QS World University Rankings by Subject 2012 - Sociology

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Rankings

QS Rank	QS Rank	School Name	Country	Overall	Academic Reputation The Academic Reputation Index is the centrepiece of the QS World University Rankings® carrying a weighting of 40%. It is an approach to international university evaluation that QS pioneered in 2004 and is the component that attracts the greatest interest and scrutiny. In concert with the Employer Reputation Index it is the aspect which sets this ranking most clearly apart from any other.	Employer Reputation The QS Global Employer Survey has seen a dramatic increase in response in 2012 from 17,000 in 2011 to over 25,500 in 2012. Growth has been seen worldwide but nowhere more profoundly than in Latin America, where a campaign conducted in Spanish met with great success. Responses are closely scrutinized and weighted to eliminate biases that may result from disproportionate response levels.	Citations Per Paper Citations per Paper focuses on the performance of the papers an institution produces that are actually indexed in Scopus – ignoring efforts undertaken resulting in publication in local language journals that may not be covered by Scopus. A publication threshold of 100 papers is applied to eliminate anomalous low numbers of papers from overly benefiting small institutions.
1	1	Harvard University	United States	99.70	100	100	96.6
2	2	University of California, Berkeley (UCB)	United States	92.00	93.3	83.6	90.4
3	3	University of Oxford	United Kingdom	91.70	93.4	93.3	76.2
4	4	London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)	United Kingdom	89.80	92.6	87.7	69.2
5	5	University of Chicago	United States	89.60	91.6	81.7	81.7
6	6	University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)	United States	88.80	89.8	82.6	87.2
7	7	University of Cambridge	United Kingdom	87.80	90.3	95	60.1
8	8	Princeton University	United States	87.20	87.6	85.7	85.8
9	9	Stanford University	United States	87.00	86.2	86.8	94
10	10	University of Michigan	United States	86.40	86.5	79.8	92.4
11	11	University of Wisconsin-Madison	United States	86.30	89.3	70.3	77.9
12	12	Columbia University	United States	85.00	84.6	84	88.9
13	13	National University of Singapore (NUS)	Singapore	84.10	86.7	86.8	60.2
14	14=	Australian National University	Australia	83.50	84.6	95.7	62.9
15	15	Yale University	United States	83.50	81.8	88.8	91.3
16	16	University of Toronto	Canada	80.40	82.8	66.8	74.6
17	17	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	United States	79.60	79.7	84.6	73.3
18	18	New York University (NYU)	United States	77.80	76.8	76.4	87.6
19	19	University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong S.A.R., China	76.60	78.4	83.9	55.1
20	20=	The University of Manchester	United Kingdom	76.20	75.1	78.6	82.1
21	20=	University of Pennsylvania	United States	76.20	76.4	78.9	71.4
22	22	The University of Melbourne	Australia	75.80	74.3	87.5	75.6
23	23	University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill	United States	75.60	77.4	55.5	81
24	24	Duke University	United States	75.30	73.7	80.3	82.9
25	25	Northwestern University	United States	74.70	72.4	78.1	89.2
26	26	Monash University	Australia	74.40	76.1	81.9	53
27	27	Yonsei University	South Korea	74.20	80.2	61.1	39.5
28	28	University of Edinburgh	United Kingdom	74.10	75.3	76.7	61.7
29	29	University of Amsterdam	Netherlands	74.00	75.6	63	71.9
30	30	The Chinese University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong S.A.R., China	73.20	73.6	80.8	62.3
31	31	University of Texas at Austin	United States	72.90	72.5	70.5	78.6
32	32	Cornell University	United States	72.70	70.4	77	86.4
33	33=	McGill University	Canada	72.40	71.9	77	71.5
34	33=	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)	Mexico	72.40	74.9	69	56.1
35	35	The University of Warwick	United Kingdom	72.10	71.2	85.1	66.1
36	36	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	United States	71.80	70.1	74.3	82.8
37	37	Peking University	China	70.90	68.9	92.2	65.4
38	38	The University of Sydney	Australia	70.80	72.2	83.8	46.9
39	39	University of Minnesota	United States	70.20	69.4	64.9	81.9
40	40	University of British Columbia	Canada	70.00	68.4	75.4	77.1
41	41	Utrecht University	Netherlands	69.70	71.5	58.9	66.1
42	42	University of California, San Diego (UCSD)	United States	69.60	69.3	69	72.4
43	43	Freie Universität Berlin	Germany	69.50	74.4	65.1	34.3
44	44	University of Essex	United Kingdom	69.40	73	42.9	67.2
45	45	Queen's University	Canada	69.00	71.2	66.2	54.4
45	45	Queen's University	Canada	69.00	71.2	66.2	54.4
46	46	University of York	United Kingdom	68.30	68.5	67.4	67.4
47	47	Lancaster University	United Kingdom	68.00	68.7	61.6	68.9
48	48	University of Washington	United States	67.80	65.1	70.3	87.1
49	49	Stockholm University	Sweden	67.70	70.8	49.1	61.8
49	49	Stockholm University	Sweden	67.70	70.8	49.1	61.8
50	50	The University of New South Wales	Australia	67.00	68.3	82.5	41
51	51- 100	Arizona State University	United States	0.00	64.2	59.8	79.5
52	51- 100	Boston College	United States	0.00	58.4	63.6	100
53	51- 100	Boston University	United States	0.00	55.5	66	66.2
54	51- 100	Brown University	United States	0.00	56.2	76.5	66.2
55	51- 100	City University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong S.A.R., China	0.00	65.4	70.2	44.3
56	51- 100	City University of New York	United States	0.00	71.2	37.4	60.1
57	51- 100	Erasmus University Rotterdam	Netherlands	0.00	59.6	72.3	67
58	51- 100	Georgetown University	United States	0.00	57.4	70.6	70.3
59	51 - 100	Goldsmiths, University of London	United Kingdom		63.1	36.1	52.4
60	51 - 100	Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin	Germany		73	42.3	34.9
61	51- 100	Johns Hopkins University	United States	0.00	63.9	72.9	67.1
62	51 - 100	Katholieke Universiteit Leuven	Belgium		58.8	67.6	63.2
63	51- 100	La Trobe University	Australia	0.00	67.8	66.6	45.3
64	51- 100	Leiden University	Netherlands	0.00	65.3	57.5	73
65	51- 100	Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München	Germany	0.00	59.9	62.4	83
66	51 - 100	Lund University	Sweden		65.8	69.7	46.6
67	51- 100	Michigan State University	United States	0.00	58.6	73.6	76.6
68	51- 100	National Taiwan University (NTU)	Taiwan	0.00	64.8	72.3	40.4
69	51- 100	Ohio State University	United States	0.00	60.5	71.6	84.2
70	51 - 100	Pennsylvania State University	United States		54	73	75.3
71	51- 100	Radboud University Nijmegen	Netherlands	0.00	53.1	60	55.9
72	51- 100	Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick	United States	0.00	53.1	43.3	68.5
73	51- 100	Sciences Po Paris	France	0.00	69.6	54.2	45.7
74	51- 100	SOAS - School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London	United Kingdom	0.00	59.2	63.9	32.7
75	51 - 100	The University of Auckland	New Zealand		53.9	74.6	48.8
76	51- 100	The University of Queensland	Australia	0.00	60.3	92.6	59.9
77	51 - 100	The University of Sheffield	United Kingdom		58.9	67.4	45.9
78	51- 100	Tilburg University	Netherlands	0.00	60.1	59.9	68.9
79	51- 100	Trinity College Dublin	Ireland	0.00	61.5	58.9	61.5
80	51 - 100	Universidade de São Paulo - USP	Brazil		70.6	67.6
81	51- 100	Universidade Estadual de Campinas	Brazil	0.00	62.9	53	4
82	51- 100	Universität Bielefeld	Germany	0.00	65.7	44.6	55.6
83	51- 100	University of Barcelona	Spain	0.00	59.6	61.3	46
84	51- 100	Universität Mannheim	Germany	0.00	57.8	60.3	61.1
85	51- 100	University of Vienna	Austria	0.00	62.4	57.4	53.3
86	51- 100	Université de Montréal	Canada	0.00	59.7	41.5	61.7
87	51- 100	University of Alberta	Canada	0.00	58.2	60.2	60.8
88	51- 100	University of California, Irvine	United States	0.00	54.5	54.2	68.1
89	51- 100	University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)	United States	0.00	62.5	9.4	82.2
90	51- 100	University of Cape Town	South Africa	0.00	54.3	61.1	56.7
91	51- 100	University of Copenhagen	Denmark	0.00	65.2	72.4	55.4
92	51 - 100	University of Groningen	Netherlands		61.1	56.6	80
93	51 - 100	University of Helsinki	Finland		56.5	63	45.9
94	51- 100	University of Iowa	United States	0.00	58	57.1	72.8
95	51- 100	University of Leeds	United Kingdom	0.00	51.3	69.6	56.7
96	51- 100	University of Maryland, College Park	United States	0.00	60.7	50.5	73.7
97	51- 100	University of Oslo	Norway	0.00	65.6	25.6	58.7
98	51- 100	University of Surrey	United Kingdom	0.00	64.1	57.1	57.1
99	51- 100	University of Sussex	United Kingdom	0.00	57.4	69	67.1
100	51- 100	Uppsala University	Sweden	0.00	63.8	56.4	50.8
101	51- 100	VU University Amsterdam	Netherlands	0.00	53	64.6	64.7
102	101 - 150	American University	United States		49	42.1	47.3
103	101- 150	Central European University	Hungary	0.00	46.2	63.6	69
104	101- 150	Charles University	Czech Republic	0.00	51.8	57	44.8
105	101- 150	Colorado State University	United States	0.00	45.5	54.1	59
106	101- 150	Dartmouth College	United States	0.00	49.4	61.6	65.5
107	101- 150	Deakin University	Australia	0.00	44.3	70	49.9
108	101 - 150	Durham University	United Kingdom		41.6	72.5	76.7
109	101- 150	Flinders University	Australia	0.00	51.1	57.6	48.4
110	101- 150	Florida State University	United States	0.00	41.3	48.5	89
111	101- 150	Georg-August-Universität Göttingen	Germany	0.00	51.9		55.9
112	101- 150	George Washington University	United States	0.00	47.3	66.1	72.6
113	101- 150	Indiana University Bloomington	United States	0.00	45.6	58	83.8
114	101- 150	Iowa State University	United States	0.00	47.8	65.8	65.6
115	101 - 150	McMaster University	Canada		45	68.1	49.4
116	101 - 150	Purdue University	United States		44.2	74.8	63.3
117	101 - 150	Queen's University of Belfast	United Kingdom		51.1	71	42.6
118	101- 150	Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg	Germany	0.00	53.9	58.6	31.4
119	101- 150	Tel Aviv University	Israel	0.00	46.1	48.3	78.1
120	101 - 150	The Open University	United Kingdom		51.4	53.4	65.4
121	101- 150	The University of Adelaide	Australia	0.00	49.1	63.7	49.2
122	101- 150	The University of Western Australia	Australia	0.00	49.1	70.5	35.8
123	101- 150	The University of Western Ontario	Canada	0.00	44.7	65.3	70
124	101- 150	Universität Bremen	Germany	0.00	59.3		44.1
125	101- 150	Universität zu Köln	Germany	0.00	51.7	50.7	45.8
126	101- 150	Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL)	Belgium	0.00	49	60.5	53.5
127	101- 150	Université du Québec	Canada	0.00	51.6	50.6	45.4
128	101- 150	University College Dublin	Ireland	0.00	49.9	71.4	43.4
129	101- 150	University of Antwerp	Belgium	0.00	46.3	51.9	50.5
130	101- 150	University of Arizona	United States	0.00	50.3	46.4	78.2
131	101- 150	University of Bergen	Norway	0.00	48.8	62.4	51.5
132	101- 150	University of Birmingham	United Kingdom	0.00	49.3	74.9	63.5
133	101- 150	University of Bristol	United Kingdom	0.00	48.3	76.8	65.7
134	101- 150	University of California, Davis	United States	0.00	44.8	49.9	81.6
135	101 - 150	University of Geneva	Switzerland		50	48	65
136	101- 150	University of Ghent	Belgium	0.00	45.7	67.2	49.5
137	101- 150	University of Glasgow	United Kingdom	0.00	46.6	71.9	57.7
138	101- 150	University of Kent	United Kingdom	0.00	53.8	47.4	54.4
139	101- 150	University of Massachusetts, Amherst	United States	0.00	50.9	49.9	65.9
140	101- 150	University of Miami	United States	0.00	47.1	45.3	60.5
141	101 - 150	University of Missouri, Columbia	United States		44.7	37.5	75.2
142	101 - 150	University of Notre Dame	United States		41.5	74	78.3
143	101- 150	University of Otago	New Zealand	0.00	46.7	66.2	69.3
144	101 - 150	University of Pittsburgh	United States		44	66.6	70
145	101- 150	University of Virginia	United States	0.00	48.8	64.5	69.7
146	101- 150	University of Waterloo	Canada	0.00	42.5	60.8	71.3
147	101- 150	University of Zurich	Switzerland	0.00	52.4	49.4	65
148	101- 150	Victoria University of Wellington	New Zealand	0.00	49	70.3	33.7
149	101 - 150	Washington State University	United States		44.7	52.4	66.4
150	101- 150	York University	Canada	0.00	50.3	72.9	50.2
151	151- 200	Birkbeck College, University of London	United Kingdom	0.00	42.2		48.1
152	151- 200	Cardiff University	United Kingdom	0.00	41.7	61.2	70.4
153	151 - 200	Carleton University	Canada		37.5	1.4	46.2
154	151- 200	Concordia University	Canada	0.00	45.8		56.8
155	151- 200	Dalhousie University	Canada	0.00	36.1	59.2	42.6
156	151 - 200	Georgia State University	United States		44.4		63.1
157	151- 200	Griffith University	Australia	0.00	38.3	68.2	46.9
158	151- 200	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Israel	0.00	43.5	50.1	54.2
159	151 - 200	Institute of Education, University of London	United Kingdom		49.1		55
160	151- 200	Laval University	Canada	0.00	37.3		59.2
161	151- 200	Linköping University	Sweden	0.00	43.5		25.4
162	151- 200	Loughborough University	United Kingdom	0.00	37.4	62.2	46.5
163	151- 200	Massey University	New Zealand	0.00	32.8	68.6	49
164	151- 200	Newcastle University	United Kingdom	0.00	30.8	57.1	69.5
165	151- 200	North Carolina State University	United States	0.00	43.5		61.5
166	151- 200	Queensland University of Technology	Australia	0.00	37.1	68	49.1
167	151- 200	Rice University	United States	0.00	50.6		61.2
168	151- 200	Simon Fraser University	Canada	0.00	38.7	71.5	57.9
168	151 - 200	University of California, San Francisco	United States		38.7	71.5	57.9
169	151 - 200	Stellenbosch University	South Africa		45.2	49.7	55.2
170	151- 200	Texas A&M University	United States	0.00	31.9	63.1	74.1
171	151- 200	The University of Nottingham	United Kingdom	0.00	33.1	76.3	54.3
172	151 - 200	Umeå University	Sweden		46.6		45.6
173	151 - 200	Universidade de Brasilia	Brazil		48.7	47	11.6
174	151- 200	Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais	Brazil	0.00	51.2		34.3
175	151- 200	Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	0.00	55.2		2.4
176	151 - 200	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande Do Sul	Brazil		46.6	26.5	8.2
177	151- 200	Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona	Spain	0.00	49.6	16	45.7
178	151- 200	Universität Hamburg	Germany	0.00	37.5	33	21.8
179	151- 200	Universität Konstanz	Germany	0.00	49.1		52.1
180	151 - 200	University at Albany SUNY	United States		43.3	44.1	62.1
181	151- 200	University of Aberdeen	United Kingdom	0.00	42.3	63.9	60.2
182	151- 200	University of Calgary	Canada	0.00	37.9	64.8	44.5
183	151 - 200	University of California, San Francisco	United States		36	52.6	46.3
184	151- 200	University of Canterbury	New Zealand	0.00	38.8	56.5	60.5
185	151- 200	University of East Anglia (UEA)		0.00	26.4	63.3	73.8
186	151- 200	University of Gothenburg	Sweden	0.00	46		50.2
187	151- 200	University of Illinois, Chicago (UIC)	United States	0.00	31.9	61.1	72.2
188	151 - 200	University of Lausanne	Switzerland		37.2	48.4	28
189	151 - 200	University of Liverpool	United Kingdom		38.8	60	56.8
190	151- 200	University of Nebraska - Lincoln	United States	0.00	41.9		48.8
191	151- 200	University of Ottawa	Canada	0.00	43.4		49.1
192	151- 200	University of Plymouth	United Kingdom	0.00	47.2		62.1
193	151 - 200	University of Southampton	United Kingdom		36	62.9	72.5
194	151- 200	University of Southern California	United States	0.00	42.5		71.2
195	151- 200	University of Stirling	United Kingdom	0.00	43.1		41.4
196	151- 200	University of Strathclyde	United Kingdom	0.00	39.6	55.5	52.4
197	151- 200	University of Tasmania	Australia	0.00	44.5	56.5	40.2
198	151 - 200	University of Twente	Netherlands		38.1		58.1
199	151- 200	University of Victoria	Canada	0.00	41		55.7
200	151 - 200	Vanderbilt University	United States		48.3		58.8
201	151- 200	Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Virginia Tech)	United States	0.00	37.9		48.6

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XL	VERY LARGE >= 30,000 students
L	LARGE >= 12,000 students
M	MEDIUM >= 5,000 students
S	SMALL < 5,000 students

Focus
FC	Fully Comprehensive All faculty areas + medical school
CO	Comprehensive All faculty areas
FO	Focused > 2 faculty areas
SP	Specialist <= 2 faculty areas

Research
VH	Very High
HI	High
MD	Moderate
LO	Limited or None

Age
5	Historic >= 100 years old
4	Mature >= 50 years old
3	Established > 25 years old
2	Young >= 10 years old
1	New < 10 years old

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