World's top 10 universities, Harvard leads again

5. Princeton University – Princeton, N.J.

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Princeton University, which has battled with Harvard for the top spot in US rankings, ranks fifth on the Times list. It got high marks for its research program and for the number of times its published work is cited by academics. Its past faculty and alumni include 32 Nobel laureates.

The QS list put Princeton at No. 10 in 2010 and No. 8 in 2009.

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