Academic Ranking of World Universities 2014 Press Release

The 2014 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) is released today by the Center for World-Class Universities at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Starting from 2003, ARWU has been presenting the world Top 500 universities annually based on transparent methodology and reliable data. It has been recognized as the precursor of global university rankings and the most trustworthy one.
Harvard University remains the number one in the world for the 12th year, other Top 10 universities are: Stanford, MIT, Berkeley, Cambridge, Princeton, Caltech, Columbia, Chicago and Oxford. ETH Zurich (19^th) takes first place in Continental Europe, followed by Pierre & Marie Curie (35^th), University of Copenhagen (39^th) overtakes Paris-Sud (42^nd) in France as the third best university in Continental Europe. University of Tokyo (21^st) and Kyoto University (26^th) top other universities in Asia. University of Melbourne (44^th) becomes the highest ranked university in this region in the history of ARWU.
EPFL’s first appearance in Top 100 (96^th) increases the number of Top 100 universities in Switzerland to 5, which is the 3^rd highest number across all countries. UC Santa Cruz (93^rd), KU Leuven (96^th), Georgia Tech (99^th) and VU University Amsterdam (100^th) enter the Top 100 list for the first time. There are totally 25 universities breaking into the Top 500 list in 2014, among which Deakin University in Australia and other nine universities make their first appearance.
The complete lists and detailed methodologies can be found at the Academic Ranking of World Universities website at http://www.ShanghaiRanking.com/. More...