Indicator 11.6
Shanghai Jiao Tong University's Academic Rankings of World Universities - UC and Comparison Institutions, 2006 to 2008
| 2006 | 2006 | 2007 | 2007 | 2008 | 2008 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranking among World Universities | Ranking among U.S. Public Universities | Ranking among World Universities | Ranking among U.S. Public Universities | Ranking among World Universities | Ranking among U.S. Public Universities | |
| Berkeley | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Davis | 42 | 16 | 43 | 16 | 48 | 18 |
| Irvine | 44 | 17 | 45 | 17 | 46 | 17 |
| Los Angeles | 14 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 13 | 2 |
| Riverside | 102-150 | 31-40 | 102-150 | 31-40 | 101-151 | 31-41 |
| San Diego | 13 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 14 | 3 |
| San Francisco | 18 | 6 | 18 | 6 | 18 | 6 |
| Santa Barbara | 35 | 11 | 35 | 11 | 36 | 11 |
| Santa Cruz | 102-150 | 31-40 | 102-150 | 31-40 | 101-151 | 31-41 |
| Illinois | 25 | 8 | 26 | 8 | 26 | 8 |
| Michigan | 21 | 7 | 21 | 7 | 21 | 7 |
| SUNY-Buffalo | 201-300 | 57-78 | 203-304 | 57-77 | 201-302 | 61-76 |
| Virginia | 102-150 | 31-40 | 102-150 | 31-40 | 95 | 30 |
| Harvard | 1 | n/a | 1 | n/a | 1 | n/a |
| MIT | 5 | n/a | 5 | n/a | 5 | n/a |
| Stanford | 3 | n/a | 2 | n/a | 2 | n/a |
| Yale | 11 | n/a | 11 | n/a | 11 | n/a |
Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China annually ranks the world's top 500 universities using several indicators of academic or research performance, including alumni and staff winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals, highly cited researchers, articles published in two leading scientific journals (Nature and Science), scholarly citation indices and the per capita academic performance of an institution.
The ranking of World's Best Universities has become increasingly more influential, in part because it relies upon carefully selected indicators and upon internationally comparable data that can be cross-checked and verified.
The ranking is based almost entirely on measures of research strength. Institutions with strong research programs, especially in the sciences, tend to score higher than those whose major strengths are in the arts, humanities or social sciences.
English-speaking, and especially U.S. universities, top this list of the World's Best Universities.
Source: Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Additional information can be found at http://www.arwu.org.
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