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The BBC is reporting that European and Asian universities are rising in world-wide rankings.

The 2009 Times Higher Education table, the source of this new information, is based on a survey of academics and graduate employers worldwide.

This year there are 39 European universities in the top 100, up from 36, and the number of Asian universities rose from 14 to 16.

“The broad message of these tables is clear – the leading UK research universities are held in high esteem internationally,” said Dr. Wendy Piatt, director general of the Russell Group of Universities.

“But countries like China and Korea, which are investing massively in their best institutions, are snapping at our heels.”

In case you are interested, here are some of the top schools organized by country:

AUSTRALIA

17. Australian National University (ANU)
36. The University of Melbourne
36. The University of Sydney
41. Queensland University
45. Monash University
47. University of NSW
81. University of Adelaide
84. University of Western Australia

CANADA

18. McGill University
29. University of Toronto
40. University of British Columbia
59. University of Alberta

FRANCE

28. Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris
36. Ecole Polytechnique

GERMANY

55. Technical University of Munich
57. Heidelberg University
94. Free University of Berlin
98. Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich

UK

2. University of Cambridge
4. University College London
5. Imperial College London
5. University of Oxford
20. University of Edinburgh
23. King’s College London
26. University of Manchester
34. University of Bristol
58. University of Warwick
66. University of Birmingham
67. London School of Economics
70. University of York
79. University of Glasgow
82. University of Sheffield
87. University of St Andrews
91. University of Nottingham
95. University of Southampton
99. University of Leeds

For more information, visit the BBC article.