For those interested in world rankings

<p><a href="http://alumni.berkeley.edu/Alumni/Cal_Monthly/December_2004/Talk_of_the_Gown.asp%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://alumni.berkeley.edu/Alumni/Cal_Monthly/December_2004/Talk_of_the_Gown.asp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>The only thing much worse than the US News Rankings is the Times. Most weight is on the number of international students and profs??????????
The STJU rankings are better than the Times. They have added rankings by major area.</p>

<p><a href="http://ed.sjtu.edu.cn/ranking.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://ed.sjtu.edu.cn/ranking.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>+1..........</p>

<p>these rankings aren't really indicative of which school is the "best," i do agree that Berkeley is the #1 public university but as for the best, that's pretty much a toss-up between US News and Reports' top 10</p>