By . Technology continues to shape the internationalisation of higher education. Every year New Media Consortium and EDUCAUSE releases the Horizon Report that focuses in on the future of technology in higher education. Many of the findings are relevant to the work we do as international educators. More...
The Indian government is proposing to support twenty universities in a drive to achieve world-class status. The universities, ten of which will be private institutions, are expected to reach the top 500 of any global ranking within ten years and then the top 100. The focus will be on science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects while it appears the social sciences and humanities will be “left behind”. More...
The ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest is sponsored by IBM and began in 1970 when it was known as the Annual Texas Collegiate Programming Championship. The current format is teams composed of three university students competing to solve a number of programming problems. The finals were held in Grand Rapid, South Dakota, USA, between the 20th and the 26th of May. More...
The 2018 edition of the Guardian University League Tables has been published. These rankings of British universities are distinctive in that they do not contain any assessment of research output or quality and are concerned with metrics that relate to the experience and outcomes of undergraduate students. More...
Ranking of Engineering Studies Perspektywy 2017 presents best engineering universities in Poland that bestow the titles of engineer and master of science in engineering. 21 most popular technical disciplines were evaluated. The ranking presents 311 best programs of studies conducted at 288 faculties in 26 Polish academic institutions. More...
The IREG Engineering Working Group consisting of academics and representatives rankers, industry, employers, professional associations and accrediting organizations met for a kick-off seminar at the University of Bremen on 15 May 2017 to discuss the future development of rankings in the field of engineering. More...
The fifth edition of U-Ranking has been published. The U-Ranking Project is a joint initiative of the BBVA Foundation and the Valencian Institute of Economic Research (Ivie) and is produced in collaboration with the IUNE Observatory, a group of four universities, comprising Carlos III University of Madrid, the Autonomous University of Madrid, the Autonomous University of Barcelona and Pompeu Fabra University. More...
The Leiden Ranking is published by the Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) at Leiden University in the Netherlands and is based entirely on data provided by the Web of Science now run by Clarivate Analytics. The ranking is highly distinctive as it does not provide a single composite score. Instead it allows users to create their own rankings by setting their own parameters. More...
Times Higher Education (THE) has issued a “snapshot” ranking of 28 Arab universities. This is extracted from the 2016-2017 World University Rankings and all universities are located in countries that are members of the Arab League. The methodology is identical to that of the world rankings of last year. More...
Reuters have released the second edition of Europe’s Most Innovative Universities, a ranking of universities that have made the most significant contribution to scientific and technological development. The data is provided to Reuters from Clarivate analytics from InCites, Web of Science, Derwent Innovations Index, Derwent World Patents Index, and the Patents Citation Index. More...
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