The US News published its first rankings of US colleges and universities in 1983. Since then they have become an indispensable, although often criticised, guide for students, admissions advisors and other stakeholders. They are based on criteria such as acceptance rate, freshman retention rate, class size and standardised test scores. More...

The Moscow based Round University Ranking has just issued its latest global rankings based on data supplied by Thomson Reuters. Altogether there are 20 indicators divided into four groups: teaching, research, international diversity and financial sustainability. The first two groups have a weighting of 40 per cent each and the latter two 10 per cent. More...

The recent African Universities Summit organised by Times Higher Education at the University of Johannesburg showed that many African universities were interested in expanding their international profiles and engaging with the global rankings. So far very few universities from the continent have made an impact on the major international rankings. More...