According to the latest QR rankings of universities, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States proudly occupies position one with 100 reference points.
In the next fourteen (14) positions stand the following universities, nine (9) of which are American, four (4) English and one Swiss. By these particular rankings, the top 15 universities in the world in 2012 were: MIT, University of Cambridge, Harvard University, University College, London, University of Oxford, Imperial College, London, Yale University, University of Chicago, Princeton University and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).