Most famous british university after Oxbridge?
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Original post by Ruvermillion
How well known would you say LSE when compared to imperial globally?
depends on who you're asking, your mum or the man on the bus might have heard different things to someone who's likely to offer you a job. Techies are more likely to have heard of ic i suppose. Lse has turned out a lot of people who've gone on to be government ministers around the world so it's got very notable alumni. People pay more attention to prime ministers than engineers and boffins. It was also a hotbed of student radicalism in the swinging sixties believe it or not.
This is all basically guesswork btw.
I doubt there's any. Harvard and Oxford are probably the only two universities that have a big international reputation. This is mainly due to the fact that they're firstly they're known as the best universities in their country and by the fact that they're featured in many pop cultural references. The other universities just aren't that well known amongst non-university goers. Don't get me wrong, Yale/Princeton/Stanford/Cambridge come close into second and they're also pretty famous but in comparison to Oxford or Harvard, they aren't as well known.
You shouldn't group oxford and Cambridge together because outside of the UK, Oxford is the more known university.
You shouldn't group oxford and Cambridge together because outside of the UK, Oxford is the more known university.
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Original post by Einheri
Depends on the area. In Asia probably Imperial and Nottingham. In America probably St. Andrews. In Europe, maybe UCL.
I have to agree with you there. American's also love Bristol and Edinburgh uni.
LSE, UCL and Imperial. They attract far more international attention and applicants than St Andrews or Nottingham.
Academically probssss Imperial of St Andrews, Kings
Employer basis, probably Imperial, Bristol, Manch, Notts (especially in Asia)
Employer basis, probably Imperial, Bristol, Manch, Notts (especially in Asia)
Original post by Romanorum-Hellas
LSE, UCL and Imperial. They attract far more international attention and applicants than St Andrews or Nottingham.
LSE and Imperial are extremely well known for Economics and Maths/Engineering respectively, but outside of that they aren't well known. I'd never heard of either before I came on TSR, because I'm outside of their niche fields.
In East Asia Nottingham is extremely well known and highly regarded. They have two campuses East Asia, and a great many international and exchange students are from East Asia.
DMU; their adverts are world famous, don't ya' know! 
The one after Oxbridge?! Most certainly Camford 
I would think to look in the QS world rankings, genrally and also by emplyabilty.
QS top 30 (2011) = Oxbridge, Imperial, UCL, Edinburgh, Kings and Bristol
QS top 15 for emplyability (2012) = Oxbridge, Imperial, LSE, Warwick, Bristol, Durham, Nottingham, Edinburgh
So to compare I would think Oxbridge, Imperial, UCL, Bristol and Edinburgh have the best reputation, as regarded by other countries-and these do seem to be some of the oldest and definitely most respected universities to get into in the UK.
But it would also depend on degree concentration and research ratings.
QS top 30 (2011) = Oxbridge, Imperial, UCL, Edinburgh, Kings and Bristol
QS top 15 for emplyability (2012) = Oxbridge, Imperial, LSE, Warwick, Bristol, Durham, Nottingham, Edinburgh
So to compare I would think Oxbridge, Imperial, UCL, Bristol and Edinburgh have the best reputation, as regarded by other countries-and these do seem to be some of the oldest and definitely most respected universities to get into in the UK.
But it would also depend on degree concentration and research ratings.
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Original post by Nanopker
Thanks everyone for the responses, I'm looking for
the universities best known in the following areas:
Hong Kong
Japan
South Korea
Australia
Canada
United States
Singapore
Taiwan
Obviously I know it would be very difficult to tell, but just five me a general idea which uni after Oxbridge are best known in these places
the universities best known in the following areas:
Hong Kong
Japan
South Korea
Australia
Canada
United States
Singapore
Taiwan
Obviously I know it would be very difficult to tell, but just five me a general idea which uni after Oxbridge are best known in these places
1. ANU
2. University of Sydney
3. University of Melbourne
4. University of Queensland
EDIT: totally misread what you asked for hahah. Sorry. Yeah, oxbridge is obviously the most known here. As is University of Manchester purely because everyone knows Manchester (Man United etc)
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In America it's King's College London
If I'm honest, I think people are slightly inflating the overseas reputation of UCL in particular. It's always seen (in my eyes) as not as good as the top 2 and therefore ignored. Someone even thought I meant UEFA Champions League,, when I was asked about it on holiday. I think it goes something likes this.
LSE/Imperial
Kings
UCL
Manchester
Warwick
Warwick is more known abroad than people give it credit for. I'm not sure why people put St Andrews so highly. This craze only seems to exist in the US, elsewhere its still pretty much unknown. If we are being honest though, it doesn't matter since Oxbridge are head and shoulders above the rest, even though some Americans havent heard of neither lol
LSE/Imperial
Kings
UCL
Manchester
Warwick
Warwick is more known abroad than people give it credit for. I'm not sure why people put St Andrews so highly. This craze only seems to exist in the US, elsewhere its still pretty much unknown. If we are being honest though, it doesn't matter since Oxbridge are head and shoulders above the rest, even though some Americans havent heard of neither lol
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The Open University
It has 250,000 students from 160 countries. It is a pioneer of distance and open learning, and has a claim to being one of the biggest universities in the world based on student numbers.
It has 250,000 students from 160 countries. It is a pioneer of distance and open learning, and has a claim to being one of the biggest universities in the world based on student numbers.
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