<p>Anything out of the ordinary for anyone?</p>
<p>Ranking by reputation is pretty dumb. Like, UTokyo is probably only so high because in Japan it’s head and shoulders and feet and a 50 foot podium above the rest. But here in the U.S.? I doubt it even has a reputation.</p>
<p>This is the official website for the ranking which is much more comprehensive than the data provided by the story in the OP:</p>
<p>[Top</a> universities by reputation 2013 - Times Higher Education](<a href=“http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2013/reputation-ranking]Top”>http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2013/reputation-ranking)</p>
<p>But the story in the does provide all 100 universities on one page, and a listing for their 2011-13 rank. So both have their advantages.</p>
<p>International reputation rankings, like this one, are primarily driven by scientific research. So, schools that are weaker for research, but primarily good for undergrad education, don’t do well in this ranking.</p>
<p>If memory serves, UTokyo is a research beast. It’s is one of the most prestigious universities in Asia, with peers being Tsinghua University and NUS.</p>
<p>A quick observation of the top 25 reveals the usual suspects for American universities, as well as highly prestigious and well regarded universities across the world. For example, Oxford, Cambridge, UCL, ICL, and LSE all appear on this ranking, and are all among the most prestigious British colleges/universities; ETH Zurich is probably the best university in Switzerland due to its association with Einstein among a number of other nobel prize winners; UTorronto is also a research beast, and NUS has programs with a number of prestigious American universities including UCLA and Yale. In fact, the only university i’m unfamiliar with in the top 25 is probably KyotoU. But it’s probably a great university in its own right too, I just lack knowledge about it.</p>
<p>I haven’t examined all of the universities which were omitted but based on a post from someone FTA in the OP:</p>
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<p>Others expected universities would also probably Emory and Georgetown. I don’t think any of these universities are particularly strong for research, particularly in the hard sciences, with the one exception possibly being Rice. But I don’t think Rice does a significant amount of research, so i’m not surprised to see that it isn’t here.</p>
<p>For its size, Rice is a research beast. However, there’s simply no comparison when put up against the much larger (and IMO weaker for undergraduate education) UT Austin. </p>
<p>Health science research isn’t likely to generate a lot of international prestige in the same way that the physical science research is, hence Emory’s exclusion. Georgetown is a much more humanities focused school so it’s automatically out. </p>
<p>Also, like Beyphy said, U Tokoyo is a research powerhouse. From what my uncle, a CC professor who’s spent much time in Japan has said, Tokoyo is the best universities in the country. Kyoto and Osaka are also outstanding. In one of the fields I’m interested in, Tokoyo and Kyoto are on par with Stanford and MIT in the amount of substantial research they put out. I’d assume this is the case for a good number of other engineering and physical science disciplines. </p>
<p>Can anyone explain the inclusion of NYU?</p>