This year’s Shanghai Ranking has just been published, with Cambridge and Oxford the only EU institutions in the top 10. The US continues to dominate as universities in China and Singapore make the top 100 for the first time
New university league table places Belgian university at top of 100 list. Germany does best overall, while Sweden and Finland have no institutions in the ranking
The annual QS league table shows Asian institutes are making big gains. Meanwhile, Reuters launches its inaugural rankings, where universities with particular emphasis on science and technology score high
University participation in the second U-multirank ranking, due to be published next month, is expected to be up on last year. But frustration with the tool’s demanding data collection requirements remains
The new EU-sponsored university league table launched on the 13 May, puts emphasis in unusual places and looks to be drawing conclusions based on low samples, says Per-Anders Östling