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How Do the Universities Rank? (2012)
The annual Times Higher Education survey of the Top 400 World Universities (2012) is a good barometer for seeing how universities around the globe compare to each other. In the rankings below, we have edited the list to concentrate on universities in the three main German-speaking countries.
| Top 100 Universities by Reputation - 2012 The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich ranks 22nd; the University of Munich is 42nd. As in previous years, there are only four German universities on the list. Berlin's Humboldt University and Munich's Technische Universität are in the 61-70 group; Heidelberg is in the 71-80 group. Austria has no university in the reputation rankings. (See below.) Source: Times Higher Education - World University Rankings |
As in previous years, the Times Higher Education list continues to be dominated by universities in the US and the UK. The only German-speaking university in the top 15 is the Swiss technical school ETH Zürich (15th). The top 15 world universities in 2012, with country and score:
- 1 California Institute of Technolgy (Cal Tech) USA | 94.8
- 2 Harvard University USA | 93.9 (tie)
- 2 Stanford University USA | 93.9 (tie)
- 4 University of Oxford UK | 93.6
- 5 Princeton University USA | 92.9
- 6 University of Cambridge UK | 92.4
- 7 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) USA | 92.3
- 8 Imperial College London UK | 90.7
- 9 University of Chicago USA | 90.2
- 10 University of California, Berkeley USA | 89.8
- 11 Yale University USA | 89.1
- 12 Columbia University USA | 87.5
- 13 University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) USA | 87.3
- 14 Johns Hopkins University USA | 85.8
- 15 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zürich) Switzerland | 85.0
Times Higher Education Rankings: Top Universities in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland
The rankings below are listed by country and the 2012 world rank of each university in that nation. For 2012, the Times Higher Education rankings (in partnership with Thomson Reuters) list the top 400 institutions. Schools in the Top 200 also have their score listed. However, the rankings for 201 to 300 are in groups of 25, without a specific rank or score within each section. The rankings for 301 to 400 are in groups of 50, without a specific rank or score within each section. Underlined universities are also listed in the 2012 Top 100 Universities by Reputation.
AUSTRIA 2012
- 139 University of Vienna (only Austrian Uni in the top 200)
- 201-225 group University of Innsbruck
- 251-275 group Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz
- 251-275 group Johannes Kepler Universität Linz
- 301-350 group Vienna University of Technology
In 2012 Vienna was the only university in Austria to make the world Top 200, but it has fallen in rank for the last several years. It dropped from 115th in 2008 to 132nd in 2009 to 195th in 2010. In 2007 Vienna ranked 85th.
GERMANY 2012
- 45 University of Munich (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, 67.6)
- 69 University of Göttingen (Georg-August-Universität, 60.3)
- 73 Heidelberg University (Ruprecht-Karl U., 58.7)
- 88 Technical University of Munich (Technische Universität, 55.1)
- 109 Humboldt University of Berlin (52.6)
- 151 Freie Universität, Berlin (46.6)
Tied with the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the University of Aberdeen (UK) - 168 Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen (RWTH Aachen, 45.1)
- 181 J.W. Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (43.6)
Tied with the University of Liverpool (UK) - 187 Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen (43.0)
Tied with the KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden) - 189 University of Freiburg (42.9)
Tied with the University of Western Australia - 194 Universität Konstanz (42.5)
- 196 Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT, 41.6)
- 201-225 group Universität Ulm
- 201-225 group Universität Würzburg
- 226-250 group Universität Hamburg
- 251-275 group Universität Bielefeld
- 251-275 group Ruhr Universität Bochum
- 251-275 group Technische Universität Dresden
- 251-275 group Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
- 276-300 group Technische Universität Darmstadt
- 276-300 group Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
- 351-400 group Leibniz Universität Hannover
Germany’s “Excellence Initiative” funding for some of its public universities continues to pay off. (See Part 1 for more.) The number of German institutions in the Top 200 in 2012 was 12. For a different ranking list for Germany and the world, see the links below (ShanghaiRanking Consultancy):
WEB > Academic Ranking of World Universities (ShanghaiRanking Consultancy)
WEB > Top 500 World Universities - 2011 (ShanghaiRanking Consultancy)
SWITZERLAND 2012
- 15 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zürich, 85.0)
- 46 Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (66.3)
- 61 University of Zurich (61.9)
- 111 Universität Basel (52.2)
- 112 University of Bern (52.1)
- 116 University of Lausanne (51.2)
- 130 University of Geneva (49.8)
Note: Basel, Bern and Zurich are in the German-speaking region of Switzerland, while the other cities listed are French-speaking.
SOURCE: Top 400 World Universities - (London) Times Higher Education rankings (2012)
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