University College London

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Is UCL just massively overrated or does it deserve being 7th in the world?

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Reply 20

Student403

Original post by Duke Glacia

In Conclusion nothing beats South Hampshire Institute of Technology(a.k.a ****)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accepted

In this movie there's actually a similar place hahaha

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Reply 21

Duke Glacia

Original post by Student403

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accepted

In this movie there's actually a similar place hahaha

i took the name from that movie. have u watched it ?

Reply 22

Student403

Original post by Duke Glacia

i took the name from that movie. have u watched it ?

Oooh no I haven't is it good?

Reply 23

Duke Glacia

Original post by Student403

Oooh no I haven't is it good?

its crazy. wouldnt recommend for a princeton brat :wink:

Reply 24

Student403

Original post by Duke Glacia

its crazy. wouldnt recommend for a princeton brat :wink:

Thanks

Reply 25

JuliusDS92

Original post by JAJM

More amazing than Princeton, Yale, Imperial, LSE, Durham, St andrews, Columbia???

I just don't see any evidence that it can be better than universities like Yale and Princeton.

What evidence would you like?

Reply 26

JAJM

Original post by JuliusDS92

What evidence would you like?

I was just referring to it overall.

Reply 27

Snufkin

Universities Forum Helper

On this forum UCL is massively underrated by clueless sixth form students, but in the real world it is considered to be a very good university with many world leading departments. It is folly to try and compare UCL like-for-like with foreign universities or specialist institutions like LSE or Imperial.

Original post by boo28

UCL is unsurprisingly dismal at teaching most of its courses

How would you know?

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Reply 28

JAJM

Also, surely humanities focused institutions will lose out if world rankings are based on research.

Reply 29

RayApparently

Original post by JAJM

Also, surely humanities focused institutions will lose out if world rankings are based on research.

I've heard that this is the case. Just look at LSE on an international ranking.

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Reply 30

♥Samantha♥

UCL is 3rd in the UK according to the global rankings but THIRTEENTH on domestic which is crazy that it's ahead of imperial

KCL and LSE are also very differently placed on global rankings
KCL: 5th (19th globally) in UK on world ranking, 23rd in uk on domestic
LSE: 8th (35th globally) in UK on world ranking, 3rd on domestic

Reply 31

United999

Original post by JAJM

Hi everyone,

After looking at the contrast between UK and world rankings I noticed UCL was the most dramatic.

Is UCL really the 7th best uni above the likes of Durham, St Andrews, Princeton, Yale, Columbia ext. (QS world rankings)?

It seems odd that it should be ranked 9th in the UK and 7th in the world, so is it just massively overrated?

It is a very bad university, do not rely on rankings

Reply 32

Incongruous

All these people hating on UCL either by Imperial snobs or by rejects. lol...

Reply 33

Ronda Rousey

Original post by Josb

Don't look at world rankings for undergraduate degrees.
And don't look at QS. This ranking is better:
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2016/world-ranking#!/page/0/length/100

This 110%.

Sort the ranking by the "research" criteria, and pretty much there you have your ranking of best unis in the world.

Reply 34

Josb

Original post by RayApparently

I've heard that this is the case. Just look at LSE on an international ranking.

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In the THE ranking, LSE is at its place. QS is a terrible ranking.

Reply 35

RayApparently

Original post by Josb

In the THE ranking, LSE is at its place. QS is a terrible ranking.

So you don't really rate LSE then?
Regardless I very much like the THE ranking in general. It just seems jars with my perception of LSE.

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Reply 36

Josb

Original post by RayApparently

So you don't really rate LSE then?
Regardless I very much like the THE ranking in general. It just seems jars with my perception of LSE.

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What do you mean "I don't rate it"? It's 23rd in the world in the THE, despite its lack of sciences departments.

Reply 37

RayApparently

Original post by Josb

What do you mean "I don't rate it"? It's 23rd in the world in the THE, despite its lack of sciences departments.

Don't get me wrong, 23rd is great - but it's below several UK universities that just don't look like they should beat it. Regardless of specialisation.

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Reply 38

lifestar

QS rankings seem to favour not just UCL, but several UK universities; Manchester, Bristol and Warwick all make the top 50! Not to belittle any of these universities, but these rankings seem questionable.

Regarding UCL, it is a very prestigious uni. As another poster pointed out, a better table is provided by TIMES, here UCL still make the top 15. I'm not sure why UCL receives flak from TSR users, I guess it is in part due to domestic tables and general naivety. If academic rigour and prestige are of more concern than student satisfaction, UCL undoubtedly deserves the great international rep it has.

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Reply 39

cambio wechsel

When people on TSR rate universities they rate them as venues for undergraduate study. Then they look at tables which rank universities on a wider set of criteria and moan if they don't agree.

Asking "is UCL really better than Durham?" is asking "is UC Berkeley really better than Williams?"