Best universities in USA, Europe, Asia, Australia
The concept of using certain parameters to list universities in a ranking order began way back in the early 1900s. Back then, they focused on the outcome and the number of eminent men who graduated from specific institutions. The process, over time, graduated to include peer-reviews, and reputation, to the current methodologies that encompass a combination of alumni perspectives, recruiter opinions, academician reviews, research quality etc.
There are many global and regional university ranking bodies, around the world, and each ranking uses its own methodology to stand apart from the others, striving to find the right mixture of factors that best represent the interests of the students.
On an average, as many as nearly 20 million students head to college for their undergraduate studies. Universities reap in an average of nearly $20,000 for tuition fees in public universities and about $45,000 in private universities, in the US alone.
The main purpose of such rankings is to inform students the worthiness of their investment in education, from past record. (A) What are the qualities of the university that would make their education reap benefit for the future? (B) How would they compare this quality between various universities?
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The system of university rankings is not above criticism. There are opponents to the methodologies that rely heavily on research rather than teaching quality. A lot of these methodologies rely on academician and scholar reviews who rate the research output. Even research citations and teacher to student ratio directly measure the attention to research output of a university.
Moreover, smaller institutes are usually at a disadvantage and most students don’t get information about department specific listings. Teaching quality may not be satisfactorily represented in the rankings. Many methodologies are, however, adopting means to counteract these drawbacks.
One can view these rankings as a starting point to refine their research into their choice of universities for pursuing their higher education.
The other factors to consider are location, cost of education, and future education or career goals. To that effect, read the following articles.
World University Rankings for 2019 – 2020
There are quite a few well-known university ranking schemes in the internet-verse. Among the many different ranking lists available, certain names pop out as the more popular goto sites for obtaining a quick glimpse of which university stands where, in the general scheme of reputation. Some of them are – QS World University Rankings, Times Higher Education World University Rankings, US News & World Report’s Best Global University Rankings, Academic Ranking of World Universities compiled by Shanghai Ranking Consultancy, Princeton Review, and many more.
There are also region-specific rankings available like the National Institutional Ranking Framework provisioned by the Government of India for ranking higher education institutes in India. Similar rankings are issued by the European Commission for universities under the European Union. Germany, Netherlands, Austria and Switzerland subscribe to the CHE university Rankings and its various flavours.
In this page, we have collated the lists from two of the popular global university rankings – QS World University Rankings and Times Higher Education World University Rankings. Here are their methodologies.
QS World University Rankings: It has been published by Quacquarelli Symonds, since 2004, and is one of the most recognized world university rankings. It uses peer reviewed data from scholars and recruiters, research citations per faculty, faculty to student ratio, and international student population. More on its methodology in the references section below.
Times Higher Education World University Rankings: THE, a British publication, began its journey, in 2004, with QS but broke off in 2009 to publish its own world university rankings with Reuters. Its methodology includes Teaching (learning environment) through reputation survey, staff to student ratio, degrees awarded, and institutional income. Research is measured through publications, research income, citations, and reputation survey. Global impact is measured using international collaborations, and student/staff populations. And finally, industry income forms the basis of quantifying the knowledge transfer.
Asian and Australian Universities in Global University Rankings (Overall)
University
Country
QS World University Ranking (2018)
THE World University Ranking (2018)
Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
Singapore
11
52
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Singapore
15
22
The Australian National University
Australia
20
48
Tsinghua University
China
25
30
The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
26
40
The University of Tokyo
Japan
28
46
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Hong Kong
30
44
Kyoto University
Japan
36
74
Seoul National University
South Korea
36
74
Peking University
China
38
27
Fudan University
China
40
116
The University of Melbourne
Australia
41
32
KAIST Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
South Korea
41
95
The University of New South Wales
Australia
45
85
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
Hong Kong
46
58
The University of Queensland
Australia
47
65
The University of Sydney
Australia
50
61
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Japan
56
251-300
Monash University
Australia
60
80
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
China
62
188
Osaka University
Japan
63
201-250
Pohang University of Science and Technology
South Korea
71
137
European Universities in Global University Rankings(Overall)
University
Country
QS World University Ranking (2018)
THE World University Ranking (2018)
University of Cambridge
UK
5
2
University of Oxford
UK
6
1
University College London
UK
7
NA
Imperial College London
UK
8
8
ETH Zurich – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Switzerland
10
10
EcolePolytechniqueFederale de Lausanne
Switzerland
12
38
The University of Edinburgh
UK
23
27
King’s College London
UK
23
36
The University of Manchester
UK
34
54
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
UK
35
25
EcoleNormaleSuperieure
France
43
182
University of Bristol
UK
44
76
Delft University of Technology
Netherlands
54
63
The University of Warwick
UK
57
91
University of Amsterdam
Netherlands
58
59
EcolePolytechnique
France
59
115
Technical University of Munich
Germany
64
41
University of Glasgow
UK
65
80
Ludwig MaximiliansUniversitatMunchen
Germany
66
34
RuprechtKarlsUniversitat Heidelberg
Germany
68
45
KU Leuven
Belgium
71
47
University of Copenhagen
Denmark
73
109
University of Zurich
Switzerland
73
136
North American Universities in Global University Rankings(Overall)
University
Country
QS World University Ranking (2018)
THE World University Ranking (2018)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
USA
1
5
Stanford University
USA
2
3
Harvard University
USA
3
6
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
USA
4
3
University of Chicago
USA
9
9
Princeton University
USA
13
7
Cornell University
USA
14
19
Yale University
USA
16
12
Johns Hopkins University
USA
17
13
Columbia University
USA
18
14
University of Pennsylvania
USA
19
10
Duke University
USA
21
17
University of Michigan
USA
21
21
University of California, Berkeley (UCB)
USA
27
18
Northwestern University
USA
28
20
University of Toronto
Canada
31
22
McGill University
Canada
32
42
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
USA
33
15
University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
USA
38
31
Carnegie Mellon University
USA
47
24
University of British Columbia
Canada
51
34
New York University (NYU)
USA
52
27
Brown University
USA
53
50
University of Wisconsin Madison
USA
55
43
University of Washington
USA
61
25
University of Texas at Austin
USA
67
49
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
USA
69
37
Georgia Institute of Technology
USA
70
33
Subject Specific University Rankings
Though nearly impossible to list the rankings for each subject, we have reflected the subject specific rankings, here, for Engineering, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, and Life Sciences.
Here is a list of some of the best universities in the following broad subject areas.
Best Universities in the world for Sciences – Natural Sciences
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
University of Cambridge
Stanford University
University of Oxford
Harvard University
University of California, Berkeley
ETH Zurich
The University of Tokyo
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
Imperial College London
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Best Universities in the world for Arts and Humanities
University of Oxford
Harvard University
University of Cambridge
University of California, Berkeley
Stanford University
Yale University
Princeton University
The University of Tokyo
Columbia University
University College London
Best Universities in the world for Social Sciences
Harvard University
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
University of Oxford
University of Cambridge
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Stanford University
National University of Singapore
The University of Melbourne
University of California, Berkeley
The University of Hong Kong
Best Universities in the world for Engineering and Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Stanford University
University of Cambridge
ETH Zurich
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Imperial College London
National University of Singapore
The University of Tokyo
University of Oxford
Tsinghua University
Best Universities in the world for Life Sciences & Medicine
Harvard University
University of Cambridge
University of Oxford
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Johns Hopkins University
Stanford University
Karolinska Institute (Sweden)
University College London
University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, San Francisco
Clearly, there is a lot of drill down that we are unable to proceed with in the capacity of this article. However, if you have sufficiently familiarized yourself with the structure of college rankings, you should be able to figure out your best match using information on particular ranking methodologies and your specific subject choice.
We hope you have a fruitful search and an even more rewarding education journey ahead of you.
Good Luck.
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