UBC ranks 34th among world’s top 100 universities



I’m so glad that the federal election is finally… gone. Now I can chat about other stuff that are lighter and funnier.

The annual QS Top Universities ranking was out just days before the fed election. UBC ranks 34, dropping 1 place from the year before. UBC still ranks higher than University of Toronto (yeah!) which is standing at the 41st. University of Hong Kong, which was No. 18 last year, fell to No. 29 this year. Here are the results:

The Times Higher Education – QS World University Rankings identified these to be the world’s top 100 universities in 2008. These institutions represent 20 countries with Israel represented for the first time. Whilst North America dominates with 42 universities, Europe and Asia Pacific are well represented with 36 and 22 respectively.

2008 2007 School Name Country
Source: QS Quacquarelli Symonds (www.topuniversities.com)
Copyright © 2004-2008 QS Quacquarelli Symonds Ltd.
1 1 HARVARD University United States
2 2= YALE University United States
3 2= University of CAMBRIDGE United Kingdom
4 2= University of OXFORD United Kingdom
5 7= CALIFORNIA Institute of Technology (Calt… United States
6 5 IMPERIAL College London United Kingdom
7 9 UCL (University College London) United Kingdom
8 7= University of CHICAGO United States
9 10 MASSACHUSETTS Institute of Technology (M… United States
10 11 COLUMBIA University United States
11 14 University of PENNSYLVANIA United States
12 6 PRINCETON University United States
13= 13 DUKE University United States
13= 15 JOHNS HOPKINS University United States
15 20= CORNELL University United States
16 16 AUSTRALIAN National University Australia
17 19 STANFORD University United States
18 38= University of MICHIGAN United States
19 17 University of TOKYO Japan
20 12 MCGILL University Canada
21 20= CARNEGIE MELLON University United States
22 24 KING’S College London United Kingdom
23 23 University of EDINBURGH United Kingdom
24 42 ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of T… Switzerland
25 25 KYOTO University Japan
26 18 University of HONG KONG Hong Kong
27 32 BROWN University United States
28 26 École Normale Supérieure, PARIS France
29 30 University of MANCHESTER United Kingdom
30= 33= National University of SINGAPORE(NUS) Singapore
30= 41 University of CALIFORNIA, Los Angeles (U… United States
32 37 University of BRISTOL United Kingdom
33 29 NORTHWESTERN University United States
34= 28 ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE France
34= 33= University of BRITISH COLUMBIA Canada
36 22 University of California, BERKELEY United States
37 31 The University of SYDNEY Australia
38 27 The University of MELBOURNE Australia
39 53= HONG KONG University of Science & Techno… Hong Kong
40 49 NEW YORK University (NYU) United States
41 45 University of TORONTO Canada
42 38= The CHINESE University of Hong Kong Hong Kong
43 33= University of QUEENSLAND Australia
44 46 OSAKA University Japan
45 44 University of NEW SOUTH WALES Australia
46 47 BOSTON University United States
47 43 MONASH University Australia
48 93= University of COPENHAGEN Denmark
49 53= TRINITY College Dublin Ireland
50= 117= Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de LAUSANNE… Switzerland
50= 36 PEKING University China
50= 51= SEOUL National University Korea, South

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3 Comments for “UBC ranks 34th among world’s top 100 universities”

  1. umeboshi
    October 20, 2008 - 9:13 am

    Yay, Montreal’s McGill is still the best in Canada :) !!
    …..though slipping by 8 places :( which is worrisome. I’d like all our universities to be excellent.

  2. chaves.ca: Sofía Cristina Chaves
    October 20, 2008 - 11:23 am

    [...] 2008: MCGILL University, University of BRITISH COLUMBIA, University of TORONTO [...]

  3. Expat HK boy
    October 20, 2008 - 9:37 pm

    That’s just an opinion. Don’t let it fool you, people.

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