<p>Yes, of course it's more complicated than a simple direct correlation. Having said that, Dartmouth doesn't usually rank that well even though it is Ivy League et al. Liberal Art Colleges, even the most prestigious, just don't measure up against major research universities.</p>
<p>What makes McGill so much better than UofT?</p>
<p>Just to add on Claudia's post for Australia:
{p} for my perceived ranking, as in 'I'm not sure but most likely'</p>
<p>Science:
1. Australian National University - special honours program in all science degrees, where research is done every year, as opposed to fourth-year-only honours research.
2. Melbourne University {p}
3. University of Sydney {p}</p>
<p>Arts & Social Sciences:
1. University of Sydney {p} - can be either University of Sydney or Australian National University;
2. Australian National University
3. Not sure - either University of New South Wales or Melbourne University would be a good bet</p>
<p>Medicine:
1. Adelaide University - not often considered due to location
2. Monash University
3. University of Queensland</p>
<p>Law:
1. University of Sydney - most desired, probably because of exchange program with Harvard and proximity for applicants in NSW
2. Australian National University
3. University of New South Wales</p>
<p>Engineering:
1. University of New South Wales
2. University of Queensland
3. University of Western Australia</p>
<p>General Health (e.g. Pharmacy, Speech Pathology, Physiotherapy:
1. Monash University
2. University of Queensland
3. Not sure - either University of New South Wales or Melbourne University would be good bets</p>
<p>Business - not sure, never looked. Same for IT, although you can't go wrong with University of Technology, Sydney.</p>
<p>Look I have nothing against UofT, I just don't like the fact that they take in almost anyone. Kids with C's and D's in the A-levels from my school all got in, whereas McGill doesn't usually take students with less than 2 A's. </p>
<p>@Poh125 hey how is the medicine program at Sydney University? My friend is planning on going there and he was telling me that its the most respected one in Austrailia.</p>
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In the US
Harvard, Princeton, Yale
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<p>Wrong.</p>
<p>Generally, it would be:</p>
<p>Harvard, Stanford, maybe Princeton</p>
<p>Graduate school</p>
<p>Harvard, Stanford, Berkeley</p>
<p>Sciences and Engineering overall</p>
<p>MIT, Berkeley, Stanford</p>
<p>Arts and Letters Overall</p>
<p>Harvard, Stanford, Princeton/Yale</p>
<p>Add a few categories and these will change.</p>
<p>But puttng HYP at the top focuses only on undergrads for folks who are Ivy-obsessed.</p>
<p>In Nigeria
Univeraity of Ibadan
University of Lagos
Obafemi Awolowo University</p>
<p>wow thats gotta be the first time i've heard someone rank Yale and Princeton below Stanford</p>
<p>while i also think that this ivy-obsession is getting abit ridiculous, but putting Stanford in every category of yours w/o facts to back it up makes me wonder if u're a Stanford student feeling left out by those fellas in the athletic conference named after a bush =)</p>
<p>^^^</p>
<p>The rationale for my ranking was quite simply that Stanford is more of a full-service university. It's tops in everything -- engineering, sciences, arts, etc. Yale and Princeton are of course amazing schools, but they don't have the breadth Stanford does. One could make the same argument about Harvard in engineering (its relative lack thereof). I am not a Stanford student, never was, and am actually not a huge fan. But I have great respect for it and also I am not subject to East Coast bias, as so many are.</p>
<p>What I really think is ranking the top 3 or so universities is a useless activity. If you look at grad schools, in terms of breadth, depth, quality, you'd have a very different picture: it'd be Harvard, Stanford, Berkeley across the board.</p>
<p>Or if you focused on undergrad universities, it could well be Harvard, Princeton, Yale across the board.</p>
<p>But if you wanted to talk engineering, it really changes.</p>
<p>sad to say, I must agree with you BedHead</p>
<p>ranking exercises of any kind are simply futile endeavours at drawing comparisons across the board....or even worse, poorly disguised attempts to spread propaganda</p>
<p>that said, when it comes to job prospects, prestige clearly matters, for it does you no good to attend a outstanding college that the average employer hasnt even heard of</p>
<p>lastly, i disagree with your emphasis on full-service universities....many outstanding institutions are "partial-service"....LSE, Imperial, LACs in the US. its not the breadth that matters, its the depth....having 10 good departments doesnt automatically put you above one that has 1 best department</p>
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lastly, i disagree with your emphasis on full-service universities....many outstanding institutions are "partial-service"....LSE, Imperial, LACs in the US. its not the breadth that matters, its the depth....having 10 good departments doesnt automatically put you above one that has 1 best department
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<p>I partly agree with you. It depends on whether your focus is academic rankings of the strength of departments (graduate school rankings are usually the best proxy for this) or selectivity of undergrad admissions (a ranking which might have Harvard, Yale, Princeton at or close to the top and doesn't really need to take into account the breadth of a university).</p>
<p>
hey how is the medicine program at Sydney University? My friend is planning on going there and he was telling me that its the most respected one in Austrailia.
</p>
<p>There are two types of the MBBS. You can do the single MBBS with provisional entry for school-leavers, or take a dual degree, such as MBBS/BSc(Adv) or MBBS/BMus. Both have very stringent entry requirements, but the dual degrees are essentially the most difficult courses to gain admission to in Australia: 1. UAI = 99.95/100.00 and 2. quotas (around 1-5 spots available for those dual degrees). For the single degree, I'm not sure of the cut-off, though I would guess at around 99.60-99.80. It's a very popular degree.</p>
<p>If your friend has already been accepted to either, then I would say he's very academically talented.</p>
<p>The University of the Idiots</p>
<p>Zhejiang U(Hangzhou)</p>
<p>Chile:
University of Chile
Catholic University of Chile</p>
<p>Argentina:
University of Buenos Aires</p>
<p>Poland:
Warsaw School of Economics
Nicolas Copernicus University</p>
<p>Thought i’d revive this, many people would probably find this interesting.</p>
<p>Kenya - no idea what so ever -.- just moved here. i’ve heard most people go to the US/UK.</p>
<p>UAE-
AUS - American University of Sharjah.
University of Sharjah
Every other school is a waste of money/party school, imo.</p>
<p>Philippines:</p>
<p>Ateneo De manila University
University of the Philippines
De Lasalle University
University of St. Thomas.</p>
<p>Saudi Arabia:
KAUST Grad School
KFUPM uGrad + Grad School
Top Universities</p>
<p>UK’s Best Unis</p>
<p>1) Cambridge
2) Oxford
3) LSE
4) Imperial
5) UCL</p>
<p>[Rough</a> Guide Of The Best & Most Reputable Universities In The UK - Nairaland](<a href=“Rough Guide Of The Best & Most Reputable Universities In The UK - Education (5) - Nigeria”>Rough Guide Of The Best & Most Reputable Universities In The UK - Education (5) - Nigeria)</p>
<p>New Zealand
1st Auckland University~ ranked in the top 70 internationally
2nd Otago University~ ranked in the top 150, oldest med school in NZ
3rd Canterbury University~ ranked in the top 200, good engineering program
They are all pretty public and not very expensive particularly if you are a citizen/resident.</p>
<p>In Singapore I think all 3 universities are good (NUS, NTU and SMU) but SMU is apparently more specialized in business.
They are opening a 4th university called the Singapore University of Technology and Design modeled after MIT in terms of curriculum and emphasis (not only pure tech but also entrepreneurship). They managed to get MIT’s dean of engineering to take a 2-year leave to be the 1st president (If I remember correctly).</p>
<p>Since No body covered Pakistan Universities so I will do it 
For Business
LUMS - Lahore institute of Management Sciences
IBA- institute of business Administration
IoBM- Institute of business Management </p>
<p>For Engineering
GIK- Gulam Ishaq Khan University
NUST- National National University of Science and Technology
LUMS-Lahore institute of Management Sciences (there engineering dept just started a year or two ago . But they will definitely be on top in few years )</p>
<p>For Medical
AKU- Aga Khan University
King Edward College
DMC - Dow medical College</p>