Unlike Forbes’ top colleges ranking, which only measures U.S. schools, Times Higher Education casts its net around the globe. The list emphasizes scholarship, research funding and reputation and does not consider things like entry requirements, graduation rates, professor ratings or alumni salaries.
Here are the top 50 schools on Times Higher Education’s World University Ranking 2019.
1. Oxford
2. Cambridge
3. Stanford
4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
5. California Institute of Technology
6. Harvard University
7. Princeton University
8. Yale
9. Imperial College London
10. University of Chicago
11. ETH Zurich – Switzerland
12. John Hopkins University
13. University of Pennsylvania
14. UCLA
15. University of California, Berkeley
16. Columbia University
17. university of California , Los Angeles
18. Duke University
19. Cornell University
20. University of Michigan
21. University of Toronto
22. Tsinghua University – China
23. National University of Singapore
24. Carnegie Mellon University
25. Northwestern University
26. London School of Economics and Political Science
27. New York University
28. University of Washington
29. University of Edinburgh
30. University of California, San Diego
31. Peking University – China
32. LMU Munich
33. University of Melbourne – Australia
34. Georgia Institute of Technology
35. Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne – Switzerland
36. University of Honk Kong – Hong Kong
37. University of British Columbia – Canada
38. King’s College London – UK
39. University of Texas at Austin
40. Karolinssks Institute – Sweden
41. Paris Sciences et Lettres – Paris
42. The University of Tokyo – Japan
43. University of Wisconsin-Madison
44. McGill University
45. Technical University of Munich – Germany
46. The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology – Hong Kong
47. Heidelberg University – Germany
48. KU Leuven – Belgium
49. Australian National University
50. University of Illinois
To learn more about each of the above 50 Universities, please click here on the link
https://www3.forbes.com/business/an-expert-list-of-the-worlds-best-universities-vue/
Important list of top universities with a typical Western bias., published by several publications like US News and World report , USA Today Time magazine , Newsweek , Forbes etc.
I know many of our youth are looking for that avenue .
But, the list fails to list top institutes India , China, Japan and South Korea . To keep things in perspective there are about 17,000 universities all over the world so, even if you ARE in the top 300 you are basically above 98 % percentile. I think many of our IIT’s are featured between 200-500, a very high ranking.
IIT’s have a great reputation even in the U.S ,.and the competition for entry to IIT is tough.. Last I heard was around 4 %(if I am correct) which is about the acceptance rate of Harvard, Stanford and Yale .I don’t have much data on Cambridge and Oxford.
To give you an idea .I can only give you some details about UCLA as it is my Alma Mater and I also volunteer to rate/scrutinize their scholarship applications .
33 % of the students studying there are East Asians( Indians included) , 26 % white and 16 % Latino The shift to top U.S universities has gravitated to the Asian demographics fifteen years ago (mainly China, India, South Korea, Japan and Vietnam, ,in that order ).
There is a marked shift in these Universities to de-emphasize solely on Academic merits as Asians far outscore Americans on entrance/academic tests and GPA.
Scholarship/entrance merit is now a matrix of Academic performance (50 %) .Leadership qualities (10 %), community involvement and service (10 % ). Personal essay (20%) . Miscellaneous 10 % ((sports involvement, sports awards , academic honors-student of the year ,. school debating team,, representing school in extra curricular activities, student body involvement etc.).
Many of these classifications I know may not be even considered in India. I think India is still a one way street of scoring like 80% and over for admission to university or colleges of high repute. The personal essay usually describes your pathway to University entrance and why that gateway should be open to you. How you are a deserving candidate to be considered for entrance. What sets you apart from mainstream applicants. A lot more emphasis of late has been given to personal essay and if you have academically succeeded against heavy odds, you chances are very good.
In many cases if a personal essay talks about family and personal challenges , it can be given importance over academic performance .The challenge here is to determine if the essay is genuine or fabricated,
It is also a way of emphasizing on a more rounded person with leadership qualities involving social engagement.
Annual college costs at top Universities can be anywhere from $40 to 50 K just for tuition..
It is upwards of 250 K just for a 4 year medical degree. if you have to “donate” (kick back) Rs. 25-50 lacs to a medical college in India it is still a bargain.
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