National University of … TU Delft’s position in World University Rankings. As of 2010, they are published as two separate world rankings. Source: Academic Ranking of World Universities published by the Shanghai Ranking Consultancy (opens in new window) The 2020 ARWU Australian rankings table has been expanded to 1000 universities in response to competitive pressures from the other main rankings publishers. Beijing Institute of Technology. As expected, Harvard took the leading position.