QS World University Rankings 2024 released

QS World University Rankings 2024 released

The Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings 2024, which feature 1500 academic institutions across 104 locations, were unveiled in June 2023. This annual evaluation examined 17.5 million academic papers and the expert opinions of over 240,000 academic faculty and employers (Bello, 2023). The results are based on nine key metrics: academic reputation, employer reputation, faculty-student ratio, citations per faculty, international faculty ratio, international students ratio, sustainability, employment outcomes, and international research network (QS Top Universities, 2023).

 

QS World University Rankings is one of the most respected rankings of global universities

The QS World University Rankings are one of the four most recognised and respected rankings of global universities. The others are the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, ShanghaiRanking Consultancy’s Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), and US News and World Report: Best Global Universities. The big three—the QS, the Times Higher Education, and the ARWU—are the longest-established and most influential global rankings, outperforming US News and World Report (Bennett, 2023). Nonetheless, none of these global tables provides a specific master's degree ranking, but that does not preclude them from being beneficial to prospective master's students.


UK holds four out of the top ten and 17 out of the top 100 positions

The UK claims four out of the top ten positions, the same as the US. These are the University of Cambridge, ranked second globally; the University of Oxford, ranked third globally; Imperial College London, ranked sixth globally; and University College London, ranked ninth globally (see Table 1 below). All in all, following the US (27 universities), the UK (17 universities) has the most top 100 universities in the world based on the results of the QS World University Rankings 2024 (QS Top Universities, 2023).


Top 200 UK universities in the QS World University Rankings 2024

2. Cambridge

3. Oxford

6. Imperial College London

9. University College London (UCL)

22. Edinburgh

32. Manchester

40. King's College London

45. London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

55. Bristol

67. Warwick

75. Leeds

76. Glasgow

78. Durham

81. Southampton

84. Birmingham

95. St Andrews

100. Nottingham

104. Sheffield

110. Newcastle

122. Lancaster

145. Queen Mary University of London

148. Bath

153. Exeter

154. Cardiff

167. York

169. Reading

176. Liverpool

202. Queen’s University Belfast

Table 1. Top 200 UK universities in the QS World University Rankings 2024

Check out the complete list here: https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2024

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References

Bello, C. (2023) The world’s best universities in 2024 have been unveiled. 5 of the top 10 are in Europe. Available at: https://www.euronews.com/next/2023/07/05/the-worlds-best-universities-in-2024-have-been-unveiled-5-of-the-top-10-are-in-europe (Accessed: 31 July 2023).

Bennett, M. (2023) University rankings for postgraduate study-2023. Available at: https://www.findamasters.com/guides/postgraduate-rankings-tables (Accessed: 3 August 2023).

QS Top Universities (2023) QS World University Rankings 2024: Top global universities. Available at: https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2024 (Accessed: 31 July 2023).

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