World University Rankings by Times Higher Education 2013 - 2014
November 11, 2017
EasyUni Staff
The TOP 20 ranked by the Times Higher Education
As in the previous years the top ten of the world’s best universities can be found in the United Kingdom and especially in the United States. As the previous two years the Californian Institute of Technology (US) is the number one amongst the best. The University of Oxford (UK) and the Harvard University (US) tied for second. The first university that is neither in the US nor in the UK is the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich in Switzerland.
World Rank by THE |
Name of education institution |
Country |
|
2013-2014 |
2012 - 2013 |
||
1 |
1 |
California Institute of Technology |
US |
2 |
4 |
Harvard University |
US |
2 |
2 |
University of Oxford |
UK |
4 |
3 |
Stanford University |
US |
5 |
5 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
US |
6 |
6 |
Princeton University |
US |
7 |
7 |
University of Cambridge |
UK |
8 |
9 |
University of California, Berkeley |
US |
9 |
10 |
University of Chicago |
US |
10 |
8 |
Imperial College London |
UK |
11 |
11 |
Yale University |
US |
12 |
13 |
University of California, Los Angeles |
US |
13 |
14 |
Columbia University |
US |
14 |
12 |
ETH Zürich – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich |
Switzerland |
15 |
16 |
Johns Hopkins University |
US |
16 |
15 |
University of Pennsylvania |
US |
17 |
23 |
Duke University |
US |
18 |
20 |
University of Michigan |
US |
19 |
18 |
Cornell University |
US |
20 |
21 |
University of Toronto |
Canada |
Methodology of THE’s World University Ranking
All of the 620 universities were assessed on several performance indicators that are grouped into the listed five areas. It is important to mention that the Reputation survey for both Teaching and Research are the most factors that have the highest influence on the ranking.
Assessed Area |
Performance criteria |
Weight |
Teaching |
|
30% |
Research |
|
30% |
Citations |
|
30% |
Industry Income |
|
2.5% |
International outlook |
|
7.5% |
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