US News Best Colleges
US News & World Report's annual ranking of US undergraduate institutions — the dominant domestic college ranking since 1983.
Posts
All the articles I've posted.
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Taught vs research master's
Comparison of taught master's (MA/MSc with coursework + dissertation) versus research master's (MRes/MPhil).
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Foundation year / pathway program
Pre-university bridging programs (typically 1 year) to bring international students to first-year undergraduate level.
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G5
The G5 — an informal grouping of Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial, UCL, and LSE as the UK's leading research universities.
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Ivy Plus
Ivy Plus — informal expansion of the Ivy League typically adding Stanford, MIT, Duke, Chicago, and sometimes Johns Hopkins, Caltech, Northwestern.
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MBA
Master of Business Administration — 1–2 year general-management graduate program, GMAT/GRE, 3–5 years work experience.
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LLM
Master of Laws — 1-year postgraduate specialisation for lawyers, commonly used by international lawyers for US/UK bar admission.
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Russell Group
The Russell Group — 24 research-intensive UK universities established 1994, representing ~75% of UK research grants.
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ARWU (Shanghai Ranking)
Academic Ranking of World Universities — first published 2003 by Shanghai Jiao Tong; heavy weight on Nobel Prizes, Fields Medals, highly cited researchers, Nature/Science publications.
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Bachelor's degree
The first university degree — 3 years in UK/Australia/NZ/India, 4 years in US/Canada/China.
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Public Ivies
Public Ivies — US public universities offering Ivy-quality education; original 1985 Moll list and expanded rosters of selective state flagships.
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Executive MBA
EMBA — part-time MBA for senior managers with 10+ years experience, typically weekend/modular, paid by employers.