La Universidad de Cambridge, en Inglaterra, retuvo el primer lugar entre las 300 mejores

universidades del mundo y aventaj por escaso margen a Harvard, de Estados Unidos, segn la
mayor encuesta de ese tipo realizada a estudiantes, acadmicos y empleadores. En el sondeo
slo figuran establecimientos de cuatro pases latinoamericanos: Mxico, Brasil, Chile y
Argentina.

La octava edicin del QS World University Ranking ubic en tercer lugar al Instituto de
Tecnologa de Massachusetts (MIT), que desplaz as a Yale y a Oxford, que culminaron cuarta
y quinta, respectivamente.

La encuesta, en la que participaron 33.000 acadmicos de todo el mundo y 16.000

empleadores graduados, evala a ms de 700 universidades de todo el mundo a partir de seis
indicadores: la reputacin acadmica, la efectividad para los egresados a la hora de conseguir
empleo, citas por facultad en investigaciones y publicaciones, la capacidad de los estudiantes,
la cantidad de estudiantes extranjeros y la facultad internacional de esa universidad.

MXICO, BRASIL Y CHILE FIGURAN POR LATINOAMRICA

Hay 38 pases en los primeros 300 lugares. Las universidades de los Estados Unidos ocupan 13
de las primeras 20 posiciones y 70 de las primeras 300. En cuanto a las universidades de
Amrica Latina, las primeras que aparecen son la Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico
(UNAM) y la Universidad de Sao Paulo, Brasil, que comparten el puesto 169. En el puesto 235
figura la Universidad Estatal de Campinas (Unicamp) de Brasil; en el 250, la Universidad
Catlica de Chile en el 262, la Universidad de Chile, y en el puesto 270 se sita la UBA
(Universidad de Buenos Aires), la ltima latinoamericana que figura en las 300.

En cuanto a las universidades asiticas, la de Hong Kong, en el puesto 22, y la de Tokio, en el

25, son las dos mejores ubicadas.

Un dato importante que arroja el estudio es que el financiamiento gubernamental y privado

para investigacin orientada a la tecnologa est erosionando el predominio de las
universidades ms generales y tradicionales.

Mira resultados 2011 junto con precios de matrculas internacionales aqu

Ran
k

Institution

Country

QS Stars
What are
QS Stars?

Domesti
c

Fees
($)

Internatio
nal

Fees
($)

undergr
ad

postgr
ad

undergrad

postgr
ad

Scor
e

University of
Cambridge

United
Kingdom

14,000 16,000

4,000 6,000

18,000 20,000

20,000
22,000

100

Harvard
University

United
States

38,000 40,000

36,000
38,000

38,000 40,000

36,000
38,000

99.3
4

Massachus
etts Institute
of
Technology
(MIT)

United
States

38,000 40,000

40,000
42,000

38,000 40,000

40,000
42,000

99.2
1

Yale
University

United
States

38,000 40,000

32,000
34,000

38,000 40,000

32,000
34,000

98.8
4

University of
Oxford

United
Kingdom

14,000 16,000

4,000 6,000

20,000 22,000

20,000
22,000

98

Imperial
College
London

United
Kingdom

14,000 16,000

4,000 6,000

30,000 32,000

32,000
34,000

97.6
4

UCL
(University
College
London)

United
Kingdom

14,000 16,000

6,000 8,000

24,000 26,000

24,000
26,000

97.3
3

University of
Chicago

United
States

42,000 44,000

42,000
44,000

42,000 44,000

42,000
44,000

96.0
8

University of
Pennsylvani
a

United
States

40,000 42,000

26,000
28,000

40,000 42,000

26,000
28,000

95.7
3

10

Columbia
University

United
States

42,000 44,000

38,000
40,000

42,000 44,000

38,000
40,000

95.2
8

11

Stanford
University

United
States

40,000 42,000

38,000
40,000

40,000 42,000

38,000
40,000

93.4
4

12

California
Institute of
Technology
(Caltech)

United
States

36,000 38,000

36,000
38,000

36,000 38,000

36,000
38,000

93.0
2

13

Princeton
University

United
States

36,000 38,000

38,000
40,000

36,000 38,000

38,000
40,000

91.9
1

14

University of
Michigan

United
States

10,000 12,000

16,000
18,000

36,000 38,000

36,000
38,000

91.2
8

15

Cornell
University

United
States

38,000 40,000

28,000
30,000

38,000 40,000

28,000
30,000

90.7
2

QS Stars
What are
QS Stars?

Ran
k

Institution

Country

Domesti
c

Fees
($)

Internatio
nal

Fees
($)

Scor
e

16

Johns
Hopkins
University

United
States

40,000 42,000

40,000
42,000

40,000 42,000

40,000
42,000

89.9
6

17

McGill
University

Canada

4,000 6,000

4,000 6,000

18,000 20,000

14,000
16,000

89.5
6

18

ETH Zurich
(Swiss
Federal
Institute of
Technology)

Switzerla
nd

1,000 2,000

1,000 2,000

1,000 2,000

1,000 2,000

89.5

19

Duke
University

United
States

40,000 42,000

38,000
40,000

40,000 42,000

38,000
40,000

89.2
5

20

University of
Edinburgh

United
Kingdom

2,000 4,000

6,000 8,000

16,000 18,000

18,000
20,000

87.8
3

21

University of
California,
Berkeley
(UCB)

United
States

10,000 12,000

10,000
12,000

32,000 34,000

24,000
26,000

87.6
4

22

University of
Hong Kong

Hong
Kong

4,000 6,000

4,000 6,000

14,000 16,000

14,000
16,000

87.0
4

23

University of
Toronto

Canada

10,000 12,000

12,000
14,000

32,000 34,000

28,000
30,000

86.1
6

24

Northwester
n University

United
States

40,000 42,000

40,000
42,000

40,000 42,000

40,000
42,000

85.9
1

25

The
University of
Tokyo

Japan

6,000 8,000

6,000 8,000

6,000 8,000

n/a

85.9

26

Australian
National
University

Australia

6,000 8,000

22,000
24,000

40,000 42,000

28,000
30,000

85.6
9

27

King s
College
London
(University
of London)

United
Kingdom

14,000 16,000

6,000 8,000

20,000 22,000

20,000
22,000

84.9
6

28

National
University of
Singapore
(NUS)

Singapor
e

34,000 36,000

6,000 8,000

40,000 42,000

18,000
20,000

84.0
7

29

The
University of
Manchester

United
Kingdom

14,000 16,000

8,000 10,000

18,000 20,000

22,000
24,000

83.9
7

30

University of
Bristol

United
Kingdom

14,000 16,000

6,000 8,000

20,000 22,000

20,000
22,000

83.6
5

Ran
k

Institution

Country

QS Stars
What are
QS Stars?

Domesti
c

Fees
($)

Internatio
nal

Fees
($)

Scor
e

31

The
University of
Melbourne

Australia

6,000 8,000

n/a

28,000 30,000

24,000
26,000

83.6
3

32

Kyoto
University

Japan

6,000 8,000

6,000 8,000

4,000 6,000

4,000 6,000

82.8
6

33

cole
Normale
Suprieure,
Paris

France

< 1,000

<
1,000

< 1,000

<
1,000

82.4
4

34

University of
California,
Los Angeles
(UCLA)

United
States

10,000 12,000

10,000
12,000

32,000 34,000

24,000
26,000

81.8
6

35

Ecole
Polytechniq
ue Fdrale
de
Lausanne

Switzerla
nd

1,000 2,000

1,000 2,000

1,000 2,000

1,000 2,000

81.7
5

36

cole
Polytechniq
ue

France

< 1,000

6,000 8,000

12,000 14,000

8,000 10,000

80.5
4

37

The
Chinese
University of
Hong Kong

Hong
Kong

4,000 6,000

4,000 6,000

12,000 14,000

12,000
14,000

79.5

38

The
University of
Sydney

Australia

6,000 8,000

22,000
24,000

30,000 32,000

28,000
30,000

79.3

39

Brown
University

United
States

40,000 42,000

40,000
42,000

40,000 42,000

40,000
42,000

79.2
3

40

The Hong
Kong
University of
Science and
Technology

Hong
Kong

4,000 6,000

4,000 6,000

8,000 10,000

4,000 6,000

79.0
9

41

University of
WisconsinMadison

United
States

8,000 10,000

10,000
12,000

24,000 26,000

24,000
26,000

78.9
8

42

Seoul
National
University

Korea,
South

4,000 6,000

4,000 6,000

4,000 6,000

4,000 6,000

78.6
5

43

Carnegie
Mellon
University

United
States

42,000 44,000

36,000
38,000

42,000 44,000

36,000
38,000

78.4
6

44

New York
University
(NYU)

United
States

40,000 42,000

34,000
36,000

40,000 42,000

34,000
36,000

77.7
1

45

Osaka
University

Japan

6,000 8,000

6,000 8,000

4,000 6,000

8,000 10,000

77.5
5

46

Peking

China

< 1,000

2,000 -

4,000 -

4,000 -

77.4

Ran
k

Institution

Country

QS Stars
What are
QS Stars?

Domesti
c

University

Fees
($)

Internatio
nal

Fees
($)

Scor
e

4,000

6,000

6,000

47

Tsinghua
University

China

1,000 2,000

1,000 2,000

4,000 6,000

6,000 8,000

76.2
5

48

The
University of
Queensland

Australia

6,000 8,000

n/a

22,000 24,000

12,000
14,000

75.8
8

49

The
University of
New South
Wales

Australia

6,000 8,000

8,000 10,000

28,000 30,000

28,000
30,000

75.6
7

20,000 22,000

74.86

50

The University United

of Warwick
Kingdom

14,000 16,000

8,000 10,000

20,000 22,000