<p>While UM carries the bigger rep, much of this may be more tradition based than what you find in the facts. They are nearly identical in NAS members, number of faculty winning major national awards (Guggenheim, Sloan etc.), research grants won, and on the fact based Shanghai JT U rankings.
UM has done a better job over the years of proclaiming its greatness and the glow from the excellent professional schools seems to lift the rest of the depts a bit.</p>
<p><a href=“http://ed.sjtu.edu.cn/rank/2006/ARWU2006_TopAmer.htm[/url]”>http://ed.sjtu.edu.cn/rank/2006/ARWU2006_TopAmer.htm</a></p>