World University Ranking 2013-2014

                      World University Ranking

• California Institute of Technology (Caltech) #Rank-1

• Overall score
  94.9
• Teaching
  94.4                                          
• International outlook
  65.8
• Industry income
  91.2
• Research
  98.2
• Citations
  99.8

 

The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) is a highly focused science and engineering research and education institution located in Pasadena, CA. It is home to approximately 2,300 students and 300 faculty, and boasts 31 Nobel laureates among its past and current faculty and alumni. Caltech manages the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) for NASA, and owns and operates a global network of astronomical observatories and research facilities.

University of Oxford # Rank-2

• Overall score
  93.9
• Teaching
  89.0
• International outlook
  90.2
• Industry income
  90.3
• Research
  98.5
• Citations
  95.4

   

  Twenty-six British prime ministers, at least 30 other world leaders, 12 saints and 20 archbishops of Canterbury have been Oxonians. Oxford virtually invented college life in the 13th century. The world's third-oldest surviving university offers approximately 12,000 undergraduates a choice of 38 colleges and six permanent private-residence halls. 

   

 

Harvard University # Rank-2 (same point)

• Overall score
  93.9
• Teaching
  95.3
• International outlook
  66.2
• Industry income
  40.6
• Research
  98.5
• Citations
  99.1

   

   

The oldest academic institute in the US, it dates from 1636 and is named after its first benefactor, John Harvard. It has the global academy's largest financial endowment and boasts more than 40 Nobel laureates. Its 210-acre main campus and 23 satellites house 10 faculties and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.

Stanford University # Rank-4

• Overall score
  93.8
• Teaching
  94.7
• International outlook
  68.0
• Industry income
  61.3
• Research
  96.8
• Citations
  99.1

   

 Founded in 1891 by railway tycoon Leland Stanford in remembrance of his son, who died aged 16, Stanford is said to be, after Harvard, the US' most selective university, accepting around 7 per cent of applicants. Its alumni founded corporate giants including Hewlett-Packard and Google. The world's third-richest university, it teaches about 7,000 undergraduate and around 4,000 graduate students.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) # Rank-5

• Overall score
  93.0
• Teaching
  92.9
• International outlook
  82.0
• Industry income
  94.3
• Research
  89.0
• Citations
  100.0

   

  In 150 years, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has produced more than 70 Nobel laureates, eight of whom are members of its current faculty. From its 168-acre Charles River campus, more than 10,000 students are instructed in architecture and planning; engineering; humanities, arts and social sciences; management; science; and health sciences and technology.
    

  Princeton University # RAnk-6

  • Overall score
    92.7
  • Teaching
    89.9
  • International outlook
    59.6
  • Industry income
    80.5
  • Research
    97.6
  • Citations

             99.7

  
  

   At the heart of American academic life since its charter in 1746, Princeton is one of the smallest of the private Ivy Leaguers, but can boast more than 30 Nobel laureates among its past faculty and alumni. Its 500-acre campus accommodates around 5,000 undergraduates and 2,500 postgraduates overseen by more than 1,100 academics.

   

University of Cambridge # Rank-7

• Overall score
  92.3
• Teaching
  90.6
• International outlook
  86.7
• Industry income
  52.8
• Research
  95.3
• Citations
  95.7

   

  

  Cambridge alumni loom large in the making of the modern world: Newton on laws and motion; Rutherford splitting the atom; Darwin on evolution; Turing's prototypical computer; Crick and Watson with DNA. Founded in 1209 by Oxford scholars who quit after a dispute with the local citizenry, Cambridge now employs more than 8,500 staff and has over 18,300 students. 

  University of California # Rank-8 

  
  
  
  

  • Overall score
    89.8
  • Teaching
    83.2
  • International outlook
    57.3
  • Industry income
    59.5
  • Research
    97.5
  • Citations
    99.3

     

  
  

  Vitamin E was identified here, a lost Scarlatti opera found, the flu virus identified and America's first no-fault divorce law drafted. A gold-rush by-product, the university by San Francisco Bay was chartered in 1868. To date, more than 20 faculty members have become Nobel laureates. Today's student body consists of about 36,000 members, more than 10,000 of them postgraduates.