Ten best universities in the world (Ranking 2016)

According to the universities’ ranking list of the Centre reviews the World University (Center for World University Rankings-CWUR), United States of America (USA) another time proves its position of “world power” in education field as 6 universities of total top ten in the  world belongs to United States of America.

Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) has published the only international university ranking that measures the quality of education as well as the training of students and the prestige of the faculty members and the quality of their research without depending on surveys and the university data submissions.

CWUR mainly uses 8 objective and robust indicators to rank the top universities of the world. These objectives include Quality of education, Alumni employment, Quality of faculty, publications, influence, certifications, broad impact and patents as well.

1). Harvard University

Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts (US)

Performance Analysis

·         Teaching: 83.6

·         International Position: 77.2

·         Research: 99.0

·         Certifications: 99.8

·         Industry Income: 45.2

·         Overall: 91.6

Harvard University was established in 1636 and it is considered as one of the oldest educational institute of higher education in the United States of America. Almost 25 percent of the total 20,152 students come from outside of the United States.

2). University of Toronto

Location: Toronto, Ontario (CA)

Performance Analysis

·         Teaching: 75.9

·         International Position: 77.8

·         Research: 89.3

·         Certifications: 90.9

·         Industry Income: 49.1

·         Overall: 83.9

The University of Toronto is a government sector university which was established by royal charter in 1827. 15 percent of the total 66,198 aspirants registered at the University are international aspirants.

3). Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts (US)

Performance Analysis

·         Teaching: 89.4

·         International Position: 84.0

·         Research: 88.6

·         Certifications: 99.7

·         Industry Income: 95.4

·         Overall: 92.0

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Commonly known for its research and education in the physical sciences and engineering. The university was established in 1861 and presently the varsity has 32 various departments. Thirty three percent of the student population out of total 11,074 students are international.

4). University of Waterloo

Location: Canada

Overall: 96.91

University of Waterloo, Canada was established in 1957 by a group of business leaders along with an objective of establishing a new university that would be able to solve the great challenges of the world at that time

According to the world QS ranking of best universities in the world University of Waterloo positioned at 152.

5). La Trobe University

Location: Australia

Overall: 96.12

According to the Times Higher Education Supplement, UK Review 2005, La Trobe University (LTU) is considered as one of the most well-known universities in Australia for the quality of education. The university was established in 1964 in Victoria.

The varsity offers college preparatory programs, undergraduate, postgraduate as well as research courses along with short courses accompanied by 26 small and specialized majors like communications and the arts, business and economics, education, engineering, health science and information technology, science, psychology and law as well.

6). Columbia University

Location: New York, NY (US)

Performance Analysis

·         Teaching: 85.9

·         International Position: 73.5

·         Research: 82.2

·         Certifications: 98.1

·         Industry Income: Not available

·         Overall: 86.1

The university was established in 1754 by royal charter. Columbia is a private research university as well as is the member of the Ivy League. 28 percent of the total 25,055 students at Columbia are international students.

7). University of California, Berkeley

Location: Berkeley, California (US)

Performance Analysis

·         Teaching: 80.4

·         International Position: 61.9

·         Research: 91.1

·         Certifications: 99.7

·         Industry Income: 47.9

·         Overall: 87.2

University of California is a government sector university which was established in 1868 and is the oldest educational institute in the University of California system. Almost of the student population, 36,186 percent of the student population in the university is international.

8). Queensland University of Technology

·         Location: Australia

·         Overall: 90.70

·         International Position: 67

The university was established in 1908 in Brisbane; the most exciting city in the State of Queensland. Queensland University of technology (QUT) is one of the most reputable universities in Australia. Presently, there are more than 40,000 aspirants that are registered at the university, which has over 6,800 international aspirants from 90 countries in the world.

9). Griffith University

·         Location: Australia

·         Overall: 89.42

Griffith University is one the top universities in the world which was established almost 50 years old. The first campus of the university was opened in 1975 along with 451 students. Afetr 40 years of establishment the university has 44,000 students in its total 5campuses in Southeast Queensland. Total 12 training zones of the varsity ranked among the top 200 domains of the world.

10). Cornell University

·         Location: Ithaca, New York

·         Overall: 86.79

Cornell University is a private sector university that is located in Ithaca, New York, USA, along with the 14 schools, comprising of 4 basis to follow the contract. The two campuses for the specialization in medicine are located in New York City and in Education City, Qatar.