European universities are making their way up the league table, according to the latest Times Higher Education World University Rankings, as US institutions lose their dominance in the high end of the rankings.
UK universities paid out an average of £1,767 per international student to education agents and overall spending on non-EU recruitment is increasingly sharply, an investigation by Times Higher Education has revealed.
China dominates Times Higher Education’s second annual BRICS & Emerging Economies Rankings, upping its top 100 entries from 24 to 27 as Tsingua University and Peking University retaining the two top spots.
A surprising 60% of USA universities have slipped in the latest Times Higher Education World University Rankings with publicly funded universities suffering the worst losses. Asian institutions meanwhile are gaining ground, now with 24 of the world's top 200 universities.
The ranking for young universities, released today, reveals a new elite of young and dynamic Asian universities, with four out of the top five from South Korea, Hong Kong and Singapore. Pohang University of Science and Technology in South Korea remains in the first spot while national rival, KAIST, is in third.
Results from the fifth annual THE World Reputation Rankings show that the USA retains its prestige as a higher education superpower. US institutions dominate the top 10, Asian institutions continued to gain ground and Australia has shown an unexpected downturn in the league table as defined by academics worldwide.
Results from the third annual Times Higher Education World Reputation Rankings show that academics around the world continue to see elite universities in the US and UK as having the best reputations. However, both countries have lost ground while Australia and East Asia have climbed.
