MIT overtakes Cambridge and Harvard to top spot in QS world university rankings
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Re: MIT overtakes Cambridge and Harvard to top spot in QS world university rankings
#2"QS selected the following indicators and weights. A much more detailed review of the methodology is available at http://www.iu.qs.com/university-rankings/world-university-ra....
- Academic Peer Review 40% - Global Employer Review 10% - Citations Per Faculty 20% - International Student Ratio 5% - International Faculty Ratio 5% - Faculty Student Ratio 20%"
Re: MIT overtakes Cambridge and Harvard to top spot in QS world university rankings
#3I never realised UCL was so high up. Among some people, it's seen as where you go if you fail to get into Imperial.
Re: MIT overtakes Cambridge and Harvard to top spot in QS world university rankings
#4More interestingly, Oxford overtook Cambridge in Computer Science :P
Re: MIT overtakes Cambridge and Harvard to top spot in QS world university rankings
#5"QS selected the following indicators and weights. A much more detailed review of the methodology is available at http://www.iu.qs.com/university-rankings/world-university-ra... . - Academic Peer Review 40% - Global Employer Review 10% - Citations Per Faculty 20% - International Student Ratio 5% - International Faculty Ratio 5% - Faculty Student Ratio 20%"
98% as arbitrary as the "us news" weightings
Re: MIT overtakes Cambridge and Harvard to top spot in QS world university rankings
#6"QS selected the following indicators and weights. A much more detailed review of the methodology is available at http://www.iu.qs.com/university-rankings/world-university-ra... . - Academic Peer Review 40% - Global Employer Review 10% - Citations Per Faculty 20% - International Student Ratio 5% - International Faculty Ratio 5% - Faculty Student Ratio 20%"
Pretty sure 'Academic Peer Review' is just asking other academics what they think of the university. Which essentially makes this a marketing/branding game by the sounds of things.
I have no idea why it is weighted so heavily. Presumably most students care about where employers hire from, and most researchers care about citations/research impact.
Shrug.
Re: MIT overtakes Cambridge and Harvard to top spot in QS world university rankings
#7Can't take it serious when Stanford is only #15
Re: MIT overtakes Cambridge and Harvard to top spot in QS world university rankings
#8Ah, new rankings are up.
Re: MIT overtakes Cambridge and Harvard to top spot in QS world university rankings
#9I can't comment on the methodology used to rank the universities, but I think it's interesting that a specialised (as opposed to "fully comprehensive") university has come out on top. MIT would probably not be a great choice of university for someone looking to take an arts degree :-)
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