Tag: QS World University Rankings

• Friday, September 28th 2012 - 01:12 UTC

  UK universities take four of six top slots in global rating

  

  UK universities have taken four of the six top slots in a global university “league table” for 2011-12. Cambridge - top last year - was second in the QS World University Rankings, which are based on a number of areas.

• Thursday, June 14th 2012 - 10:43 UTC

  University Rankings: Brazilian dominance points to future economic might

  

  By Danny Byrne, Editor of TopUniversities.com - Universities throughout Latin America are in a period of transition. Though precise circumstances vary by country, factors such as the growth in scientific research, massification of social demand for higher education, increased student mobility and the rise of private universities have exerted an influence across the region.

• Wednesday, September 7th 2011 - 04:03 UTC

  Cambridge, Harvard best world universities; US and UK monopolize top rankings

  

  Cambridge has retained its premier status in the QS World University Rankings, beating Harvard for a second year, as UK and US institutions again took the top 10 spots. Latin America figured badly with only six ranked in the 300 universities reviewed, the best in position 169.