Surprises in World Rankings 2008
With more stringent measures in place, the world rankings, Universities have jostled for favourable positions. What is remarkable though is the emergence of countries like Australia and Japan . Along with Hong Kong , China and Singapore , the Asia-Pacific region has become a force to reckon with academically. Likewise Europe with France , Germany and Switzerland have all contributed substantially to the Top 200 pool.
Some statistics
| Country |
No in Top 50 |
No in Top 200 |
% of Universities
in Top 200 |
Remarks |
| USA |
20 |
57 |
2% |
Total of 4 year Pub & Pvt institutions taken at 2474 |
| UK |
8 |
32 |
19% |
Total No of Higher education institutions taken at 168 |
| Australia |
6 |
12 |
31% |
Total No of Universities taken at 39 |
| Canada |
3 |
11 |
12% |
Total No of Universities taken at 92 |
Major movements in world rankings
US
These went up in rankings.
Rutgers , State university of New Jersey from 215 to 177 Rennsaeler Polytechnic from 255 to 191
Indian University , Bloomington from 232 to 137
University of Florida from 226 to 135
These went down.
MIT from 4 to 10
UC, Berkeley from 8 to 22
Washington University at St. Louis from 48 to 161
UK
These went up in rankings.
University of Aberdeen from 195 to 137
University of Leicester from 239 to 185
University of Surrey from 258 to 190
University of Lancaster from 228 to 147
These went down.
Queen Mary University of London from 99 to 149
London School of Economics from 17 to 59
CANADA
These went up in rankings.
Simon Fraser University from 282 to 139
University of Western Ontario from 215 to 126
These went down.
University of Toronto from 27 to 45
AUSTRALIA
These went up in rankings.
The University of Adelaide from 105 to 62
These went down.
RMIT from 146 to 200
Macquarie University from 82 to 168
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