World’s Best Universities 2020

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 – Compilation of different rankings: Nature, CWUR and QS top 50

Minapim by Hernan Valenzuela: If you are going to invest 4 to 5 years studying to fulfill your dream, it is prudent to think about choosing a suitable university, so that your profession is valued and well paid in the job market. Here you can find ideas to get your scholarship, choose the best country or discover that there are also good universities in your country. The parameters used in the rankings below can guide you in your choice.

While traditional institutions, in Europe and North America, maintain their place in the main positions of the ranking, the rapid growth of universities in Asia is visible.

An important parameter for evaluation is to observe that investments in research accelerate innovation and allow the birth of new companies. This can be seen in Asian countries, which have provided a growing scenario for investments in the high-tech industry.

Here you can find a compilation of the rankings published annually by Center for World University Rankings CWUR, by Nature Science, and by Ranking QS Top 50 (universities under 50 years old), use the links at the end of the article to expand your search.

Ranking Index Nature

The Nature Index publishes tables based on high quality survey result counts in the previous calendar year.

This summary includes not only the main Nature Index Global institutions in all sectors, but also the main rising stars, and the institutions that had the greatest growth in terms of production since 2015.

The ratings are based on the share of articles from an institution or country published in the 82 prestigious scientific journals selected by an independent panel of experts and tracked by the Nature Index database.

The data and methods of the Nature Index are transparent and are available under a Creative Commons license at natureindex.com. 

Ranking Nature

Institution

1. 1. Harvard University, USA
   2. Stanford University, USA
   3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA
   4. University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), China
   5. University of Oxford, United Kingdom
   6. Peking University (PKU), China
   7. The University of Tokyo (UTokyo), Japan 
   8. Tsinghua University, China 
   9. Nanjing University (NJU), China 
   10. University of Cambridge, UK
   11. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS), China
   12. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH), Switzerland
   13. University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley), USA
   14. University of Michigan (U-M), USA 
   15. University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego), USA
   16. Yale University, USA
   17. University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), USA
   18. Zhejiang University (ZJU), China
   19. Cornell University, USA
   20. Northwestern University (NU), USA  

Ranking Nature best universities by country

              Country/territory                                         

1. 1. United States of America
   2. China
   3. Germany
   4. United Kingdom (UK)
   5. Japan
   6. France
   7. Canada
   8. Switzerland
   9. South Korea
   10. Australia
   11. Spain
   12. India
   13. Italy
   14. Netherlands
   15. Sweden
   16. Israel
   17. Singapore
   18. Russia
   19. Belgium
   20. Denmark

Corporations that carry out research work

1. Hoffmann-La Roche AG, Switzerland
2. Novartis International AG, Switzerland
3. IBM Corporation, United States of America (USA)
4. Merck & Co., Inc., United States of America (USA)
5. AstraZeneca plc, United Kingdom (UK)
6. Alphabet Inc., United States of America (USA)
7. Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT), Japan
8. Pfizer Inc., United States of America (USA)
9. Toyota Group, Japan
10. Johnson & Johnson, United States of America (USA)
11. Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS), United States of America (USA)
12. GNS Science, New Zealand
13. China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC), China
14. Amgen Inc., United States of America (USA)
15. GlaxoSmithKline plc. (GSK), United Kingdom (UK)
16. FiberHome Technologies Group, China
17. Samsung Group, South Korea
18. BGI, China
19. Microsoft Corporation, United States of America (USA)
20. Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., United States of America (USA)

Top 50 QS Ranking

First published in 2012, the QS Top 50 classifies the best universities in the world with less than 50 years of foundation, allowing young universities to be recognized. Since 2015, it has tripled its reach by including 100 universities under 50 years of foundation.

In the general selection of the best, there are universities from different disciplines, but there is also a selection by subject and region: Art & Humanities, Engineering and Technology, Life Science & Medicine, Natural Sciences and Social Sciences.

QS Ranking 2020

The Nanyang University of Technology continues to be considered the best young university in the world. Up to the seventh place the highlight is for the Asia region.

See below the classification up to the twentieth place. (see general classification) Link:

World Ranking Young Universities under 50 Years                        

Pos        WUR         Institution                                                                                                 Location

1             13           Nayabg Technological University                                                  Singapore

2             27           The Hong Kong University (HKUST)                                            Hong Kong SAR

3             39           Kaist – Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology        South Korea

4             48           City University of Hong Kong                                                        Hong Kong SAR

5             52           Universite Paris Sciences and Lettres                                        France

6             75           The Hong Kong Polytechnic University                                      Hong Knog SAR

7             77           Pohang University of Science and Technology (Postech)    South Korea

8             83           Sorbone University                                                                             France

9             127         Aalto University                                                                                    Finland

10           132         University Putra Malaysia (UPM)                                                 Malaysia

11           133         University of Technology Sydney (UTS)                                     Australia

12           138         CentraleSup                                                                                           France

13           187         Universiti Teknologi (UTM)                                                            Malaysia

14           196         University of Wollongong                                                               Malaysia

15           211         Khalifa University                                                                           United Arab Emirates

16           217         Queensland University of Technology (QUT)                           Australia

17           217         Curtin University                                                                                Australia

18           223         RMIT University                                                                                 Australia

19           234         Maastricht University                                                                      Netherlands

20           238         University of Antwerp                                                                     Belgium

Classification by study area

Arts and Humanities General World Classification

1. University of Oxford – United Kingdom
2. Harvard University – United States
3. University of Cambridge – United Kingdom
4. University of California Berkeley (UCB) – United States 
5. Stanford University – United States
6. Yale University – United States
7. New York University – United States
8. University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) – United States
9. Princenton University – United States
10. Columbia University – United States

At the top of the list Arts and Humanities in the subdivision by region.

1. Univerisdade de Cape Town em primeiro lugar na Africa.
2. National University of Singapore na Asia
3. University of Oxford na Europa
4. Universidade Autonoma de Mexico na America
5. The Australian University em Oceania

General World Classification Engineering and Technology:

1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) – United States

2 Stanford University – United States

3 University of Cambridge – United Kingdom

4 ETH Zurich Swiss Federal Institute of Technology – Switzerland

5 University of California Berkeley (UCB) – United States

6 University of Oxford – United Kingdom

7 Imperial College London – United Kingdom

8 Nanyang Technological University Singapore – Singapore

9 Tsinghua University – China (Mainland)

10 National University of Singapore (NUS) – Singapore

At the top of the Engineering and Technology list in the subdivision by region.

1 Cairo University na Africa

2 Nanyang Technology University na Asia

3 University of Cambridge na Europa

4 Universidade de Sao Paulo na America Latina

5 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) na America do Norte

6 University of New South Wales (UNSW Sideney) na Oceania

World Classification Life Sciences and Medicine:

1 Harvard University – United States

2 University of Oxford – United Kingdom

3 University of Cambridge – United Kingdom

4 Stanford University – United States

5 Johns Hopkins University – United States

6 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) – United States

7 University of California Sam Francisco – United States

8 UCL  – United Kingdom

9 University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) – United States

10 Karolinska Institutet – Sweden

At the top of the Life Sciences and Medicine list in the subdivision by region.

1 University of Cape Town na Africa

2 National University of Singapore na Asia

3 University of Oxford na Europa

4 Universidade de Sao Paulo na America Latina

5 Harvard University na America do Norte

6 The University of Melbourne na Oceania

World Classification Natural Sciences:

1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) – United States

2 Harvard University – United States

3 Stanford University – United States

4 University of Cambridge – United Kingdom

5 University of Oxford – United Kingdom

6 ETH Zurich Swiss Federal Institute of Technology

7 University of California Berkeley (UCB) – United States

8 California Institute of Technology (CALTECH) – United States

9 Imperial College London – United Kingdom

10 Princenton University – United States

At the top of the list Natural Sciences in the subdivision by region.

1 University of Cape Town na Africa

2 The University of Tokyo na Asia

3 University of Cambridge na Europa

4 Universidade de Sao Paulo na America Latina

5 Massachusetts Insititute of Technology (MIT) na America do Norte

6 The Australian National University na Oceania  

World Classification Social Sciences and Management:

1 Harvard University – United States

2 The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) – United Kingdom

3 Standford University – United States

4 University of Oxford – United Kingdom

5 University of Cambridge – United Kingdom

6 Massachusetts Intitute of Technology (MIT)

7 University of California Berkeley (UCB) – United States

8 Yale University – United States

9 University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) – United States

10 Columbia University – United States

At the top of the list Social Sciences and Management in the subdivision by region.

1 The American University in Cairo na Africa

2 National University of Singapore (NUS) na Asia

3 The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) na Europa

4 Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile (UC) na America Latina

5 Harvard University na America do Norte

6 The University of Melbourne na Oceania

CWUR

The Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) is a leading consultancy organization that provides policy and strategic advice and advice to governments and universities to improve educational and research outcomes.

Since 2012, the publication of the academic ranking of global universities that assesses the quality of education, the employment of alumni, the production of research and citations without relying on research and sending data from the university.

The CWUR uses objective and robust indicators to rank the world’s universities:

1) Quality of education, measured by the number of alumni of a university who have achieved great academic distinctions in relation to the size of the university

2) Employment of alumni, measured

3) Quality of the teaching staff

4) Research performance

5) High quality publications

6) Citations, measured by the number of highly cited research papers

7) Search result, measured by the total number of research papers

8) Influence, measured by the number of research papers that appear in highly influential journals

CWUR Ranking

Institution                                                       Location   Q Ed.     Employ     Q Faculty

1. Harvard University                                               USA                  3            1                1
2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology       USA                  4          11                2
3. Stanford University                                              USA                 10           4                3
4. University of Cambridge                                     UK                     1           21               4
5. University of Oxford                                             UK                     7           26              9
6. Columbia University                                            USA                  11           14            10
7. Princeton University                                            USA                   6           15              7
8. University of Pennsylvania                              USA                 14            9             43
9. University of Chicago                                          USA                   8          18             29
10. Yale University                                                       USA                   5           35            11
11. California Institute of Technology                USA                   2         128             5
12. University of California, Berkeley                USA                   9           57             8
13. Cornell University                                                USA                  13           28           17
14. University of Tokyo                                             Japan                 37            7            105
15. Johns Hopkins University                                 USA                 20        188            22
16. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor               USA                  32          37            82
17. Northwestern University                                    USA                 139         17             46
18. University of California, Los Angeles            USA                  49         63            19
19. University College London                                  UK                    33        666           14
20. Duke University                                                         USA                  61           51            16

Sources: CWUR   Nature   QS Top 50

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