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 TOP TEN UNIVERSITIES IN THE WORLD

  According to Times Higher Education World University Rankings, 2019:

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

  According to QS World University Rankings, 2019:

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

  According to QS World University Rankings, 2019:

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

  According to QS World University Rankings, 2019:

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

  According to QS World University Rankings, 2019:

  Rank   University
1   Tsinghua University
2   Peking University
3   Fudan University
4   Shanghai Jiao Tong University  
5   Zhejiang University  
6   University of Science and Technology of China  
7   Nanjing University  
8   Wuhan University
9   Harbin Insititue of Technology  
10   Tongji University  

  According to Wu Shulian Chinese University Ranking, 2018:

  Rank   University
1   Tsinghua University
2   Zhejiang University
3   Peking University
4   Shanghai Jiao Tong University  
5   Fudan University  
6   Nanjing University  
7   Wuhan University  
8   Huazhong University of Science and Technology  
9   Sichuan University  
10   Jilin University  
 
 TOP TEN UNIVERSITIES IN USA

  According to QS World University Rankings, 2019:

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

  According to National Universities Rankings, US News, 2019:

  Rank   University
1   Princeton University
2   Harvard University
3   Columbia University
3   Massachusetts Institute of Technology
3   The University of Chicago  
3   Yale University  
7   Stanford University  
8   Duke University  
8   University of Pennsylvania  
10   Johns Hopkins University  
10   Northwestern University  
 
 TOP TEN UNIVERSITIES IN UK

  According to QS World University Rankings, 2019:

  Rank   University
1   University of Oxford
2   University of Cambridge
3   Imperial College London  
4   University College London  
5   The University of Edinburgh  
6   The University of Manchester
7   King's College London  
8   London School of Economics  
9   University of Bristol  
10   University of Warwick  

  According to The Complete University Guide, 2019:

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

  According to University Guide, The Guardian, 2019:

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

  According to QS World University Rankings, 2019:

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

  According to QS World University Rankings, 2019:

  Rank   University
1   University of Toronto
2   McGill University  
3   The University of British Columbia  
4   University of Alberta  
5   McMaster University  
6   Université de Montréal
7   University of Waterloo
8   The University of Western Ontario  
9   University of Calgary  
10   Queen's University at Kingston  

  According to Canada's Top 50 Research Universities, Research Infosource Inc., 2017:

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

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