The world's Top 10 universities

3. Harvard University – Cambridge, Mass.

Taylor Weidman/The Christian Science Monitor

Harvard, which topped every ranking from 2005 through 2009, dropped to No. 2 this year. QS ascribed this to a big drop in its student-faculty ratio and its hiring of international staff.

Rankings by category:

Academic peer review: 2 (2 in 2009)

Employer review: 1 (3 in 2009)

Citations per faculty: 3 (6 in 2009)

Student-faculty ratio: 40 (28 in 2009)

International faculty: Did not rank in top 100

International students: 70 (116 in 2009)

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