In an article on the 100 best universities in the world, Harvard is ranked #1, followed by #2 Cambridge, #3 Oxford, with Yale and MIT tied for 4th. Then Stanford University (6), California Institute of Technology (7), University of California Berkeley (8), Imperial College London (9) , Princeton (10), University of Chicago (11), Columbia (12), Duke (13), Beijing University (14), Cornell University (15). American universities make up 11 of the top 15 spots. Harvard has an endowment of 26 billion dollars. (HT: Phi Beta Cons)