UM 20th best University on Earth according to Times Higher Ed.
Obviously a great ranking. The Big Ten as a whole looks good on this list, with 8 other B1G schools making the top 100:
19 - Northwestern
31 - Wisconsin
33 - Illinois
47 - Minnesota
53 - Ohio State
61 - Penn State
69 - Purdue
94 - Michigan State
Link:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2012/oct/03/world-top-100-universities-2012
October 5th, 2012 at 12:11 PM ^
Imagine Hash Bash would give it an equally lofty ranking in Higher Times Ed.
(yep, that's fairly hack borscht belt level stuff)
October 5th, 2012 at 11:58 AM ^
Lol. GoBlogSparty downvoting this.
October 5th, 2012 at 12:08 PM ^
Yeah, I would think it would have gotten an upvote. Michigan State is one of the top 100 colleges on Earth? That sounds better than I would have expected.
October 5th, 2012 at 12:13 PM ^
OP is a sparty. I'm sure that's partially why he posted it. And also why stopped listing BIG members at MSU.
FWIW, Indiana (#134) and Iowa (#169) also make the list.
Poor Nebraska.
October 5th, 2012 at 12:55 PM ^
I stopped the list there because I got the info. from this article, which only lists the top 100:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2012/oct/03/world-top-100-universities-2012
October 5th, 2012 at 4:09 PM ^
The downvoting thing has gotten ridiculous. A few posts up there's a overrated/trolling/flamebate skirmish. Over what? Someboy's opinion on a blog.
I would have never guess Moo U. @ 100 in the world. Perhaps 100 in the US but not the world.
And sparty trolls, there's nothing wrong with mocking Moo U.
October 5th, 2012 at 11:30 PM ^
He should find employment.
October 5th, 2012 at 12:03 PM ^
UM No. 1 University on earth according to me. Sorry no link.
October 5th, 2012 at 12:59 PM ^
October 5th, 2012 at 2:21 PM ^
October 5th, 2012 at 8:27 PM ^
according to Zoltan, who as Space Emperor (of Space) is an authority on the topic.
October 5th, 2012 at 12:09 PM ^
#20 on Earth. #1 in space, bitches.
October 5th, 2012 at 12:15 PM ^
That comes from the third-string quarterback, by the way.
October 5th, 2012 at 12:20 PM ^
He does raise a fairly valid point, I'll give him that.
Also, I thought that in most places, people stopped "playing" school after kindergarden, but apparently Ohio is an aberration.
~Herm
October 5th, 2012 at 6:05 PM ^
That sounds like a movie quote haha
October 5th, 2012 at 12:14 PM ^
Who cares if we are only #20 in the world, our goal is to win the Big 10
October 5th, 2012 at 12:20 PM ^
You're ahead of Iowa, Indiana, and:
Nebraska, which apparently can't even crack the top 400. Ouch. (I went through the list twice, but maybe I'm just missing NE for some reason)
October 5th, 2012 at 12:22 PM ^
Rankings are pointless. We need a playoff!
October 5th, 2012 at 12:35 PM ^
ARWU has U of M at #22
http://www.shanghairanking.com/ARWU2012.html
QS has U of M at #17
http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2012
as everyone knows, these two, along with Times Higher are the only ranking that matter. Sorry US News.
Edit: QS is really UK heavy at the top compared to the other 2
October 5th, 2012 at 12:43 PM ^
UC-Berkeley is the most overrated school in the world.
Also, Darmouth is outranked by the likes of Michigan State, Maryland, and Arizona? And how does Ohio State outrank Purdue? This list has no credibility.
October 5th, 2012 at 1:19 PM ^
I've seen you make this statement time and time again (Don't ask me how I remember). Why do you say this, do you have something against Cal? If anything, if you go by USNews rankings, they might just the single most underranked school on there. You ask anyone around the world and they will not only recognize them but will have a much higher regard for them than several schools that are supposedly superior to them (again, according to USNews) such as Northwestern, Johns Hopkins, Notre Dame, Dartmouth, Duke, Brown, Cornell. A school doesn't win over 70 Nobel prizes by being overrated.
Why do you think they're overrated again?
October 5th, 2012 at 2:34 PM ^
I can say with certainty that Berkeley is NOT viewed in higher regard than the schools you listed outside of the country, let alone "a much higher regard" as you put it. Sure, it's above Notre Dame, but Notre Dame doesn't have a great reputation outside of the country considering it's not a hot destination for international students.
October 5th, 2012 at 3:10 PM ^
I'm not sure who you're talking to either, but I think most people in academia would agree with my statement but whatever. I'll leave it at that.
October 5th, 2012 at 12:43 PM ^
How does MSU possibly rank in the top 100? That school of packaging must be top-notch.....
October 5th, 2012 at 1:07 PM ^
I know you're just being a douche, but I'll still reply seriously:
Yes, MSU has a great Packaging school. It also has the best Nuclear Physics Program in the world, one of the best colleges of Education, a good business school (including one of the best Supply Chain programs), and many other highly regarded programs. It also happens to be a respected research university, and the home to the most important Department of Energy research lab.
Is it as strong or as respected as UM across the board? Of course not. But you're the one who looks ignorant when you post shit like that.
October 5th, 2012 at 12:46 PM ^
Michigan ranked 12th in worldwide reputation (in academics' eyes), probably a more important measurement than simply combining arbitrary metrics.
Agreed on UC-Berkeley. I hear that some of their students still lives in trees like our prehistoric ancestors.
~Herm
October 5th, 2012 at 12:48 PM ^
October 5th, 2012 at 3:59 PM ^
I've noticed that people who say stuff like this have yet to enter the real world.
October 5th, 2012 at 12:53 PM ^
Looks like we're #20 for the North America region according to those links. So unless the rest of the world's universities are all below us, we're lower than that on the world rankings (according to that website)
Edit: I'm an idiot nvm, the rankings just list by region but the numbers are the world rankings
October 5th, 2012 at 2:38 PM ^
It is rather nice to see the Big Ten Conference well-represented on this list, of course. That being said, if Herbstreit had bothered to consult this article, he would have found a way for Northwestern to win the division per his own off-the-cuff (and likely sarcastic) prediction since they finished just ahead of us.
October 5th, 2012 at 3:24 PM ^
Ivy League has 8 schools; their average rank is 30. Average rank of the top 8 Big Ten schools is 42. The Ivy League is mostly brought down by Dartmouth. If they dropped Darthmouth and Brown, their average rank would be 11.
Average rank of the top 8 Pac 12 schools is 53.
Unless I missed them, Nebraska doesn't appear in the top 400. So including Nebraska in an average would bring us down by at least 33 spots.
full list: LINK
October 5th, 2012 at 7:06 PM ^
But what about SEC and their speeeeeed??? Surely they outrank everyone.
October 5th, 2012 at 3:26 PM ^
ohio is anywhere on the list.
October 5th, 2012 at 3:44 PM ^
Love it!
October 5th, 2012 at 4:34 PM ^
October 5th, 2012 at 3:50 PM ^
Obviously, this poll is flawed... There has to be at least 5 SEC schools in the Top 10... It's a rule.
October 5th, 2012 at 4:04 PM ^
Stephen Wolfram just blew a load of cellular automata after reading that list.
October 5th, 2012 at 7:24 PM ^
October 5th, 2012 at 7:33 PM ^
You're welcome, planet Earth.