In the 2011 International Professional Ranking of Higher Education Institutions, which is established on the basis of the number of alumni holding a post of Chief executive officer ( CEO ) or equivalent in one of the Fortune Global 500 companies, Chalmers University of Technology ranked 38th in the world, ranking 1st in Sweden and 15th in Europe.

The Office of Shinto Worship was established, ranking even above the Council of State in importance.

However, the amateur ranking system is established by another organization.

Seles established herself as the new dominant player on the women's tour, winning the Australian Open, French Open, and US Open and, in March, ending Graf's record 186 consecutive-weeks hold on the World No. 1 ranking.

Simon was ranked among the top 30 US business schools in 9 out of 13 surveys since this biennial ranking was established in 1986.

* The major English county cricket clubs meet to agree a way of deciding an order of ranking for the next season ; the official County Championship is established.

Although there is no formally published ranking, there is usually an established convention and protocol, and the relative positions of Chinese political figures can usually be deduced from the order in meetings and especially by the time and order which figures are covered by the official media.

The measurements are made by collating the returns of sales from a number of well known music stores ( high street and online stores ) on a regular basis, and this enables a ranking to be established.

They used what was known as the " merit order " which established a system of ranking each generator in the power stations based upon how much they cost to produce electricity.

Further, when Emperor Wu established the Jin Dynasty, he was concerned about his regime's stability, and, believing that the predecessor state, Cao Wei, had been doomed by its failures to empower the princes of the imperial clan, he greatly empowered his uncles, his cousins, and his sons with authority including high military ranking.

In 1933, when the Nazis took power and established the state of Nazi Germany, Gauleiter became the second highest Nazi paramilitary rank, ranking below the new rank of Reichsleiter ( National Leader ).

This motto was transferred to present-day star of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, which was established in 1992 by President Boris Yeltsin and is today the second highest ranking decoration of that country.

In 2006, it was ranked 76th in the world universities ranking established by the Times higher education supplement ( 24th in Europe ).

Taishi Ci established a guerrilla base in the mountains and earned support of many locals, and from 195 to 198, Taishi Ci waged war against Sun Ce and eventually expanded to include the region of Danyang, a position of strategic military importance since the time of Sun Tzu, where he proclaimed himself Administrator, with supporters ranging from the ordinary civilians to high ranking local officials.

On 11 January 1879, a Royal Warrant established Conductors of Supplies ( in the Army Service Corps ) and Conductors of Stores ( in the Ordnance Store Branch ) as Warrant Officers, ranking above all non-commissioned officers.

Out of the 25 million samples tested ClamAV scored 76. 60 % ranking 12 out of 19, a higher rating than some much more established competitors.

There is no established order of precedence over members of parliament in general, although each party has its internal ranking.

Established in 1969, MGSM is one of Australia's oldest and most established business schools and is consistently ranked a leading graduate business school in the Asia Pacific region as ranked by the QS Global 200 Business Schools Report attaining the ranking of 11th in 2010 and 7th in 2009 the school was ranked 7th in the Asia Pacific region.

It has previously been established that the dominance hierarchy within the species is dependent on the highest ranking female ( queen ) and her ability to suppress critically important reproductive hormones in male and female sub-dominants.

In 1882, Kanō Jigorō, the founder of Judo, established the system of Dan ranking to measure the Judo practitioners ' ability.

By the time of the death of Dr Felkin in 1926, it had a very active membership and was well established – its membership included bishops, senior ranking military officers, members of Parliament, and local dignitaries and officials.

It became the team that established the high ranking of Ferraris in American racing circuits, and largely, was responsible for Ferrari's survival as a retailer of cars through the quantity he sold to wealthy individuals in North America.

The CNN / Expansión Best Global MBAs ranking, established in 2006, rates leading MBA programs from around the world using a broad range of criteria, including " academic quality ", " return on investment " and " global value.

Adopting a # 18 jersey, Parker quickly established himself as the starting shooting guard for Toronto and a well-respected three-point shooter in the NBA, ranking fourth in the league for three point field goal percentage by the end of the regular season.

He is one of the highest-ranking men in England and the highest ranking non-royal in the United Kingdom's order of precedence.

* Chief Executive Officer or CEO / Executive Director for the nonprofit sector ( United States ), Chief Executive or Managing director ( United Kingdom, Commonwealth and some other English speaking countries ) – The CEO of a corporation is the highest ranking management officer of a corporation and has final decisions over human, financial, environmental and technical operations of the corporation.

Dachshunds are one of the most popular pets in the United States, ranking seventh in the 2008 AKC registration statistics.

The Economist Intelligence Unit's ranking for Finland's e-readiness is high at 13th, compared to 1st for United States, 3rd for Sweden, 5th for Denmark, and 14th for Germany.

In a 2012 ranking of 277 metropolitan areas in the United States, the American Lung Association ranked the Pittsburgh metropolitan area as having the sixth-worst pollution in both short-term and year-round particle pollution and the 20th worst ozone ( smog ) pollution, results that have been disputed by government.

As Chairman, Myers was the highest ranking uniformed officer of the United States ' military forces.

As naval customs evolved the 21-gun salute came to be reserved for heads of state ( e. g. President of the United States ), with fewer rounds used to salute lower ranking officials.

The Silver Star is awarded for gallantry in action against an enemy of the United States not justifying one of the two higher ranking valor decorations – the Distinguished Service Cross, the Navy Cross, and the Air Force Cross awards for extraordinary heroism or the Medal of Honor, the highest ranking military award, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of life above and beyond the call of duty.

Turkey has a large and growing automotive industry, which produced 1, 024, 987 motor vehicles in 2006, ranking as the 7th largest automotive producer in Europe ; behind Germany ( 5, 819, 614 ), France ( 3, 174, 260 ), Spain ( 2, 770, 435 ), the United Kingdom ( 1, 648, 388 ), Russia ( 1, 508, 358 ) and Italy ( 1, 211, 594 ), respectively.

In 2008 Turkey produced 1, 147, 110 motor vehicles, ranking as the 6th largest producer in Europe ( behind the United Kingdom and above Italy ) and the 15th largest producer in the world.

It earned $ 293, 506, 292 in the United States and a worldwide gross of $ 672, 806, 292, ranking it 35th on the list of box-office money earners in the U. S. as of April 2010.

Robert Livingston, as Chancellor of the State of New York ( the state's highest ranking judicial office ), administered the oath of office to George Washington at his first inauguration ; there was no Chief Justice of the United States, nor any other federal judge prior to their appointments by President Washington in the months following his inauguration.

On comprehensive measures such as the UN Human Development Index the United States is always in the top twenty, currently ranking 4th.

In 2011, Epcot hosted approximately 10. 83 million guests, ranking it the third most visited theme park in the United States, and sixth most visited theme park in the world.

In contrast to the 2007 ranking by Forbes, a 2010 study conducted by Portfolio. com and bizjournals concluded Salt Lake City was the least stressful city in the United States.

The top-10 ranking OECD nations with a population over 10 million on the study's promiscuity index, in descending order, were the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Australia, the United States, France, Turkey, Mexico, and Canada.

In the same year, French companies invested $ 220 billion outside of France, ranking France as the second most important outward direct investor in the OECD, behind the United States ($ 311. 8 billion ), and ahead of the United Kingdom ($ 111. 4 billion ), Japan ($ 128 billion ) and Germany ($ 156. 5 billion ).

This ranking meant that only 13 nations: Australia, Canada, Finland, South Korea, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, San Marino, Singapore, Sweden, Britain and the United States had a higher ratios per head of population.

Since 2000, Manual has held Kentucky's state record of 52 National Merit Semifinalists, ranking third in the United States for that year.

In the United Kingdom, however, the use of Ace-to-six low hand ranking is common when evaluating low hands.