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Which are the best universities in the world?
Last week saw the publication of the latest world university rankings. But until the purveyors of these league tables address the uncertainties in their data, no-one knows where they really stand. Opinion piece by Stephen Curry.
Results of World University Rankings 2016-2017
University of Oxford snatches top spot from Caltech in this year’s World University Rankings as Asia’s rise continues.
Journal to rank peer reviewers to improve response times
Idea is one of several ways to speed the peer review process, although some think it will annoy academics
Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities 2016
New 2016 Top 500 world university rankings conducted by CWCU of Shanghai Jiao Tong University (Academic Ranking of World Universities).
Nature Index Institution outputs
The Nature Index tracks the affiliations of high-quality scientific articles. Updated monthly, the Nature Index presents research outputs by institution and country. Use the Nature Index to interrogate publication patterns and to benchmark research performance.
Asia University Rankings 2016: results announced
Singapore leads the way in Times Higher Education's 2016 ranking of the premier universities in Asia.
The 100 most innovative universities in Europe 2016
Germany and the UK well represented on Reuters’ inaugural Europe innovation ranking
How the university superbrands compare
What do the world’s six most reputed universities have in common?
World Reputation Rankings 2016
The opinions of others are key to creating or damaging an institution's reputation
US tops global research performance
The Nature Index tracks the affiliations of high-quality scientific articles.
Can a young university be a world-leading university?
Youth is not a bar to excellence, despite older institutions’ rankings success. Jack Grove analyses how some youthful contenders have risen in the ranks.
The World's Most Innovative Research Institutions
Silicon Valley’s hoodie-wearing tech entrepreneurs are the poster kids of innovation. But the innovators who are really changing the world are more likely to wear labcoats and hold government-related jobs in Grenoble, Munich or Tokyo. That's the conclusion of Reuters’ Top 25 Global Innovators – Government, a list that identifies and ranks the publicly funded institutions doing the most to advance science and technology.
The world’s top universities for attracting industry funding
Times Higher Education World University Rankings data reveal the 20 best institutions based on private-sector investment per academic
Alma Mater Index
Der britische Alma Mater Index weist aus, welche Uni die meisten Unternehmenschefs hervorbringt. Die Antwort: Harvard. Doch wem nutzt das? Und was sagt das Ranking aus?
ETH top, Uni Zürich flop
Auf der neusten Rangliste der weltbesten Universitäten ist die ETH in die Top 20 vorgerückt. Die Uni Zürich dagegen ist zurückgefallen - zum vierten Mal in Folge.
World's most international universities 2016
Times Higher Education World University Rankings data reveal the top 200 most outward-looking institutions.
Are global rankings losing their credibility?
The international university ranking scene has become increasingly complex, confusing and controversial.
World University Rankings 2015-2016
The world dominance of US universities has further waned in the THE World University Rankings 2015-2016. ETHZ is 9th.
British universities slip downing global rankings
Change in methodology beneficial to ETHZ and EPFL.
Why we need to rank by innovation
University league tables do not pay enough attention to institutions’ innovative spirit, argues the European Commission’s Gerard de Graaf.
Switzerland is 2nd in the Ranking of National Higher Education Systems
Switzerland’s higher education system has been ranked 2nd in the 2015 global ratings done by Universitas 21. One aspect where it stood out: international outlook. However this is the area under threat after an anti-immigration vote last year.
Thomson Reuters identifies significant trends impacting the academic reputation of the world's leading universities
Thomson Reuters identifies significant trends impacting the academic reputation of the world's leading universities
Report and survey provide insider’s view into the various components that determine a university’s global academic reputation.