I just got this link by email,, and found this ranking interesting and genuine, as they explain many things as well,,,, like why and how there are always US universities on top,,,, why very little german or french universities are present etc.
http://rapidshare.com/files/68524810/WorldRankings2007.pdf
Full Version: The Times University Ranking 2007
v nice link 
no paki or indian uni in top 200, chalo sath sath to hain :d
no paki or indian uni in top 200, chalo sath sath to hain :d
Besides ranking,,,, i found this analysis very interesting,,,, and perhaps it also anwers how france or germany being very advanced countries,,,,, why they have less universities in rankings
Where are the world’s top scientists? Over the four years of The Times Higher-QS World University Rankings, the verdict of the experts we poll has been unanimous: the world’s top scientists are in the UK and the US. Last year, they made Cambridge and Oxford the top two science universities. This year, they have chosen the University of California, Berkeley, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with Cambridge and Oxford in third and eighth places respectively.
In this table and the following faculty-specific rankings, we place universities in order of the opinions of our peer reviewers, who are active academics in the subjects on which they are giving their views. This year they have put US and UK universities in the top 11 places. Tokyo, in 12th position, is the top institution
from any other country.
But there is no room for British triumphalism. The large amount of research funding that goes into a small number of UK universities appears, on the evidence of this table, to buy top performance for a few universities, but is less good at building strength in depth. The US has 24 universities in this top 50, but the UK manages only three, putting it level with France and Canada, behind Australia.
France and Germany’s relatively modest showing in this table is often attributed to the fact that many of their scientists work in state labs, not universities. This argument is strengthened by this year’s Nobel prize awards. The prize for physics was shared by Albert Fert, who works partly for the company Thales and partly at Université Paris-Sud, and Peter Grünberg, who works in the Jülich research centre in Germany.
The prize for chemistry went to Gerhard Erlt, who is based at the Max-Planck Society, the biggest German research institution. However, we are ranking universities, not countries.
Where are the world’s top scientists? Over the four years of The Times Higher-QS World University Rankings, the verdict of the experts we poll has been unanimous: the world’s top scientists are in the UK and the US. Last year, they made Cambridge and Oxford the top two science universities. This year, they have chosen the University of California, Berkeley, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with Cambridge and Oxford in third and eighth places respectively.
In this table and the following faculty-specific rankings, we place universities in order of the opinions of our peer reviewers, who are active academics in the subjects on which they are giving their views. This year they have put US and UK universities in the top 11 places. Tokyo, in 12th position, is the top institution
from any other country.
But there is no room for British triumphalism. The large amount of research funding that goes into a small number of UK universities appears, on the evidence of this table, to buy top performance for a few universities, but is less good at building strength in depth. The US has 24 universities in this top 50, but the UK manages only three, putting it level with France and Canada, behind Australia.
France and Germany’s relatively modest showing in this table is often attributed to the fact that many of their scientists work in state labs, not universities. This argument is strengthened by this year’s Nobel prize awards. The prize for physics was shared by Albert Fert, who works partly for the company Thales and partly at Université Paris-Sud, and Peter Grünberg, who works in the Jülich research centre in Germany.
The prize for chemistry went to Gerhard Erlt, who is based at the Max-Planck Society, the biggest German research institution. However, we are ranking universities, not countries.
is main kahian bhi pakistan ka name nahi hay. akk jagha india ka name hay.
QUOTE(MJB @ Nov 11 2007, 12:36 PM) 
But there is no room for British triumphalism. The large amount of research funding that goes into a small number of UK universities appears, on the evidence of this table, to buy top performance for a few universities, but is less good at building strength in depth. The US has 24 universities in this top 50, but the UK manages only three, putting it level with France and Canada, behind Australia.
However, we are ranking universities, not countries.[/color][/i]
However, we are ranking universities, not countries.[/color][/i]
This is beacuse US government has put a large sums of money in research through NIH & NSF. If you look at the statistics in research journals, you will found that almost 75% of the papers published are from US universities and rest of the world has only 25% share. This is one of the reason they are at top of the list in new inventions and improvement in their technology in any field from Arts to Science.
We can only pray to Allah that it may give our leader a sense to spend some money on education as well.
Thanks
Shahid
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