Researching
Universities & Colleges
At TIS we use BridgeU to facilitate university and careers research. BridgeU is an invaluable tool to guide students through the application process as they move towards their post-secondary goals.
Here are some useful links to help with your university research
INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION:
If you know what you want to study and want to see the options from around the world, try Bachelorsportal by studyportals. They do not list everyone, but it might give you some ideas.
UK:
UCAS – start with Course Finder: make sure you check for your qualifications
USA:
College Board Big Future – huge list of US colleges: a great place to start your research
SAT – you can learn more and register for the test
Looking for help with your list? Try Unigo – interesting and interactive it might give you some new ideas
Want to see the campuses? Try eCampusTours – over 1300 schools to look at to give you some new ideas
Not sure if a school is accredited? Try Brain Track – they can tell you if one of their almost 7000 schools are actually accredited
College Portrait will help you whittle down your list by comparing 2 schools at a time.
CANADA:
School Finder – huge list of Canadian post secondary options
HONG KONG (By University):
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (UST – International)
University of Hong Kong (HKU – International)
AUSTRALIA (By State or Territory):
RANKINGS (Remember, many of these are newspapers ranking colleges and that you aren’t going to get the same results on all of the sites – choose carefully)
World Rankings
QS – one of the best-known rankings in the world that we use at TIS
Times Higher Education – one of the best-known rankings in the world
ARWU - Shanghai ranking
4icu – the most comprehensive list of schools we have found. We’re not sure of their criteria
US Rankings
Canadian Rankings
MacLean’s – Canada is ranked by 3 categories: Medical Doctoral, Comprehensive, and Primarily Undergraduate