The University of Michigan #12 in the world by AWRU alternative rankings for 2015

http://www.shanghairanking.com/Alternative_Ranking_Excluding_Award_Factor/Excluding_Award_Factor2015.html

Also top 10 in the US.

It just goes to show you how easily and dramatically these rankings can change by eliminating not very important data.

Top 4 are the exact same order in both versions… and the top 4 have the most prestigious awarded faculty.

US News released their version of world rankings:

http://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/rankings

http://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities

There is no dispute who are the top four universities UCB. It’s the pecking order of the remainder of the schools that is in question with the inclusion of just these two awards.