Academic Ranking of World Universities

Academic Ranking of World Universities

pauldirac
8/25/2014

"It's discouraging to see FSU ranking so low (in the 200-300 range) in this annual ranking of world universities which gets some attention in higher ed circles.  I'm actually glad to see at least one Florida university (UF) in the top 100 -- and I know that some states like Arizona with equally poor higher ed funding have more than one public university in the top 100 (both UA and ASU are in the top 100).  According to this survey our strongest programs appear to be in social sciences, where we are in the top 50-75 in the world.  Unfortunately, even in our strongest science areas such as physics we do not appear to do very well.  We need to do better, especially if we want to continue to claim status as a preeminent or flagship university for the state of Florida.

Link: http://www.shanghairanking.com/ARWU2014.html "


"Even more discouraging - we have dropped considerably in STEM areas in the past decade.  At one point, we were in the top 75 in the world in physics.  Now we are somewhere 100-15.  We have also dropped considerable in the natural science.  Here's a link to the historical data.  This ranking is heavily concentrated on faculty awards, research funding etc. -- the same things that seem to drive AAU membership.

Link: http://www.shanghairanking.com/World-University-Rankings/Florida-State-University.html  "