US Dominates World University Rankings

The latest global university ranking has been released by Times Higher Education, putting the UK’s Oxford University at the top of the pile once again.

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While the UK features quite heavily at the sharp end of the list, it’s the United States that utterly dominates, as Statista’s Martin Armstrong illustrates in the following infographic.

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Based on five indicators (teaching, research environment, research quality, international outlook and industry), the U.S. has an incredible 19 universities inside the top 30 – compared to the UK’s five.

China has the third most institutions in this part of the ranking, with Tsinghua University and Peking University in 12th and 14th place, respectively.