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University of Massachusetts Rated One of the Best Universities in the World by Times of London

September 16, 2010
by Office of Communications
University of Massachusetts only New England public university to make “gold standard” list

The University of Massachusetts was rated as one of the best universities in the world in the 2010 World University Rankings released today by the Times of London newspaper – the only public university in New England to make the prestigious list.

UMass ranked 56th in the Times of London’s Top 200, which the newspaper describes as “the gold standard for world-class research institutions.”

In announcing this year’s World University Rankings, Times Higher Education editor Ann Mroz said: “We would like to congratulate the University of Massachusetts for its performance in this year’s rigorous rankings. Being ranked 56 in the world top 200 is an impressive achievement. The top 200 universities in the world represent only a tiny fraction of world higher education and any institution that makes it into this table is truly world class.”

In this year’s World University Rankings, the University of Massachusetts:

• Is the only public university in New England to make the Top 200

• Ranks fourth in Massachusetts (behind Harvard, MIT and Tufts), and sixth in New England (after Harvard, MIT, Yale, Tufts and Brown)

• Is the 14th highest-rated American public university and is the 33rd highest-rated American institution public or private

Just goes to show you what I said in my previous post.  UMass is BOSS!