Princeton University was ranked 1st in the world for Mathematics, according to the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) 2013, followed by Harvard University in 2nd place and the University of California, Berkeley in 3rd place. In total, there were four European institution ranked in the global top 10 for the subject: two from the UK and two from France.
The University of Cambridge was the highest ranked UK institution for maths (ranked No. 1 in the UK and No. 4 in the world), ahead of the University of Oxford (No. 2 in the UK and No. 7 in the world).
Academic Ranking of World Universities in Mathematics (top 40):
1 Princeton University
2 Harvard University
3 University of California, Berkeley
4 University of Cambridge
5 Pierre and Marie Curie University - Paris
6 Stanford University
7 University of Oxford
8 University of Paris Sud (Paris 11)
9 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
10 University of California, Los Angeles
11 University of Wisconsin - Madison
12 University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
13 New York University
14 University of Chicago
15 Texas A&M University - College Station
16 The University of Texas at Austin
17 The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
18 Kyoto University
19 University of California, San Diego
20 University of Washington
21 University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
22 King Abdulaziz University
23 University of Paris Dauphine (Paris 9)
24 Georgia Institute of Technology
24 University of Maryland, College Park
26 Cornell University
27 Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick
28 Yale University
29 Columbia University
30 University of Bonn
31 Northwestern University
32 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
33 Tel Aviv University
34 University of California, Davis
35 California Institute of Technology
36 Moscow State University
37 University of Geneva
38 Carnegie Mellon University
39 Duke University
40 The Chinese University of Hong Kong
40 University of Colorado at Boulder
The University of Cambridge was the highest ranked UK institution for maths (ranked No. 1 in the UK and No. 4 in the world), ahead of the University of Oxford (No. 2 in the UK and No. 7 in the world).
Academic Ranking of World Universities in Mathematics (top 40):
1 Princeton University
2 Harvard University
3 University of California, Berkeley
4 University of Cambridge
5 Pierre and Marie Curie University - Paris
6 Stanford University
7 University of Oxford
8 University of Paris Sud (Paris 11)
9 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
10 University of California, Los Angeles
11 University of Wisconsin - Madison
12 University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
13 New York University
14 University of Chicago
15 Texas A&M University - College Station
16 The University of Texas at Austin
17 The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
18 Kyoto University
19 University of California, San Diego
20 University of Washington
21 University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
22 King Abdulaziz University
23 University of Paris Dauphine (Paris 9)
24 Georgia Institute of Technology
24 University of Maryland, College Park
26 Cornell University
27 Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick
28 Yale University
29 Columbia University
30 University of Bonn
31 Northwestern University
32 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
33 Tel Aviv University
34 University of California, Davis
35 California Institute of Technology
36 Moscow State University
37 University of Geneva
38 Carnegie Mellon University
39 Duke University
40 The Chinese University of Hong Kong
40 University of Colorado at Boulder
