根据八日公布的最新《〈泰晤士报〉高等教育——二零零八全球顶尖大学排行榜》，美国长春藤名校哈佛大学蝉联全球最佳大学，耶鲁大学排名第二，前五十名顶尖大学以美国大学居多，亚洲地区包括日本、香港、新加坡、中国及韩国都有大学上榜。
这项调查是第五年进行，由QuacquarelliSymonds (QS)公司进行资料收集调查，根据各大学的研究、教职员人数、国际知名度、教学质量等进行评等与分析。
澳7校入围前100位 墨大首次落后悉尼大学
总共7所澳洲大学挤进100名，比去年少了一所。其中还包括昆州大学（43），新州大学（45），Monash大学（47）和西澳大学（83）。
澳大利亚大学在英国《泰晤士报》评出的年度全球顶尖大学的排名中下滑，墨尔本大学首次落后于悉尼大学。
但澳洲国立大学在2008 Times Higher Education-QS World University Ranking中连续第三年进入顶级大学行列。墨尔本大学下滑11位来到第38名，落后悉尼大学一位，而悉尼大学也在去年的基础上下滑了6位。澳洲国立大学依然排名第16。
亚洲大学中，东京大学成绩最佳
上榜的亚洲大学中，以日本的东京大学排名第十九，成绩最佳，京都大学排名第二十五，香港大学由去年的第十八名，跌到第二十六名，新加坡国立大学由去年的第三十三，进步到今年的第三十；首次进前五十大排行榜的香港科技大学从去年的第五十三大幅进步到第三十九。
中国北京大学由去年的第三十六名，大幅滑落到第五十名，与国立首尔大学同列第五十名。
前五十大世界最佳大学中，共有13个国家榜上有名
据“中央社”报道，该调查对全球前二十名最佳大学的排名分别是：哈佛大学、耶鲁大学、剑桥大学、牛津大学、加州理工学院、伦敦帝国学院、伦敦大学、芝加哥大学、麻省理工学院、哥伦比亚大学、宾州大学、普林斯顿大学、杜克大学与约翰霍普金斯大学并列第十三，康乃尔大学、澳洲国立大学、史丹佛大学、密西根大学、东京大学、马吉尔大学。
去年与耶鲁大学并居第二的剑桥大学与牛津大学，今年分别跌到第三和第四；普林斯顿大学由去年的第六名跌到今年的第十二名；康乃尔大学由去年的第二十名升到今年的第十五名；瑞士联邦理工学院苏黎世分校由去年的第四十二名，跃升到今年的第二十四名，进步惊人。
在前五十大世界最佳大学中，共有十三个国家的大学登上排行榜，数目高于去年的十二个国家，新入榜的大学包括：香港科技大学、哥本哈根大学、都柏林三一学院、瑞士洛桑联邦理工学院、国立首尔大学。
排名详情：
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1 HARVARD University United States
2 YALE University United States
3 University of CAMBRIDGE United Kingdom
4 University of OXFORD United Kingdom
5 CALIFORNIA Institute of Technology (Calt... United States
6 IMPERIAL College London United Kingdom
7 UCL (University College London) United Kingdom
8 University of CHICAGO United States
9 MASSACHUSETTS Institute of Technology (M... United States
10 COLUMBIA University United States
11 University of PENNSYLVANIA United States
12 PRINCETON University United States
13 DUKE University United States
13 JOHNS HOPKINS University United States
15 CORNELL University United States
16 AUSTRALIAN National University Australia
17 STANFORD University United States
18 University of MICHIGAN United States
19 University of TOKYO Japan
20 MCGILL University Canada
21 CARNEGIE MELLON University United States
22 KING'S College London United Kingdom
23 University of EDINBURGH United Kingdom
24 ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of T... Switzerland
25 KYOTO University Japan
26 University of HONG KONG Hong Kong 港大
27 BROWN University United States
28 École Normale Supérieure, PARIS France
29 University of MANCHESTER United Kingdom
30 National University of SINGAPORE(NUS) Singapore
30 University of CALIFORNIA, Los Angeles (U... United States
32 University of BRISTOL United Kingdom
33 NORTHWESTERN University United States
34 ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE France
34 University of BRITISH COLUMBIA Canada
36 University of California, BERKELEY United States
37 The University of SYDNEY Australia
38 The University of MELBOURNE Australia
39 HONG KONG University of Science & Techno... Hong Kong 香港科技大学
40 NEW YORK University (NYU) United States
41 University of TORONTO Canada
42 The CHINESE University of Hong Kong Hong Kong 香港中文大学
43 University of QUEENSLAND Australia
44 OSAKA University Japan
45 University of NEW SOUTH WALES Australia
46 BOSTON University United States
47 MONASH University Australia
48 University of COPENHAGEN Denmark
49 TRINITY College Dublin Ireland
50 Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de LAUSANNE... Switzerland
50 PEKING University China 北大
50 SEOUL National University Korea, South 首尔大学
53 University of AMSTERDAM Netherlands
54 DARTMOUTH College United States
55 University of WISCONSIN-Madison United States
56 TSINGHUA University China 清华
57 HEIDELBERG Universität Germany
58 University of CALIFORNIA, San Diego United States
59 University of WASHINGTON United States
60 WASHINGTON University in St. Louis United States
61 TOKYO Institute of Technology Japan
62 EMORY University United States
63 UPPSALA University Sweden
64 LEIDEN University Netherlands
65 The University of AUCKLAND New Zealand
66 LONDON School of Economics and Political... United Kingdom
67 UTRECHT University Netherlands
68 University of GENEVA Switzerland
69 University of WARWICK United Kingdom
70 University of TEXAS at Austin United States
71 University of ILLINOIS United States
72 Katholieke Universiteit LEUVEN Belgium
73 University of GLASGOW United Kingdom
74 University of ALBERTA Canada
75 University of BIRMINGHAM United Kingdom
76 University of SHEFFIELD United Kingdom
77 NANYANG Technological University Singapore
78 DELFT University of Technology Netherlands
78 RICE University United States
78 Technische Universität MÜNCHEN Germany
81 University of AARHUS Denmark
81 University of YORK United Kingdom
83 GEORGIA Institute of Technology United States
83 The University of WESTERN AUSTRALIA Australia
83 University of ST ANDREWS United Kingdom
86 University of NOTTINGHAM United Kingdom
87 University of MINNESOTA United States
88 LUND University Sweden
89 University of CALIFORNIA, Davis United States
90 CASE WESTERN RESERVE University United States
91 Université de Montréal Canada
91 University of HELSINKI Finland
93 Hebrew University of JERUSALEM Israel
93 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Germany
95 KAIST - Korea Advanced Institute of Scie... Korea, South
96 University of VIRGINIA United States
97 University of PITTSBURGH United States
98 University of CALIFORNIA, Santa Barbara United States
99 PURDUE University United States
99 University of SOUTHAMPTON United Kingdom
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101 VANDERBILT University United States
102 University of NORTH CAROLINA United States
102 University of SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA United States
104 University of LEEDS United Kingdom
105 PENNSYLVANIA STATE University United States
106 University of ADELAIDE Australia
106 University of ZURICH Switzerland
108 University College DUBLIN Ireland
109 TECHNION - Israel Institute of Technolog... Israel
110 GEORGETOWN University United States
111 MAASTRICHT University Netherlands
112 TOHOKU University Japan
113 FUDAN University China 复旦大学
114 TEL AVIV University Israel 122= University of MARYLAND United States
115 University of VIENNA Austria
116 Université catholique de LOUVAIN (UCL) Belgium
117 MCMASTER University Canada
117 QUEEN'S University Canada
119 University of ROCHESTER United States
120 NAGOYA University Japan
121 OHIO STATE University United States
122 DURHAM University United Kingdom
124 National TAIWAN University Taiwan
124 University of OTAGO New Zealand
126 ERASMUS University Rotterdam Netherlands
127 STONY BROOK University United States
128 EINDHOVEN University of Technology Netherlands
129 University of WATERLOO Canada
130 University of SUSSEX United Kingdom
131 University of BASEL Switzerland
132 University of CALIFORNIA, Irvine United States
133 CARDIFF University United Kingdom
133 Technical University of DENMARK Denmark
133 University of LIVERPOOL United Kingdom
136 University of GHENT Belgium
137= Freie Universität BERLIN Germany
137= TEXAS A&M University United States
139 HUMBOLDT-Universität zu Berlin Germany
140 Ecole normale supérieure de LYON France
141 University of Science and Technology of ... China 中国科技大
142 WAGENINGEN University Netherlands
143 NANJING University China 南京大学
144= SHANGHAI JIAO TONG University China 上海交大
144= University of GRONINGEN Netherlands
146 University of ARIZONA United States
147= CITY University of Hong Kong Hong Kong 香港城市大学
147= Universität FREIBURG Germany
149 Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie PARIS V... France
150 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México ... Mexico
151 RUTGERS, The State University of New Jer... United States
152 University of BATH United Kingdom
153 University of ABERDEEN United Kingdom
154 Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (II... India
155= Eberhard Karls Universität TÜBINGEN Germany
155= VU University AMSTERDAM Netherlands
157 TUFTS University United States
158 KYUSHU University Japan
159 The University of WESTERN ONTARIO Canada
160 QUEEN MARY, University of London United Kingdom
161 University of LAUSANNE Switzerland
162= CHALMERS University of Technology Sweden
162= NEWCASTLE University, NEWCASTLE Upon Tyn... United Kingdom
164 SIMON FRASER University Canada
165 University of FLORIDA United States
166= CHULALONGKORN University Thailand
166= Universität GÖTTINGEN Germany
168 University of NOTRE DAME United States
169 Universität FRANKFURT am Main Germany
170= INDIANA University Bloomington United States
170= University of CALGARY Canada
170= University of LANCASTER United Kingdom
173 KTH, ROYAL Institute of Technology Sweden
174= HOKKAIDO University Japan
174= Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (I... India
174= RENSSELAER Polytechnic Institute United States
177= University of LEICESTER United Kingdom
177= University of OSLO Norway
179 University of CAPE TOWN South Africa
180= University of COLORADO at Boulder United States
180= WASEDA University Japan
182 MACQUARIE University Australia
183= Lomonosov MOSCOW STATE University Russia
183= Université Libre de BRUXELLES (ULB) Belgium
185 BRANDEIS University United States
186= University of BARCELONA Spain
186= University of CANTERBURY New Zealand
188= POHANG University of Science and Technol... Korea, South
188= Technische Universität BERLIN Germany
190 Universität STUTTGART Germany
191 University of MASSACHUSETTS, Amherst United States
192= University of BERN Switzerland
192= University of BOLOGNA Italy
194 University of READING United Kingdom
195 University of ANTWERP Belgium
196 University of SAO PAULO Brazil
197= DALHOUSIE University Canada
197= University of BUENOS AIRES Argentina
199 KOBE University Japan
200= University of ATHENS Greece
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