World's Best Universities; Top 400 Universities in the World

[beyphy]

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In academia, the Brits still have a hard time dealing with US hegemony, which results in them constantly striving to prove that Oxbridge are comparable to Harvard/Stanford/etc. (they aren’t, by most meaningful academic measures), and that their other universities compete with similarly elite universities in the US (they don’t, for the most part).

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<p>That’s probably true. I’m sure that an ego boost is provided by thinking that Caltech is a slightly worse Imperial; or that Princeton is a slightly worse Oxford. But again, lacking the comparable endowment, facilities, and academic talent, this probably isn’t the case.</p>

<p>As a side point, i find it interesting that QS and Times used to work together and now, each lists one of two rivals as the best university in the world: MIT and Caltech (respectively)</p>