This content was published on October 12, 2022 – 1:01 am October 12, 2022 – 1:01 am
London, 12 October (EFE).- According to the 2023 global university “rankings” published by The Times Higher Education (THE), European universities are losing ground to Asian universities, with Britain’s Oxford taking first place for the seventh year running remains and China has 11 centers in the top 200 for the first time.
The reputable annual ranking shows generally conflicting results from European universities, with the most respected universities in France, the Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, Norway and Ireland losing ground.
It also shows that universities from Central and Eastern Europe have gained a rank, with schools from Hungary and Estonia now in the top 250 of this ranking and Poland improving its representation with nine new entrants.
According to this data, the United States again leads the ranking, with 34 universities in the top 100, albeit with a significant drop from 2018 when the number reached 43.
The UK is the second most represented country among the top 200 centers with 28 universities, while Germany is third with 22 university centres.
Among the highlights of the “ranking”, ETH Zurich is the best-ranked continental European university – at number eleven – while Munich Technik is the best-ranked German university with a rise of 8 places to 30.
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.
It is also worth noting that for the first time China has 11 universities in the top 200 of the table and with 95 centers in total in the 2023 “ranking”.
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. EFE
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