Saturday, 9 April 2011

Reputation survey - world ranking of universities

Today I have responded, for the second time, to the questions of Thomson Reuters' annual academic reputation survey (see also Academic reputation survey - results). Last year there were 13,388 respondents globally. 16% said Western Europe were their region of greatest familiarity, and under 6 % said their area was Arts and Humanities. I am thus one out of approximately 2.000 with familiarity first of all to Western Europe, and one out of 100+ linked to Western Europe and placed within Arts and humanities.

Each respondent is asked to name up to 15 universities in four rounds, all within their own subject area (in my case philosophy): 1) the best universities regionally (in my case in Western Europe) in teaching, 2) the best universities regionally in research, 3) the best universities in teaching globally, and 4) the best universities in research globally. The reputational survey is the second stage of Thomson Reuters' process eventually resulting in Times Higher Education World University Rankings, preceding institutional data collection.

Thomson Reuters have now, I see, compiled a Top 100 World Reputation Ranking, based on last year's survey involving me and 13,387 other respondents. Six universities stand out: Harvard, MIT, University of Cambridge, University of California Berkeley, Stanford University and University of Oxford.

Here's a link to a list of all higher education institutions covered by the survey (and here to all in Western Europe).

See also What's the best university in Norway? and THE world ranking of universities.

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