The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2011-2012

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<p>The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2011-2012</p>

<p>1 Cal Tech
2 Harvard
2 Stanford
4 Oxford
5 Princeton
6 Cambridge
7 MIT
8 Imperial College London
9 University of Chicago
10 UC Berkeley
11 Yale
12 Columbia
13 UCLA
14 Johns Hopkins
15 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
16 University of Pennsylvania
17 University College London
18 University of Michigan
19 University of Toronto
20 Cornell University</p>

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<p>Glad to see Cal Tech (#1) and UC Berkeley (#10) high on the list.</p>

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<p>Hard to comment – Very few in the US would think that University of Washington (Washington State) #25 is a better school than Brown #49. But that’s the fun of any ranking system (including, if not especially, USN&WR).</p>

<p>As Mark Twain (or perhaps Disaelli ) is reputed to have said: “There are lies, damnable lies and statistics.”</p>

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<p>^
It also says University of Washington is better than Northwestern, Rice, WashU, USC, and Emory.</p>

<p>Heck, the University of Pittsburgh is ranked way higher than Rice.</p>

<p>The algorithm for this list is downright awful. Nobody in his right mind would rank US universities in this order.</p>