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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Krusher on November 04, 2004, 07:03:05 AM

Title: University ranking
Post by: Krusher on November 04, 2004, 07:03:05 AM
The top 10 universities in the World University Rankings are:

1 Harvard University US

2 California University Berkeley US

3 Massachusetts Institute of Technology US

4 California Institute of Technology US

5 Oxford University UK

6 Cambridge University UK

7 Stanford University US

8 Yale University US

9 Princeton University US

10 ETH Zurich Switzerland


Things I noticed.....

Bush has degrees from two of them.

Canada, France, and Norway did not make the top 10 list.

Austrailia dominates Asia

The top 200 universities are to be found in 29 countries, with the United States, the UK, Germany and Australia leading.

The US has more than the other four combined.
Title: University ranking
Post by: ra on November 04, 2004, 07:13:37 AM
Toga! Toga!
Title: Re: University ranking
Post by: straffo on November 04, 2004, 07:37:25 AM
source ?

FYI the top "universities" in France are not university ...
Title: University ranking
Post by: WMLute on November 04, 2004, 07:39:14 AM
odd. my univ. was ranked 28th. a bit surprised by a few in the top 20.

http://ed.sjtu.edu.cn/ranking.htm for straffo. here is a list.

was looking at the top 100 euro. on the list.  Straffo help me here.  My sister attended the Univ. o' Paris at the Sorbonne.  WHICH one is that on the list?   They have them listed as Univ Paris 06 or Univ Paris 11.  How can I tell which one?
Title: University ranking
Post by: Stang on November 04, 2004, 07:49:37 AM
Kind of a bogus ranking system.  It doesn't even list the smaller universities in the USA really, which frankly besides the Ivy League are by far the best ones.  Ohio State?  lmao what a bad school.
Title: University ranking
Post by: straffo on November 04, 2004, 07:55:28 AM
Sorbonne is none of P06 or P11  it's Paris 1 ;)

IMO the ranking is a bit controvertial ... and not covering the whole spectrum of studies possible.

For example I've seen no university specialized in literature ranked
Title: University ranking
Post by: Sixpence on November 04, 2004, 08:02:44 AM
Top four are blue states, imagine that
Title: University ranking
Post by: ra on November 04, 2004, 08:17:35 AM
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Originally posted by Sixpence
Top four are blue states, imagine that

Yeah, but in a red country.
Title: University ranking
Post by: Sixpence on November 04, 2004, 08:19:16 AM
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Originally posted by ra
Yeah, but in a red country.


Russia?
Title: University ranking
Post by: gofaster on November 04, 2004, 12:40:11 PM
UF at 67?

They put the University of Florida at 67?!   That's an outrage!  Just because our football team is in the crapper is no reason to rank us below those California schools!
Title: University ranking
Post by: Octavius on November 04, 2004, 12:47:26 PM
Wisconsin is 18 and deservedly so.

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Title: University ranking
Post by: AKS\/\/ulfe on November 04, 2004, 12:49:30 PM
mushroom mushroom.
-SW
Title: University ranking
Post by: lasersailor184 on November 04, 2004, 01:02:42 PM
All of those US schools except Berkely and MIT aren't as good anymore and I'm surprised they are even up there.
Title: University ranking
Post by: Sikboy on November 04, 2004, 01:22:44 PM
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Originally posted by AKS\/\/ulfe
mushroom mushroom.
-SW




AHHHHHHHHHHHHH hahahahahahahahaha

I'd forgotten all about that.

Anyhow, the methodolgy seems to favor big schools. Which really isn't a very good idea. They should have taken all of the numbers as a ratio of total students, not just the "size" column.

-Sik
Title: University ranking
Post by: J_A_B on November 04, 2004, 01:32:41 PM
The true value of a diploma for most people is how nice it looks hanging on the wall or in a resume, which means that a recognizable name like Ohio State is indeed "better" than some good-but-unheard of local university.

J_A_B
Title: University ranking
Post by: Sikboy on November 04, 2004, 01:39:20 PM
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Originally posted by J_A_B
The true value of a diploma for most people is how nice it looks hanging on the wall or in a resume, which means that a recognizable name like Ohio State is indeed "better" than some good-but-unheard of local university.

J_A_B


I was thinking of good but unheard of Universities like Georgetown and George Washington.

-Sik
Title: University ranking
Post by: J_A_B on November 04, 2004, 01:42:41 PM
Surprising those wouldn't have made the list if they didn't (I didn't bother to read the list due to the inherent pointlessness of such lists).   Both are well-respected universities.


J_A_B
Title: University ranking
Post by: Dune on November 04, 2004, 01:42:46 PM
Hah!!!  Univ of Arizona is ranked 76.  Az State is 101!

Bear Down Arizona, kick the **** out of ASU!!!
Title: University ranking
Post by: Sikboy on November 04, 2004, 01:45:43 PM
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Originally posted by J_A_B
Surprising those wouldn't have made the list if they didn't (I didn't bother to read the list due to the inherent pointlessness of such lists).   Both are well-respected universities.


J_A_B


They are on there, Ranked 210 (GW) and 211 (Georgetown).

Whereas the degree mill which awarded me my B.A. was ranked 121 (UC Riverside).

That just doesn't seem right at all.

-Sik
Title: Re: University ranking
Post by: Saurdaukar on November 04, 2004, 01:56:34 PM
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Originally posted by Krusher

2 California University Berkeley US


Eh... huh?
Title: University ranking
Post by: lasersailor184 on November 04, 2004, 02:05:56 PM
I can't see this webpage, all I get are 404's.