Three Australian Universities Make Top-100 Rankings

In the plausible Shanghai Jiao Tong world university 2010 rankings, there are three Australian universities that have managed to retain or either improve their performances in the top 100 of renowned global rankings. The Australian National University retained its 59th rank, the University of Melbourne leapt from the 75th to 62nd place while the University of Sydney improved its performance, jumping from 94th to 92nd. Outside the top 100, the University of NSW leapt from 166th to 159th place. The first place has been retained by Harvard in US for the eight year running. The University of California's Berkeley won second place while Stanford took third. On the fourth place is Britain's Cambridge University. Representing the Asia-Pacific, the ANU was pipped by the University of Tokyo in 20th place and Kyoto University at the 24th rank. The Jiao Tong rankings, that are heavily skewed to Nobel prize and other global research achievements, are increasingly seen as an important measure of a nation's economic health and competitiveness.