qs world university rankings 

Statements about this table:
there be only 1 school that place 26 for 2011 / 12 (australian national university)
the university of melbourne rank 31 in 2013 / 14 and 36 in 2012 / 13
australia be the only region rank 27 for 2013 / 14
the highest rank for university of cambridge in 2012 / 13 be 2
2013 / 14
2012 / 13
2011 / 12
2010 / 11
institute
region
1
1
3
5
massachusetts institute of technology
united states
2
3
2
2
harvard university
united states
3
2
1
1
university of cambridge
united kingdom
4
4
7
4
university college london
united kingdom
5
6
6
7
imperial college london
united kingdom
6
5
5
6
university of oxford
united kingdom
7
15
11
13
stanford university
united states
8
7
4
3
yale university
united states
9
8
8
8
university of chicago
united states
10
10
12
9
california institute of technology
united states
10
9
13
10
princeton university
united states
13
12
9
12
university of pennsylvania
united states
14
11
10
11
columbia university
united states
15
14
15
16
cornell university
united states
16
16
16
17
johns hopkins university
united states
17
21
20
22
university of edinburgh
united kingdom
2013 / 14
2012 / 13
2011 / 12
2010 / 11
institute
region
17
19
23
29
university of toronto
canada
19
26
27
21
king 's college london
united kingdom
21
18
17
19
mcgill university
canada
22
17
14
15
university of michigan
united states
23
20
19
14
duke university
united states
24
25
28
31
national university of singapore
singapore
25
22
21
28
university of california , berkeley
united states
26
23
22
23
the university of hong kong
hong kong
27
24
26
20
australian national university
australia
28
34
33
33
ecole normale supãrieure
france
29
27
24
26
northwestern university
united states
30
28
30
27
university of bristol
united kingdom
31
36
31
38
the university of melbourne
australia
32
30
25
24
the university of tokyo
japan
33
32
29
30
the university of manchester
united kingdom
34
33
40
40
the hong kong university of science and technology
hong kong
2013 / 14
2012 / 13
2011 / 12
2010 / 11
institute
region
35
35
32
25
kyoto university
japan
35
37
42
50
seoul national university
south korea
37
38
41
48
university of wisconsin - madison
united states
38
39
38
37
the university of sydney
australia
39
40
37
42
the chinese university of hong kong
hong kong
40
31
34
35
university of california , los angeles
united states
41
41
36
36
ecole polytechnique
france
41
47
58
74
nanyang technological university
singapore
43
46
48
43
the university of queensland
australia
44
43
44
41
new york university
united states
45
51
52
45
university of copenhagen
denmark
46
44
46
47
peking university
china
47
42
39
39
brown university
united states
48
48
47
54
tsinghua university
china
49
45
51
44
university of british columbia
canada