4 UK Universities in world top 10!

Post by **Mike** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 8:33 am

Oxford and Cambridge are joint second with the Imperial College and University College London also up there! The other six were US universities but I would not say the top ten were dominated by the US like the article suggested.

BarcelonAl · Post by **BarcelonAl** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 9:19 am

Not De Montfort then?

:? :(

Post by **Mike** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 12:56 pm

That was ranked as a University - is that not enough?!

BarcelonAl · Post by **BarcelonAl** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 1:48 pm

Quite a surprise that it got set as a Uni really!

Fez · Post by **Fez** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 4:52 pm

so bolton didn't win then?

Post by **Mike** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 5:43 pm

Bolton was a nearly into the top 2000. . . . . . according to this website.

Manchester was 356 (beaten by the open university at 310! Shocking! Man Met at 619 - lucky I applied to Manchester University aint it otherwise I would have been eating humble pies!)
Leicester at 405.
De Montford missed out in a top 500 place by 1 point at 501.
Bolton trails home last at 2258

According to the website above Cambridge and Oxford are 21 and 40 (not joint second as in todays released news!)

Post by **Mike** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 5:49 pm

I registered for the Times online and here are some new rankings!

Manchester 40
The others did not make it unfortunately! :D

mr_e · Post by **mr_e** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 10:30 pm

Makes me wonder how on earth they categorise the universities if they're getting such variable rankings. Lies, damned lies and...

Post by **Mike** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 8:16 am

I think it depends on the ranking system - the first was a google search and the second was the times.

mr_e · Post by **mr_e** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 9:03 pm

Well, The Times' rankings are obviously superior in that case (not at all because Manchester's higher, of course). The problem with variable results like that is that papers can pick and choose which ones to use to suit their own agendas.