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July 8, 2015
China Dominates QS University Rankings: BRICS 2015
Photo: An ivy-covered building at the University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa. UCT was established in 1829. Image credit © Danie van der Merwe.
The QS University Rankings: BRICS compares the Top 200 institutions in Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
Released today, the 2015 edition of the QS University Rankings: BRICS reflects the increasingly strong global presence of leading Chinese universities - with the top three spots going to Tsinghua University, Peking University and Fudan University.
While all five BRICS countries are represented within the top 20, China’s dominance is clear throughout the ranking. Driven by strong performance in the two global reputation surveys of academics and employers, Chinese universities take seven of the top 10 spots and almost half of the top 50. With 53 institutions in the top 200, Russia is second only to China, which has 67 universities featured. Yet only seven Russian institutions make the top 50, compared to China’s 21, Brazil’s 10, and India’s 9.
Russia’s leading entrant, Lomonosov Moscow State University, falls one position this year, but retains a highly respectable fourth place. India’s top representative, the Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, follows immediately behind in fifth. Brazil makes its first appearance with the Universidade de Sao Paulo in ninth place, while South Africa’s leader is the University of Cape Town in 14th - both having fallen slightly since last year.
Now in its third annual edition, the QS University Rankings: BRICS was developed to track the relative progress of leading universities in the five fast-developing BRICS countries - all of which have made investment in higher education and research high national priorities.
As a recent OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) report showed, China now spends more on research and development than any country other than the US. It is forecast to overtake the entire European Union and the US on this measure by the end of the current decade.
Meanwhile recent years have seen the Russian government step up efforts to internationalize its higher education, with a focus on gaining ground in the global rankings. More than 10 billion roubles (US$300m) has been committed in grants for leading Russian universities, with the “Council on Global Competitiveness Enhancement of Russian Universities” established to monitor progress and guide the project.
India likewise has its eye on the international stage, with the government’s “brain gain” policy aspiring to establish 14 world-class universities.
QS UNIVERSITY RANKINGS: BRICS 2015 — TOP 20
RANK — INSTITUTION — COUNTRY
- 01 — Tsinghua University — China
- 02 — Peking University — China
- 03 — Fudan University — China
- 04 — Lomonosov Moscow State University — Russia
- 05 — Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore — India
- 06 — Shanghai Jiao Tong University — China
- 06 — University of Science and Technology of China — China
- 08 — Nanjing University — China
- 09 — Universidade de Sao Paulo — Brazil
- 10 — Beijing Normal University — China
- 11 — Zhejiang University — China
- 12 — Universidade estadual de Campinas (Unicamp) — Brazil
- 13 — Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD) — India
- 14 — University of Cape Town — South Africa
- 15 — Saint-Petersburg State University — Russia
- 16 — Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB) — India
- 17 — Wuhan University — China
- 18 — Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK) — India
- 19 — Novosibirsk State University — Russia
- 20 — Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) — India
QS UNIVERSITY RANKINGS: BRICS 2015 — INDIA
BRICS RANK — INSTITUTION
- 05 — Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore
- 13 — Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD)
- 16 — Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB)
- 18 — Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK)
- 20 — Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM)
- 24 — Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
- 43 — Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IITR)
- 46 — University of Delhi
- 50 — Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG)
- 52 — University of Calcutta
- 58 — University of Mumbai
- 78 — University of Madras
- 93 — Banaras Hindu University
- 95 — Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
- 97 — Manipal University (Manipal Academy of Higher Education)
- 101-110 — University of Calicut
- 101-110 — University of Pune
- 111-120 — Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Aligarh
- 111-120 — National Institute of Technology Rourkela
- 131-140 — University of Kashmir, Srinagar
- 141-150 — Amity University
- 141-150 — G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar
- 141-150 — University of Mysore
- 151-200 — Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
- 151-200 — Andhra University
- 151-200 — Anna University
- 151-200 — Bharathidasan University
- 151-200 — Dr. Harisingh Gour University (University of Sagar), Sagar
- 151-200 — Jadavpur University
- 151-200 — Panjab University, Chandigarh
- 151-200 — VIT University
The QS University Rankings: BRICS is based on eight key performance indicators that relate to global reputation, internationalization, academic staff levels, research production, and impact. This year more than 500 universities in the BRICS countries were considered for inclusion, with the top 200 published.
|GlobalGiants.Com|
ADDENDUM
• Press Note issued by Rashtrapati Bhavan (Presidential Mansion), New Delhi, India —
PRESIDENT OF INDIA EXPRESSES HAPPINESS OVER IISC COMING IN FIFTH PLACE AND 31 INDIAN INSTITUTIONS FIGURING IN TOP 200 IN THE QS BRICS UNIVERSITIES RANKING 2015.
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