The Times Higher Education has published its top 100 universities under the age of 50. For the first time since the list’s inception in 2012, South Korea’s Pohang University of Science and Technology has been pushed off the top spot and Switzerland’s École Polytechnique Fédérale is number one. We take a look at how UK universities fare. Read more...

The Complete University Guide has revealed the universities with the highest standards of entry. The data was collected by the Higher Education Statistics Agency, and is based on the average UCAS tariff score of new undergraduate students from 2013-2014 of 126 universities. So which universities boast fierce competition for entry. Read more...

By Sumant Bhatia. Times Higher Education's Phil Baty says rankings should only be the starting point in your quest to find the perfect institution.
 The Times Higher Education world university rankings are just one set of many higher education lists helping students decide where to study. They use criteria such as quality of teaching and research and the number of overseas students in their calculations of the best places. Read more...

By Javier Espinoza, Sumant Bhatia. Forget about Oxford, Cambridge and the older elite institutions. Among the relatively-new universities, there are some outstanding and less obvious choices. Read more...

By Josie Gurney-Read, Sumant Bhatia, Javier Espinoza. Rankings published by Times Higher Education reveal the top 100 world universities under 50 years of age. Check out the list in full, including 15 UK institutions. Read more...

By Javier Espinoza, Josie Gurney-Read, Mona Tabbara. Confused about all the different rankings for universities out there? We pick out the ones that matter, ask why they are important and tell you how to read them.
University rankings have always proved popular, both among prospective and current students - not to mention the university alumni who happily share new tables should their university be doing well. There is nothing like a successful ranking to bring out loyalty to an institution. Read more...