EFE.- The University of Oxford in the United Kingdom heads for the sixth consecutive year the ranking of the best higher education centers in the world that the British publication released today Times Higher Education (THE).
The americans Harvard University and California Institute of Technology (Caltech) share the second position of a list that analyzes 1,662 universities from 99 countries, while the British University of Cambridge it loses two places compared to last year, up to fifth place.
The authors of the ranking highlight that “various universities have climbed the table thanks to their successes in research related to covid-19.”
The Chinese Tsinghua University and Peking University both rise to position number 16, the highest step reached so far by a center in the Asian country, which also breaks a record in terms of number of institutions among the top 200 (10).
Latin America and the Caribbean, meanwhile, also set the record for the number of universities participating in the list of Times Higher Education, by reaching 125 centers.
The Brazilian University of Sao Paulo, between positions 201 and 250, is once again the most advanced in Latin America, while the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile is in the group between positions 401 and 500 for the first time since 2017.
The Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey is the first institution in Mexico (601-800); the National University of San Martín leads the Argentine ones (1001-1200) and the Peruvian University Cayetano Herdia those of Peru (601-800).
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In Latin America as a whole, 18 universities make their debut in the ranking: nine Brazilian, six Ecuadorian, one Argentine, one Colombian and one Peruvian.
Spain has three universities among the top 200. The Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) leads the Spanish list, in 156th place, followed by the Autonomous University of Barcelona (170) and the University of Barcelona (193).
“The world’s elite universities have enjoyed a long period of dominance at the top of the table, with the help of their historical reputation, their global status and their regular income. But our data indicates that changes are taking place in global higher education, “warned Phil Baty, spokesman for THE.
“We are already seeing a clear break from established norms coming from mainland China and also record rises in Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Hong Konk,” Baty said.
As for Europe, Germany has seven universities in the top 100, all of which improve or maintain their previous positions. The Free University of Berlin stands out, climbing 35 positions, up to 83.
The four Belgian centers in the top 200 also advance from last year, while Lomonosov Moscow State University advances to 158th place, the highest ever reached by a Russian institution.
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