1. University of Cambridge
Cambridge hit the headlines this year by becoming the first non-US university to top the QS World University Rankings®, breaking Harvard’s six-year winning streak. Having come first in the 2009 academic peer review, Cambridge remained top in this year’s poll; it also headed the subject ranking for natural sciences, and was the only university to make the top four in all five subject areas. Cambridge edged ahead of Harvard in the overall ranking largely due to improved scores for research citations, and greater stability in student/faculty ratio and international staff (read a more detailed analysis here).
4. University College London (UCL)
UCL repeats last year’s eyebrow-raising performance by retaining its fourth-place position, two places ahead of the University of Oxford. The key to UCL’s success is strength across the board rather than table-topping excellence in one particular area. The largest of the University of London constituent colleges, UCL combines a strong academic reputation with low student-faculty ratios for a university of its size (it comfortably beats Harvard in this measure). It is also second in the UK for research citations behind Cambridge, and ahead of Oxford and Imperial.
6. University of Oxford
Oxford may have been narrowly out-performed by UCL for the past two years, but it remains one of the most recognizable university names around the world, and its pedigree and across-the-board quality are again reflected in this year’s rankings. Oxford tops the individual subject ranking for arts and humanities, an area in which it has traditionally excelled; it also performs outstandingly in all areas of the academic peer review, coming third overall and finishing in the top ten in all five subject areas. Oxford also boasts one of the lowest student/faculty ratios among large, comprehensive universities, reflecting the traditional tutorial system it shares with Cambridge, in which undergraduates often receive one-on-one tuition.
7. Imperial College London
Imperial may have dropped slightly in the overall ranking this year (from 5= to 7), but it actually improved its performance in all but one of the measured criteria. Although it has been muscled out of the top five, this reflects improved performances by MIT (which leapfrogged it) and Oxford (with which it tied last year), rather than any discernable decline in its own standards. As in 2009, Imperial’s strongest performance was in the employer review, an indication that its focus on STEM subjects produces highly-skilled graduates who are esteemed by employers. Imperial also boasts small class sizes and high levels of international students and staff, though it falls behind the UK’s top three universities in research citations.
21. King’s College London
King’s College moved up two places from its 2009 position to finish 21st, overtaking the University of Edinburgh, which dropped from 20= to 22nd. The two universities remain closely matched, with Edinburgh favoured by academics and employers, while King’s boasts a lower student/faculty ratio, higher research citation rates, and performs better in the international indicators. The main factor that led King’s to edge ahead of its Scottish counterpart this year was a significant improvement in its score for research citations, alongside an increased intake of international students and staff.
Saturday, December 4, 2010
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Top Universities of the World | Wold Universities Directory | Educational Universities of America
The world's top universities
HARVARD University United States
University of CAMBRIDGE United Kingdom
YALE University United States
UCL (University College London) United Kingdom
IMPERIAL College London United Kingdom
University of OXFORD United Kingdom
University of CHICAGO United States
PRINCETON University United States
MASSACHUSETTS Institute of Technology (MIT) United States
CALIFORNIA Institute of Technology (Caltech) United States
COLUMBIA University United States
University of PENNSYLVANIA United States
JOHNS HOPKINS University United States
DUKE University United States
CORNELL University United States
STANFORD University United States
AUSTRALIAN NationalUniversity Australia
MCGILL University Canada
University of MICHIGAN United States
ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) Switzerland
University of EDINBURGH United Kingdom
University of TOKYO Japan
KING'S College London United Kingdom
University of HONGKONG Hong Kong
KYOTO University Japan
University of MANCHESTER United Kingdom
CARNEGIE MELLON University United States
École normale supérieure, PARIS France
University of TORONTO Canada
National University of Singapore (NUS) Singapore
BROWN University United States
NORTHWESTERN University United States
University of CALIFORNIA, Los Angeles (UCLA) United States
University of BRISTOL United Kingdom
HONG KONG University of Science and Technology Hong Kong
ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE France
University of MELBOURNE Australia
University of SYDNEY Australia
University of California, BERKELEY United States
University of BRITISH COLUMBIA Canada
University of QUEENSLAND Australia
École Polytechnique Fédérale de LAUSANNE Switzerland
OSAKA University Japan
TRINITY College Dublin Ireland
MONASH University Australia
The CHINESE University of Hong Kong Hong Kong
SEOUL National University Korea, South
University of NEWSOUTH WALES Australia
TSINGHUA University China
University of AMSTERDAM Netherlands
University of COPENHAGEN Denmark
NEW YORK University(NYU) United States
PEKING University China
BOSTON University United States
Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM) Germany
TOKYO Institute of Technology Japan
HEIDELBERG University Germany
University of WARWICK United Kingdom
University of ALBERTA Canada
LEIDEN University Netherlands
The University of AUCKLAND New Zealand
University of WISCONSIN-Madison United States
AARHUS University Denmark
University of ILLINOIS, Chicago (UIC) United States
Katholieke Universiteit LEUVEN Belgium
University of BIRMINGHAM United Kingdom
LONDON School of Economics United Kingdom
LUND University Sweden
KAIST – Korea Advanced Institute of Science Korea, South
University of YORK United Kingdom
UTRECHT University Netherlands
University of GENEVA Switzerland
Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore
WASHINGTON University in St. Louis United States
UPPSALA University Sweden
University of CALIFORNIA,San Diego United States
University of TEXAS at Austin United States
University of NORTH CAROLINA, Chapel Hill United States
University of GLASGOW United Kingdom
University of WASHINGTON United States
University of ADELAIDE Australia
University of SHEFFIELD United Kingdom
DELFT University of Technology Netherlands
University of WESTERN AUSTRALIA Australia
DARTMOUTH College United States
GEORGIA Institute of Technology United States
PURDUE University United States
University of STANDREWS United Kingdom
University College DUBLIN Ireland
EMORY University United States
University of NOTTINGHAM United Kingdom
NAGOYA University Japan
University of ZURICH Switzerland
Freie Universität BERLIN Germany
National TAIWAN University Taiwan
University of SOUTHAMPTON United Kingdom
TOHOKU University Japan
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Germany
University of LEEDS United Kingdom
RICE University United States
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