سایت های متفاوتی هر ساله به دانشگاه های جهان رتبه می دهند کدام یک صحیح تر است به عنوان مثال

Times Higher Education Supplement
www.thes.co.uk

Academic Ranking of World Universities (Shanghai Jiao Tong University)
http://ed.sjtu.edu.cn/ranking.htm

Webometrics Ranking of World Universities
www.webometrics.info

HEEACT (Taiwan) Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers of World Class Universities
www.heeact.edu.tw/ranking/index.htm

International Rankings Expert Group & The Berlin Principles
www.cepes.ro/hed/meetings/berlin06

Global University City Index
www.rmit.edu.au/browse;ID=lc8c7ugp2fby

World Education News & Reviews (WENR)
http://www.wes.org/ewenr/06aug/practical.htm

2007 Web Popularity Rankings
http://www.4icu.org

CHE-Excellence Ranking. Europe-wide ranking
http://www.excellenceranking.eu

Academic Ranking of World Universities
http://www.arwu.org

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