The University of California, San Diego was ranked 30th in the World Reputation Rankings, a new ranking from the London-based Times Higher Education. The reputation rankings are a subsidiary of the publication’s annual World University Rankings released in September 2010, where UC San Diego’s overall world ranking was 32nd for its learning environment, groundbreaking research and economic impact.

“It’s an honor to be ranked among the world’s top universities especially as we celebrate the university’s extraordinary achievements during this 50th anniversary year,” said Chancellor Marye Anne Fox. “UC San Diego’s founders established a tradition of excellence that still carries on today through our mission of education, research, service and patient care.”

The rankings measure a university’s reputation for excellence, in both teaching and research, by experienced university academics around the world.

Times Higher Education recognized UC San Diego’s remarkable accomplishments: “UCSD Pascal, a computer language that influenced the programming language Java, was invented here,” noted the publication. “Today it employs eight Nobel and three National Medal of Science laureates among its 1,057 faculty teaching 28,748 students.”

The reputation rankings are drawn from an academic reputation survey carried out by polling company Ipsos for Times Higher Education rankings data provider, Thomson Reuters, as part of the Thomson Reuters Global Institutional Profiles Project.

The survey was collected from more than 13,000 experienced academics from around the world. The invitation-only survey received responses from people in 131 countries. The average respondent had been working at an institution of higher education for more than 16 years and had published more than 50 research papers. For a full list of Times Higher Education rankings, visit www.timeshighereducation.co.uk.