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Top 5% Top Level Institutions, as of November 2025

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RankInstitutionScoreAuthors
1Federal Reserve System

(United States)

1.65882.74
2Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

2.06190.15
3University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (United States)

3.16186.05
4National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

4.21132.9
5Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

6.35110.13
6University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (United States)

7.23142.05
7World Bank Group

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

7.38612.19
8London School of Economics (LSE)

London, United Kingdom

7.7267.68
9Stanford University

Stanford, California (United States)

8.53130.06
10Columbia University

New York City, New York (United States)

10.4144.36
11International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

12.15520.73
12New York University (NYU)

New York City, New York (United States)

13.04122.75
13Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut (United States)

13.46104.44
14Oxford University

Oxford, United Kingdom

15.91239.83
15University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)

16.1146.35
16Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey (United States)

17.9856.86
17Paris School of Economics

Paris, France

18.39186.09
18Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois (United States)

19.9296.77
19European Central Bank

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

22.88262.28
20University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)

Los Angeles, California (United States)

23.1391.6
21Cornell University

Ithaca, New York (United States)

25.25113.86
22University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California (United States)

25.67130.77
23University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan (United States)

28.8102.38
24Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)

Toulouse, France

28.97166.22
25Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi

Milano, Italy

30.11158.72
26Dartmouth College

Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)

30.1253.46
27Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Bonn, Germany

30.91157.37
28Government of the United States

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

30.95474.53
29Barcelona School of Economics (BSE)

Barcelona, Spain

31.72171.93
30University College London (UCL)

London, United Kingdom

31.85134.48
31Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts (United States)

32.16111.76
32University of California-San Diego (UCSD)

La Jolla, California (United States)

34.565.5
33University of Cambridge

Cambridge, United Kingdom

36.73141.69
34Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island (United States)

37.0763.36
35Duke University

Durham, North Carolina (United States)

38.6578.53
36University of Toronto

Toronto, Canada

38.97135.06
37University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, Wisconsin (United States)

39.4894.99
38Australian National University

Canberra, Australia

40.12188.5
39University of British Columbia

Vancouver, Canada

40.2889.12
40Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan (United States)

44.7125.96
41Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

London, United Kingdom

44.9258.09
42Banca d'Italia

Roma, Italy

45.05384.92
43Monash University

Melbourne, Australia

45.56163.34
44University of California-Davis

Davis, California (United States)

48.6781.31
45University of Warwick

Coventry, United Kingdom

49.26120.65
46Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

Basel, Switzerland

49.74101.22
47Universität Zürich

Zürich, Switzerland

50.29169.12
48University of Maryland

College Park, Maryland (United States)

50.9192.26
49Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio (United States)

52.9395.15
50Sciences Po

Paris, France

53.0695.11
51Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis, Missouri (United States)

58.3859.58
52Boston College

Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (United States)

59.0695.03
53Universiteit van Tilburg

Tilburg, Netherlands

59.18134.33
54Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland (United States)

59.9265.38
55International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

61.98193.43
56Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques (OCDE)

Paris, France

62.66244.96
57Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace

Stanford, California (United States)

64.0612.38
58Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

65.5475.56
59University of Texas-Austin

Austin, Texas (United States)

66.8279.56
60Brookings Institution

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

66.9626.94
61Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna

Bologna, Italy

68.05207.91
62Purdue University

West Lafayette, Indiana (United States)

71.06108.74
63Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

Rotterdam, Netherlands

71.22155.52
64University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (United States)

71.26123.93
65University of Virginia

Charlottesville, Virginia (United States)

72.1773.07
66ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V.

München, Germany

73.47147.96
67University of California-Irvine

Irvine, California (United States)

73.9460.29
68University of Nottingham

Nottingham, United Kingdom

75.43107.07
69Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

Groningen, Netherlands

77.95102.64
70KU Leuven

Leuven, Belgium

77.96135.32
71Stockholms Universitet

Stockholm, Sweden

78.19104.43
72University of Notre Dame

South Bend, Indiana (United States)

79.0475.82
73University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)

81.5840.67
74Université Libre de Bruxelles

Bruxelles, Belgium

82.14146.76
75Universiteit van Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

86.4599.81
76Københavns Universitet

København, Denmark

86.49112.61
77Université Catholique de Louvain

Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

86.79117.82
78Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

87.82125.31
79Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee (United States)

87.9250.56
80Pennsylvania State University

State College, Pennsylvania (United States)

89.6463.55
81Università degli Studi di Torino

Torino, Italy

90.26116
82Stockholm School of Economics

Stockholm, Sweden

90.4851.73
83Banco de España

Madrid, Spain

91.03154.35
84London Business School (LBS)

London, United Kingdom

91.1529.23
85National University of Singapore (NUS)

Singapore, Singapore

92.0898.46
86Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST)

Palaiseau, France

92.6195.59
87Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI)

Madrid, Spain

93.6427.01
88Aarhus Universitet

Aarhus, Denmark

93.78103.32
89DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung)

Berlin, Germany

94.26107.66
90Bank of England

London, United Kingdom

97.25210.48
91University of Western Ontario

London, Canada

97.9157.88
92Indiana University

Bloomington, Indiana (United States)

99.5171.97
93Banque de France

Paris, France

99.62187.05
94Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics (IIE)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

100.2838.21
95UNSW Sydney

Sydney, Australia

100.5981.93
96Texas A&M University

College Station, Texas (United States)

101.59137.13
97European Commission

Sevilla, Spain

102.06355.26
98University of Sydney

Sydney, Australia

103.33118.68
99Banco de la Republica de Colombia

Bogotá, Colombia

103.91112.77
100University of Melbourne

Melbourne, Australia

105.47120.81
101University of York

York, United Kingdom

107.62111.68
102Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Madrid, Spain

108.3108.76
103Imperial College

London, United Kingdom

109.0953.06
104Universitetet i Oslo

Oslo, Norway

109.7975.74
105Queen's University

Kingston, Canada

110.9766.15
106University of Washington

Seattle, Washington (United States)

111.7639.55
107Arizona State University

Tempe, Arizona (United States)

111.9959.32
108Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Jerusalem, Israel

112.7251.3
109Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

München, Germany

115.1387.15
110University of Manchester

Manchester, United Kingdom

115.71105.82
111Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia (United States)

115.8379.1
112University of Queensland

Brisbane, Australia

118.07109.24
113Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv, Israel

119.8727.5
114University of California-Santa Barbara (UCSB)

Santa Barbara, California (United States)

119.9333.17
115Maastricht University

Maastricht, Netherlands

120.21141.92
116University of Essex

Colchester, United Kingdom

121.11106.28
117Rutgers University-New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey (United States)

122.9650.84
118"Sapienza" Università di Roma

Roma, Italy

123.06224.49
119Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn

Bonn, Germany

123.7279.55
120University of Colorado

Boulder, Colorado (United States)

124.0642.28
121Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH)

Bergen, Norway

126.29120.74
122Aix-Marseille Université

Aix-en-Provence/Marseille, France

126.96114.23
123University of Rochester

Rochester, New York (United States)

129.4837.58
124European University Institute

Firenze, Italy

130.9844.75
125Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States)

131.0252.02
126Inter-American Development Bank

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

131.82170.64
127George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

131.9691.97
128Bank of Canada

Ottawa, Canada

134.29182.59
129Deutsche Bundesbank

Frankfurt, Germany

137.08173.06
130CESifo

München, Germany

137.7145.55
131HEC Paris (École des Hautes Études Commerciales)

Jouy-en-Josas, France

142.0741.84
132University of Sussex

Brighton, United Kingdom

143.29103.43
133University of California-Santa Cruz (UCSC)

Santa Cruz, California (United States)

143.4645.85
134McGill University

Montréal, Canada

145.6144.75
135Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

149.0474.56
136Lunds Universitet

Lund, Sweden

151.6135.48
137Peking University

Beijing, China

152.0185.83
138Queen Mary University of London

London, United Kingdom

152.1989.73
139Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts (United States)

154.6940.78
140University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut (United States)

156.695.2
141University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida (United States)

156.7571.42
142University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia (United States)

158.6174.5
143Universität St. Gallen

Sankt Gallen, Switzerland

161100.3
144University of Tokyo

Tokyo, Japan

161.0662.73
145City University of New York (CUNY)

New York City, New York (United States)

162.1584.87
146University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona (United States)

164.2151.1
147WU Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien

Wien, Austria

164.996.17
148University College Dublin

Dublin, Ireland

165.2874.94
149University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States)

167.372.94
150Istituto Einaudi per l'Economia e la Finanza (EIEF)

Roma, Italy

167.4123.53
151University of Alberta

Edmonton, Canada

168.6184.13
152Universität Mannheim

Mannheim, Germany

169.276.91
153Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa (United States)

171.3655.55
154Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ)

Zürich, Switzerland

171.7889.49
155Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"

Roma, Italy

173.71107.94
156Université de Lausanne

Lausanne, Switzerland

174.2854.26
157Tinbergen Instituut

Amsterdam, Netherlands

174.5346.45
158Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Milano, Italy

175.8588.39
159Universitat de Barcelona

Barcelona, Spain

177.85137.22
160Université Paris 1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne)

Paris, France

177.98158.78
161Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

178.467.3
162Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Shanghai, China

178.7453.24
163King's College London

London, United Kingdom

179.2669.69
164Tsinghua University

Beijing, China

179.3361.5
165Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (WIFO)

Wien, Austria

179.5354.82
166Williams College

Williamstown, Massachusetts (United States)

180.0228.02
167Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX)

Paris, France

180.03128.39
168University of Glasgow

Glasgow, United Kingdom

183.4469.46
169University of Technology Sydney

Sydney, Australia

183.4690.58
170Universität Wien

Wien, Austria

184.9160.05
171California Institute of Technology

Pasadena, California (United States)

185.2515.88
172Universität zu Köln

Köln, Germany

186.8962.47
173Universiteit Utrecht

Utrecht, Netherlands

187.5775.92
174University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky (United States)

187.8566.01
175Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF)

Napoli, Italy

188.2254.28
176North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina (United States)

189.0555.75
177Universidade de Lisboa

Lisboa, Portugal

189.95143.32
178Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)

Mannheim, Germany

190.44156.21
179Resources for the Future (RFF)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

190.6949.58
180Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN)

Stockholm, Sweden

190.9875.72
181Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB)

Athens, Greece

192.3696.86
182Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia (United States)

194.8731.58
183University of North Carolina-Chapel-Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina (United States)

198.3349.94
184Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)

London, United Kingdom

200.1835.14
185Trinity College Dublin

Dublin, Ireland

20255.73
186University of Calgary

Calgary, Canada

202.4959.48
187University of Birmingham

Birmingham, United Kingdom

202.9573
188BI Handelshøyskolen

Oslo, Norway

204.2754.86
189Universiteit Gent

Gent, Belgium

204.79138.43
190SKEMA Business School

Lille, France

20549.97
191Fudan University

Shanghai, China

207.0655.72
192Università Ca' Foscari Venezia

Venezia, Italy

207.13143.46
193Kiel Institut für Weltwirtschaft - Leibniz Zentrum zur Erforschung globaler ökonomischer Herausforderungen (IfW)

Kiel, Germany

207.2862.16
194University of Hong Kong

Pokfulam, Hong Kong

209.0332.49
195Simon Fraser University

Burnaby, Canada

210.4254.93
196University of Bristol

Bristol, United Kingdom

212.1160.19
197McMaster University

Hamilton, Canada

212.6662.15
198New York University Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

214.4652.6
199Univerzita Karlova v Praze

Praha, Czech Republic

214.79119.61
200Uniwersytet Warszawski

Warszawa, Poland

215.77192.27
201Göteborgs Universitet

Göteborg, Sweden

216.2660.08
202Chapman University

Orange, California (United States)

216.7942.28
203Universität Bern

Bern, Switzerland

216.9145.34
204Deakin University

Melbourne, Australia

218.0875.88
205National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE)

Moscow, Russia

220.47475.43
206University of Oregon

Eugene, Oregon (United States)

221.4228.92
207Academia de Studii Economice din Bucureşti

Bucureşti, Romania

222.67315.53
208The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

Genève, Switzerland

224.4552.1
209Uppsala Universitet

Uppsala, Sweden

224.7662.45
210Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina (United States)

225.6243.98
211City St George's

London, United Kingdom

226.9171.23
212University of Reading

Reading, United Kingdom

226.9469.72
213Oklahoma State University

Stillwater, Oklahoma (United States)

227.3963.85
214Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Lisboa, Portugal

227.5186.65
215Universidad de los Andes (Colombia)

Bogotá, Colombia

228.6896.09
216George Mason University

Fairfax, Virginia (United States)

229.6932.69
217Università degli Studi di Padova

Padova, Italy

229.7566
218Université de Genève

Genève, Switzerland

234.8338.15
219University of Edinburgh

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

235.0249.24
220Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli (LUISS)

Roma, Italy

238.3352.12
221Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna

Pisa, Italy

238.441.12
222University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (United States)

239.2835.27
223Università degli Studi di Firenze

Firenze, Italy

239.6892.06
224Humboldt-Universität Berlin

Berlin, Germany

239.7897.85
225Carleton University

Ottawa, Canada

241.3363.48
226Université de Bordeaux

Bordeaux, France

241.94104.96
227Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

242.875.65
228Brandeis University

Waltham, Massachusetts (United States)

244.6630.22
229Drexel University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)

244.933.35
230Syracuse University

Syracuse, New York (United States)

244.9234.65
231INSEAD

Fontainebleau, France

246.5222.7
232Copenhagen Business School

København, Denmark

246.7640.89
233University of Surrey

Guildford, United Kingdom

247.3649.23
234Georgia Institute of Technology

Atlanta, Georgia (United States)

247.6541.02
235University of Miami

Coral Gables, Florida (United States)

249.6830.66
236Université d'Ottawa

Ottawa, Canada

249.7568.86
237Keio University

Tokyo, Japan

249.8867.23
238University of Texas-Dallas

Dallas, Texas (United States)

251.4231.96
239Kobe University

Kobe, Japan

253.6593.39
240Università degli Studi di Milano

Milano, Italy

253.866.9
241Seoul National University

Seoul, South Korea

254.9245.46
242Motu: Economic & Public Policy Research

Wellington, New Zealand

25519.13
243Korea University

Seoul, South Korea

255.3444.59
244Universität Hamburg

Hamburg, Germany

255.3785.9

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