Le 10 migliori Università dell’Europa Continentale nel 2013, secondo Times Higher Education World University Rankings, sono 3 in Germania, 2 in Olanda e in Svizzera, 1 in Belgio, Francia e Svezia. Il podio vede prima ETHZ (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich), al secondo posto Karolinska Institute, al terzo EPFL (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne). Tutte le università europee Top 10 sono impegnate in iniziative MOOC. Alcune ospitano i loro MOOC su piattaforme USA (e.g. Coursera, edX, …), mentre altre stanno sviluppando proprie piattaforme. 

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4. 11.. ETHZETHZ 2.2. KarolinskaKarolinskaTop 10 – Continental EU
2013
3. EPFL3. EPFL 4. LMU4. LMU 5. Leuven5. Leuven 6. Göttingen
7. ENS7. ENS 8. Leiden 9. Heidelberg9. Heidelberg 10. Delft10. Delft

5. #
World
Rank Times 2013 – TOP 10 CONTINENTAL EUROPE# Rank Times 2013 TOP 10 CONTINENTAL EUROPE
1 14
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Zurich, ETHZ
Switzerland
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2 36 Karolinska Institutet, Solna Sweden
3 37
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
L EPFL
Switzerland
Lausanne, EPFL
4 55 Ludwig-Maximilians-Uni. München Germany
5 61 Catholic University Leuven UCL Belgium5 61 Catholic University Leuven, UCL Belgium
6 63= Georg-August-Uni. Göttingen Germany
7 65= Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris, ENS Francep ,
8 67 University of Leiden Netherlands
9 68 Ruprecht-Karls-Uni. Heidelberg Germany
0 69 D lf i i f h l h l d
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10 69 Delft University of Technology Netherlands

6. 1
WORLD RANK
2013: 142013: 14
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich,
ETHZ S it erland
You don't have to be Albert Einstein to study here, but it doesn't
hurt. ETH Zurich (set up in 1855) now teaches around 15,000
ETHZ, Switzerland
students in 16 faculties.
Einstein received his diploma here in 1901.
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7. 2
WORLD RANK
2013: 362013: 36
Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden
Celebrating its 200th anniversary in 2010, Karolinska is a top global
medical university and a member of the 22-strong League of
European Research Universities (LERU). On two campuses it covers
the gamut of research and clinical medicine and pharmacology withthe gamut of research and clinical medicine and pharmacology, with
a faculty of more than 2,300 serving around 8,000 students.
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8. 3
WORLD RANK
2013: 372013: 37
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne,
EPFL, Switzerland
Education, research and technology transfer are core to EPFL, which
boasts more than 250 on-campus laboratories. Today, the "parc
scientifique" is home to some 7,000 students and 3,000 professors,
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assistants and entrepreneurs grouped into seven schools and
associated research institutes.
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9. 4
WORLD RANK
2013: 552013: 55
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München,
Germany
Some of the most famous figures in modern history spent their salad
days at Munich: Richard Strauss, Marie Stopes, Erich Fromm, Konrad
Adenauer, Lord Acton and others. Founded in 1472, now hosts around
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44,000 students pursuing degrees in 150 subjects under the guidance
of approximately 700 professors and 3,600 academic staff.
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10. 5
WORLD RANK
2013: 612013: 61
Catholic University of Leuven (UCL), Belgium
Founded in 1425, UCL is the world's oldest surviving Catholic university
and is the largest university in Belgium. Today, it is a leading European
research university and offers a comprehensive catalogue of Dutch and
English language degree programmes Its 6 800 senior and juniorEnglish-language degree programmes. Its 6,800 senior and junior
academic staff serve more than 40,000 students.
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11. 6
WORLD RANK
2013: 632013: 63
Gottingen and world leaders seem to go together. Otto von Bismarck
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany
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studied law here and Napoleon declared: "Gottingen belongs to the
whole of Europe." Founded in 1737, since the Brothers Grimm taught
here, 45 Nobel laureates have walked its grounds. Currently there
are around 24,000 students at the university, which is informally
known as "Georgia Augusta".
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12. 7
WORLD RANK
2013: 652013: 65
Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris (ENS), France
Founded in 1794 during the French Revolution to train teachers in
the secular spirit of the Republic, today as a leading grande ecole it
sees its role as training future leaders in public service and private
endeavour Some 2 300 students and 650 doctoral researchers areendeavour. Some 2,300 students and 650 doctoral researchers are
served by a faculty of about 800 on three Paris campuses.
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13. 8
WORLD RANK
2013: 672013: 67
University of Leiden, Netherlands
The city is Leiden's "campus", as befits the institution's status as a gift to
the citizens by William of Orange in 1575 for withstanding a siege by the
Spanish. It has some 17,000 students and 4,000 academic staff in six
faculties of archaeology humanities law medicine mathematics andfaculties of archaeology, humanities, law, medicine, mathematics and
natural sciences, and social and behavioural sciences.
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14. 9
WORLD RANK
2013: 682013: 68
The ancient university was founded by Rupert I one of the Holy Roman
Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg,Germany
The ancient university was founded by Rupert I, one of the Holy Roman
Empire's Prince-Electors, and it is associated with 11 German and
foreign heads of state. Today, it has 12 faculties, with more than
13 300 employees and offers degree programmes in 100 disciplines to13,300 employees, and offers degree programmes in 100 disciplines to
around 31,000 students.
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15. 10
WORLD RANK
2013: 692013: 69
Founded in 1842 by King Willem II as a royal academy, became a
Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
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university in 1905. TU Delft is the largest and oldest institute of
technology in the Netherlands. TU Delft’s eight faculties are home
to over 17,000 students and some 900 academic staff and cover the
entire spectrum of technology, with a combined science,
engineering and design focus.
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16. Times UniRankings 2013 2012 2011
Continental
E 24 22 19
Top
100
Europe 24 22 19
UK 11 10 12
USA 46 47 51USA 46 47 51
Times UniRankings 2013 2012 2011
Top
400
Continental
Europe 134 140 133
UK 49 48 52
The Higher Education continues to be characterized by significant
400 UK 49 48 52
USA 109 111 113
The Higher Education continues to be characterized by significant
challenges to the traditional hegemony of US-UK.
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17. La crisi della zona euro non sembra aver influenzato, in modo
significativo, i risultati per l'Europa Continentale nel 2012-13:
 l’Olanda ha migliorato la sua eccellente posizione, con
tutte le sue 12 università del Top 200 in miglioramento;tutte le sue 12 università del Top 200 in miglioramento;
 la Germania ha mantenuto le posizioni delle sue migliori
istituzioni - guidate da Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
München (55° posto in classifica mondiale)München (55 posto in classifica mondiale)
 la Francia segna un ottimo anno, con il suo istituto Top,
Ecole Normale Superieure, Parigi, al 65° posto.
Fonte: Phil Baty, editor, Times Higher
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Education Rankings.

18. Engineering & Technology
Life Sciences
Clinical, Pre-clinical & Health
Phisical Sciences
Social Sciences
Arts & Humanities
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19. #
World Times 2013 – TOP 10 CONTINENTAL EUROPE
# Rank Engineering & Technology
1 8
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Z i h ETHZ
Switzerland
Zurich, ETHZ
2 15
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Lausanne, EPFL
Switzerland
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3 23 Delft University of Technology Netherlands
4 26 Technical University of München Germany
5 34= KTH - Royal Institute Technology Sweden
6 34= Technical University of Denmark Denmark
7 36 Catholic University of Leuven Belgium7 36 Catholic University of Leuven Belgium
8 39= RWTH Aachen Germany
9 52 Karlsruhe Institute Technology Germany
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10 57 Ecole Polytechnique France

20. #
World Times 2013 – TOP 10 CONTINENTAL EUROPE
# Rank Life Sciences
1 15
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Z i h ETHZ
Switzerland
Zurich, ETHZ
2 22 Wageningen University Netherlands
3 35 Ludwig-Maximilians-Uni. München Germanyg y
4 38 Uppsala University Sweden
5 40 University of Gent Belgium
6 42 University of Copenhagen Denmark
7 47 University of Helsinki Finland
8 48 G A t U i ität Götti G8 48= Georg-August-Universität Göttingen Germany
9 48= Université de Lausanne Switzerland
10 57
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
S i l d
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10 57=
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Lausanne, EPFL
Switzerland

21. World Times 2013 – TOP 10 CONTINENTAL EUROPE
#
World
Rank
Times 2013 TOP 10 CONTINENTAL EUROPE
Clinical, Pre-clinical & Health
1 14 Karolinska Institute Sweden
2 37 Erasmus University Rotterdam Netherlands
3 38= Catholic University of Leuven Belgium
4 40 Ruprecht-Karls-Uni. Heidelberg Germany
5 43 University of Maastricht Netherlands
6 46 L d i M i ili U i Mü h G6 46 Ludwig-Maximilians-Uni. München Germany
7 51 Medical University Vienna Austria
8 54 Universität Basel Switzerland8 54 Universität Basel Switzerland
9 59 University of Copenhagen Denmark
10 61 Free University Amsterdam Netherlands
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22. #
World Times 2013 – TOP 10 CONTINENTAL EUROPE
# Rank Phisical Sciences
1 23
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
L EPFL
Switzerland
Lausanne, EPFL
2 25 Université Pierre Marie Curie Paris VI France
3 29= Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris France3 p
4 31 Georg-August-Universität Göttingen Germany
5 38= Ecole Polytechnique Francey q
6 42 Technical University of München Germany
7 43 Ruprecht-Karls-Uni. Heidelberg Germany
8 48 St kh l U i it S d8 48 Stockholm University Sweden
9 55 University of Bonn Germany
10 56 Université Paris Sud (Paris XI) France
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10 56 Université Paris Sud (Paris XI) France

23. World Times 2013 – TOP 10 CONTINENTAL EUROPE
#
World
Rank
Times 2013 TOP 10 CONTINENTAL EUROPE
Social Sciences
1 34 University of Amsterdam Netherlandsy
2 47 Erasmus University Rotterdam Netherlands
3 50= HEC Paris France
4 56 University of Leiden Netherlands
5 58 Ludwig-Maximilians-Uni. München Germany
6 61 C th li U i it f L B l i6 61= Catholic University of Leuven Belgium
7 68 Tilburg University Netherlands
8 69 Utrecht University Netherlands8 69 Utrecht University Netherlands
9 74= University of Maastricht Netherlands
10 78= Pompeu Fabra University Spain
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24. W ld Times 2013 – TOP 10 CONTINENTAL EUROPE
#
World
Rank
Times 2013 TOP 10 CONTINENTAL EUROPE
Arts & Humanities
1 21 Ludwig-Maximilians-Uni. München Germany1 g y
2 22 Freie Universität Berlin Germany
3 25 Ruprecht-Karls-Uni. Heidelberg Germany
4 28 University of Leiden Netherlands
5 29 Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Germany
6 35 University of Vienna Austria6 35 University of Vienna Austria
7 36 Catholic University of Leuven Belgium
8 41 University of Amsterdam Netherlandsy
9 56 Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen Germany
10 62 University of Helsinki Finland
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26. MOOC – Massive Open Online Course
MOOC è un corso online con accesso aperto via web e
strutturato per una partecipazione illimitata.
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27.  “Powerful new online learning tools [MOOC] are
rapidly evolving from resource to revolution, and
they’re bringing higher education its most profound
technological transformation in more than 500g f
years,” declared MIT President L. Rafael Reif in his
fall 2012 inaugural address.
 At the same time, President Reif emphasizes, the
Institute will “explore ways in which these new
technologies might make on-campus, in-persontechnologies might make on campus, in person
education even better—better at helping students
develop their potential, magnify their creativity,
extend their networks and achieve their dreams ”extend their networks, and achieve their dreams.
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28.  Tutte le università europee Top 10 sono impegnate in
iniziative MOOC. Alcune ospitano i loro MOOC su piattaforme
SA ( C d ) lUSA (e.g. Coursera, edX, …), mentre altre stanno
sviluppando proprie piattaforme.
 Il New York Times ha eletto il 2012 “L'Anno del MOOC”.
 La rivista Time ha dichiarato che i MOOC aprono le porte alla
Ivy League per le masse [The term Ivy League has
connotations of academic excellence, selectivity in
d i i d i l liti ]admissions, and social elitism].
 MOOC Production Fellowship è una iniziativa germanico-
europea di iversity e Stifterverband für die Deutsche
WissenschaftWissenschaft.
 FLOT : Formation en Ligne Ouverte à Tous, MOOC donné en
langue française (MOOC : Massive Online Open Course, cours
interactif diffusé sur le web ) Vedere ENSinteractif diffusé sur le web.) Vedere ENS
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29. #
World
Rank TOP 10 CONTINENTAL EU & MOOC PLATFORM
1 14
Swiss Federal Institute of
Technology Zurich, ETHZ
Torque
Initiative *
2 36 Karolinska Institutet, Solna edX (Klx)2 36 Karolinska Institutet, Solna edX (Klx)
3 37
Swiss Federal Institute of
Technology Lausanne, EPFL
Coursera
4 55 L d i M i ili U i Mü h C4 55 Ludwig-Maximilians-Uni. München Coursera
5 61 Catholic University Leuven, UCL edX
6 63= Georg-August-Uni Göttingen iversity6 63 Georg August Uni. Göttingen iversity
7 65= Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris Coursera
8 67 University of Leiden Coursera
9 68 R ht K l U i H id lb i it9 68 Ruprecht-Karls-Uni. Heidelberg iversity
10 69 Delft University of Technology edX
* "Tiny Open-with-Restrictions courses focused on Quality and
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Tiny, Open with Restrictions courses focused on Quality and
Effectiveness". The term highlights the importance of teaching
quality.

30. Caratteristiche
Metodologia
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31.  Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2013 Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2013,
powered by Thomson Reuters, ha l'ambizione di valutare le
performace delle università di livello mondiale in tutte le
loro missioni fondamentali - didattica, ricerca, trasferimento
di conoscenze e prospettive internazionali.
L l ifi f i f ti l ti ilib ti La classifica fornisce confronti completi, equilibrati e
attendibili a studenti, docenti, dirigenti universitari,
industrie e governi.
 La metodologia utilizza 13 indicatori – qualitativi e
quantitativi - raggruppati in 5 categorie.
 Sito: www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/
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32. Criterion Indicator WeightCriterion Indicator Weight
Citations –
research
1 - Citations impact (normalized average
citations per paper). Database: Thomson 30%
influence Reuter’s Web of Science.
Teaching - the
learning
1 - Income per academic
2 R t ti l t hilearning
environment
30%
2 - Reputational survey – teaching
3 - PhD awards per academic
4 PhD awards / bachelor’s awards4 - PhD awards / bachelor s awards
5 - Undergraduates admitted per
academic
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Source: www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/

33. Criterion Indicator Weight
Research –
volume, income
and reputation
1- Papers academic and research staff
30%2 - Research income (scaled)
and reputation
3 - Reputation survey – research
International
mix staff and
1 - Ratio of international to domestic
studentsmix – staff and
students
students
7,5%2 - Ratio of international to domestic staff
3 - Proportion of internationally co-3 - Proportion of internationally co-
authored research papers
Industry income 1 - Research income from industry (per
2 5%
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- innovation academic staff)
2,5%

34. Ti Hi h Ed ti W ld U i it R ki h Times Higher Education World University Rankings ha come
obiettivo la valutazione della intera gamma delle attività
universitarie, dalla didattica alla ricerca fino al
f d ll d 3trasferimento della conoscenza (sistema di misura su 13
indicatori) www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-
university-rankings
 La classifica ARWU valuta prevalentemente la “Università
che ricerca” (6 indicatori inclusi: numero di docenti e
alumni che hanno vinto Premi Nobel e Fields Medalsalumni che hanno vinto Premi Nobel e Fields Medals,
numero di pubblicazioni in riviste di alto livello, citazioni).
www.arwu.org
 QS orientata principalmente a valutare la “Università che
insegna” (6 indicatori, inclusi: reputazione ed eccellenza
didattica, valutazione dei datori di lavoro,
internazionalizzazione) www.topuniversities.com
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35.  Classifica Generale – valutazione globale dellag
università per quanto riguarda didattica, e/o
ricerca, e/o trasferimento della conoscenza
 Classifica per Settori e Facoltà - la più
significativa per le università specializzate e lesignificativa per le università specializzate e le
singole facoltà
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36.  studenti per scegliere università e corsi di
laurea,
 accademici per decisioni informate sulla loro
carriera,
 team di ricerca per identificare nuovi partnerp p
per le collaborazioni scientifiche,
 manager delle università per confrontare, ina age delle u ve s tà pe co o ta e,
modo competitivo, le performance e definire le
priorità strategiche.
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37.  http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-
rankings/2013-14/world-ranking/region/europerankings/2013 14/world ranking/region/europe
 www.mladiinfo.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/
eth_zurich.jpg (ETHZ)
 http://www.topboxdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2011
/04/Sweco-Architects-Karolinska-Institutet-Science-Park-
design-by-Sweco-Architects-588x366 jpg (Karolinska)design-by-Sweco-Architects-588x366.jpg (Karolinska)
 http://boiling2012.epfl.ch/files/content/sites/boiling2012/f
iles/epfl_1.jpg (EPFL)
 http://www.ppw.philosophie.uni-munchen.de/bilder/
web_bilder_l/hauptgebaeude_l.jpg (München)
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38.  http://mladiinfo.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/
Katholieke university.jpg (Leuven)Katholieke_university.jpg (Leuven)
 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cf/G%C
3%B6ttingen_Aula_May06.jpg (Gottinghen)
 http://www.ens.fr/IMG/image/ecole-gravure.jpg (ENS)
 http://mladiinfo.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/ http://mladiinfo.com/wp content/uploads/2009/12/
leiden_university.jpg (Leiden)
 http://rhein-neckar.bundesimmobilien.de/387166/
Heidelberg_Universitaet.jpg?size (Heidelberg)
 http://www.e-architect.co.uk/images/jpgs/holland/
h l j d kk 140108 1 j (D lf )geotechnology_jeannedekkers140108_1.jpg (Delft)
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