List of the universities which are included in this program

A Guide to International Universities of Excellence (Last updated: April 2011)

This Guide is provided by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research for guidance purposes only. The university rankings are generic and may fall in different rank order depending on specialty areas. The Human Capacity Building committee in the Ministry of Higher Education will make the ultimate decision which universities are suitable depending on the specialty of the student making application.

► AUSTRIA

1. University of Wien (Vienna)
2. Technical University of Wien
   
3. University of Innsbruck
   
4. Universitat Graz
   
5. University of Linz
   
6. University of Salzburg
   
7. University fur Bodenkulture Wien
   
8. Alpen-Adria-University of Klagenfurt
   

► AUSTRALIA

1. Monash University
2. University of Sydney
   
3. University of Melbourne
   
4. Australian National University
   
5. University of New South Wales
   
6. University of South Australia
   
7. Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
   
8. University of Adelaide
   
9. University of Western Australia
   
10. Macquarie University                          
    
11. University of Technology-Sydney
    
12. La Trobe University
    
13. Curtin University of Technology
    
14. Queensland University of Technology
    
15. Flinders University
    
16. University of Newcastle                    
    
17. Griffith University
    
18. University of Tasmania
    
19. Deakin University
    
20. James Cook University
    
21. University of Queensland
    
22. University of Wollongong
    
23. University of Southern Queensland Australia
24. University of New England.
    
25. Swinburne University of Technology.
26. University of Victoria.

BELGIUM

1. Free University of Brussels
2. Catholic University Leuven
   
3. Universite Catholique de Louvain
   
4. University of Ghent
   
5. University of Antwerp
   
6. Vrije University Brussels
   
7. University of Liege
   
8. Faculties Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix
   
9. Hogeschool Gent
   

CANADA

1. University of Toronto
2. University of British Columbia
   
3. Simon Fraser University
   
4. York University
   
5. McGill University
   
6. University of Calgary
   
7. University of Alberta
   
8. University of Waterloo
   
9. University of Laval
   
10. University of Montreal
    
11. Queen's University
    
12. McMaster University
    
13. University of Western Ontario
    
14. Dalhousie University
    
15. University of Ottawa
    
16. University of Victoria
    
17. Carlton University
    
18. University of Manitoba
    
19. University of Quebec
    
20. University of Guelph
    

CHINA

1. Peking University
2. Shanghai Jiao Tong University
   
3. Tsinghua University
   
4. Xi’an Jiaotong University
   
5. Fudan University
   
6. Nanjing University
   
7. Zhejiang University
   
8. Renmin University of China
   
9. University of Science and Technology of China
   
10. Wuhan University
    

 

DENMARK

1. University of Copenhagen
2. University of Aarhus
   
3. Technical University of Denmark
   
4. University of Southern Denmark
   
5. Aalborg University
   

EGYPT

1. Alexandria University
2. University of Cairo
   
3. Helwan University Cairo
   
4. Mansoura University
   

FINLAND

1. Tempereen Teknichol University
2. Helsingin Yliopisto
   
3. University of Helskinki
   
4. Helsinki University of Technology
   
5. University of Turku
   
6. Kuopie University
   
7. University of Oulu
   
8. University of Jyvaskyla
   
9. University of Tempere
   

FRANCE

1. Ecole Polytechnique
2. Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon
   
3. Sciences Po Paris
   
4. University of Paris – Sud Paris XI
   
5. University of Paris I Pantheon Sorbonne
   
6. University of Strasbourg
   
7. Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees (ENPC)
   
8. Ecole Normale Superieure Lettres et Sciences Humaines
   
9. University of Joseph-Fournier Grenoble I
   
10. University of Paris Sorbonne VI
    
11. University of Lille I
    
12. University of Paris VII Diderot
    
13. University of Paris V Descartes
    
14. University of Toulouse III Paul Sabatier
    
15. Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris
    
16. University Montpellier II – Sciences and Techniques
    
17. University of Pierre and Marie Curie Paris VI
    

GERMANY

1. Freie Universitat Berlin
2. University of Leipzig
   
3. Reinisch-Westfalische Technische Hochschule Aachen
   
4. University of Koln
   
5. University of Trier
   
6. Humboldt University of Berlin
   
7. Westfalische Wilhelms-Universitat Munster
   
8. University of Hamburg
   
9. Technical University of Berlin
   
10. Ruhr-University Bochum
    
11. University of Munich
    
12. Technical Institute of Dresden
    
13. University of Regensburg
    
14. Heidelberg University
    
15. Ludwig-Maximilians Universitat Munchen
    
16. University of Frieburg (German Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg)
    
17. Eberhard Karls University - Tubingen
    
18. University of Karlsruhe
    
19. University of Gottengen
    
20. University of Stuttgart
    
21. University of Frankfurt am Main
    
22. University of Bonn
    
23. University of Mannheim
    
24. University of Ulm
    
25. Technical University of Darmstadt
    
26. University of Wurzburg
    
27. Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg
    
28. University of Dusseldorf
    
29. Johannes Gutenberg Universitat Mainz
    
30. University of Bielefeld
    
31. University of Konstanz
    
32. University of Marburg
    
33. University des Saarlandes
    
34. University of Bayreuth
    
35. University of Bremen
    
36. Catholic University of Eichstatt-Ingolstadt
    
37. Technische Universitat of Bergakademie Freiberg
    
38. Fernuniversitat Hagen
    
39. Helmet Schmidt University
    
40. Jacobs University Bremen
    
41. RWTH
    
42. Technical University of Munich
    
43. University of Augsburg
    
44. University of Bamberg
    
45. University of Bundeswehr-Munchen
    
46. University of Duisburg-Essen
    
47. University of Erfurt
    
48. University of Giessen
    
49. University of Gothenburg
    
50. University of Griefswald
    
51. University of Halle-wittenbeerg
    
52. University of Hannover
    
53. University of Heidelberg
    
54. University of Hildesheim
    
55. University of Hohenheim
    
56. University of Kasse
    
57. University of Kiel
    
58. University of Koblenz
    
59. University of Lubeck
    
60. University of Lunneburg
    
61. University of Mainz
    
62. University of Munster
    
63. University of Oldenburg
    
64. University of Osnabruck
    
65. University of Paderborn
    
66. University of Passau
    
67. University of Rostock
    
68. University of Siegen
    
69. University of Vechta
    
70. Viadrina University
    
71. Potsdam University

HONG KONG

1. University of Hong Kong
2. Chinese University of Hong Kong, The
   
3. City University of Hong Kong
   
4. Hong Kong Polytechnique University
   
5. Hong Kong Baptist University
   
6. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
   

INDIA

1. Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
2. Indian Institute of Technology Madras
   
3. Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
   
4. Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
   
5. Anna University
   
6. University of Delhi
   
7. Indian Institute of Technology Karaghpur
   
8. Birla Institute of Technology and Science
   
9. University of Mumbai
   
10. Jawaharlal Nehru University
    
11. University of Roorkee
    

IRAN

1. University of Teheran
2. Isfahan University of Technology
   

IRELAND

1. University College Dublin
2. University College Cork
   
3. National University of lreland - Galway
   
4. Dublin City University
   
5. Dublin Institute of Technology
   
6. Aarhus University
   
7. Trinity College
   
8. University of Limerick   
   

ITALY

1. Universita degli Studi di Bologna
2. Sapienza University of Rome
   
3. Universita degli Studi di Milano
   
4. University of Bologna
   
5. Polytechnic University of Milan
   
6. University of Padua
   
7. University of Pisa
   
8. University of Florence
   
9. Polytechnic University of Turin
   
10. University of Firenze
    
11. University of Genoa
    
12. University of Modena
    
13. University of Naples Federico II
    
14. University of Pavia
    
15. University of Rome TOR VERGATA
    
16. University of Siena
    
17. University of Trente
    
18. University of Trieste
    

JAPAN

1. Keio University
2. Waseda University
   
3. University of Tokyo
   
4. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
   
5. Kyoto University
   
6. Tokyo Institute of Technology
   
7. Nagoya University
   
8. Tohoku University
   
9. Kyushu University
   
10. Hokkaido University
    
11. University of Tsukukba
    
12. Kobe University
    
13. Hiroshima University
    
14. Chiba University
    
15. Hitotsubashi University
    
16. Showa University
    
17. Osaka University
    
18. Nagasaki University
    
19. Yokohama National University
    
20. Osaka City University
    
21. Technical Institute of Technology
    
22. University of Kyoto
    
23. University of Hiroshima
    

MALAYSIA      

1. University of Malaya
2. The University of Kuala Lumpur
3. University of Kebangsaan Malaysia
   
4. University of Sains Malaysia
   
5. University of Technology Malaysia
   
6. University Putra Malaysia
   
7. Multimedia University
   
8. University of Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia
   
9. University of Malaysia Perlis
   
10. University of Technology Mara
    
11. University of Utara Malaysia
    
12. Notttingham University, Malaysian Campus.
    
13. University Tenga Nasional.

NETHERLANDS

1. Ryksuniversiteit Groningen
2. Utrecht University
   
3. Delft University of Technology
   
4. Erasmus University Rotterdam
   
5. Maastricht University
   
6. Eindhoven University of Technology
   
7. University of Groningen
   
8. Wageningen University
   
9. Radboud University Nijmegen
   
10. Leiden University
    
11. Nyenrode Business University
    
12. Tilburg University
    
13. University of Amsterdam
    
14. University of Twente
    
15. VU University Amsterdam
    

NEW ZEALAND

1. University of Auckland
2. University of Otago
   
3. University of Canterbury
   
4. Victoria University of Wellington
   
5. Massey University
   
6. University of Waikato
   

NORWAY

1. Norwegian University of Science and Technology
2. University of Oslo
   
3. Hogskolen Bergen
   
4. University of Tromso
   
5. Handelshoyskolen BI
   

SINGAPORE

1. National University of Singapore
2. Nanyang Technological University
   

SOUTH KOREA

1. Korea Advanced University of Science and Technoloigy
2. Pohang University of Science and Technology   
   
3. Yonsei University
   
4. Sungkyunkwan University
   
5. Pusan National University
   

SPAIN

1. Universidad Complutense de Madrid
2. University of Granada
   
3. Universidad de Valencia
   
4. University of Barcelona (Autonomous)
   
5. Universidad de la Rioja
   
6. University of Seville
   
7. Universidad Politecnica de Valencia
   
8. University of Alicante
   
9. University of Pais Vasco
   
10. University of Zaragoza
    
11. University of Navarra
    
12. Universidad Politecnica of Madrid
    
13. University of Salamanca
    
14. University of Madrid (Autonomous)
    
15. University of Campeu-Fabra
    

SWEDEN

1. Lund University
2. Uppsala University
   
3. KTH Royal Institute of Technology
   
4. University of Gothenburg
   
5. Chalmers University of Technology
   
6. Stockholm University
   
7. Stockholm School of Economics
   
8. Umea University
   
9. Karolinska Institute
   
10. Linkoping University
    
11. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

SWITZERLAND

1. Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich
2. University of Geneva
   
3. Ecole Polytech Federale de Lausanne
   
4. University of Zurich
   
5. University of Basel
   
6. University of Lausanne
   
7. University of Bern
   
8. University of St. Gallen
   
9. Fachhochschule Nortwestschweiz
   
10. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich)
    
11. University of Fribourg
    
12. University of Neuchatel
    

TAIWAN

1. National Taiwan University
2. National Cheng Kung University
   
3. National Yang Ming University
   
4. National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
   
5. National Chiao Tung University
   

TURKEY

1. Istanbul Technical University
2. Boguzici University
   
3. Bilkent University
   
4. Anadolu University
   
5. Girne American University.
   

UNITED KINGDOM

1. University of Cambridge
2. University of Oxford
   
3. Imperial College London
   
4. University College London
   
5. University of Manchester
   
6. University of Edinburgh
   
7. University of Leeds
   
8. University of Nottingham
   
9. London School of Economics and Political Science
   
10. University of York
    
11. University of Warwick
    
12. University of Southampton
    
13. University of Liverpool
    
14. University of Glasgow (Scotland)
    
15. University of Birmingham
    
16. University of Sheffield
    
17. Durham University
    
18. University of Aberdeen
    
19. Cardiff University (Wales)
    
20. University of Bath
    
21. Newcastle University
    
22. Lancaster University
    
23. University of Sussex
    
24. University of Reading
    
25. University of Leicester
    
26. Queen’s University Belfast
    
27. University of Dundee
    
28. Loughborough University
    
29. University of Surrey
    
30. University of Strathclyde (Scotland)
    
31. University of Exeter
    
32. University of Essex
    
33. Aston University
    
34. University of East Anglia
    
35. Royal Holloway University of London
    
36. Brunel University
    
37. Swansea University
    
38. Goldsmiths, University of London
    
39. Hariot-Watt University
    
40. University of Bradford
    
41. Aberystwyth University
    
42. Bangor University
    
43. Anglia Raskin University
    
44. Birbeck College, University of London
    
45. Bournemouth University
    
46. City University London
    
47. Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London
    
48. Coventry University
    
49. Cranfield University
    
50. De Montfort University
    
51. Edinburgh Napier University
    
52. Keele University
    
53. King's College London
    
54. Kingston University London
    
55. Liverpool John Moores University
    
56. London Business School
    
57. London Metropolitan University
    
58. London South Bank University
    
59. Manchester Metropolitan University
    
60. Middlesex University
    
61. Northumbria University
    
62. Nottingham Trent University
    
63. Oxford Brookes University
    
64. Queen Mary, University of London
    
65. Queen’s University Belfast
    
66. Robert Gordon University
    
67. Roehampton University
    
68. Royal College of Art
    
69. School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
    
70. Sheffield-Hallam University
    
71. Staffordshire University
    
72. University of Abertay Dundee
    
73. University of Brighton
    
74. University of Bristol
    
75. University of Central Lancashire
    
76. University of Derby
    
77. University of East London
    
78. University of Glamorgan
    
79. University of Greenwich
    
80. University of Hertfordshire
    
81. University of Huddersfield
    
82. University of Keele
    
83. University of Kent
    
84. University of London
    
85. University of Northampton
    
86. University of Plymouth
    
87. University of Portsmouth
    
88. University of Salford
    
89. University of Southampton
    
90. University of St. Andrews (Scotland)
    
91. University of Stirling
    
92. University of Sunderland
    
93. University of Ulster
    
94. University of the West of England
    
95. University of Westminster
    
96. University of Wolverhampton
    
97. University of Buckingham
98. University of ‌Harper Adams.
99. University of Glyndwr.
    
100. University of Salford.
     
101. Institute of Education, University of London
102. Teesside University
     
103. University of Brighton
104. Queen Margaret University

UNITED STATES

1. Stanford University
2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
   
3. University of California-Berkeley
   
4. Michigan State University
   
5. Yale University
   
6. Indiana University - Bloomington
   
7. Purdue University
   
8. Duke University
   
9. California Institute of Technology
   
10. University of Texas at Austin
    
11. Columbia University
    
12. Harvard University
    
13. University of Michigan – Ann Arbor
    
14. University of Washington
    
15. Cornell University
    
16. University of Georgia
    
17. New York University
    
18. Pennsylvania State University
    
19. University of Pennsylvania
    
20. University of Wisconsin - Madison
    
21. Princeton University
    
22. University of Virginia
    
23. University of Minnesota – Twin Cities
    
24. Oregon State University
    
25. University of California at Los Angeles
    
26. University of Southern California
    
27. University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
    
28. Ohio State University
    
29. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champagne
    
30. Boston University
    
31. University of Florida
    
32. North Carolina State University
    
33. Carnegie Mellon University
    
34. Rutgers--the State University of New Jersey
    
35. University of California, San Diego
    
36. University of Colorado at Boulder
    
37. University of Pittsburgh
    
38. Arizona State University
    
39. Texas A&M University
    
40. University of Arizona
    
41. University of Iowa
    
42. University of Maryland – College Park
    
43. Washington State University
    
44. Virginia Polytechnic and State University
    
45. University of Notre Dame
    
46. University of Chicago
    
47. Johns Hopkins University
    
48. Dartmouth College
    
49. Northwestern University
    
50. University of California, Irvine
    
51. Georgia Institute of Technology
    
52. Brown University
    
53. Drexel University
    
54. University of Delaware
    
55. Boston College
    
56. Georgetown University
    
57. Rice University
    
58. Iowa State University
    
59. University of California, Santa Barbara
    
60. University of New Mexico
    
61. University of Nebraska
    
62. University of Oklahoma - Norman
    
63. University of Tennessee
    
64. University of California, Riverside
    
65. Tufts University
    
66. University of California, Santa Cruz
    
67. University of Rochester
    
68. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
    
69. Rochester Institute of Technology
    
70. University of Miami
    
71. University of California, San Francisco
    
72. Washington University in St. Louis
    
73. Emory University
    
74. University of California, Davis
    
75. Vanderbilt University
    
76. Vanguard University
    
77. Stony Brook University, SUNY
    
78. Brandeis University
    
79. University of Massachusetts, Amherst
    
80. Wake-Forest University
    
81. University of Utah
    
82. George Washington University
    
83. University of Hawaii
    
84. University of Cincinnati
    
85. Tulane University
    
86. University of Connecticut
    
87. Howard University
    
88. Colorado State University
    
89. Florida State University
    
90. City University of New York
    
91. Yeshiva University
    
92. Illinois Institute of Technology
    
93. American University
    
94. Baylor University
    
95. Case Western Reserve University
    
96. Catholic University of America
    
97. Columbus State University
    
98. DePaul University
    
99. DePauw University
    
100. East Carolina University
     
101. East Michigan University
102. Furman University
     
103. George Fox University
     
104. George Mason University
     
105. Georgia State University
     
106. Illinois State University
     
107. Iowa State University of Science and Technology
     
108. Kansas State University
     
109. LaSalle University
     
110. Liberty University
     
111. Louisiana State University
     
112. Loyola University of Chicago
     
113. Loyola University Maryland
     
114. Montclair State University
     
115. Montana State University-Bozeman
     
116. New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
     
117. New Mexico State University
     
118. Northern Arizona University
     
119. Northern Illinois University
     
120. Northwestern Oklahoma State University
     
121. Oklahoma State University
     
122. Oral Roberts University
     
123. Portland State University
     
124. Regent University
     
125. San Diego State University
     
126. Santa Clara University
     
127. Seton Hall University
     
128. South Dakota State University
     
129. Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
     
130. Southern Methodist University
     
131. St. Bonaventure University
     
132. St. John's University
     
133. St. Lawrence University
     
134. State University of New York - Buffalo
     
135. Syracuse University
     
136. Temple University
     
137. Tennessee State University
     
138. Texas Tech University
     
139. Texas Women’s University
     
140. Towson University
     
141. University of Akron
     
142. University of Alabama
     
143. University at Albany
     
144. University of Arkansas
     
145. University of Denver
     
146. University of Houston
     
147. University of Idaho
     
148. University of Illinois at Chicago
     
149. University of Kansas
     
150. University of Louisiana
     
151. University of Missouri – Columbia
     
152. University of Missouri – Kansas City
153. University of Montana - Missoula
     
154. University of New Hampshire
     
155. University of North Dakota
     
156. University of North Texas
     
157. University of Ohio
     
158. University of Oregon
     
159. University of Richmond
     
160. University of South Carolina
     
161. University of South Dakota
     
162. University of South Florida
     
163. University of Texas at Arlington
     
164. University of Texas at Dallas
     
165. University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
     
166. University of Wyoming
     
167. Utah State University
168. Virginia Commonwealth University
     
169. West Virginia University
     
170. Western Michigan University
     
171. Wichita State University
     
172. Kent State University.
173. University of Bridgeport
174. University of Central Messouri.
     
175. University of Baltimore.
176. Valparaiso University
     
177. Azusa Pacific University
     
178. George Fox University.
179. Fairleigh Dickinson University.
180. Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Science
181. George Washington University (GWU), School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
182. Ball State University
183. California State University
184. Florida Institute of Technology
185. Indiana State University
186. Lamar University
187. Miami University
188. Murray State University
189. Pepperdine University
190. Savannah College of Art and Design
191. Seattle University
192. Southern New Hampshire University
193. SIT Graduate Institute
194. Southern Illinois University
195. University of Kentucky
196. University of Michigan
197. Winthrop University
198. Monterey Institute of International Studies.
199. Eastern Washington University 
200. Middle Tennessee State University
201. Missouri State University
202. University of New Haven
203. Western Kentucky University
     
204. Michigan Technological University
205. Polytechnic Institute of New York University
206. Gannon University
207. Embry Riddle Aeronautical University
208. Academy of Art University.