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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Interesting Thread. We have a Junior that is adamant about going abroad.

Outside of Oxbridge/LSE or Imperial, how the next level of UK universities compare to US universities? I’m not asking about Job Prospects. Just a comparison of pedigrees in since this always the topic around DCUM.

What are the US universities that would group well with each of these?

UCL
Kings
Edinburgh
St Andrews[/quote]

Based on QS rankings:

UCL - in between  Caltech and Penn/Berkeley
Edinburgh - in between  Yale and Columbia
Kings - in between Columbia and UCLA/NYU/Michigan

based on Times Higher Education:

UCL - around Cornell/Michigan/Columbia/UCLA
Edinburgh - around Duke/Nothwestern/NYU
Kings - around UCSD and ahead of Brown/UT etc

Based on US News:

UCL right by Columbia and Yale
Kinds and Edinburgh about tied and right by NYU

Based on # of Nobel Prize Winners according to Aron Frishberg website:

UCL - 24 (around Penn and Washington U)
Edinburgh - 20 (around NYU, UCSD and ahead of UCLA and Michigan
Kings - 11 (around Duke and USC)
St Andrews - 3 (around Missouri/Pitt and FLorida)

St Andrews doesnt do well in World Rankings as these are usually weighted towards research output and quality of research and not so much on undergraduate teaching.

But you can clearly see based on a variety of sources, the equivalent universities….[/quote]

Had no idea UCL and Edinburgh had almost 50 Nobel Prize winners between them….[/quote]

Apparently not many at DCUM understands this either….My son is in his last year of UCL’s integrated Computer Science MEng program. He has two offers to come back to the States to work for one of the FANG’s. It has been a great experience for him. Despite having a 1580 on the SAT, living in Southern Cal he didnt get in any of the UCs 4 years ago (white, privileged background). He picked UCL over USC and he has had the time of his life. The IXN program at UCL has been incredible. Would not have changed that for anything.[/quote]

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