关于世界大学的排名体系中，较有影响力的排行榜包括：上海交通大学世界一流大学研究中心发布的世界大学学术排名ARWU、英国泰晤士高等教育（Times Higher Education）发布的THE世界大学排名、西班牙国家研究委员会(CSIC)的网络计量研究室（Cybermetrics Lab）所发布的Webometrics世界大学排名、Quacquarelli Symonds 公司发布的QS 世界大学排名、荷兰莱顿大学世界大学排名和全球高校网（4 ICU）世界大学排名。

             根据《科学美国人》（Scientific American）杂志网站2013年4月22日报道，Leiden大学排（The Leiden University Ranking）名已经公布，特选择其前100名如下，其中美国大学比较靠前，MIT名列榜首，加州大学圣芭芭拉分校排名第二，斯坦福大学排名第三，普林斯顿大学排名第四，第五名是哈佛大学，前22名中仅仅有Ecole Polytech Fédérale Lausanne（第13名）是非美国大学。在TOP100所高校中，中国入选的既不是北大，也不是清华，而是南开大学（第53名）、湖南大学（第55名）、香港科技大学（第80名）、中国科技大学（第89名），其他大学排名见下表。

Rank	University	Country	P	PP(top 10%)	Stability interval
1	MIT		8988	25.0%
2	Univ Calif - Santa Barbara		4218	22.0%
3	Stanford Univ		12841	22.0%
4	Princeton Univ		4912	22.0%
5	Harvard Univ		29812	21.8%
6	Rice Univ		2312	21.3%
7	Univ Calif - Berkeley		9453	21.1%
8	Caltech		5044	20.8%
9	Univ Calif - San Francisco		9751	20.1%
10	Yale Univ		9482	19.3%
11	Univ Calif - Santa Cruz		1900	19.3%
12	Univ Texas - SW Med Ctr		4035	18.1%
13	Ecole Polytech Fédérale Lausanne		4139	18.0%
14	Univ Colorado - Boulder		4701	18.0%
15	Univ Calif - San Diego		10864	17.9%
16	Univ Chicago		6660	17.7%
17	Northwestern Univ		9052	17.7%
18	Univ Penn		12007	17.5%
19	Columbia Univ		11230	17.5%
20	Univ Massachusetts Med Sch		1996	17.4%
21	Carnegie Mellon Univ		2823	17.3%
22	Washington Univ - St Louis		8145	17.2%
23	Weizmann Inst Sci		2459	17.1%
24	Univ Cambridge		11742	17.1%
25	Univ Calif - Los Angeles		13861	17.1%

Rank	University	Country	P	PP(top 10%)	Stability interval
26	ETH Zurich		7257	17.1%
27	Univ Washington - Seattle		12883	17.1%
28	NYU		7245	16.7%
29	Duke Univ		9806	16.6%
30	Univ Oxford		12208	16.5%
31	Icahn Sch Med Mt Sinai		3449	16.3%
32	Cornell Univ		10606	16.3%
33	London Sch Hyg & Trop Med		1487	16.2%
34	Georgia Inst Technol		5845	16.0%
35	Univ Calif - Riverside		2968	16.0%
36	Johns Hopkins Univ		13620	16.0%
37	Boston Univ		5787	16.0%
38	Univ N Carolina - Chapel Hill		8708	15.9%
39	Univ Texas - Austin		7622	15.8%
40	Univ Michigan		15928	15.7%
41	Imperial Coll London		10098	15.4%
42	Univ Massachusetts - Amherst		3157	15.4%
43	Dartmouth Coll		2207	15.3%
44	Univ Calif - Irvine		6086	15.2%
45	Tech Univ Denmark		3876	15.2%
46	Emory Univ		6506	15.1%
47	Univ St Andrews		1999	14.9%
48	Univ Dublin Trinity Coll		2619	14.9%
49	Univ Exeter		1941	14.8%
50	Univ Coll London		11208	14.7%

Rank	University	Country	P	PP(top 10%)	Stability interval
51	Univ Maryland - College Park		6114	14.6%
52	Univ So Calif		6891	14.6%
53	Nankai Univ		3673	14.4%
54	Univ Wisconsin - Madison		11447	14.3%
55	Hunan Univ		1969	14.3%
56	King's Coll London		5964	14.3%
57	Tufts Univ		3812	14.2%
58	Leiden Univ		5524	14.1%
59	Univ Geneva		4118	14.0%
60	Univ Texas - Hlth Sci Ctr San Antonio		2041	14.0%
61	Univ Minnesota - Twin Cities		11207	13.9%
62	Baylor Coll Med		4661	13.9%
63	Durham Univ		2533	13.9%
64	Utrecht Univ		8179	13.9%
65	Univ Pittsburgh		10840	13.9%
66	Oregon Hlth & Sci Univ		3247	13.9%
67	Univ Illinois - Urbana-Champaign		9262	13.8%
68	Univ Lausanne		2955	13.8%
69	Indiana Univ - Bloomington		3494	13.7%
70	Univ Zurich		6345	13.7%
71	Northeastern Univ		1605	13.7%
72	Univ Rochester		4670	13.7%
73	Natl Univ Singapore		9890	13.7%
74	Brown Univ		4357	13.7%
75	Nanyang Technol Univ		6673	13.7%

Rank	University	Country	P	PP(top 10%)	Stability interval
76	Univ Bristol		5502	13.6%
77	Tech Univ München		5408	13.6%
78	Wageningen Univ & Res Ctr		3951	13.6%
79	Univ Dundee		1939	13.5%
80	Hong Kong Univ Sci & Technol		2797	13.5%
81	Vanderbilt Univ		6865	13.5%
82	Univ Calif - Davis		10264	13.5%
83	VU Univ Amsterdam		5825	13.5%
84	Univ Edinburgh		6320	13.5%
85	Univ Basel		3464	13.4%
86	Rutgers State Univ - New Brunswick		4513	13.4%
87	Univ Warwick		3153	13.3%
88	Univ Toronto		18114	13.3%
89	Univ Sci & Technol China		4914	13.3%
90	Univ East Anglia		1834	13.3%
91	Univ Aberdeen		2637	13.3%
92	Univ Utah		5809	13.2%
93	Univ Würzburg		3124	13.2%
94	Eindhoven Univ Technol		2943	13.2%
95	Pohang Univ Sci & Technol		2710	13.1%
96	Erasmus Univ Rotterdam		6036	13.1%
97	Queen Mary Univ London		2099	13.1%
98	Yeshiva Univ		3288	13.1%
99	Univ British Columbia		11176	13.1%
100	Univ Melbourne		8516	13.0%