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World's Top Ten Universities by fairheven: 12:17pm On Sep 16, 2014 |
Top 10 universities 2014: QS World University Rankings 1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 2. Imperial College London and University of Cambridge (joint second) 4. Harvard University 5. University College London and University of Oxford (joint fifth) 7. Stanford University 8. California Institute of Technology (Caltech) 9. Princeton 10. Yale MIT is the highest rated university in the world for the third year in succession The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is in first place in the latest league table of the world's best universities. It's the third year in a row that the US university, famous for its science and technology research, has been top of the QS World University Rankings. Another science-based university, Imperial College London, is in joint second place along with Cambridge University. Behind these in fourth place is Harvard University, the world's wealthiest university. And two more UK universities share joint fifth place, University College London and Oxford. With King's College London in 16th place, it means that London has three institutions in the top 20. Even though some university leaders might be sceptical about such rankings, they will all be sharply aware of their significance. Mike Nicholson, Oxford University's head of admissions, says: "It's fair to say that it would be a foolish university that did not pay close attention to how league tables are constructed." Rankings have become an inescapable part of the reputation and brand image of universities, helping them to attract students, staff and research investment. No university website is complete without the claim to be in the top 100 for something or other. How to be top But what is perhaps more surprising is that they are a relatively recent arrival on the higher education landscape. This is only the tenth year of the QS rankings and the earliest global league table, the Academic Ranking of World Universities, produced by the Shanghai Jiao Tong University, was first published in 2003. Imperial College London has risen to second place in the global rankings They have risen alongside the globalisation of higher education and the sharing of information online. But how does a university get to the top of the rankings? And why does such a small group of institutions seem to have an iron grip on the top places? The biggest single factor in the QS rankings is academic reputation. This is calculated by surveying more than 60,000 academics around the world about their opinion on the merits of institutions other than their own. Ben Sowter, managing director of the QS, says this means that universities with an established name and a strong brand are likely to do better. The next biggest factor - "citations per faculty" - looks at the strength of research in universities, calculated in terms of the number of times research work is cited by other researchers. The ratio of academic staff to students represents another big chunk of how the rankings are decided. Big brands These three elements, reputation, research citations and staff ratios, account for four-fifths of the rankings. And there are also marks for being more international, in terms of academic staff and students. "Academic reputation" is the biggest single factor in these rankings As a template for success, it means that the winners are likely to be large, prestigious, research-intensive universities, with strong science departments and lots of international collaborations. Is that a fair way to rank universities? It makes no reference to the quality of teaching or the abilities of students? "We don't take an exhaustive view of what universities are doing," says Mr Sowter. "It's always going to be a blunt instrument," which he says is both the strength and weakness of such lists..BBC |
Re: World's Top Ten Universities by missdebs(f): 1:57pm On Sep 16, 2014 |
fp material *wink* |
Re: World's Top Ten Universities by amakufrancis(m): 2:04pm On Sep 16, 2014 |
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Re: World's Top Ten Universities by Aidy97(f): 2:04pm On Sep 16, 2014 |
Spacebooked |
Re: World's Top Ten Universities by fairheven: 2:09pm On Sep 16, 2014 |
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Re: World's Top Ten Universities by Aidy97(f): 2:19pm On Sep 16, 2014 |
fairheven:My keke napep |
Re: World's Top Ten Universities by fairheven: 2:32pm On Sep 16, 2014 |
Aidy97:Agbero is wasin u then |
Re: World's Top Ten Universities by emeralddayo(f): 2:43pm On Sep 16, 2014 |
eyeing MIT...God help me |
Re: World's Top Ten Universities by rattlesnake(m): 3:07pm On Sep 16, 2014 |
emeralddayo: eyeing MIT...God help meto go n do what there? |
Re: World's Top Ten Universities by Donfamous(m): 4:31pm On Sep 16, 2014 |
Booking space without aving anything to type God AV mercy |
Re: World's Top Ten Universities by iamsegsy(m): 5:34pm On Sep 16, 2014 |
no African university?? wat of UNILORIN dis list is damn bias |
Re: World's Top Ten Universities by PrinceAdepoju(m): 6:23pm On Sep 16, 2014 |
Re: World's Top Ten Universities by fairheven: 6:35pm On Sep 16, 2014 |
iamsegsy: no African university?? wat of UNILORIN dis list is damn biasUniversity of ilorin?that will happen in the year 3035 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: World's Top Ten Universities by 30secs(m): 6:45pm On Sep 16, 2014 |
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Re: World's Top Ten Universities by CzarChris(m): 6:56pm On Sep 16, 2014 |
Nice, anybody got an idea what Imperial College London's fees a like? How competitive are their admissions and chances of a secondary school graduate from 9ja getting in. I've got someone gunning for that school. |
Re: World's Top Ten Universities by Nobody: 7:05pm On Sep 16, 2014 |
When will naija universitie's join the list? |
Re: World's Top Ten Universities by Profcamsey(m): 7:14pm On Sep 16, 2014 |
I av always love Havard. I dont book space. Mod should do something to this space bookers |
Re: World's Top Ten Universities by Profcamsey(m): 7:14pm On Sep 16, 2014 |
I av always love Havard. I dont book space. Mod should do something to these space bookers |
Re: World's Top Ten Universities by fairheven: 7:31pm On Sep 16, 2014 |
Profcamsey: I av always love Havard. I dont book space. Mod should do something to these space bookersHavard has always been at number 2.position,wonder what made them come down |
Re: World's Top Ten Universities by Nobody: 7:33pm On Sep 16, 2014 |
CzarChris: Nice, anybody got an idea what Imperial College London's fees a like? How competitive are their admissions and chances of a secondary school graduate from 9ja getting in. I've got someone gunning for that school. Chief, why not send him or her to Canada or the US, there are cheaper schools in Canada with options for scholarships, Valuable experience and possible after school jobs. You can Google it yourself. Cheers. |
Re: World's Top Ten Universities by fairheven: 7:34pm On Sep 16, 2014 |
emeralddayo: eyeing MIT...God help meWhatever ur mind can conceive,your hands can achieve |
Re: World's Top Ten Universities by Kendzyma(m): 7:35pm On Sep 16, 2014 |
fairheven:d bolded should possibly b er position in world ranking 1 Like |
Re: World's Top Ten Universities by fairheven: 7:41pm On Sep 16, 2014 |
Kendzyma: d bolded should possibly b er position in world rankingbetter still in African ranking |
Re: World's Top Ten Universities by mideoti(f): 9:08pm On Sep 16, 2014 |
Yay! MIT!!!, My cousin graduated from that school as one of the top five........ So proud of Bosun Adeoti! |
Re: World's Top Ten Universities by CzarChris(m): 9:26pm On Sep 16, 2014 |
Three7Ty9:Thanks though, I've actually checked googled imperial college, but no dice. But i'll check Canada, thanks for the info. |
Re: World's Top Ten Universities by haxorDelite(m): 10:20pm On Sep 16, 2014 |
mideoti: Yay! MIT!!!, My cousin graduated from that school as one of the top five........ So proud of Bosun Adeoti! |
Re: World's Top Ten Universities by haxorDelite(m): 10:21pm On Sep 16, 2014 |
mideoti: Yay! MIT!!!, My cousin graduated from that school as one of the top five........ So proud of Bosun Adeoti!hmmm story |
Re: World's Top Ten Universities by nifton(m): 11:03pm On Sep 16, 2014 |
Am luving dis thread. |
Re: World's Top Ten Universities by Nobody: 11:16pm On Sep 16, 2014 |
CzarChris: Thanks though, I've actually checked googled imperial college, but no dice. Anytime Chief. |
Re: World's Top Ten Universities by cc150615(f): 11:52pm On Sep 16, 2014 |
mideoti: Yay! MIT!!!, My cousin graduated from that school as one of the top five........ So proud of Bosun Adeoti!nd You graduated from...... as........? |
Re: World's Top Ten Universities by masterplan303(m): 4:43am On Sep 17, 2014 |
Reski: When will naija universitie's join the list?a day before jesus come |
Re: World's Top Ten Universities by mideoti(f): 5:05am On Sep 17, 2014 |
cc150615: Am still 17, a 300 level student of Osun State University, Faculty of Law. |
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