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World University Rankings 2015-2016: results

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Rankings 2015-2016 (https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2016/worldranking), despite the fact that the country boasts almost a fifth of institutions in the table.
A total of 147 US universities feature in the top 800 the largest THE rankings to date
(https://www.timeshighereducation.com/blog/world-university-rankings-blog-800-universities-beincluded-years-rankings) including the California Institute of Technology
(https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/california-institute-technology?
ranking-dataset=133819), which claims pole position for the fifth consecutive year.
However, there are signs of decline for the traditional Western powerhouse lower down in the table. The US now has
63 universities in the top 200, down from 74 last year, and 77 the year before. Six of these make the top 10, compared
with seven last year; after Caltech, these are: Stanford (https://www.timeshighereducation.com/worlduniversity-rankings/stanford-university?ranking-dataset=133819) (third), Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/massachusetts-instituteof-technology?ranking-dataset=133819) (fifth), Harvard (https://www.timeshighereducation.com/worlduniversity-rankings/harvard-university?ranking-dataset=133819) (sixth - its first time outside the top four in
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(ninth) fill the rest of the top 10.
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Phil Baty, THE rankings editor, said that the US movement is to some degree owing to significant improvements to
the rankings data sources this year, with improved coverage of research not published in English and a better
geographical spread of responses to our academic reputation survey.
However, he added that it also demonstrates that the US leading status as the worlds top magnet for academic and
student talent cannot be taken for granted, citing figures that show that 47 states in the US
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research is not declining in the absolute sense, but rather other countries are improving and crowding into the top
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One of these competitor nations is the UK, which has improved its standing this year. A total of 78 UK institutions
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Other countries in Europe have also performed well. Germany has 20 universities in the top 200, a rise of eight since
last year, while the Netherlands has 12 in the first quarter, up from 11. Meanwhile, Switzerlands ETH Zurich is the
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US continues to lose its grip as institutions in Europe

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Europe appears to be becoming more competitive at postdoctoral stage the point where the US has long been
overwhelmingly dominant in global flows of talent, he added.
However, he warned that the UKs position in the rankings may decline over a decade or so if it continues to be
semi-paralysed by immigration policies, while an exit from the European Union would have sharper, earlier
effects.
Research depends on the free movement of both ideas and people, and countries that adopt a more closed stance
pay the price in the end. This is a prime cause of the substantial long-term declines in the global position of research
in both Japan and Russia, he said.
Overall, institutions from 70 countries, 29 more than last year, feature in this years rankings, with several countries
including Indonesia, Bangladesh and Kenya being represented for the first time.
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The National University of Singapore (https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-universityrankings/national-university-of-singapore?ranking-dataset=133819) is the number one institution in Asia the
first time the city-state has claimed the continents top spot in the rankings 12-year history.
NUS is in 26th position overall in the rankings, with the next highest Asian institutions Chinas Peking University
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Overall, this years rankings results provide a mixed picture for Asia; while Chinas performance remains steady, with
the country claiming 37 institutions in the top 800, including two in the elite top 50, Japan and South Korea have
both fallen down the list. Japan has just two institutions in the world top 200, compared with five last year, while
South Korea has just one in the top 100, down from three.
But despite its diminishing performance, Japan still has strength in depth: it is third place in the world in terms of
the number of institutions represented, with 41 appearing in the top 800.
Tough times for Japan and disappointment for South Korea mean that leading Asian nations grip on the higher
ranks of the THE World University Rankings is loose, said Phil Baty, THE rankings editor.
Many institutions, particularly in East Asia, have been focusing heavily on attaining world-class status, backed with
funding and powerful political will. But this ranking demonstrates how difficult a task this is, as universities right
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POSTSCRIPT:
Print headline: US grows weaker as Europe gains in strength
READER'S COMMENTS (3)
I have a doubt: are the (/comment/4159#comment-4159)
I have a doubt: are the rankings 2015-2016 based on the 2014 data? or 2015 ones?
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Of all the egregious twaddle (/comment/4171#comment-4171)
Of all the egregious twaddle you publish, this has to be the most ridiculous: "US continues to lose its grip as
institutions in Europe up their game". All the signicant changes from last year's table are not do to
institutions changing, but because of your arbitrary - and, frankly, extremely stupid - changes in
methodology. I challenge you to disprove the above assertion by publishing in full a version of this year's
league table using the same input data but last year's methodology. Unless and until you do this you have
no right to be taken seriously by anyone.
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There is still a weakness in (/comment/4195#comment-4195)
There is still a weakness in the criteria used for the rankings. #1 Caltech OK ( I know it gets the students with
the highest High school SAT scores in the US), but L'Ecole Polytechnique near Paris, dropping 40 positions at
#101 !?, when each year the new class of 400 french students are among the very top 500 sciences
students of a nation of 65 M people. Every single one of these 400 students was selected at about 20 years
old after several weeks of grueling national competitive exam and 2 years of preparation after high school,
and could easily follow the sciences cursus in any US or British university. There is no mistake when
admitted at l'Ecole Polytechnique, you know that each one of these brilliant students, without any doubt
would easily be in the top 1% of the student body of universities like Ohio State or Michigan State, which are
ranked in the top 100 in the Times Rankings, and ranked higher than l'Ecole Polytechnique... The academic
level of the average student at l'ecole polytechnique and at those 2 US state universities is just not
comparable ( when it comes to academics the academic level of a student at Polytechnique can only
compared to the one of students at Harvard, Caltech, MIT and the likes ) Somehow your ranking should
make a larger place to the student academic level among the criteria used to rank the universities,
otherwise what is the value of the rankings ?. I am asking the question: How many students from Ecole
Polytechnique even apply to Ohio State or Michigan State for grad school or a PhD? Probably none as they
apply and get admitted to much better known universities... And reciprocally how many students from these
2 State universities would be able to follow classes at Polytechnique ? I know from reading Caltech and MIT
blogs that their students are warned that an exchange at l'Ecole Polytechnique is not going to be a walk in
the park...
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