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 TOP TEN UNIVERSITIES IN THE WORLD

  According to QS World University Rankings, 2012:

  Rank   University
1   Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA  
2   University of Cambridge, UK  
3   Harvard University, USA  
4   University College London, UK
5   University of Oxford, UK  
6   Imperial College London, UK  
7   Yale University, USA
8   The University of Chicago, USA
9   Princeton University, USA  
10   California Institute of Technology, USA  

  According to Times Higher Education World University Rankings, 2012/13:

  Rank   University
1   California Institute of Technology, USA
2   University of Oxford, UK  
2   Stanford University, USA  
4   Harvard University, USA
5   Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA  
6   Princeton University, USA  
7   University of Cambridge, UK  
8   Imperial College London, UK
9   University of California, Berkeley, USA  
10   The University of Chicago, USA  
 
 TOP TEN UNIVERSITIES IN ASIA

  According to QS World University Rankings, 2012:

  Rank   University
1   The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong  
2   National University of Singapore, Singapore  
3   The University of Tokyo, Japan  
4   The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong  
5   Kyoto University, Japan  
6   Seoul National University, Republic of Korea  
7   The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong  
8   Peking University, China  
9   Nanyang Technological University, Singapore  
10   Tsinghua University, China  
 
 TOP TEN UNIVERSITIES IN GREATER CHINA

  According to QS World University Rankings, 2012:

  Rank   University
1   The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong  
2   The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong  
3   The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong  
4   Peking University, China  
5   Tsinghua University, China  
6   National Taiwan University, Taiwan  
7   Fudan University, China  
8   City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong  
9   Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China  
10   The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong  

  According to Times Higher Education World University Rankings, 2012/13:

  Rank   University
1   The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong  
2   Peking University, China  
3   Tsinghua University, China  
4   The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong  
5   The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong  
6   National Taiwan University, Taiwan  
7   City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong  
8   Fudan University, China  
8   University of Science and Technology of China, China  
10   National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan  
 
 TOP TEN UNIVERSITIES IN THE MAINLAND OF CHINA

  According to netbig.com, 2012:

  Rank   University
1   Tsinghua University
2   Peking University
3   Zhejiang University
4   University of Science and Technology of China  
5   Nanjing University  
6   Fudan University  
6   Shanghai Jiao Tong University  
8   Harbin Insititue of Technology
8   Renmin University of China  
10   Beihang University  
10   Nankai University  
 
 TOP TEN UNIVERSITIES IN USA

  According to America's Best Colleges, US News, 2012:

  Rank   University
1   Harvard University
1   Princeton University
3   Yale University
4   The University of Chicago
4   Columbia University  
6   Massachusetts Institute of Technology  
6   Stanford University  
8   Duke University
8   University of Pennsylvania  
10   California Institute of Technology  
10   Dartmouth College  
According to QS World University Rankings, 2012:

  Rank   University
1   Massachusetts Institute of Technology  
2   Harvard University  
3   Yale University  
4   The University of Chicago
5   Princeton University  
6   California Institute of Technology  
7   Columbia University  
8   University of Pennsylvania
9   Cornell University  
10   Stanford University  

  According to Times Higher Education World University Rankings, 2012/13:

  Rank   University
1   California Institute of Technology
2   Stanford University  
3   Harvard University  
4   Massachusetts Institute of Technology  
5   Princeton University  
6   University of California, Berkeley  
7   The University of Chicago  
8   Yale University
9   UCLA  
10   Columbia University  
 
 TOP TEN UNIVERSITIES IN UK

  According to The Complete University Guide, 2012:

  Rank   University
1   University of Cambridge
2   University of Oxford
3   Imperial College London  
4   London School of Economics  
5   Durham University  
6   University of St. Andrews
7   University College London  
8   University of Warwick  
9   Lancaster University  
10   University of Bath  

  According to The Guardian University Guide, 2012:

  Rank   University
1   University of Cambridge
2   University of Oxford
3   University of St. Andrews  
4   London School of Economics  
5   University College London
6   University of Warwick  
7   Lancaster University  
8   Durham University  
9   Loughborough University
10   Imperial College London  
 
 TOP UNIVERSITIES IN AUSTRALIA

  According to QS World University Rankings, 2012:

  Rank   University
1   Australian National University
2   The University of Melbourne  
3   The University of Sydney  
4   The University of Queensland
5   The University of New South Wales  
6   Monash University  
7   The University of Western Australia
8   The University of Adelaide  
9   Macquarie University  
10   RMIT University  

  According to Times Higher Education World University Rankings, 2012/13:

  Rank   University
1   The University of Melbourne
2   Australian National University  
3   The University of Sydney  
4   The University of Queensland
5   The University of New South Wales  
6   Monash University  
7   The University of Adelaide  
8   The University of Western Australia  
9   Macquarie University  
9   Queensland University of Technology  
 
 TOP TEN UNIVERSITIES IN CANADA

  According to Canada's Top 50 Research Universities, Research Inforsource Inc., 2012:

  Rank   University
1   University of Toronto
2   The University of British Columbia  
3   University of Alberta
4   Université de Montréal  
5   McGill University  
6   McMaster University
7   Université Laval
8   University of Calgary
9   University of Ottawa  
10   Western University  

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