BRICS & Emerging Economies University Rankings 2017 results: top 10
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| BRICS 2017 rank | BRICS 2016 rank | Institution | Country | WUR Rank |
| 1 | 1 | Peking University | China | 29 |
| 2 | 2 | Tsinghua University | China | 35 |
| 3 | 3 | Lomonosov Moscow State University | Russian Federation | 188 |
| 4 | 4 | University of Cape Town | South Africa | 148 |
| 5 | 7 | University of Science and Technology of China | China | =153 |
| 6 | 17 | Fudan University | China | 155 |
| 7 | 10 | Shanghai Jiao Tong University | China | 201-250 |
| 8 | 6 | University of the Witwatersrand | South Africa | =182 |
| 9 | 8 | Zhejiang University | China | 201-250 |
| 10 | 5 | National Taiwan University | Taiwan | =195 |