Giants of the US face contenders from all corners

Article Abstract:

An analysis of a table of the top 50 universities in North America and the place of North American universities in a table of the world's top 200 universities. Of the leading North American universities, Harvard University tops the table, followed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The two institutions hold the same positions in the table of the world's leading universities.

North America

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Insiders and outsiders lend a balanced view

Article Abstract:

Peer review is again a key criterion in the rankings, while research quality is now gauged on five instead of ten years of citations, which makes it more topical. Article explains how rankings decided based on qualitative and quantitative criteria.

Product standards, safety, & recalls, Standards, Evaluation

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Oxbridge leaves US finest trailing

Article Abstract:

Cambridge University and Oxford University are the top ranked science universities in the world, ahead of the University of California, Berkeley, which is ranked third. The rankings are based on votes by academics around the world.

Sciences education, Science education

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