Oxford University, the best in the world for the eighth consecutive year

The Oxford University, in the southeast of England, leads the magazine’s world university ranking for the eighth consecutive year “Times Higher Education” (THE), where the University of Barcelona is the first Spanish one, in position 152.

In its twentieth edition, andl “World University Rankings 2024″ It includes 1,904 centers from 108 countries and regions, which are valued according to 18 indicators in areas such as teaching, research, knowledge transfer and internationalization, it is noted in a statement.

Stanford University occupies second place in the table, making it the best ranked in the United States, and in third place is the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), also American.

The United Kingdom and the United States – which dominates the list with a total of 169 institutions – occupy the top ten positions, with the first European university to be classified as ETH Zurich (Switzerland) in eleventh position, followed in 12th place. China Tsinghua.

Japan is the second country with the most universities included in the list – 119, with the University of Tokyo in 29th place – and the United Kingdom is the third, with 104 and eleven among the top hundred.

Asia is the most represented continent with 737 educational centers out of that total of 1,904, while Europe occupies second place, with 664.

Germany has 49 universities listed, with the Technical University of Munich in 30th place and a total of eight centers in the top hundred, as well as 21 in the top 200.

The best-ranked university in Spain is Barcelona, ​​which improves this year compared to last year by rising from 182nd to 152nd, THE announced, which will publish the complete classification on Wednesday on its website.

Latin America, more present

The Latin American and Caribbean region has a record of 144 universities from 12 countries classified, the statement indicates.

The University of São Paulo in Brazil is the best placed institution, in the band 201 to 250, followed by the also Brazilian University of Campinas, in 351-400, and the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, in the band 401 to 500.

Colombia, Chile and Brazil have six, five and two new universities included, with the Colombian Coast being the best Latin American debut, ranking between 801 and 1,000.

The two best-positioned universities in Mexico, the Monterrey Technological Institute and the National Autonomous University of Mexico, have risen in this edition, from the 801-1,000 range to 601-800 and from 1,001-1,200 to 801-1,000. respectively.

In the Middle East and North Africa region, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Israel stand out, with universities among the top 250, while the Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST) in Egypt is the best classified of that country in the band 601–800.

Africa has increased its share by a 16% compared to the previous list, going from 97 to 113 listed institutions, the largest increase of any continent. The highest ranked African university is Cape Town, ranked 167.

According to its head of global affairs, Phil Baty, “’Times Higher Education’ provides the gold standard of rankings, allowing universities, governments, higher education workers and prospective students to make their decisions based on rigorous and comprehensive data.”

Baty emphasizes that “The mere fact of being included in the ranking is something to celebrate.””, because of the 2,673 institutions that requested to be part this year, 769 were left out because they did not meet the requirements.