World university rankings

I got hold of the TIMES educational supplement where they have ranked all the universities of the world. Click here for the rankings (PDF reader required). Its gives you a good idea about where each university stands in the international research community. The rankings are based on reputation, really.

The universities have been scored on the amount of international students and faculty, amongst other criterias. It is clear that they are trying to measure how well known a university is, internationally. I do not totally agree with the rankings. I mean what you see here is really how well the universities scored in the chosen fields (criterias). I was disappointed to see universities such as Northwestern, Carnegie Mellon, etc. down the league. Shaghai Jiao Tong university in China, has compiled another set of rankings of world universities here (2004). There have been a lot of criticism about their rankings, however, they were the first people to put all the world universities into one league table.