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Top 5% Top Level Institutions, as of October 2025

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RankInstitutionScoreAuthors
1Federal Reserve System

(United States)

1.63882.74
2Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

2.04190.15
3University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (United States)

3.21185.05
4National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

4.23130.75
5Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States)

6.33110.13
6University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, California (United States)

7.31142.02
7World Bank Group

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

7.47611.21
8London School of Economics (LSE)

London, United Kingdom

7.69267.93
9Stanford University

Stanford, California (United States)

8.6129.06
10Columbia University

New York City, New York (United States)

10.32144.41
11International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

12.23521.73
12New York University (NYU)

New York City, New York (United States)

12.92123.75
13Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut (United States)

13.41104.54
14University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)

16.01145.85
15Oxford University

Oxford, United Kingdom

16.39237.45
16Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey (United States)

17.8556.86
17Paris School of Economics

Paris, France

18.34186.29
18Northwestern University

Evanston, Illinois (United States)

19.8796.77
19University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA)

Los Angeles, California (United States)

22.7791.6
20European Central Bank

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

22.92261.79
21University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California (United States)

25.82129.72
22Cornell University

Ithaca, New York (United States)

26.93111.91
23Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)

Toulouse, France

28.72166.22
24University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan (United States)

28.74102.38
25Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi

Milano, Italy

29.31158.72
26Dartmouth College

Hanover, New Hampshire (United States)

29.7853.46
27Government of the United States

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

30.79475.54
28Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Bonn, Germany

30.98157.26
29University College London (UCL)

London, United Kingdom

31.48135.48
30Barcelona School of Economics (BSE)

Barcelona, Spain

31.86169.94
31Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts (United States)

32.03109.26
32University of California-San Diego (UCSD)

La Jolla, California (United States)

34.2365.5
33University of Cambridge

Cambridge, United Kingdom

36.3141.64
34Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island (United States)

37.362.36
35Duke University

Durham, North Carolina (United States)

38.9578.53
36University of Toronto

Toronto, Canada

39.14136.06
37University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, Wisconsin (United States)

39.2895.99
38University of British Columbia

Vancouver, Canada

39.9589.11
39Australian National University

Canberra, Australia

40.39187.03
40Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

London, United Kingdom

44.1958.77
41Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan (United States)

44.99125.96
42Banca d'Italia

Roma, Italy

45.15381.92
43Monash University

Melbourne, Australia

45.59160.65
44University of California-Davis

Davis, California (United States)

48.4781.5
45University of Warwick

Coventry, United Kingdom

49.18118.65
46Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

Basel, Switzerland

50.12100.22
47Universität Zürich

Zürich, Switzerland

50.53168.87
48University of Maryland

College Park, Maryland (United States)

51.191.76
49Sciences Po

Paris, France

52.894.56
50Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio (United States)

52.9495.15
51Washington University in St. Louis

St. Louis, Missouri (United States)

58.3959.58
52Universiteit van Tilburg

Tilburg, Netherlands

58.75136.33
53Boston College

Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (United States)

58.7695.03
54Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland (United States)

59.7265.38
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

62.64244.47
57Hoover Institution on War Revolution & Peace

Stanford, California (United States)

63.7714.37
58Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

66.0975.56
59Brookings Institution

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

66.726.94
60University of Texas-Austin

Austin, Texas (United States)

66.8479.56
61Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna

Bologna, Italy

68.1207.9
62Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam

Rotterdam, Netherlands

69.76156.02
63Purdue University

West Lafayette, Indiana (United States)

70.99108.74
64University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois (United States)

71.65123.93
65University of Virginia

Charlottesville, Virginia (United States)

72.1672.07
66ifo Institut - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der Universität München e.V.

München, Germany

74.01147.62
67University of Nottingham

Nottingham, United Kingdom

75.09107.07
68University of California-Irvine

Irvine, California (United States)

75.9159.79
69Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

Groningen, Netherlands

77.7101.64
70Stockholms Universitet

Stockholm, Sweden

77.89104.43
71University of Notre Dame

South Bend, Indiana (United States)

79.0875.82
72KU Leuven

Leuven, Belgium

79.79133.59
73University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)

80.940.67
74Université Libre de Bruxelles

Bruxelles, Belgium

82.57147.76
75Universiteit van Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

86.197.81
76Université Catholique de Louvain

Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

87.18118.32
77Københavns Universitet

København, Denmark

87.25112.62
78Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee (United States)

87.851.56
79Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

88.4125.31
80Pennsylvania State University

State College, Pennsylvania (United States)

89.8363.55
81Stockholm School of Economics

Stockholm, Sweden

89.8751.73
82Banco de España

Madrid, Spain

90.98154.35
83National University of Singapore (NUS)

Singapore, Singapore

91.9498.46
84London Business School (LBS)

London, United Kingdom

92.1929.23
85Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique (CREST)

Palaiseau, France

92.6194.09
86Aarhus Universitet

Aarhus, Denmark

93.67103.32
87Università degli Studi di Torino

Torino, Italy

95.03114.1
88Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros (CEMFI)

Madrid, Spain

95.126.07
89DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung)

Berlin, Germany

95.64107.66
90Bank of England

London, United Kingdom

96.27210.48
91University of Western Ontario

London, Canada

97.657.88
92Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics (IIE)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

98.9138.24
93Banco de la Republica de Colombia

Bogotá, Colombia

98.92112.77
94Indiana University

Bloomington, Indiana (United States)

100.6171.47
95Banque de France

Paris, France

100.89186.66
96Texas A&M University

College Station, Texas (United States)

101.31137.13
97European Commission

Sevilla, Spain

101.63358.26
98UNSW Sydney

Sydney, Australia

102.0281.93
99University of Sydney

Sydney, Australia

103.48118.68
100University of Queensland

Brisbane, Australia

104.71109.24
101University of Melbourne

Melbourne, Australia

107.7118.81
102University of York

York, United Kingdom

107.93109.68
103Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Madrid, Spain

108.2108.76
104Universitetet i Oslo

Oslo, Norway

109.0975.74
105Imperial College

London, United Kingdom

109.1253.06
106Queen's University

Kingston, Canada

110.366.15
107University of Washington

Seattle, Washington (United States)

111.4538.55
108Arizona State University

Tempe, Arizona (United States)

111.7359.32
109Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Jerusalem, Israel

111.7851.31
110Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

München, Germany

114.1386.82
111Georgia State University

Atlanta, Georgia (United States)

115.5779.1
112University of Manchester

Manchester, United Kingdom

117.99105.49
113Maastricht University

Maastricht, Netherlands

120.11141.92
114Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv, Israel

120.5127.5
115University of Essex

Colchester, United Kingdom

120.55106.28
116University of California-Santa Barbara (UCSB)

Santa Barbara, California (United States)

122.2233.17
117"Sapienza" Università di Roma

Roma, Italy

123.64224.49
118Rutgers University-New Brunswick

New Brunswick, New Jersey (United States)

123.7750.84
119Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn

Bonn, Germany

125.5178.55
120University of Colorado

Boulder, Colorado (United States)

125.5642.28
121Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH)

Bergen, Norway

126.42120.74
122Aix-Marseille Université

Aix-en-Provence/Marseille, France

127.24115.23
123University of Rochester

Rochester, New York (United States)

128.9638.58
124George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

131.0391.98
125Inter-American Development Bank

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

131.49169.64
126Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States)

131.9752.02
127Bank of Canada

Ottawa, Canada

133.91182.59
128European University Institute

Firenze, Italy

136.5643.75
129CESifo

München, Germany

137.9945.21
130Deutsche Bundesbank

Frankfurt, Germany

138.8172.06
131HEC Paris (École des Hautes Études Commerciales)

Jouy-en-Josas, France

141.2941.84
132Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main

Frankfurt am Main, Germany

142.8175.56
133University of Sussex

Brighton, United Kingdom

143.06103.43
134University of California-Santa Cruz (UCSC)

Santa Cruz, California (United States)

146.3945.85
135University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (United States)

146.7873.89
136McGill University

Montréal, Canada

147.5944.75
137Lunds Universitet

Lund, Sweden

151.51135.48
138Queen Mary University of London

London, United Kingdom

151.9688.73
139Peking University

Beijing, China

152.4685.66
140University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida (United States)

154.8471.42
141Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts (United States)

155.6440.78
142University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut (United States)

157.894.2
143University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia (United States)

159.9774.5
144University of Tokyo

Tokyo, Japan

160.0762.73
145City University of New York (CUNY)

New York City, New York (United States)

161.7583.87
146WU Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien

Wien, Austria

164.4397.17
147University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona (United States)

165.7151.1
148Universität St. Gallen

Sankt Gallen, Switzerland

166.9999.3
149Istituto Einaudi per l'Economia e la Finanza (EIEF)

Roma, Italy

167.0523.53
150University of Alberta

Edmonton, Canada

168.4484.13
151Universität Mannheim

Mannheim, Germany

168.7777.81
152University College Dublin

Dublin, Ireland

169.6872.44
153Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETHZ)

Zürich, Switzerland

171.9688.49
154Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"

Roma, Italy

171.97107.94
155Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Milano, Italy

172.2690.8
156Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa (United States)

173.2855.55
157Tinbergen Instituut

Amsterdam, Netherlands

173.7645.95
158Université de Lausanne

Lausanne, Switzerland

174.2254.26
159Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Shanghai, China

177.3253.24
160Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

177.7367.3
161Tsinghua University

Beijing, China

178.9761.5
162Université Paris 1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne)

Paris, France

179.17158.78
163Williams College

Williamstown, Massachusetts (United States)

179.4728.02
164Universitat de Barcelona

Barcelona, Spain

179.48136.22
165King's College London

London, United Kingdom

180.769.69
166Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX)

Paris, France

180.99128.69
167Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (WIFO)

Wien, Austria

181.6254.82
168University of Glasgow

Glasgow, United Kingdom

182.5769.46
169University of Technology Sydney

Sydney, Australia

183.0390.58
170California Institute of Technology

Pasadena, California (United States)

184.2215.88
171Universität Wien

Wien, Austria

184.7160.05
172Universiteit Utrecht

Utrecht, Netherlands

187.6375.92
173University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky (United States)

187.866.01
174Centro Studi di Economia e Finanza (CSEF)

Napoli, Italy

187.9454.28
175North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina (United States)

188.4855.75
176Universidade de Lisboa

Lisboa, Portugal

189.65143.32
177Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN)

Stockholm, Sweden

190.5775.72
178Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)

Mannheim, Germany

191.42157.21
179Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB)

Athens, Greece

192.0296.81
180Resources for the Future (RFF)

Washington, District of Columbia (United States)

192.949.58
181Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia (United States)

195.0631.58
182University of North Carolina-Chapel-Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina (United States)

197.5648.94
183Universität zu Köln

Köln, Germany

197.8261.57
184University of Calgary

Calgary, Canada

202.0259.48
185BI Handelshøyskolen

Oslo, Norway

202.1154.86
186University of Birmingham

Birmingham, United Kingdom

202.1973
187Trinity College Dublin

Dublin, Ireland

202.3455.73
188Universiteit Gent

Gent, Belgium

204.04139.43
189SKEMA Business School

Lille, France

205.7449.97
190Fudan University

Shanghai, China

207.0355.22
191University of Hong Kong

Pokfulam, Hong Kong

207.2732.49
192Kiel Institut für Weltwirtschaft - Leibniz Zentrum zur Erforschung globaler ökonomischer Herausforderungen (IfW)

Kiel, Germany

208.562.16
193New York University Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

210.4752.6
194Simon Fraser University

Burnaby, Canada

210.8354.93
195Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS)

London, United Kingdom

210.9733.47
196Università Ca' Foscari Venezia

Venezia, Italy

212.12142.82
197McMaster University

Hamilton, Canada

213.2962.15
198Göteborgs Universitet

Göteborg, Sweden

213.4560.18
199Universität Bern

Bern, Switzerland

214.5345.34
200Univerzita Karlova v Praze

Praha, Czech Republic

215.35119.61
201University of Bristol

Bristol, United Kingdom

215.7559.19
202Deakin University

Melbourne, Australia

216.2775.88
203Uniwersytet Warszawski

Warszawa, Poland

219.88191.27
204Universidad de los Andes (Colombia)

Bogotá, Colombia

220.6596.09
205University of Oregon

Eugene, Oregon (United States)

220.9128.92
206National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE)

Moscow, Russia

221.56474.43
207Academia de Studii Economice din Bucureşti

Bucureşti, Romania

221.7315.53
208The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies

Genève, Switzerland

223.4152.1
209Uppsala Universitet

Uppsala, Sweden

224.7162.45
210Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Lisboa, Portugal

226.6686.65
211University of Reading

Reading, United Kingdom

227.469.72
212Oklahoma State University

Stillwater, Oklahoma (United States)

228.4563.85
213Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina (United States)

230.0642.98
214Chapman University

Orange, California (United States)

230.0941.28
214City St George's

London, United Kingdom

230.0968.44
216Università degli Studi di Padova

Padova, Italy

230.5466
217George Mason University

Fairfax, Virginia (United States)

231.6632.19
218University of Edinburgh

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

233.850.24
219University of Miami

Coral Gables, Florida (United States)

235.3631.66
220Université de Genève

Genève, Switzerland

236.4738.15
221Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido Carli (LUISS)

Roma, Italy

238.5752.12
222University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, Illinois (United States)

239.5135.77
223Drexel University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (United States)

241.6733.35
224Carleton University

Ottawa, Canada

241.9363.48
224Università degli Studi di Firenze

Firenze, Italy

241.9393.06
226Humboldt-Universität Berlin

Berlin, Germany

241.9998.66
227Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

242.1575.4
228Copenhagen Business School

København, Denmark

243.9340.89
229Brandeis University

Waltham, Massachusetts (United States)

244.5930.22
230Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna

Pisa, Italy

245.5640.1
231University of Surrey

Guildford, United Kingdom

245.649.23
232INSEAD

Fontainebleau, France

245.7422.7
233Université de Bordeaux

Bordeaux, France

245.75105.46
234Syracuse University

Syracuse, New York (United States)

246.1434.65
235Georgia Institute of Technology

Atlanta, Georgia (United States)

248.7241.02
236Université d'Ottawa

Ottawa, Canada

24968.86
237Keio University

Tokyo, Japan

251.0265.73
238University of Texas-Dallas

Dallas, Texas (United States)

251.5732.96
239Università degli Studi di Milano

Milano, Italy

253.466.9
240Motu: Economic & Public Policy Research

Wellington, New Zealand

254.2719.13
241Kobe University

Kobe, Japan

254.4193.39
242Seoul National University

Seoul, South Korea

255.545.46
243Korea University

Seoul, South Korea

256.1444.59
244European Commission

Bruxelles/Brussel, Belgium

256.26130.04

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