top 100 world universities

Beatrix Kiddo wrote:Rutgers is in 71-80 range.. ghar ki murgi daal barabar for my madam.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/universityeducation/11464059/Top-100-world-universities-by-reputation-in-full.html

confuzzled dude wrote:

Beatrix Kiddo wrote:Rutgers is in 71-80 range.. ghar ki murgi daal barabar for my madam.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/universityeducation/11464059/Top-100-world-universities-by-reputation-in-full.html

Of course, she wants to be away from the family and be independent; American individualism you know

Beatrix Kiddo wrote:Rutgers is in 71-80 range.. ghar ki murgi daal barabar for my madam.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/universityeducation/11464059/Top-100-world-universities-by-reputation-in-full.html

Vakavaka Pakapaka wrote:Sikular politicians are responsible for not having a single Indian University in the list.

Communist China decided to stick to the merit system and Chinese universities have started to join the ranks.

If meat-heads like Pappu and Sonia and corrupt DKheads decide policy, what you get is this: garbage in and garbage out.  

Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:

Beatrix Kiddo wrote:Rutgers is in 71-80 range.. ghar ki murgi daal barabar for my madam.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/universityeducation/11464059/Top-100-world-universities-by-reputation-in-full.html

One has to take it with a pinch of salt.....The criteria considered by each poll Times100, USNews or QS will change ranking DRASTICALLY.

For example:  Where is University of Michigan - Ann Arbor in the Times 100 ?  (or did I miss it?)

I rest my case...

swapna wrote:#1, check; #6, check; #8, check; #10, check; #11, check.

sorry, GowNDer and KishTiangirl.

I'm surprised by the high rank, #13, of ucla, based on reputation.

Seva Lamberdar wrote:

Vakavaka Pakapaka wrote:Sikular politicians are responsible for not having a single Indian University in the list.

Communist China decided to stick to the merit system and Chinese universities have started to join the ranks.

If meat-heads like Pappu and Sonia and corrupt DKheads decide policy, what you get is this: garbage in and garbage out.  

It's also a good commercial to attract overseas students. 

Moreover, as I was told by someone familiar with the school rankings system, it's very similar to the Olympic committee assigning the Olympic games after visiting various bidding cities / countries --- very much depends on how well the Olympic Committee delegates are received and treated by the bidding / host city (country). Don't also forget that Qattar is going to host the World Cup in soccer in the near future!

Needless to say, the ranking / rating on the list is enhanced if the reviewing committee delegates are "nicely" treated during their visit to the school / univ. by the  host (school / univ. administrators). The rating usually would be lower if the school / univ. does not care about the reviewing committee delegates when they visit (probably the reason in this case that many American Universities / schools are not high on this list), or if the Univ/ school doesn't have much time & money to spend on the reviewing committee delegates when they visit (as usually is the case of low ranking for Indian schools, IITs etc.)

MaxEntropy_Man wrote:

swapna wrote:#1, check; #6, check; #8, check; #10, check; #11, check.

sorry, GowNDer and KishTiangirl.

I'm surprised by the high rank, #13, of ucla, based on reputation.

i am also surprised at the low rankings of brown, university of minnesota, and georgia tech.

swapna wrote:

MaxEntropy_Man wrote:

swapna wrote:#1, check; #6, check; #8, check; #10, check; #11, check.

sorry, GowNDer and KishTiangirl.

I'm surprised by the high rank, #13, of ucla, based on reputation.

i am also surprised at the low rankings of brown, university of minnesota, and georgia tech.

this ranking was by worldwide reputation. georgia tech, I don't think, has a worldwide reputation, and it has neither the reputation, nor the science and/mathematics and/or economics departments that m.I.t. and caltech do.

MaxEntropy_Man wrote:one more thing. this is a reputation based ranking. last year they published a list based on measured criteria -- research output, citations etc.  i wonder why they've moved on to a reputation based list.
here is that list. they also discuss their methodology.

http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2014-15/world-ranking

Vakavaka Pakapaka wrote:Sikular politicians are responsible for not having a single Indian University in the list.

Communist China decided to stick to the merit system and Chinese universities have started to join the ranks.

If meat-heads like Pappu and Sonia and corrupt DKheads decide policy, what you get is this: garbage in and garbage out.  

MaxEntropy_Man wrote:

Seva Lamberdar wrote:

Vakavaka Pakapaka wrote:Sikular politicians are responsible for not having a single Indian University in the list.

Communist China decided to stick to the merit system and Chinese universities have started to join the ranks.

If meat-heads like Pappu and Sonia and corrupt DKheads decide policy, what you get is this: garbage in and garbage out.  

It's also a good commercial to attract overseas students. 

Moreover, as I was told by someone familiar with the school rankings system, it's very similar to the Olympic committee assigning the Olympic games after visiting various bidding cities / countries --- very much depends on how well the Olympic Committee delegates are received and treated by the bidding / host city (country). Don't also forget that Qattar is going to host the World Cup in soccer in the near future!

Needless to say, the ranking / rating on the list is enhanced if the reviewing committee delegates are "nicely" treated during their visit to the school / univ. by the  host (school / univ. administrators). The rating usually would be lower if the school / univ. does not care about the reviewing committee delegates when they visit (probably the reason in this case that many American Universities / schools are not high on this list), or if the Univ/ school doesn't have much time & money to spend on the reviewing committee delegates when they visit (as usually is the case of low ranking for Indian schools, IITs etc.)

the only indian school i expected to find, but did not is the IISc. the IITs aren't going to make this list. the probability was always low, and now with how things have unfolded in the last ten or so years, even lower.

Seva Lamberdar wrote:

MaxEntropy_Man wrote:

Seva Lamberdar wrote:

Vakavaka Pakapaka wrote:Sikular politicians are responsible for not having a single Indian University in the list.

Communist China decided to stick to the merit system and Chinese universities have started to join the ranks.

If meat-heads like Pappu and Sonia and corrupt DKheads decide policy, what you get is this: garbage in and garbage out.  

It's also a good commercial to attract overseas students. 

Moreover, as I was told by someone familiar with the school rankings system, it's very similar to the Olympic committee assigning the Olympic games after visiting various bidding cities / countries --- very much depends on how well the Olympic Committee delegates are received and treated by the bidding / host city (country). Don't also forget that Qattar is going to host the World Cup in soccer in the near future!

Needless to say, the ranking / rating on the list is enhanced if the reviewing committee delegates are "nicely" treated during their visit to the school / univ. by the  host (school / univ. administrators). The rating usually would be lower if the school / univ. does not care about the reviewing committee delegates when they visit (probably the reason in this case that many American Universities / schools are not high on this list), or if the Univ/ school doesn't have much time & money to spend on the reviewing committee delegates when they visit (as usually is the case of low ranking for Indian schools, IITs etc.)

the only indian school i expected to find, but did not is the IISc. the IITs aren't going to make this list. the probability was always low, and now with how things have unfolded in the last ten or so years, even lower.

These ratings systems, the way they are generated (similar to the sports committees picking up the top city to host Olympic games or the World Cup soccer, etc.), are highly questionable. Don't put too much weight on them.

MaxEntropy_Man wrote:

swapna wrote:

MaxEntropy_Man wrote:

swapna wrote:#1, check; #6, check; #8, check; #10, check; #11, check.

sorry, GowNDer and KishTiangirl.

I'm surprised by the high rank, #13, of ucla, based on reputation.

i am also surprised at the low rankings of brown, university of minnesota, and georgia tech.

this ranking was by worldwide reputation. georgia tech, I don't think, has a worldwide reputation, and it has neither the reputation, nor the science and/mathematics and/or economics departments that m.I.t. and caltech do.

the surprise wasn't that georgia tech wasn't ranked higher than MIT or caltech but other schools ranked above it, e.g. NYU, UCSF, or U of Toronto.