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CWUR
2012 PRESS RELEASE
Sunday, 01 July 2012
The Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) released today its 2012
ranking of the top 100 degree-granting institutions of higher education.
The top 10 universities are: Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Cambridge,
Caltech, Princeton, Oxford, Yale, Columbia, and Berkeley.
The distribution of top 100 institutions among countries is as follows:
USA (58), England (7), France (5), Japan (5), Israel (4), Switzerland (4),
Canada (3), Germany (3), Australia (2), Netherlands (2), Denmark (1),
Finland (1), Italy (1), Norway (1), Scotland (1), South Korea (1), and
Sweden (1).
The complete list and detailed methodology can be found at the CWUR
website: cwur.org
About the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR): In addition to
providing consultation for governments and universities, the Center for
World University Rankings uses the following seven indicators to rank the
world's top 100 universities: 1) quality of faculty, 2) publications in the
top journals, 3) highly-influential research, 4) citations, 5) patents, 6)
academic training of students, and 7) professional future of alumni. The aim of the ranking is to measure the quality of education and
training of students as well as the prestige of the faculty and the quality
of their research.
Contact:
Dr. Nadim Mahassen
Director, CWUR
Jeddah, 21589, KSA
Tel: ++966-530175035 |
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