World University Rankings 2015-2016

    The World University Rankings 2015-2016 list the best global universities and are the only international university performance tables to judge world class universities across all of their core missions -  Academic Reputation, Employer Reputation, Student-To-Faculty Ratio, Citations Per Faculty, International Faculty Ratio, International Student Ratio and international outlook.

    The top universities rankings employ  standardized performance indicators to provide the most broad and balanced comparisons available, which are trusted by students, academics, university leaders, industry and governments. This year's ranking includes 800 universities from 70 different countries, compared with the 400 universities from 41 countries in last year's table.     

    Our list of the best global universities rankings include many performance indicators directly relevant to students and their families, to help them chose where to study, including faculty-student ratios, the university’s global reputation, its total resources, the international mix on campus, and its links to business. But a reason why the rankings are so widely respected is that they cover the full range of a university’s missions, including research excellence. Sources: Various International Educational Websites

No. 1 — Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

No. 2 — Harvard University

No. 3 (tie)— University of Cambridge

No. 3 (tie) — Stanford University

No. 5 — California Institute of Technology (Caltech)

No. 6 — University of Oxford

No. 7 — UCL (University College London)

No. 8 — Imperial College London

No. 9 — ETH Zurich-Swiss Federal Institute of Technology

No. 10 — University of Chicago

No. 11 — Princeton University

No. 12 — National University of Singapore (NUS)

No. 13 — Nanyong Technological University, Singapore (NTU)

No. 14 — Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)

No. 15 —Yale University

No. 16 — Johns Hokins University

No. 17 — Cornell University

No. 18 —University of Pennsylvania

No. 19(tie) — King’s College London

No. 19(tie) — The Australian National University

Read More

University of Washington (Washington, UW or U-Dub)

   The University of Washington, generally called Washington, UW, or casually U-Dub, is a community research university founded in Seattle, Washington, United States. Established in 1861, Washington that is regarded as one of the best medical schools in the world is one of the oldest universities at the West Coast.

    The university has 3 campuses: the prime and biggest is in the University District of Seattle and other two in Tacoma and in Bothell. The operating expenses and research budget of the university for FY 2014–15 is expected to be $6.4 billion. The university occupies more than 500 buildings covering 20 million total square foot of space, together with the University of Washington Plaza, consisting of the 325-foot UW Tower and conference center.

    Washington is affiliate to the Association of American Universities. The research budget of the university is among the highest in the United States. The university participates in the NCAA Division in athletics.

History

    The University of Washington was officially launched on November 4, 1861, as Territorial University of Washington. The next year, the governing body passed articles legitimately including the University and instituting a Board of Regents. Initially, the school struggled and closed several times due to various reasons. Nevertheless, in 1876,  a student, Clara Antoinette McCarty Wilt became the earliest graduate of the university with a bachelor's degree in science. Both the University and Seattle had developed significantly when Washington entered the Union in 1889. Since then, enrollment had grown from an early 30 students to nearly 300, and the virtual seclusion of the campus had mend way to influencing development. A particular legislative committee headed by UW graduate Edmond Meany was formed to find a new campus that will be able to habitat the increasing population of students. The committee chose a site on Union Bay northeast of downtown, and the legislature allocated finance for its acquirement and immediate construction.

    In 1895, the university moved from downtown to the new building. In 1908, the main Territorial University building was destroyed and its previous location presently houses the Fairmont Olympic Hotel. Coordinators of the 1909 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition observed the mostly emergent campus as a major location for their world's fair. The 1960s and 1970s are considered as the "golden age" of the university due to the incredible increase in students, services, operating budget and reputation under the management of Charles Odegaard . Enrollment at the university increased by t by two folds—from approximately 16,000 to 34,000. Odegaard settled up a vision of structuring a "community of scholars" and influenced the state of Washington legislatures to raise their funds towards the university. Moreover, Washington senators, Henry M. Jackson and Warren G. Magnuson used their political power to channel federal research assessment to the University of Washington and until the day, the university is among the top receivers of national research finances in the United States. In 1958, the outcome incorporated an operating budget enhancement of $37 million, to over $400 million in 1973. In 1990, the University established two new campuses in Bothell and Tacoma . Originally, these campuses presented curriculum for students looking for bachelor degree who have previously finished two years of higher education, but both schools have conversion to four-year universities, compliant with the first class in the fall of 2006. Both campuses put forward master's degree programs as well. In 2009 the University launched an administrative center in the Spanish city of León in alliance with the local university.

Read More