EU launches new approach to university ranking

The European Union (EU) on Tuesday launched U-Multirank, a new global university ranking, which assesses the performance of more than 850 higher education institutions worldwide.
U-Multirank breaks new ground by producing multi-dimensional listings rating universities on a much wider range of factors than existing international rankings, EU statement said.
The idea is to avoid simplistic league tables which can result in misleading comparisons between institutions of very different types or mask significant differences in quality between courses at the same university. More...