They don't really rank how good a university is for a student to attend. They seem to rank how the quality of research they produce. UCL has appalling student satisfaction, and wouldn't even be in the top 100 if they took this, and price of living, into account.

The QS world rankings are only much good if you are a funding body or a huge organisation deciding which universities are worth forming partnerships with

Reply 7

Turing

Original post by Vividly clear

Just more proof that KCL > Manchester > Warwick

You're right. It's a conspiracy. The higher echelons of TSR, and all the domestic rankings, are brainwashing us into thinking Warwick is a (world class) institution.

Does it even exist? Funny how nobody knows where it is... even the people who live in Warwick.

KCL 21st

LSE 37th

Original post by Turing

There are some users on here who think Warwick is actually a decent alternative to Oxbridge.

You can imagine how brainwashed some people are to domestic league tables who use things like feedback quality and student satisfaction to rate universities, where Surrey University is ranked higher than global elite unis like KCL and Manchester

Reply 10

Geromi912

Original post by Vividly clear

Just more proof that KCL > Manchester > Warwick

Apparently also KCL>Manchester>lse

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Reply 11

Vividly clear

Original post by Abstract_Prism

KCL 21st

LSE 37th

Newsflash spongebob

LSE is OVERRATED

Reply 12

Turing

Original post by Vividly clear

Name and shame them!

Yeah exactly. Who cares about student satisfaction right? Certainly not us students.

Reply 13

Vividly clear

Original post by Turing

Name and shame them!

Yeah exactly. Who cares about student satisfaction right? Certainly not us students.

Just scroll through student threads on TSR and you'll see the worship a university like warwick receive.

Student satisfaction is important but the domestic league seem to think that that's the be all and end all of student rankings.

Reply 14

Abstract_Prism

Original post by Vividly clear

Newsflash spongebob

LSE is OVERRATED

You like LSE, don't you S̶q̶u̶i̶d̶w̶a̶r̶d̶ @Vividly clear?

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Reply 15

username2752874

If you click on a university, you'll see their employer and academic rating. I think UCL is high up on this list as it offers quality across a breadth of subjects, where as this is uncertain with other American universities like Yale. I know Yale is acclaimed for humanities, but what about science? LSE loses is out due to lack of breadth in courses. Manchester, well, perhaps we all underrate it. After all, it's a really strong university for science and has many Nobel prize laureates associated with it.

I think it all depends on what makes a good overall university. Obviously, if you're doing science you pick Imperial, and likewise, for economics you'd pick LSE(excluding Oxbridge). But when you factor in UCL, it has (near enough) all the courses those two offer to a similar (but typically lower) standard.

I do think Cambridge is underrated though...

Edit: this is probably the most accurate representation of universities worldwide, as it shows you all the criteria associated with each university and why it's placed there. If you value other factors more than others, well alter the table to your mind's liking and apply to the unis in that order.