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Caltech Ranked Sixth-Best University in the World
November 5, 2009
The Graduate School of Education at Shanghai Jiao Tong University ranked Caltech sixth in this year's Academic Ranking of World Universities. To compile the rankings, researchers evaluated over 1,000 schools worldwide.
Their criteria took into account major awards won by alumni and staff, the number of researchers widely cited in their fields, the number of researchers who author journal articles in Science and Nature, and the number of articles published by affiliates of the school that are recorded in the major bibliographical indexes of academic publications.
North American schools dominate the list, winning 59 of the top 100 spots. Caltech placed fifth in the best North American universities category. To read more about the rankings, go to Forbes.com.
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