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Consistency of R esults 2007 2006 2005 2004 1 H a rv a rd H a rv a rd H a rv a rd H a rv a rd 2 C a m b r id g e C a m b r id g e M IT B e r k e le y 3 Y a le O x fo rd C a m b r id g e M IT 4 O x fo rd M IT O x fo rd C a lte c h 5 I m p e r ia l Y a le S ta n fo r d O x fo r d 6 P r in c e to n S ta n fo r d B e r k e le y C a m b r id g e 7 C h ic a g o C a lte c h Y a le S ta n fo r d 8 C a lte c h B e r k e le y C a lte c h Y a le 9 UCL I m p e r ia l P r in c e to n P r in c e to n P r in c e to n E c o le P o ly te c h n iq u e E T H Z u r ic h 1 0 M IT

T he R esults 200 7 1 2= 2= 2= 5 6 7= 7= 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20= 200 6 1 2 3 4= 9 10 7 11 25 4= 12 21 13 26 23 16 1 9= 33= 6 35= NAME COUNTRY H A R V A R D U n iv e r s it y U n iv e r s it y o f C A M B R I D G E U n iv e r s it y o f O X F O R D Y A L E U n iv e r s it y I m p e r ia l C o lle g e L O N D O N P R I N C E T O N U n iv e r s it y C A L I F O R N I A In s t it u te o f T e c h n o lo g y (C a lt e c h ) U n iv e r s it y o f C H IC A G O U C L (U n iv e r s it y C o lle g e L O N D O N ) M A S S A C H U S E T T S I n s t it u t e o f T e c h n o lo g y (M I T ) C O L U M B IA U n iv e r s ity M C G I L L U n iv e r s ity D U K E U n iv e r s ity U n iv e r s it y o f P E N N S Y L V A N IA J O H N S H O P K I N S U n iv e r s ity A U S T R A L IA N N a t io n a l U n iv e r s ity U n iv e r s it y o f T O K Y O U n iv e r s it y o f H O N G K O N G S T A N F O R D U n iv e r s it y C A R N E G IE M E L L O N U n iv e r s it y U n it e d S ta t e s U n it e d K in g d o m U n it e d K in g d o m U n it e d S ta t e s U n it e d K in g d o m U n it e d S ta t e s U n it e d S ta t e s U n it e d S ta t e s U n it e d K in g d o m U n it e d S ta t e s U n it e d S ta t e s Canada U n it e d S ta t e s U n it e d S ta t e s U n it e d S ta t e s A u s t r a lia Japan Hong Kong U n it e d S ta t e s U n it e d S ta t e s SCORE 1 00 1 00 1 00 1 00 99 1 00 1 00 1 00 96 1 00 1 00 1 00 98 97 99 1 00 1 00 95 1 00 96

T op A sia P acific* S chools * Excludes Aus tralia and New Zealand

T aiwan R esults

A verage P ositions for A sian I nstitutions in the T op 500

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F aculty L evel: T op 5s A r ts & H u m a n itie s E n g in e e r in g & I T H a rv a rd B e r k e le y O x fo r d C a m b r id g e Y a le M IT B e r k e le y S ta n fo r d C a lte c h C a m b r id g e N a tu r a l S c ie n c e s B e r k e le y M IT C a m b r id g e H a rv a rd P r in c e to n S o c ia l S c ie n c e s H a rv a rd B e r k e le y LSE Y a le S ta n fo r d L if e S c ie n c e s & B io m e d ic in e H a rv a rd C a m b r id g e O x fo r d J o h n s H o p k in s B e r k e le y

F aculty L evel: T aiwan A r ts & H u m a n itie s N T U (5 3 ) N T H U (1 3 8 ) N C K U (1 9 7 ) N C T U (2 2 4 ) T a iw a n U S T (2 7 6 ) L if e S c ie n c e s & B io m e d ic in e N T U (8 0 ) T a iw a n U S T (3 2 5 ) S u n Y a t-s e n (3 6 5 ) N C U (3 7 2 ) N C K U (3 7 8 ) N a tu r a l S c ie n c e s N T U (9 3 ) F u J e n C a th o lic (2 9 2 ) N C U (3 9 0 ) E n g in e e r in g & I T N T U (6 4 ) N T H U (2 1 7 ) T a iw a n U S T (2 5 3 ) N C T U (3 2 0 ) N C K U (3 3 7 ) N C U (3 5 3 ) S o c ia l S c ie n c e s N T U (7 5 ) N C C U (2 2 3 = ) N T H U (3 6 0 ) S u n Y a t-s e n (3 8 8 = )

T he R esults v a ila b le a t w w w.to p u n iv e r s itie s.c o m T o p 1 0 0 fo r th e fo llo w in g s u b je c t a r e a s A r ts & H u m a n itie s E n g in e e r in g & IT L ife S c ie n c e s & B io M e d ic in e N a tu r a l S c ie n c e s S o c ia l S c ie n c e s W o r ld s o ld e s t u n iv e r s itie s Y e a r o n y e a r r e s u lts

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