News & Views item - September 2010

 

 

 QS World University Rankings Releases its Listing for 2010. (September 8, 2010)

The rank order of the world's universities are different in a number of cases between those given by the Institute of Higher Education of Shanghai Jiao Tong University and those given by  QS World University Rankings. However, the balance of criteria is also quite different as is clear from specific comparisons, e.g. within the top 32 the University of California Berkeley: QS = 28; SJTU = 2.

Note: Previously the QS survey was undertaken in conjunction with The Times.

 

Regarding the Australian universities, QS ranking  vs SJTU's

 

University  QS World University Rankings Shanghai Jiao Tong University
     Australian National University 20 59
     University of Sydney 37 92
     University of Melbourne 38 62
     University of Queensland 43 101 - 150
     University of New South Wales 46 151 - 200
     Monash University 61 151 - 200
     University of Western Australia 89 101 - 150
     University of Adelaide 103 201 - 300

Note: QS University Rankings list online only the top 200

 

 

See also "2010 Academic Ranking of World's Research Universities Compiled by Shanghai Jiao Tong University. (August 16, 2010)" .

 

The websites of the ranking systems give detailed information on how they derived there rankings.

 

The overall QS World Ranking of its top 32 cedes compared with those of SJTU are given below: