DHAKA: The 2013 version of the most widely read university comparison rankings have been released.

The QS World University Rankings® consider more than 2,000 schools and evaluates more than 700 to rank the world`s best and compare rankings by region, subject, academic field, research, reputation, and other criteria.

Here`s the overall top 15 (along with their university profile):

1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) — 100.0
2. Harvard — 99.2
3. Cambridge — 99
4. University College London (UCL) — 98.9
5. Imperial College London — 98.8
6. Oxford — 98.7
7. Stanford — 96.8
8. Yale — 96.5
9. University of Chicago — 96.2
10. California Institute of Technology (CalTech) — 96.1
10. Princeton — 96.1
12. ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) — 94.3
13. University of Pennsylvania — 93.8
14. Columbia — 93.6
15. Cornell — 92.5

Notable changes from last year are that Harvard overtook Cambridge at #2, Imperial College London passed Oxford at #6, and Stanford jumped from #15 to #7.

There are currently 200 schools ranked, and a full list of 800 will be released at 9 am.

Source: businessinsider
BDST: 1820 HRS, SEP 10, 2013
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