Official World's 50 Tallest High-rise Buildings (Educational Use)

This overview is the most accurate compilation of its kind and uses in-depth research results and reliable building information. It is based on data standards as outlined by the Emporis Standards Committee (ESC). This listing is verified and updated continuously and includes high-rise buildings which have been topped out, including those still under construction or on hold and whose occupiable height is devoted at least 90% to educational uses, including classrooms, research facilities, and school administration but not including dormitories. The ranking is based entirely on the buildings' structural height. TV towers, masts, and other building types are not included.

# Building City Height Height Floors Year
1. Moscow State University   Moscow 240 m 787 ft 36 1953
2. Cathedral of Learning   Pittsburgh 163 m 535 ft 42 1936
3. ABAC Tower I   Bangkok 159 m 522 ft 39
4. Kogakuin University, Shin..   Tokyo 133 m 436 ft 29 1989
5. STEC Information Building   Tokyo 124 m 405 ft 28 1992
6. Hosei University Boissona..   Tokyo 122 m 400 ft 27 2000
7. Academy of Sciences   Moscow 120 m 394 ft 29 1989
8. University of Technology   Sydney 120 m 394 ft 33 1978
9. Liberty Tower   Tokyo 119 m 390 ft 23 1998
10. Torre de la Universidad L..   Gijón 117 m 384 ft 17 1956
11. AfE-Turm   Frankfurt 116 m 382 ft 32 1972
12. Erasmus MC Faculteitsgebo..   Rotterdam 114 m 374 ft 27 1969
13. Rhodes Tower   Cleveland 111 m 363 ft 20 1971
14. Academy of Sciences   Riga 108 m 353 ft 21 1955
15. University Hall   Chicago 103 m 338 ft 28 1965
16. Eshkol Tower   Haifa 102 m 335 ft 30 1978
17. Osaka Mode Gakuen   Osaka 102 m 335 ft 21 1999
18. Edison Building   Philadelphia 99 m 325 ft 23 1927
19. University of Texas Tower   Austin 94 m 307 ft 29 1937
20. Culture School   Tokyo 92 m 302 ft 20 1999
21. W.E.B. Du Bois Library   Amherst 90 m 297 ft 26 1974
22. Tour Jussieu   Paris 90 m 295 ft 27 1971
23. TU Delft faculteit ITS   Delft 90 m 295 ft 23 1969
24. Green Building   Cambridge 90 m 295 ft 21 1964
25. Erasmusgebouw   Nijmegen 88 m 289 ft 21 1973
26. Semmelweiss Medical Unive..   Budapest 88 m 289 ft 23 1976
27. 1440 Canal   New Orleans 88 m 288 ft 21 1972
28. South Urals State Univers..   Chelyabinsk 86 m 282 ft 18 1959
29. Geomatikum   Hamburg 85 m 279 ft 20 1975
30. Loyola University Tower   Chicago 84 m 275 ft 16 1994
31. Moos Health Sciences Towe..   Minneapolis 82 m 268 ft 17 1974
32. Education Schools Tower   Boston 81 m 265 ft 17 1964
33. Fenn Tower   Cleveland 81 m 265 ft 21 1930
34. Akademia Ekonomiczna   Poznań 81 m 264 ft 19 1991
35. Victoria University   Melbourne 80 m 262 ft 20
36. State University College ..   New York City 80 m 262 ft 17 1912
37. Telefunken Haus   Berlin 79 m 259 ft 22 1961
38. City College School of Bu..   New York City 78 m 257 ft 16 1930
39. Erasmus Universiteit Gebo..   Rotterdam 78 m 256 ft 20 1970
40. STU   Bratislava 78 m 256 ft 24
41. Arts Tower   Sheffield 78 m 255 ft 20 1965
42. Dunton Tower   Ottawa 77 m 253 ft 22 1974
43. Kline Biology Tower   New Haven 76 m 250 ft 16 1966
44. Patterson Office Tower   Lexington 76 m 250 ft 20 1968
45. Tower 75   Nagoya 76 m 249 ft 16 2002
46. Tokyo Medical and Dental ..   Tokyo 76 m 249 ft 17 1996
47. Lurie Medical Research Bu..   Chicago 76 m 248 ft 13 2005
48. Van Hise Hall   Madison 73 m 241 ft 19 1967
49. Medical Research Tower   Tokyo 73 m 239 ft 14 2001
50. IIT Research Institute To..   Chicago 72 m 237 ft 20 1964

Last update: 11/2008.

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