How Australian Universities Edge Out Ivy League

The worldwide rankings are not about the undergraduate experience. There could be undergrad classes of 700 students and 80% of smaller classes are taught by TA’s. As long as the faculty publish a lot of research they do well in these rankings. The ultra endowed schools like Harvard have the resources to enable the research and provide a good undergrad experience. The rest do not.

The “undergraduate experience” is pretty much an American concept.