Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU)

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World Rank	Institution	Region	Regional Rank	Country
1	Harvard Univ	Americas	1	USA
2	Stanford Univ	Americas	2	USA
3	Univ California - Berkeley	Americas	3	USA
4	Univ Cambridge	Europe	1	UK
5	Massachusetts Inst Tech (MIT)	Americas	4	USA
6	California Inst Tech	Americas	5	USA
7	Columbia Univ	Americas	6	USA
8	Princeton Univ	Americas	7	USA
9	Univ Chicago	Americas	8	USA
10	Univ Oxford	Europe	2	UK
11	Yale Univ	Americas	9	USA
12	Cornell Univ	Americas	10	USA
13	Univ California - Los Angeles	Americas	11	USA
14	Univ California - San Diego	Americas	12	USA
15	Univ Pennsylvania	Americas	13	USA
16	Univ Washington - Seattle	Americas	14	USA
17	Univ Wisconsin - Madison	Americas	15	USA
18	Univ California - San Francisco	Americas	16	USA
19	Johns Hopkins Univ	Americas	17	USA
20	Tokyo Univ	Asia/Pac	1	Japan
21	Univ Michigan - Ann Arbor	Americas	18	USA
22	Kyoto Univ	Asia/Pac	2	Japan
23	Imperial Coll London	Europe	3	UK
23	Univ Toronto	Americas	19	Canada
25	Univ Coll London	Europe	4	UK
26	Univ Illinois - Urbana Champaign	Americas	20	USA
27	Swiss Fed Inst Tech - Zurich	Europe	5	Switzerland
28	Washington Univ - St. Louis	Americas	21	USA
29	Northwestern Univ	Americas	22	USA
30	New York Univ	Americas	23	USA
30	Rockefeller Univ	Americas	23	USA
32	Duke Univ	Americas	25	USA
33	Univ Minnesota - Twin Cities	Americas	26	USA
34	Univ Colorado - Boulder	Americas	27	USA
35	Univ California - Santa Barbara	Americas	28	USA
36	Univ British Columbia	Americas	29	Canada
37	Univ Maryland - Coll Park	Americas	30	USA
38	Univ Texas - Austin	Americas	31	USA
39	Univ Paris 06	Europe	6	France
39	Univ Texas Southwestern Med Center	Americas	32	USA
41	Vanderbilt Univ	Americas	33	USA
42	Univ Utrecht	Europe	7	Netherlands
43	Pennsylvania State Univ - Univ Park	Americas	34	USA
43	Univ California - Davis	Americas	34	USA
45	Univ California - Irvine	Americas	36	USA
46	Univ Copenhagen	Europe	8	Denmark
47	Rutgers State Univ - New Brunswick	Americas	37	USA
48	Univ Manchester	Europe	9	UK
49	Univ Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh	Americas	38	USA
50	Univ Southern California	Americas	39	USA
51	Univ Florida	Americas	40	USA
52	Univ Paris 11	Europe	10	France
53	Karolinska Inst Stockholm	Europe	11	Sweden
53	Univ Edinburgh	Europe	11	UK
53	Univ Munich	Europe	11	Germany
56	Tech Univ Munich	Europe	14	Germany
57	Australian Natl Univ	Asia/Pac	3	Australia
58	Univ North Carolina - Chapel Hill	Americas	41	USA
58	Univ Zurich	Europe	15	Switzerland
60	Carnegie Mellon Univ	Americas	42	USA
61	Ohio State Univ - Columbus	Americas	43	USA
62	Univ Bristol	Europe	16	UK
63	McGill Univ	Americas	44	Canada
64	Hebrew Univ Jerusalem	Asia/Pac	4	Israel
65	Univ Heidelberg	Europe	17	Germany
66	Uppsala Univ	Europe	18	Sweden
67	Osaka Univ	Asia/Pac	5	Japan
68	Purdue Univ - West Lafayette	Americas	45	USA
69	Univ Oslo	Europe	19	Norway
70	Brown Univ	Americas	46	USA
71	Univ Leiden	Europe	20	Netherlands
72	Univ Sheffield	Europe	21	UK
73	Univ Helsinki	Europe	22	Finland
74	Univ Arizona	Americas	47	USA
75	Univ Rochester	Americas	48	USA
76	Moscow State Univ	Europe	23	Russia
76	Tohoku Univ	Asia/Pac	6	Japan
78	Case Western Reserve Univ	Americas	49	USA
79	Univ Melbourne	Asia/Pac	7	Australia
80	Michigan State Univ	Americas	50	USA
81	Univ Nottingham	Europe	24	UK
82	Univ Basel	Europe	25	Switzerland
83	Boston Univ	Americas	51	USA
83	Ecole Normale Super Paris	Europe	26	France
83	King's Coll London	Europe	26	UK
86	Stockholm Univ	Europe	28	Sweden
87	McMaster Univ	Americas	52	Canada
87	Rice Univ	Americas	52	USA
87	Univ Goettingen	Europe	29	Germany
90	Indiana Univ - Bloomington	Americas	54	USA
91	Texas A&M Univ - Coll Station	Americas	55	USA
92	Univ Birmingham	Europe	30	UK
93	Univ Utah	Americas	56	USA
94	Nagoya Univ	Asia/Pac	8	Japan
94	Univ Freiburg	Europe	31	Germany
96	Arizona State Univ - Tempe	Americas	57	USA
97	Lund Univ	Europe	32	Sweden
97	Univ Iowa	Americas	58	USA
99	Tokyo Inst Tech	Asia/Pac	9	Japan
99	Univ Bonn	Europe	33	Germany
99	Univ Strasbourg 1	Europe	33	France

Top 100 Universities - Times Higher Education

Times Higher Education - QS World University Rankings 2007 - Top 100 Universities (UPDATED)

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Type: general world rankings, world rankings according to field (technology, natural sciences, etc)

Rank ,School, Name Country

1 HARVARD University, United States
2= University of CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom
2= YALE University, United States
2= University of OXFORD, United Kingdom
5 Imperial College LONDON, United Kingdom
6 PRINCETON University, United States
7= University of CHICAGO, United States
7= CALIFORNIA Institute of Technology (Caltech), United States
9 UCL (University College LONDON), United Kingdom
10 MASSACHUSETTS Institute of Technology (MIT), United States
11 COLUMBIA University, United States
12 MCGILL University, Canada
13 DUKE University, United States
14 University of PENNSYLVANIA, United States
15 JOHNS HOPKINS University, United States
16 AUSTRALIAN National University, Australia
17 University of TOKYO, Japan
18 University of HONG KONG, Hong Kong
19 STANFORD University, United States
20= CORNELL University, United States
20= CARNEGIE MELLON University, United States
22 University of California, BERKELEY, United States
23 University of EDINBURGH, United Kingdom
24 King's College LONDON, United Kingdom
25 KYOTO University, Japan
26 École Normale Supérieure, PARIS, France
27 The University of MELBOURNE, Australia
28 ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE, France
29 NORTHWESTERN University, United States
30 University of MANCHESTER, United Kingdom
31 The University of SYDNEY, Australia
32 BROWN University, United States
33= University of QUEENSLAND, Australia
33= University of BRITISH COLUMBIA, Canada
33= National University of SINGAPORE, Singapore
36 PEKING University, China
37 University of BRISTOL, United Kingdom
38= University of MICHIGAN, United States
38= The CHINESE University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
40 TSINGHUA University, China
41 University of CALIFORNIA, Los Angeles (UCLA), United States
42 ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology), Switzerland
43 MONASH University, Australia
44 University of NEW SOUTH WALES, Australia
45 University of TORONTO, Canada
46 OSAKA University, Japan
47 BOSTON University, United States
48 University of AMSTERDAM, Netherlands
49 NEW YORK University (NYU), United States
50 The University of AUCKLAND, New Zealand

51= University of TEXAS, United States
51= SEOUL National University, South Korea
53= TRINITY College Dublin, Ireland
53= HONG KONG University of Science & Technology, Hong Kong
55= University of WASHINGTON, United States
55= University of WISCONSIN-Madison, United States
57 University of WARWICK, United Kingdom
58 University of CALIFORNIA, San Diego, United States
59 LONDON School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom
60 HEIDELBERG Universität, Germany
61 Katholieke Universiteit LEUVEN, Belgium
62 University of ADELAIDE, Australia
63 DELFT University of Technology, Netherlands
64 The University of WESTERN AUSTRALIA, Australia
65= University of BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom
65= Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
67 Technische Universität MÜNCHEN, Germany
68 University of SHEFFIELD, United Kingdom
69 NANYANG Technological University, Singapore
70 University of NOTTINGHAM, United Kingdom
71= UPPSALA University, Sweden
71= DARTMOUTH College, United States
73 University of ILLINOIS, United States
74= EMORY University, United States
74= University of YORK, United Kingdom
76 University of ST ANDREWS, United Kingdom
77= PURDUE University, United States
77= University of PITTSBURGH, United States
79 University of MARYLAND, United States
80= University of SOUTHAMPTON, United Kingdom
80= University of LEEDS, United Kingdom
82 VANDERBILT University, United States
83 University of GLASGOW, United Kingdom
84 LEIDEN University, Netherlands
85= University of VIENNA, Austria
85= FUDAN University, China
85= CASE WESTERN RESERVE University, United States
88 QUEEN'S University, Canada
89 UTRECHT University, Netherlands
90= PENNSYLVANIA STATE University, United States
90= TOKYO Institute of Technology, Japan
92 RICE University, United States
93= University of COPENHAGEN, Denmark
93= Université de Montréal, Canada
95 University of ROCHESTER, United States
96 University of CALIFORNIA, Davis, United States
97= GEORGIA Institute of Technology, United States
97= University of ALBERTA, Canada
99 CARDIFF University, United Kingdom
100 University of HELSINKI, Finland

Source: THES – QS World University Rankings
credits : here

Google Earth and Google Maps

Hi there, it is not common for me to post about technology stuffs. But, i think i will start to post more and MORE , coz information about tech and tech itself is very vital nowadays and for the days to come....

I was planning to have a BBQ event at my house this sunday (by invitation for ex-KISASIANS).
"Ammar, where is your house situated??" - one of my friends asked.

Yeah, i thought about that already. So, I just goooogle, and luckily, (after some hardwork for sure) I managed to find some maps and directions due to the quite-advance and up-to-date Google Earth and also Google Maps. THANKS GOOGLE!!!

Let us look at them separately...

What is Google Maps ?? and What is Google Earth??



Google Maps (for a time named Google Local) is a free service application and technology provided by Google that powers many map-based services including the Google Maps website, Google Ride Finder and embedded maps on third-party websites via the Google Maps API. It offers street maps, a route plan, and an urban business locator for numerous countries around the world.

it's very simple and easy...no hassle.. GO TO Google Maps NOW!!! and search for your desired place...

A related product is Google Earth, a standalone program for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux which offers more globe-viewing features.

DOWNLOAD GOOLE EARTH HERE!!!

What is Google Earth???

Google Earth is a virtual globe program that was originally called Earth Viewer, and was created by Keyhole, Inc, a company acquired by Google in 2004. It maps the earth by the superimposition of images obtained from satellite imagery, aerial photography and GIS 3D globe. It is available under three different licenses: Google Earth, a free version with limited functionality; Google Earth Plus ($20 per year), which includes additional features; and Google Earth Pro ($400 per year), which is intended for commercial use.

p/s: goooogle can offer this kind of service for free and open it to public... think about what kind of advanced technology that they already have in terms of satellite tech and such. Someone might be SPYING on you...HAHA!