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.	Kogakuin University, Shin..	Tokyo	133 m	436 ft	29	1989
4.	STEC Information Building	Tokyo	124 m	405 ft	28	1992
5.	Hosei University Boissona..	Tokyo	122 m	400 ft	27	2000
6.	Academy of Sciences	Moscow	120 m	394 ft	29	1989
7.	University of Technology	Sydney	120 m	394 ft	33	1978
8.	Liberty Tower	Tokyo	119 m	390 ft	23	1998
9.	Torre de la Universidad L..	Gijón	117 m	384 ft	17	1956
10.	AfE-Turm	Frankfurt	116 m	382 ft	32	1972
11.	Erasmus MC Faculteitsgebo..	Rotterdam	114 m	374 ft	27	1969
12.	Rhodes Tower	Cleveland	111 m	363 ft	20	1971
13.	Academy of Sciences	Riga	108 m	353 ft	21	1955
14.	University Hall	Chicago	103 m	338 ft	28	1965
15.	Eshkol Tower	Haifa	102 m	335 ft	30	1978
16.	Osaka Mode Gakuen	Osaka	102 m	335 ft	21	1999
17.	Edison Building	Philadelphia	99 m	325 ft	23	1927
18.	University of Texas Tower	Austin	94 m	307 ft	29	1937
19.	Culture School	Tokyo	92 m	302 ft	20	1999
20.	W.E.B. Du Bois Library	Amherst	90 m	297 ft	26	1974
21.	Tour Jussieu	Paris	90 m	295 ft	27	1971
22.	TU Delft faculteit ITS	Delft	90 m	295 ft	23	1969
23.	Green Building	Cambridge	90 m	295 ft	21	1964
24.	Erasmusgebouw	Nijmegen	88 m	289 ft	21	1973
25.	Semmelweiss Medical Unive..	Budapest	88 m	289 ft	23	1976
26.	Tidewater Building	New Orleans	88 m	288 ft	21	1972
27.	South Urals State Univers..	Chelyabinsk	86 m	282 ft	18	1959
28.	Geomatikum	Hamburg	85 m	279 ft	20	1975
29.	Loyola University Tower	Chicago	84 m	275 ft	16	1994
30.	Moos Health Sciences Towe..	Minneapolis	82 m	268 ft	17	1974
31.	Education Schools Tower	Boston	81 m	265 ft	17	1964
32.	Fenn Tower	Cleveland	81 m	265 ft	21	1930
33.	Akademia Ekonomiczna	Poznań	81 m	264 ft	19	1991
34.	Victoria University	Melbourne	80 m	262 ft	20
35.	State University College ..	New York City	80 m	262 ft	17	1912
36.	Telefunken Haus	Berlin	79 m	259 ft	22	1961
37.	City College School of Bu..	New York City	78 m	257 ft	16	1930
38.	Erasmus Universiteit Gebo..	Rotterdam	78 m	256 ft	20	1970
39.	STU	Bratislava	78 m	256 ft	24
40.	Arts Tower	Sheffield	78 m	255 ft	20	1965
41.	Dunton Tower	Ottawa	77 m	253 ft	22	1974
42.	Kline Biology Tower	New Haven	76 m	250 ft	16	1966
43.	Patterson Office Tower	Lexington	76 m	250 ft	20	1968
44.	Tower 75	Nagoya	76 m	249 ft	16	2002
45.	Tokyo Medical and Dental ..	Tokyo	76 m	249 ft	17	1996
46.	Lurie Medical Research Bu..	Chicago	76 m	248 ft	13	2005
47.	Van Hise Hall	Madison	73 m	241 ft	19	1967
48.	Medical Research Tower	Tokyo	73 m	239 ft	14	2001
49.	IIT Research Institute To..	Chicago	72 m	237 ft	20	1964
50.	Belfer Hall	New York City	72 m	235 ft	18	1968

Last update: 7/2008.

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