The Best Global Universities rankings were created to allow students to compare institutions around the world, as increasing numbers of students plan to attend universities outside of their country, according to U.S. News & World Report.
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Harvard University ranks as the best in the world, followed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of California at Berkley, Stanford University and the University of Oxford in England.
“We’re on a roll”.
A new ranking from US News & World Report lists the 750 best global universities, with 181 American schools making the list. Subject rankings are based on a separate methodology, which incorporates several factors that measure academic research and reputation in each of these specific fields. The No. 1 ranked school, Harvard University, was the only school to receive a ideal score.
Meanwhile 29 USA universities appear in the top 100, a fall from the 45 recorded previous year.
Ellen Hazelkorn, whose Rankings and the Reshaping of Higher Education was released this year, sees a different message.
The global rankings considered a university’s reputation for research, publications and books produced by its students and faculty, conferences, worldwide collaboration, number of doctorates awarded and other indicators.
U.S. News also ranked schools in each region.
The United Kingdom has reaffirmed its position as a leader in global higher education after 34 of its institutions appeared in the Times Higher Education top 200.
China’s 57 universities, up from 27 a year ago, were led by Peking University at 46th, comprising about 8% of the total. Britain had 55 and Germany had 50. Or the University of Tokyo?
In Australia-New Zealand: University of Melbourne, University of Sydney, University of Queensland Australia, Australian National University and Monash University, all in Australia.
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American schools performed the best in every subject ranking, including arts, medicine, computer science, business and engineering, according to a news release.
