Giants of the US face contenders from all corners
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An analysis of a table of the top 50 universities in North America and the place of North American universities in a table of the world's top 200 universities. Of the leading North American universities, Harvard University tops the table, followed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The two institutions hold the same positions in the table of the world's leading universities.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 2005
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Insiders and outsiders lend a balanced view
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Peer review is again a key criterion in the rankings, while research quality is now gauged on five instead of ten years of citations, which makes it more topical. Article explains how rankings decided based on qualitative and quantitative criteria.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 2006
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Oxbridge leaves US finest trailing
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Cambridge University and Oxford University are the top ranked science universities in the world, ahead of the University of California, Berkeley, which is ranked third. The rankings are based on votes by academics around the world.
Publication Name: Times Higher Education Supplement
Subject: Education
ISSN: 0049-3929
Year: 2006
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