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Top 100 Universities in the World – Reputation Rankings 2012

Raghuram Sukumar —  March 19, 2012 — 29 Comments

Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings for 2012

2012 RANK UNIVERSITY COUNTRY 2011 RANK
1 Harvard University US 1
2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology US 2
3 University of Cambridge UK 3
4 Stanford University US 5
5 University of California, Berkeley US 4
6 University of Oxford UK 6
7 Princeton University US 7
8 University of Tokyo Japan 8
9 University of California, Los Angeles US 12
10 Yale University US 9
11 California Institute of Technology US 10
12 University of Michigan US 13
13 Imperial College London UK 11
14 University of Chicago US 15
15 Columbia University US 23
16 Cornell University US 16
16 University of Toronto Canada 17
18 Johns Hopkins University US 14
19 University of Pennsylvania US 22
20 Kyoto University Japan 18
21 University College London UK 19
22 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich Switzerland 24
23 University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign US 21
23 National University of Singapore Singapore 27
25 University of British Columbia Canada 31
25 McGill University Canada 29
27 University of Wisconsin-Madison US 25
28 University of Washington US 26
29 London School of Economics and Political Science UK 37
30 Tsinghua University China 35
31 University of California, San Francisco US 34
32 University of Texas at Austin US 31
33 Duke University US 36
34 New York University US 51-60
35 Northwestern University US 40
36 University of California, San Diego US 30
37 Carnegie Mellon University US 28
38 Peking University China 43
39 The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong 42
39 University of Massachusetts US 19
41 Georgia Institute of Technology US 39
42 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Germany 48
43 University of Melbourne Australia 45
44 Australian National University Australia 51-60
44 University of California, Davis US 38
46 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill US 41
47 University of Minnesota US 43
47 Purdue University US 47
49 University of Edinburgh UK 45
50 University of Sydney Australia 51-60
51-60 Delft University of Technology Netherlands 49
51-60 Karolinska Institute Sweden 51-60
51-60 University of Manchester UK 61-70
51-60 The Ohio State University US 51-60
51-60 Osaka University Japan 50
51-60 Pennsylvania State University US 61-70
51-60 University of California, Santa Barbara US 51-60
51-60 Seoul National University Republic of Korea 51-60
51-60 Tohoku University Japan 51-60
51-60 Tokyo Institute of Technology Japan 51-60
61-70 École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Switzerland 71-80
61-70 Hebrew University of Jerusalem Israel N/A
61-70 The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Hong Kong 91-100
61-70 Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Germany 71-80
61-70 King’s College London UK 61-70
61-70 Technische Universität München Germany 61-70
61-70 University of Pittsburgh US 51-60
61-70 University of São Paulo Brazil N/A
61-70 University of Southern California US 71-80
61-70 National Taiwan University Taiwan 81-90
71-80 University of Amsterdam Netherlands 81-90
71-80 Universität Heidelberg Germany 81-90
71-80 Michigan State University US 71-80
71-80 Université Paris-Sorbonne France N/A
71-80 University of Queensland Australia 81-90
71-80 Texas A&M University US 81-90
71-80 Uppsala University Sweden 61-70
71-80 Utrecht University Netherlands 71-80
71-80 Washington University in St Louis US 71-80
71-80 University of Zürich Switzerland 61-70
81-90 Brown University US N/A
81-90 The Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong N/A
81-90 University of Florida US 61-70
81-90 Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Belgium 81-90
81-90 Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Republic of Korea 91-100
81-90 University of Leeds UK 81-90
81-90 Leiden University Netherlands 81-90
81-90 Lund University Sweden 71-80
81-90 Nanyang Technological University Singapore 91-100
81-90 Tel Aviv University Israel N/A
91-100 University of Arizona US 71-80
91-100 Boston University US 61-70
91-100 University of Bristol UK 81-90
91-100 École Polytechnique France 61-70
91-100 Indiana University US 81-90
91-100 Middle East Technical University Turkey N/A
91-100 Université Paris-Sud France N/A
91-100 Université Pierre et Marie Curie France N/A
91-100 Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey US 71-80
91-100 Wageningen University and Research Center Netherlands N/A
Source: Times Higher Education

 

Disclosure

  • I’m not a fan of University Rankings of Any Sort.
  • University Match Maker would be best fit.
  • University vs Program vs Your Interests vs Your Profile.

Having said that, something is better than nothing.

We have some way to rationalize our thinking for personal satisfaction about choices we make based on some external factors that we don’t control.

I would love to see Times publish Rankings just based on Data from Students (not from academic surveys).

Having said that, I have to agree to the following statement

“Reputation is subjective, nebulous and difficult to pin down–but it really matters,” says Phil Baty, editor of Times Higher Education Rankings. “It both reflects success and also drives success.” (Forbes)

Times Reputation Ranking Methodology

In just two cycles of the invitation-only survey, almost 31,000 individual academics from 149 countries have engaged with the exercise – providing a rich insight into the reputations of institutions around the world. This year’s table of the top universities by reputation is based on a record sample of 17,554 detailed responses, up 31 per cent on last year.

Your Comments

  • What do you think about Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings?
  • Do you think  Universities from India will make it to the list or would they make it at all?

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29 responses to Top 100 Universities in the World – Reputation Rankings 2012

  1. divz April 9, 2012 at 6:26 PM

    Hey guyz, i m pursuing engg frm pune uni, i m very much interested in prac’s nd reasearch work, but d syllabus is just theory nd assignment based, i feel lack of time 2 complete any project work on my own.. My frnds frm another uni like mumbai, chennai also feels d same, IIT somewhat improved atleast they give a chance, this is d main things lacking frm our education system.

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  2. Chander mohan March 31, 2012 at 9:14 AM

    It is really very bad thing which show our education system actually we can not ignore the invention of Europen scientist&enginrres and their innovation in early history of science and further application of these fundamentals science concept become engineering hence i think this list is correct according past futures ……

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  3. prateeksingh tiwari March 27, 2012 at 2:10 AM

    WHAT IS GOOD FOR MY CARREER MBA OR MS IN UK IF IAM DOING CIVIL ENGINEERING

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  4. Manish Soni March 22, 2012 at 8:07 PM

    @Uday: I read this post on HSB, so logically I am at right place where I have freedom to express my views and there was nothing offensive regardless of what you think. Am happy with India has and atleast am respect my country and standing up for it.

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  5. Vignesh March 20, 2012 at 4:52 PM

    I did not see you mention UBC – Univ of British Columbia or University of Alberta.

    Canada has few world ranking universities for your information. :)

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  6. rachit March 20, 2012 at 3:19 AM

    The day Indian Institutes are able to stop the brain drain to US universities, we shall have the top ranked universities in the world! We will indeed give the Americans a run for their money. And what I say is not foolish optimism. Some of the IITS, both new and old, are hell bent on changing their reputation to establish top class research environment. They are aggressively pitching and trying to get good research oriented faculty, pushing for certain reforms regarding structure and control of the IITs with the government. However, these things don’t happen instantly and the change takes some time to come. Perhaps, 10 – 15 years down the line we may see Indian institutes come on par with world class institutes.

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    • Raj March 20, 2012 at 10:53 AM

      I think the ranking was of Universities not Brain Bank. Rankings are done on different parameteres where Indian Universities are far behind.

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    • Vamsi March 20, 2012 at 2:57 PM

      Well said Rachit! What you said is 100% true… Here our friend is forgetting that students and their success after the completion of course from the schools are essential factors to keep the universities in top list…. Rankings will not be given only in terms of faculty or in terms of geographical representation……

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    • Vignesh March 20, 2012 at 4:58 PM

      Remove IIT and IIT JEE and see the change. It is the most useless demotivating stressful entrance exam ever administered. World’s top ranking universities are easier to get into compared with IIT. Even if somebody is an IIT graduate, they may not go far in their career. That is the reality guys because IIT is in India :)

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    • sup March 26, 2012 at 9:52 PM

      Rachit forget about that…just putting money and reform doesn’t create world class institute…its a complex mixture of how is the condition of your society, people, there perception, democracy, military power, leadership and many others .those even we don’t know. There are many countries who spend los of money in research ..for example South Korea, Singapore…but no output. and by he way IIT is merely a Engg training school whose students are intelligent ( well !! in relative Indian sense: ability to do tough Integral calculus problem does not make anybody smart: at least in western sense: you have to think out of box, invent new thing: that makes people smart) …no research , no innovation, no discovery happen here. Noby care IIT in USA except som,e hedge fund companies or some tech companies in California.
      Unless you improve your basic research scenario, nothing will change.

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  7. Shrikrishna S. Kulkarni March 20, 2012 at 2:32 AM

    Stop fighting guys….
    I have a close friend at IIT-B….i’ve been there a couple of times and lived their life for a few days….Believe me…its nowhere near anything u’ve ever imagined …
    untill you get there, you wont know why it’s so prestigious.
    And btw, IIT-D is 40th in world for Mechanical Engg.
    and IIT-B is also among top 50.
    IIT-Madras lies somewhere near 100..
    and DU in top 150 and MU in top 200
    for mechanical.

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  8. Rakesh Goud Battini March 20, 2012 at 2:20 AM

    What is the Current of National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu Taiwan ???

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  9. Luther March 20, 2012 at 12:58 AM

    HSB ,

    Very good post. :)
    But I have read in many of your other posts where you have mentioned that University really doesn’t matter , its all about our skills.

    Could you please explain?

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  10. helal March 19, 2012 at 10:40 PM

    Guys,before you judge anything,U must go for the root.U must know how they give point for this ranking. I wont be wonder if I see none of indian institute is between 100-200 also.We are talking about university not the student.Definitely,IIT student would be in the front line when it comes in terms of comparison amongst the student’s quality.I would appreciate whatever Uday mentioned before.Besides,did U guys ever met any tokyo or kyoto university student?Believe me they are not better than us even in some cases I’d rather say we are better than them bcoz Mathematics is the mother of all science N we are quite good at that,I’d rather say better than any place of the world And do U know guys how some japaneese got their undergraduate degree?I was so surprised to see one of my Japaneese colleague take bachelor degree in architecture in only 2.5yrs even though previously he didn’t take any diploma.University ranking cant justify the student solely but to some extent of course it’s the parameter which would comes 1st when U wanna justify some one U dont know in person.

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  11. Uday March 19, 2012 at 7:03 PM

    I don’t get it why is it so hard to digest that Indian universities aren’t in the list.

    1) IITs are purely technical institutes and IIMs are purely managerial. But most of the universities in this list are super-multi-disciplinarian. They are better because they are simply bigger – in size. in courses, in students, in infrastructure, in exposure and every other factor.

    2) Do Indian Universities get as many endowments as their counterparts ? No. How come you expect good research quality results without enough money ?

    But do remember that this is a ranking of the universities and not necessarily the students studying in these universities. IITs and IIM’s may definitely be better on that front.

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  12. saad March 19, 2012 at 4:07 PM

    well this is for everyone who thinks India is quite forward in science and technology
    just name one Indian citizen who has won nobel prize in science
    IITs are good no doubt but their real strength is their students, they are not really a research Institute.
    why else do you think the top of the cream students leave IIT to pursue postgraduation in US or UK

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    • M. Faisal Riyad March 20, 2012 at 1:58 AM

      agree

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    • Shrikrishna S. Kulkarni March 20, 2012 at 2:27 AM

      there are 2 physicists .
      1) C.V. Raman
      2) Subramanium Chandrashekhar
      3) some subramanium for chennai, college of applied physics.
      dont remember his name..u can google.

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    • Vamsi March 20, 2012 at 3:04 PM

      Dear Saad,

      The fact why most of us rushing to US schools are to settle there and one more factor is Dollars…. Yes I know we hardly agree on this fact but the reason why we are running to US is just to make money my dear friend… And that’s the reason 90% of us search mostly for VISA interviews/experiences etc in this blog….

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  13. Manish Soni March 19, 2012 at 3:44 PM

    HAPPY SCHOOLS BLOG is just about USA, I think you are PR agency for USA. What about IIT’s and IIM’a, don’t they stand anywhere!!!! Strange…..and why would NY time, Forbes and BBC show stats of Indian Institutes – IF YOU CAN’T SAY GOOD ABOUT INDIA atleast DON’T degrade it which HSB has tried many times. The country from where most of your income comes from because we Indians only visit HSB and not anyone else in the world!!!!

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    • HSB March 19, 2012 at 4:00 PM

      I’m saying what in the rankings. I’m saying what the facts and numbers are saying. I would love to see IIT and IIM in top rankings. If experts and surveys don’t rank, then I’m the one to get the heat?

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    • Uday March 19, 2012 at 6:54 PM

      Are you out of your mind Manish Soni ? IITs and IIMs actually don’t stand a chance against these universities. But why are you ranting against HSB for this. He’s not acting like a PR, rather like a reporter. If you need justification why IIT’s/IIM’s are not in the list then logically you should contact the places you listed NY Times/Forbes/BBC and THE.

      P.S. Read the disclaimer

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      • Manish Soni March 22, 2012 at 8:04 PM

        @Uday, I am wondering if you are in your senses.

        Nobel laureates from India
        Rabindranath Tagore
        C. V. Raman
        Amartya Sen and there are few more to name.
        People go to USA just to make money and so would I, if needed and what makes you say that IIT and IIM don’t stand a chance?????? as if you are a graduate from one of the best universities in world…..

        Peace

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        • Dacha May 22, 2012 at 4:47 PM

          Hi Manish, University rankings are assessed based on all the departments like MBA, Medical Sciences, Engineering Sciences, Language courses, literature, and everything that forms education. So we cannot expect IITs and IIMs to stand anywhere in the top world rankings just because IITs do not offer medial courses and IIms do not offer Engg. or medical which are important areas to assess a university.

  14. RT March 19, 2012 at 1:06 PM

    I wonder how they ranked universities, Since Carnegie Mellon University is in 37th position which is one one the most prestigious university in the world. Actually It should be after Stanford.

    And while coming to our Indian Universities the rankings is really worth.

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  15. saad March 19, 2012 at 12:10 PM

    None of Indian Universities in top 20
    why am I not surprised at all

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