Hi everyone!
After listing down the top Asian Universities in my previous post, let me now share with you the top European universities. Obviously, one country dominates the list. Read on…
Top European Universities:
1. University of Cambridge – United Kingdom
2. University of Oxford – United Kingdom
3. Imperial College London – United Kingdom
4. University College London – United Kingdom
5. King’s College London – United Kingdom
6. University of Edinburgh – United Kingdom
7. ETH Zurich – Switzerland
8. Ecole Normale Superieure Paris – France
9. University of Machester – United Kingdom
10. University of Bristol – United Kingdom
11. Ecole Polytechnique – France
12. University of Copenhagen – Denmark
13. Trinity College Dublin – Ireland
14. Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne – Switzerland
15. University of Amsterdam – Netherlands
16. Heidelberg Universitat – Germany
17. Uppsala University – Sweden
18. Leiden University – Netherlands
19. London School of Economics and Political Science – United Kingdom
20. Utrecht University – Netherlands
21. University of Geneva – Switzerland
22. University of Warwick – United Kingdom
23. Katholieke Universiteit Leuven – Belgium
24. University of Glasgow – United Kingdom
25. University of Birmingham – United Kingdom
26. University of Sheffield – United Kingdom
27. DELFT University of Technology – Netherlands
28. Technische Universitat Munchen – Germany
29. University of Aarhus – Denmark
30. University of York – United Kingdom
31. University of St. Andrews – United Kingdom
32. University of Nottingham – United Kingdom
33. Lund University – Sweden
34. University of Helsinki – Finland
35. Ludwig Maximilians Universitat Munchen – Germany
36. University of Southampton – United Kingdom
37. University of Leeds – United Kingdom
38. University of Zurich – Switzerland
39. University College Dublin – Ireland
40. Maastricht University – Netherlands
41. University of Vienna – Austria
42. Universite Catholique de Louvain – Belgium
43. Durham University – United Kingdom
44. Erasmus University Rotterdam – Netherlands
45. Eindhoven University of Technology – Netherlands
46. University of Sussex – United Kingdom
47. University of Basel – Switzerland
48. Cardiff University – United Kingdom
49. Technical University of Denmark – Denmark
50. University of Liverpool – United Kingdom
As this ranking is obviously taken from the THES list, it’s a bullshit ranking. THES mostly measures reputation, which is at best a combined opinion of a number of would-be experts. The selection procedure is highly questionable. But, of course, the most important objection to opinion based rankings is that some well-known universities will never drop, as the ranking of 2008 is based on their 2007 standing etc. While some lesser known universities will move around drastically year by year, as it depends on who you happen to ask. That’s why Harvard is always number 1. It isn’t based on anything other than that because it was number 1 the year before, it has a good reputation. It’s very obviously a self-fullfilling prophecy. (It’s important to note that George W. Bush has an MBA from Harvard. You can say many things about this idiot, but certainly not that he resembles anything that has to do with even the mildest form of intelligence.)
By: Floris on October 28, 2008
at 8:40 am