The Times Higher Education – QS World University Ranking. (October 8, 2009)

Martin Ince, Founding Editor of the Times Higher Education – QS World University Rankings has this to say in describing the publication of the 2009 standings.

The Times Higher Education – QS World University Rankings exist to give... a broad view of the top institutions in world higher education.

To do this we use broad measures which are intended to capture teaching, research, employability and international appeal, to produce an overall indicator of institutional standing. By contrast, other university rankings take a range of approaches. The Academic Ranking of World Universities, produced by Shanghai Jiao Tong University, focuses on science, and other systems now being designed to pay more attention to teaching.

Universities are ranked in six categories, the most important being peer review. Click here to go to the online version of the guide and here for an overall view of the assessment.

The rankings for Australian universities and their scores relative to Harvard University's 100:

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