<p>Please rank these universities according to:</p>
<p>Prestige internationally</p>
<p>Prestige in America</p>
<p>Prestige in UK</p>
<p>Prestige being defined as reputation based on academic circles and the educated populace, selectivity, historical importance and reputation, name recognition, etc. (institution as a whole being considered - undergraduate AND graduate)</p>
<p>Interested as much in Humanities and Social Sciences as science and engineering (a lot of weight seems in CC seems to be put on the latter, especially from research output).</p>
<p>University College London
King's College London
St. Andrew's University
Edinburg University</p>
<p>On what tier would these universities be comparable to american universities? Top 15? 20? 25? etc... in other words at what point in the american hierarchy would one consider these universities peers?</p>
<p>Your questions can be answered by Googling.</p>
<p>But my ranking is accurate.</p>
<p>Also, this forum tells me that the schools you listed are not very well known among the American public. Although UCL is a really good school, it’s not considered very prestigious in the US. </p>
<p>St. Andrews is popular among Americans because of their curriculum structure.</p>
<p>Historically, Edinburgh has been the leading Scottish university, and you can still find people who would place it above St Andrews despite the latter’s recent surge in popularity. Edinburgh also has an amazing medical school.</p>
<p>UCL carries a lot of weight in the UK and Europe. King’s, eh, not so much.</p>
<p>Using university league tables to answer these questions is a bit pointless as, unlike American college rankings, UK rankings change a lot from year to year and have a very modest impact on public opinion, especially when it comes to the older unis. Imperial and Edinburgh, for example, are much more prominent than their overall ranking suggests–Durham also tends to jump up and down the rankings a lot, despite its great reputation–while Lancaster, despite being ranked 7th in the UK, as opposed to ~30th a few years ago, is not particularly desirable in the eyes of the average Brit.</p>
<p>Oh, and world university rankings are a complete waste of virtual space.</p>
<p>The consensus seems to be KCL is a bit below the others… and that Edinburg and St. Andrews are relatively even, with St. Andrew’s perhaps being more prestigious but not necessarily better in academics?</p>
<p>How does UCL stack up against those two Scottish universities in terms of the above criteria?</p>
<p>I’m just trying to get a feel for how the top, non-oxbridge british schools would compare to american schools. For example, Oxford and Cambridge are widely considered to be peers with HYPSM. What american colleges would you put on the same tier (given the OP) as, say, UCL or St. Andrews?</p>
<p>edit: Is Durham University considered to be on the same level as the better London colleges (UCL, ICL, LSE) and St. Andrews/Edinburg? It isn’t well known in the States at all…</p>
<p>I think that’s about right, but I wouldn’t say St Andrews was more prestigious personally; before Prince William went there it was very obscure. Even today most people are totally ignorant of it until they start to read up on universities.</p>
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<p>You’re not going to get many credible answers to this question here. A lot of CC users over exaggerate the prestige of American colleges abroad. I have seen people refer to UCL and other British universities as equal to third or even forth tier US colleges, but this is nonsense. </p>
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<p>Yes and no. I think it really depends on what you study. UCL is far more prestigious when it comes to economics, but UCL and Durham are equally prestigious for history. Individual department reputations count for quite a lot I think, for example there’s hardly a better place in the world to study Eastern Europe than UCL, whereas St Andrews enjoys a similar reputation in the field of medieval studies.</p>
<p>No. Princeton is undoubtedly the equal of Yale, and MIT generally outmatches Cambridge. Stanford likewise holds its own against Oxbridge almost any way you swing it. Academics or prestige, HYPSM = Oxbridge.</p>
<p>You obviously don’t know what you are talking about because here in the US, Harvard is head and shoulders above any other school in terms of prestige and its closest rival would be Yale. Get your facts straight before making incorrect assessments based on what folks on this website would have you believe. If you want to keep your head in the sand and believe otherwise, be my guest.</p>
<p>How am I am “polluting” your stupid thread!? Also, how is my statement “senseless”? I made a statement that no one in their right mind would dispute as accurate. Just because I corrected your false assertion doesn’t mean that I am not talking the truth here. I did not say that these schools are not peers. I simply said that the prestige levels of Harvard and rest are not equal…</p>
<p>BTW, where do you pull this stuff from? What are your credentials? Since when did you become the arbiter of who is equal to whom and whatnot! Are you still in high school?
<p>If you would stop making a caricature of my arguments and quoting me out of context you would realize why your posts are a waste of virtual space.</p>
<p>May I direct you to another webpage in the hopes you will not come back to this one:</p>