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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
8–22ilBen-Gurion University of the Negev3
8–22seChalmers University of Technology3
8–22nlEindhoven University of Technology3
8–22usGoogle3
8–22usIBM Corporation3
8–22auMonash University3
8–22caQueen’s University3
8–22sgSingapore Management University3
8–22usStanford University3
8–22fiTampere University3
8–22chUniversità della Svizzera italiana3
8–22chUniversity of Bern3
8–22fiUniversity of Helsinki3
8–22fiUniversity of Oulu3
8–22gbgb-engUniversity of Oxford3
23–61caConcordia University2
23–61usCornell University2
23–61auCurtin University2
23–61gbgb-engDurham University2
23–61nlJheronimus Academy of Data Science2
23–61jpKyushu University2
23–61seLund University2
23–61usNorthern Arizona University2
23–61usNorthwestern University2
23–61nlOpen University of the Netherlands2
23–61cnPeking University2
23–61usPivotal2
23–61caPolytechnique Montréal2
23–61usStevens Institute of Technology2
23–61usUC Berkeley2
23–61usUC Davis2
23–61gbgb-engUniversity College London2
23–61nlUniversity of Amsterdam2
23–61nzUniversity of Auckland2
23–61caUniversity of British Columbia2
23–61caUniversity of Calgary2
23–61gbgb-engUniversity of Cambridge2
23–61usUniversity of Chicago2
23–61seUniversity of Gothenburg2
23–61nlUniversity of Groningen2
23–61usUniversity of Illinois at Chicago2
23–61fiUniversity of Jyväskylä2
23–61luUniversity of Luxembourg2
23–61usUniversity of Maryland2
23–61noUniversity of Oslo2
23–61deUniversity of Passau2
23–61itUniversity of Salerno2
23–61gbgb-engUniversity of Sheffield2
23–61usUniversity of Southern California2
23–61caUniversity of Victoria2
23–61usUniversity of Washington2
23–61nlVrije Universiteit Amsterdam2
23–61caYork University2
23–61chZurich University of Applied Sciences2
62–262dkAalborg University1
62–262fiAalto University1
62–262dkAarhus University1
62–262usAllegheny College1
62–262usArizona State University1
62–262usAugusta University1
62–262nlAvans University of Applied Sciences1
62–262cnBaidu, Inc.1
62–262ilBar-Ilan University1
62–262eses-ctBarcelona Supercomputing Center1
62–262deBauhaus-Universität Weimar1
62–262cnBeijing Institute of Technology1
62–262trBilkent University1
62–262seBlekinge Institute of Technology1
62–262caBloorview Research Institute1
62–262usBoeing Research & Technology Europe1
62–262gbBritish Geological Survey1
62–262usBroadPath1
62–262usCalifornia Institute of Technology1
62–262usCalifornia Polytechnic State University1
62–262seCarmenta Geospatial Technologies1
62–262deCISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security1
62–262usClarkson University1
62–262usClemson University1
62–262krClova AI Research1
62–262itCNR-ISTI1
62–262frCNRS1
62–262seCodeScene1
62–262usColumbia Basin College1
62–262usColumbia University1
62–262noConceptos Consulting1
62–262trCumhuriyet University1
62–262unDon’t Forget the Bubbles1
62–262usDrexel University1
62–262deEberhard Karls Universität Tübingen1
62–262nlExact International Development1
62–262usFacebook1
62–262brFederal Institute of Rio Grande do Norte1
62–262brFederal University of Amazonas1
62–262brFederal University of Bahia1
62–262brFederal University of Minas Gerais1
62–262brFederal University of Pará1
62–262brFederal University of Rio Grande do Norte1
62–262brFederal University of Sergipe1
62–262atFHV Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences1
62–262deFraunhofer1
62–262usFraunhofer1
62–262itFree University of Bozen-Bolzano1
62–262usGeorge Fox University1
62–262usGeorge Mason University1
62–262usGeorgia Institute of Technologyy1
62–262deHarz University of Applied Sciences1
62–262gbgb-engImperial College London1
62–262frInria1
62–262idInstitut Teknologi Bandung1
62–262gbgb-engIntruder Systems1
62–262usIowa State University1
62–262irIran Telecommunication Research Center1
62–262frIRISA1
62–262itItalian National Research Council1
62–262usJane Street Capital1
62–262usJet Propulsion Laboratory1
62–262czJetBrains Research1
62–262usJohns Hopkins University1
62–262krKAIST1
62–262usKansas State University1
62–262usKennesaw State University1
62–262usKent State University1
62–262gbgb-engKing’s College London1
62–262krKorea Press Foundation1
62–262seKTH Royal Institute of Technology1
62–262auLady Cilento Children’s Hospital1
62–262xxLeadership Footprint1
62–262deLeibniz Institute for Neurobiology1
62–262gbgb-engLeicester Royal Infirmary1
62–262nlLeiden University1
62–262usLoyola College1
62–262usMassachusetts Institute of Technology1
62–262caMcGill University1
62–262usMeta1
62–262esMeta41
62–262deMETOP GmbH1
62–262usMontclair State University1
62–262auMurdoch University1
62–262usNetflix1
62–262fiNokia Bell Labs1
62–262usNortheastern University1
62–262noNorwegian University of Science and Technology1
62–262noNTNU1
62–262usOakland University1
62–262caOntario Tech University1
62–262seÖrebro University1
62–262usOregon State University1
62–262noØstfold University College1
62–262deOtto von Guericke University Magdeburg1
62–262dePaderborn University1
62–262dePhilipps University Marburg1
62–262ptPolytechnic Institute of Tomar1
62–262caPolytechnique Montreal1
62–262nlRadboud University1
62–262usRochester Institute of Technology1
62–262gbRolls-Royce plc1
62–262deSaarland University1
62–262usSauce Labs1
62–262lvSEB Life & Pension Holding AB Riga Branch1
62–262cnShanghai Jiao Tong University1
62–262noSimula Research Laboratory1
62–262noSINTEF1
62–262nlSoftware Improvement Group1
62–262auSwinburne University of Technology1
62–262chSwisscom1
62–262auSydney Children’s Hospital1
62–262deTechnische Universität München1
62–262esTecnalia1
62–262usTexas A&M University1
62–262usThe College of William and Mary1
62–262cncn-hkThe Hong Kong University of Science and Technology1
62–262nlThe Liberators1
62–262gbgb-engThe Open University1
62–262gbgb-engThe Royal London Hospital1
62–262usThe University of New Mexico1
62–262nlTilburg University1
62–262itU-Hopper1
62–262mxUAM Iztapalapa1
62–262saUmm Al-Qura University1
62–262coUniversidad de los Andes1
62–262esUniversidad Rey Juan Carlos1
62–262brUniversidade Federal de Pernambuco1
62–262brUniversidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná1
62–262chUniversità della Svizzera italiana1
62–262esUniversity Carlos III of Madrid1
62–262ieUniversity College Cork1
62–262beUniversity College Ghent1
62–262auUniversity of Adelaide1
62–262usUniversity of Alabama1
62–262caUniversity of Alberta1
62–262chUniversity of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland1
62–262usUniversity of Arizona1
62–262usUniversity of Arkansas1
62–262eses-ctUniversity of Barcelona1
62–262chUniversity of Basel1
62–262itUniversity of Bologna1
62–262brUniversity of Brasília1
62–262usUniversity of California, Los Angeles1
62–262usUniversity of California, Santa Cruz1
62–262esUniversity of Castilla-La Mancha1
62–262esUniversity of Castilla–La Mancha1
62–262gbgb-engUniversity of Central Lancashire1
62–262dkUniversity of Copenhagen1
62–262deUniversity of Duisburg-Essen1
62–262gbgb-engUniversity of East Anglia1
62–262itUniversity of Florence1
62–262deUniversity of Freiburg1
62–262chUniversity of Geneva1
62–262itUniversity of Genoa1
62–262usUniversity of Georgia1
62–262deUniversity of Giessen1
62–262usUniversity of Hawai‘i1
62–262usUniversity of Illinois1
62–262atUniversity of Klagenfurt1
62–262gbgb-engUniversity of Leeds1
62–262gbgb-engUniversity of Leicester1
62–262frUniversity of Lorraine1
62–262deUniversity of Magdeburg1
62–262mtUniversity of Malta1
62–262caUniversity of Manitoba1
62–262usUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst1
62–262auUniversity of Melbourne Medical School1
62–262usUniversity of Miami1
62–262itUniversity of Milano-Bicocca1
62–262itUniversity of Molise1
62–262beUniversity of Mons1
62–262esUniversity of Murcia1
62–262auUniversity of New South Wales1
62–262auUniversity of Newcastle1
62–262usUniversity of Oregon1
62–262deUniversity of Potsdam1
62–262auUniversity of Queensland1
62–262frUniversity of Rennes 11
62–262itUniversity of Sannio1
62–262eses-gaUniversity of Santiago de Compostela1
62–262caUniversity of Saskatchewan1
62–262cnUniversity of Science and Technology of China1
62–262zaUniversity of Stellenbosch Business School1
62–262auUniversity of Technology Sydney1
62–262caUniversity of Toronto1
62–262usUniversity of Wisconsin-Milwaukee1
62–262usVanderbilt University1
62–262usVassar College1
62–262fiVincit1
62–262beVrije Universiteit Brussel1
62–262usWayne State University1
62–262usWesleyan University1
62–262noWesterdals ACT1
62–262auWestern Hospital Footscray1
62–262usWestern Michigan University1
62–262usWestern Washington University1
62–262nzWhitireia Polytechnic1
62–262usWilliam & Mary1
62–262cnWuhan University1
62–262usYale University1

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