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
9. University College London (UCL)
22. Edinburgh
32. Manchester
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
Table 1. Top 200 UK universities in the QS World University Rankings 2024
Source: QS Top Universities (2023)
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).