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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.	Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower	Tokyo	204 m	668 ft	50	2008
3.	Cathedral of Learning	Pittsburgh	163 m	535 ft	42	1936
4.	Cathedral of Learning	Bangkok	159 m	522 ft	39
5.	Kogakuin University, Shin..	Tokyo	133 m	436 ft	29	1989
6.	STEC Information Building	Tokyo	124 m	405 ft	28	1992
7.	Hosei University Boissona..	Tokyo	122 m	400 ft	27	2000
8.	Academy of Sciences	Moscow	120 m	394 ft	29	1989
9.	University of Technology	Sydney	120 m	394 ft	33	1978
10.	Liberty Tower	Tokyo	119 m	390 ft	23	1998
11.	Torre de la Universidad L..	Gijón	117 m	384 ft	17	1956
12.	AfE-Turm	Frankfurt am Main	116 m	382 ft	32	1972
13.	Erasmus MC Faculteitsgebo..	Rotterdam	114 m	374 ft	27	1969
14.	Rhodes Tower	Cleveland	111 m	363 ft	20	1971
15.	Academy of Sciences	Riga	108 m	353 ft	21	1955
16.	University Hall	Chicago	103 m	338 ft	28	1965
17.	Eshkol Tower	Haifa	102 m	335 ft	30	1978
18.	Osaka Mode Gakuen	Osaka	102 m	335 ft	21	1999
19.	Edison Building	Philadelphia	99 m	325 ft	23	1927
20.	University of Texas Tower	Austin	94 m	307 ft	29	1937
21.	Culture School	Tokyo	92 m	302 ft	20	1999
22.	W.E.B. Du Bois Library	Amherst	90 m	297 ft	26	1974
23.	Tour Jussieu	Paris	90 m	295 ft	27	1971
24.	TU Delft faculteit ITS	Delft	90 m	295 ft	23	1969
25.	Green Building	Cambridge	90 m	295 ft	21	1964
26.	Erasmusgebouw	Nijmegen	88 m	289 ft	21	1973
27.	Semmelweiss Medical Unive..	Budapest	88 m	289 ft	23	1976
28.	1440 Canal	New Orleans	88 m	288 ft	21	1972
29.	South Urals State Univers..	Chelyabinsk	86 m	282 ft	18	1959
30.	Geomatikum	Hamburg	85 m	279 ft	20	1975
31.	Loyola University Tower	Chicago	84 m	275 ft	16	1994
32.	Moos Health Sciences Towe..	Minneapolis	82 m	268 ft	17	1974
33.	Education Schools Tower	Boston	81 m	265 ft	17	1964
34.	Fenn Tower	Cleveland	81 m	265 ft	21	1930
35.	Akademia Ekonomiczna	Poznań	81 m	264 ft	19	1991
36.	Victoria University	Melbourne	80 m	262 ft	20
37.	State University College ..	New York City	80 m	262 ft	17	1912
38.	Telefunken Haus	Berlin	79 m	259 ft	22	1961
39.	City College School of Bu..	New York City	78 m	257 ft	16	1930
40.	Erasmus Universiteit Gebo..	Rotterdam	78 m	256 ft	20	1970
41.	STU	Bratislava	78 m	256 ft	24
42.	Arts Tower	Sheffield	78 m	255 ft	20	1965
43.	Dunton Tower	Ottawa	77 m	253 ft	22	1974
44.	Kline Biology Tower	New Haven	76 m	250 ft	16	1966
45.	Patterson Office Tower	Lexington	76 m	250 ft	20	1968
46.	Tower 75	Nagoya	76 m	249 ft	16	2002
47.	Tokyo Medical and Dental ..	Tokyo	76 m	249 ft	17	1996
48.	Lurie Medical Research Bu..	Chicago	76 m	248 ft	13	2005
49.	Van Hise Hall	Madison	73 m	241 ft	19	1967
50.	Medical Research Tower	Tokyo	73 m	239 ft	14	2001

Last update: 9/2010.

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