International University Ranking 2016

THE World University Rankings is a global study and the accompanying ranking of the world's best higher education institutions.And this year he showed extremely unusual results: Germany began to "catch up" with England in terms of the number of universities and the quality of education.

An updated rating was published a week ago.A quarter of this list is occupied by universities in the UK (46 universities), but Germany also boasts a number of "top" universities , and one of them even entered the top 10.

According to statistics, the University of Oxford is recognized as the first university in Europe, the University of Cambridge is second, and Imperial College London is third.

Also in the top 10 are University College London, London School of Economics and Political Science, University of Edinburgh, King's College London.The German University - Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich - is ranked 10th in the ranking of international universities.In addition to the aforementioned universities, the top 10 includes universities in Sweden and Switzerland.

The Scandinavian countries are represented by Sweden and Finland, with six and eleven universities included in the ranking, respectively.

Russia surprised many by the fact that only five universities entered the top 200, which made it the country with the lowest education rating in relation to population and GDP.

Despite the fact that the UK topped the 2016 international university rankings, Phil Batey, editor-in-chief of the top, draws attention to the fact that Germany is becoming a serious contender. The main reasons for this are free education throughout the country, on the one hand, and the increase in the number of programs taught in English, on the other.

Mr Batey also added: “International students are extremely important to UK universities and the UK economy. They spend around £ 4.5 million on tuition and living, and add a variety of interesting, multinational “experiences” to campus student life.But for this vital resource, the threat is growing - for the first time this year, the UK “remainedstand still ", and other countries, especially Germany, have significantly advanced in the rankings"

He warns: "Not only our 'restrictive' policy towards immigration and its noisy discussion,make international students think they are not welcome in the UK.A lot of European universities began to offer approximately the same quality of education at much lower prices. "

Top 50 international universities

1.University of Oxford , UK
2.University of Cambridge , UK
3.Imperial College London , UK
4.ETH Zurich - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Switzerland
5.University College London , UK
6.London School of Economics and Political Science , UK
7.University of Edinburgh , Great Britain
8.King's College London , Great Britain
9.Karolinska Institute , Sweden
10.LMU Munich , Germany
11.École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne , Switzerland
12.KU Leuven , Belgium
13.Heidelberg University , Germany
14.Wageningen University and Research Center , Netherlands
15.Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany
16.Technical University of Munich , Germany
17.École Normale Supérieure , France
18.University of Manchester , UK
19.University of Amsterdam , Netherlands
20.Utrecht University , Netherlands
21.Delft University of Technology , Netherlands
22.LeidenUniversity , Netherlands
23.University of Bristol , UK
24.Durham UniversityUK
25.Erasmus University Rotterdam , Netherlands
26.Free University ofBerlin , Germany
27.University of Groningen , Netherlands
28.University ofGlasgow , UK
29.University of Helsinki , Finland
30.University ofTübingen , Germany
31.University of Warwick , UK
32.Uppsala UniversitySweden
33.University of CopenhagenDenmark
34.University of Freiburg, Germany
35.University of St Andrews , UK
36.Maastricht UniversityNetherlands
37.Lund UniversitySweden
38.University of Exeter , Great Britain
39.University of Bonn , Germany
40.University of Sheffield , UK
41.Queen Mary University of London , UK
42.University ofGöttingen , Germany
43.École Polytechnique , France
44.University of BaselSwitzerland
45.University of ZurichSwitzerland
46.Aarhus UniversityDenmark
47.University of Mannheim ,Germany
48.RWTH Aachen University , Germany
49.University of Southampton ,Great Britain
50.Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa , Italy

Here you can see the full ranking of international universities