Harvard, the world?s richest university, was judged the best by the London-based Times Higher Education, as U.S. establishments took the top five places in the magazine?s annual World University Rankings.
France?s highest-ranked university, the Paris-based Ecole Polytechnique, is 39th and Germany?s, the University of Goettingen, is joint 43rd with the Australian National University, the University of Wisconsin and Sweden?s Karolinska Institute. The University of Melbourne, in 36th place, is Australia?s highest-ranked establishment.