Only in “international university rankings” that treat essentially classes being given in the English language as about 1/3 of the score or as they call it, “easiness for international students”.
Or in other words, “for international students” they’re one of the best in the World, to a large extent because all lessons are in English - all else being the same, universities in English-speaking countries will always come above universities in non-English speaking countries.
Also a lot of the other quality metrics (such as number of published papers) actually measure research proeficiency rather than teaching quality, which whilst relevant for post-grads, isn’t quite as relevant for most students.
Whether if measured from the point of view of the main student community they serve rather than “international post-grad student” MIT is the best in the World is unclear.
Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Only in “international university rankings” that treat essentially classes being given in the English language as about 1/3 of the score or as they call it, “easiness for international students”.
Or in other words, “for international students” they’re one of the best in the World, to a large extent because all lessons are in English - all else being the same, universities in English-speaking countries will always come above universities in non-English speaking countries.
Also a lot of the other quality metrics (such as number of published papers) actually measure research proeficiency rather than teaching quality, which whilst relevant for post-grads, isn’t quite as relevant for most students.
Whether if measured from the point of view of the main student community they serve rather than “international post-grad student” MIT is the best in the World is unclear.