Well UofT made it (#24 overall, #19 in North America), so did UBC (28/35), McGill (42/60), McMaster (54/89), UofA (59-77/101-151), and Université de Montréal (59-77/101-151). The last two are not specifically ranked, only placed in a category range.
http://www.arwu.org/rank2008/EN2008.htm
What is interesting is that the web site is copyright by the Center for World-Class Universities (a Chinese organization). And they describe the purpose as finding the gap between Chinese universities and world-class ones. The top Chinese university is the National Taiwan Univ. (17-22/152-200) followed by Chinese Univ. Hong Kong (23-41/201-302). The first mainland China university is Nanjing Univ. (23-41/201-302). Admittedly so, the ranking are for their sake of establishing standards for themselves and best practices and allow them to model, learn, or pull from the top universities. The rankings were not meant for any other purpose.
Sure is interesting to read.
http://www.arwu.org/rank2008/EN2008.htm
What is interesting is that the web site is copyright by the Center for World-Class Universities (a Chinese organization). And they describe the purpose as finding the gap between Chinese universities and world-class ones. The top Chinese university is the National Taiwan Univ. (17-22/152-200) followed by Chinese Univ. Hong Kong (23-41/201-302). The first mainland China university is Nanjing Univ. (23-41/201-302). Admittedly so, the ranking are for their sake of establishing standards for themselves and best practices and allow them to model, learn, or pull from the top universities. The rankings were not meant for any other purpose.
Sure is interesting to read.
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