Business leaders around the globe say Michigan State University is one of the top institutions they scout for talent.

The New York Times asked hundreds of CEOs and chairmen from Belgium, Brazil, Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and the U.S. which universities they most recruited.

comes in at No. 39 in the list of the top 150. That's good for 20th among universities located in the U.S.

MSU finished ahead of counterparts such as the University of Notre Dame (83), Vanderbilt University (89) and the University of Michigan (52).

Respondents' votes for their own national universities counted as 1 point, for universities on their own continent as 1.5, and for universities outside of those parameters as 2 points.

Harvard, Stanford and Yale universities ranked first, second and third in the survey, respectively.

to see the full list of the top 150.