Rank;Global Rank;Institution;Country;Sector 1;54;Microsoft Corp *;MUL;Companies 2;59;Google International LLC;MUL;Companies 3;147;IBM Research *;MUL;Companies 4;265;European Commission *;MUL;Government 5;269;Heriot-Watt University *;MUL;Universities 6;297;Alphabet Inc *;MUL;Companies 7;312;European Commission - Joint Research Centre;MUL;Government 8;333;Samsung Corp *;MUL;Companies 9;391;Alibaba Group *;MUL;Companies 10;471;Volkswagen AG *;MUL;Companies 11;514;Siemens *;MUL;Companies 12;519;Ericsson *;MUL;Companies 13;549;CGIAR Consortium of International Agricultural Research *;MUL;Non-Profit 14;605;Robert Bosch *;MUL;Companies 15;622;Manipal Global Education Group *;MUL;Companies 16;707;Laureate International Universities *;MUL;Universities 17;708;Tata Group *;MUL;Companies 18;726;Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research *;MUL;Government 19;801;International Food Policy Research Institute;MUL;Non-Profit 20;925;General Motors Company *;MUL;Companies