In a global race to cater for a growing student population and demand for better provision, Asia is world leader for young outstanding institutions, the latest QS Top 50 Under 50 2020 Ranking revealed.
The US may still be at the helm of the league tables but other countries have improved significantly more, the QS World University Rankings 2020 showed.
The US scooped five of the top-10 spots in the QS Graduate Employability Rankings 2019, while elite UK institutions slipped down the rankings since last year.
The QS World University Rankings 2018 has crowned a familiar winner, with MIT topping the charts for a record-breaking seventh year consecutively.
The US has seen its dominance of the higher education sector reduced, with British and Asian HEIs showing improved performances in the past year.
The National University of Singapore has again topped the Times Higher Education Asia Rankings, for a third consecutive year. Elsewhere, HEIs in the Gulf top internationalisation stats.
The Chinese government has announced plans to have 42 top universities included in top rankings by 2050, following similar moves in the 1990’s.
Stanford University has been named the best university in the world for graduate employability, according to this year’s QS employability rankings, as universities from eight different countries make the top 20.
