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The place to be for a PhD

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I don’t actually have any plans to apply for a PhD right now, but if I were it would probably be at one of these places.

Blackjack and hookers meme
I’m gonna make my own university ranking, with blackjack and hookers!

Prestige plays a major role in academia. It’s why researchers dream of publishing their work in prestigious journals, like Nature and Science. It’s why you can find Harvard University sweaters all over the world, even though Harvard doesn’t actually have that many students. And it’s why people get all giddy about an opportunity to work or study at Oxford, even though there are plenty of other institutions that may have more to offer.

A decent chunk of a university’s prestige comes from rankings, of which there are many. .

While prestige can afford you certain privileges, it does not play that much of a role in your day-to-day life as a graduate student. Rankings tend to be based on research output and recognition thereof, but you’re likely more concerned about things like quality of education, facilities, student life, affordability, the likelihood that your supervisor will be a Machiavellian psychopath, or the university’s primary topics of research.

Most rankings are therefore kind of useless for students.

I’m going to exacerbate this problem by introducing my own ranking, the Toilet Paper Rankings, which is solely based on the number of summarised papers in which an organisation, which is usually – but not always – a university, is mentioned as an affiliation. The list is updated daily, although it usually only changes once a week, when I publish a new paper summary.

Toilet Paper Rankings

Link
RankCountryOrganisationPoints
1usCarnegie Mellon University9
2–3usMicrosoft8
2–3usNorth Carolina State University8
4–5nlDelft University of Technology5
4–5chUniversity of Zurich5
6–7ilThe Hebrew University of Jerusalem4
6–7deUniversity of Stuttgart4
8–19ilBen-Gurion University of the Negev3
8–19seChalmers University of Technology3
8–19nlEindhoven University of Technology3
8–19usGoogle3
8–19usIBM Corporation3
8–19auMonash University3
8–19caQueen’s University3
8–19fiTampere University3
8–19chUniversità della Svizzera italiana3
8–19chUniversity of Bern3
8–19fiUniversity of Oulu3
8–19gbgb-engUniversity of Oxford3
20–54caConcordia University2
20–54usCornell University2
20–54auCurtin University2
20–54jpKyushu University2
20–54seLund University2
20–54usNorthern Arizona University2
20–54nlOpen University of the Netherlands2
20–54cnPeking University2
20–54usPivotal2
20–54caPolytechnique Montréal2
20–54sgSingapore Management University2
20–54usUC Berkeley2
20–54usUC Davis2
20–54gbgb-engUniversity College London2
20–54nlUniversity of Amsterdam2
20–54nzUniversity of Auckland2
20–54caUniversity of British Columbia2
20–54caUniversity of Calgary2
20–54usUniversity of Chicago2
20–54seUniversity of Gothenburg2
20–54nlUniversity of Groningen2
20–54fiUniversity of Helsinki2
20–54fiUniversity of Jyväskylä2
20–54luUniversity of Luxembourg2
20–54usUniversity of Maryland2
20–54noUniversity of Oslo2
20–54deUniversity of Passau2
20–54itUniversity of Salerno2
20–54gbgb-engUniversity of Sheffield2
20–54usUniversity of Southern California2
20–54caUniversity of Victoria2
20–54usUniversity of Washington2
20–54nlVrije Universiteit Amsterdam2
20–54caYork University2
20–54chZurich University of Applied Sciences2
55–252dkAalborg University1
55–252fiAalto University1
55–252dkAarhus University1
55–252usAllegheny College1
55–252usAugusta University1
55–252nlAvans University of Applied Sciences1
55–252cnBaidu, Inc.1
55–252ilBar-Ilan University1
55–252eses-ctBarcelona Supercomputing Center1
55–252deBauhaus-Universität Weimar1
55–252cnBeijing Institute of Technology1
55–252trBilkent University1
55–252seBlekinge Institute of Technology1
55–252usBoeing Research & Technology Europe1
55–252gbBritish Geological Survey1
55–252usBroadPath1
55–252usCalifornia Institute of Technology1
55–252usCalifornia Polytechnic State University1
55–252seCarmenta Geospatial Technologies1
55–252usClarkson University1
55–252usClemson University1
55–252krClova AI Research1
55–252itCNR-ISTI1
55–252frCNRS1
55–252seCodeScene1
55–252usColumbia Basin College1
55–252usColumbia University1
55–252noConceptos Consulting1
55–252trCumhuriyet University1
55–252unDon’t Forget the Bubbles1
55–252usDrexel University1
55–252gbgb-engDurham University1
55–252deEberhard Karls Universität Tübingen1
55–252nlExact International Development1
55–252usFacebook1
55–252brFederal Institute of Rio Grande do Norte1
55–252brFederal University of Amazonas1
55–252brFederal University of Bahia1
55–252brFederal University of Minas Gerais1
55–252brFederal University of Pará1
55–252brFederal University of Rio Grande do Norte1
55–252brFederal University of Sergipe1
55–252atFHV Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences1
55–252deFraunhofer1
55–252usFraunhofer1
55–252itFree University of Bozen-Bolzano1
55–252usGeorge Fox University1
55–252usGeorge Mason University1
55–252usGeorgia Institute of Technologyy1
55–252deHarz University of Applied Sciences1
55–252gbgb-engImperial College London1
55–252frInria1
55–252idInstitut Teknologi Bandung1
55–252usIowa State University1
55–252irIran Telecommunication Research Center1
55–252frIRISA1
55–252itItalian National Research Council1
55–252usJane Street Capital1
55–252nlJeronimus Academy of Data Science1
55–252usJet Propulsion Laboratory1
55–252czJetBrains Research1
55–252nlJheronimus Academy of Data Science1
55–252usJohns Hopkins University1
55–252krKAIST1
55–252usKansas State University1
55–252usKennesaw State University1
55–252usKent State University1
55–252gbgb-engKing’s College London1
55–252krKorea Press Foundation1
55–252seKTH Royal Institute of Technology1
55–252auLady Cilento Children’s Hospital1
55–252xxLeadership Footprint1
55–252deLeibniz Institute for Neurobiology1
55–252gbgb-engLeicester Royal Infirmary1
55–252nlLeiden University1
55–252usLoyola College1
55–252usMassachusetts Institute of Technology1
55–252caMcGill University1
55–252usMeta1
55–252esMeta41
55–252deMETOP GmbH1
55–252usMontclair State University1
55–252auMurdoch University1
55–252usNetflix1
55–252fiNokia Bell Labs1
55–252usNortheastern University1
55–252usNorthwestern University1
55–252noNorwegian University of Science and Technology1
55–252noNTNU1
55–252usOakland University1
55–252seÖrebro University1
55–252usOregon State University1
55–252noØstfold University College1
55–252deOtto von Guericke University Magdeburg1
55–252dePaderborn University1
55–252dePhilipps University Marburg1
55–252ptPolytechnic Institute of Tomar1
55–252caPolytechnique Montreal1
55–252nlRadboud University1
55–252gbRolls-Royce plc1
55–252deSaarland University1
55–252usSauce Labs1
55–252lvSEB Life & Pension Holding AB Riga Branch1
55–252cnShanghai Jiao Tong University1
55–252noSimula Research Laboratory1
55–252noSINTEF1
55–252nlSoftware Improvement Group1
55–252usStanford University1
55–252usStevens Institute1
55–252auSwinburne University of Technology1
55–252chSwisscom1
55–252auSydney Children’s Hospital1
55–252deTechnische Universität München1
55–252esTecnalia1
55–252usTexas A&M University1
55–252usThe College of William and Mary1
55–252cncn-hkThe Hong Kong University of Science and Technology1
55–252nlThe Liberators1
55–252gbgb-engThe Open University1
55–252gbgb-engThe Royal London Hospital1
55–252usThe University of New Mexico1
55–252nlTilburg University1
55–252itU-Hopper1
55–252mxUAM Iztapalapa1
55–252saUmm Al-Qura University1
55–252coUniversidad de los Andes1
55–252esUniversidad Rey Juan Carlos1
55–252brUniversidade Federal de Pernambuco1
55–252brUniversidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná1
55–252chUniversità della Svizzera italiana1
55–252esUniversity Carlos III of Madrid1
55–252ieUniversity College Cork1
55–252beUniversity College Ghent1
55–252auUniversity of Adelaide1
55–252usUniversity of Alabama1
55–252caUniversity of Alberta1
55–252chUniversity of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland1
55–252usUniversity of Arizona1
55–252usUniversity of Arkansas1
55–252eses-ctUniversity of Barcelona1
55–252chUniversity of Basel1
55–252itUniversity of Bologna1
55–252brUniversity of Brasília1
55–252usUniversity of California, Los Angeles1
55–252usUniversity of California, Santa Cruz1
55–252gbgb-engUniversity of Cambridge1
55–252esUniversity of Castilla-La Mancha1
55–252esUniversity of Castilla–La Mancha1
55–252gbgb-engUniversity of Central Lancashire1
55–252dkUniversity of Copenhagen1
55–252deUniversity of Duisburg-Essen1
55–252gbgb-engUniversity of East Anglia1
55–252itUniversity of Florence1
55–252deUniversity of Freiburg1
55–252chUniversity of Geneva1
55–252itUniversity of Genoa1
55–252usUniversity of Georgia1
55–252deUniversity of Giessen1
55–252usUniversity of Hawai‘i1
55–252usUniversity of Illinois1
55–252atUniversity of Klagenfurt1
55–252gbgb-engUniversity of Leeds1
55–252gbgb-engUniversity of Leicester1
55–252frUniversity of Lorraine1
55–252deUniversity of Magdeburg1
55–252caUniversity of Manitoba1
55–252usUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst1
55–252auUniversity of Melbourne Medical School1
55–252usUniversity of Miami1
55–252itUniversity of Milano-Bicocca1
55–252itUniversity of Molise1
55–252beUniversity of Mons1
55–252esUniversity of Murcia1
55–252auUniversity of New South Wales1
55–252auUniversity of Newcastle1
55–252usUniversity of Oregon1
55–252deUniversity of Potsdam1
55–252auUniversity of Queensland1
55–252frUniversity of Rennes 11
55–252itUniversity of Sannio1
55–252eses-gaUniversity of Santiago de Compostela1
55–252caUniversity of Saskatchewan1
55–252cnUniversity of Science and Technology of China1
55–252zaUniversity of Stellenbosch Business School1
55–252auUniversity of Technology Sydney1
55–252usUniversity of Wisconsin-Milwaukee1
55–252usVanderbilt University1
55–252usVassar College1
55–252fiVincit1
55–252beVrije Universiteit Brussel1
55–252usWayne State University1
55–252usWesleyan University1
55–252noWesterdals ACT1
55–252auWestern Hospital Footscray1
55–252usWestern Michigan University1
55–252usWestern Washington University1
55–252nzWhitireia Polytechnic1
55–252cnWuhan University1

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