UNSWR global ranking

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Michigan
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<p>The USNWR published its global rankings. It is as flawed as its undergraduate ranking because it over-emphasizes the importance of international faculty (hence NYU's and BU's lofty rankings), but at least the US universities are ranked fairly vis-a-vis each other as far as global importance and institutional quality is concerned:</p>

<p>Top 25 Global Universities:
1. University of Cambridge
2. Harvard University
3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
4. Yale University
5. University of Oxford
6. Imperial College of London
7. University College of London
8. University of Chicago
9. University of Pennsylvania
10. Columbia University
11. Stanford University
12. California Institute of Technology
13. Princeton University
14. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
15. Cornell University
16. Johns Hopkins University
17. McGill University
18. ETH Zurich
19. Duke University
20. University of Edinburgh
21. University of California-Berkeley
22. University of Hong Kong
23. University of Toronto
24. Northwestern University
25. University of Tokyo</p>

<p>Top 25 US Universities:
1. Harvard University
2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
3. Yale University
4. University of Chicago
5. University of Pennsylvania
6. Columbia University
7. Stanford University
8. California Institute of Technology
9. Princeton University
10. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
11. Cornell University
12. Johns Hopkins University
13. Duke University
14. University of California-Berkeley
15. Northwestern University
16. University of California-Los Angeles
17. Brown University
18. University of Wisconsin-Madison
19. Carnegie Mellon University
20. New York University
21. University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
22. University of Washington
23. University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign
24. Boston University
25. University of Texas-Austin</p>

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<p>I read this before and found it interesting how WUSTL Vanderbilt and Emory dropped in this rankings compared to their USNWR rankings.</p>

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<p>Although they drop, it is not as bad as it looks, primarily because the overall ranking includes universities from all over the world. Among US universities, WUSTL is #27, Emory is #36 and Vanderbilt is #41.</p>

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<p>Alexandre, do you have data from previous years on the world rankings and how Michigan fared?</p>

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<p>Go Blue! Damn it’s nice to be born in Michigan XD haha</p>

<p>I’m so happy I got into a school that even made this list… look at the company we keep!</p>

<p>I still hate college rankings though…</p>

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<p>I agree scottj, I prefer rating universities rather than ranking them. I think comparing schools like Michigan to schools like Dartmouth or Georgetown is pointless and unfair to one or to the other depending on the metrics you use. Michigan’s peers are elite public universities such as Cal, Texas, UCLA, UIUC, UNC, UVa and Wisconsin and large private research universities such as Cornell, Northwestern and Penn.</p>

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<p>UM was 15 last year, if my memory is correct.</p>

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<p>Michigan has done well in international rankings USNWR, Times, QS, ARWU and Newsweek. Having lived my whole life outside the US, I knew it would. The University’s reputation in Europe and the Middle East is extremely strong. Unfortunately, like all rankings, the international rankings are flawed.</p>