I have probably written more than I should about rankings, and especially the Times Higher Education Supplement list and its flaws and shortcomings, but I just couldn’t resist… Here is a preview of this years results [last year between brackets]:
1 | [1] | Harvard | US |
2 | [2] | Cambridge | UK |
2 | [3] | Oxford | UK |
2 | [4] | Yale | US |
5 | [9] | Imperial College | UK |
6 | [10] | Princeton | US |
7 | [7] | Caltech | US |
7 | [11] | University of Chicago | US |
9 | [25] | University College London | UK |
10 | [4] | MIT | US |
(…) | |||
16 | [16] | Australian National University | AU |
27 | [22] | University of Melbourne | AU |
31 | [35] | University of Sydney | AU |
The full top 100 can be found here
For what it’s worth…
Update: Richard Holmes at the University Ranking Watch has plenty of coverage on the issue. See also University World News for a special issue on the THES ranking and rankings in general.
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