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World Top 100 Institutions Rankings 2024

"AD Scientific Index" is the only university/institution ranking system that analyzes the distribution of scientists in an institution according to the 3, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80 and 90 percentiles. In addition to the country, continent and world ranking of all institutions, the "Type of Institution" section provides the ranking of universities separately among All Universities, Private Universities and Public Universities is given separately. You can also find the rankings of institutions, companies and hospitals. The "AD Scientific Index" University Ranking will not only show the areas in which a university is best or focused, but also reflect the results of the institutions' scientist recruitment policies. This feature reveals the ability of institutions to attract successful scientists and the ability of institutions to promote advances and retain scientists. See also: University Subject Rankings

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			AD Scientific Index - World University/Institution Rankings 2024								Total Number of Scientists in University/Institution
Country Ranking	Region Ranking	World Ranking	University / Institution	Country	Founded	Source	Best Scientist in University/Institution World Rank / Name		Total Institutions in Country	Total Scientists in Index	In top %3	In top %10	In top %20	In top %30	In top %40	In top %50	In top %60	In top %70	In top %80	In top %90	Total Scientists in Index
1	1	1	Harvard University	United States	1636	Private	3	Ronald C Kessler ⁱ	3179	8720	1,032	2,221	3,744	5,348	6,657	7,398	7,698	8,065	8,556	8,695	8,720
1	1	2	Universidade de São Paulo USP	Brazil	1934	Public	369	Marco Leite ⁱ	578	6142	240	1,448	3,109	4,606	5,728	6,061	6,118	6,131	6,137	6,142	6,142
2	2	3	University of Michigan	United States	1817	Public	384	Goncalo Abecasis ⁱ	3179	5561	568	1,437	2,140	2,410	2,552	2,844	3,435	3,996	4,677	5,273	5,561
3	3	4	Stanford University	United States	1885	Private	36	Yi Cui	3179	6688	726	1,397	2,261	3,320	4,202	4,803	5,159	5,556	6,116	6,529	6,688
1	1	5	University of Oxford	United Kingdom	1096	Public	70	Amanda Cooper Sarkar ⁱ	321	3116	518	1,113	1,789	2,406	2,836	3,049	3,092	3,112	3,115	3,115	3,116
4	4	6	University of California Los Angeles	United States	1919	Public	272	Michail Bachtis ⁱ	3179	4608	497	1,072	1,618	2,172	2,813	3,351	3,604	3,832	4,136	4,493	4,608
2	2	7	University College London	United Kingdom	1826	Public	34	Karl Friston	321	3674	463	1,045	1,666	2,184	2,518	2,678	2,734	2,886	3,200	3,545	3,674
5	5	8	Columbia University New York	United States	1754	Private	164	Joseph E Stiglitz	3179	5129	442	1,007	1,539	1,970	2,305	2,777	3,355	3,832	4,443	4,945	5,129
6	6	9	University of Minnesota Twin Cities	United States	1851	Public	499	Peter Reich	3179	3963	390	985	1,585	2,167	2,833	3,299	3,452	3,567	3,763	3,911	3,963
1	7	10	University of Toronto	Canada	1827	Public	97	Pekka Sinervo ⁱ	281	3561	364	939	1,576	2,130	2,624	2,889	2,964	3,025	3,187	3,460	3,561
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7	8	11	University of California San Diego	United States	1960	Public	29	Michael Karin	3179	4218	445	934	1,457	1,960	2,373	2,639	2,919	3,232	3,634	3,983	4,218
8	9	12	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	United States	1861	Private	6	Robert Langer	3179	4356	442	923	1,679	2,622	3,456	4,003	4,177	4,249	4,321	4,354	4,356
9	10	13	University of California Berkeley	United States	1868	Public	108	Heather Gray ⁱ	3179	3134	456	889	1,386	1,943	2,461	2,819	2,953	2,992	3,036	3,128	3,134
10	11	14	University of Pennsylvania	United States	1740	Private	964	Ruben Gur	3179	3945	400	864	1,371	1,867	2,257	2,510	2,769	3,073	3,498	3,812	3,945
11	12	15	University of Florida	United States	1853	Public	299	Dimitri Bourilkov ⁱ	3179	3865	284	838	1,420	1,896	2,235	2,370	2,573	2,905	3,354	3,732	3,865
12	13	16	University of California Davis	United States	1905	Public	1174	Jay Belsky	3179	3786	328	836	1,288	1,700	2,083	2,387	2,717	3,032	3,397	3,640	3,786
2	14	17	University of British Columbia	Canada	1908	Public	737	Robert E. W. Hancock	281	4307	334	828	1,351	1,798	2,155	2,459	2,931	3,380	3,858	4,201	4,307
3	3	18	Imperial College London	United Kingdom	1907	Public	118	Peter J Barnes ⁱ	321	3502	333	825	1,295	1,683	1,994	2,315	2,700	2,939	3,253	3,442	3,502
1	1	19	University of Queensland	Australia	1909	Public	440	Roy F Baumeister	156	3220	278	820	1,363	1,809	2,086	2,304	2,564	2,816	3,015	3,159	3,220
13	15	20	University of Wisconsin Madison	United States	1848	Public	16	Fuquan Wang ⁱ	3179	3272	336	820	1,287	1,643	1,895	2,068	2,232	2,459	2,802	3,136	3,272
2	2	21	Monash University	Australia	1958	Public	211	Jordan Nash ⁱ	156	3884	267	812	1,413	1,921	2,205	2,379	2,691	3,014	3,383	3,714	3,884
14	16	22	Duke University	United States	1838	Private	39	Lei Layla Li ⁱ	3179	3097	364	798	1,182	1,520	1,784	1,993	2,255	2,493	2,806	3,026	3,097
15	17	23	Yale University	United States	1701	Private	32	Richard A Flavell	3179	2789	350	784	1,252	1,760	2,167	2,401	2,469	2,552	2,653	2,746	2,789
16	18	24	Pennsylvania State University	United States	1855	Public	1140	Bruce E Logan	3179	3845	273	775	1,327	1,782	2,115	2,305	2,542	2,904	3,332	3,717	3,845
17	19	25	Texas A&M University	United States	1876	Public	710	Othmane Bouhali ⁱ	3179	3141	218	753	1,316	1,769	2,100	2,243	2,424	2,600	2,793	3,035	3,141
3	3	26	University of Melbourne	Australia	1853	Public	82	Martin Sevior ⁱ	156	2806	256	753	1,295	1,722	2,002	2,130	2,157	2,223	2,411	2,700	2,806
3	20	27	McGill University	Canada	1821	Public	75	Andreas Warburton ⁱ	281	2877	261	725	1,184	1,582	1,942	2,222	2,475	2,596	2,697	2,818	2,877
4	4	28	University of New South Wales	Australia	1949	Public	861	Liming Dai	156	3249	232	714	1,233	1,648	1,923	2,068	2,334	2,633	2,945	3,188	3,249
5	5	29	University of Sydney	Australia	1850	Public	977	Adrian Bauman	156	3403	273	713	1,222	1,635	1,910	2,173	2,528	2,816	3,084	3,326	3,403
18	21	30	University of Pittsburgh	United States	1787	Public	537	Riccardo Maria Bianchi ⁱ	3179	2184	280	692	1,173	1,603	1,920	2,110	2,159	2,177	2,184	2,184	2,184
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19	22	31	University of Southern California	United States	1880	Private	403	Paul Thompson	3179	3205	266	682	1,104	1,453	1,763	1,960	2,063	2,278	2,676	3,049	3,205
20	23	32	University of Texas Austin	United States	1883	Public	446	Nicholas A Peppas	3179	3993	278	679	1,169	1,602	1,993	2,241	2,551	2,925	3,439	3,834	3,993
1	1	33	National University of Singapore	Singapore	1905	Public	281	Tien Yin Wong ⁱ	61	2225	246	657	1,136	1,530	1,778	1,915	1,964	2,035	2,120	2,198	2,225
21	24	34	University of North Carolina Chapel Hill	United States	1789	Public	663	Barry Popkin ⁱ	3179	2607	269	655	1,060	1,381	1,651	1,859	2,052	2,190	2,368	2,547	2,607
22	25	35	University of Maryland	United States	1856	Public	1066	Liangbing Hu	3179	1849	230	649	1,036	1,340	1,616	1,785	1,833	1,845	1,848	1,849	1,849
4	4	36	University of Cambridge	United Kingdom	1209	Public	83	Nicholas Wareham ⁱ	321	4050	320	649	940	1,259	1,599	2,080	2,689	3,123	3,565	3,897	4,050
23	26	37	Johns Hopkins University	United States	1876	Private	26	Bert Vogelstein	3179	2530	302	647	1,039	1,380	1,660	1,827	1,962	2,133	2,331	2,480	2,530
24	27	38	New York University	United States	1831	Private	944	Dan Littman	3179	3202	246	637	989	1,357	1,684	1,937	2,107	2,340	2,687	3,054	3,202
25	28	39	University of Illinois Urbana Champaign	United States	1867	Public	74	Mark Neubauer ⁱ	3179	2652	255	631	1,089	1,474	1,833	2,037	2,176	2,352	2,525	2,646	2,652
5	5	40	University of Manchester	United Kingdom	1824	Public	154	Darren Price ⁱ	321	2693	252	622	872	1,222	1,452	1,674	1,952	2,166	2,443	2,622	2,693
4	29	41	University of Alberta	Canada	1908	Public	320	Roger Moore ⁱ	281	2104	214	618	1,054	1,350	1,552	1,652	1,695	1,797	1,940	2,054	2,104
26	30	42	University of California Irvine	United States	1965	Public	565	Terence Libeiro ⁱ	3179	2769	264	614	880	1,155	1,401	1,639	1,919	2,165	2,465	2,679	2,769
1	6	43	Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza	Italy	1303	Public	156	Shahram Rahatlou ⁱ	267	2980	152	602	1,138	1,495	1,692	1,936	2,214	2,445	2,687	2,886	2,980
27	31	44	Arizona State University	United States	1885	Public	926	Nancy Eisenberg Berg	3179	3093	207	598	998	1,221	1,361	1,476	1,711	2,051	2,474	2,906	3,093
28	32	45	Ohio State University	United States	1870	Public	106	Carlo Croce	3179	3269	176	575	1,046	1,410	1,687	1,927	2,180	2,484	2,860	3,173	3,269
1	7	46	Utrecht University	Netherlands	1636	Public	243	Diederick E. Grobbee ⁱ	123	2310	243	575	934	1,197	1,406	1,658	1,872	2,011	2,170	2,271	2,310
6	8	47	King's College London	United Kingdom	1829	Public	65	Tim D Spector ⁱ	321	2088	248	564	930	1,254	1,462	1,564	1,692	1,803	1,923	2,041	2,088
29	33	48	University of California San Francisco	United States	1864	Public	755	Zena Werb	3179	2614	277	564	882	1,223	1,575	1,949	2,233	2,391	2,526	2,601	2,614
30	34	49	Purdue University	United States	1869	Public	186	Mia Liu ⁱ	3179	3545	172	562	1,043	1,401	1,653	1,790	2,042	2,440	2,917	3,379	3,545
1	9	50	Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule ETH Zürich	Switzerland	1855	Public	296	Aebersold R	138	3072	251	554	899	1,311	1,695	2,084	2,422	2,666	2,980	3,061	3,072
1	10	51	University of Copenhagen	Denmark	1479	Public	43	Matthias Mann	73	1653	170	542	863	944	968	1,008	1,161	1,333	1,509	1,620	1,653
31	35	52	Vanderbilt University	United States	1873	Private	339	Julia Velkovska ⁱ	3179	1781	233	541	854	1,118	1,344	1,460	1,551	1,625	1,709	1,757	1,781
32	36	53	Georgia Institute of Technology	United States	1885	Public	8	Zhong Lin Wang ⁱ	3179	1741	179	528	869	1,166	1,456	1,635	1,682	1,702	1,714	1,730	1,741
2	11	54	Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare	Italy	1951	Institution	181	Anna Maria Zanetti ⁱ	267	1057	269	528	707	837	904	961	1,010	1,030	1,039	1,052	1,057
33	37	55	Michigan State University	United States	1855	Public	66	Joey Huston ⁱ	3179	2909	155	512	917	1,240	1,489	1,681	1,953	2,234	2,573	2,803	2,909
34	38	56	University of Arizona	United States	1885	Public	50	John Rutherfoord ⁱ	3179	2344	181	511	871	1,177	1,405	1,507	1,628	1,813	2,053	2,258	2,344
35	39	57	Washington University Saint Louis	United States	1853	Private	11	Graham Colditz ⁱ	3179	2687	228	510	796	1,036	1,292	1,592	1,944	2,213	2,481	2,635	2,687
3	12	58	Università degli Studi di Padova	Italy	1222	Public	474	Mia Tosi ⁱ	267	2163	141	506	930	1,153	1,324	1,503	1,693	1,839	1,985	2,119	2,163
2	13	59	University of Groningen	Netherlands	1614	Public	922	Cisca Wijmenga ⁱ	123	1685	205	502	807	1,045	1,215	1,347	1,451	1,527	1,611	1,659	1,685
1	2	60	Tsinghua University	China	1911	Public	17	Xiaofeng Wang ⁱ	1132	2730	177	501	839	1,093	1,405	1,815	2,180	2,372	2,552	2,688	2,730
1	14	61	Catholic University of Leuven	Belgium	1834	Public	465	Peter Carmeliet	89	2960	203	500	848	1,115	1,374	1,649	2,009	2,337	2,643	2,876	2,960
1	3	62	Seoul National University	South Korea	1946	Public	4	SB Kim ⁱ	331	1544	171	500	803	1,062	1,230	1,329	1,432	1,513	1,541	1,543	1,544
36	40	63	National Institutes of Health	United States	1887	Institution	45	Daniel Levy ⁱ	3179	1854	241	496	837	1,205	1,574	1,786	1,840	1,850	1,853	1,854	1,854
7	15	64	University of Edinburgh	United Kingdom	1583	Public	374	Ian Deary	321	2734	186	492	835	1,121	1,352	1,620	1,914	2,143	2,441	2,657	2,734
37	41	65	University of Utah	United States	1850	Public	2137	Tom Greene	3179	2569	189	489	868	1,175	1,377	1,585	1,827	2,032	2,286	2,483	2,569
38	42	66	University of Colorado Boulder	United States	1876	Public	218	Kevin Stenson ⁱ	3179	2559	181	481	767	1,050	1,281	1,493	1,740	1,993	2,266	2,475	2,559
4	16	67	Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II	Italy	1224	Public	478	Mario Merola ⁱ	267	2142	117	480	917	1,188	1,368	1,558	1,752	1,898	2,022	2,108	2,142
6	6	68	Australian National University	Australia	1946	Public	1137	Yuri S Kivshar	156	1939	183	480	773	1,036	1,216	1,291	1,366	1,515	1,703	1,865	1,939
39	43	69	University of Chicago	United States	1891	Private	52	Mark Oreglia ⁱ	3179	2487	226	478	713	944	1,165	1,430	1,720	1,923	2,192	2,388	2,487
1	17	70	National and Kapodistrian University of Athens	Greece	1837	Public	102	Christine Kourkoumelis ⁱ	82	2296	139	477	860	1,120	1,317	1,507	1,711	1,885	2,060	2,220	2,296
40	44	71	University of Virginia	United States	1819	Public	810	Robert M Strieter	3179	2006	175	476	776	1,064	1,303	1,419	1,461	1,553	1,728	1,932	2,006
8	18	72	University of Birmingham	United Kingdom	1900	Public	1374	Niladri Sahoo ⁱ	321	1461	157	475	830	1,128	1,362	1,438	1,457	1,460	1,461	1,461	1,461
5	19	73	Università di Bologna	Italy	1088	Public	138	Nicola Semprini Cesari ⁱ	267	2401	132	470	884	1,178	1,372	1,599	1,838	1,999	2,177	2,338	2,401
41	45	74	Carnegie Mellon University	United States	1900	Private	392	Krzysztof Matyjaszewski	3179	2387	198	463	718	964	1,199	1,373	1,450	1,630	1,939	2,260	2,387
42	46	75	NASA Ames Research Center	United States	1939	Institution	381	Regina Caputo ⁱ	3179	1541	153	459	764	1,066	1,335	1,464	1,504	1,522	1,533	1,539	1,541
2	4	76	Nanyang Technological University	Singapore	1981	Public	280	Xiong Wen David Lou	61	2352	146	458	871	1,216	1,430	1,536	1,645	1,836	2,077	2,276	2,352
43	47	77	Emory University	United States	1836	Private	595	Peter W Wilson ⁱ	3179	2300	180	449	754	994	1,264	1,518	1,746	1,944	2,116	2,251	2,300
1	20	78	University of Oslo	Norway	1811	Public	1656	Ole A Andreassen ⁱ	79	2213	134	440	808	1,112	1,404	1,614	1,819	1,949	2,111	2,185	2,213
44	48	79	University of Iowa	United States	1847	Public	576	James Wetzel ⁱ	3179	1665	152	439	740	998	1,150	1,226	1,257	1,327	1,483	1,615	1,665
45	49	80	Google Inc.	United States	1998	Company	2828	David Culler	3179	3179	106	439	705	1,012	1,505	2,038	2,383	2,650	2,895	3,112	3,179
1	21	81	Universidad Complutense de Madrid	Spain	1508	Public	3950	Maria Vallet Regí	329	1972	77	436	965	1,464	1,818	1,899	1,918	1,928	1,941	1,950	1,972
2	22	82	Aarhus University	Denmark	1928	Public	1274	Henrik Toft Sorensen	73	2071	131	436	750	1,034	1,264	1,471	1,684	1,825	1,949	2,041	2,071
5	50	83	McMaster University	Canada	1887	Public	15	Gordon Guyatt	281	1891	190	430	688	866	1,017	1,199	1,378	1,526	1,699	1,835	1,891
3	23	84	Wageningen University & Research Centre	Netherlands	1918	Public	500	Willem M De Vos	123	1592	147	425	714	902	1,056	1,190	1,311	1,387	1,493	1,576	1,592
2	24	85	Universitat de Barcelona	Spain	1450	Public	678	Eugeni Graugés Pous ⁱ	329	1983	129	420	732	830	924	1,123	1,336	1,548	1,730	1,901	1,983
7	7	86	Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization	Australia	1916	Institution	3669	Pep Canadell	156	1821	93	417	815	1,119	1,369	1,546	1,677	1,741	1,792	1,814	1,821
8	8	87	University of Adelaide	Australia	1874	Public	68	Paul Jackson ⁱ	156	1888	148	417	707	937	1,106	1,258	1,436	1,580	1,745	1,851	1,888
9	25	88	University of Leeds	United Kingdom	1904	Public	445	Joshua Freeman ⁱ	321	2095	127	414	763	1,008	1,185	1,379	1,558	1,723	1,904	2,057	2,095
1	26	89	Karolinska Institute	Sweden	1861	Public	683	Tomas Hökfelt	92	1523	158	412	685	932	1,109	1,267	1,382	1,430	1,488	1,512	1,523
10	27	90	University of Nottingham	United Kingdom	1881	Public	2792	Hywel Williams ⁱ	321	1942	137	409	756	1,001	1,183	1,339	1,510	1,637	1,791	1,909	1,942
2	28	91	Ghent University	Belgium	1817	Public	756	Marc Van Montagu	89	2247	183	408	698	964	1,158	1,379	1,650	1,845	2,030	2,187	2,247
6	51	92	Western University (University of Western Ontario)	Canada	1878	Public	2124	Xueliang Sun	281	1069	131	405	669	854	974	1,022	1,045	1,054	1,062	1,067	1,069
4	29	93	Leiden University	Netherlands	1575	Public	815	Ewout W. Steyerberg	123	1836	175	403	641	882	1,109	1,306	1,479	1,586	1,700	1,798	1,836
11	30	94	University of Sheffield	United Kingdom	1905	Public	845	John Kanis	321	1582	116	401	703	901	1,057	1,146	1,229	1,300	1,411	1,514	1,582
1	5	95	University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong	1911	Public	1319	Xiang Zhang	31	1865	133	401	649	828	962	1,087	1,288	1,490	1,690	1,797	1,865
9	9	96	University of Western Australia	Australia	1911	Public	921	Graeme J Hankey ⁱ	156	1342	129	400	653	854	1,008	1,147	1,187	1,208	1,248	1,309	1,342
1	31	97	INSERM	France	1964	Institution	749	Jean Bousquet ⁱ	475	1253	132	399	661	835	973	1,090	1,155	1,194	1,225	1,247	1,253
7	52	98	University of Calgary	Canada	1966	Public	1133	Marcello Tonelli ⁱ	281	1623	136	393	717	975	1,184	1,269	1,305	1,388	1,480	1,581	1,623
2	32	99	École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne	Switzerland	1969	Public	13	Michael Graetzel ⁱ	138	2287	178	391	625	790	991	1,271	1,591	1,840	2,092	2,243	2,287
46	53	100	University of Connecticut	United States	1881	Public	3737	Cato T Laurencin	3179	1700	120	390	686	941	1,139	1,203	1,258	1,327	1,438	1,575	1,700

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