<p>Well if you are going to look at the Chinese rankings you might as well also look at the other two major world university rankings: QS and TIMES Higher Education.</p>
<p>QS:
[QS</a> World University Rankings by Subject 2013 - Mathematics | Top Universities](<a href=“http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject-rankings/2013/mathematics]QS”>QS World University Rankings for Mathematics 2013 | Top Universities)</p>
<p>Berkeley is 4th, UCLA is 7th, Chicago is 11th, Toronto is 12th, Waterloo is 29th.</p>
<p>TIMES: (Physical Science)
[Top</a> 100 universities for Physical Sciences 2013-14 - Times Higher Education](<a href=“http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2013-14/subject-ranking/subject/physical-sciences]Top”>Subject Ranking 2013-14: Physical Sciences | Times Higher Education (THE))</p>
<p>Berkeley is 5th, UCLA is 9th, Chicago is 10th, Toronto is 17th</p>
<p>I am really impressed and surprised by Berkeley’s (and UCLA’s) Math/physical science ranking, I know it is a good school, but I didn’t think it would beat out most of the Ivy league for math. There is more than just rankings that are important when choosing a schools, but according to these rankings the UCs seem to come out on top for mathematics.</p>
<p>Again however I will say that Waterloo is a bit underrated in the rankings because it is so specialized and thus not as well known as the big name schools listed here.</p>