Per http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2013-14/world-ranking/methodology http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-ra

Per http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2013-14/world-ranking/methodology http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-ranki... 60% of the ranking is strictly research related, which is meaningless to undergrads although very important to grad students and above, and 10% is admitted to be subjective fluff. Perhaps important fluff, perhaps not, but definitely subjective fluff. Only 30% of the ranking score relates to teaching. So 60% to 70% of the score is irrelevant to undergrads, and the difference between 1st place and 55th place is a mere thirty percent or so. My engineering "sig figs" spidey sense is tingling that the "ranking" is meaningless.