BRICS & Emerging Economies University Rankings
Transformational nationwide changes are reflected in a dynamic landscape
Russia overtakes Taiwan to possess the joint second highest number of institutions in the top 200, after China
The Emerging Economies University Rankings provide insight into the developing regions that are most likely to produce challenger institutions that will compete with more established players
Tackling global problems requires visionary leadership and fast, proactive and flexible decision-making, says Getachew Engida
The Covid crisis has restricted travel and funding, affecting even regions spared its worst. But institutions in emerging economies are getting creative and cooperating to continue their work, with even momentum for growth and change
Institutions in emerging economies are seeing greatest progress in health subjects and citations, based on THE rankings data
China is not the only rapidly improving system; India, Egypt and Malaysia are striding ahead, while Mexico is losing ground
Better technology and a global focus may pull the higher education world closer together
Higher education reforms promised differentiation, but a failure to implement bold changes and a lack of desire for innovation are resulting in the opposite trend, says Liviu Andreescu
Mainland China continues to lead ranking, but South Africa and Saudi Arabia have highest average scores in top 200
Malaysia and Egypt are making rapid higher education progress, largely because of improvements in citation impact
China’s ‘educational inequality’ revealed as country’s lower-ranked universities fall further behind
The event will host the launch of the 2018 Times Higher Education Emerging Economies University Rankings
Institutions in developing economies are disadvantaged on key rankings criteria. We need to rethink the defining characteristics of the future world-class university, says Ihron Rensburg
For many universities, rankings help to identify where improvement is needed for the national good, says THE rankings editor Phil Baty
Heavy investment in research and professional development will help the region make headway, explains Carolina Guzmán-Valenzuela
India and China are the main winners in our list of the best universities in emerging economies
This year, the number of universities included in the BRICS & Emerging Economies University Rankings is expanded considerably, using our rigorous performance indicators
