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The place to be for a PhD

Updated

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 University10
2–3usMicrosoft8
2–3usNorth Carolina State University8
4nlDelft University of Technology6
5chUniversity of Zurich5
6–8sgSingapore Management University4
6–8ilThe Hebrew University of Jerusalem4
6–8deUniversity of Stuttgart4
9–24ilBen-Gurion University of the Negev3
9–24seChalmers University of Technology3
9–24nlEindhoven University of Technology3
9–24usGoogle3
9–24usIBM Corporation3
9–24auMonash University3
9–24caQueen’s University3
9–24usStanford University3
9–24fiTampere University3
9–24chUniversità della Svizzera italiana3
9–24chUniversity of Bern3
9–24fiUniversity of Helsinki3
9–24fiUniversity of Oulu3
9–24gbgb-engUniversity of Oxford3
9–24caUniversity of Victoria3
9–24usUniversity of Washington3
25–64caConcordia University2
25–64usCornell University2
25–64auCurtin University2
25–64gbgb-engDurham University2
25–64nlJheronimus Academy of Data Science2
25–64jpKyushu University2
25–64seLund University2
25–64usMassachusetts Institute of Technology2
25–64usNorthern Arizona University2
25–64usNorthwestern University2
25–64nlOpen University of the Netherlands2
25–64cnPeking University2
25–64usPivotal2
25–64caPolytechnique Montréal2
25–64usStevens Institute of Technology2
25–64usUC Berkeley2
25–64usUC Davis2
25–64gbgb-engUniversity College London2
25–64nlUniversity of Amsterdam2
25–64nzUniversity of Auckland2
25–64caUniversity of British Columbia2
25–64caUniversity of Calgary2
25–64gbgb-engUniversity of Cambridge2
25–64usUniversity of Chicago2
25–64seUniversity of Gothenburg2
25–64nlUniversity of Groningen2
25–64usUniversity of Illinois at Chicago2
25–64fiUniversity of Jyväskylä2
25–64luUniversity of Luxembourg2
25–64usUniversity of Maryland2
25–64noUniversity of Oslo2
25–64deUniversity of Passau2
25–64itUniversity of Salerno2
25–64gbgb-engUniversity of Sheffield2
25–64usUniversity of Southern California2
25–64caUniversity of Toronto2
25–64nlUtrecht University2
25–64nlVrije Universiteit Amsterdam2
25–64caYork University2
25–64chZurich University of Applied Sciences2
65–267dkAalborg University1
65–267fiAalto University1
65–267dkAarhus University1
65–267usAllegheny College1
65–267usArizona State University1
65–267usAugusta University1
65–267nlAvans University of Applied Sciences1
65–267cnBaidu, Inc.1
65–267ilBar-Ilan University1
65–267eses-ctBarcelona Supercomputing Center1
65–267deBauhaus-Universität Weimar1
65–267cnBeijing Institute of Technology1
65–267trBilkent University1
65–267seBlekinge Institute of Technology1
65–267caBloorview Research Institute1
65–267usBoeing Research & Technology Europe1
65–267usBoston University1
65–267gbBritish Geological Survey1
65–267usBroadPath1
65–267usCalifornia Institute of Technology1
65–267usCalifornia Polytechnic State University1
65–267seCarmenta Geospatial Technologies1
65–267deCISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security1
65–267usClarkson University1
65–267usClemson University1
65–267krClova AI Research1
65–267itCNR-ISTI1
65–267frCNRS1
65–267seCodeScene1
65–267usColumbia Basin College1
65–267usColumbia University1
65–267noConceptos Consulting1
65–267trCumhuriyet University1
65–267unDon’t Forget the Bubbles1
65–267usDrexel University1
65–267deEberhard Karls Universität Tübingen1
65–267nlExact International Development1
65–267usFacebook1
65–267brFederal Institute of Rio Grande do Norte1
65–267brFederal University of Amazonas1
65–267brFederal University of Bahia1
65–267brFederal University of Minas Gerais1
65–267brFederal University of Pará1
65–267brFederal University of Rio Grande do Norte1
65–267brFederal University of Sergipe1
65–267atFHV Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences1
65–267deFraunhofer1
65–267usFraunhofer1
65–267itFree University of Bozen-Bolzano1
65–267usGeorge Fox University1
65–267usGeorge Mason University1
65–267usGeorgia Institute of Technologyy1
65–267deHarz University of Applied Sciences1
65–267gbgb-engImperial College London1
65–267frInria1
65–267idInstitut Teknologi Bandung1
65–267gbgb-engIntruder Systems1
65–267usIowa State University1
65–267irIran Telecommunication Research Center1
65–267frIRISA1
65–267itItalian National Research Council1
65–267usJane Street Capital1
65–267usJet Propulsion Laboratory1
65–267czJetBrains Research1
65–267usJohns Hopkins University1
65–267krKAIST1
65–267usKansas State University1
65–267usKennesaw State University1
65–267usKent State University1
65–267gbgb-engKing’s College London1
65–267krKorea Press Foundation1
65–267seKTH Royal Institute of Technology1
65–267auLady Cilento Children’s Hospital1
65–267xxLeadership Footprint1
65–267deLeibniz Institute for Neurobiology1
65–267gbgb-engLeicester Royal Infirmary1
65–267nlLeiden University1
65–267usLoyola College1
65–267deMax Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods1
65–267deMax Planck Institute for Security and Privacy1
65–267caMcGill University1
65–267usMeta1
65–267esMeta41
65–267deMETOP GmbH1
65–267usMontclair State University1
65–267nzMultitudes1
65–267auMurdoch University1
65–267usNetflix1
65–267fiNokia Bell Labs1
65–267usNortheastern University1
65–267noNorwegian University of Science and Technology1
65–267noNTNU1
65–267usOakland University1
65–267caOntario Tech University1
65–267seÖrebro University1
65–267usOregon State University1
65–267noØstfold University College1
65–267deOtto von Guericke University Magdeburg1
65–267dePaderborn University1
65–267dePhilipps University Marburg1
65–267ptPolytechnic Institute of Tomar1
65–267caPolytechnique Montreal1
65–267nlRadboud University1
65–267usRochester Institute of Technology1
65–267gbRolls-Royce plc1
65–267deSaarland University1
65–267usSauce Labs1
65–267lvSEB Life & Pension Holding AB Riga Branch1
65–267cnShanghai Jiao Tong University1
65–267noSimula Research Laboratory1
65–267noSINTEF1
65–267nlSoftware Improvement Group1
65–267auSwinburne University of Technology1
65–267chSwisscom1
65–267auSydney Children’s Hospital1
65–267deTechnische Universität München1
65–267esTecnalia1
65–267usTexas A&M University1
65–267usThe College of William and Mary1
65–267cncn-hkThe Hong Kong University of Science and Technology1
65–267nlThe Liberators1
65–267gbgb-engThe Open University1
65–267gbgb-engThe Royal London Hospital1
65–267usThe University of New Mexico1
65–267nlTilburg University1
65–267itU-Hopper1
65–267mxUAM Iztapalapa1
65–267saUmm Al-Qura University1
65–267coUniversidad de los Andes1
65–267esUniversidad Rey Juan Carlos1
65–267brUniversidade Federal de Pernambuco1
65–267brUniversidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná1
65–267chUniversità della Svizzera italiana1
65–267esUniversity Carlos III of Madrid1
65–267ieUniversity College Cork1
65–267beUniversity College Ghent1
65–267auUniversity of Adelaide1
65–267usUniversity of Alabama1
65–267caUniversity of Alberta1
65–267chUniversity of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland1
65–267usUniversity of Arizona1
65–267usUniversity of Arkansas1
65–267eses-ctUniversity of Barcelona1
65–267chUniversity of Basel1
65–267itUniversity of Bologna1
65–267brUniversity of Brasília1
65–267usUniversity of California, Los Angeles1
65–267usUniversity of California, Santa Cruz1
65–267esUniversity of Castilla-La Mancha1
65–267esUniversity of Castilla–La Mancha1
65–267gbgb-engUniversity of Central Lancashire1
65–267dkUniversity of Copenhagen1
65–267deUniversity of Duisburg-Essen1
65–267gbgb-engUniversity of East Anglia1
65–267itUniversity of Florence1
65–267deUniversity of Freiburg1
65–267chUniversity of Geneva1
65–267itUniversity of Genoa1
65–267usUniversity of Georgia1
65–267deUniversity of Giessen1
65–267usUniversity of Hawai‘i1
65–267usUniversity of Illinois1
65–267atUniversity of Klagenfurt1
65–267gbgb-engUniversity of Leeds1
65–267gbgb-engUniversity of Leicester1
65–267frUniversity of Lorraine1
65–267deUniversity of Magdeburg1
65–267mtUniversity of Malta1
65–267caUniversity of Manitoba1
65–267usUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst1
65–267auUniversity of Melbourne Medical School1
65–267usUniversity of Miami1
65–267itUniversity of Milano-Bicocca1
65–267itUniversity of Molise1
65–267beUniversity of Mons1
65–267esUniversity of Murcia1
65–267auUniversity of New South Wales1
65–267auUniversity of Newcastle1
65–267usUniversity of Oregon1
65–267deUniversity of Potsdam1
65–267auUniversity of Queensland1
65–267frUniversity of Rennes 11
65–267itUniversity of Sannio1
65–267eses-gaUniversity of Santiago de Compostela1
65–267caUniversity of Saskatchewan1
65–267cnUniversity of Science and Technology of China1
65–267zaUniversity of Stellenbosch Business School1
65–267auUniversity of Technology Sydney1
65–267usUniversity of Wisconsin-Milwaukee1
65–267usVanderbilt University1
65–267usVassar College1
65–267fiVincit1
65–267beVrije Universiteit Brussel1
65–267usWayne State University1
65–267usWesleyan University1
65–267noWesterdals ACT1
65–267auWestern Hospital Footscray1
65–267usWestern Michigan University1
65–267usWestern Washington University1
65–267nzWhitireia Polytechnic1
65–267usWilliam & Mary1
65–267cnWuhan University1
65–267usYale University1

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