Research and Publishing: University Rankings

First published in June 2003 by the Center for World-Class Universities and the Institute of Higher Education of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, and updated on an annual basis.

Includes World University Rankings; Asian University Rankings; and explore leading institutions by region and subject.

Also has lists of Top 100 World Universities Under 50 Years old; Top Asian Universities; Top European Universities; Top North American Universities; Top South American Universities; Top Oceania Universities and Top African Universities.

Uses scientific impact and collaboration to rank institutions. Data collected from citations and co-authors.

The information in the database created by the UT Dallas’ Naveen Jindal School of Management is used to provide the top 100 business school rankings since 1990 based on the total contributions of faculty. The database tracks publications in 24 leading business journals.

Provides annual ranking of the Best 1000 Business Schools in 154 countries and ranking of the best 4000 Masters and MBA programs in 30 specializations worldwide.

FT Rankings website includes Global MBA Rankings, EMBA Rankings.

It provides a standard Top 100 of Economics schools, based on a subset of journals in the database, over a 5-year period, with options to create individual rankings.

This study ranks institutions by the number of annual articles published in the top 4 finance journals: Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Journal of Financial Economics, and Review of Financial Studies.

The rankings are based on classifications of peer reviewed articles in 11 accounting journals since 1990. Rankings are available by institution, subject, and method.