Tuesday, October 07, 2014

The Times Higher Education World University Rankings





Publisher

Times Higher Education


Scope

Global. Data provided for 400 universities. Over 800 ranked.


Top Ten
PlaceUniversity
1California Institute of Technology (Caltech) 
2Harvard University
3Oxford University
4Stanford University
5Cambridge University
6Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)                       
7Princeton University
8University of California Berkeley
9=Imperial College London
9=Yale University



Countries with Universities in the Top Hundred
Country      Number of Universities
USA45
UK11
Germany6
Netherlands                                              6
Australia5
Canada4
Switzerland3
Sweden3
South Korea3
Japan2
Singapore2
Hong Kong2
China2
France2
Belgium2
Italy1
Turkey1



Top Ranked in Region
North America 
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
AfricaUniversity of Cape Town
EuropeOxford University
Latin AmericaUniversidade de Sao Paulo                                    
AsiaUniversity of Tokyo                                 
Central and Eastern Europe  Lomonosov Moscow State University                                   
Arab WorldUniversity of Marrakech Cadi Ayyad                                    
Middle EastMiddle East Technical University                                 
OceaniaUniversity of Melbourne                              



Noise Index

In the top 20, this year's THE world rankings are less volatile than the previous edition and this year's QS rankings. They are still slightly less stable than the Shanghai rankings.


RankingAverage Place Change
 of Universities in the top 20 
THE World rankings 2013-140.70
THE World Rankings 2012-20131.20
QS World Rankings 2013-20141.45
ARWU 2013 -2014 0.65
Webometrics 2013-20144.25
Center for World University Ranking (Jeddah)
2013-2014 		0.90


Looking at the top 100 universities, the  THE rankings are more stable than last year. The average university in the top 100 in 2013 rose or fell 4.34 places. The QS rankings are now more stable than the THE or Shanghai rankings.

RankingAverage Place Change
 of Universities in the top 100 
THE World Rankings 2013-20144.34
THE World Rankings 2012-20135.36
QS World Rankings 2013-143.94
ARWU 2013 -2014 4.92
Webometrics 2013-201412.08
Center for World University Ranking (Jeddah)
2013-2014 		10.59


Note: universities falling out of the top 100 are treated as though they fell to 101st position.


Methodology

See here




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