The Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings 2015 employ the world's largest invitation-only academic opinion survey to provide the definitive list of the top 100 most powerful global university brands. A spin-off of the annual Times Higher Education World University Rankings, the reputation league table is based on nothing more than subjective judgement - but it is the considered expert judgement of senior, published academics - the people best placed to know the most about excellence in our universities. View methodology here.
| Institution | Rank | Rank | Title |
Teaching |
Research |
Overall |
No. of FTE Students |
Student:Staff Ratio |
International Students |
Female:Male Ratio |
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| 466 | 1 | 1 | Harvard University | United States of America | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 20,152 | 8.9 | 25% | 0 | /world-university-rankings/harvard-university | |||
| 470 | 2 | 2 | University of Cambridge | United Kingdom | 84.3 | 84.4 | 84.3 | 18,812 | 11.8 | 34% | 46 : 54 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/university-of-cambridge | ||
| 468 | 3 | 3 | University of Oxford | United Kingdom | 81.9 | 79.8 | 80.4 | 19,919 | 11.6 | 34% | 46 : 54 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/university-of-oxford | ||
| 471 | 4 | 4 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | United States of America | 69.9 | 81.0 | 77.8 | 11,074 | 9 | 33% | 37 : 63 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/massachusetts-institute-of-technology | ||
| 467 | 5 | 5 | Stanford University | United States of America | 64.7 | 75.0 | 72.1 | 15,596 | 7.8 | 22% | 42 : 58 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/stanford-university | ||
| 474 | 6 | 6 | University of California, Berkeley | United States of America | 51.1 | 63.6 | 60.0 | 36,186 | 16.4 | 15% | 50 : 50 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/university-of-california-berkeley | ||
| 469 | 7 | 7 | Princeton University | United States of America | 33.2 | 35.7 | 35.0 | 7,929 | 8.4 | 27% | 45 : 55 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/princeton-university | ||
| 475 | 8 | 8 | Yale University | United States of America | 31.4 | 33.7 | 33.1 | 11,751 | 4.4 | 20% | 50 : 50 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/yale-university | ||
| 128779 | 9 | 9 | California Institute of Technology | United States of America | 20.8 | 25.4 | 24.1 | 2,243 | 6.9 | 27% | 33 : 67 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/california-institute-technology | ||
| 476 | 10 | 10 | Columbia University | United States of America | 18.1 | 22.1 | 21.0 | 25,055 | 5.9 | 28% | 0 | /world-university-rankings/columbia-university | |||
| 473 | 11 | 11 | University of Chicago | United States of America | 14.7 | 21.9 | 19.8 | 14,221 | 6.9 | 21% | 42 : 58 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/university-of-chicago | ||
| 494 | 12 | 12 | University of Tokyo | Japan | 18.0 | 19.8 | 19.3 | 26,199 | 5.7 | 10% | 6 | /world-university-rankings/university-of-tokyo | |||
| 477 | 13 | 13 | University of California, Los Angeles | United States of America | 14.5 | 20.7 | 18.9 | 38,206 | 10.3 | 15% | 52 : 48 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/university-of-california-los-angeles | ||
| 472 | 14 | 14 | Imperial College London | United Kingdom | 15.8 | 19.2 | 18.2 | 15,060 | 11.7 | 51% | 37 : 63 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/imperial-college-london | ||
| 479 | 15 | 15 | ETH Zurich – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich | Switzerland | 12.3 | 18.4 | 16.7 | 18,178 | 14.7 | 37% | 31 : 69 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/eth-zurich-swiss-federal-institute-of-technology-zurich | ||
| 483 | 16 | 16 | University of Toronto | Canada | 12.0 | 17.2 | 15.8 | 66,198 | 19.5 | 15% | 6 | /world-university-rankings/university-of-toronto | |||
| 481 | 17 | 17 | University College London | United Kingdom | 14.0 | 16.4 | 15.7 | 26,607 | 10.7 | 46% | 56 : 44 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/university-college-london | ||
| 478 | 18 | 18 | Johns Hopkins University | United States of America | 12.5 | 15.4 | 14.6 | 15,128 | 3.6 | 23% | 50 : 50 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/johns-hopkins-university | ||
| 482 | 19 | 19 | University of Michigan | United States of America | 11.0 | 14.9 | 13.8 | 41,786 | 9 | 16% | 48 : 52 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/university-of-michigan | ||
| 508 | 20 | 20 | New York University | United States of America | 10.8 | 14.8 | 13.6 | 42,056 | 6.8 | 19% | 55 : 45 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/new-york-university | ||
| 484 | 20 | 20 | Cornell University | United States of America | 13.6 | 13.6 | 13.6 | 21,424 | 10.2 | 19% | 48 : 52 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/cornell-university | ||
| 511 | 22 | 22 | London School of Economics and Political Science | United Kingdom | 10.8 | 13.7 | 12.9 | 9,233 | 12.1 | 70% | 53 : 47 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/london-school-of-economics-and-political-science | ||
| 480 | 23 | 23 | University of Pennsylvania | United States of America | 9.7 | 11.8 | 11.2 | 20,376 | 6.5 | 20% | 51 : 49 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/university-of-pennsylvania | ||
| 504 | 24 | 24 | National University of Singapore | Singapore | 9.2 | 10.9 | 10.4 | 31,592 | 15.5 | 34% | 49 : 51 | 6 | /world-university-rankings/national-university-of-singapore | ||
| 753 | 25 | 25 | Lomonosov Moscow State University | Russian Federation | 11.6 | 9.3 | 9.9 | 30,822 | 7.7 | 20% | 43 : 57 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/lomonosov-moscow-state-university | ||
| 535 | 26 | 26 | Tsinghua University | China | 10.2 | 9.2 | 9.5 | 39,763 | 13.7 | 10% | 32 : 68 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/tsinghua-university | ||
| 516 | 27 | 27 | Kyoto University | Japan | 8.8 | 9.5 | 9.3 | 22,809 | 5.6 | 7% | 0 | /world-university-rankings/kyoto-university | |||
| 485 | 28 | 28 | Carnegie Mellon University | United States of America | 7.5 | 9.9 | 9.2 | 11,885 | 13.1 | 35% | 39 : 61 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/carnegie-mellon-university | ||
| 500 | 29 | 29 | University of Edinburgh | United Kingdom | 7.8 | 8.5 | 8.3 | 25,774 | 14.1 | 36% | 58 : 42 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/university-of-edinburgh | ||
| 495 | 30 | 30 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | United States of America | 6.8 | 8.8 | 8.2 | 42,727 | 18.7 | 20% | 47 : 53 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/university-of-illinois-at-urbana-champaign | ||
| 520 | 31 | 31 | King’s College London | United Kingdom | 7.7 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 21,394 | 11.4 | 37% | 61 : 39 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/kings-college-london | ||
| 514 | 32 | 32 | Peking University | China | 8.9 | 7.2 | 7.7 | 40,148 | 8.3 | 14% | 0 | /world-university-rankings/peking-university | |||
| 489 | 33 | 33 | University of Washington | United States of America | 6.5 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 44,020 | 11.8 | 13% | 53 : 47 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/university-of-washington | ||
| 487 | 34 | 34 | Duke University | United States of America | 6.0 | 7.8 | 7.3 | 15,172 | 4.8 | 17% | 49 : 51 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/duke-university | ||
| 492 | 35 | 35 | McGill University | Canada | 7.1 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 31,326 | 13.7 | 23% | 56 : 44 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/mcgill-university | ||
| 509 | 35 | 35 | LMU Munich | Germany | 6.4 | 7.6 | 7.2 | 35,691 | 15.5 | 13% | 62 : 38 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/ludwig-maximilians-universitat-munchen | ||
| 486 | 37 | 37 | University of British Columbia | Canada | 5.9 | 7.5 | 7.0 | 50,152 | 17.6 | 25% | 54 : 46 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/university-of-british-columbia | ||
| 923 | 38 | 38 | University of California, San Francisco | United States of America | 5.5 | 6.7 | 6.4 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/university-of-california-san-francisco | ||||||
| 537 | 38 | 38 | Heidelberg University | Germany | 5.9 | 6.6 | 6.4 | 28,881 | 24.5 | 17% | 55 : 45 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/universitat-heidelberg | ||
| 491 | 38 | 38 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | United States of America | 5.6 | 6.7 | 6.4 | 39,655 | 10.8 | 11% | 51 : 49 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/university-of-wisconsin-madison | ||
| 501 | 41 | 41 | University of Melbourne | Australia | 5.3 | 6.7 | 6.3 | 40,128 | 23.7 | 35% | 55 : 45 | 6 | /world-university-rankings/university-of-melbourne | ||
| 573 | 41 | 41 | Humboldt University of Berlin | Germany | 5.1 | 6.8 | 6.3 | 29,987 | 52.5 | 16% | 0 | /world-university-rankings/humboldt-universitat-zu-berlin | |||
| 497 | 41 | 41 | University of California, San Diego | United States of America | 4.5 | 7.1 | 6.3 | 27,233 | 6.5 | 11% | 48 : 52 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/university-of-california-san-diego | ||
| 503 | 44 | 44 | University of California, Davis | United States of America | 4.5 | 6.5 | 6.0 | 35,364 | 13.9 | 13% | 54 : 46 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/university-of-california-davis | ||
| 496 | 45 | 45 | Karolinska Institute | Sweden | 3.8 | 6.7 | 5.9 | 7,774 | 11.5 | 22% | 70 : 30 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/karolinska-institute | ||
| 493 | 46 | 46 | University of Texas at Austin | United States of America | 3.9 | 6.6 | 5.8 | 49,427 | 17.4 | 9% | 51 : 49 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/university-of-texas-at-austin | ||
| 490 | 47 | 47 | Northwestern University | United States of America | 4.6 | 6.2 | 5.7 | 18,334 | 13.8 | 15% | 48 : 52 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/northwestern-university | ||
| 510 | 48 | 48 | École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne | Switzerland | 4.2 | 6.1 | 5.5 | 9,666 | 10.5 | 54% | 27 : 73 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/ecole-polytechnique-federale-de-lausanne | ||
| 488 | 49 | 49 | Georgia Institute of Technology | United States of America | 3.9 | 6.0 | 5.4 | 19,967 | 20.1 | 26% | 31 : 69 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/georgia-institute-of-technology | ||
| 512 | 50 | 50 | University of Manchester | United Kingdom | 4.5 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 34,938 | 15.3 | 34% | 52 : 48 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/university-of-manchester | ||
| 522 | 51 | 51-60 | University of Sydney | Australia | - | - | - | 41,868 | 20.2 | 28% | 57 : 43 | 6 | /world-university-rankings/university-of-sydney | ||
| 588 | 51 | 51-60 | Seoul National University | South Korea | - | - | - | 26,389 | 13.9 | 10% | 0 | /world-university-rankings/seoul-national-university | |||
| 642 | 51 | 51-60 | University of São Paulo | Brazil | - | - | - | 81,402 | 14.6 | 4% | 48 : 52 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/university-of-sao-paulo | ||
| 924 | 51 | 51-60 | Paris-Sorbonne University – Paris 4 | France | - | - | - | 21,580 | 27.4 | 21% | 69 : 31 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/universite-paris-sorbonne | ||
| 928 | 51 | 51-60 | Panthéon-Sorbonne University – Paris 1 | France | - | - | - | 42,215 | 34.3 | 20% | 59 : 41 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/university-of-paris-pantheon-sorbonne | ||
| 531 | 51 | 51-60 | KU Leuven | Belgium | - | - | - | 42,503 | 41.9 | 18% | 54 : 46 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/katholieke-universiteit-leuven | ||
| 498 | 51 | 51-60 | University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong | - | - | - | 19,835 | 17.6 | 38% | 53 : 47 | 6 | /world-university-rankings/university-of-hong-kong | ||
| 617 | 51 | 51-60 | Free University of Berlin | Germany | - | - | - | 33,062 | 39.3 | 20% | 58 : 42 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/freie-universitat-berlin | ||
| 568 | 51 | 51-60 | Delft University of Technology | Netherlands | - | - | - | 15,920 | 19.4 | 25% | 26 : 74 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/delft-university-of-technology | ||
| 502 | 51 | 51-60 | Australian National University | Australia | - | - | - | 14,604 | 19.2 | 35% | 52 : 48 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/australian-national-university | ||
| 556 | 51 | 51-60 | University of Amsterdam | Netherlands | - | - | - | 24,570 | 14.4 | 11% | 53 : 47 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/university-of-amsterdam | ||
| 540 | 61 | 61-70 | Wageningen University and Research Center | Netherlands | - | - | - | 9,248 | 17 | 21% | 56 : 44 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/wageningen-university-and-research-center | ||
| 552 | 61 | 61-70 | Technical University of Munich | Germany | - | - | - | 35,565 | 31.5 | 20% | 33 : 67 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/technische-universitat-munchen | ||
| 519 | 61 | 61-70 | University of Southern California | United States of America | - | - | - | 36,534 | 12.9 | 20% | 52 : 48 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/university-of-southern-california | ||
| 515 | 61 | 61-70 | Pennsylvania State University | United States of America | - | - | - | 44,501 | 12.4 | 12% | 46 : 54 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/pennsylvania-state-university | ||
| 507 | 61 | 61-70 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | United States of America | - | - | - | 26,518 | 7.3 | 8% | 58 : 42 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/university-of-north-carolina-at-chapel-hill | ||
| 618 | 61 | 61-70 | National Taiwan University | Taiwan | - | - | - | 31,891 | 11.9 | 7% | 39 : 61 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/national-taiwan-university | ||
| 543 | 61 | 61-70 | Leiden University | Netherlands | - | - | - | 21,222 | 17.1 | 10% | 59 : 41 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/leiden-university | ||
| 523 | 61 | 61-70 | École Normale Supérieure | France | - | - | - | 2,400 | 7.9 | 20% | 46 : 54 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/ecole-normale-superieure | ||
| 499 | 61 | 61-70 | University of California, Santa Barbara | United States of America | - | - | - | 22,020 | 27.3 | 11% | 52 : 48 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/university-of-california-santa-barbara | ||
| 532 | 71 | 71-80 | Utrecht University | Netherlands | - | - | - | 30,779 | 15.4 | 7% | 59 : 41 | 6 | /world-university-rankings/utrecht-university | ||
| 853 | 71 | 71-80 | Saint Petersburg State University | Russian Federation | - | - | - | 20,836 | 5.2 | 7% | 60 : 40 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/saint-petersburg-state-university | ||
| 546 | 71 | 71-80 | Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey | United States of America | - | - | - | 37,032 | 17.3 | 8% | 51 : 49 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/rutgers-the-state-university-of-new-jersey | ||
| 562 | 71 | 71-80 | Purdue University | United States of America | - | - | - | 39,256 | 18.1 | 22% | 42 : 58 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/purdue-university | ||
| 524 | 71 | 71-80 | University of Pittsburgh | United States of America | - | - | - | 26,485 | 5.8 | 10% | 51 : 49 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/university-of-pittsburgh | ||
| 897 | 71 | 71-80 | National Autonomous University of Mexico | Mexico | - | - | - | 137,378 | 11.6 | 5% | 51 : 49 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/national-autonomous-university-of-mexico | ||
| 506 | 71 | 71-80 | University of Minnesota | United States of America | - | - | - | 46,825 | 18 | 13% | 52 : 48 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/university-of-minnesota | ||
| 560 | 71 | 71-80 | Michigan State University | United States of America | - | - | - | 44,750 | 15.7 | 15% | 51 : 49 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/michigan-state-university | ||
| 526 | 71 | 71-80 | Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | Hong Kong | - | - | - | 11,385 | 23.8 | 36% | 6 | /world-university-rankings/hong-kong-university-of-science-and-technology | |||
| 513 | 71 | 71-80 | Brown University | United States of America | - | - | - | 8,653 | 10.1 | 19% | 0 | /world-university-rankings/brown-university | |||
| 518 | 71 | 71-80 | Boston University | United States of America | - | - | - | 24,789 | 8.6 | 17% | 58 : 42 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/boston-university | ||
| 505 | 81 | 81-90 | Washington University in St Louis | United States of America | - | - | - | 12,528 | 5.7 | 17% | 0 | /world-university-rankings/washington-university-in-st-louis | |||
| 622 | 81 | 81-90 | University of Warwick | United Kingdom | - | - | - | 18,529 | 16.6 | 37% | 48 : 52 | 6 | /world-university-rankings/university-of-warwick | ||
| 551 | 81 | 81-90 | Uppsala University | Sweden | - | - | - | 25,266 | 18.2 | 12% | 57 : 43 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/uppsala-university | ||
| 629 | 81 | 81-90 | Texas A&M University | United States of America | - | - | - | 50,657 | 21.4 | 9% | 47 : 53 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/texas-aampm-university | ||
| 538 | 81 | 81-90 | The University of Queensland | Australia | - | - | - | 34,718 | 32.7 | 27% | 53 : 47 | 6 | /world-university-rankings/university-of-queensland-australia | ||
| 521 | 81 | 81-90 | Ohio State University | United States of America | - | - | - | 51,462 | 13.4 | 12% | 49 : 51 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/ohio-state-university | ||
| 555 | 81 | 81-90 | University of Helsinki | Finland | - | - | - | 23,505 | 15.1 | 6% | 66 : 34 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/university-of-helsinki | ||
| 547 | 81 | 81-90 | Durham University | United Kingdom | - | - | - | 15,489 | 15.7 | 24% | 54 : 46 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/durham-university | ||
| 599 | 81 | 81-90 | University of Copenhagen | Denmark | - | - | - | 27,545 | 4.1 | 19% | 67 : 33 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/university-of-copenhagen | ||
| 128780 | 91 | 91-100 | Pasteur Institute | France | - | - | - | 0 | /world-university-rankings/pasteur-institute | ||||||
| 634 | 91 | 91-100 | Nanyang Technological University | Singapore | - | - | - | 25,028 | 16.2 | 33% | 48 : 52 | 6 | /world-university-rankings/nanyang-technological-university | ||
| 581 | 91 | 91-100 | Monash University | Australia | - | - | - | 50,882 | 40.5 | 36% | 56 : 44 | 6 | /world-university-rankings/monash-university | ||
| 1011 | 91 | 91-100 | Mayo Medical School | United States of America | - | - | - | 0 | /world-university-rankings/mayo-medical-school | ||||||
| 528 | 91 | 91-100 | University of Massachusetts | United States of America | - | - | - | 56,959 | 13 | 11% | 49 : 51 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/university-of-massachusetts | ||
| 559 | 91 | 91-100 | University of Maryland, College Park | United States of America | - | - | - | 31,331 | 8.4 | 9% | 48 : 52 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/university-of-maryland-college-park | ||
| 1012 | 91 | 91-100 | London Business School | United Kingdom | - | - | - | 1,423 | 14.3 | 90% | 30 : 70 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/london-business-school | ||
| 527 | 91 | 91-100 | École Polytechnique | France | - | - | - | 2,429 | 4.8 | 30% | 18 : 82 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/ecole-polytechnique | ||
| 530 | 91 | 91-100 | University of Bristol | United Kingdom | - | - | - | 17,906 | 14 | 25% | 53 : 47 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/university-of-bristol | ||
| 632 | 91 | 91-100 | RWTH Aachen University | Germany | - | - | - | 37,917 | 27.6 | 16% | 31 : 69 | 0 | /world-university-rankings/rwth-aachen-university |
