World University Ranks 2010 are out!

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thread starter squaids Sep 08 2010 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

I had a thread a while ago for the US national rankings but now the world ranks were just released, feel free to find your school and post here. On a side note, Cambridge has toppled Harvard for 1st place, hah! UK FTW! 1. Cambridge 2. Harvard 3. Yale 4. UCL (University College London) 5. MIT 6. Oxford 7. Imperial (Imperial College London) 8. Chicago 9. CalTech 10. Princeton Yay still 4th :D http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2010/sep/08/worlds-top-100-universities-2010 Rankings are linked to the article^

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Regulus133 09/08/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

The only genuinely important aspect of their measurement is the "research quality," though I'm not sure how one measures that in the first place. Graduate employability is important in itself, but greater employability often corresponds to the old reputations of some of these schools rather than superior education or skills.

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chickenbutt 09/08/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

People haven't heard of Cambridge? I'm surprised.

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ElQuarantine 09/08/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

The place I'm going isn't even in the top 100

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Krystykatz 09/08/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Two of my choices are 15 and 17, not bad :D I'm going to apply to Harvard just to see if I get in, lol. Friends said I should have applied while I was in high school, but I can still try for graduate school :o

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tailedfox13 09/08/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Daang I thought Standford was like #2.

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HolyJunker 09/08/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

My autistic friend got into MIT recently.

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squaids 09/08/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

I really hope those who haven't heard of Cambridge are a part of the minority... Harvard was founded by a scholar from Cambridge...

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Podunkman 09/08/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

i wonder how much those colleges paid to be up top...

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ElitistMan 09/08/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

University of Toronto 29th! Woot woot!

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DisturbedOne 09/08/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

[quote] EchoAC : Basil is nerdy. In other news...CANADA UNIVERSITIES, WHY YOU GOTTA BE SO LOW ON THE LIST :[ [/quote] you wouldve thought simon fraser would be on there...

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EchoAC 09/08/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

[quote] DisturbedOne : you wouldve thought simon fraser would be on there... [/quote] Well...UBC is on there. SFU didn't quite make it I guess, I mean there are a lot of great unis out there. Are you from BC?

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Telatsu 09/08/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

Meh, I'm at the Number 15th. I don't hate it. ;)

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squaids 09/09/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

They use citations per department to measure research quality I think, hence why UCL is up there in the top 10. It's been a long while since a British institution has beaten an American one but definitely well deserved considering Cambridge was established back in the 1200s and has a long line of extremely famous alumni.

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jing713 09/09/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

How do they rank Universities? I know they can rank them in their own countries with admission requirements, amount of students etc etc..... but on an int'l basis?

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squaids 09/09/10 + PM | QUOTE | PERMALINK | REPORT

[quote] jing713 : How do they rank Universities? I know they can rank them in their own countries with admission requirements, amount of students etc etc..... but on an int'l basis? [/quote] Internationally accredited citations per department, popularity among big bank employers and other companies, the student:staff ratio (more staff generally scores higher) along with how many international students/staff the university attracts.

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