World's Best Colleges: Top British and European Universities

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U.S. News & World Report's World's Best Colleges and Universities rankings based on the Times Higher Education-QS World University Rankings identified these to be the world's top universities in 2008.

Rank					Overall Score
1	University of Cambridge United Kingdom				99.5
Academic Peer Review Score100	Employer Review Score100	Student to Faculty Score99	International Faculty Score98	International Students Score 95	Citations per Faculty Score 89
2	University of Oxford United Kingdom				98.9
Academic Peer Review Score100	Employer Review Score100	Student to Faculty Score100	International Faculty Score96	International Students Score 96	Citations per Faculty Score 85
3	Imperial College London United Kingdom				98.4
Academic Peer Review Score99	Employer Review Score100	Student to Faculty Score100	International Faculty Score98	International Students Score 100	Citations per Faculty Score 83
4	University College London United Kingdom				98.1
Academic Peer Review Score96	Employer Review Score99	Student to Faculty Score100	International Faculty Score96	International Students Score 100	Citations per Faculty Score 89
5	King's College London United Kingdom				89.5
Academic Peer Review Score93	Employer Review Score98	Student to Faculty Score89	International Faculty Score91	International Students Score 85	Citations per Faculty Score 70
6	University of Edinburgh United Kingdom				89.3
Academic Peer Review Score96	Employer Review Score99	Student to Faculty Score82	International Faculty Score91	International Students Score 82	Citations per Faculty Score 70
7	ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) Switzerland				89.1
Academic Peer Review Score95	Employer Review Score82	Student to Faculty Score56	International Faculty Score100	International Students Score 94	Citations per Faculty Score 99
8	École Normale Supérieure, Paris France				84.8
Academic Peer Review Score93	Employer Review Score72	Student to Faculty Score68	International Faculty Score29	International Students Score 69	Citations per Faculty Score 99
9	University of Manchester United Kingdom				84.4
Academic Peer Review Score91	Employer Review Score100	Student to Faculty Score82	International Faculty Score91	International Students Score 84	Citations per Faculty Score 56
10	University of Bristol United Kingdom				84.1
Academic Peer Review Score83	Employer Review Score99	Student to Faculty Score82	International Faculty Score85	International Students Score 74	Citations per Faculty Score 74
11	École Polytechnique France				83.0
Academic Peer Review Score80	Employer Review Score96	Student to Faculty Score100	International Faculty Score62	International Students Score 93	Citations per Faculty Score 58
12	University of Copenhagen Denmark				78.5
Academic Peer Review Score88	Employer Review Score59	Student to Faculty Score100	International Faculty Score67	International Students Score 69	Citations per Faculty Score 45
13	Trinity College Dublin Ireland				78.2
Academic Peer Review Score90	Employer Review Score96	Student to Faculty Score68	International Faculty Score99	International Students Score 76	Citations per Faculty Score 42
14	École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Switzerland				78.1
Academic Peer Review Score63	Employer Review Score71	Student to Faculty Score93	International Faculty Score100	International Students Score 100	Citations per Faculty Score 77
15	University of Amsterdam Netherlands				78.0
Academic Peer Review Score88	Employer Review Score77	Student to Faculty Score80	International Faculty Score73	International Students Score 32	Citations per Faculty Score 61
16	Heidelberg Universität Germany				76.9
Academic Peer Review Score87	Employer Review Score59	Student to Faculty Score81	International Faculty Score54	International Students Score 81	Citations per Faculty Score 58
17	Uppsala University Sweden				74.9
Academic Peer Review Score91	Employer Review Score60	Student to Faculty Score43	International Faculty Score70	International Students Score 41	Citations per Faculty Score 85
18	Leiden University Netherlands				74.8
Academic Peer Review Score87	Employer Review Score61	Student to Faculty Score35	International Faculty Score74	International Students Score 41	Citations per Faculty Score 97
19	London School of Economics and Political Science United Kingdom				74.2
Academic Peer Review Score88	Employer Review Score100	Student to Faculty Score59	International Faculty Score100	International Students Score 100	Citations per Faculty Score 26
20	Utrecht University Netherlands				74.0
Academic Peer Review Score89	Employer Review Score66	Student to Faculty Score62	International Faculty Score45	International Students Score 24	Citations per Faculty Score 72
21	University of Geneva Switzerland				73.9
Academic Peer Review Score69	Employer Review Score36	Student to Faculty Score58	International Faculty Score97	International Students Score 100	Citations per Faculty Score 98
22	University of Warwick United Kingdom				73.8
Academic Peer Review Score83	Employer Review Score100	Student to Faculty Score60	International Faculty Score92	International Students Score 97	Citations per Faculty Score 38
23	Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Belgium				73.1
Academic Peer Review Score92	Employer Review Score83	Student to Faculty Score34	International Faculty Score52	International Students Score 51	Citations per Faculty Score 72
24	University of Glasgow United Kingdom				73.0
Academic Peer Review Score72	Employer Review Score78	Student to Faculty Score67	International Faculty Score95	International Students Score 60	Citations per Faculty Score 69
25	University of Birmingham United Kingdom				72.3
Academic Peer Review Score73	Employer Review Score94	Student to Faculty Score57	International Faculty Score82	International Students Score 72	Citations per Faculty Score 65
26	University of Sheffield United Kingdom				72.2
Academic Peer Review Score69	Employer Review Score97	Student to Faculty Score68	International Faculty Score81	International Students Score 72	Citations per Faculty Score 60
27	Delft University of Technology Netherlands				71.8
Academic Peer Review Score78	Employer Review Score87	Student to Faculty Score66	International Faculty Score80	International Students Score 66	Citations per Faculty Score 49
27	Technische Universität München Germany				71.8
Academic Peer Review Score73	Employer Review Score59	Student to Faculty Score86	International Faculty Score54	International Students Score 77	Citations per Faculty Score 57
30	University of Aarhus Denmark				71.5
Academic Peer Review Score76	Employer Review Score38	Student to Faculty Score72	International Faculty Score67	International Students Score 58	Citations per Faculty Score 74
30	University of York United Kingdom				71.5
Academic Peer Review Score62	Employer Review Score93	Student to Faculty Score77	International Faculty Score95	International Students Score 84	Citations per Faculty Score 57

Source: QS Quacquarelli Symonds (www.topuniversities.com)

Tags:: Great Britain,; colleges,; rankings,; Europe

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"Tirana" University of Albania, which is still affordable, can teach the number theory for life.

Lida of NY 1:17PM June 17, 2009

Well, Budapest the capital of Hungary has the highest concentration of Nobel Prize winners per capita. This Anglo-Saxon centric mania shining through this so called "ranking" is utterly sad and narrow minded. We live in the XXI century!
As for The Person wanting to study algebraic number theory I would reccomend The Elte University in Budapest. It has some of the best mathematicians in the world.

Milan 6:10PM June 16, 2009

I find it extremely hard to believe that no schools from, say, Spain, Italy, Poland, Russia, Greece, or Portugal can compete with your top 30 British and European Universities. Maybe you should try to better cover your British-centric bias and include some universities outside of the United Kingdom in your top 5.

BMS of AK 7:43AM June 11, 2009