is this world university ranking list reliable?

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<p>[World</a> Science & Engineering University Portal: World University Ranking of Engineering Schools 2009](<a href=“http://www.universityportal.net/2007/09/world-university-ranking-of-engineering.html]World”>University Portal – Blog About Papers Writing For Students)</p>

<p>On this list some of the schools I’m considering (Toronto, McGill) rank higher than some American schools UIUC, Cornell, Purdue, Michigan. </p>

<p>I’m pretty sure I can get into these Canadian schools but not some of the American ones listed. I know some of that is attributed to me being a Canadian citizen and living only within a few hours drive of these schools but my question is: Do you guys this is list is accurate? Or at least give a good ballpark figure of how Toronto and McGill compare to tier 1 US schools?</p>

<p>oh by the way, this would be for masters.</p>

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<p>seems ok. The ranking is fairly accurate. However, it’s very hard to rank schools in the US, let alone world university ranking.</p>

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<p>Well the list looks a little weird because it doesn’t agree with the their list of top engineering schools in the United States. For example, in the list you posted, they put UCLA higher than Purdue and Michigan, but on their U.S. list, Purdue and U of M are much higher. So I would try and find some other lists or info. But, it wouldn’t surprise me if Toronto is better than some of the top American schools.</p>

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<p>Wow, they put my school near the bottom of the list, lol.</p>

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<p>The list is taken from THE-QS rankings which are done by a completely separate entity than US News. Incase you’re wondering why so many UK schools are so high up, THE is based in the UK.</p>

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<p>good to see they regard UCLA better than harvard, interesting to know how schools are regarded over there.</p>

<p>and GTech as well ;]</p>

<p>o wait…nvm i see the ranking is for engineering only o.o</p>

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<p>worth noting that based on their score the gap from 1 to 13 is equal to the gap from 13-49</p>

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<p>Yeah they are still a little fishy. UCLA is a great school, but it is definitely odd that it is above a couple of truly stellar schools that have a good claim at being better at engineering.</p>

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<p>I don’t know how Berkeley can be placed above Stanford. I don’t think that a student would select Berkeley over Stanford unless they were in state and Stanford didn’t offer them much aid (which seems unlikely given the size of Stanford’s endowment).</p>

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<p>al6200, everyone but you regards the two schools to be essentially equals in engineering, including every professor that I have ever talked to at and of the schools I have attended or visited. Despite being a public, Berkeley is a VERY good school, especially in engineering.</p>

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<p>[QS</a> Top Universities - Official home of the THE - QS World University Rankings](<a href=“http://www.topuniversities.com/worlduniversityrankings/]QS”>http://www.topuniversities.com/worlduniversityrankings/)</p>

<p>Academic Peer Review Composite score drawn from peer review survey (which is divided into five subject areas). 6,354 responses in 2008. 40%
Employer Review Score based on responses to employer survey. 2,339 responses in 2008. 10%
Faculty Student Ratio Score based on student faculty ratio 20%
Citations per Faculty Score based on research performance factored against the size of the research body 20%
International Faculty Score based on proportion of international faculty 5%
International Students Score based on proportion of international students 5%</p>

<p>Personally I’d put more weight on employer review and less on academic review. It also puts way too much emphasis on research.</p>