An assessment carried out by AllAboutUni.com found that Scotland has the highest density of the World's Top-500 universities in the United Kingdom. AllAboutUni.com is an independent, global and interactive website where visitors can obtain information about universities (global rankings, student reviews, university news and campus pictures).
The Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) is produced by the Institute of Higher Education at the Shanghai Jiao Tong University click here. Several indicators of academic or research performance are used to establish the ranking, these include highly cited researchers, articles indexed in major citation indices and staff winning Nobel Prizes.
The WorldҀs Top-500 universities (2008) are mainly located in Europe (n=210; 40%), the Americas (n=190; 40%) and the Asian/Pacific region (n=100; 20%) (click here). There are 42 (8%) universities located in the United Kingdom (UK), representing 20% of the universities in Europe.
The top-10 universities in the UK (click here) are: University of Cambridge (ranked 4th in the world), the University of Oxford (10th), University College London (22nd), Imperial College London (27th), The University of Manchester (40th), University of Edinburgh (55th), University of Bristol (61st), University of Sheffield (77th), KingҀs College London (81st) and University of Nottingham (82nd).
The UK has the highest number of universities in the WorldҀs Top-500 universities (42) compared to the other European countries: Germany (40), France (23), Italy (22), the Netherlands (12), Sweden (11) and Spain (9). In the ranking of Europe's Top-10 universities, five are located in the UK and in the Top-25 universities, 9 are located in the United Kingdom (click here).
The UK universities are located in following regions: England (34), Scotland (5), Wales (2) and Northern Ireland (1). An interesting difference is that universities in Scotland are much older than in the other three regions: the median age of the Scottish universities is 513 years (range 127-598) compared to 101 years (range 39-912) in England and 107 years (range 88-125) in Wales.
In order to make a comparison with other industrialized countries, AllAboutUni.com calculates the number of universities in the WorldҀs Top-500 (2008) per one million inhabitants. The overall number of universities per million inhabitants in industrialised countries is 0.5. An earlier assessment found that small countries in Western Europe (Sweden (1.2), Finland (1.1) and Switzerland (1.0)) (click here) and New Zealand (1.2) have the highest number of universities per million inhabitants.
The number of universities in the WorldҀs Top-500 universities that are located in the UK is 0.7 per million inhabitants, which compares favourably with other large industrialized countries: Canada (0.6), Germany (0.5), United States (0.5), France (0.4), Italy (0.4) and Japan (0.2). For the four regions of the United Kingdom, the numbers are as follows: Scotland (1.0), England (0.7), Wales (0.7) and Northern Ireland (0.6).
Conclusions:
Within the UK, Scotland has a much higher density of top universities compared to England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Scotland also performs very well compared to other industrialised countries and the number of Scottish universities per million inhabitants is one of the highest in the world.
Summary:
An assessment carried out by AllAboutUni.com found that Scotland has the highest density of top universities in the United Kingdom. In addition, the assessment found that Scotland has one of the highest densities of top universities per million inhabitants in the world.
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Sunday, January 11, 2009
Scotland Has Highest Density of World's Top-500 Universities in the U.K.
Friday, October 17, 2008
EuropeҀs Top Universities: British Universities Dominate the Top-25 Universities
An assessment carried out by AllAboutUni.com reveals that British universities dominate EuropeҀs top universities. AllAboutUni.com is an independent, global and inter-active website where users can obtain information about universities (global rankings, student reviews, university news and campus pictures). It publishes regular reports on universities around the world.
The assessment of EuropeҀs Top Universities is based on a ranking of the WorldҀs top 500 Universities produced by the Institute of Higher Education at the Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Several indicators of academic or research performance are used to establish the ranking, these include staff winning Nobel Prizes, highly cited researchers and articles indexed in major citation indices. The rankings have been published since 2003, and the 2008 rankings appeared on 15 August 2008.
The first point to be made is that universities in the United States dominate the worldҀs top universities. In the worldҀs top-25 universities, there are 18 universities based in the United States and only 4 in Europe. In the worldҀs top-10 universities, 8 of the universities are based in the United States.
The top-10 universities (listed in descending order) in Europe (2008) were: University of Cambridge (United Kingdom (UK)), University of Oxford (UK), University College London (UK), the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology - Zurich (Switzerland), Imperial College London (UK), University of Manchester (UK), University of Paris VI (France), University of Copenhagen (Denmark), University of Utrecht (the Netherlands) and University of Paris XI (France). It is interesting to note that four of the top-10 universities in Europe are located in the two largest urban centres ր London and Paris.
Looking at the top-25 Universities in Europe, the United Kingdom is the clear leader with 9 universities. The following countries then follow: France (3), Germany (3), the Netherlands (2), Sweden (2), Switzerland (2), Finland (1), Denmark (1), Norway (1) and Russia (1). The first university based in Italy only appears in position 101-151 (three universities: University of Milan, University of Pisa and University of Rome ր La Sapienza) and the first in Spain in position 152-200 (University of Barcelona), clearly indicating that there is not a good relationship in Europe between population / economical size and the university rankings.
The dominant position of universities based in the United Kingdom is striking. The rankings may be biased by a tendency of the ranking system to favor English-speaking indicators of academic performance (e.g. publications in English-speaking journals). However, other factors probably play a role, these include better management practices (which are often more attuned to best-practices in North America), a more competitive national higher education market in the United Kingdom and a more global outlook.
The AllAboutUni.com website provides a portal where students can find independent information about universities from around the world. рThe website allows students to compare colleges and universities online based on independent information: the Shanghai rankings, student reviews and campus pictures. Combining this with the information provided by university websites, we hope students will be able to find the college or university of their dreamsҀ, says John Paget, Founder of the AllAboutUni.com website. John studied Economics at the London School of Economic and then completed graduate studies in the United Kingdom and Switzerland. The AllAboutUni.com website was launched in November 2007.
The assessment of EuropeҀs Top Universities is based on a ranking of the WorldҀs top 500 Universities produced by the Institute of Higher Education at the Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Several indicators of academic or research performance are used to establish the ranking, these include staff winning Nobel Prizes, highly cited researchers and articles indexed in major citation indices. The rankings have been published since 2003, and the 2008 rankings appeared on 15 August 2008.
The first point to be made is that universities in the United States dominate the worldҀs top universities. In the worldҀs top-25 universities, there are 18 universities based in the United States and only 4 in Europe. In the worldҀs top-10 universities, 8 of the universities are based in the United States.
The top-10 universities (listed in descending order) in Europe (2008) were: University of Cambridge (United Kingdom (UK)), University of Oxford (UK), University College London (UK), the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology - Zurich (Switzerland), Imperial College London (UK), University of Manchester (UK), University of Paris VI (France), University of Copenhagen (Denmark), University of Utrecht (the Netherlands) and University of Paris XI (France). It is interesting to note that four of the top-10 universities in Europe are located in the two largest urban centres ր London and Paris.
Looking at the top-25 Universities in Europe, the United Kingdom is the clear leader with 9 universities. The following countries then follow: France (3), Germany (3), the Netherlands (2), Sweden (2), Switzerland (2), Finland (1), Denmark (1), Norway (1) and Russia (1). The first university based in Italy only appears in position 101-151 (three universities: University of Milan, University of Pisa and University of Rome ր La Sapienza) and the first in Spain in position 152-200 (University of Barcelona), clearly indicating that there is not a good relationship in Europe between population / economical size and the university rankings.
The dominant position of universities based in the United Kingdom is striking. The rankings may be biased by a tendency of the ranking system to favor English-speaking indicators of academic performance (e.g. publications in English-speaking journals). However, other factors probably play a role, these include better management practices (which are often more attuned to best-practices in North America), a more competitive national higher education market in the United Kingdom and a more global outlook.
The AllAboutUni.com website provides a portal where students can find independent information about universities from around the world. рThe website allows students to compare colleges and universities online based on independent information: the Shanghai rankings, student reviews and campus pictures. Combining this with the information provided by university websites, we hope students will be able to find the college or university of their dreamsҀ, says John Paget, Founder of the AllAboutUni.com website. John studied Economics at the London School of Economic and then completed graduate studies in the United Kingdom and Switzerland. The AllAboutUni.com website was launched in November 2007.
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