QS World University Rankings 2015/16

World's most popular global university ranking, and the most diverse

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          Based on web traffic* social media metrics**and estimated online consumers (>100m in 2015); the QS World University Rankings is by

far the most popular annual league table of world universities.

          The twelfth edition confirms Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as the world's top university followed by Harvard (2nd),

Cambridge and Stanford (3rd=) while ETH Zurich (9th) breaks into the top 10.

          Singapore's leading universities gain substantially, each making the top 15 for the first time. National University of Singapore

(12th) is the leading Asian institution and Nanyang Technological University (13th) is right behind them, taking a quantum leap. Australian

National University (19th) also returns to the top 20. China's Tsinghua University (25th) is Asia's third best university, leading a strong

Chinese cohort.

          76,798 academics and 44,226 employers contributed to the rankings through the QS global surveys, the largest of their kind and QS

analyzed 11.1 million research papers - indexed by Elsevier's Scopus database.  3,539 institutions were considered for inclusion and 891

ranked.

          A modified approach to "citations per faculty", a measure of research impact, has delivered fairer evaluations for universities

with a strong profile in areas with lower research activity, such as arts, humanities and social sciences. LSE (35th) and other leading

institutions traditionally overshadowed by research-intensive universities, see their excellence more equitably recognized.

          Ben Sowter, QS head of research says: "These latest results reveal more diversity than ever in the distribution of world-class

universities at the highest levels. We're providing prospective students with the richest picture yet."

2015  2014  Top 20                            Country  

1     1     MIT                               US       

2     4     HARVARD                           US       

3=    2=    CAMBRIDGE                         UK       

3=    7     STANFORD                          US       

5     8     CALTECH                           US       

6     5=    OXFORD                            UK       

7     5=    UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON         UK       

8     2=    IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON           UK       

9     12    ETH ZURICH                        CH       

10    11    CHICAGO                           US       

11    9     PRINCETON                         US       

12    22    NATIONAL UNIVERSITY SINGAPORE     SG       

13    39    NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY  SG       

14    17=   EPFL                              CH       

15    10    YALE                              US       

16    14=   JOHNS HOPKINS                     US       

17    19    CORNELL                           US       

18    13    U PENN                            US       

19=   25=   AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY    AU       

19=   16    KING'S COLLEGE LONDON             UK

          (c) QS Quacquarelli Symonds 2004-2015 http://www.TopUniversities.com 

          The rankings include universities from 82 countries. Thirty-four countries feature in the Top 200. The United States dominate,

with 49 institutions, ahead of the UK (30), Netherlands (12), Germany (11), Canada, Australia, and Japan (8), China (7), France, Sweden and

Hong Kong (5). 

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          Source: QS Quacquarelli Symonds

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