Times Higher Education
The Times Higher Education Supplement, also known as The Times Higher or The THES for short, is a newspaper based in London that reports specifically on issues related to higher education. It is owned by TSL Education, which was, until October 2005, a division of News International. The Times ranking is often criticized for using categories that highly favour British universities.
The paper is edited by John O'Leary, author of The Times Good University Guide. The THES is probably best known for publishing The Times Higher - QS World University Rankings in partnership with QS Quacquarelli Symonds Ltd (see college and university rankings), which first appeared in November 2004, with new rankings published annually. The Literary Editor is Gerard Kelly.
2006 World University Rankings (Top 20)
2006 Rankings | 2005 Rankings | 2004 Rankings | University | Country | Average Score |
1 | 1 | 1 | Harvard University | US | 100.0 |
2 | 3 | 6 | University of Cambridge | UK | 96.8 |
3 | 4 | 5 | University of Oxford | UK | 92.7 |
4= | 2 | 3 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | US | 89.2 |
4= | 7 | 8 | Yale University | US | 89.2 |
6 | 5 | 7 | Stanford University | US | 85.4 |
7 | 8 | 4 | California Institute of Technology | US | 83.8 |
8 | 6 | 2 | University of California, Berkeley | US | 80.4 |
9 | 13 | 14 | Imperial College London | UK | 78.6 |
10 | 9 | 9 | Princeton University | US | 74.2 |
11 | 17 | 13 | University of Chicago | US | 69.8 |
12 | 20 | 19 | Columbia University | US | 69.0 |
13 | 11= | 52 | Duke University | US | 68.3 |
14 | 15 | 17 | Peking University | China | 67.9 |
15 | 14 | 23 | Cornell University | US | 65.9 |
16 | 23 | 16 | Australian National University | Australia | 64.8 |
17 | 11= | 11 | London School of Economics | UK | 63.9 |
18 | 24 | 30 | École Normale Supérieure | France | 63.3 |
19= | 22 | 18 | National University of Singapore | Singapore | 63.1 |
19= | 16 | 12 | Tokyo University | Japan | 63.1 |
The ranking weights are: Peer Review Score (40%), Recruiter Review (10%), International Faculty Score (5%), International Students Score (5%), Faculty/Student Score (20%), Citations/Faculty score (20%).
See also
External links
- New THES 2006 rankings released
- THES official website (a subscription is required to access much of the site)
- QS official website (free)
- 2005 THES World University Rankings
- Paked - THES World University Rankings 2006
- Ranking Methodology