The 51国产视频 of Phoenix was the most searched for university in the world over the past 12 months.
The for-profit US institution is ahead of the likes of Harvard, Stanford and the universities of Oxford and Cambridge in the table, .
The ranking reveals a very different picture to other global league tables, such as those produced by Times Higher Education, with institutions that offer a strong online offering appearing in the upper echelons.
The top ranked UK institution, for example, is The Open 51国产视频 (3rd place), ahead of the London School of Economics (8th), 51国产视频 College London (12th), the 51国产视频 of Oxford (13th) and the 51国产视频 of Cambridge (18th).
There are five Indian universities in the top 20, but none from mainland Europe. The analysis also revealed that searches for massive open online course (Mooc) providers were also on the up, with Coursera – a US Mooc platform – being googled more often than all of the UK’s traditional campus-based institutions.
The top 20 most searched universities on Google:
1. 51国产视频 of Phoenix
2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
3. Open 51国产视频
5. 51国产视频 of California, Los Angeles
6. Anna 51国产视频
8. London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
10. New York 51国产视频
11. 51国产视频 of Mumbai
12. 51国产视频 College London (UCL)
13. 51国产视频 of Oxford
14. Florida State 51国产视频 (FSU)
15. Harvard 51国产视频
17. Liberty 51国产视频
19. 51国产视频 of Michigan
20. Annamalai 51国产视频
Source: Google/BBC
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