Four universities from Australia on the list of 100 universities with the best reputation in the world version of the Times Higher Education (THE). University of Melbourne is ranked 45, Australian National University and the University of Sydney sitting at number 51-60. And lastly, the University of Queensland are listed in rank 81-90.

In THE, universities, ranked 50 and above were not made its ranking. The first position is occupied universities from the United States, Harvard University, followed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) . Rank this 2011 version is a survey of more than 13 thousand scholars in the world. Those surveyed had been working in higher education institutions for more than 16 years and has published more than 50 research papers. Ratings are based on the combined scores of research and teaching, with a scale ratio of 2:1 for research.

It's based on how often college nominated as "the best" by academics. Every academic can nominate up to 10 universities. The results of this survey was welcomed by Vice-Chancellor (Participation and Engagement), University of Melbourne, Richard James. According to him, who released The reputation ratings have good impact and is an indicator of "strong enough". "This is because reputation based on the overall assessment of many factors, so it can cover up the imperfections on the ranking list based on narrow indicators. Sign of ranking the judge based on a survey of people who qualified, "said James to the site of The Australian , Wednesday (23 / 3 / 2011). James said, the campus can learn from this ranking.

Mainly to compete with universities from countries that never signed a big 100, such as India. "It is good to have an Australian university in the top 50 list, but obviously we have to do better," he added. Meanwhile, according to higher education professor at the University of Melbourne Simon Marginson, list ranking is THE version of an easily identifiable market, it is important and has a material impact. "Reputation is not an illusion, although it may be more susceptible rate compared to assess performance based on objective indicators," said Marginson, who is also member of the editorial board of THE.

(okezone)