Graduate Departments Arranged by Country

Updated: May 12, 2008

NOTE:  This list is provisional, and will be finalised within the next couple of months.  Most departments will be unchanged in the final version, but some may move up or down due to faculty moves occurring since the department was surveyed.  The final list will also include all departments in the country, while this list includes only those departments above a certain level of international prominence.

All Departments in the Following Countries Have Already Been Surveyed and Included Below Where AppropriateAlgeria-Slovenia, United Kingdom, USA, West Bank

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Argentina
Level 10 - University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Level 14 -
National University of La Plata, La Plata, Argentina

Australia
Level 3 - Monash University, Clayton, Australia
            - University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Level 4 -
Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Level 8 - University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Level 9 - University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Level 12 - University of Western Australia, Crowley, Australia
Level 13 - University of New England, Armidale, Australia
Level 15 -
University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
              - University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Austria
Level 12 - University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Belgium
Level 3 - Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Level 4 - Free University of Brussels (French), Brussels, Belgium
Level 10 - Catholic University of Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Level 15 - University of Liege, Liege, Belgium

Chile
Level 12 - Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Santiago, Chile

Canada
Level 3 - University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada
Level 5 - University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Level 6 - University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Level 9 - McGill University, Montreal, Canada
            - University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
            - University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
            - University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
Level 10 - Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
Level 12 - McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
              - Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada
Level 13 - Laval University, Sainte-Foy, Canada
              - Queen's University at Kingston, Kingston, Canada
              - York University, Toronto, Canada
Level 14 - University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Canada
              - University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada
              -
University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada
Level 15 -
Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada

Colombia
Level 12 - University of Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia
Level 14 -
National University of Colombia, Bogota, Colombia

Denmark
Level 11 - University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Finland
Level 12 - University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Level 14 - University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
Level 15 -
University of Turku, Turku, Finland

France
Level 9 - Catholic Institute of Toulouse, Toulouse, France
            -
Paris-Sorbonne University (Paris IV), Paris, France
Level 10 - Francois Rabelais University, Tours, France
              -
Pantheon-Sorbonne (Paris I), Paris, France
Level 12 -
Marc Bloch University (Strasbourg II), Strasbourg, France
Level 14 -
Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, France
              -
Jules Verne University (Picardie), Amiens, France
              -
University of Nancy II, Nancy, France
              -
University of Nanterre (Paris X), Paris, France
              -
University of Provence (Aix-Marseille I), Aix en Provence, France
Level 15 -
Charles-de-Gaulle University (Lille 3), Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
              -
School of Higher Studies in the Social Sciences, Paris, France

Germany
Level 6 - Eberhard Karls University of Tubingen, Tubingen, Germany
            -
Johann Wolfgang Goethe University of Frankfurt, Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany
Level 7 -
Humboldt University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Level 10 -
Georg August University of Gottingen, Gottingen, Germany
              -
Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich, Munich, Germany
              -
Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
Level 11 - Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
              -
University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
              -
University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
              -
University of the Saarlands, Saarland, Germany
Level 12 -
Ernst Moritz Arndt University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
              -
Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
              -
University of Siegen, Siegen, Germany
              -
University of Trier, Trier, Germany
Level 13 -
Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Jena, Germany
              -
Philipps University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
              -
University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
              -
University of Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
Level 14 -
Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany
              -
Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
              -
Technical University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
              -
Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany
              -
University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany
Level 15 -
Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
              -
Bergische University of Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany
              -
Technical University of Aachen, Aachen, Germany
              -
University of Constance, Constance, Germany
              -
University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
              -
Westphalian Wilhelms University of Munster, Munster, Germany

Ireland
Level 11 -
University College Dublin, National University of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
Level 13 -
Trinity College, University of Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Israel
Level 7 -
Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
Level 9 - University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
Level 13 - Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheba, Israel
Level 15 - Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel

Italy
Level 10 - University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
              -
University of Turin, Turin, Italy
Level 11 -
University of Rome 2 (Tor Vergata), Rome, Italy
              -
University of Venice, Venice, Italy
Level 12 -
Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, Italy
              -
Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, Rome, Italy
              -
University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
Level 14 -
Salesian Pontifical University, Rome, Italy
              -
University of Padua, Padua, Italy
Level 15 -
Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
              -
University of Florence, Florence, Italy

Liechtenstein
Level 9 - International Academy of Philosophy, Vaduz, Liechtenstein

Mexico
Level 5 - National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
Level 12 - Panamerican University, Mexico City, Mexico

Netherlands
Level 11 - Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands
Level 13 - Free University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
              - Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Level 15 - University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands

New Zealand
Level 4 - University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Level 11 - Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
Level 13 - University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

Slovenia
Level 13 - University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

United Kingdom
Level 1 - University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
            - University of Saint Andrews, Fife, United Kingdom
Level 2 - University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
            - University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom
Level 3 - University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
            - University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
Level 4 - University College London, University of London, London, United Kingdom
            - University of Durham, Durham, United Kingdom 
            - University of York, York, United Kingdom
Level 5 - King's College, University of London, London, United Kingdom
            -
University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
            - University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
            - University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
Level 6 - University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
            - University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
            - University of Essex, Colchester, United Kingdom
Level 7 - Birkbeck College, University of London, London, United Kingdom
            - London School of Economics, University of London, London, United Kingdom
            - University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
            - University of East Anglia, Norfolk, United Kingdom
            - University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
            - University of Stirling, Stirling, United Kingdom
Level 8 - University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom 
Level 9 - University of Kent at Canterbury, Canterbury, United Kingdom
            - University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
Level 10 - Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
              - Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
              - University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Level 12 - Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
Level 13 - Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
              - University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, United Kingdom
              - University of Hull, Hull, United Kingdom
              -
University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom

United States of America
Level 1 - New York University, New York, USA
            - Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, USA
            - University of Arizona, Tucson, USA
            - 
University of Miami, Miami, USA
Level 2 -
Stanford University, Stanford, USA
            - University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, USA
            - University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, USA
            - University of Notre Dame, South Bend, USA
            - University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA
            - University of Wisconsin at Madison, Madison, USA
Level 3 - Brown University, Providence, USA
            - Cornell University, Ithaca, USA
            - New School, New York, USA
            - Princeton University, Princeton, USA
            - University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, USA
            -
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
            - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, USA
            - University of Texas at Austin, Austin, USA
            - University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA
Level 4 - Columbia University, New York, USA
            - Duke University, Durham, USA
            - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA
            - Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA
            - Syracuse University, Syracuse, USA
            - University of California at Riverside, Riverside, USA
            - Yale University, New Haven, USA
Level 5 - Florida State University, Tallahassee, USA
            - Georgetown University, Washington, USA
            - Harvard University, Cambridge, USA
            - Northwestern University, Evanston, USA
            - University of California at Irvine, Irvine, USA
            - University of Chicago, Chicago, USA
            - University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA
            - University of Maryland at College Park, College Park, USA
            - University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
Level 6 - Boston University, Boston, USA
            - Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York, New York, USA
            - Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA
            - Rice University, Houston, USA
            - Temple University, Philadelphia, USA
            - University of California at Davis, Davis, USA
            - University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, USA
            - University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Amherst, USA
Level 7 - Saint Louis University, St. Louis, USA
            - Stony Brook University, State University of New York, Stony Brook, USA
            - Tufts University, Medford, USA
            - University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA
            - University of Florida, Gainesville, USA
            - University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
            - Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, USA
            - Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, USA
Level 8 - University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, USA
            - University of Dallas, Irving, USA
            - University of Rochester, Rochester, USA
Level 9 - Arizona State University, Tempe, USA
            - Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, USA
            - Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, USA
            - Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, USA
            - Ohio State University, Columbus, USA
            - University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Level 10 - Baylor University, Waco, USA
              -
Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, USA
              - Fordham University, New York, USA
              - Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA
              - University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA
              - University of Georgia, Athens, USA
              - University of Missouri at Columbia, Columbia, USA
              -
University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras, San Juan, USA
              -
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, USA
Level 11 - Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, USA
              - University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, USA
              - University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, USA
              - University of South Florida, Tampa, USA
              -
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA
Level 12 -
Boston College, Chestnut Hill, USA
              -
Emory University, Atlanta, USA
              -
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Carbondale, USA
              -
Texas A&M University, College Station, USA
              - University of California at Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, USA
              -
University of Houston, Houston, USA
              - University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA
              - University of Oklahoma, Norman, USA
Level 13 - University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, Milwaukee, USA
Level 14 - Catholic University of America, Washington, USA
              - University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, USA
              - University of Kansas, Lawrence, USA
              - University of Nebraska at Lincoln, Lincoln, USA
              - University of South Carolina, Columbia, USA
              -
Villanova University, Villanova, USA
Level 15 - Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA
              - San Diego State University, San Diego, USA
              - University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, USA
              - University of Memphis, Memphis, USA
              - University of Minnesota at Twin Cities, Minneapolis, USA
              - University of Missouri at St. Louis, St. Louis, USA
              - University of Oregon, Eugene, USA
              - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, USA