HARVARD again named top university in the world (new)

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<p>Harvard wins top university accolade in Times Higher Education Supplement</p>

<p>27 Oct 2005</p>

<p>Harvard University in the US has retained its spot as the best university in the world, according to new university rankings.</p>

<p>Harvard is one of seven US universities to make the top ten which also includes the UK's Cambridge and Oxford Universities.</p>

<p>And with American establishments receiving far more funding than others around the world, their dominance has continued.</p>

<p>Massachusetts Institute of Technology is now ranked second in the annual league table from The Times Higher Education Supplement while Cambridge University moved up three places to third.</p>

<p>Oxford University gained one place to finish fourth and Stanford University rose two to fifth.</p>

<p>University of California-Berkeley, Yale University, California Institute of Technology, Princeton University and Ecole Polytechnique complete the top ten.</p>

<p>Beijing University moved up two places to 15 while Tokyo University slipped four spots to 16.</p>

<p>Australia's Melbourne University jumped into the top twenty this year, moving up three places to 19.</p>

<p>The rankings use the results of a survey of 2,375 academics from across the globe. These are combined with a series of measures including staff-to-student ratios, number of students and staff from overseas, and the number of times that research papers are cited by academics.</p>

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<p>We get it already.</p>

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<p>A noble attempt to rank schools falls short with "indicators" like "number of students and staff from overseas" and "staff to student ratios."</p>

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<p>So you don't think faculty/student ratio is a useful indicator? How about the other categories which you didn't mention?</p>

<p>Have you read the methodology? It is somewhat similar to, although more complex than, the methodology utilized by the Shanghai rankings.</p>

<p>These rankings have a greater impact on international applicants than the USNews rankings, if citations in the world press are any guide.</p>

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<p>We are all applying to Harvard...no need to further entice (torture) us :)</p>

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<p>"staff to student" is different than "faculty to student."</p>

<p>A large number of adjunct professors is meaningless.</p>

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<p>considering UCSF is just a medical school, its odd that it would be ranked so highly among UNIVERSITIES.</p>

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<p>Well, it's not just a med-school. UCSF also runs a bunch of PhD programs, as well as a pharmacy school, a dental school, a nursing school.</p>

<p>So maybe it's a specialized university, but no more so than, say, Rockefeller University.</p>

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<p>staff = janitors</p>

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<p>Janitors can be convenient, unless you want to swab out the urinals yourself.</p>

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<p>...which is what you did as part of "dorm crew," right?</p>

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<p>Which "Eating Club" were you in, scottie? You've never shared that with us!</p>

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<p>So 7 US colleges are in the top 10, and 2 British colleges are in the top ten. What’s the other one?</p>

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<p>Top 20 universities as listed by the Times Higher Education Supplement. Last year's rankings are in brackets.</p>

<ol>
<li>Harvard University US (1)</li>
<li>Massachusetts Institute of Technology US (3)</li>
<li>Cambridge University UK (6)</li>
<li>Oxford University UK (5)</li>
<li>Stanford University US (7)</li>
<li>University of California, Berkeley US (2)</li>
<li>Yale University US (8)</li>
<li>California Institute of Technology US (4)</li>
<li>Princeton University US (9)

<ol>
<li>Ecole Polytechnique France (27)</li>
<li>Duke University US (52)</li>
<li>London School of Economics UK (11)</li>
<li>Imperial College London UK (14)</li>
<li>Cornell University US (23)</li>
<li>Beijing University China (17)</li>
<li>Tokyo University Japan (12)</li>
<li>University of California, San Francisco US (20)</li>
<li>University of Chicago US (13)</li>
<li>Melbourne University Australia (22)</li>
<li>Columbia University US (19) (/ol></li>
</ol></li>
</ol>

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<p>Duke went from 52nd to 11th? These people sure have a consistent methodology.</p>

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<p>This is the second year of the Times worldwide rankings, and many more factors were included this time beyond "reputation."</p>

<p>International attention paid to the THES and Shanghai rankings has been huge and is likely to grow, so that their impact on international applications will be considerably greater than the already huge impact of USNews on the domestic side.</p>

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<p>Does anyone know the rest of the rankings? This may be in the wrong section, but this was the first thread I came across in CC that is related to the rankings and I couldn't find another thread that was related to the rankings...</p>

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<p>I find it funny how the top 3 universities are in cities called cambridge</p>

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<p>We have the top 20 (see above) but the entire list of the top 200 won't be online until Monday, I understand.</p>

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<p>Why is University of California, San Francisco US in the top 20 while it is not in the top 20 on the US ranking?</p>