The
latest World University Rankings for 2013/2014 has no Nigerian University in
the top 400 positions.
A
study by the Times Higher Education's World University Rankings has shown that
no Nigerian university made the top 400 in the world.
The
report, 'World University Rankings 2013-2014,' which was released on Wednesday,
also showed that no African university was on the list of 100 most reputable in
the world.
The
top 10 universities in the world, according to the report, are the California
Institute of Technology, with 94.9 aggregate score. It was followed by Harvard
University (USA), 93.9; University of Oxford (UK), 93.9; Stanford University
(USA), 93.8.
Others
are the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA), 93.0; Princeton University
(USA), 92.7; University of Cambridge (UK), 92.3; University of California,
Berkeley (USA), 89.8; University of Chicago (USA), 87.8; and the Imperial
College, London (UK), 87.5.
In
Africa, only three South African institutions made the list. They are the
University of Cape Town, ranking 126th and scoring 50.5; University of
Witwatersrand, between 226th and 250th; and the Stellenbosch University,
between 301st and 350th.
The
UK varsities top the list in Europe, with Oxford University as the leader,
followed by the University of Cambridge and Imperial College, London. ETH
Zürich-Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich (Switzerland) is fourth in
Europe and 14th in the world. The University College, London (UK) is fifth and
21st in the world.
The
University of Tokyo (Japan), 23rd in the world, is leading in Asia. The
National University of Singapore, 26th in the world, is second in the
continent. Others are the University of Hong Kong, 43rd in the world; Seoul
National University (Republic of Korea), 44th in the world; and the Peking
University (China), 45th.
In
North America, the USA had the top 19 universities. The University of Toronto
(Canada) came 20th, at 78.3.
The
University of Sao Paulo (Brazil) leads in South America and ranks between 226th
and 250th. The University of the Andes came second between 251st and 275th;
State University of Campinas (Brazil) is third between 301st and 350th.
Australia
has the first five universities in the Oceania. They are the University of
Melbourne (34th), Australian National University (48th), University of
Queensland (63rd), University of Sydney (72nd) and the Monash University
(91st).
The
Times said the rankings "are the only global university performance tables
to judge world-class universities across all of their core missions — teaching,
research, knowledge transfer and international outlook."
It
added that, "The top universities rankings employ 13 carefully calibrated
performance indicators to provide the most comprehensive and balanced
comparisons available, which are trusted by students, academics, university
leaders, industry and governments."
By
reputation, however, the organization said Harvard University had 100 per cent.
It was followed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (87.6 per cent),
University of Cambridge (81.3), University of Oxford (73.0) and the University
of California, Berkeley (72.4).
The
report said the 'World Reputation Rankings' employed the world's largest
invitation-only academic opinion survey to provide the definitive list of the
top 100 most powerful global university brands.
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