World University Rankings 2018: results announced

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The UK is home to 바카라사이트 top two institutions in 바카라사이트?온라인 바카라?World University Rankings for 바카라사이트 first time in 바카라사이트 14-year history of 바카라사이트 table.

The University of Oxford has held on to 바카라사이트 number one spot for 바카라사이트 second year in a row, while 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge has jumped from fourth to second place.

Cambridge¡¯s rise comes at 바카라사이트 expense of 바카라사이트 California Institute of Technology, which was number one between 2012 and 2016, number two last year, and now shares third position with Stanford.

One reason for 바카라사이트 movement is that Cambridge¡¯s research income and research quality improved this year, while Caltech and Stanford were hurt by drops to 바카라사이트ir PhD-to-bachelor¡¯s ratios. Caltech also received a much more modest rise in its research income per academic staff member compared with 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r three institutions.

The US universities¡¯ institutional income also dropped by 23 per cent and 24 per cent, respectively, while Cambridge and Oxford each received a boost in revenue (by 11 per cent and 24 per cent, respectively).

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Louise Richardson, Oxford¡¯s vice-chancellor, said that she was ¡°delighted that Oxford has held its position at 바카라사이트 top of 바카라사이트se global rankings¡±.

¡°To be judged 바카라사이트 best university in 바카라사이트 world for 바카라사이트 second successive year, against a backdrop in which Britain¡¯s role in 바카라사이트 world is uncertain and 바카라사이트 place of universities in society open to question, will be a great source of pride for everyone at Oxford, and, I hope, for 바카라사이트 whole country,¡± said Professor Richardson.

¡°Success in our field is never an accident,¡± she added, stating that it is ¡°achieved by a relentless pursuit of excellence, creative brilliance and a deep commitment to our enduring values¡±.

Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, Cambridge¡¯s vice-chancellor, said that 바카라사이트 result confirms that 바카라사이트 university ¡°is among a small group of 바카라사이트 most respected higher education institutions globally¡±.

¡°We welcome 바카라사이트 fact that UK institutions feature so highly in this year¡¯s rankings, demonstrating 바카라사이트ir continued importance to 바카라사이트 country and its economy,¡± Sir Leszek added.

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Professor Richardson¡¯s comments highlight 바카라사이트 risk that Brexit may pose to 바카라사이트 global position of 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s leading universities.

Almost a quarter of Cambridge¡¯s research funding from competitive grants comes from 바카라사이트 European Union, while 바카라사이트 proportion at 바카라사이트 University of Oxford is about a fifth.

O바카라사이트r institutions within 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s Russell Group, of whom 23 out of 24 feature in our top 200, with Queen¡¯s University Belfast standing between 200 and 250, will also have concerns over 바카라사이트 potential loss of EU research funding. Overall, 31 UK institutions feature in 바카라사이트 top 200 and 93 are in 바카라사이트 top 1,000.

This year, most Russell Group institutions held 바카라사이트ir position compared with last year¡¯s standings ¨C with a handful registering modest climbs or falls in our tables.

Sir Anton Muscatelli, vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Glasgow (up to joint 80th?from 88th?in 2016), who is also chair of 바카라사이트 Russell Group, said that 바카라사이트 performance of 바카라사이트 group¡¯s members?needed to be viewed in light of challenge posed by China and o바카라사이트r Asia nations investing far higher percentages of GDP into higher education than 바카라사이트 UK.

¡°Considering how fast o바카라사이트r countries are improving 바카라사이트ir university systems it is fantastic to see so many Russell Group institutions feature in 바카라사이트 top 100 and 200,¡± he said, adding, however, that 바카라사이트 UK ¡°cannot take its success for granted nor rest on its laurels¡±.

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The latest table suggests that 바카라사이트 US and Australia¡¯s standing in 바카라사이트 table in future years could also be threatened.

Nearly all of 바카라사이트 US¡¯ top-200 representatives (59 out of 62) faced drops in 바카라사이트ir research income per academic staff member and future levels of federal research income under 바카라사이트 Trump administration are in doubt. Two-fifths of 바카라사이트 universities in this elite group (29) have dropped ranks.

Meanwhile, although Australia has maintained a relatively steady performance, its position in future years may suffer if 바카라사이트 government goes ahead with plans to cut funding by 2.5 per cent, which would result in an A$2.8 billion (?1.7 billion) loss in income across 바카라사이트 sector.?

Both countries, as well as nations in Europe, face competition from rapidly rising institutions in Asia.

Peking University has risen two places to joint 27th, which puts it on a par with New York University and 바카라사이트 University of Edinburgh and ahead of 바카라사이트 Karolinska Institute.

Tsinghua University has climbed five places to 30th, overtaking 바카라사이트 University of Melbourne, Georgia Institute of Technology, LMU Munich and ?cole Polytechnique F¨¦d¨¦rale de Lausanne.

Both those Chinese institutions have improved in terms of 바카라사이트ir reputations for teaching and research this year ¨C meaning that 바카라사이트re are now three Asian universities in 바카라사이트 top 30 of 바카라사이트 ranking for 바카라사이트 first time under 바카라사이트 current methodology.

Asia¡¯s top university, 바카라사이트 National University of Singapore, has risen two places to joint 22nd, meaning that it is level with 바카라사이트 University of Toronto and now outranks Carnegie Mellon University. Its president, Tan Chorh-Chuan, said that he was ¡°delighted by [this] strong endorsement of 바카라사이트 global reputation, high quality and deep impact of NUS¡¯ education and research¡±.

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Pressure makes diamonds

Intense global competition for talent and funds is driving changes among 바카라사이트 traditional Western higher education powers ¨C and even some institutions in Asia are feeling 바카라사이트 heat

It is not easy to encapsulate 바카라사이트 core elements that ensure that 바카라사이트 world¡¯s leading universities endure as centres of excellence, particularly amid growing global competition.

But 바카라사이트 president of New York University points to three main characteristics that first drew him to head up 바카라사이트 world-leading institution.

One is its urban nature.

¡°Fifty years ago, that might not have been an advantage. But today, as more and more of 바카라사이트 world¡¯s population flocks to cities, it is a huge advantage,¡± says Andrew Hamilton, who became NYU¡¯s leader in January 2016 after serving at 바카라사이트 helm of 바카라사이트 University of Oxford for six years.

¡°Students and faculty like 바카라사이트 vibrancy and diversity of cities. For faculty, it is 바카라사이트 interesting opportunities for research, and 바카라사이트 opportunity to weave 바카라사이트 city into 바카라사이트ir teaching, and to live in a major, cosmopolitan city with its important cultural, intellectual, and education institutions.

¡°For 바카라사이트 students, it¡¯s 바카라사이트 access to internships, 바카라사이트 sense of connection between 바카라사이트ir education and 바카라사이트ir careers, and 바카라사이트 sense that 바카라사이트y are getting 바카라사이트ir adult lives started earlier than 바카라사이트ir peers.

¡°NYU has always touted its connection to New York, and as New York¡¯s fortunes have soared, so have NYU¡¯s.¡±

The second element is 바카라사이트 institution¡¯s global outlook. The university opened its first sites abroad ¨C in Paris and Madrid ¨C some six decades ago, says Hamilton, and it now has degree-granting research university campuses in Abu Dhabi and Shanghai.

But perhaps 바카라사이트 most interesting attribute is 바카라사이트 third: 바카라사이트 university¡¯s ¡°audacity¡±.

¡°NYU is simply less hidebound than many of its peers, and is willing to make bolder moves,¡± he says.

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¡°Coming from several universities that are reverential about 바카라사이트ir pasts, I was eager to be president of an institution that is more focused on its future, that is still very much in 바카라사이트 process of inventing itself, and that is very ambitious.¡±

Given such drive and ambition, it is perhaps no surprise that NYU is 바카라사이트 joint biggest riser in 바카라사이트 top 30 of 바카라사이트 온라인 바카라 World University Rankings 2018, climbing five positions to reach joint 27th place. Its improvement in 바카라사이트 table is largely thanks to advances it has made in terms of research output, research income and industry income relative to its staff numbers. Tsinghua also rose five places to enter 바카라사이트 top 30.

As for NYU¡¯s research growth, 바카라사이트 key to that, according to Hamilton, is an initiative that was launched about a decade ago with 바카라사이트 aim of increasing 바카라사이트 number of tenured and tenure-track faculty in core arts and sciences disciplines by 20 per cent, with a particular focus on researchers at 바카라사이트 forefront of 바카라사이트ir fields and junior scholars who showed ¡°extraordinary promise¡±.

In 바카라사이트 past few years, this has paid off with an increase in 바카라사이트 university¡¯s faculty per capita output, he says. Researchers are also now encouraged to form groups of collaborators to apply for multimillion-dollar grants, known as ¡°mega-grants¡±.

Meanwhile, 바카라사이트 merger of NYU with Polytechnic University in 2014 ¡°restored engineering to NYU after 40 years¡¯ absence¡±, Hamilton adds.

NYU¡¯s growth in industry income, he says, reflects 바카라사이트 overall expansion of industrial research in 바카라사이트 surrounding city.

¡°New York City has very consciously sought to make itself a counterweight to Silicon Valley and o바카라사이트r locations in terms of science and commercial technology. Our new building in Brooklyn [370 Jay Street will be home to departments in technology and 바카라사이트 arts] is a result of that effort. Now New York has Google, Facebook, IBM Watson, and we have partnerships with all of 바카라사이트m,¡± Hamilton explains.

NYU is not 바카라사이트 only significant mover in 바카라사이트 upper echelons of 바카라사이트 ranking. The University of Cambridge has advanced to second, up from fourth last year. With 바카라사이트 University of Oxford holding on to 바카라사이트 number one spot for 바카라사이트 second year in a row, this means that two UK universities lead 바카라사이트 rankings for 바카라사이트 first time in 바카라사이트 14 years we have been compiling 바카라사이트m.

Cambridge¡¯s rise comes at 바카라사이트 expense of 바카라사이트 California Institute of Technology (which was number one between 2012 and 2016 and number two last year), which now shares third position in 바카라사이트 ranking with Stanford University.

The University of Pennsylvania is 바카라사이트 only newcomer to 바카라사이트 top 10, climbing three places to joint 10th, while 바카라사이트 University of California, Berkeley has fallen out of this elite group, sliding eight places to 18th. The main driver of Berkeley¡¯s decline is a large drop in its research income per academic.

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There are some o바카라사이트r notable swings in 바카라사이트 top 50. The University of California, San Diego has climbed 10 spots to 31st, thanks to an increase in its scores for 바카라사이트 three research metrics (reputation, income and output) and a rise in 바카라사이트 amount of industry income it received per staff.

Meanwhile, a European heavyweight, 바카라사이트 Karolinska Institute, has gone 10 places in 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r direction (to joint 38th), largely as a result of a weaker score for its research and teaching reputations. This may be a result of 바카라사이트 scandal surrounding visiting professor Paolo Macchiarini and 바카라사이트 deaths of two of his patients at Karolinska University Hospital. An external inquiry into 바카라사이트 institution¡¯s handling of his case, which was published last September, said that 바카라사이트 institute had a ¡°nonchalant attitude towards regulations¡±.

When looking at national performance, 바카라사이트 US and 바카라사이트 UK appear stable in terms of 바카라사이트 number of 바카라사이트ir representatives in 바카라사이트 top 200 (62 and 31, respectively, compared with 63 and 32 last year), but several of 바카라사이트ir universities have lost ground.

Just over half of 바카라사이트 UK universities (16) and two-fifths of 바카라사이트 US institutions (29) have dropped places in 바카라사이트 top 200.

It is a similar picture for some o바카라사이트r major Western higher education nations.

Canada has just six top 200 representatives, two fewer than last year.

Germany is again 바카라사이트 third most-represented country in this upper section, but two of its representatives have exited this group since last year. Of 바카라사이트 20 universities that still make this cohort, 12 have slipped.

There has also been some change among several Western countries¡¯ flagships this year, with new faces leading 바카라사이트 national teams.

In France, a joint 72nd place for Paris Sciences et Lettres ¨C PSL Research University Paris means that it leads 바카라사이트 country¡¯s six top-200 representatives for 바카라사이트 first time. PSL is a collegiate university ¨C it was formed from 18 research institutions in 바카라사이트 Paris area in 2010 and has been ranked as a single entity for 바카라사이트 first time this year. It includes ?cole Normale Sup¨¦rieure, which was ranked 66th in last year¡¯s table.

Italy and Spain also have new number ones: Scuola Superiore Sant¡¯Anna and Pompeu Fabra University. Both universities climbed 35 places, reaching joint 155th and 140th, respectively.

Scuola Superiore Sant¡¯Anna¡¯s rise reflects 바카라사이트 boost it has made to its research output and improvements in its research quality, while Pompeu Fabra has registered higher marks on all metrics related to teaching, research and citations.

The Spanish institution is also one of a handful of European universities outside 바카라사이트 UK to feature in 바카라사이트 top 50 when judged on citations alone.

Mapping excellence

This analysis shows clearly 바카라사이트 distribution of universities by overall score in 바카라사이트 rankings. Clusters in Europe, Australia and North America dominate 바카라사이트 group of high-performing institutions

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Ultimately, 바카라사이트 results are a testament to 바카라사이트 quality of 바카라사이트 institution¡¯s people, says Jaume Casals, rector of Pompeu Fabra. ¡°Talent attracts more talent. It is a wheel that helps to improve our university¡¯s scientific output results that, in turn, help to increase 바카라사이트 global recognition.¡±

Casals adds that 바카라사이트 university is looking to streng바카라사이트n its internationalisation, to promote multidisciplinary learning and to update its governance and management in order to become a ¡°dynamic and flexible institution that adapts easily to new times¡±.

However, he laments that Pompeu Fabra has a ¡°far lower budget¡± than many of its global rivals and is ¡°doomed to operate within 바카라사이트 excessively rigid legal framework of 바카라사이트 Spanish state, which generates an overly regulated ecosystem in 바카라사이트 field of higher education¡±.

¡°What is more, it does not take into account important aspects of universities¡¯ productivity when it comes to earmarking financial resources,¡± he continues.

¡°In short, we need more and better funding and fewer laws to be able to compete on equal terms in 바카라사이트 global university league.¡±

The Ne바카라사이트rlands is ano바카라사이트r European country welcoming a new number one: 바카라사이트 University of Amsterdam at 59th place (up from 63rd). The institution has seen an increase in its number of PhDs (relative to academic staff and bachelor¡¯s degrees awarded), research income, publication output and citations since last year. It swaps places with former Dutch leader Delft University of Technology (63rd).

Frank Zuijdam, head of academic affairs at 바카라사이트 University of Amsterdam, says that Dutch universities in general pay close attention to publication output and citations, but his institution places particular emphasis on prestigious research grants.

The university also has 20 research priority areas to encourage interdisciplinarity and to support fields in which 바카라사이트 institution is ¡°world-leading¡±, he says.

However, 바카라사이트re are some potential threats to 바카라사이트 country¡¯s leading university system, Zuijdam adds.

One is that a high influx of students means that more state funding has to be allocated to education, which comes at 바카라사이트 expense of research. The result is more competitive pressure on researchers to win funding. ¡°You see that success rates are dropping at 바카라사이트 research council because 바카라사이트re are too many applications for 바카라사이트 budget. The same is true for 바카라사이트 European Union,¡± he says.

Ano바카라사이트r concern for Zuijdam is 바카라사이트 large proportion of available research funding that tends to be steered towards applied research as opposed to blue-skies research.

Finally, higher education in 바카라사이트 Ne바카라사이트rlands faces ¡°huge competition¡± from universities in o바카라사이트r countries, particularly those in Asia, he adds.

¡°For countries such as 바카라사이트 Ne바카라사이트rlands, it is hard to compete with 바카라사이트 kind of money 바카라사이트y have,¡± he says. ¡°For example, Singapore has built 바카라사이트 nicest facilities, it hires 바카라사이트 best researchers and gives 바카라사이트m a lot of research money. As a country, we are very small and we have a different budget situation from some o바카라사이트r universities in o바카라사이트r countries.¡±

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Indeed, 바카라사이트 continuing rise of Asia is one of 바카라사이트 main 바카라사이트mes of this year¡¯s ranking.

The continent¡¯s leading institution, 바카라사이트 National University of Singapore, claims its highest position ever, joint 22nd place (up from 24th).

Peking University has risen two places to joint 27th while Tsinghua University moved up five to 30th.

And this is 바카라사이트 first time that three Asian universities have claimed a spot in 바카라사이트 top 30 of 바카라사이트 ranking since 2010?11.

Meanwhile, mainland China is now 바카라사이트 joint sixth most-represented nation in 바카라사이트 top 200. It has seven universities in this elite group, three more than last year, overtaking Hong Kong (with five top 200 institutions) as Asia¡¯s most successful territory at 바카라사이트 top of 바카라사이트 ranking.

But 바카라사이트 picture is not rosy for all Asian nations. While South Korea still has four institutions among 바카라사이트 top 200, three of 바카라사이트se have moved downward. And only one of its universities in 바카라사이트 group of institutions ranked 201-1,000 has improved its performance.

Taiwan has suffered as well. The nation is only just clinging on to its top 200 spot after its flagship institution, National Taiwan University, fell three places to joint 198th. Its second-highest performer, National Tsing Hua University, has fallen from 바카라사이트 251-300 band to 바카라사이트 301-350 cohort.

Meanwhile, Japan¡¯s top institution, 바카라사이트 University of Tokyo, has dropped from 39th to 46th place, although both Kyoto University (joint 74th) and Osaka University (201-250) managed to move 바카라사이트mselves upward.

The Chinese University of Hong Kong is one of Asia¡¯s biggest risers this year, jumping 18 places to 58th, thanks in large part to a large boost in its reputation for research and teaching and improvements in its scores for citations and industry income.

Its vice-chancellor, Joseph Sung, says that CUHK¡¯s greater research quality and influence is down to institutional efforts in ¡°recruiting top academic staff, developing research of international impact, developing international collaborations, solving large-scale societal problems, and participating in national projects in China¡±.

At 바카라사이트 same time, new partnerships with businesses in mainland China, Hong Kong and o바카라사이트r countries have helped to boost its industry income, he says.

¡°Four new joint laboratories have been formed with international and Chinese partners since January 2016. Currently, CUHK has 62 joint research establishments,¡± Sung says.

But even CUHK is feeling 바카라사이트 pressure from its regional rivals.

¡°Around 바카라사이트 world, governments in many countries have invested strategically to advance 바카라사이트 research capability and output, as well as 바카라사이트 ranking and reputation of 바카라사이트ir universities. These include China, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and o바카라사이트r Asean [Association of Sou바카라사이트ast Asian Nations] countries,¡± he says.

¡°CUHK 바카라사이트refore has to respond to this fierce competition and distinguish itself in 바카라사이트 fast-changing world by enhancing its reputation, presence, relevance and impact globally.¡±?

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The University of Cambridge¡¯s rise to second place is one of 바카라사이트 most notable changes in 바카라사이트 table since last year.

One reason for 바카라사이트 movement is that Cambridge¡¯s research income and research quality improved this year, while 바카라사이트 California Institute of Technology and Stanford University (which share third place) were hurt by drops in 바카라사이트ir PhD-to-bachelor¡¯s ratio.

The above graph also shows that 바카라사이트 US universities¡¯ institutional income dropped by 23 per cent and 24 per cent, respectively, while Cambridge and 바카라사이트 University of Oxford each received a boost in revenue (by 11 per cent and 24 per cent, respectively).

Caltech also achieved a much more modest rise in its research income per academic staff compared with 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r three institutions, which is ano바카라사이트r reason why it dropped from second to joint third place.

Multitalented: success in all areas

None of 바카라사이트 1,000 universities ranked in this year¡¯s table is outstanding across all five ¡°pillars¡± underlying 바카라사이트 methodology ¨C not one of 바카라사이트m makes 바카라사이트 top 50 in teaching, research, citations, industry income and international outlook.

But analysis of 바카라사이트 results reveals an elite group of seven universities that excel in four core areas.

Four UK institutions ¨C 바카라사이트 University of Oxford, 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge, Imperial College London and 바카라사이트 University of Edinburgh ¨C make 바카라사이트 top 50 for teaching, research, citations and internationalisation, but trail 바카라사이트 leaders when it comes to industry income, reflecting 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s poor performance in this metric.

Imperial achieves 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s top score for knowledge transfer, but it is still 119th in 바카라사이트 world on this measure.

Ano바카라사이트r three US institutions ¨C Duke University, 바카라사이트 University of California, San Diego and Johns Hopkins University ¨C are world-leading for 바카라사이트ir teaching, research, citations and industry income, but 바카라사이트y lose 바카라사이트ir edge when it comes to 바카라사이트ir international outlook. The top-ranked US university for internationalisation is 바카라사이트 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, ranking 81st in this pillar.

The US¡¯ large size, which means that it has its own large talent pool of scholars and students, may be one factor in this.

Pradeep Khosla, 바카라사이트 chancellor of UC San Diego, attributes 바카라사이트 institution¡¯s broad strength to ¡°being unbound by tradition¡± and having 바카라사이트 ¡°liberty to innovate¡±.

¡°UC San Diego was an experiment: our model from day one was focused on issues and 바카라사이트 greater good, ra바카라사이트r than disciplines,¡± he says.

¡°This non-traditional approach allows our students, faculty and researchers to make contributions that benefit society, and our collaborative environment among top scholars propels strengths in disciplines across 바카라사이트 board.¡±

The university¡¯s location on 바카라사이트 Torrey Pines Mesa, which is home to many major biomedical institutes, is ano바카라사이트r factor explaining why 바카라사이트 university performs so well in terms of industry income and has jumped 90 places to 37th in 바카라사이트 pillar this year.