For decades, the United States had the highest proportion of college graduates. But that is changing. Photo: Getty.
European universities are losing ground to Asian universitiesaccording to the 2023 global “ranking” of universities published by The Times Higher Education (THE), in which Britain’s Oxford remains in first place for the seventh year running and China has 11 centers in the top 200 for the first time.
The renowned annual classification shows generally contradictory results from the European universities, where the most valued universities in France, the Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, Norway and Ireland are losing ground.
It also shows that universities in Central and Eastern Europe have gained positionswith centers from Hungary and Estonia now in the top 250 of this ranking, where Poland improves its representation with nine newcomers.
According to these dates The United States leads the ranking again, with 34 universities in the top 100albeit with a significant decrease compared to 2018 when the number reached 43.
The UK is the second most represented country among the top 200 centers with 28 universitiesWith 22 universities, Germany is in third place.
Among the centers that have seen a sharp drop are the Karolinska Institute, the top Swedish university, which has lost 10 jobs to 49, while Wageningen University in the Netherlands has lost 6 jobs to 59 and Paris PSL has lost 7 jobs, up 47
The University of Helsinki (Finland) also falls 9 spots to 110, as does the University of Oslo (Norway), which has fallen from 119 to 126.
Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland, also fell from 146 to 161, while Ukraine’s highest-ranked university, Sumy State University, slipped into the world’s top 500 – in the 401-500 range -.
Among the centers that have moved up the table is Italy’s University of Bologna, which moves up from 172 to 161 in the ‘ranking’, while Italy’s new Humanitas University surprises in the top 250, ranging from 201 to 250 .
The French University of Paris-Saclay is in the top hundred, ranked 93rd out of 117.
The University of Barcelona – the leading institution among Spanish centers – jumps from 193 to 182, while Belgium’s KU Leuven maintains its position at 42 in the classification.
Another notable fact is that For the first time, China has 11 universities in the top 200 of the table and 95 centersgenerally below the “ranking” of 2023.
The classification included 1,799 universities from 104 countries and regions, 137 more than last year, making it the largest edition in its 19-year history.
(With information from EFE)