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French ‘Gran école D’Ingénieur 2010’ ranking by Letudiant

2010-05-18T01:54:00.001-07:00

France is famous for a handful of elite schools. Of all the CEO’s of large French companies, 75% went to one of two most famous schools. These so called ‘Grand Écoles’ or Grand Schools exist outside of the normal French University system, but many are connected to normal universities I the same region. The Grand Ecoles are fairly small sized, with the largest one numbering 3,000 students, and

Feature: Map of Paris with the École centrale - Paris

2010-05-17T14:00:00.000-07:00

What are the best universities in Norway?

2009-09-07T07:21:00.000-07:00

Norwegian University ranking. This ranking is based on the QS Top University ranking for Europe. Norway, one of the most expensive countries in Europe, has a relatively small number of inhabitants, with little under 5 milion. For this reason, the number of universities is also limited, with only four high ranking universities in the QS list.The University of Oslo: The University of Oslo (

Forbes University and College Ranking

2009-07-30T04:55:00.000-07:00

We at The Best University decided that it is time again to publish something on a top university ranking that is all about The United States. So today we look at the College Ranking by Forbes. What is interesting about the Forbes University Ranking, with its list of Forbes Top Colleges and Universities, is that they actually have some input in their ranking system from students. Furthermore it is

Nigeria University Ranking by the Nigerian National University Commission

2009-07-28T13:10:00.000-07:00

Nigeria might be a strange one on The Best University blog, because many international students would not readily consider doing a course in Nigeria. However, The post about South Africa’s Universities is quite popular, so we thought it might be good to look at some other African University Ranking. Nigeria is a very populous country, with about 150 million inhabitants. Because of the income from

University Rankings India - What is the Best University of India?

2009-07-15T02:39:00.000-07:00

With over 300 Universities and 16000 other institutions including Colleges, and over 380000 students enrolling in only the engineering colleges each year, the Indian tertiary education landscape is one of big numbers. Although many sources claim that the general level of University education in India is not very high, India does house some of the best universities of Asia. But which University of

Japan University ranking by Shanghai Jiao Tong University

2009-04-16T13:30:00.000-07:00

The Shanghai Jiao Tong University has a in depth method for ranking universities. Each year in august they publish their ranking list of universities and colleges. Based on their world ranking lists, they also set up ranking overviews for specific parts of the world, including Asia Pacific. In this Asia Pacific list, a high number of Japanese universities are mentioned. The top ranking university

Japan University Ranking by Kawaijuku college school

2008-12-16T08:18:00.000-08:00

Traditionally, Japanese universities are ranked by how difficult it is to get in, the logic being that if something is harder to get, it must be better. To get more insight into Japanese university ranking is still very hard, because not many trustworthy ranking lists exists. The one that this section of The Best University website is about, focuses on a slightly dated ranking by the Kawaijuku

South Africa University Ranking

2008-09-08T13:31:00.000-07:00

University rankings concentrating on South African universities and colleges are hard to come by. South Africa seems to be a country with a low University ranking coverage. In this topic we want to lend a helping hand to people who want to know what is the best university in South Africa. We start of with some Africa wide rankings. Although the majority of the highest ranking colleges is located

Pakistan Karachi Best Universities

2008-08-29T11:42:00.000-07:00

Today on request by our many visitors from Pakistan, a ‘The Best University’ special report on Universities and colleges in Karachi, the biggest city in Pakistan and, according to wikipedia, a Mayor hub for Higher Education in South Asia. That is quite a claim, so let’s look into the educational institutions that this city hast to boast.Al ranking information is this topic is based on the ranking

U.K. University rankings - Guardian and Times comparison

2008-08-27T02:08:00.000-07:00

In the United Kingdom, multiple University and college rankings are in circulation. Two of the mayor sources use quite different methodology. Where the Guardian University Guide for example looks into job prospects, the Times Good University Guide 2008 looks into Student satisfaction. We will now first show you the methodology and result for the Guardian ranking. Following that, we will look into

U.S. News Magazine Ranking 2009

2008-08-26T14:41:00.000-07:00

The U.S. based magazine U.S. News has recently published its 2009 edition of its American college rankings. This year, Harvard beat Princeton to the number one position. Interestingly, Harvard this year announced to offer wider funding to student with parents with limited income. the threshold was raised from $60,000 a year per family to $180,000 per family per annum, basically making access to

Best Business Schools according to Newsweek

2008-06-03T13:59:00.000-07:00

The American magazine "U.S. News and World Report" published a new set of lists of the best Graduate Schools in the United States. The magazine does not give away the details of its university rankings for free, they actually sell a package with a lot of details for 15$. They do, however, offer a peek at their top list. They have divided their University Ranking into different categories. I will

Times Online University Ranking

2008-05-03T14:28:00.000-07:00

Finally time for something different again! Today, I look into a British ranking, containing only universities and colleges from the United Kingdom. Most universities in the ranking are situated in and around London. In the top 10, three schools are from London. The ranking works with quite a wide set of measurements. Good to read something else than the purely U.S. bases rankings.What they look

Pakistan General University Ranking HEC

2007-12-06T11:00:00.000-08:00

The Higher Education Commission of Pakistan issued a ranking of its universities in Pakistan. The ranking is divided in the different types of universities, such as Agricultural, Art, Business & I.T., Engineering and Health. The last category, General, is the one we will look at today, but the other rankings of the Pakistan universities by the Higher Education Commission can be found through the

U.S. News Magazine ranking 2008

2007-12-06T10:50:00.000-08:00

The U.S. news magazine published its new 2008 list of best universities. The U.S. news magazine only looks at American institutes. It uses a large set of factors for measurement. Private colleges as well as public universities are listed. The top 10 list is quite different from the 2007 U.S. News magazine ranking, with the university of Pennsylvania as the strongest riser on a surprising shared

The Consus Group Composite Rankings

2007-10-27T09:12:00.000-07:00

The Consus Group Composite Ranking is actually quite an interesting ranking, because it takes into account a number of other university rankings, such as US news and the Gourman Report. The ranking the Consus Group created only looks at universities and colleges from the United Sates. Besides the other rankings that are used, a strong weight is given to selectivity of the university, with which

Shanghai Jiao Tong University

2007-08-02T07:07:00.000-07:00

This recently updated 'Academic Ranking of World Universities' by the Institute of Higher Education in Shanghai offers a well-recognized listing of the top 500 best institutions. The methodology places a strong emphasis on Nobel price winnings by staff and alumni, but only on the science fields. For this reason, the Shanghai Jiao Tong ranking lists mostly the research universities, and not the

U.S. News Magazine ranking 2007

2007-06-30T13:07:00.000-07:00

Newsweek University rankings

2007-06-30T12:47:00.000-07:00

This international university ranking is created yearly by the magazine Newsweek. The last edition of these rankings date from august 2006What they look at:50% | Citation of researchers | Number of articles published in Nature an Science | Number of articles published in ISI Social Sciences and Arts & Humanities indices |40% | percentage of international faculty | Percentage of international

Wuhan University rankings

2007-06-28T12:37:00.000-07:00

This is an international ranking done by the Research Center for Chinese Science Evaluation of the Wuhan University. The ranking is not translated in English, but a top 500 list s available on their website in which the universities can be found. What they look at:| articles publication count | Citation frequency | over 11,000 journals are assessedWhat they came up withWith their

THES - QS World University Rankings

2007-05-28T18:30:00.000-07:00

This international ranking of universities is done by THES –QS, and is exclusively looking at peer reviews for its rankings.What they look at:| Peer reviews |What they came up withWith this measurement system, they created a top 200 of the best universities.The top ten is as follows:1. Harvard2. Cambridge3. Oxford4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology5. Yale6. Stanford7. California Institute of

Top Tier Educational Services

2007-05-28T18:15:00.000-07:00

This America focused ranking of colleges is done by Top Tier Educational Services.What they look at:Assessment by academic peers | Assessment by higher level management | Assessment by Graduate and Professional School Admissions Officer | Assessment of the quality of the student body | Resources and expenditure per student | Faculty : Student ration | Salaries of faculty | number of applications

The Best University

2007-04-10T11:15:00.000-07:00

University rankings. There are so many of them, and they look at such different factors, that it is hard to say which of them is the best on this planet. Is it Harvard? Is it Oxford? is it Stanford? Or is it some Ivey League place? Well, I don’t know either, but at least with The Best University website you can find the different