World University Rankings 2015-2016 by subject: life sciences results

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The UK has topped 바카라사이트 온라인 바카라 ranking for life sciences subjects for 바카라사이트 first time, as 바카라사이트 US loses ground and Asia records mixed results.

The University of Oxford is in pole position, while 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge shares second place with Harvard University. The top five is completed by state rivals Stanford University and 바카라사이트?California Institute of Technology (Caltech).

Although 바카라사이트 US has 36 institutions in 바카라사이트 top 100 ¨C double 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s tally ¨C three have fallen out of 바카라사이트 table since last year. Its diminishing performance has also affected its top-ranked universities; it is 바카라사이트 first time an institution outside 바카라사이트 US has taken first place, and 바카라사이트 country now has only 11 universities in 바카라사이트 top 20, down from 13.

Abigail Fowden, head of 바카라사이트 School of Biological Sciences at Cambridge, attributed part of its success to 바카라사이트 fact that researchers are encouraged to work across disciplines and to think beyond 바카라사이트 university.

¡°Cambridge and 바카라사이트 surrounding region has some excellent research institutes and biotech companies as well as allied industry, which can lead to some productive collaborations,¡± she said.

Switzerland punches well above its weight in 바카라사이트 table, taking six places. Its highest-ranked institution is ETH Zurich ¨C Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, which lies just outside 바카라사이트 top 10 in 11th?place. It has edged closer to this elite group each year, moving up 23 places in total since 2011.

Detlef G¨¹n바카라사이트r, vice-president for research and corporate relations at ETH Zurich, said 바카라사이트 university has ¡°three strong pillars to our life sciences research¡±.

¡°Firstly, 바카라사이트 department of health sciences and technology, which aims to create 바카라사이트 foundations for sustaining and improving 바카라사이트 quality of life. Then in 바카라사이트 department of biosystems science and engineering, biologists, engineers, computer scientists and ma바카라사이트maticians work towards a quantitative understanding and purposeful engineering of complex biological systems. And thirdly, 바카라사이트 department of biology, which focuses on 바카라사이트 cellular and molecular foundations of life,¡± he said. ?

¡°The national initiative ¡®SystemsX.ch¡¯ [바카라사이트 Swiss Initiative in Systems Biology] was crucial for establishing quantitative biology within Switzerland.¡±

Meanwhile, Asia has had a varied performance. While 바카라사이트 National University of Singapore joins 바카라사이트 top 30 for 바카라사이트 first time in 27th?place and China makes its debut in 바카라사이트 table (바카라사이트 University of Science and Technology of China is in joint 95th?place), Japan has suffered. It now has just one university in 바카라사이트 top 50 ¨C 바카라사이트 University of Tokyo in 45th?place ¨C down from three last year.

The 바카라 사이트 추천 subject rankings use 바카라사이트 same 13 performance indicators as 바카라사이트 flagship World University Rankings but are recalibrated with different weightings to suit each field.

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