Where does your university sit in the THE world rankings?

Reply 120

BlindingLight

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Probably somewhere really low lmfao.

Mine's not ranked.

Original post by James A

Reading, just outside the top 200!

There, definitely goes our selling point about being a World top 1% university :lol:

Can I ask about this off repeated claim (indeed I have myself heard the V-C repeat it)?

There are about 10,000 universities in the world. How does being at about 200 (and Reading has been about 200 for some years now) amount to being in the top 1%?

Reply 123

A Pink Monster

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Is it just me, or are the international rankings almost entirely useless? They base so much on reputation, citations and research and appear to entirely neglect a university's purpose as an educational institution that teaches and guides young (and older) people. Aside from the same few universities consistently topping the tables (as anyone would expect), there are remarkable differences to most national/regional tables in other countries. If one of the purposes of the table is to be used by current and prospective students to judge universities (on aspects that actually matter to them), then I believe it is a poor resource.

Reply 124

TheWaffle

16

52

1 place above Brown hehe

Reply 125

DenhamV

Winchester isn't on the list. Hmm.

First. Why not.

Reply 126

Med_Geek

15

107....just outside the top 100 :|

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Reply 127

SuperiorGenius

QS rankings are such BS. Imperial 2nd? Bruh, I can smell that BS all the way from Nottingham.

Reply 128

1998Ruby1998

3

43, not bad....Hong Kong is really small...so I guess having 43 is already good.

157

201 - 225 and 301 - 350

Yay :rolleyes:

Reply 131

LakAnne

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121 -needs to up it's game :smile:

Reply 132

LakAnne

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69th on the QS ranking though :wink:

Reply 133

DConnor2012

Public spending is often not the way to solve education crisis. In fact it never does, our problem is the education paradigm, the system was not designed to prepare students for the 21st century, its an education system that has not changed since the industrial age. And hey when you economy is on the brink of collapse i.e. in a deep recession you think you've got money to waste on school facilities like swimming pools?! Our education system is still about conforming and formatting our brains for a life of subservience, looking across the atlantic, do you know what college graduates are getting employed with worthless piece of paper called a degree (with $100,000 in debt), stocking shelves and flipping burgers at Wendy's because those are the only jobs being created since the crash of 08.

If you want to get a degree, only get a degree where jobs are bountiful like engineering or science. NOT Hairdressing and salon or religious studies in subjects that you CAN do without going to university and getting into debt.

Reply 134

DConnor2012

Public spending is often not the way to solve education crisis. In fact it never does, our problem is the education paradigm, the system was not designed to prepare students for the 21st century, its an education system that has not changed since the industrial age. And hey when you economy is on the brink of collapse i.e. in a deep recession you think you've got money to waste on school facilities like swimming pools?! Our education system is still about conforming and formatting our brains for a life of subservience, looking across the atlantic, do you know what college graduates are getting employed with worthless piece of paper called a degree (with $100,000 in debt), stocking shelves and flipping burgers at Wendy's because those are the only jobs being created since the crash of 08.

If you want to get a degree, only get a degree where jobs are bountiful like engineering or science. NOT Hairdressing and salon or religious studies in subjects that you CAN do without going to university and getting into debt.

Reply 135

frozen_fire

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Original post by SuperiorGenius

QS rankings are such BS. Imperial 2nd? Bruh, I can smell that BS all the way from Nottingham.

Just cos Nottingham isn't on the same level as Imperial. QS rankings take into consideration the quality of research delivered by each university based on citations and are reviewed by leading academics across the world. THE consistently puts Imperial in the top 10 anyway so it's completely plausible for them to be considered amongst the world's elite universities.

Reply 136

a10

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Original post by frozen_fire

Just cos Nottingham isn't on the same level as Imperial. QS rankings take into consideration the quality of research delivered by each university based on citations and are reviewed by leading academics across the world. THE consistently puts Imperial in the top 10 anyway so it's completely plausible for them to be considered amongst the world's elite universities.