Top 35 Institutions Outside of North America

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Top 35 Institutions Outside of North America

Rank	Rank in 2005	Name/Location	Country	Type	Strengths		Weaknesses
1	45	Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel	Switzerland	Independent	Facilities	Remuneration	Value	Benefits
2	-	MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge	UK	Government	Equity	Value	Benefits	Remuneration
3	11	University of Bergen	Norway	Academic	Benefits	Value/Family	Funding	Facilities
4	26	Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot	Israel	Academic	Equity	Facilities	Networking	Benefits
5	-	Pasteur Institute, Paris	France	Independent	Benefits	Networking	Remuneration	Communication
6	1	Umea Plant Science Center	Sweden	Academic	Value	Networking	Benefits	Training
7	23	University of Dundee	UK	Academic	Training	Career	Benefits	Funding
8	-	University of Basel Biozentrum	Switzerland	Academic	Value	Equity	Benefits/Family	Funding
9	-	ETH Zurich	Switzerland	Academic	Equity	Remuneration	Training/Family	Value
10	60	University of Manchester	UK	Academic	Career	Facilities	Benefits	Family
11	3	The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam	Netherlands	Government	Career	Networking/Funding	Training	Family
12	24	Catholic University of Leuven	Belgium	Academic	Remuneration	Family	Value	Communication
13	46	University of Helsinki	Finland	Academic	Funding	Communication	Value	Remuneration
14	61	University of Nottingham	UK	Academic	Communication	Remuneration	Networking	Equity
15	35	University of Edinburgh	UK	Academic	Training	Benefits	Career	Value
16	34	University of Birmingham	UK	Academic	Family	Value	Benefits	Facilities
17	17	Ghent University	Belgium	Academic	Networking	Funding	Family	Communication
18	12	Cardiff University	UK	Academic	Career	Communication	Networking	Funding
19	-	National Institute for Medical Research, London	UK	Government	Benefits	Facilities	Remuneration	Networking
20	52	University of Aberdeen	UK	Academic	Value	Remuneration	Training	Facilities
21	58	Leiden University	Netherlands	Academic	Funding	Remuneration	Training	Career
22	22	University of Oxford	UK	Academic	Funding	Family	Communication/ Equity	Remuneration
23	40	University of Glasgow	UK	Academic	Family	Value	Facilities	Benefits
24	39	University of Liverpool	UK	Academic	Training	Facilities	Career	Equity
25	38	University of Cambridge	UK	Academic	Equity	Remuneration	Benefits	Family
26	42	John Innes Center, Norwich	UK	Independent	Training	Career/Value	Benefits	Funding
27	36	Trinity College, Dublin	Ireland	Academic	Networking	Family	Funding	Benefits
28	-	University of Sheffield	UK	Academic	Training	Networking/Benefits	Value	Career
29	27	University College London	UK	Academic	Funding	Remuneration	Facilities	Family
30	47	University of Leicester	UK	Academic	Family	Funding	Communication	Equity
31	43	Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam	Netherlands	Academic	Equity	Family	Remuneration	Training
32	54	Imperial College London	UK	Academic	Training	Career	Funding	Remuneration
33	-	Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich	Germany	Academic	Facilities	Equity	Remuneration	Career
34	53	Autonomous University of Barcelona	Spain	Academic	Family	Communication	Training	Value
35	41	Karolinska Institute, Stockholm	Sweden	Academic	Networking	Funding	Communication/ Equity	Remuneration