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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My friend, who works at a UK university, says  the primary UK ranking is the Time’s Sunday ranking (or something like that?), not the Time’s global ranking. The Time’s Sunday ranking is the national ranking, more equivalent to USNWR in the US. [/quote]

Obviously. British students aren’t going to look at a global ranking if they are studying in the UK unless they have a particular reason to.

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Agree. But for some reason a couple posters continually post the global rankings w[b]ith respect to StAs.[/b] [/quote]

It's St. Andrews Dad who has to validate his decision to send daughter there.  He always uses the same global study because it is the only one existent that ranks St. Andrews high.[/quote]

Your comment demonstrates your lack of literacy to read ranking tables and what they're measuring. You clearly didn't even read any of the rankings either. And rankings aren't "studies"—please, develop some media literacy!

The Guardian rankings and others where St Andrews fares in places 1-3 are national-level, undergraduate focused rankings. They are relevant to people choosing where to study for undergrad.

St Andrews does not fare as well in global university rankings, which give much more emphasis on size and budget, size of the medical centre and its affiliated research, etc. St Andrews does not fare as well on such global rankings, while standalone medical schools will. Global rankings look more at size/budget, hence THE World University rankings placing UIUC, Michigan State, and Wisconsin-Madison above Dartmouth. [/quote]

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