After the ranking from the Center for World University Rankings (CWUR), it is now time for the yearly Shanghai ranking to lift the veil on the world’s best universities. This is not surprising to see American colleges remain the best and figure prominently in the ranking revealed this Monday August 15, 2022.
On the first step of the podium, Harvard University, overlooking the top 100, and for the 20th year in a row! Standford ranks second, followed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The prestigious Cambridge college in Great Britain loses one place and ends up fourth of the top 100.
But what about French colleges, then? Well, four Île-de-France colleges rank among the world’s best 100! The first one is set in Essonne. This is the Paris-Saclay University, ranking 13th in 2021, it loses 3 places and is now 16th in the ranking released by the Shanghai Ranking consultant Chinese company.
The Paris-Saclay University is not the only French school to be part of the ranking, since three more colleges, all in Paris, are part of the top 100 world’s best colleges.
Let us name the PSL University (Paris Sciences & Lettres). The college that gathers several higher schools, including the prestigious Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS) ranks 40th of this year’s ranking. Although the university has lost two places in a year, it is still second on the domestic podium.
As for the Sorbonne University, it tumbles 8 places and ends up 43rd of the ranking, as the Paris-Cité University ranks 78th in 2022.
As for the rest, the ranking also lists the Aix-Marseille University, the Grenoble-Alpes University and the Strasbourg University.
But then, how is the world’s best universities ranking made? The Chinese consultant company Shanghai Ranking relies on several criteria such as the number of Nobel and Fields medals given to graduates and teachers, or even the number of publications in the prestigious Science and Nature magazines.
Shanghai Ranking 2022: the world’s best 20 universities
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