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• UK¡¯s 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Oxford (1st) retains the top spot?for the seventh consecutive year.
• A record number of 1,799 universities from 104 countries and regions are ranked,?137 more than last year.
• The US continues to dominate?with 177 universities ranked overall,?including seven in the world top ten, and 12 in the top 20,?but its supremacy is being challenged by 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ as the number of US universities represented in the top 100 continues to fall, from 43 in 2018, to 34 this year.??Harvard 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ?retains its position as the US¡¯s top ranked university in 2nd place.
• China?has an unprecedented seven universities in the world top 100 - up from six last year and just two top 100 universities only five years ago, in the 2018 edition.?Tsinghua 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ?becomes the best-performing Chinese institution (16^th?overall).
• Japan?leads the 51¹ú²úÊÓƵn countries?with a total of 117 universities?ranked, followed by China with 95 and India with 75.?51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Tokyo?remains Japan¡¯s top ranked university in 39th place.?
• In Europe, outside the UK, Switzerland¡¯s ETH Zurich 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ is the highest ranked institution?(joint 11^th, up from 15^th?place).
• Germany achieves unprecedented global success?with nine universities in the top 100 and 22 in the top 200.
• 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ?is the most represented continent?with 669 universities participating, jointly with Europe (639, up 50 from 589 last year).??
• Singapore¡¯s National 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Singapore?moves up to 19^th?position in the world top 20, while the country¡¯s other ranked university,?Nanyang Technological 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ (NTU)?(36^th) also rises.
• In the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region,?nations are thriving, led by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar.
• Africa?has seen participation increase by 36.6% YoY with rankings increasing from 71 to 97 institutions?¨C this is the biggest increase of all continents.???Five new African countries appear in the Rankings for the first time: Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.? The highest-ranking university in Africa is?51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Cape Town?at rank 160.
• Oceania¡¯s average score for the region as a whole overtakes the average score of North America for the first time.
• Australia?has ten universities in the top 200?with the 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Melbourne being the country¡¯s best performing institution, ranked 34^th?overall (down one place from 33^rd).
• The Latin America and Caribbean region sees a record 140 universities from 12 countries ranked.? Brazil, Mexico and Colombia all have a high number of new entrants, with five newly ranked universities for Mexico and Columbia and four for Brazil.
• °ä´Ç±ô´Ç³¾²ú¾±²¹¡¯²õ?Icesi 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ is the highest-ranked new joiner in Latin America, ranked in the 601-800 band.
• Brazil¡¯s 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of S?o Paulo?remains the highest ranked institution in the region, still in the 201-250 band. The regional top three is completed by Brazil¡¯s 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Campinas and Chile¡¯s Pontificia Universidad Cat¨®lica de Chile, both still in the 401-500 band.
• Pakistan?sees eight newly ranked Universities joining the rankings for the first time including:?51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Management and Technology (501-600); Bahria 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ, Dow 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Health Sciences, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Engineering and Technology, Taxila, Riphah International 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ (all in 601-800), 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar (801-1000), 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Gujrat (1001-1200) and Lahore College for Women 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ (LCWU) (1201-1500).
• South Korea has a new entrant, Chosun 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ (1201-1500)?and?Seoul National 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ?retains its position as the highest ranking 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ in South Korea at 56.? Other Universities have risen this year in the top 200 and include:?Yonsei 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ (Seoul campus)?(from joint 151^st?to 78^th),?Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology?(KAIST) (from =99 to joint 91^st),?Pohang 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Science and Technology (POSTECH)?(from joint 185^th?to joint 163^rd), and Ulsan National Institute of Technology (UNIST) (from joint 178^th?to 174^th).?
• 170 universities are ranked for the first time: 74 from 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ, 53 from Europe, 25 from Africa, 17 from South America and six from North America. At country level, there are: 13 newly ranked universities from China; nine from Poland; eight from Iran; eight from Pakistan; seven from Turkey.? Among these 170 universities,?Humanitas 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ in Italy?has the best performance and is ranked in the 201-250 band.

Below Table: Overall Top 10

Regional Highlights

• The top ranked university in the UK is?51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Oxford at rank 1.
• The top ranked university in North America is?Harvard 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ at rank 2.
• The top ranked university in Europe is?ETH Zurich at rank =11.
• The top ranked university in 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ is?Tsinghua 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ at rank 16.
• The top ranked university in Oceania is?51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Melbourne at rank 34.
• The top ranked university in the Middle East is?King Abdulaziz 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ at rank =101.
• The top ranked university in Africa is?51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Cape Town at rank 160.
• The top ranked university in Latin America is?51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of S?o Paulo at rank 201-250.

Below Table: Top represented countries and territories in the THE World 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ Rankings 2023

Phil Baty, Chief Knowledge Officer, THE, commented:

¡°The data is very clear: we are seeing a real shift in the balance of power in the global knowledge economy, away from the traditionally dominant western world. While the US and UK remain dominant in terms of their representation at the very top of the rankings, their relative power is waning: mainland China leads a strengthening in East 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ, taking more and more of the top 200 places, and the Middle East is seeing a real renaissance in higher education, with Saudi Arabia in particular making major gains, and the United Arab Emirates also strengthening, and the world rankings, overall, are much more inclusive, covering 104 countries and regions this year, compared to just 70 in 2016.

¡°I think this shift ¨C a global levelling up ¨C is good news for the world. A rising tide is lifting all boats: access to top quality education is opening up globally and helping to diminish the brain drain from developing countries.? We are also seeing more global diversity in creativity and innovation as well as more equal international collaboration. This should be great news for the sector as universities lead on the new ideas and breakthroughs needed to solve some of the world¡¯s biggest shared challenges, like climate change and future pandemics.¡±

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12 October 2022

Times Higher Education?(THE) has today released the results of the?THE?World 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ Rankings 2023.

A record number of 1,799 universities from 104 countries and regions are included in the World Rankings this year ¨C 137 more than last year ¨C making it the largest edition in the 19-year history of the rankings. The UK¡¯s 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Oxford (1st) retains the top spot for the seventh consecutive year.

The?Times Higher Education?World 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ Rankings provide a rigorous overview of a university¡¯s quality, drawing on an analysis of 15.5 million research publications and 121 million citations to those publications, plus over 40,000 responses to an annual academic reputation survey and hundreds of thousands of additional data points covering a university¡¯s teaching environment, international outlook and industry links. Institutions are measured across 13 separate performance metrics, providing the most comprehensive picture of excellence among world-class research universities.

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