Rating of universities of the world: the best and prestigious educational institutions

Any employer values a good education. In our time it is not very difficult to get into a foreign university, you just need to prepare well for admission. It is in order to choose the best suitable university, ratings are compiled.

How ratings are compiled

The ratings are based on the same sources, but the results are usually different. This is due to the fact that the tasks of the compilers of the rating are different.

Criteria for evaluation of universities:

• Reviews of students.
• The quality of scientific research.
• Requirements for incoming and average passing grade.
• Number of students per teacher.
• Expenses for the material and technical base.
• Students who completed the course.
• Career prospects.

All data is run through a lot of filters, and do not give up a suitable offer just because of the line in the ranking.

100 best universities in the world

In the top 2015, the first 10 places are occupied by universities in the United States and Great Britain. The rating of the world's universities was compiled by an independent commission, the survey was conducted in 9 languages.

So, one hundred of the best universities in the world is opened by Harvard University. It is a very old educational institution, opened in the 17th century. Many US presidents have come out of its walls.

Cambridge University takes the second place. Of the existing, it is the oldest university. It was founded in 1209.

The third place is occupied by Oxford. This educational institution, as well as the two previous ones, is very old and has world renown.

All these educational institutions are known for a long time, have an impeccable reputation, and after the end of one of the universities you can count on a 100% job placement.

Russia takes 25th place in this rating - it's MSU. It's pretty good, but earlier on this list included the St. Petersburg State University. And now Russia is represented only by one Moscow university.

The list includes universities in Europe and Asia. The last, one hundredth place of the list is the University of Massachusetts. Thus, the list closes and opens the US university.

Of course, in order to choose a top university, you need not only large monetary injections, but also initial knowledge and knowledge of the language of the country where the institution is located.

The best technical universities

Technical specialties are in demand and are popular along with the humanities. Especially appreciated IT-specialties.

The rating of technical universities in the world is headed by the Massachusetts Technical University in the USA. Its peculiarity is that students learn in practice, rather than learning a boring theory. Therefore, the university is the leader in intra-university research. It is worth noting that the contest in this university is unrealistically high, and to get there, it is necessary to try very hard.

The Indian Institute of Technology is in the top five. This is a real forge of cadres for IT-sphere. The institute does not have a clear specialization, and students study about 40 disciplines. Foreign students are paid a scholarship as part of the exchange of cultural experience.

The top ten leaders include Imperial London College. Training in it is relatively inexpensive - 12 thousand pounds a year. But the big expenses will be on habitation because the college does not have a hostel. And in London, high prices for real estate.

The twenty leaders are the Australian University of South Wales. The principles of teaching are very similar to the Massachusetts University.

Russia among the world technical universities occupies the 66th place. On this site, Moscow State University named after Lomonosov.

The best medical universities

On the first place in the top of medical universities is Oxford. Apparently, he is not only included in the rating of the world's universities, but also the best among the teaching of medicine.

In second place is Harvard University.

The third place is occupied by Cambridge.

The fourth place is given to Imperial College London.

Closes the top five best Stanford University, which is located in the United States.

As in the ranking of the best universities in the world, among the medical schools the championship is given to the universities of the United States and Great Britain.

But Russian universities are not included in the rating of medical universities in the world.

Top World Business Schools

Business schools, as a rule, are part of large universities, and very rarely exist separately. After graduation, graduates become managers of different levels.

In the first place among business schools is Harvard.

Second place is given to London University and its business school.

The third place is occupied by the University of Pennsylvania.

In addition to America and the United Kingdom, business schools from Canada, Australia, China, South Africa, Singapore, India and European countries are on the list.

The rating of prestigious universities in the world, according to the agency US News

US News - the old American rating agency, formed in the early 40-ies. Their rating of the universities of the world includes much more American universities than their colleagues.

In the first place, as in virtually all ratings, Harvard University.

The second place belongs to the Massachusetts Technical University.

The third place is given to the University of California at Berkeley.

The British university appears only in the fifth place - Oxford University.

In general, the first twenty positions are represented almost exclusively by the US universities. Then you can meet universities in Japan, Canada, China, Australia, Singapore and European countries. But most of all there are universities in America. Therefore, there are fears that the agency's experts from patriotic feelings may slightly overestimate the educational institutions of their country.

But the universities of Russia in the rating of the best universities in the world are not included.

Rating of universities in the world by specialty

In addition to the general ranking of higher education institutions, rank ratings of specialties. This is done so that the applicant can choose the most suitable institution. Because not all universities have each department or department equally strong. The university may be in the top ten of the overall rating, but after the admission it will turn out that in a less well-known institution it is for a particular specialty that knowledge is given deeper, more interesting than an internship, and so on.

Lists are made in six areas:

• Humanitarian;
• Engineering and technical;
• Biosciences;
• physics and chemistry;
• medicine;
• Social direction.

Rankings of specialties are on the same principle as the overall ranking of universities.

MSU took several positions at once in different directions: 35th in the direction "Linguistics", 36th - "Physics and Astronomy", in the specialty "Computer Science and Information Technology" entered the top hundred. In addition to Moscow State University, one hundred includes St. Petersburg University.

The first positions in this rating are traditionally occupied by American and English universities.

Russian universities in international rankings

In Soviet times, education in our country was considered the best in the world. During the years of perestroika and during the 1990s, the level has slightly decreased, but at present the rating of Russian universities in the world has started to grow.

According to the agency QS, which analyzes all the world's higher educational institutions and makes a rating, Russian universities are located at the following places:

• On the 114th place of Moscow State University. Lomonosov Moscow State University.
• At 233-m - St. Petersburg State University.
• At the 322nd - MSTU them. Bauman.
• The 328th place is the Novosibirsk National Research Institute.
• From 400th to 500th the University of Friendship of Peoples, NNIU MEPhI, St.Petersburg Technical University, Tomsk State University are located.
• From 500th to 600th places - Tomsk Polytechnic University, Higher School of Economics, Kazan University, Ural State University. Yeltsin, Saratov State University.
• From 600th to 800th place is occupied by the Southern Federal University, Plekhanov Russian Economic University, FEFU and Voronezh State University.

Results

When choosing a suitable educational institution, you need to focus not only on the rating of the most prestigious universities in the world. This is a very conventional indicator, a variety of ratings are marketing tools, and their compilation to the common man in the street may not be known. Of course, there is no reason not to trust popular agencies, but when choosing a university it's better to focus on your own interests.

The most useful ratings are the ranking of universities by specialties. It is more informative and will clearly show in which educational institution the training will be most productive.