Saturday, May 9, 2009

Top 10 Universities in the World

QS World University Rankings were conceived to present a multi-faceted view of the relative strengths of the world's leading universities. The overall rankings are compiled based in six distinct indicators:

Academic Peer Review
it is based on an online survey distributed to academics worldwide and results are compiled based on three years worth of responses totalling 6,354 in 2008.

Employer Review
It is based on a global online survey, distributed to employers.

Faculty Student Ratio
An indication that the institution in question has sufficient staff to teach its students.

Citations per Faculty
Measure of research strength (publication, cited papers a university publishes, scientific and technical subjects, research literature)

International Factors
Simple evaluations of the proportion of international students and international faculty serve as indicators of an institution's international attractiveness.

The rankings:

1- Harvard University (USA)

www.harvard.edu

2- Yale University (USA)

www.yale.edu

3- University of CAMBRIDGE (UK)

www.cam.ac.uk

4- University of OXFORD (UK)

www.ox.ac.uk

5- CALIFORNIA Institute of Technology (USA)

www.caltech.edu

6- IMPERIAL College London (UK)

www3.imperial.ac.uk

7- UCL (University College London) (UK)

www.ucl.ac.uk

8- University of CHICAGO (USA)

www.uchicago.edu

9- MASSACHUSETTS Institute of Technology (USA)

www.mit.edu

10- COLUMBIA University (USA)

www.columbia.edu

for the complete list click here

The chart below shows why some countries are more developed than the others, Yes they pay too much attention on their education system. So if you’re study freak keep chasing on how you can join these centre points of development.

Country Number of Top 100 universities
USA 37
UK 17
Australia 8
Canada 5
Japan 4

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