哈佛连续五年高居全球大学排名榜首
在一年一度的世界大学排名中，榜首位置仍由美英两国的大学占据。
在英国泰晤士报发表的本年度全球大学排名的榜首前10名中，美国大学占据6席，英国大学占据4席。
哈佛和耶鲁排名第1和第2，而去年和耶鲁并列第2的剑桥和牛津则分别滑落到了第3和第4的位置。
世界大学排名前十
1. 哈佛大学 （美国）
2. 耶鲁大学 （美国）
3. 剑桥大学 （英国）
4. 牛津大学 （英国）
5. 加州理工学院 （美国）
6. 伦敦帝国理工学院（英国）
7. 伦敦大学学院 （英国）
8. 芝加哥大学 （美国）
9. 麻省理工学院 （美国）
10. 哥伦比亚大学 （美国）
名单编辑者说，目前的趋势显示，以科技为主体的大学变得愈加重要。
加州理工学院、麻省理工学院、苏黎世联邦理工学院和香港科技大学的排名都有所提升。
大学排列的名次是根据学者的意见、所发表的学术著作的影响，以及雇主对该校毕业生素质的反应而评定的。
一共有6300名学者和2300名雇主参加了为这次大学排名而进行的民调。规则限制学者不能为自己所在的大学投票。
本年度是世界大学排名表问世的第5年，而哈佛连续5年独占鳌头。
伦敦帝国理工学院从去年的第5降到第6，而去年排名第9的伦敦大学学院则上升两位，跃至第7。
在前100的排名中，美国大学占据37席，英国大学占据17席。
非美英大学排名最高的是澳大利亚国立大学，排名第16。
名次最高的亚洲大学是日本东京大学，排名第19。
来自中国的大学排名最高的是香港大学，排名第26。
来自中国大陆的大学排名最高的是北京大学，和首尔国立大学并列第50。
附表
2008 2007 School Name Country
1 1 HARVARD University United States
2 2= YALE University United States
3 2= University of CAMBRIDGE United Kingdom
4 2= University of OXFORD United Kingdom
5 7= CALIFORNIA Institute of Technology (Calt... United States
6 5 IMPERIAL College London United Kingdom
7 9 UCL (University College London) United Kingdom
8 7= University of CHICAGO United States
9 10 MASSACHUSETTS Institute of Technology (M... United States
10 11 COLUMBIA University United States
11 14 University of PENNSYLVANIA United States
12 6 PRINCETON University United States
13= 13 DUKE University United States
13= 15 JOHNS HOPKINS University United States
15 20= CORNELL University United States
16 16 AUSTRALIAN National University Australia
17 19 STANFORD University United States
18 38= University of MICHIGAN United States
19 17 University of TOKYO Japan
20 12 MCGILL University Canada
21 20= CARNEGIE MELLON University United States
22 24 KING'S College London United Kingdom
23 23 University of EDINBURGH United Kingdom
24 42 ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of T... Switzerland
25 25 KYOTO University Japan
26 18 University of HONG KONG Hong Kong
27 32 BROWN University United States
28 26 École Normale Supérieure, PARIS France
29 30 University of MANCHESTER United Kingdom
30= 33= National University of SINGAPORE(NUS) Singapore
30= 41 University of CALIFORNIA, Los Angeles (U... United States
32 37 University of BRISTOL United Kingdom
33 29 NORTHWESTERN University United States
34= 28 ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE France
34= 33= University of BRITISH COLUMBIA Canada
36 22 University of California, BERKELEY United States
37 31 The University of SYDNEY Australia
38 27 The University of MELBOURNE Australia
39 53= HONG KONG University of Science & Techno... Hong Kong
40 49 NEW YORK University (NYU) United States
41 45 University of TORONTO Canada
42 38= The CHINESE University of Hong Kong Hong Kong
43 33= University of QUEENSLAND Australia
44 46 OSAKA University Japan
45 44 University of NEW SOUTH WALES Australia
46 47 BOSTON University United States
47 43 MONASH University Australia
48 93= University of COPENHAGEN Denmark
49 53= TRINITY College Dublin Ireland
50= 117= Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de LAUSANNE... Switzerland
50= 36 PEKING University China
50= 51= SEOUL National University Korea, South
53 48 University of AMSTERDAM Netherlands
54 71= DARTMOUTH College United States
55 55= University of WISCONSIN-Madison United States
56 40 TSINGHUA University China
57 60 HEIDELBERG Universität Germany
58 58 University of CALIFORNIA, San Diego United States
59 55= University of WASHINGTON United States
60 161= WASHINGTON University in St. Louis United States
61 90= TOKYO Institute of Technology Japan
62 74= EMORY University United States
63 71= UPPSALA University Sweden
64 84 LEIDEN University Netherlands
65 50 The University of AUCKLAND New Zealand
66 59 LONDON School of Economics and Political... United Kingdom
67 89 UTRECHT University Netherlands
68 105 University of GENEVA Switzerland
69 57 University of WARWICK United Kingdom
70 51= University of TEXAS at Austin United States
71 73 University of ILLINOIS United States
72 61 Katholieke Universiteit LEUVEN Belgium
73 83 University of GLASGOW United Kingdom
74 97= University of ALBERTA Canada
75 65= University of BIRMINGHAM United Kingdom
76 68 University of SHEFFIELD United Kingdom
77 69 NANYANG Technological University Singapore
78= 63 DELFT University of Technology Netherlands
78= 92 RICE University United States
78= 67 Technische Universität MÜNCHEN Germany
81= 114= University of AARHUS Denmark
81= 74= University of YORK United Kingdom
83= 97= GEORGIA Institute of Technology United States
83= 64 The University of WESTERN AUSTRALIA Australia
83= 76 University of ST ANDREWS United Kingdom
86 70 University of NOTTINGHAM United Kingdom
87 142= University of MINNESOTA United States
88 106 LUND University Sweden
89 96 University of CALIFORNIA, Davis United States
90 85= CASE WESTERN RESERVE University United States
91= 93= Université de Montréal Canada
91= 100 University of HELSINKI Finland
93= 128 Hebrew University of JERUSALEM Israel
93= 65= Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Germany
95 132= KAIST - Korea Advanced Institute of Scie... Korea, South
96 110 University of VIRGINIA United States
97 77= University of PITTSBURGH United States
98 117= University of CALIFORNIA, Santa Barbara United States
99= 77= PURDUE University United States
99= 80= University of SOUTHAMPTON United Kingdom
101 82 VANDERBILT University United States
102= 151= University of NORTH CAROLINA* United States
102= 119 University of SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA United States
104 80= University of LEEDS United Kingdom
105 90= PENNSYLVANIA STATE University United States
106= 62 University of ADELAIDE Australia
106= 140= University of ZURICH Switzerland
108 177= University College DUBLIN Ireland
109 231= TECHNION - Israel Institute of Technolog... Israel
110 102= GEORGETOWN University United States
111 111 MAASTRICHT University Netherlands
112 102= TOHOKU University Japan
113 85= FUDAN University China
114 151= TEL AVIV University Israel
115 85= University of VIENNA Austria
116 123 Université catholique de LOUVAIN (UCL) Belgium
117= 108 MCMASTER University Canada
117= 88 QUEEN'S University Canada
119 95 University of ROCHESTER United States
120 112= NAGOYA University Japan
121 120 OHIO STATE University United States
122= 109 DURHAM University United Kingdom
122= 79 University of MARYLAND United States
124= 102= National TAIWAN University Taiwan
124= 114= University of OTAGO New Zealand
126 163= ERASMUS University Rotterdam Netherlands
127 224 STONY BROOK University United States
128 130= EINDHOVEN University of Technology Netherlands
129 112= University of WATERLOO Canada
130 121 University of SUSSEX United Kingdom
131 114= University of BASEL Switzerland
132 140= University of CALIFORNIA, Irvine United States
133= 99 CARDIFF University United Kingdom
133= 130= Technical University of DENMARK Denmark
133= 101 University of LIVERPOOL United Kingdom
136 124 University of GHENT Belgium
137= 146 Freie Universität BERLIN Germany
137= 122 TEXAS A&M University United States
139 126= HUMBOLDT-Universität zu Berlin Germany
140 157 Ecole normale supérieure de LYON France
141 155= University of Science and Technology of ... China
142 148 WAGENINGEN University Netherlands
143 125 NANJING University China
144= 163= SHANGHAI JIAO TONG University China
144= 173= University of GRONINGEN Netherlands
146 134 University of ARIZONA United States
147= 149= CITY University of Hong Kong Hong Kong
147= 144 Universität FREIBURG Germany
149 132= Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie PARIS V... France
150 192= Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México ... Mexico
151 177= RUTGERS, The State University of New Jer... United States
152 145 University of BATH United Kingdom
153 137= University of ABERDEEN United Kingdom
154 307= Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (II... India
155= 142= Eberhard Karls Universität TÜBINGEN Germany
155= 304= VU University AMSTERDAM Netherlands
157 159= TUFTS University United States
158 136 KYUSHU University Japan
159 126= The University of WESTERN ONTARIO Canada
160 149= QUEEN MARY, University of London United Kingdom
161 217 University of LAUSANNE Switzerland
162= 197= CHALMERS University of Technology Sweden
162= 129 NEWCASTLE University, NEWCASTLE Upon Tyn... United Kingdom
164 139 SIMON FRASER University Canada
165 135 University of FLORIDA United States
166= 223 CHULALONGKORN University Thailand
166= 168= Universität GÖTTINGEN Germany
168 155= University of NOTRE DAME United States
169 209= Universität FRANKFURT am Main Germany
170= 137= INDIANA University Bloomington United States
170= 166= University of CALGARY Canada
170= 147 University of LANCASTER United Kingdom
173 192= KTH, ROYAL Institute of Technology Sweden
174= 151= HOKKAIDO University Japan
174= 269 Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (I... India
174= 191 RENSSELAER Polytechnic Institute United States
177= 185= University of LEICESTER United Kingdom
177= 188= University of OSLO Norway
179 200= University of CAPE TOWN South Africa
180= 107 University of COLORADO at Boulder United States
180= 180= WASEDA University Japan
182 168= MACQUARIE University Australia
183= 231= Lomonosov MOSCOW STATE University Russia
183= 154 Université Libre de BRUXELLES (ULB) Belgium
185 208 BRANDEIS University United States
186= 194 University of BARCELONA Spain
186= 188= University of CANTERBURY New Zealand
188= 233 POHANG University of Science and Technol... Korea, South
188= 203= Technische Universität BERLIN Germany
190 165 Universität STUTTGART Germany
191 175= University of MASSACHUSETTS, Amherst United States
192= 214 University of BERN Switzerland
192= 173= University of BOLOGNA Italy
194 180= University of READING United Kingdom
195 187 University of ANTWERP Belgium
196 175= University of SAO PAULO Brazil
197= 221= DALHOUSIE University Canada
197= 264= University of BUENOS AIRES Argentina
199 197= KOBE University Japan
200= 248= University of ATHENS Greece
200= 185= University of TWENTE Netherlands
The ranking is skewed in favor of universities from UK, Canada, and Australia, even South Africa.What a joke!
http://www.topuniversities.com/university_rankings/results/2008/overall_rankings/fullrankings/