Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) and Times Higher Education (THE) have both produced Asian university rankings. The scope and methodology of the two rankings are somewhat different. The THE rankings include Middle Eastern universities and use the same methodology as their World University Rankings. The QS rankings do not include universities in the Middle East and use a methodology that is different from that used in the global rankings. More...

The QS published Latin American ranking, third in the series of regional university rankings. Once again, QS have adjusted their methodology to take account of regional priorities. The weighting of the academic survey is 30 % compared to 40% in the world rankings while the employer survey has been assigned 20%, reflecting the region’s concern with the employability of graduates. More...

Two universities: Kyiv Polytechnic Institute and Kyiv Shevchenko University in the lead of 2015 Ukrainian national university ranking “Top 200 Ukraine”. According to Olesya Lynovytska, Head of TOP 200 Ukraine and Member of the Executive Committee of IREG Observatory, the two leading Ukrainian universities like in the previous year showed almost identical integral indicators and performed by a large margin above the rest of TOP-10. More...

The Arab world has become increasingly concerned with the quality of higher education and research, a trend highlighted by the publication of regional university rankings by Times Higher Education, Quacquarelli Symonds and US News. Public interest in Tunisia in particular was aroused by the very modest achievement of national universities only five of which reached the top 100 of the recent QS Arab Region rankings while none managed to do any better than than 39^th place. More...

The United States federal government has abandoned its plan to introduce a comprehensive national rating for colleges and universities. Instead, it will create a website where those interested can access data to create their own rankings and make their own comparisons. More...

Malaysia recently issued a ten year plan for its higher education system. The plan outlines five key aspirations: to increase enrolment in higher education institutions to 70 per cent, to improve the quality of graduates, institutions and the overall system. The target for quality includes getting four universities in the top 200 of the QS World University Rankings and two in the top 100 as well as one in the top 25 of the QS Asian University Rankings. More...