Any employer appreciates a good education. Nowadays 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 university, ratings are compiled.
How ratings are compiled
The ratings are based on the same sources, but the results tend to vary. This is due to the fact that the tasks of the compilers of the rating differ.
Higher education evaluation criteria:
- Student reviews.
- The quality of research.
- Entry requirements and average passing score.
- Number of students per teacher.
- The cost of material and technical base.
- Students completing the course.
- Career prospects.
All data is run through many filters, and you should not refuse a suitable offer just because of a line in the rating.
100 best universities in the world
In the top for 2015, the first 10 places are taken by universities in the USA and Great Britain. The ranking of world universities was compiled by an independent commission, the survey was conducted in 9 languages.
So, one hundred of the best universities in the world opens Harvard University. This is a very old educational institution, opened in the 17th century. Many US presidents came out of its walls.
Cambridge University is in second place. Of the existing ones, this is the oldest university. It was founded in 1209.
Oxford is in third place. This educational institution, like the two previous ones, is very old and has world renown.
All these educational institutions have been known for a very long time, have an impeccable reputation, and after graduating from one of the universities you can count on one hundred percent employment.
Russia takes 25th place in this rating - this is Moscow State University. This is pretty good, but earlier this list included St. Petersburg State University. And now Russia is represented by only one Moscow university.
The list includes universities in Europe and Asia. In the last, hundredth place on the list is the University of Massachusetts. Thus, the list closes and opens the US university.
Of course, to choose a top university, you need not only large cash injections, but also basic knowledge and knowledge of the language of the country where the educational institution is located.
Top technical universities
Technical specialties are in demand and are popular along with the humanities. IT specialties are especially appreciated.
The ranking of technical universities in the world is headed by the Massachusetts Technical University in the USA. Its peculiarity is that students learn in practice, and not cram the boring theory. Therefore, the university is a leader in intra-university research. It is worth noting that the competition at this university is unrealistically high, and to get there, you need to try very hard.
The five leaders include the Indian Institute of Technology. This is a real forge of personnel for the IT sphere. There is no clear specialization at the institute, and students study about 40 disciplines. Foreign students are paid a scholarship in the framework of the exchange of cultural experience.
The top ten includes Imperial College London. Education in it is relatively inexpensive - 12 thousand pounds per year. But big expenses will be on housing, because the college does not have a dormitory. And in London, high real estate prices.
The twenty leaders include the University of South Wales. The principles of teaching are very similar to the University of Massachusetts.
Russia ranks 66th among world technical universities. At this place, Moscow State University named after Lomonosov.
Top Medical Universities
In first place in the top medical schools is Oxford. As you can see, he is not only included in the ranking of universities in the world, but also the best among the teaching of medicine.
In second place is Harvard University.
The third place is taken by Cambridge.
Fourth place was given to Imperial College London.
Closes the five best Stanford University, which is located in the United States.
As in the ranking of the best universities in the world, among medical schools, the championship is given to universities in the United States and Great Britain.
But Russian universities are not included in the ranking 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 at different levels.
In first place among business schools is Harvard.
Second place is given to the University of London and its business school.
Third place goes to the University of Pennsylvania.
In addition to America and the UK, the ranking includes business schools in Canada, Australia, China, South Africa, Singapore, India and Europe.
Rating of prestigious universities in the world, according to the agency US News
US News is an old American rating agency formed in the early 40s. Their ranking of world universities includes much more American universities than their peers.
In first place, as in almost all ratings, Harvard University.
Second place belongs to the Massachusetts Technical University.
Third place given to the University of California at Berkeley.
The British university appears only in fifth place - Oxford University.
In general, in the first twenty positions, almost only US universities are represented. 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 agency experts out of patriotic feelings may overestimate the educational institutions of their country.
But Russian universities are not included in the ranking of the best universities in the world.
Rating of world universities by specialty
In addition to the general rating of higher educational institutions, they also make ratings of specialties. This is done so that the applicant can choose the most suitable university. Because not all universities have every department or department equally strong. A university may be in the top ten of the overall ranking, but after admission it turns out that at a lesser-known institute, knowledge of a particular specialty is given deeper, more interesting internships, and so on.
Lists are compiled in six directions:
- humanitarian;
- engineering and technical;
- bioscience;
- physics and chemistry;
- the medicine;
- social direction.
Specialty ratings are based on the same principle as the overall ranking of universities.
Moscow State University took several positions at once in different directions: 35th place in Linguistics, 36th in Physics and Astronomy, and one of the top 100 in Computer Science and Information Technology. In addition to Moscow State University, St. Petersburg University is a hundred.
The first positions in this ranking 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 90s, the level decreased slightly, but now the rating of Russian universities in the world has begun to grow up.
According to the QS agency, which analyzes all the higher education institutions of the world and makes a rating, Russian universities are located in the following places:
- At the 114th place of Moscow State University. Lomonosov.
- At the 233rd - St. Petersburg State University.
- At the 322nd - MSTU. Bauman.
- At the 328th place is the Novosibirsk National Research Institute.
- From 400th to 500th place are the University of Friendship of Peoples, NRNU MEPhI, St. Petersburg Technical University, Tomsk State University.
- From 500th to 600th places - Tomsk Polytechnic University, Higher School of Economics, Kazan University, Ural University named after Yeltsin, Saratov State University.
- From 600th to 800th place are occupied by Southern Federal University, Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, FEFU and Voronezh State University.
Summary
When choosing a suitable educational institution, you need to focus not only on the ranking of the most prestigious universities in the world. This is a very conditional indicator, a variety of ratings are marketing tools, and their drafting to a simple layman may not be known. Of course, there is no reason not to trust popular agencies, but when choosing a university it is better to focus on your interests.
The most useful ratings are university ranking by specialty. It is more informative and clearly shows in which educational institution the training will be the most productive.