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Ranking of world universities QS

The drafters of the rating of the best universities in the world QS World University Rankings assess universities on six metrics: research, teaching, opinion of employers and career potential, the number of foreign students and teachers. In order to participate in the ranking the University has to offer undergraduate and graduate programs, at least two broad subject areas (e.g., arts and social Sciences, engineering and technology, the right and business).

The QS focuses on the reputation of the universities in the academic environment.

Leaders of the QS for many years consistently are the universities of the USA and the UK. Read more about the U.S. education system and how to enroll in American universities can be found here. About British higher education and applying to British universities here.

CriteriaIndicatorWeight
Academic reputationAcademic reputation is measured using a global survey, in which academics are asked to identify the institutions where they believe the best work is currently taking place within their own field of expertise.40%
Employer reputationThe employer reputation indicator is also based on a global survey, this time asking employers to identify the universities they perceive to be producing the best graduates.10%
Student-to-faculty ratioThis is a simple measure of the number of academic staff employed relative to the number of students enrolled.20%
Citations per facultyThis indicator aims to assess universities’ research impact.20%
International faculty ratio & international student ratioThis indicator aims to assess universities’ research impact.10%
World
Rank		 Institution
Country
Score
Academic Rep.
Citations per Fac.
Employer Rep.
Faculty Student
Int'l Faculty
Int'l Students
1 MIT
100 100 99.1 100 100 100 91.9
2 University of Stanford
98.4 100 98.1 100 100 99.7 63.6
3 University of Harvard
97.9 100 99.1 100 98.6 85.2 69.9
4 California Institute of Technology
97 97 99.9 82.8 100 100 88.2
5 Oxford, University of
96.7 100 81.3 100 100 99.4 98.3
6 ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)
95 98.7 96.4 96.6 80.8 100 97.9
7 University of Cambridge
94.3 100 69.2 100 100 100 97.4
8 Imperial College London
93.6 98.5 68.6 99.8 99.9 100 100
9 University of Chicago
93.1 99.4 86.3 91.3 94.4 67.1 82.6
10 University College London (UCL), University of London
92.9 99.4 65.4 98.3 98.4 99.3 100
11 National University of Singapore (NUS)
91.5 99.7 72.9 98.4 90.7 100 71.4
12 University of Princeton
91 99.9 100 99 68.6 71.6 65.6
13 Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
89.9 89.8 89 89.8 91.5 100 67.6
14 Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
89.6 80.4 98.5 80 96.3 100 100
15 Tsinghua University
89.2 98.2 83.2 98.6 93.3 55.3 29.7
16 University of Pennsylvania
88.6 96.1 63.8 91.5 100 88.7 65.3
17 Yale University
88 99.9 52.8 100 100 85.3 54.5
18 Cornell University
87.6 98.5 88.6 90.9 63.7 93.7 70
19 Columbia University
86.5 99.7 48.5 97.3 100 37.2 96.3
20 Edinburgh, University of
85.8 98 50.2 95.4 83.1 98.2 99
21 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
84.6 98.9 58 92.7 89.4 74.8 41.3
22 University of Hong Kong (HKU)
83.7 98.1 48 76.3 83.8 100 98.9
23 Peking University
83.5 99.2 64.9 99.1 76.4 69.7 34.3
24 The University of Tokyo
83.2 100 62.5 99.6 92.3 10.7 26.1
25= Johns Hopkins University
82.7 86.7 75.9 47 100 66.3 87.7
25= University of Toronto
82.7 99.3 45.8 96.8 70.3 97.9 94.1
27= The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
82.1 85.2 92.1 63.6 66.7 100 88.9
27= Manchester, University of
82.1 95.3 48.4 97.4 72.7 92.9 98.8
29 Northwestern University
81.5 85.1 72.3 74.4 99.7 57.9 45.3
30 University of California, Berkeley (UCB)
80.8 100 96.9 99.9 21.3 94.9 39.7
31= Australian National University (ANU)
80 95.6 77.8 77.6 40.1 100 99.6
31= King's College London (KCL)
80 88.9 46.4 81.1 83.1 98.4 99.9
31= McGill University
80 92.3 51.8 94.1 67.5 90.5 96.3
34 Fudan University
79.9 84.7 55.7 92.5 90.9 93.1 46.3
35 New York University (NYU)
79.4 95.8 25.8 96.5 96.7 37.3 93
36 University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
79.2 100 81.9 99.7 42 47.3 32.6
37 Seoul National University (SNU)
79 97.9 53.7 95.9 87.9 18.6 11.6
38 Kyoto University
78.9 98.6 42.6 96.9 95 16 19.8
39 KAIST - Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
78.6 86.8 97.4 82.2 70 24.7 9.7
40 The University of Sydney
77.1 97.4 69.6 95.3 21.4 100 100
41 The University of Melbourne
76.5 99.1 65.4 97.3 18.8 97.4 100
42 Duke University
76.4 88.2 44.7 85.3 100 5.9 58
43 The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
75.8 90.3 62.6 53.1 59.2 100 91.5
44 The University of New South Wales (UNSW)
75.4 91.1 78.4 94.9 16.7 100 99.2
45 University of British Columbia
74.8 97.1 37.4 89.6 53.1 89.5 78.8
46 The University of Queensland (UQ)
74.5 89 79.6 78.2 23.8 100 99.9
47 Shanghai Jiao Tong University
74.4 82.5 75.4 90.9 60.4 64 30.2
48 City University of Hong Kong
74.3 61.5 91.2 32.8 88.9 100 99
49 London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London
73.9 75.8 74 99.6 41.9 100 100
50 Technische Universität München
73.6 83.8 22.4 98.5 89.7 63.4 84.7
51 Carnegie Mellon University
73.4 73.3 89.8 72.4 51 65.3 99.4
52 Université PSL (Paris Sciences & Lettres)
73.3 75.5 31.6 97.5 100 64.5 68.4
53 Zhejiang University
71.9 69.3 40 91.1 90 98.1 74.2
54 University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
71.2 91.9 52.7 50.4 61.3 59.9 64.3
55 Monash University
70.9 90 64.2 88.7 14.1 100 100
56 Tokyo Institute of Technology
70.8 73.3 62.6 90.4 83.4 27.6 28
57 Delft University of Technology
70.7 70.7 75.8 87.9 43.9 99.8 85.6
58 Bristol, University of
70.6 75.5 44.8 82.9 70.8 91.5 80.6
59 Universiti Malaya (UM)
70.1 74.1 47.7 84.6 82.1 68.7 44.5
60 Brown University
70 60.2 82.3 58.1 82 82.9 53.4
61= Ecole Polytechnique
69.9 41.8 65.8 98.7 99.8 95.8 99
61 UvA
69.9 82.3 83.3 55.6 35.4 84.5 61.6
62 University of Warwick
69 74.3 51.4 92 47.8 98.1 99.2
63 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
68.9 92.9 43.9 80.7 49.1 57.6 36.2
64 Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
68.6 80.6 34.2 41.8 99.1 52.3 49.5
65 University of Wisconsin-Madison
68.2 85.6 54.9 49.5 72.7 34.7 27.6
66= National Taiwan University (NTU)
67.5 91.8 54.8 87.5 38.7 19.1 38.7
66= Universidad de Buenos Aires
67.5 88.3 2.5 90.8 77.9 60.4 71.8
69= Korea University
67.1 75.2 35.4 91.7 84.9 15 53.3
69= University of Zurich
67.1 59.7 45.9 60.6 98 100 59.8
71 University of Texas at Austin
66.7 94 84 83.4 12.4 6.5 16.2
72= Osaka University
66.1 80.1 41.3 79.6 78.9 20.3 14
72= University of Washington
66.1 85.9 98.8 49 13.7 39.7 39.5
74 Lomonosov Moscow State University
65.9 77.3 7.4 82.8 99.8 20.1 76.8
75 The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
65.8 66.3 51 40.8 78 100 80.2
76 The University of Copenhagen
65.5 72.8 31.2 38.7 100 91.8 26.5
77= Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)
64.6 43 98.7 54.6 99.9 33.8 3
77= University of Glasgow
64.6 73 33.5 66.8 60.4 93.8 97.1
79 Tohoku University
64.3 69.3 39.6 72.4 98.1 11.8 16.9
80 Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech)
64.1 68.8 99.9 76.4 9.2 71 64.8
81 The University of Auckland
64 84.9 47 55.9 25.4 97.6 94.5
82 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
63.4 87.4 83.7 52.1 10.8 18.8 60.4
83 Sorbonne University
63.3 90.1 49.3 47.4 38.9 34 57.1
84 Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
63 83.4 77.5 55.5 9.4 90.7 36.1
85 Yonsei University
62.5 68.3 31 87.7 85.1 12.1 45.3
86 Durham University
62.2 58 68.3 90.2 33.1 97.9 88.7
87 University of Birmingham
62 64.4 45.4 72.6 52.5 93.4 87.9
88 Sungkyunkwan University
61.5 60.2 47.7 75.6 84.9 20.1 39.3
89 Rice University
61.4 39.6 87.5 25.3 80.8 88.8 92
90 University of Southampton
61.3 50.9 61.7 52.9 66.8 97.6 93.5
91 University of Leeds
61.2 70.6 36.7 78.1 46 84.7 81.3
92 The University of Western Australia (UWA)
61 61.1 85.7 52.7 19 100 99.6
93= Sheffield, University of
60.8 61.4 42.8 58.6 62.2 85.3 96
93= University of Science and Technology of China
60.8 53.9 99.2 19.9 77.7 24.1 6.1
95 University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
60.6 68.1 44.8 49.7 84.4 32.6 10.5
96 Saint Andrews, University of
60.3 46 60.2 61.1 67.6 98.4 99.8
97 Lund University
60.2 70 39.9 50.9 53.6 92.3 69
98 KTH, Royal Institute of Technology
59.5 46.2 68 63.6 64.8 98.3 57.4
99 Nottingham, University of
59 60 46.4 71.6 47.7 90.8 83.5
100 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
58.8 93.3 4 90.9 52.9 9.9 3.6
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The ranking of the best universities in the world QS 2016

Differences in criteria and methods of evaluation of universities that use the leading compilers of the ratings affect the result largely depends on the final position of the universities in the League table. Please specify what first of all pay attention to the compilers of QS.

An important feature of the QS – considerable attention to the reputation of the universities in the academic environment. The experts weigh 40 %.

The following important factors - the contribution to global scientific research activities and teaching quality - weight 20 %. Contribution to research activities is defined as the citation index of scientific discoveries of the University, designed for every individual. The quality of teaching is evidenced by the number of teachers per student.

Finally, 5% in the world ranking of universities QS weigh ratios of foreign and local students, as well as foreign and local teachers, in the aggregate, showing the degree of internationalization of the University.