UK universities slide down world reputation rankings table
15 March 2012
The number of UK universities in the world's top 100 based has fallen from 12 to 10 and three of those (Imperial College, University College London and the University of Edinburgh) have slipped down the table, according to new reputation-based rankings released today by Times Higher Education.
UCU said that while the UK continued to punch above its weight on the global stage, the government had to recognise the advances being made in other countries, particularly those investing more in their higher education sectors.
US and UK institutions dominate the top positions in the World Reputation Rankings from Times Higher Education with Harvard crowned the world's best university based on reputation alone. The University of Cambridge once again beats the University of Oxford to the UK's number one slot. However, the strong performance from universities in East Asia suggests the start of a power shift from West to East.
UCU general secretary, Sally Hunt, said: 'The UK continues to punch above its weight on the global stage, but while other countries, particularly in Asia, are investing in their universities our sector is beset by funding uncertainties caused by ill-thought through government policy.
'Our brilliant universities need secure and sustained funding if we are to maintain our proud international position. Higher education is one thing we do well globally, but it cannot be done on the cheap.'
The Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings 2012 | ||||
2012 reputation rank | University | Country | 2011 reputation rank | |
1 | Harvard University | United States | 1 | |
2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | United States | 2 | |
3 | University of Cambridge | United Kingdom | 3 | |
4 | Stanford University | United States | 5 | |
5 | University of California, Berkeley | United States | 4 | |
6 | University of Oxford | United Kingdom | 6 | |
7 | Princeton University | United States | 7 | |
8 | University of Tokyo | Japan | 8 | |
9 | University of California, Los Angeles | United States | 12 | |
10 | Yale University | United States | 9 | |
11 | California Institute of Technology | United States | 10 | |
12 | University of Michigan | United States | 13 | |
13 | Imperial College London | United Kingdom | 11 | |
14 | University of Chicago | United States | 15 | |
15 | Columbia University | United States | 23 | |
16 | Cornell University | United States | 16 | |
16 | University of Toronto | Canada | 17 | |
18 | Johns Hopkins University | United States | 14 | |
19 | University of Pennsylvania | United States | 22 | |
20 | Kyoto University | Japan | 18 | |
21 | University College London | United Kingdom | 19 | |
22 | Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich | Switzerland | 24 | |
23 | University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign | United States | 21 | |
23 | National University of Singapore | Singapore | 27 | |
25 | University of British Columbia | Canada | 31 | |
25 | McGill University | Canada | 29 | |
27 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | United States | 25 | |
28 | University of Washington | United States | 26 | |
29 | London School of Economics and Political Science | United Kingdom | 37 | |
30 | Tsinghua University | China | 35 | |
31 | University of California, San Francisco | United States | 34 | |
32 | University of Texas at Austin | United States | 31 | |
33 | Duke University | United States | 36 | |
34 | New York University | United States | 51-60 | |
35 | Northwestern University | United States | 40 | |
36 | University of California, San Diego | United States | 30 | |
37 | Carnegie Mellon University | United States | 28 | |
38 | Peking University | China | 43 | |
39 | The University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 42 | |
39 | University of Massachusetts | United States | 19 | |
41 | Georgia Institute of Technology | United States | 39 | |
42 | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München | Germany | 48 | |
43 | University of Melbourne | Australia | 45 | |
44 | Australian National University | Australia | 51-60 | |
44 | University of California, Davis | United States | 38 | |
46 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | United States | 41 | |
47 | University of Minnesota | United States | 43 | |
47 | Purdue University | United States | 47 | |
49 | University of Edinburgh | United Kingdom | 45 | |
50 | The University of Sydney | Australia | 51-60 | |
51-60 | Delft University of Technology | Netherlands | 49 | |
51-60 | Karolinska Institute | Sweden | 51-60 | |
51-60 | University of Manchester | United Kingdom | 61-70 | |
51-60 | The Ohio State University | United States | 51-60 | |
51-60 | Osaka University | Japan | 50 | |
51-60 | Pennsylvania State University | United States | 61-70 | |
51-60 | University of California, Santa Barbara | United States | 51-60 | |
51-60 | Seoul National University | Korea, Republic of | 51-60 | |
51-60 | Tohoku University | Japan | 51-60 | |
51-60 | Tokyo Institute of Technology | Japan | 51-60 | |
61-70 | École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne | Switzerland | 71-80 | |
61-70 | Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Israel | #N/A | |
61-70 | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | Hong Kong | 91-100 | |
61-70 | Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin | Germany | 71-80 | |
61-70 | King's College London | United Kingdom | 61-70 | |
61-70 | Technische Universität München | Germany | 61-70 | |
61-70 | University of Pittsburgh | United States | 51-60 | |
61-70 | University of São Paulo | Brazil | #N/A | |
61-70 | University of Southern California | United States | 71-80 | |
61-70 | National Taiwan University | Taiwan | 81-90 | |
71-80 | University of Amsterdam | Netherlands | 81-90 | |
71-80 | Universität Heidelberg | Germany | 81-90 | |
71-80 | Michigan State University | United States | 71-80 | |
71-80 | Université Paris-Sorbonne | France | #N/A | |
71-80 | The University of Queensland Australia | Australia | 81-90 | |
71-80 | Texas A&M University | United States | 81-90 | |
71-80 | Uppsala University | Sweden | 61-70 | |
71-80 | Utrecht University | Netherlands | 71-80 | |
71-80 | Washington University in St Louis | United States | 71-80 | |
71-80 | University of Zürich | Switzerland | 61-70 | |
81-90 | Brown University | United States | #N/A | |
81-90 | The Chinese University of Hong Kong | Hong Kong | #N/A | |
81-90 | University of Florida | United States | 61-70 | |
81-90 | Katholieke Universiteit Leuven | Belgium | 81-90 | |
81-90 | Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology | Korea, Republic of | 91-100 | |
81-90 | University of Leeds | United Kingdom | 81-90 | |
81-90 | Leiden University | Netherlands | 81-90 | |
81-90 | Lund University | Sweden | 71-80 | |
81-90 | Nanyang Technological University | Singapore | 91-100 | |
81-90 | Tel Aviv University | Israel | #N/A | |
91-100 | University of Arizona | United States | 71-80 | |
91-100 | Boston University | United States | 61-70 | |
91-100 | University of Bristol | United Kingdom | 81-90 | |
91-100 | École Polytechnique | France | 61-70 | |
91-100 | Indiana University | United States | 81-90 | |
91-100 | Middle East Technical University | Turkey | #N/A | |
91-100 | Université Paris-Sud | France | #N/A | |
91-100 | Université Pierre et Marie Curie | France | #N/A | |
91-100 | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey | United States | 71-80 | |
91-100 | Wageningen University and Research Center | Netherlands | #N/A | |
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