2020 Best Global Universities for Materials Science

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Subject Rank	School	Country	Location	Subject Score	Global Overall Rank
#1	Nanyang Technological University	Singapore		100	#43
#2	Stanford University	United States	Stanford, CA	98	#3
#3	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	United States	Cambridge, MA	96.5	#2
#4	Georgia Institute of Technology	United States	Atlanta, GA	92.8	#62
#5	University of California--Berkeley	United States	Berkeley, CA	92.3	#4
#6	Tsinghua University	China	Beijing	92.1	#36
#7	Harvard University	United States	Cambridge, MA	89.9	#1
#8	Peking University	China	Beijing	89.3	#59
#9	National University of Singapore	Singapore		87.3	#34
#10	University of California--Los Angeles	United States	Los Angeles, CA	85.8	#14
#11	École Polytechnique Federale of Lausanne	Switzerland	Lausanne	85.6	#45
#12	Northwestern University	United States	Evanston, IL	84.6	#24
#13	Fudan University	China	Shanghai	84.1	#171
#14	Rice University	United States	Houston, TX	83.5	#108
#15	University of Science and Technology of China	China	Hefei, Anhui	83.4	#128
#16	Zhejiang University	China	Hangzhou, Zhejiang	81.6	#157
#17	University of Texas--Austin	United States	Austin, TX	81.2	#34
#18	University of Cambridge	United Kingdom	Cambridge	80.5	#9
#19	Soochow University	China	Suzhou, Jiangsu	80.4	#388
#20	Hong Kong University of Science and Technology	Hong Kong		78.9	#122
#21	Shanghai Jiao Tong University	China	Shanghai	78.8	#136
#22	Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology	South Korea	Daejeon	78.3	#252
#23	Seoul National University	South Korea	Seoul	78	#128
#24	University of Oxford	United Kingdom	Oxford	77	#5
#25	King Abdullah University of Science & Technology	Saudi Arabia	Thuwal	76.6	#152
#26	Pennsylvania State University--University Park	United States	University Park, PA	76.3	#72
#27	Columbia University	United States	New York, NY	75.5	#7
#28	Sungkyunkwan University	South Korea	Seoul	75.3	#195
#29	Huazhong University of Science and Technology	China	Wuhan, Hubei	74.6	#245
#30	University of Chicago	United States	Chicago, IL	74.3	#13
#30	University of Washington	United States	Seattle, WA	74.3	#10
#32	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich	Switzerland	Zurich	74.2	#25
#32	Ulsan National Institute of Science & Technology	South Korea	Ulsan	74.2	#358
#34	Pohang University of Science and Technology	South Korea	Pohang, Gyeongbuk	74	#335
#35	Xi'an Jiaotong University	China	Xi'an, Shaanxi	73.6	#343
#36	University of California--Santa Barbara	United States	Santa Barbara, CA	73.3	#41
#37	Nanjing University	China	Nanjing, Jiangsu	73.1	#168
#37	University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign	United States	Champaign, IL	73.1	#59
#39	City University Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Kowloon, Hong Kong	73	#173
#40	Harbin Institute of Technology	China	Harbin, Heilongjiang	72.6	#249
#41	University of Michigan--Ann Arbor	United States	Ann Arbor, MI	72.4	#17
#42	Imperial College London	United Kingdom	London	71.9	#20
#43	King Abdulaziz University	Saudi Arabia	Jeddah	71.2	#51
#44	Tohoku University	Japan	Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi	69.9	#255
#45	Monash University	Australia	Clayton, Victoria	69.4	#59
#45	University of Pennsylvania	United States	Philadelphia, PA	69.4	#16
#45	University of Science & Technology Beijing	China	Beijing	69.4	#556
#45	University of Tokyo	Japan	Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo	69.4	#74
#49	Drexel University	United States	Philadelphia, PA	69.2	#405
#49	Jilin University	China	Changchun, Jilin	69.2	#497
#51	Chinese University Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Shatin, New Territories	68.4	#113
#52	North Carolina State University--Raleigh	United States	Raleigh, NC	68	#232
#53	Delft University of Technology	Netherlands	Delft	67.8	#173
#54	University of California--San Diego	United States	La Jolla, CA	67.7	#19
#55	Cornell University	United States	Ithaca, NY	67.5	#23
#55	Sun Yat-sen University	China	Guangzhou, Guangdong	67.5	#208
#57	California Institute of Technology	United States	Pasadena, CA	67.3	#6
#58	National Tsing Hua University	Taiwan	Hsinchu	66.5	#358
#58	University of Toronto	Canada	Toronto, Ontario	66.5	#18
#60	South China University of Technology	China	Guangzhou, Guangdong	66.2	#336
#61	National Taiwan University	Taiwan	Taipei	66.1	#186
#62	Korea University	South Korea	Seoul	65.1	#271
#63	Hanyang University	South Korea	Seoul	65	#434
#64	Beihang University	China	Beijing	64.9	#364
#65	University of Wollongong	Australia	Wollongong, New South Wales	64.4	#247
#66	Karlsruhe Institute of Technology	Germany	Karlsruhe	64	#181
#67	Beijing University of Chemical Technology	China	Beijing	63.9	#599
#67	Technical University of Dresden	Germany	Dresden	63.9	#182
#69	University of Manchester	United Kingdom	Manchester	63.8	#64
#69	University of Tennessee	United States	Knoxville, TN	63.8	#217
#71	Nanjing University of Science & Technology	China	Nanjing, Jiangsu	63.7	#624
#72	Central South University	China	Changsha, Hunan	63.4	#388
#73	University of Wisconsin--Madison	United States	Madison, WI	63	#37
#74	University of Queensland Australia	Australia	Brisbane, Queensland	62.2	#42
#75	Xiamen University	China	Xiamen, Fujian	61.9	#332
#76	Kyoto University	Japan	Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto	61.7	#124
#76	Yonsei University	South Korea	Seoul	61.7	#329
#78	University of New South Wales	Australia	Kensington, New South Wales	61.5	#64
#79	Purdue University--West Lafayette	United States	West Lafayette, IN	61.4	#114
#80	Tianjin University	China	Tianjin	61.2	#402
#81	Case Western Reserve University	United States	Cleveland, OH	60.5	#155
#81	University of Waterloo	Canada	Waterloo, Ontario	60.5	#217
#83	Hong Kong Polytechnic University	Hong Kong	Kowloon, Hong Kong	60.4	#200
#83	RWTH Aachen University	Germany	Aachen	60.4	#179
#85	Communaute Universite Grenoble Alpes	France	Saint-Martin-d'Heres	60	#144
#85	University of Munich	Germany	Munich	60	#43
#87	Beijing Institute of Technology	China	Beijing	59.9	#485
#87	University of Erlangen Nuremberg	Germany	Erlangen	59.9	#240
#87	Wuhan University	China	Wuhan, Hubei	59.9	#285
#90	University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong	59.7	#100
#91	Chongqing University	China	Chongqing	59.5	#567
#91	Duke University	United States	Durham, NC	59.5	#22
#91	Nankai University	China	Nankai, Tianjin	59.5	#374
#91	University of Adelaide	Australia	Adelaide, South Australia	59.5	#80
#95	Royal Institute of Technology	Sweden	Stockholm	59	#207
#96	Wuhan University of Technology	China	Wuhan, Hubei	58.7	#536
#97	Technical University of Denmark	Denmark	Kongens Lyngby	58.2	#148
#98	University of Maryland--College Park	United States	College Park, MD	58.1	#51
#99	Shanghai University	China	Shanghai	57.9	#563
#100	University of Texas--Dallas	United States	Richardson, TX	57.5	#273

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