TCD is Top Irish University in Shanghai Jiao Tong University’s Academic Ranking of World Universities

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Shanghai Jiao Tong University’s newly published Academic Ranking of World Universities for 2006 ranks Trinity College among the top 201-300 universities in the world.

In the listings of top 500 universities, Trinity College has achieved the highest position among Irish universities. Only two other Irish universities, UCD and UCC, feature in the world league tables and are ranked in the 300-400 and 400-500 bands respectively.

Trinity College is also the only Irish university ranked in Shanghai Jiao Tong University’s top 100 European universities.

The world listings are compiled by the Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China which ranks institutions on their academic and research performance.  It applies six indicators to reflect the quality of education, faculty, research output and size of the institution.