Is SJTU the only reliable ranking?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Brown University
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<p>Many scholars, at least, seem to be saying that rankings based on peer-review are not accurate enough, while teaching and student quality cannot be measured internationally, so the only way to measure global university rankings is by measuring their top-level research output.</p>

<p>I agree, but no need to worry; Brown’s ranking is not so high, but its per-capita score for both awards and for citations is in the pretty high end (its per-capita performance score is identical to Columbia’s, if that means anything).</p>

<p>I hope we get one or more Nobel Laureates from our current group of faculty members soon.</p>

<p>I also ditched Chicago (ranked at 9th) for Brown, but what the hell; the SJTU rankings weren’t regarded well in 2003 or 04, while Brown beat Chicago in the US News rankings until 2005.</p>

<p>And I haven’t even graduated since I’ve been on leave, but returning to Brown as a senior this fall; I have a dorm in Metcalf.</p>

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<p>Since when have the SJTU rankings become well-regarded?</p>

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<p>Top level research output really has little effect on the quality of an undergraduate education, it seems. In my experience, the more gaudy the research credentials of a professor, the less likely they are to be a good teacher.</p>