ARWU - Academic Ranking of World Universities

The Academic Ranking of World Universities is a ranking compiled and
managed by the Shanghai Jiaotong University.

Along with THE ranking (about which I wrote in my last post), it's
considered one of the two most important  rankings out there.

Since the original goal of the ranking was "to find out the gap between
Chinese universities and world-class universities, particularly in terms
of academic or research performance.", as it's creators say, this ranking
is mainly concerned with the academic quality of the institutes listed.


With that said, give a round of applause to the top 12 universities
for the year 2010, according to the ARWU:

1	Harvard University	Cambridge	United States (Massachusetts)
2	University of California, Berkeley	Berkeley	United States (California)
3	Stanford University	Stanford, CA	United States (California)
4	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Cambridge	United States (Massachusetts)
5	Cambridge University	Cambridge	United Kingdom (England)
6	California Institute of Technology	Pasadena	United States (California)
7	Princeton University	Princeton	United States (New Jersey)
8	Columbia University	New York City	United States (New York)
9	University of Chicago	Chicago	United States (Illinois)
10	Oxford University	Oxford	United Kingdom (England)
11	Yale University	New Haven	United States (Connecticut)
12	Cornell University	Ithaca	United States (New York)

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You can't go wrong with any of these universities, really, but you still
might want to check the rankings dealing with the specific
discipline you wish to study. I'll deal with that in my next few posts.


For further information, you can check out the ARWU site itself at
www.arwu.org/
Cheers!