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The Controversy of Ranking the Top Universities in the World

Want to know how the top Universities rank in 2016?

If you are a parent or a student looking for your dream University, this list is for you. Here, we have listed the Top Universities in the World and broken them into continents that represented the majority of the top schools: North America, Europe, and Asia. The list, however, represents much controversy of how these schools are ranked. For instance, in 2015, Harvard was ranked #2 in the world while Stanford was ranked #3 and in 2016 the roles were reversed. Other sites such as this one from USNews, ranks schools in a different way.

Aside from the already skewed and subjective measurement systems, how are the rankings really determined? Are factors like weather, economic opportunities for students, and cultural and social value of activities near these schools taken into consideration? When all else is equal, and if the student gets their pick of the lot, these factors play a big part in a student’s decision to enroll, yet none of these factors ever really change year after year and have little bearing on school quality.

It is important then that these rankings be used as a point of reference and should not be taken too literally. Any parent would be proud to have their children accepted into any of one of these Universities.

The schools listed here are the main reasons why the tutoring industry is a growing market. Parents are racing to give their children an edge so that they can be accepted to only the most prestigious schools. Today, there are nearly 6 billion people living on this planet and the population is still growing. Information is readily available to target these schools if you know where to look. What used to be secret handshakes behind golden curtains to allow entrance into these top schools are now being taught by professional education consultants.

These professionals now have tutoring platforms like TutorViva.com which allows professionals to create an active profile to showcase their work. The platform let’s students and parents search for tutors in their local area and book their services online. It is a truly localized multilingual platform that helps match students, tutors, and coaches of all levels and all areas of practice including music, sports, and academics.

So as controversial these school rankings may be, they provide valuable insights to future market trends. Augmented tutoring and coaching become increasingly valuable and necessary to get an edge over other students. Afterall, there are a finite amount of spots in every school, and with the growing population those spots become more scarce.

As promised, here is the 2016 ranking from QS World.*

Top 10 Universities in the World
  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  2. Stanford University
  3. Harvard University
  4. California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
  5. University of Cambridge
  6. University of Oxford
  7. UCL (University College London)
  8. ETH Zurich — Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
  9. Imperial College London
  10. University of Chicago
Top 10 Universities in North America
  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  2. Stanford University
  3. Harvard University
  4. California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
  5. University of Chicago
  6. Princeton University
  7. Yale University
  8. Cornell University
  9. Johns Hopkins University
  10. University of Pennsylvania
Top 10 Universities in Asia
  1. National University of Singapore (NUS)
  2. Nanyang Technological University
  3. Singapore (NTU) Tsinghua University
  4. The University of Hong Kong
  5. The University of Tokyo
  6. Seoul National University
  7. The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
  8. Kyoto University
  9. Peking University
  10. Fudan University
Top 10 Universities in Europe
  1. University of Oxford
  2. UCL (University College London)
  3. ETH Zurich — Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
  4. Imperial College London
  5. Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
  6. The University of Edinburgh
  7. King’s College London
  8. The University of Manchester
  9. Ecole normale supérieure, Paris
  10. London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

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