The rankings are still dominated by Brazil which is represented by 43 universities and holds 11 out of the top 20 and six out of the top ten places. There are 26 Chilean and 22 Mexican universities. The presence of the University of the West Indies in 37th place marks the first appearance of a Caribbean university. More...
Uzbekistan Publishes University Ranking
The Ministry of Higher Education of Uzbekistan has announced the publication of a ranking of state funded higher education institutions prepared by the State Inspectorate for Quality Supervision of Education and the Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education. Branch campuses of international universities were not included. More...
India Chooses Contenders for World-Class Status
The Indian government has revealed the names of six Institutions of Eminence that will be groomed to achieve world class university status. Originally it was intended to select 20 institutions that would receive “virtually full autonomy”. It is, however, possible that more will be chosen later. The objective is to get into the top 100 of the global rankings. More...
Latest U-Ranking of Spanish Universities Published
The latest edition of the U-Ranking of Spanish universities has just been published. This is a joint initiative of the Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) Foundation and the Valencian Institute of Economic Research (Ivie), in collaboration with Alianza 4 Universidades (IUNE Group). More...
Japan and Europe Do Well in Academic Supercomputer List
Since 1999 Top 500 has published lists of the world’s most powerful computers. In the first list, published in June 1993, the US dominated with Japan in second place followed by Germany, the UK and France. There were no mainland Chinese computers in the top 500 until November 1999. More...
Influence Based Ranking Gives Credit to the Humanities
The top university outside the USA is Cambridge in ninth place and the top Asian university is the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. There are no Chinese or Korean universities. Although the University of Buenos Aires and the National Autonomous University of mexico are included the University of Sao Paulo, which does well in other rankings, is absent. More...
The THE Europe Teaching Rankings
Times Higher Education have published their European Teaching Rankings which are similar to their earlier league tables for the USA and Japan. There are four pillars, Engagement, Resources, Outcomes, and Environment. More...
Global innovation Index Shows Improvement for China, Australia and Israel
The Global Innovation Index 2018 report is produced by the World Intellectual Property Organisation, Cornell University, and INSEAD, in partnership with the Confederation of Indian Industry, PwC Strategy&, the National Confederation of Industry Brazil, and the Brazilian Micro and Small Industry Support Service. More...
Nature Index Shows Western Universities Faltering
The Nature Index analyses the performance of institutions and countries in producing research in the natural sciences at the highest level. It is derived from a database compiled by Nature Research of research articles in 82 highly reputed science journals. More...
7th Russian University Ranking by RAEX
The RAEX Rating Agency presented its the 7th annual ranking of the Russian results on the Global Competitiveness Forum in Moscow. The RAEX ranking is based on 45 indicators and survey results among 30,000 respondents: academics, students, alumni, and employers. More...