Universities are given an overall ranking in the world but each university also specializes in a certain course or subject. Some of the course rankings of the various top universities of the world are mentioned here.
Many factors such as academic reputation, employer reputation, citations per ,faculty student ratio, international faculty, number of international students, are given importance while rating and ranking the best universities and their courses.
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom is the oldest in the world and the biggest in the UK.
Its outstanding academic achievement is well renowned and has a world class research organization.
Its overall ranking in the world is number one and according to the various courses it offers it can be ranked as #1 in Natural Science, #2 in Arts and Humanities, #3 in Social Sciences, #4 in Engineering &IT, #2 in Life Sciences.
Harvard University
Harvard University, Massachusetts, Cambridge, United States is America’s oldest institution where outstanding students and scholars from all over the world are enrolled to create a unique academic environment.
The Harvard Business School is widely acclaimed s the world’s best. It ranks #1 in the world for Social Sciences, and Life Sciences and for courses in Medicine; #2 in the world for Natural Sciences; #3 in Arts and Humanities.
Yale University
The Yale University is in New Haven, United States and has many schools such as the Medical Institution, School of Arts and Sciences, School of Music and so on. It ranks 5th in the world in Arts and Humanities, #8 for Social Sciences; #17 in Natural Sciences and #9 in Life Sciences.
University College London (UCL)
This university is a multidisciplinary university in London and is internationally renowned for its research quality and imparts world class education in courses of sciences, arts, social sciences and biomedicine.
In the 2008 RAE UCL was ranked the best research university. Its overall ranking is 4 but it tops in Arts and Humanities and Life Sciences.
?Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
This institute provides its students a rigorous academic study and intellectual stimulation. Today it is a world class institution with 32 departments.
It offers courses in chemical engineering, civil, electronic, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, and Physical Sciences.
It is ranked # 1 in the world for its Engineering and IT course and #4 for Natural Sciences and Life Sciences.
University of Oxford
It is the oldest university with 39 independent colleges. It is the most innovative university in Europe and is a leader in creating jobs, skills and wealth.
It is the number 1 in the world in the Arts and Humanities courses and number 3 in the world in Natural Science courses. It is also ranked #2 in the world for Social sciences courses.
Imperial College London
It is a world class university offering scholarship education as well as research opportunities in science, medicine and engineering especially in relation to commerce, industry and healthcare.
It has three departments of Engineering, Medicine, Natural Sciences, a Business School and Humanities. By courses, it is ranked #6 in the world for its Engineering & IT and #10 in the world for its Life Science and Natural Science courses.
University of Chicago
The University Of Chicago, US, has a great effect on higher education with its curricula emphasizing on humanistic and science undergraduate courses. It has a good reputation for its teacher’s course. It is ranked #7 in the world for Social Sciences and Arts & Humanities.
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
This University is in the US mainly emphasizes on imparting knowledge in the field of science nd technology. It is ranked #5 in the world for its Engineering & IT courses and #8 in the world for its courses in Natural Sciences.
Princeton University
It is one of the oldest universities in the US and is a research university providing excellent academic and extracurricular resources to its students. It is a leading educational institution and is ranked No.7 in the Natural Sciences courses and is ranked #6 in the Arts & Humanities courses.
World Universities have been ranked by many organizations such as the Academic Ranking of World Universities founded by Shanghai Jiaotong University.
It takes into account alumni who are Nobel Prize winners, famous researchers, articles published in Nature and Science, the Science citation Index and the per capita academic performance of the institution.
According to this ranking the world’s top ranking colleges are given here
2010 Rankings by ARWU
Harvard University, Cambridge, United States (Massachusetts)
University of California, Berkeley in the United States
Stanford University in Stanford California in the United States
Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, in the US
Cambridge University, Cambridge in the United Kingdom
California Institute of Technology, in Pasadena in the United States California
Princeton University in Princeton in the United States, New Jersey
Columbia University in New York City, in the US
University of Chicago in Chicago, US Illinois
Oxford University, United Kingdom, England.
College and University rankings also give rankings based on quality determined by statistics or by making a survey of scholars, students, educators
QS World University Rankings 2010 – This is provided by the Quacquarelli Symonds using academic peer review, recruiter review, faculty student ratio, citations per faculty and international orientation.
Harvard University in the United States
University of Cambridge in the UK
Yale University in the US
UCL University College London, in the
University of Oxford, UK and Imperial College London
University of Chicago London, UK
Princeton University, United States
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT, US
California Institute of Technology, Caltech, US
The Times Higher Education World University Ranking has given world university rankings in the following order
Harvard University United States of America – an overall score of 96.1. It has 43 Nobel laureates to its credit and the global academy’s largest financial endowment.
California Institute of Technology, US having an overall score of 96. 31 Caltech students have won Nobel Prizes
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US having an overall score of 95.6. In 150 years MIT has produced 73 Nobel Laureates.
Stanford University, US – overall score of 94.3. Corporate giants such as Hewlett-Packard and Google were founded by its alumni.
Princeton University, US. It has an overall score of 94.2. It is an Ivy League institution with 32 Nobel Laureates among its alumni and faculty.
University of Cambridge, UK, has an overall score of 91.2. World renowned names such as Newton, Rutherford, and Darwin are alumni of this world famous institution.
University of Oxford, UK – with an overall score of 91.2. Its alumni boast of 26 British Prime Ministers and 20 other world leaders.
University of California, Berkeley, US, – it has an overall score of 91.1. Till date 21 faculty members have become Nobel laureates.
Imperial College London, UK – overall score of 90.6. It emphasizes on research and has four major faculties – medicine, Natural Science, Engineering and business.
Yale University, US – It has an overall score 89.5. It is the third oldest university of America and has produced 5 US presidents and also 17 Supreme Court Judges. It has an endowment of $16.3 billion and it has a record acceptance of 3 in40 applications acceptance.
To select a college that best suits your requirements of education, it is not enough to learn about the top universities in the US alone.
One must also know the course wise ranking of the universities in order to filter and make the correct subject wise choice of the best university.
Each university is acclaimed in a particular department or program or course for which he is ranked among the top ten in the US.
Rankings are given as an overall rank as well as for various specialties by courses.
Here is a course by course analysis of the various top ranking universities in the US.
Top 10 universities in Business
The universities mentioned below are the best in the US offering courses in Accounting.
They also offer courses in Executive MBA, Finance, Management, Marketing, Production/Operations, Supply Chain/Logistics, Entrepreneurship, and Information systems.
University of Chicago
Harvard University
University of Pennsylvania
Massachusetts Institute ofT Technology
Northwestern University
Stanford University
University of California LA (UCLA)
Columbia University
Princeton University
Ohio State University
Top ten Universities offering Engineering programs
Engineering courses in various disciplines such as computer science, electronics, communication technology, information technology, mechanical, civil, metallurgy, chemical are offered in these institutes.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Stanford University, California
University of California – Berkeley, CA
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
University of Illinois – Urbana Champaign. Champaign II
University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, MI
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA
Cornell University Ithaca, NY
Purdue University – West Lafayette, West Lafayette
Law Colleges = Top 10 in the US
To pursue a career in law one has to choose the college that suits one best. There are various specialties in law colleges such as Clinical Training, Dispute Resolution, Environment Law, Healthcare Law, International Law, Legal Law, Part time law, Tax law, Trial Advocacy Law and so on offered by these universities.
New York University New York
Columbia University, New York
Georgetown University Washington, DC
Harvard University Cambridge, MA
Yale University, New Haven, CT
George Washington University, Washington, DC
University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI
American University (Washington) Washington, DC
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Duke University, Durham, NC
Top Ten Medical Schools in the US
Medical courses are offered in these top ten medical colleges in the US. There are various specialties such as Internal medicine, Pediatrics, Drug and alcohol abuse, family medicine, Rural medicine, Women’s health, Geriatrics, and AIDS.
University of California – San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Harvard University, Boston, MA
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Duke University Durham, NC
Columbia University New York, NY
University of California – Los Angeles (Geffen) Los Angeles, CA
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC
University of Alabama – Birmingham, Birmingham, AS
University of California – San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Top ten Education Schools
They offer various specialties such as Educational psychology, Higher education administration, Secondary teacher education,, Special education, Student counseling & Personnel services, Teaching/Vocational and so on.
Pennsylvania State University – University Park, PA
University of Michigan = Ann Arbor, MI
University of California, Los Angeles, CA
Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Indiana University, – Bloomington, IN
University of Georgia, Athens, GA
University of Southern California, (Rosier) Los Angeles, CA
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
University of Maryland – College Park MD
Vanderbilt University (Peabody) Nashville, TN
Social Sciences and Humanities
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Stanford University, CA
University of California= Berkeley, CA
Yale University, New Haven, CT
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Columbia University, New York,
University of Minnesota – Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN
Universities in America are continuously ranked by various organizations based on their quality, student faculty ratio and so on. Here is a list of top US universities.
Harvard University
U.S. News and World Report ranks Harvard University as # 1 in MBA courses , #2 in Biological Sciences, #4 in Chemistry, #2 in Mathematics and #1 in Physics where it tied with Caltech, MIT and Stanford.
Times Higher Education Supplement (THES) has given it an overall rank on 1 and #1 in Life Sciences, Biomedicine, #4 in Natural Sciences and #1 in Arts & Humanities. Academic Ranking of World Universities has ranked it #1 in Business, Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Life Sciences.
Princeton University
It was founded as a private institution was founded in the year 1746. It has highly rated programs which it offers through the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
Yale University
The Yale University is in New Haven, CT. It is a private institution and is known for its drama and music programs. It is highly ranked for its Graduate School of Arts and Sciences as well as 13 professional schools.
The top ranked Law School and the equally highly ranked School of Management, School of Art and School of Medicine are also part of this University.
Columbia University
The Columbia University in New York was founded in 1754 and offers a great range of student activities. It has graduate and undergraduate programs. Its undergraduate school comprises of the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and the School of General Studies. It has a highly ranked Business School, L aw School, School of International and Public Affairs.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Its engineering undergraduate program continues to be the #1 in USNWR reports and in the overall ranking it holds #4 positions with three others – Caltech, Stanford, and the University of Pennsylvania.
It has held the top spot for undergraduate engineer courses for the past 20 years and this year in aeronautics and astronautics, chemical and computer sciences.
Stanford University
USNWR ranks Stanford #2 among Business Schools and Financial Times ranks its MBA as #6 in the world and #4 in the United States. Businessweek ranks it #6 in the world. Wall Street Journal has rated it #1 in innovation leaders and for producing the most creative graduates. Forbes ranks it # in the business schools. The Stanford School of Medicine is a leading medical school.
In the latest USNWR survey of America’s best colleges, Caltech has been ranked #4 and has also maintained its position as the 4th best undergraduate engineering programs. It also ranks #2 for least debt and number 8 in Great Schools.
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a highly ranked university with its Wharton School ranking #2 for MBA. It has four undergraduate schools CAS, SEAS, School of Nursing and The Wharton School. USNWR has ranked it #5 and it tied with Stanford and it is ranked 5th among the Ivy League.
Duke University
USNWR has placed the Duke University at9th position. The Chronicle of Higher Education ranks it at 7th. Recently it ranked 6th by the Center for measuring University Performance. It is one of the premier universities and its business school the Fuqua School of Business was ranked 4th by USNWR for the executive MBA program in 2010.
University of Chicago
It is a private research university in Illinois, US. It has 49 academic majors and 22 minors. Its Booth School of Business is highly ranked for its MBA programs. Its Law School is accredited by the American Bar Association.
A list of the top 20 business schools of the world as well as in the US is given here. Rankings are based usually on many factors such as quality, number of enrollments, selectivity and student faculty ratio.
London Business School – United Kingdom
London Business School belongs to the University of London. Its MBA program has always been among the world’s top ranking.
University of Pennsylvania – Wharton – USA
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania was ranked the 2nd best in North America by the QS Global 200 Business Schools Report. It was the first business school in the United States. And it has been consistently ranked as the world’s top institutions.
Harvard Business School – Harvard University – USA
The Harvard Business School (HBS) belongs to the Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts. It offers full time MBA, executive MBA and also doctoral programs. USNWR has consistently ranked this school 1st among American business schools.
Stanford University = GSB – USA
The GSB or Graduate School of Business belongs to Stanford University in California. It is the most selective school and was ranked 1st in the 2010 USNWR ranking (it tied with Harvard Business School)
Insead – France/Singapore
It is an international business school which has its campus in France, Singapore and in Abu Dhabi and a research center in Israel. It has been widely recognized worldwide. Global Business School Network Forbes had ranked its MBA program No, 1 in the world for 2010 and Financial Times ranked it No.5.
Columbia Business School – USA
The Columbia Business School is in Columbia University in Manhattan of New York City and belongs to the Ivy League Business schools. It is ranked among the top ten schools of the world by Business Week, Financial Times, Forbes and USNWR.
IE Business School – Spain
It is in Madrid and is a very high ranked business school according to the Financial Times.
MIT – Sloan School of Management – USA
It conducts research and offers the widest range of electives.
University of Chicago – Booth – USA
The Booth School of Business is the second oldest business school in the US.
HKUST Business School – China
It belongs to the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in Hong Kong.
Iese Business School – Spain
The Institute of Higher Business Studies or Instituto de Estudios Superiores de la Empresa belongs to the University of Navarra in Madrid.
Indian School of Business – India
This business school in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India offer PGP programs and post doctoral programs.
New York University – Stern – USA
The Leonard N.Stern School of Business is New York University’s business school of high repute.
Dartmouth College – Tuck – USA
The Amos Tuck School of Business Administration or the Tuck School of Business is a top ranked graduate business school.
IMD – Switzerland
The International Institute for Management Development (IMD) ia non profit business school in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Yale SOM – USA
The Yale School of Management also known as Yale SOM is a graduate business school in New Haven, Connecticut.
University of Oxford – SAID UK
Said Business School (SBS) belongs to the University of Oxford in England.
HEC Paris – France
HEC Paris or Ecole des hautes etudes commerciales de Paris is a French business school.
Esade Business School – Spain
ESADE business School is located in Barcelona, Spain.
Duke University – Fuqua – USA
The Fuqua School of Business belongs to the Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.
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