Here is a meta-analysis by swissinfo.ch that combines the most popular university rankings to find out which ones are best. We also show which university offers the best value for the money. Spoiler: Switzerland, for once, is a good deal. The public, the media and the universities themselves have all embraced university rankings. They have been remarkably influential even though what they measure is often obscure. We created a hybrid ranking of the "best" 500 universities by averaging the three longest established and most influential global rankings: QS World University ranking, Times Higher Education (THE) and the Shanghai ranking (AEWU). The map under shows the location of these 500 best universities. Little Switzerland punches above its weight with eight universities in the global top 500. The Alpine nation becomes even more competitive when comparing university ranking against tuition fees, as shown in the chart under. The majority of our consensus top 50 ...
