo Institute of Technology Japan
50.9
144 Eindhoven University of Technology Netherlands
50.5
144 Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey United States
50.5
146 University of Leeds United Kingdom
50.4
147 Brandeis University United States
50.3
148 University of Birmingham United Kingdom
50.2
148 Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) Republic of Korea
50.2
150 University of California, Riverside United States
50.1
150 Indiana University United States
50.1
152 Dartmouth College United States
50.0
153 Aarhus University Denmark
49.9
154 University of Exeter United Kingdom
49.7
155 National Taiwan University Taiwan
49.3
156 RWTH Aachen University Germany
49.2
157 University of Liverpool United Kingdom
49.1
157 Osaka University Japan
49.1
157 University of Western Australia Australia
49.1
160 University of Copenhagen Denmark
49.0
160 École Normale Supérieure de Lyon France
49.0
162 University of Utah United States
48.6
163 Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg Germany
48.3
164 University of Adelaide Australia
48.2
165 Istanbul Technical University Turkey
48.1
165 Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Germany
48.1
165
Pompeu Fabra University - Barcelona  
Spain
48.1
165 Tohoku University Japan
48.1
169 University of Miami United States
48.0
170 University of Antwerp Belgium
47.9
171 Université Catholique de Louvain Belgium
47.8
171 University of Nottingham United Kingdom
47.8
173 Georgetown University United States
47.7
173 University of Victoria Canada
47.7
175 University of Auckland New Zealand
47.5
175 University of Iowa United States
47.5
177 Syracuse University United States
47.3
178 University of Aberdeen United Kingdom
47.1
178 Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble France
47.1
180 University of Delaware United States
47.0
180 Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 France
47.0
182 Arizona State University United States
46.9
182
Sabanci University  
Turkey
46.9
182 University of Vienna Austria
46.9
185 Northeastern University United States
46.8
186 University of Oslo Norway
46.7
186 Yeshiva University United States
46.7
188 University of Ottawa Canada
46.6
188 Stony Brook University United States
46.6
188 Tel Aviv University Israel
46.6
191 University at Buffalo United States
46.5
192 City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong
46.3
193 Fudan University China
46.2
193 Iowa State University United States
46.2
195 Universität Bonn Germany
46.1
196 Lomonosov Moscow State University Russian Federation
46.0
196 St George's, University of London United Kingdom
46.0
198 University of East Anglia United Kingdom
45.9
199 University of Leicester United Kingdom
45.7
200
Florida Institute of Technology  
United States
45.6
200 George Washington University United States
45.6
201-225 University of Barcelona Spain
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201-225 University of Bergen Norway
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Bilkent University  
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201-225 Cardiff University United Kingdom
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201-225 University of Dundee United Kingdom
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201-225 Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main Germany
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201-225 Hebrew University of Jerusalem Israel
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Hong Kong Polytechnic University  
Hong Kong
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201-225 University of Illinois at Chicago United States
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201-225 University of Innsbruck Austria
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Korea University  
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201-225 Université Libre de Bruxelles Belgium
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Newcastle University  
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201-225 University of Reading United Kingdom
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201-225 University of São Paulo Brazil
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201-225 University of Science and Technology of China China
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201-225 University of Strasbourg France
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201-225 Technion Israel Institute of Technology Israel
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The University of Texas at Dallas  
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201-225 University of Trieste Italy
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201-225 University of Twente Netherlands
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201-225 Universität Ulm Germany
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201-225 Wake Forest University United States
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201-225 William & Mary United States
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201-225 Yonsei University Republic of Korea
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226-250 Autonomous University of Barcelona Spain
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226-250 Technical University of Berlin Germany
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226-250 Birkbeck, University of London United Kingdom
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Brunel University London  
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226-250 University of Calgary Canada
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226-250 Carleton University Canada
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226-250 Dalhousie University Canada
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226-250 University College Dublin Republic of Ireland
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226-250 University of Gothenburg Sweden
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226-250 Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel Germany
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226-250 Universität Konstanz Germany
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226-250 Laval University Canada
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226-250 University of Milan-Bicocca Italy
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226-250 Mines ParisTech France
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226-250 Nagoya University Japan
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226-250 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute United States
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226-250 Simon Fraser University Canada
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226-250 State University of New York Albany - University at Albany United States
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University of Technology, Sydney  
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Tokyo Metropolitan University  
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226-250 Vienna University of Technology Austria
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226-250 Western University Canada
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226-250 Universität Würzburg Germany
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226-250 York University Canada
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251-275 Aalto University Finland
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251-275 University of the Andes Colombia
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251-275 University of Bremen Germany
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251-275 Technische Universität Darmstadt Germany
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251-275 Federico Santa María Technical University Chile
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251-275 University of Hawaii at Manoa United States
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251-275 University of Iceland Iceland
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251-275 Medical University of Vienna Austria
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251-275 Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster Germany
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251-275 Nanjing University China
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251-275 University of New Mexico United States
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The University of Newcastle  
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251-275 National University of Ireland, Galway Republic of Ireland
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251-275 University of Otago New Zealand
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251-275 University of Pavia Italy
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251-275 Queen's University Canada
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251-275 Queen's University Belfast United Kingdom
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251-275 University of Salento Italy
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251-275 University of South Florida United States
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251-275 Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Sweden
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251-275 University of Trento Italy
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251-275 National Tsing Hua University Taiwan
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251-275 University of Turin Italy
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University of Waterloo  
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251-275 University of Witwatersrand South Africa
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276-300 University of Bologna Italy
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276-300 Chalmers University of Technology Sweden
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276-300 National Chiao Tung University Taiwan
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276-300 University of Cincinnati United States
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276-300 Colorado State University United States
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276-300 University College Cork Republic of Ireland
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276-300 Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg Germany
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276-300 University of Fribourg Switzerland
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276-300 University of Georgia United States
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276-300 Indian Institute of Science India
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Lappeenranta University of Technology  
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276-300 University of Macau Macau
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276-300 University of Milan Italy
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276-300 Université Montpellier 2 France
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276-300 University of Nebraska-Lincoln United States
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276-300 Norwegian University of Science and Technology Norway
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276-300 Panjab University India
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Plymouth University  
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276-300 Queensland University of Technology Australia
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276-300 Shanghai Jiao Tong University China
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University of South Australia  
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276-300 University of South Carolina United States
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276-300 Stellenbosch University South Africa
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276-300 Tilburg University Netherlands
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276-300 Tokyo Medical and Dental University Japan
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276-300 Victoria University of Wellington New Zealand
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276-300 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University United States
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University of Wollongong  
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301-350 Bangor University United Kingdom
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301-350 University of Bath United Kingdom
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301-350 University of Canterbury New Zealand
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301-350 Charles Darwin University Australia
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301-350 Charles University in Prague Czech Republic
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301-350 Universität zu Köln Germany
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301-350 University of Connecticut United States
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301-350 Creighton University United States
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301-350 University of Crete Greece
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Deakin University  
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301-350 Drexel University United States
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301-350 Universität Duisburg-Essen Germany
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301-350 University of Essex United Kingdom
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Hong Kong Baptist University  
Hong Kong
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301-350 University of Houston United States
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301-350 Illinois Institute of Technology United States
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301-350 University of Jyväskylä Finland
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301-350 University of Kansas United States
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301-350 Kansas State University United States
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Koç University  
Turkey
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301-350 Macquarie University Australia
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301-350 Autonomous University of Madrid Spain
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301-350 University of Manitoba Canada
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301-350 University of Marrakech Cadi Ayyad Morocco
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301-350 University of Montana United States
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301-350 University of Nebraska Medical Center United States
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301-350 Novosibirsk State University Russia
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301-350 University of Oklahoma United States
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301-350 Oregon State University United States
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301-350 University of Padua Italy
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301-350 University of Pisa Italy
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301-350 Polytechnic University of Milan Italy
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301-350 Renmin University of China China
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301-350 San Diego State University United States
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301-350 Sapienza University of Rome Italy
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301-350 Sharif University of Technology Iran
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301-350 University of Southern Denmark Denmark
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301-350 State University of Campinas Brazil
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301-350 University of Stirling United Kingdom
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301-350 University of Stuttgart Germany
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301-350 Sun Yat-sen University China
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301-350 University of Tampere Finland
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301-350 University of Tsukuba Japan
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301-350 Tulane University United States
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301-350 University of Valencia Spain
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301-350 University of Warsaw Poland
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301-350 Wayne State University United States
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301-350 Zhejiang University China
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351-400 Aalborg University Denmark
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351-400 Aberystwyth University United Kingdom
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351-400 Aston University United Kingdom
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351-400 University of Bari Aldo Moro Italy
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351-400 Universität Bayreuth Germany
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351-400 Universität Bielefeld Germany
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351-400 National Cheng Kung University Taiwan
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351-400 Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 France
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351-400 Curtin University Australia
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351-400 University of Eastern Finland Finland
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351-400 Ewha Womans University Republic of Korea
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351-400 University of Ferrara Italy
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351-400 University of Florence Italy
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351-400 Vrije Universiteit Brussel Belgium
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351-400 George Mason University United States
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351-400 Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz Austria
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Hanyang University  
Republic of Korea
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351-400 University of Hertfordshire United Kingdom
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351-400 Hokkaido University Japan
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351-400 Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay India
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351-400 Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee India
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351-400 Isfahan University of Technology Iran
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351-400 King Mongkut's University of Technology, Thonburi Thailand
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351-400 Kyushu University Japan
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351-400 Lehigh University United States
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351-400 Université de Liège Belgium
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351-400 Linköping University Sweden
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351-400 University of Lisbon Portugal
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351-400 University of Minho Portugal
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351-400 University of Missouri United States
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351-400 Murdoch University Australia
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351-400 University of Navarra Spain
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351-400 University of Portsmouth United Kingdom
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351-400 University of Rome III Italy
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351-400 Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Republic of Ireland
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351-400 Ruhr-Universität Bochum Germany
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351-400 University of Seoul Republic of Korea
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351-400 National Sun Yat-Sen University Taiwan
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351-400 Swinburne University of Technology Australia
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National Taiwan University of Science and Technology  
Taiwan
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351-400 UiT The Arctic University of Norway Norway
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351-400 University of Turku Finland
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351-400 Umeå University Sweden
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351-400 University of Vermont United States
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351-400 University of Waikato New Zealand
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351-400 Waseda University Japan
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351-400 Washington State University United States
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University of Western Sydney  
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351-400 Wuhan University of Technology China
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Source: Times Higher Education