| The Times Higher Education and Quacquarelli | | | | There is only one public US university University of |
| Symonds (THE-QS) have just published the 2009 | | | | Michigan in the THE-QS ranking compared to six public |
| ranking of the World's top universities .We compared | | | | US universities in the ARWU ranking. The University |
| the ranking of the World’s Top-25 Universities | | | | of California is represented four times in the ARWU |
| according to THE-QS with the 2008 Academic | | | | ranking (Berkeley, Los Angeles, San Diego and San |
| Ranking of World Universities ARWU. | | | | Francisco) and not once in the THE-QS ranking. |
| Overall ranking: THE-QS 2009 versus ARWU 2008 | | | | THE-QS is more international than ARWU |
| The overall overlap of the two rankings is 72%, with | | | | The THE-QS ranking of the World's Top-25 |
| 18 of the World's Top-25 universities appearing in | | | | universities includes more non-US universities than the |
| both the THE-QS and ARWU rankings. This means | | | | ARWU ranking: 12 (48%) universities are non-US in |
| there are seven universities (more than one in four) | | | | THE-QS compared to 7 (28%) in the ARWU. In the |
| that do not appear in each of the other lists. | | | | THE-QS ranking, six countries are represented: US |
| THE-QS has many more British Universities than | | | | (13), UK (6), Japan (2), Australia (1), Canada (1), |
| ARWU | | | | Switzerland (1) and Hong Kong (1). In the ARWU five |
| There are twice as many British universities in the | | | | countries are represented: US (18), UK (3), Japan (2), |
| THE-QS ranking of the World's Top-25 universities | | | | Switzerland (1) and Canada (1). |
| than in the ARWU. THE-QS finds that six (24%) of | | | | Stanford University |
| the World's Top-25 universities are British compared | | | | It is very striking to see that Stanford University is |
| to three (8%) for ARWU. | | | | ranked 2nd in the world according to ARWU and only |
| The difference is particularly striking for the | | | | 16th according to THE-QS. |
| World’s Top-5 universities, where there are four | | | | University of California - Berkeley |
| British Universities in the THE-QS (University of | | | | It is also striking to see that the University of |
| Cambridge [2nd], University College London [4th], | | | | California - Berkeley is ranked 3rd in the world |
| Imperial College London [5th] and University of | | | | according to ARWU and 36th according to THE-QS. |
| Oxford [5th]) compared to only one for the ARWU | | | | University College - London |
| (University of Cambridge [3rd]). | | | | Finally,University College - London is ranked 4th in the |
| THE-QS has many fewer public US universities than | | | | world according to THE-QS compared to only 22nd in |
| ARWU | | | | the world according to ARWU. |