Cambridge edges Harvard as top university in new survey

Cambridge University has edged out Harvard to become the first non-U.S. university to top a global ranking, according to a survey released Wednesday.

The British-based Cambridge knocked Harvard out of the top spot for the first time in the seven-year history of the QS World University Rankings released by the London consultancy Quacquarelli Symonds Limited, AFP reported.

The survey, which in previous years had been conducted with The Times of London, had six American and four British schools in the top 10, the report said.

U.S.-based Yale University was ranked third, followed by University College London, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Oxford University, Imperial College London, the University of Chicago, California Institute of Technology and Princeton University, it said.

Another widely recognized survey by the Chinese-based Jiaotong University's Center for World-Class Universities last month showed Harvard at the top for the eighth straight year, drawing criticism in Europe because it relied largely on scientific research, AFP said.

Eight of the top 10 in the Chinese survey were U.S. universities, with Cambridge ranked fifth and Oxford 10th, it said.

케임브리지, 하버드 따라 잡고 1위에 등극

제7호 QS세계 대학 평가 연감에 따르면 케임브리지 대학은 미주 지역 외 대학 중에서는 처음으로 1위를 차지했다.

8일 연합통신 등 보도에 따르면 케임브리지 대학은 15,000여 개의 전 세계 연구기관들 사이에서 연구평가 1위를 차지했으며, 하버드 대학은 5,007개 국제 기업들 사이에서 가장 인기가 좋은 학교로 뽑혔음에도 불구하고, 케임브리지 대학이 모든 평점에서 우위를 차지했다.