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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 University9
2–3usMicrosoft8
2–3usNorth Carolina State University8
4nlDelft University of Technology6
5chUniversity of Zurich5
6–7ilThe Hebrew University of Jerusalem4
6–7deUniversity of Stuttgart4
8–23ilBen-Gurion University of the Negev3
8–23seChalmers University of Technology3
8–23nlEindhoven University of Technology3
8–23usGoogle3
8–23usIBM Corporation3
8–23auMonash University3
8–23caQueen’s University3
8–23sgSingapore Management University3
8–23usStanford University3
8–23fiTampere University3
8–23chUniversità della Svizzera italiana3
8–23chUniversity of Bern3
8–23fiUniversity of Helsinki3
8–23fiUniversity of Oulu3
8–23gbgb-engUniversity of Oxford3
8–23usUniversity of Washington3
24–64caConcordia University2
24–64usCornell University2
24–64auCurtin University2
24–64gbgb-engDurham University2
24–64nlJheronimus Academy of Data Science2
24–64jpKyushu University2
24–64seLund University2
24–64usMassachusetts Institute of Technology2
24–64usNorthern Arizona University2
24–64usNorthwestern University2
24–64nlOpen University of the Netherlands2
24–64cnPeking University2
24–64usPivotal2
24–64caPolytechnique Montréal2
24–64usStevens Institute of Technology2
24–64usUC Berkeley2
24–64usUC Davis2
24–64gbgb-engUniversity College London2
24–64nlUniversity of Amsterdam2
24–64nzUniversity of Auckland2
24–64caUniversity of British Columbia2
24–64caUniversity of Calgary2
24–64gbgb-engUniversity of Cambridge2
24–64usUniversity of Chicago2
24–64seUniversity of Gothenburg2
24–64nlUniversity of Groningen2
24–64usUniversity of Illinois at Chicago2
24–64fiUniversity of Jyväskylä2
24–64luUniversity of Luxembourg2
24–64usUniversity of Maryland2
24–64noUniversity of Oslo2
24–64deUniversity of Passau2
24–64itUniversity of Salerno2
24–64gbgb-engUniversity of Sheffield2
24–64usUniversity of Southern California2
24–64caUniversity of Toronto2
24–64caUniversity of Victoria2
24–64nlUtrecht University2
24–64nlVrije Universiteit Amsterdam2
24–64caYork University2
24–64chZurich University of Applied Sciences2
65–266dkAalborg University1
65–266fiAalto University1
65–266dkAarhus University1
65–266usAllegheny College1
65–266usArizona State University1
65–266usAugusta University1
65–266nlAvans University of Applied Sciences1
65–266cnBaidu, Inc.1
65–266ilBar-Ilan University1
65–266eses-ctBarcelona Supercomputing Center1
65–266deBauhaus-Universität Weimar1
65–266cnBeijing Institute of Technology1
65–266trBilkent University1
65–266seBlekinge Institute of Technology1
65–266caBloorview Research Institute1
65–266usBoeing Research & Technology Europe1
65–266usBoston University1
65–266gbBritish Geological Survey1
65–266usBroadPath1
65–266usCalifornia Institute of Technology1
65–266usCalifornia Polytechnic State University1
65–266seCarmenta Geospatial Technologies1
65–266deCISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security1
65–266usClarkson University1
65–266usClemson University1
65–266krClova AI Research1
65–266itCNR-ISTI1
65–266frCNRS1
65–266seCodeScene1
65–266usColumbia Basin College1
65–266usColumbia University1
65–266noConceptos Consulting1
65–266trCumhuriyet University1
65–266unDon’t Forget the Bubbles1
65–266usDrexel University1
65–266deEberhard Karls Universität Tübingen1
65–266nlExact International Development1
65–266usFacebook1
65–266brFederal Institute of Rio Grande do Norte1
65–266brFederal University of Amazonas1
65–266brFederal University of Bahia1
65–266brFederal University of Minas Gerais1
65–266brFederal University of Pará1
65–266brFederal University of Rio Grande do Norte1
65–266brFederal University of Sergipe1
65–266atFHV Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences1
65–266deFraunhofer1
65–266usFraunhofer1
65–266itFree University of Bozen-Bolzano1
65–266usGeorge Fox University1
65–266usGeorge Mason University1
65–266usGeorgia Institute of Technologyy1
65–266deHarz University of Applied Sciences1
65–266gbgb-engImperial College London1
65–266frInria1
65–266idInstitut Teknologi Bandung1
65–266gbgb-engIntruder Systems1
65–266usIowa State University1
65–266irIran Telecommunication Research Center1
65–266frIRISA1
65–266itItalian National Research Council1
65–266usJane Street Capital1
65–266usJet Propulsion Laboratory1
65–266czJetBrains Research1
65–266usJohns Hopkins University1
65–266krKAIST1
65–266usKansas State University1
65–266usKennesaw State University1
65–266usKent State University1
65–266gbgb-engKing’s College London1
65–266krKorea Press Foundation1
65–266seKTH Royal Institute of Technology1
65–266auLady Cilento Children’s Hospital1
65–266xxLeadership Footprint1
65–266deLeibniz Institute for Neurobiology1
65–266gbgb-engLeicester Royal Infirmary1
65–266nlLeiden University1
65–266usLoyola College1
65–266deMax Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods1
65–266deMax Planck Institute for Security and Privacy1
65–266caMcGill University1
65–266usMeta1
65–266esMeta41
65–266deMETOP GmbH1
65–266usMontclair State University1
65–266auMurdoch University1
65–266usNetflix1
65–266fiNokia Bell Labs1
65–266usNortheastern University1
65–266noNorwegian University of Science and Technology1
65–266noNTNU1
65–266usOakland University1
65–266caOntario Tech University1
65–266seÖrebro University1
65–266usOregon State University1
65–266noØstfold University College1
65–266deOtto von Guericke University Magdeburg1
65–266dePaderborn University1
65–266dePhilipps University Marburg1
65–266ptPolytechnic Institute of Tomar1
65–266caPolytechnique Montreal1
65–266nlRadboud University1
65–266usRochester Institute of Technology1
65–266gbRolls-Royce plc1
65–266deSaarland University1
65–266usSauce Labs1
65–266lvSEB Life & Pension Holding AB Riga Branch1
65–266cnShanghai Jiao Tong University1
65–266noSimula Research Laboratory1
65–266noSINTEF1
65–266nlSoftware Improvement Group1
65–266auSwinburne University of Technology1
65–266chSwisscom1
65–266auSydney Children’s Hospital1
65–266deTechnische Universität München1
65–266esTecnalia1
65–266usTexas A&M University1
65–266usThe College of William and Mary1
65–266cncn-hkThe Hong Kong University of Science and Technology1
65–266nlThe Liberators1
65–266gbgb-engThe Open University1
65–266gbgb-engThe Royal London Hospital1
65–266usThe University of New Mexico1
65–266nlTilburg University1
65–266itU-Hopper1
65–266mxUAM Iztapalapa1
65–266saUmm Al-Qura University1
65–266coUniversidad de los Andes1
65–266esUniversidad Rey Juan Carlos1
65–266brUniversidade Federal de Pernambuco1
65–266brUniversidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná1
65–266chUniversità della Svizzera italiana1
65–266esUniversity Carlos III of Madrid1
65–266ieUniversity College Cork1
65–266beUniversity College Ghent1
65–266auUniversity of Adelaide1
65–266usUniversity of Alabama1
65–266caUniversity of Alberta1
65–266chUniversity of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland1
65–266usUniversity of Arizona1
65–266usUniversity of Arkansas1
65–266eses-ctUniversity of Barcelona1
65–266chUniversity of Basel1
65–266itUniversity of Bologna1
65–266brUniversity of Brasília1
65–266usUniversity of California, Los Angeles1
65–266usUniversity of California, Santa Cruz1
65–266esUniversity of Castilla-La Mancha1
65–266esUniversity of Castilla–La Mancha1
65–266gbgb-engUniversity of Central Lancashire1
65–266dkUniversity of Copenhagen1
65–266deUniversity of Duisburg-Essen1
65–266gbgb-engUniversity of East Anglia1
65–266itUniversity of Florence1
65–266deUniversity of Freiburg1
65–266chUniversity of Geneva1
65–266itUniversity of Genoa1
65–266usUniversity of Georgia1
65–266deUniversity of Giessen1
65–266usUniversity of Hawai‘i1
65–266usUniversity of Illinois1
65–266atUniversity of Klagenfurt1
65–266gbgb-engUniversity of Leeds1
65–266gbgb-engUniversity of Leicester1
65–266frUniversity of Lorraine1
65–266deUniversity of Magdeburg1
65–266mtUniversity of Malta1
65–266caUniversity of Manitoba1
65–266usUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst1
65–266auUniversity of Melbourne Medical School1
65–266usUniversity of Miami1
65–266itUniversity of Milano-Bicocca1
65–266itUniversity of Molise1
65–266beUniversity of Mons1
65–266esUniversity of Murcia1
65–266auUniversity of New South Wales1
65–266auUniversity of Newcastle1
65–266usUniversity of Oregon1
65–266deUniversity of Potsdam1
65–266auUniversity of Queensland1
65–266frUniversity of Rennes 11
65–266itUniversity of Sannio1
65–266eses-gaUniversity of Santiago de Compostela1
65–266caUniversity of Saskatchewan1
65–266cnUniversity of Science and Technology of China1
65–266zaUniversity of Stellenbosch Business School1
65–266auUniversity of Technology Sydney1
65–266usUniversity of Wisconsin-Milwaukee1
65–266usVanderbilt University1
65–266usVassar College1
65–266fiVincit1
65–266beVrije Universiteit Brussel1
65–266usWayne State University1
65–266usWesleyan University1
65–266noWesterdals ACT1
65–266auWestern Hospital Footscray1
65–266usWestern Michigan University1
65–266usWestern Washington University1
65–266nzWhitireia Polytechnic1
65–266usWilliam & Mary1
65–266cnWuhan University1
65–266usYale University1

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