TOP 20

UNIVERSITIES IN THE WORLD





Q 1 Which are top 20 universities in the world?

Ans Here is the table compiled from the source cited below:



Table: Top 20 Universities in the world 2004

1
Harvard University
100.0
USA

2
Stanford University
77.2
USA

3
University of Cambridge
76.2
USA

4
University of California, Berkeley
74.2
USA

5
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
72.4
USA

6
California Institute of Technology
69.0
USA

7
Princeton University
63.6
USA

8
University of Oxford
61.4
UK

9
Columbia University
61.2
USA

10
University of Chicago
60.5
USA

11
Yale University
58.6
USA

12
Cornell University
55.5
USA

13
University of California, San Diego
53.8
USA

14
Tokyo University
51.9
Japan

15
University of Pennsylvania
51.8
USA

16
University of California, Los Angeles
51.6
USA

17
University of California, San Francisco
50.8
USA

18
University of Wisconsin, Madison
50.0
USA

19
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
49.3
USA

20
University of Washington, Seattle
49.1
USA




Note: Figures show the overall score. For the methodology, see the source
cited below.



Source: Institute of Higher Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University 2004,
http://ed.sjtu.edu.cn/rank/2004/top500list.htm

(accessed: September 7, 2004)



Q2 What is noteworthy?



Ans In top 20 universities, 17 belong to the USA, 2 to the UK (Cambridge
and Oxford) and one to Japan (Tokyo).



Q3 Which are top five countries having the maximum number of
countries in top 500 universities worldwide?



Ans 1. United States – 170

2. United Kingdom – 42

3. Japan – 36

4. Germany – 43

5. Canada – 23

[Figures show the number of universities among top 500].



Q4 What about India?



Ans India has only 3 universities in top 500 universities worldwide:



1. IISc, Bangalore (rank 202-301)

http://www.iisc.ernet.in



2. IIT, Kharagpur (rank 404-502)

http://www.iitkgp.ernet.in




3. University of Calcutta (rank 404-502)

http://www.caluniv.ac.in



Q5 What about ranking of universities in information and communication
technology (ICT)?



Ans Institute of Higher Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), which
has actually ranked 1,000 universities but has published only the top 500 list,
does propose to come out with a list on engineering (technology) but has no
plans to come out with any subject or discipline or programme specific list.



The Economist (London), in its issue of September 4th-10th 2004 has come out,
based upon above ranking, a chart on top 20 universities under its Economic and
Financial Indicators column (p-104). Check the chart at



http://www.economist.com/markets/displayStory.cfm?story_id=3154661.



Founded in 1896, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU)
is one of the oldest universities in China. Visit its following website for
further details of the ranking:



http://ed.sjtu.edu.cn/rank/2004/2004Main.htm




Dr D.C.Misra

September 7, 2004



























































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