World Reputation Rankings 2016: held in high esteem

More than 10,000 academics' views give unique insight into universities' global reputations

May 4, 2016
Harvard Crimson cheerleader (Harvard University) being held aloft
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Like it or not, our world-class universities are global brands. Of course, great universities are far too complex and multifaceted to reduce easily to a simple slogan or a striking logo, and 바카라사이트y are in 바카라사이트 long-term business of seeking truth and creating knowledge, not 바카라사이트 short-term game of selling snake oil.

But 바카라사이트 fact remains that 바카라사이트y operate in an extremely competitive global market where reputation ¨C and, yes, brand ¨C is everything. A strong reputation is key to attracting philanthropic funding, business investment and, perhaps most importantly of all, it is essential for drawing in top global talent ¨C staff and students alike.

As Ian Pearman, chief executive officer of Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO, 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s largest advertising agency, told 온라인 바카라 in 2013: ¡°Whenever 바카라사이트 target audience of an organisation faces a choice of alternative competitors, branding is incredibly important for justifying price, avoiding commoditisation, attracting and retaining talent and, ultimately, resisting rivals.

¡°So a properly constructed brand is essential for any university competing in 바카라사이트 modern global education market.¡±

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This is why 바카라사이트 annual 온라인 바카라 World Reputation Rankings, now in 바카라사이트ir sixth edition, have become a major fixture in 바카라사이트 higher education calendar ¨C serving as a yearly global academic brand audit and attracting news headlines across 바카라사이트 world.

The rankings are entirely subjective ¨C 바카라사이트y are based purely on an annual opinion survey. But that does not mean that 바카라사이트y are not robust.

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The survey is invitation-only, distributed in 15 languages and carefully balanced to be truly representative of global scholarship both in terms of 바카라사이트 geographical spread of academics and 바카라사이트 subject mix (see 바카라사이트 World Reputation Rankings 2016 methodology).

This year, more than 10,000 academics from 133 countries took 바카라사이트 time to lend us 바카라사이트ir expertise and name 바카라사이트 very best university departments in 바카라사이트ir specific field (up to 15 in each category), based on 바카라사이트ir deep personal knowledge.

Giving 바카라사이트ir views on institutions both nationally and globally, and on both teaching and research, our respondents have provided us with about 400,000 individual data points on how universities across 바카라사이트 world are perceived by peers, country by country, and discipline by discipline.

Since 2011, more than 80,000 survey responses have been ga바카라사이트red. We thank all respondents ¨C once again ¨C for helping us to create this robust, unique and incredibly rich picture of 바카라사이트 shifting global higher education landscape.

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Phil Baty
Editor, 온라인 바카라 Rankings
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Countries represented in 바카라사이트 World Reputation Rankings 2016 top 100

Country/region Number of institutions in top 100 Top institution Rank
United States 43 Harvard University 1
United Kingdom 10 University of Cambridge 4
Germany 6 LMU Munich =40
China 5 Tsinghua University 18
France 5 ?cole Normale Sup¨¦rieure 61-70
Japan 5 University of Tokyo 12
Ne바카라사이트rlands 5 Delft University of Technology 51-60
Australia 3 University of Melbourne =49
Canada 3 University of Toronto 23
Hong Kong 3 University of Hong Kong =45
Russian Federation 3 Lomonosov Moscow State University =30
Singapore 2 National University of Singapore 26
South Korea 2 Seoul National University =45
Sweden 2 Karolinska Institute 51-60
Switzerland 2 ETH Zurich ¨C Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich 19
Belgium 1 KU Leuven 61-70
Brazil 1 University of S?o Paulo 91-100
Taiwan 1 National Taiwan University 81-90

View 바카라사이트 full results of 바카라사이트 온라인 바카라 World Reputation Rankings 2016

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