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The QS World University Rankings are a ranking of the world's top universities produced by Quacquarelli Symonds published annually since 2004. In 2024, they ranked 1500 universities, with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Imperial College London, University of Oxford, Harvard University and University of Cambridge taking the top 5 spots.
The rankings list 125 universities, 100 colleges, the change in the rankings over time, a "Predictive Quantities Indicator" (PQI) Index number (for relative rankings), rankings by Momentum (yearly and 90-day snapshots), and rankings by State. The most recent ranking appeared on November 1, 2009, covering 2008.
United States. Rowman & Littlefield Award in Innovative Teaching. American Political Science Association. Developers of effective new approaches to teaching among political scientists. United States. Ruth Shonle Cavan Young Scholar Award. American Society of Criminology.
America's Top Colleges is an annual Forbes ranking of colleges and universities in the United States, first published in 2008. History [ edit ] Forbes rated Princeton University the country's best college in its inaugural (2008) list. [1]
The U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges Ranking is an annual set of rankings of colleges and universities in the United States, first published in 1983. It has been described as the most influential institutional ranking in the country. The Best Colleges Rankings have raised significant controversy, and they have been widely denounced by ...
The Phi Beta Kappa Society ( ΦΒΚ) is the oldest academic honor society in the United States. [1] [2] It was founded at the College of William & Mary in Virginia, in December 1776. [3] Phi Beta Kappa aims to promote and advocate excellence in the liberal arts and sciences, and to induct outstanding students of arts and sciences at select ...
Overview. The rankings of each college in the Norrington Table are calculated by awarding 5 points for a student who receives a First Class degree, 3 points for a 2:1, 2 for a 2:2 and 1 for a Third; the total is then divided by the maximum possible score (i.e. the number of finalists in that college multiplied by 5), and the result for each college is expressed as a percentage, rounded to 2 ...
Thirlwall Prize: awarded for the best essay about British history or literature for a subject with original research. Thomas Bond Sprague Prize: awarded to the student or students showing the greatest distinction in Part III of the Mathematical Tripos examinations. Tyson Medal: awarded for the best performance in subjects relating to astronomy.