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Directory for world class universities
It includes information resources about the top 50 World class universities located outside IDB member countries and recognized by the international ranking systems including webmetrics ranking, QS World University ranking, Scientific research performance ranking and academic ranking as well as foreign universities with branches located in IDB member countries with the aim to act as a tool for identifying best practices from highly performing world class universities.
(A) Foreign World class universities in international ranking systems with branches located in IDB member countries
 Qatar
Carnegie Mellon University
Texas A&M University
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Georgetown University
Northwestern University
Virginia Commonwealth University
 United Arab Emirates
Michigan State University Dubai
American university in the Emirates
Birla Institute of Technology & Science Pilani
Cambridge College International Dubai
EHSAL –Brussels "European University colleague Brussels, Dubai branch"
Heriot-Watt University Dubai Campus
Institute of Management Technology
Islamic Azad University
MAHE, Manipal-Dubai Campus
Middlesex University, Dubai Campus
Murdoch University International Study Centre Dubai
Saint-Petersburg State University of Engineering and Economics
Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology
The British University in Dubai
The University of Exeter
The University of Wollongong in Dubai
Canadian University of Dubai
University of Phoenix
(B) Top 50 World class universities in international ranking systems located outside IDB member countries
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Webometrics
Ranking (January 2009)
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QS World University
Ranking (2008)
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Scientific research performance ranking (2008)
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Academic Ranking (2007)
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
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HARVARD University, USA
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Harvard Univ, USA
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Harvard Univ, USA
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Stanford University, USA
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YALE University, USA
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Johns Hopkins University, USA
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Stanford Univ., USA
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Harvard University, USA
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University of CAMBRIDGE, UK
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Stanford Univ., USA
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Univ California - Berkeley, USA
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4
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University of California Berkeley, USA
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University of OXFORD, UK
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University of Washington, USA
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Univ Cambridge, UK
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5
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Cornell University, USA
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California Institute of Technology (Caltech), USA
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University of California los Angeles, USA
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Massachusetts Inst Tech (MIT), USA
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6
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University of Michigan, USA
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IMPERIAL College London, UK
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Univ California - Berkeley, USA
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California Inst Tech, USA
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California Institute of Technology
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UCL (University College London), UK
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Univ Michigan - Ann Arbor, USA
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Columbia Univ., USA
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8
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University of Minnesota, USA
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University of CHICAGO, USA
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Massachusetts Inst Tech (MIT), USA
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Princeton Univ., USA
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University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, USA
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA
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Univ California - San Francisco, USA
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Univ Chicago, USA
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10
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University of Texas Austin, USA
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COLUMBIA University, USA
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Univ California - San Diego, USA
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Univ Oxford, UK
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University of Wisconsin Madison, USA
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University of PENNSYLVANIA, USA
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Univ Pennsylvania, USA
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Yale Univ, USA
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University of Washington, USA
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PRINCETON University, USA
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Tokyo Univ., Japan
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Cornell Univ, USA
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University of Pennsylvania, USA
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DUKE University, USA
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Columbia University New York, USA
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Univ California - Los Angeles, USA
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Pennsylvania State University, USA
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JOHNS HOPKINS University, USA
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Univ Toronto, Canada
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Univ California - San Diego, USA
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Carnegie Mellon University, USA
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CORNELL University, USA
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Yale Univ, USA
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Univ Pennsylvania, USA
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Texas A&M University, USA
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AUSTRALIAN National University, Australia
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Univ Cambridge, UK
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Univ Washington - Seattle, USA
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Columbia University New York, USA
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STANFORD University, USA
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Duke university, USA
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Univ Wisconsin - Madison, USA
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University of California los Angeles, USA
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University of MICHIGAN, USA
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Cornell Univ, USA
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Univ California - San Francisco, USA
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University of Maryland, USA
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University of TOKYO, Japan
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Univ Oxford, UK
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Johns Hopkins Univ., USA
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University of Chicago, USA
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MCGILL University, Canada
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Univ Coll London, UK
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Tokyo Univ., Japan
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Purdue University, USA
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CARNEGIE MELLON University, USA
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Univ Wisconsin - Madison, USA
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Univ Michigan - Ann Arbor, USA
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University of Florida, USA
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KING##$$S College London, UK
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Univ Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh, USA
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Kyoto Univ, Japan
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Michigan State University, USA
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University of EDINBURGH, UK
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Univ Minnesota - Twin Cities, USA
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Imperial Coll London, UK
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University of Toronto, Canada
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ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology), Switzerland
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University of CHICAGO, USA
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Univ Toronto, Canada
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University of Arizona, USA
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KYOTO University, Japan
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University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, USA
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Univ Coll London, UK
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA
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University of HONG KONG, China
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Washington Univ - St. Louis, USA
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Univ Illinois - Urbana Champaign, USA
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Indiana University, USA
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BROWN University, USA
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Imperial Coll London, UK
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Swiss Fed Inst Tech - Zurich, Switzerland
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University of Cambridge, UK
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École Normale Supérieure, PARIS, France
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Kyoto Univ, Japan
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Washington Univ - St. Louis, USA
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New York University, USA
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University of MANCHESTER, UK
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Univ Pennsylvania, USA
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Northwestern Univ, USA
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University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, USA
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National University of SINGAPORE(NUS), Singapore
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Northwestern Univ, USA
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New York Univ, USA
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University of California San Diego, USA
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University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), USA
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California Inst Tech, USA
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Rockefeller Univ, USA
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Johns Hopkins University, USA
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University of BRISTOL, UK
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Univ California - Davis, USA
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Duke Univ, USA
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Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
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NORTHWESTERN University, USA
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Univ British Columbia, Canada
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Univ Minnesota - Twin Cities, USA
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Duke University, USA
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ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE, France
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McGill University, Canada
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Univ Colorado - Boulder, USA
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Rutgers University, USA
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University of BRITISH COLUMBIA, Canada
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The Ohio state university, Columbus, USA
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Univ California - Santa Barbara, USA
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University of Pittsburgh, USA
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University of California, BERKELEY, USA
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Karolinska Institute, Sweden
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Univ British Columbia, Canada
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Princeton University, USA
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The University of SYDNEY, Australia
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University of Arizona, USA
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Univ Maryland - Coll Park, USA
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University of British Columbia, Canada
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The University of MELBOURNE, Australia
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Osaka university, Japan
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Univ Texas - Austin, USA
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North Carolina State University, USA
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Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, China
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Univ Texas Southwestern Med Center, USA
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Univ Paris 06, France
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Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ETH Zurich, Switzerland
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NEW YORK University (NYU), USA
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Boston University, USA
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Univ Texas Southwestern Med Center, USA
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Yale University, USA
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University of TORONTO, Canada
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New York University, USA
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Vanderbilt Univ, USA
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University of Oxford, UK
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The CHINESE University of Hong Kong, china
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Princeton university, USA
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Univ Utrecht, Netherlands
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University of Southern California, USA
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University of QUEENSLAND, Australia
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University of Florida, USA
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Pennsylvania State Univ - Univ Park, USA
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Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México
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OSAKA University, Japan
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University of Illinois-Urbana – Champaign, USA
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Univ California - Davis, USA
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University of Virginia, USA
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University of NEW SOUTH WALES, Australia
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Emory university, USA
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Univ California - Irvine, USA
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University of Colorado Boulder, USA
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BOSTON University, USA
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Vanderbilt Univ, USA
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Univ Copenhagen, Denmark
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University of California Davis, USA
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MONASH University, Australia
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Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Germany
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Rutgers State Univ - New Brunswick
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Australian National University, Australia
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University of COPENHAGEN, Denmark
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Baylor college of medicine, USA
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Univ Manchester, UK
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University of California Santa Barbara, USA
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TRINITY College Dublin, Ireland
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University of southern California, USA
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Univ Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh, USA
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Iowa State University, USA
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École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
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University of Helsinki, Finland
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Univ Southern California, USA
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Related documents
Webometrics Ranking (January 2009)
World University Ranking (2008)
Scientific research performance ranking (2008)
Academic Ranking (2007)
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