Top
universities
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Subject-wise Ranking
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Contents
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Introduction
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Times Higher Education Ranking
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QS World Ranking
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Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU)
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Financial Times & Economist MBA ranking
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Top Universities in Arts and Humanities 2014
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Top Universities in Management 2014
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Top Universities in Engineering 2014
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Top Universities in Life Sciences & medicine 2014
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Top universities in the world 2014:
Introduction
O
ne of the major upshots of pursuing your education
abroad is the availability of a wide and interesting
range of subjects abroad. An increasing mobility of
students abroad has created an array of popular courses and
the best institutes these courses can be pursued at. The Top
universities in the world 2014 subject-wise ranking provides
a list of the top universities in the world 2014 in terms of
major subjects. The subjects included in the Top universities
in the world 2014 subject-wise ranking are:
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Arts and Humanities
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Management
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Engineering
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Life sciences and medicine
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The Top universities in the world 2014 subject-wise ranking
consists of a comprehensive ranking of the top 100 universities of the world for the specific subjects. The ranking has
been prepared based on three definitive rankings by Times
Higher Education (THE), QS and ARWU. However, top
universities in management ranking takes into consideration popular ranking platforms like The Financial Times,
The Economist besides ARWU. The Top universities in the
world 2014 subject-wise ranking considers standard yardsticks like research, teaching and international presence to
provide a comprehensive insight into the top universities of
the world for the popular subjects.
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Times Higher Education Ranking
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he Times Higher Education (THE) ranking takes
into consideration 13 performance indicators to provide comprehensive comparisons of the universities
based on the indicating factors.
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The 13 performance indicators are grouped into
five areas:
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Teaching: This indicator reflects on the learning environment of the university. It is worth 30% of the overall ranking score.
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Citations: It takes into account the research influence
of the citations by the researchers of the university. It is
worth 30%
Industry income: This takes into account the factor of
innovation. It is worth 2.5 %
International outlook: International outlook considers
staff, students and research density. It is worth 7.5%.
Research: It takes into account the volume, income and
reputation of the University in terms of research. It is
worth 30%.
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QS World Ranking
T
he QS world rankings compare the top 800 universities of the world across four broad areas of interest. They are: research, teaching, employability and
international outlook. The top 400 universities are given
individual ranking positions, and after this universities are
placed within a group, starting from 401-410, up to 701+.
The four key areas are analysed using 6 indicators, which
are given a different percentage weighting depending on the
importance of the factor.
The 6 indicators are:
1. Academic reputation: This indicator carries a weightage
of 40%. Under this, academics are asked to identify the
institutions where they believe the best work is currently
taking place within their field of expertise.
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2. Employer reputation: This indicator carries a weightage
of 10%. Employers to identify the universities they perceive as producing the best graduates.
3. Student-to-faculty ratio: This indicator carries a weightage of 20%. As the name suggests, it is a measure of the
number of academic staff employed compared to the
number of students enrolled.
4. Citations per faculty: This indicator carries a weightage of 20%. A ‘citation’ means a piece of research being
referred to within another piece of research.
5. International faculty ratio: This indicator carries a
weightage of 5%. It accesses a university on its ability to
attract international faculty.
6. International student ratio: This indicator carries a
weightage of 5%. It accesses a university on its ability to
attract international students.
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Top universities in the world 2014:
Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU)
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onducted by researchers at the Center for WorldClass Universities of Shanghai Jiao Tong University,
ARWU is one of the world’s leading ranking platforms. The ranking, which was first published in 2003 uses
six indicators to rank world universities. Among them are:
c. Number of articles published in journals of Nature and
Science,
a. Number of alumni and staff winning Nobel Prizes and
Fields Medals,
e. Per capita performance of a university.
d. Number of articles indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index,
b. Number of highly cited researchers selected by Thomson
Reuters,
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Financial Times & Economist MBA ranking
Financial Times MBA ranking
Economist MBA ranking
The Financial Times (FT) is a UK based international newspaper which gives special emphasis on business and management. Ft publishes seven rankings annually, which includes
MBA, EMBA, Master in Finance, Master in Management
programmes, Online MBA programmes and non-degree
executive education courses.
The Economist is an international paper, which is majorly
based on business and management. It covers the Top MBA
colleges of the world ranking annually. Besides, full time
ranking the economist also provides ranking for Executive
MBA among others.
FT uses a wide range of criteria, including average salary
after graduation, value for money.
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Top universities in the world 2014:
Top Universities in Arts and Humanities 2014
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rts and humanities make for a perfect offbeat career
path for all those who find their passion in demystifying and chronicling the imaginary passages of life and
civilization.
The Top universities for Arts and humanities 2014 arts
and humanities has been prepared based on two definitive
rankings by Times Higher education (THE) and QS. The
Top universities for Arts and humanities 2014ranking takes
into consideration major standard yardsticks like research,
teaching and international presence to provide a comprehensive insight into the top universities of the world for arts
and humanities.
consider if you are planning on pursuing a career in this field.
As is witnessed in the world universities ranking, the United States reigns the charts for the best arts and humanities
universities in 2014. A majority of the top 10 spots ranking
is captured by Ivy league institutions from US like Harvard,
Stanford, Yale etc.
While UK gives US a strong competition with the second
best country in the top 10, the other European countries
make their presence felt led by Germany and France.
The arts and humanities ranking 2014 will help you in
building a perspective about which universities you need to
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The table below gives you the opportunity to check the rankings of the top arts and humanities universities in the world 2014
arrived upon by both THE and QS.
Institute
Country
THE
QS
Harvard University
United States
2
1
Stanford University
United States
1
5
University of Oxford
United Kingdom
5
2
University of Cambridge
United Kingdom
3
3
University of California, Berkeley
United States
9
4
University of Chicago
United States
4
10
Princeton University
United States
6
7
Yale University
United States
7
8
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
United States
10
9
New York University (NYU)
United States
14
6
University College London (UCL)
United Kingdom
8
18
Columbia University
United States
11
12
Australian National University
Australia
16
10
University of Edinburgh
United Kingdom
12
16
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Singapore
42
13
University of Pennsylvania
United States
13
31
The University of Tokyo
Japan
-
14
University of Toronto
Canada
15
14
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
United States
-
17
University of Michigan
United States
17
32
University of Sydney
Australia
18
21
University of Melbourne
Australia
19
24
University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
43
19
London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
United Kingdom
56
20
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THE
QS
Cornell University
United States
21
38
Peking University
China
-
21
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Germany
22
37
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Germany
27
23
Duke University
United States
20
30
King’s College London
United Kingdom
23
29
Freie Universität Berlin
Germany
24
25
McGill University
Canada
26
26
University of Texas at Austin
United States
29
27
University of British Columbia
Canada
40
28
University of Manchester
United Kingdom
28
43
University of Wisconsin-Madison
United States
30
70
Leiden University
Netherlands
25
49
Universität Heidelberg
Germany
31
36
Université Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV)
France
-
33
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
United States
32
-
University of St Andrews
United Kingdom
33
66
Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
France
-
34
The University of Auckland
New Zealand
54
35
Durham University
United Kingdom
34
55
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
United States
35
69
Lancaster University
United Kingdom
36
-
Seoul National University
South Korea
-
38
Brown University
United States
37
42
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
70
38
University of Vienna
Austria
38
56
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QS
University of Notre Dame
United States
39
74
KU Leuven
Belgium
41
48
Kyoto University
Japan
-
41
Monash University
Australia
44
43
University of Amsterdam
Netherlands
45
46
University of Warwick
United Kingdom
46
53
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
Mexico
72
47
Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
Germany
47
67
University of Massachusetts
United States
48
115
Birkbeck, University of London
United Kingdom
49
95
University of Helsinki
Finland
65
50
École Normale Supérieure
France
50
104
The University of New South Wales
Australia
100
51
University of Birmingham
United Kingdom
51
79
University of Southern California
United States
52
52
University of Pittsburgh
United States
53
111
National Taiwan University (NTU)
Taiwan
-
54
Boston University
United States
71
56
University of California, Santa Barbara
United States
55
120
Georgetown University
United States
57
74
University of Copenhagen
Denmark
-
58
Northwestern University
United States
58
82
Ohio State University
United States
59
120
The University of Queensland
Australia
67
59
University of Leeds
United Kingdom
59
95
SOAS - School of Oriental and African Studies, University of
London
United Kingdom
-
60
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THE
QS
Fudan University
China
-
60
Victoria University of Wellington
New Zealand
92
60
University of Glasgow
United Kingdom
61
106
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
United States
62
104
Trinity College Dublin
Ireland
-
63
University of Virginia
United States
63
63
University of York
United Kingdom
64
79
City University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
-
65
University of Exeter
United Kingdom
65
122
Macquarie University
Australia
67
101
Yonsei University
South Korea
-
67
Ghent University
Belgium
69
124
Stockholm University
Sweden
83
70
Sungkyunkwan University
South Korea
-
72
University of Nottingham
United Kingdom
73
98
University of Bologna
Italy
84
73
Lund University
Sweden
74
114
Emory University
United States
75
-
Utrecht University
Netherlands
75
86
The University of Adelaide
Australia
-
76
Aarhus University
Denmark
91
76
Sapienza University of Rome
Italy
77
76
University of Bristol
United Kingdom
78
92
University of California, Santa Cruz
United States
79
-
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Chile
-
79
University of Cape Town
South Africa
80
108
University of Groningen
Netherlands
81
163
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QS
University of Zürich
Switzerland
82
103
University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
United States
-
82
Indiana University Bloomington
United States
-
82
University of Maryland, College Park
United States
85
125
University of Otago
New Zealand
-
85
University of Washington
United States
85
119
Nanyang Technological University (NTU)
Singapore
-
86
University of Sheffield
United Kingdom
87
150
Complutense University of Madrid
Spain
87
88
VU University Amsterdam
Netherlands
87
141
University of Alberta
Canada
-
89
Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
Brazil
Autonomous University of Barcelona
Spain
90
126
University of Barcelona
Spain
-
91
Radboud University
Netherlands
92
-
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russia
-
92
University of Minnesota
United States
94
175
Universität Freiburg
Germany
-
94
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Israel
94
134
Tel Aviv University
Israel
96
139
Pennsylvania State University
United States
-
97
York University
United States
97
145
University of California, Irvine
United States
98
150
Universidad de Buenos Aires
Argentina
-
98
La Trobe University
Australia
99
171
Johns Hopkins University
United States
-
100
Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
Germany
100
-
13
89
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Top universities in the world 2014:
Top Universities in Management 2014
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op universities for Management 2014- Management
education is one of the most diverse field of study
which presents students with a wide range of opportunities. Besides, management studies is not just popular
because of its extensive scope but also for the lucrative prospects avail to the students who pursue it.
The Top universities for Management 2014 has been prepared based on three definitive rankings by The financial
times, the Economist and ARWU. The Top universities
for Management 2014 ranking takes into consideration
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standard yardsticks like research, teaching and international
presence to provide a comprehensive insight into the top
universities of the world for Management.
As is evident, US universities like Harvard, Stanford and
Chicago top the list of the best universities for Management
2014. US has the highest number of business institutes in the
list followed by United kingdom.
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arrived upon by the Financial Times, the Economist and ARWU.
Institute
Country
Financial
times
The
Economist
ARWU
Harvard Business School
United States
1
6
1
Stanford Graduate School of Business
United States
2
9
7
University of Chicago – Booth School of Business
United States
9
1
2
Dartmouth College – Tuck School of Business
United States
20
2
32
London Business School
United
Kingdom
3
15
39
University of Pennsylvania: Wharton
United States
4
11
8
Columbia Business School
United States
5
10
6
University of Virginia – Darden School of Business
United States
33
3
-
HEC School of Management, Paris
France
20
4
101-150
University of Navarra – IESE Business School
Spain
7
5
-
Insead
France
5
18
49
MIT: Sloan
United States
8
12
3
New York University – Leonard N Stern School of Business
United States
17
8
9
Yale School of Management
United States
10
19
13
University of California at Berkeley – Haas School of
Business
United States
11
7
4
IMD
Switzerland
12
21
-
IE Business School
Spain
13
36
Hong Kong UST Business School
Hong Kong
14
62
46
Northwestern University: Kellogg
United States
15
14
11
UCLA Anderson School of Management
United States
26
13
University of Queensland Business School
Australia
-
16
101-150
University of Cambridge: Judge
United
Kingdom
16
52
19
Duke University: Fuqua
United States
17
25
17
Ceibs
China
17
84
-
Emory University – Goizueta Business School
United States
41
17
51-75
23
20
12
University of Michigan – Stephen M. Ross School of
Business
15
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times
The
Economist
ARWU
Esade Business School
Spain
22
24
-
University of Oxford: Saïd
United
Kingdom
23
69
20
Warwick Business School
United
Kingdom
25
37
33
Carnegie Mellon University – The Tepper School of
Business
United States
34
22
16
Cornell University – Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate
School of Management
United States
27
23
21
European School of Management and Technology – ESMT
Berlin
Germany
89
26
-
University of Hong Kong – Faculty of Business and
Economics
Hong Kong
29
27
-
Ohio State University – Fisher College of Business
United States
70
28
26
Vanderbilt University – Owen Graduate School of
Management
United States
59
29
51-75
University of Washington – Foster School of Business
United States
58
30
33
Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
India
30
48
-
SDA Bocconi
Italy
31
39
101-150
National University of Singapore Business School
Singapore
32
95
51-75
University of North Carolina: Kenan-Flagler
United States
33
35
29
Rice University: Jones
United States
35
33
76-100
Indiana University – Kelley School of Business
United States
47
31
26
University of Texas at Austin – McCombs School of
Business
United States
39
32
31
Henley Business School
United
kingdom
-
34
-
Indian School of Business
India
36
-
-
Georgetown University: McDonough
United States
36
42
51-75
Nanyang Business School
Singapore
38
66
101-150
Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University
Netherlands
39
60
28
University of Mannheim – Mannheim Business School
Germany
66
38
101-150
University of Melbourne – Melbourne Business School
Australia
68
40
50
City University: Cass
United
kingdom
41
54
101-150
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times
The
Economist
ARWU
Manchester Business School
United
kingdom
43
-
76-100
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
United States
44
Sungkyunkwan University GSB
South Korea
45
-
-
York University – Schulich School of Business
Canada
66
41
101-150
University of Bath – School of Management
United
kingdom
84
43
-
EDHEC Business School
France
-
44
-
University of Notre Dame – Mendoza College of Business
United States
-
45
51-75
Cranfield School of Management
United
kingdom
46
53
-
University of California at Irvine: Merage
United States
48
-
48
Imperial College Business School
United
kingdom
49
-
-
University of Maryland: Smith
United States
50
51
23
University of Strathclyde – Strathclyde Business School
United
kingdom
73
46
-
Washington University in St Louis – Olin Business School
United States
64
47
40
Macquarie Graduate School of Management
Australia
-
49
-
Arizona State University – W. P. Carey School of Business
United States
87
50
22
University of Toronto: Rotman
Canada
51
-
24
The Lisbon MBA
Portugal
52
-
-
Michigan State University: Broad
United States
52
-
41
University of Minnesota: Carlson
United States
54
-
10
University of Rochester: Simon
United States
55
58
51-75
Hult International Business School
United States
61
55
-
Purdue University: Krannert
United States
56
-
51-75
Peking University: Guanghua
China
57
-
101-150
University of Cape Town GSB
South Africa
59
-
-
University of Wisconsin-Madison – Wisconsin School of
Business
United States
81
56
43
Temple University – Fox School of Business
United States
-
57
76-100
University of St.Gallen
Switzerland
88
59
101-150
UNSW Business School
Australia
62
-
-
17
36
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Economist
ARWU
Pennsylvania State University: Smeal
United States
62
61
30
University College Dublin: Smurfit
Ireland
91
63
-
University of Southern California: Marshall
United States
65
64
35
Wake Forest University Schools of Business
United States
94
65
-
Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore
India
68
-
-
Texas Christian University – Neeley School of Business
United States
-
67
101-150
University of California at Davis – Graduate School of
Management
United States
98
68
76-100
University of Nottingham – Nottingham University Business
School
United
kingdom
-
70
101-150
Georgia Institute of Technology: Scheller
United States
71
-
51-75
University of British Columbia: Sauder
Canada
72
-
38
University of Strathclyde Business School
United
kingdom
73
-
-
Tias Business School
Netherlands
74
-
-
Texas A & M University: Mays
United States
75
-
25
Boston University School of Management
United States
75
73
41
EMLYON Business School
France
95
71
-
University of Iowa – Henry B Tippie School of Management
United States
-
72
101-150
University of Georgia – Terry College of Business
United States
-
74
76-100
Grenoble Ecole de Management – Grenoble Graduate
School of Business
France
-
75
-
Shanghai Jiao Tong University: Antai
China
77
Lancaster University Management School
United
kingdom
77
82
-
Coppead
Brazil
79
-
-
University of Pittsburgh: Katz
United States
80
76
51-75
Boston College: Carroll
United States
82
-
76-100
Fudan University School of Management
China
83
University of California, San Diego: Rady
United States
84
91
18
McGill University: Desautels
Canada
84
-
51-75
Durham University Business School
United
kingdom
97
77
-
George Washington University – School of Business
United States
99
78
101-150
18
151-200
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times
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Economist
ARWU
HEC Montréal
Canada
-
79
-
University of Florida – Hough Graduate School of Business
United States
-
80
76-100
Concordia University – John Molson School of Business
Canada
-
81
101-150
Case Western Reserve University – Weatherhead School of
Management
United States
-
83
-
University of Arizona – Eller College of Management
United States
-
85
-
Arizona State University: Carey
United States
87
-
22
Western University: Ivey
Canada
89
Southern Methodist University – Cox School of Business
United States
-
86
101-150
Aston University – Aston Business School
United
kingdom
-
87
151-200
Audencia Nantes School of Management
France
-
88
-
International University of Monaco
Monaco
-
89
-
University of Edinburgh Business School
United
kingdom
-
90
151-200
Tulane University: Freeman
United States
92
-
151-200
Brigham Young University: Marriott
United States
93
-
51-75
Babson College: Olin
United States
95
-
-
Thunderbird School of Global Management
United States
-
92
-
University of Birmingham – Birmingham Business School
United
kingdom
-
93
151-200
University of South Carolina – Darla Moore School of
Business
United States
-
94
51-75
Vlerick Business School
Belgium
100
-
-
International University of Japan – Graduate School of
International Management
Japan
-
96
-
Chinese University of Hong Kong – CUHK Business School
Hong Kong
-
97
-
Brandeis University – Brandeis International Business
School
United States
-
98
-
Yonsei University
Republic of
Korea
-
99
-
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management
Germany
-
100
-
19
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assachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has
retained its position in the first place among the
Top 100 Engineering Colleges in World. The
ranking, which takes into account three ranking platforms,
namely, Times Higher Education (THE), QS and ARWU is
based on major yardsticks- i.e teaching, research, Industry
income, Citations and international outlook while ranking
the Top 100 Engineering Colleges in World 2014.
According to THE World University Ranking 2014, Stanford University, University of California, Berkeley; Caltech
and Princeton University follow MIT as the best engineering colleges in the World. While, QS brings in Cambridge
University and ETH Zürich in the third and fourth position.
In the Top 100 Engineering Colleges in World 2014,
ARWU takes in citations as one of the major yardsticks and
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hence ranks University of Illinois and University of Texas
among the top 5.
The USA dominates the list of the World’s Top 100 Engineering Colleges with universities. Interestingly, most of
the top five spots are captured by American universities
.Other countries that feature in the list are United Kingdom,
Singapore, Japan, Germany, Australia and so on. While US
and UK maintain a stronghold on the ranking list, Germany
is among the best represented country.
In terms of International Outlook, however, the United
Kingdom scores above the US. Most UK universities ranked
by THE carry scores more than 85 which more than MIT’s
score of 76.4. International Outlook focuses on the diversity in the campus and collaboration with international
researches on projects. This category reflects how global an
institution is.
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Top universities in the world 2014:
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Below is the Top Engineering Colleges in World 2014 Ranking
Institution
Country
THE
QS
ARWU
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
United States
1
1
1
Stanford University
United States
2
2
2
University of California, Berkeley
United States
3
5
3
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
United States
4
8
22
Princeton University
United States
5
27
23
University of Cambridge
United
Kingdom
6
4
17
University of Oxford
United
Kingdom
7
13
51-75
ETH Zürich – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich
Switzerland
8
3
-
Imperial College London
United
Kingdom
9
6
8
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
United States
10
20
-
Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech)
United States
11
10
6
Carnegie Mellon University
United States
12
19
10
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Singapore
13
7
16
University of Texas at Austin
United States
14
24
5
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Switzerland
15
10
-
University of Michigan
United States
16
32
9
Cornell University
United States
17
34
29
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
United States
18
21
4
Northwestern University
United States
19
-
University of California, Santa Barbara
United States
20
99
7
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Hong Kong
21
15
39
University of Toronto
Canada
22
35
24
Delft University of Technology
Netherlands
23
16
101-150
Tsinghua University
China
24
12
20
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
(KAIST)
Republic of
Korea
25
17
51-75
Technische Universität München
Germany
26
27
-
21
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Top universities in the world 2014:
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Institution
Country
THE
QS
ARWU
The University of Tokyo
Japan
27
13
76-100
University of Wisconsin-Madison
United States
28
61
51-75
Seoul National University
Republic of
Korea
29
26
51-75
Columbia University
United States
30
69
76-100
University of Washington
United States
31
74
30
University of Melbourne
Australia
32
23
44
Nanyang Technological University
Singapore
33
9
12
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Sweden
34
33
76-100
Technical University of Denmark
Denmark
34
36
40
KU Leuven
Belgium
36
63
51-75
University of Manchester
United
Kingdom
37
44
76-100
University of Minnesota
United States
38
94
35
Kyoto University
Japan
39
27
76-100
RWTH Aachen University
Germany
39
-
151-200
Pohang University of Science and Technology (Postech)
Republic of
Korea
41
47
76-100
The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
42
43
76-100
University of Queensland Australia
Australia
43
-
University of California, San Diego
United States
43
56
18
University of California, Davis
United States
45
96
51-75
Rice University
United States
46
136
51-75
Peking University
China
47
41
76-100
University of British Columbia
Canada
48
51
101-150
Monash University
Australia
49
54
51-75
Purdue University
United States
50
38
14
University of Sydney
Australia
50
44
101-150
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Germany
52
47
101-150
Ohio State University
United States
53
110
37
University College London (UCL)
United
Kingdom
54
52
76-100
University of Edinburgh
United
Kingdom
55
66
-
22
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Institution
Country
THE
QS
ARWU
Pennsylvania State University
United States
56
86
13
École Polytechnique
France
57
64
-
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Japan
58
22
76-100
McGill University
Canada
59
59
76-100
University of Pennsylvania
United States
60
64
51-75
Eindhoven University of Technology
Netherlands
61
71
46
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian
Federation
61
132
-
National Taiwan University
Taiwan
63
37
30
Tohoku University
Japan
64
81
41
Duke University
United States
65
145
76-100
Texas A&M University
United States
66
85
15
University of Waterloo
Canada
67
57
47
University of New South Wales
Australia
68
27
42
Technion Israel Institute of Technology
Israel
69
98
43
University of California, Irvine
United States
70
-
51-75
University of Maryland, College Park
United States
70
138
34
University of Delaware
United States
72
-
101-150
University of Twente
Netherlands
73
126
101-150
University of Nottingham
United
Kingdom
74
119
151-200
University of Bristol
United
Kingdom
75
97
51-75
University of Southampton
United
Kingdom
75
89
51-75
University of California, Riverside
United States
77
-
-
Lund University
Sweden
78
101
101-150
University of Notre Dame
United States
79
-
101-150
City University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
80
76
24
Ghent University
Belgium
81
-
101-150
Mines ParisTech
France
82
-
-
Polytechnic University of Milan
Italy
83
31
76-100
Brunel University
United
Kingdom
83
-
101-150
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Institution
Country
THE
QS
ARWU
University of Colorado Boulder
United States
83
-
-
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Norway
83
131
151-200
University of Leeds
United
Kingdom
87
123
151-200
Uppsala University
Sweden
88
-
101-150
University of Utah
United States
89
-
101-150
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
United States
89
83
51-75
Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hong Kong
89
15
51-75
Brown University
United States
92
138
-
Technische Universität Darmstadt
Germany
93
27
-
University of Pavia
Italy
94
-
-
University of Birmingham
United
Kingdom
95
100
101-150
Vienna University of Technology
Austria
96
91
-
University of Sheffield
United
Kingdom
97
111
101-150
Bilkent University
Turkey
98
-
-
University of South Australia
Australia
99
-
-
Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble
France
100
-
101-150
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Top universities in the world 2014:
op universities for Life Sciences and Medicine- If
the study of living organisms fascinate you than you
should definitely pursue a career in Life sciences and
medicine. But, what gives you an edge in this field? How do
you become the best in your field?
ranking takes into consideration major standard yardsticks
like research, teaching and international presence to provide
a comprehensive insight into the top universities of the world
Life Sciences and Medicine. The Arwu ranking is, however,
is based only on Life sciences subjects.
Well, getting a life sciences or medicine degrees from the
top universities for Life Sciences and Medicine definitely
gives a big push to your career. It not only ensures a good
education but also adds to your credibility as professional
from a top university in Life Sciences and Medicine.
As expected, the United States reigns the charts for the
best Life Sciences and Medicine in 2014. A majority of the
top 10 spots ranking is captured by institutions from US like
Harvard, MIT, Stanford etc.
The Top universities for Life Sciences and Medicine 2014
have been prepared based on three definitive rankings
by Times Higher education (THE) and QS and ARWU.
The Top universities for Life Sciences and Medicine 2014
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The table below gives you the opportunity to check the rankings of the top Life Sciences and Medicine universities in the world
2014 arrived upon by THE and QS and ARWU.
Institute
Country
THE
QS
ARWU
Harvard University
United States
1
1
1
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
United States
2
7
4
University of Cambridge
United
Kingdom
3
3
2
University of Oxford
United
Kingdom
4
2
10
Stanford University
United States
5
6
3
Johns Hopkins University
United States
9
4
13
University of California, San Francisco
United States
-
5
5
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
United States
6
80
35
Yale University
United States
7
12
7
Princeton University
United States
8
-
50
Imperial College London
United
Kingdom
10
9
38
Karolinska Institute
Sweden
79
8
31
UCLA
United States
13
10
15
UCL (University College London)
United
Kingdom
17
10
18
University of Washington
United States
21
18
6
University of California-Berkeley
United States
11
16
8
Rockefeller University
United States
-
70
9
Duke University
United States
12
13
29
Cornell University
United States
14
29
16
ETH Zürich – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich
Switzerland
15
43
46
University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
United States
27
14
11
University of Toronto
Canada
25
15
39
Columbia University
United States
16
21
12
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at
Dallas
United States
-
-
14
Wageningen University and Research Center
Netherlands
18
-
33
University of California, Davis
United States
19
56
23
26
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Institute
Country
THE
QS
ARWU
University of British Columbia
Canada
20
30
33
The University of Melbourne
Australia
29
17
30
The University of Sydney
Australia
65
19
101-150
University of Pennsylvania
United States
35
20
19
University of Wisconsin - Madison
United States
22
66
17
Kyoto University
Japan
36
40
20
University of Edinburgh
United
Kingdom
23
22
40
University of Chicago
United States
23
40
47
University of Michigan
United States
26
28
26
The University of Tokyo
Japan
28
26
36
McGill University
Canada
30
25
28
Washington University in St. Louis
United States
-
22
27
King’s College London (KCL)
United
Kingdom
37
24
51-75
National University of Singapore (NUS)
Singapore
34
27
101-150
University of Copenhagen
Denmark
41
30
43
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
United States
76
-
21
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
United States
42
34
22
The University of Western Australia
Australia
64
62
24
University of Zurich
Switzerland
44
-
25
University of Queensland Australia
Australia
31
33
37
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Germany
32
35
-
Australian National University
Australia
33
93
51-75
Ghent University
Belgium
38
103
41
Uppsala University
Sweden
39
53
151-200
University of Minnesota
United States
40
78
32
Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
Germany
-
32
76-100
The University of Manchester
United
Kingdom
53
36
101-150
University of Amsterdam
Netherlands
95
37
151-200
Boston University
United States
50
38
101-150
Baylor College of Medicine
United States
-
39
51-75
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Institute
Country
THE
QS
ARWU
New York University (NYU)
United States
54
40
51-75
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Switzerland
43
137
-
Utrecht University
Netherlands
45
53
51-75
University of Massachusetts
United States
45
-
76-100
University of Glasgow
United
Kingdom
47
49
76-100
KU Leuven
Belgium
48
78
51-75
Osaka University
Japan
49
61
51-75
Monash University
United
Kingdom
63
45
151-200
The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
-
46
151-200
Emory University
United States
-
47
51-75
The University of New South Wales
Australia
-
47
151-200
Leiden University
Netherlands
-
49
101-150
University of Bristol
United
Kingdom
69
49
101-150
University of Massachusetts Medical School - Worcester
United
Kingdom
-
-
42
University of Pittsburgh
United States
-
71
44
University of Florida
United States
83
-
45
University of Basel
Switzerland
91
68
47
Vanderbilt University
United States
87
73
49
Michigan State University
United States
51
-
51-75
University of California, Santa Barbara
United States
52
-
51-75
Pennsylvania State University
United States
54
-
51-75
University of Lausanne
Switzerland
56
83
76-100
University of Helsinki
Finland
57
63
51-75
University of Dundee
United
Kingdom
58
89
101-150
University of Strasbourg
France
59
159
51-75
Lund University
Sweden
60
75
51-75
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Netherlands
-
52
-
McMaster University
Canada
-
55
-
28
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Institute
Country
THE
QS
ARWU
Northwestern University
United States
69
57
76-100
Seoul National University
South Korea
85
58
101-150
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
United
Kingdom
-
59
-
University of Otago
Canada
-
60
-
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Germany
61
129
-
Texas A&M University
United States
62
166
101-150
Ohio State University
United States
65
-
76-100
University of Aberdeen
United
Kingdom
67
136
151-200
University of Cape Town
South Africa
68
100
151-200
Aarhus University
Denmark
96
64
101-150
Technical University Munich
Germany
80
64
51-75
University of Birmingham
United
Kingdom
-
67
76-100
Trinity College Dublin
Ireland
-
69
-
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
United States
-
-
51-75
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New
Brunswick
United States
-
-
51-75
University of California, Irvine
United States
-
-
51-75
University of California, Santa Cruz
United States
74
-
51-75
University of Freiburg
Germany
-
90
51-75
University of Nottingham
United
Kingdom
-
-
51-75
University of Southern California
United States
-
-
51-75
University of Tuebingen
Germany
-
95
51-75
University of Utah
United States
98
-
51-75
Stockholm University
Sweden
71
173
101-150
University of York
United
Kingdom
71
185
151-200
University of Montreal
Canada
73
80
101-150
Oregon State University
United States
75
-
76-100
University of Leeds
United
Kingdom
77
115
101-150
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Institute
Country
THE
QS
ARWU
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Sweden
77
-
76-100
University of Geneva
Switzerland
-
71
101-150
The University of Auckland
Australia
-
74
151-200
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
-
77
-
Tufts University
United States
81
115
101-150
University of Reading
United
Kingdom
81
393
151-200
Pohang University of Science and Technology (Postech)