Institutions

Many of the world’s greatest scientists work at the world’s greatest academic institutions.  If you’re looking to work, study and otherwise get involved in scientific research and education, find out which institutions around the world are leading the way in science.

All institutions with scientists featured on Superstars of Science are listed below in order of the total number of superstar points held by their staff.  Find out how scores are calculated.

#	Institution	Country	Staff Points
1	University of California View all superstar scientists	United States	7757
2	Harvard University View all superstar scientists	United States	4476
3	California Institute of Technology - Caltech View all superstar scientists	United States	3590
4	Max Planck Society View all superstar scientists	Germany	3512
5	Stanford University View all superstar scientists	United States	2978
6	University of Cambridge View all superstar scientists	United Kingdom	2789
7	University of Duisburg-Essen View all superstar scientists	Germany	1850
8	University of Washington View all superstar scientists		1838
9	David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research View all superstar scientists		1722
10	Rockefeller University View all superstar scientists	United States	1661
11	Massachusetts Institute of Technology View all superstar scientists	United States	1485
12	Howard Hughes Medical Institute View all superstar scientists		1406
13	ETH Zürich View all superstar scientists	Switzerland	1356
14	University of Texas-Houston Medical School View all superstar scientists		1266
15	Yale University View all superstar scientists	United States	1265
16	Weizmann Institute of Science View all superstar scientists	Israel	1261
17	Goteborg University View all superstar scientists		1082
18	Scripps Research Institute View all superstar scientists	United States	1056
19	Cornell University View all superstar scientists	United States	871
20	University of Iowa View all superstar scientists		867
21	University of Zunich View all superstar scientists		866
22	Georgia Institute of Technology View all superstar scientists	United States	834
23	Columbia University View all superstar scientists		781
24	Salk Institute for Biological Studies View all superstar scientists		774
25	Princeton University View all superstar scientists	United States	748
26	John Hopkins University View all superstar scientists	United States	745
27	Paris Diderot University View all superstar scientists	France	743
28	University of Sussex View all superstar scientists	United Kingdom	704
29	Florida State University View all superstar scientists	United States	704
30	Manchester University View all superstar scientists	United Kingdom	670
31	The Francis Crick Institute View all superstar scientists		661
32	University of Gottingen View all superstar scientists		660
33	Nottingham University View all superstar scientists		652
34	University of Southern California View all superstar scientists	United States	650
35	University of Strasbourg View all superstar scientists	France	631
36	University of Toronto View all superstar scientists		600
37	University of Oxford View all superstar scientists	United Kingdom	598
38	Oakland Research Institute View all superstar scientists	United States	571
39	University of Colorado View all superstar scientists	United States	521
40	Jane Goodall Institute View all superstar scientists	United Kingdom	516
41	Northwestern University View all superstar scientists		511
42	Nagoya University View all superstar scientists	Japan	470
43	University of Sydney View all superstar scientists	Australia	440
44	Israel Institute of Technology View all superstar scientists	Israel	430
45	Belfast View all superstar scientists		424
46	Virginia Commonwealth University View all superstar scientists		420
47	University of Maryland View all superstar scientists	United States	400
48	University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center View all superstar scientists		386
49	Cardiff University View all superstar scientists	United Kingdom	365
50	University of Buffalo View all superstar scientists	United States	359
51	University of Western Australia View all superstar scientists	Australia	358
52	Cancer Research UK London Research Institute View all superstar scientists		323
53	University of Massachusetts Medical School View all superstar scientists	United States	306
54	Michigan State University View all superstar scientists	United States	294
55	University of Texas at Austin View all superstar scientists	United States	285
56	Academia Sinica View all superstar scientists		268
57	University of Tennessee View all superstar scientists	United States	265
58	State University of New York View all superstar scientists	United States	264
59	University of Hokkaido View all superstar scientists	Japan	262
60	University of Pennsylvania View all superstar scientists		262
61	Boston University View all superstar scientists		221
62	University of Tsukuba View all superstar scientists	Japan	221
63	National Cancer Institute View all superstar scientists		220
64	Sloan-Kettering Institute View all superstar scientists		220
65	RIKEN Brain Science Institute View all superstar scientists		202
66	Jiaotong University in Shanghai View all superstar scientists	People's Republic of China	194
67	University of New South Wales View all superstar scientists		187
68	Kyoto University View all superstar scientists	Japan	180
69	University of Delaware View all superstar scientists		163
70	University of Arizona View all superstar scientists	United States	156
71	An-Najah National University View all superstar scientists		63
72	Brigham Young University View all superstar scientists	United States	40
73	Gresham College View all superstar scientists	United Kingdom	20
74	Open University View all superstar scientists	United Kingdom	20
75	University of Chicago View all superstar scientists	United States	10
76	Washington University in St. Louis View all superstar scientists		0
77	Victoria University View all superstar scientists	Australia	0
78	Rochester Institute of Technology View all superstar scientists	United States	0
79	Imperial College London View all superstar scientists	United Kingdom	0
80	James Cook University View all superstar scientists	Australia	0
81	Griffith University View all superstar scientists	Australia	0
82	Curtin University View all superstar scientists	Australia	0
83	Australian National University's John Curtin School View all superstar scientists	Australia	0
84	Macquarie University View all superstar scientists	Australia	0
85	McGill University View all superstar scientists	Canada	0
86	University of Auckland View all superstar scientists	New Zealand	0
87	University of Melbourne View all superstar scientists	Australia	0
88	University College London View all superstar scientists	United Kingdom	0
89	Queen’s University View all superstar scientists		0
90	Queensland University of Tecnology - QUT View all superstar scientists	Australia	0
91	University of Nottingham View all superstar scientists		0