The Best Universities in Colombia

Desideria (Moderator) says on Jul 21, 2008, 02:12:

BMP

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viajero123 says on Jul 21, 2008, 03:41:

According to this, No. 1 would be Universidad de los Andes

http://www.topuniversities.com/worlduniversityrankings/results/2007/ov...
http://www.topuniversities.com/worlduniversityrankings/results/2007/ov...

It is the only Colombian university even named here.

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Desideria (Moderator) says on Jul 21, 2008, 04:00:

There are many different types of ranking for the universities of the world. I chose the The Arwu Ranking 2007 because of the criteria it's based on.
"We rank universities by several indicators of academic or research performance, including alumni and staff winning Nobel Prizes and Fields Medals, highly cited researchers, articles published in Nature and Science, articles indexed in major citation indices, and the per capita academic performance of an institution.

For each indicator, the highest scoring institution is assigned a score of 100, and other institutions are calculated as a percentage of the top score. The distribution of data for each indicator is examined for any significant distorting effect; standard statistical techniques are used to adjust the indicator if necessary.

Scores for each indicator are weighted as shown below to arrive at a final overall score for an institution. The highest scoring institution is assigned a score of 100, and other institutions are calculated as a percentage of the top score. An institution's rank reflects the number of institutions that sit above it."
http://www.arwu.org/rank/2007/ARWU2007Methodology.htm

Some other use different criteria;
Objectives of the Webometrics Ranking of World's Universities

The original aim of the Ranking was to promote Web publication, not to rank institutions. Supporting Open Access initiatives, electronic access to scientific publications and to other academic material are our primary targets. However web indicators are very useful for ranking purposes too as they are not based on number of visits or page design but global performance and visibility of the universities.

As other rankings focused only on a few relevant aspects, specially research results, web indicators based ranking reflects better the whole picture, as many other activities of professors and researchers are showed by their web presence.

The Web covers not only only formal (e-journals, repositories) but also informal scholarly communication. Web publication is cheaper, maintaining the high standards of quality of peer review processes. It could also reach much larger potential audiences, offering access to scientific knowledge to researchers and institutions located in developing countries and also to third parties (economic, industrial, political or cultural stakeholders) in their own community.

The Webometrics ranking has a larger coverage than other similar rankings (see table below). The ranking is not only focused on research results but also in other indicators which may reflect better the global quality of the scholar and research institutions worldwide.

We intend to motivate both institutions and scholars to have a web presence that reflect accurately their activities. If the web performance of an institution is below the expected position according to their academic excellence, university authorities should reconsider their web policy, promoting substantial increases of the volume and quality of their electronic publications.

Candidate students should use additional criteria if they are trying to choose university. webometrics Ranking correlates well with quality of education provided and academic prestige, but other non-academic variables need to be taken into account.

http://www.webometrics.info/about_rank.html

"I have opinions of my own, strong opinions, but I don't always agree with them."-President George W. Bush

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Desideria (Moderator) says on Jul 21, 2008, 04:30:

Ranking of scientific investigation in Colombia:
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Nº Institución País: Colombia Total 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
1 Universidad Nacional de Colombia (Bogotá) 1951 48 36 56 44 59 68 109 112 117 127 165 173 196 194 218 229
2 Universidad del Valle (Cali) 1211 28 24 31 30 64 56 70 94 92 95 111 106 95 103 106 106
3 Universidad de Antioquia (Medellín) 1180 10 9 9 13 18 22 40 63 88 98 113 112 128 142 153 162
4 Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (Cali) 801 36 40 42 52 39 59 44 59 41 48 43 60 59 57 58 64
5 Universidad de Los Andes (Bogotá) 760 15 15 14 22 28 41 37 40 51 55 66 67 57 64 82 106
6 Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Bogotá) 492 5 15 9 5 12 16 29 27 40 35 47 40 55 52 50 55
7 Universidad Industrial de Santander (Bucaramanga) 328 2 4 11 16 18 33 19 38 30 33 31 55 38
8 Corporación para Investigaciones Biológicas (Medellín) 208 5 3 11 9 8 5 13 14 13 11 13 15 19 24 17 28
9 Instituto Nacional de Salud (Bogotá) 203 12 5 5 9 10 14 11 15 16 10 11 25 18 16 6 20
10 Hospital San Juan de Dios (Bogotá) 168 4 8 10 7 10 14 16 18 19 22 19 14 4 2 1
11 Centro Internacional de Entrenamiento e Investigaciones Médicas (Cali) 142 11 4 7 8 8 10 10 6 18 8 8 8 13 7 11 5
12 Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana (Medellín) 133 1 2 2 1 7 5 1 3 8 18 24 31 30
13 Fundación Instituto de Inmunología de Colombia (Bogotá)

http://www.atlasofscience.net/atlas/scriptat/rankingf_sp.asp?externo=1

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adrimm says on Jul 21, 2008, 07:20:

My mom is a Nacho alum ;)

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ColombianoGringo says on Jul 21, 2008, 07:38:

Hmm. The Los Andes folks will be mighty cheesed about this.

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Gator says on Jul 21, 2008, 08:41:

Like Mrs. Gator, Universidad Javeriana

"Credidi pretio parvo emere et magno vendere tibi in animo fuisse!" .

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kernow62 says on Jul 22, 2008, 15:08:

Mrs. Kernow also, Universidad Javeriana

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minina says on Jul 24, 2008, 06:23:

I don't believe the topuniversities ranking.

It places Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico ove La Universidad Catolica de Chile. Chile has the best educational system in Latin America.

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jorgegdiaz says on Jul 24, 2008, 11:08:

"To err is human - and to blame it on a computer is even more so."Robert Orben

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vicshere says on Jul 24, 2008, 11:11:

go UIS go

listo

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coffee beaner says on Jul 24, 2008, 11:15:

I take a class in EAFIT... great school and lots of hot chicks!

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tomtom33 says on Jul 24, 2008, 11:25:

Plenty of poon at UPB tambien. I can sit at the cafe on campus for hours.

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coffee beaner says on Jul 24, 2008, 11:30:

UPB and Luis Amigo don't fall behind when it comes to ladies.

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