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.

International students visiting Times Higher Education websites will have the option of reaching an education counsellor, via a new partnership with Study Group.

A new financial structure will see the mould-breaking international university ranking U-Multirank move away from its dependency on the European Union.

Harvard University is number one in the annual US News Global Universities rankings, as US HEI's dominate the study of 1,250 institutions.

Several ‘second-tier’ universities in Japan, Mexico and Turkey are making inroads towards the global top 50, according to the latest QS regional rankings guide. It revealed changes to regional leaders for three of the four rankings, in addition to two new entrants to the global top three.

The Chinese government has announced plans to have 42 top universities included in top rankings by 2050, following similar moves in the 1990’s.

Soka University of America has the highest proportion of international students of any US college or university, according to the US News and World Report.