GLOBAL RANKINGS OF UNIVERSITIESJohn OLeary I Editor I Times Higher Education Supplement

The Times Higher Education Supplement world university rankings

Times Higher criteriaStudents per member of academic staff: 20% weightingResearch citations per faculty member: 20% weightingProportion of international students: 5% WeightingProportion of international staff: 5% weightingQS opinion poll of 1,300 academics in 88 countries: 50% weighting

Shanghai Jiao Tong Academic Ranking of world universities

Shanghai Jai Tong criteriaAlumni winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals: 10% weightingStaff winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals: 20% weightingResearch citations in 21 areas: 20% weightingArticles published in Nature and Science: 20% weightingArticles in Science Citation Index and Social Science Citation Index: 20% weighting

Times University Guide criteriaTeaching quality rating: 2.5 weightingResearch rating: 1.5 weightingEntry standardsStudents per member of academic staffLibrary/computing spendingStudent facilities spendingDegree classificationsGraduate destinationsCompletion rate

Comparing the resultsTIMES HIGHERHarvardBerkeleyMITCaltecOxfordCambridgeStanfordYalePrincetonETH ZurichSHANGHAI JIAO TONGHarvardStanfordCambridgeBerkeleyMITCaltechPrincetonOxfordColumbiaChicago

Science subjectsSCIENCECambridgeOxford Harvard Berkeley MITStanford TokyoPrincetonCaltechImperialENGINEERINGBerkeleyMITStanfordIIT (India)ImperialCaltechTokyoCambridgeNUSBeijingBIOMEDICINEHarvardCambridgeOxfordImperialStanfordJohns HopkinsKarolinskaYaleBerkeleyUC San Diego

Arts subjectsHUMANITIESHarvardOxfordBerkeleyYaleCambridgePrincetonBeijingColumbiaTokyoLSE

SOCIAL SCIENCESHarvardLSEBerkeleyOxfordChicagoStanfordYaleCambridgeMITNUS