The 2013 version of the most widely read
university comparison rankings have been
released.
The QS World University Rankings considers more
than 2,000 schools and evaluates more than 700
to rank the world's best and compare rankings
by region, subject, academic field, research,
reputation, and other criteria.
Here's the overall top 15 (along with their score):

1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) —
100.0

2. Harvard — 99.2

3. Cambridge — 99

4. University College London (UCL) — 98.9

5. Imperial College London — 98.8

6. Oxford — 98.7
More after the cut:

7. Stanford — 96.8

8. Yale — 96.5

9. University of Chicago — 96.2

10. California Institute of Technology (Caltech) —
96.1

11. Princeton — 96.1

12. ETH Zurich ( Swiss Federal Institute of
Technology) — 94.3

13. University of Pennsylvania — 93.8

14. Columbia — 93.6

15. Cornell — 92.5
Notable changes from last year are that Harvard
overtook Cambridge at #2, Imperial College
London passed Oxford at #6, and Stanford
jumped from #15 to #7.
The first African University on the list is University
of Cape Town ranked as #145.

Sadly, No Nigerian University made it to the
top 700.


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If we ranked among d first 100 or 700 wont u think dey are being biased, lets get something straight here, Nigeria university is nt worthy of 1st 1000 best unis in d world, look @ our facilities, our govt, ASUU strike, tell me among all dis top 15 unis which of dem undergo long-tym strike like 9ja unis. Ghana in Africa as a very reasonable percentage of its annual budget on education sector, tell me What percent is being spent on 9ja education sector(absoutly neglegible), Its a pity some equipment in our university, medical colleges ar out of date, can u imagine 10 university from 9ja were deny from dere product sitting 4 plab medical exam in london just because of our disgusted medical standard, even lautech was 2nd on d list(imagine).Our so called govt cannot trust dere lives with Nigeria teaching hospital, dey prefer 2 fly out 4 medical assitant because dey knew d crap 9ja medical standard is.In addition our govt does nt even care again about edu sector, dey fold dere hands watching ASUU like season film.Its just 2 disgusting, our edu sectors sucks bro.

bizibrain: If we ranked among d first 100 or 700 wont u think dey are being biased, lets get something straight here, Nigeria university is nt worthy of 1st 1000 best unis in d world, look @ our facilities, our govt, ASUU strike, tell me among all dis top 15 unis which of dem undergo long-tym strike like 9ja unis. Ghana in Africa as a very reasonable percentage of its annual budget on education sector, tell me What percent is being spent on 9ja education sector(absoutly neglegible), Its a pity some equipment in our university, medical colleges ar out of date, can u imagine 10 university from 9ja were deny from dere product sitting 4 plab medical exam in london just because of our disgusted medical standard, even lautech was 2nd on d list(imagine).Our so called govt cannot trust dere lives with Nigeria teaching hospital, dey prefer 2 fly out 4 medical assitant because dey knew d crap 9ja medical standard is.In addition our govt does nt even care again about edu sector, dey fold dere hands watching ASUU like season film.Its just 2 disgusting, our edu sectors sucks bro.

You speak with so much pain! The Nigerian educational system has been a fatal failure and for a country that boasts of the most populous black nation and gifted with rich natural and human resources, its only a shame!