World University Rankings 2022

In news– The Times Higher Education (THE) on September 2 announced the results of THE World University Rankings 2022.

THE World University Rankings-

UK’s University of Oxford retains first place in the Times Higher Education(THE) ranking.
A record 1,662 universities from 99 countries and regions appear in the table with Azerbaijan, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Fiji and Palestine all represented for the first time.
In Asia, mainland China registers its highest ever position in the ranking (16th) and sees a record 10 universities reach the world top 200, while South Korea, Japan, Singapore and Hong Kong all achieve their highest positions under the current methodology.
Dramatic improvements for the Middle East, as Saudi Arabia and Egypt emerge as the fastest-rising countries in the world.
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings are the only global performance tables that judge research-intensive universities across all their core missions: teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook.
The Ranking is based on 13 carefully calibrated performance indicators to provide the most comprehensive and balanced comparisons, trusted by students, academics, university leaders, industry and governments.
The performance indicators are grouped into five areas: Teaching (the learning environment); Research (volume, income and reputation); Citations (research influence); International outlook (staff, students and research); and Industry income (knowledge transfer).

Rankings of Indian Universities-

India is home to 35 of the world’s top 1000 universities, its second-highest total ever in the rankings (36 in THE World University Rankings 2020).
The Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, is India’s best-ranked institution, maintaining its position in the 301-350 band for a third consecutive year.
IIT Ropar has been ranked in the top 351-400 bracket, while IIT Indore is in the 401-450 bracket.
India sees some impressive debuts as JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research appears in the world’s top 400 (351-400).
Alagappa University (501-600) debuted in the world’s top 600 universities and International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Hyderabad (601-800) in the world’s top 800.
Three universities debut in the 801-1000 band.

About Times Higher Education(THE)-

Times Higher Education (THE) is a magazine reporting specifically on news and issues related to higher education.
From its first issue, in 1971, until 2008, The Times Higher Education Supplement (THES) was published in newspaper format and was born out of, and affiliated with, The Times newspaper.
On 10 January 2008, it was relaunched as a magazine.
It has been providing trusted performance data on universities for students and their families, academics, university leaders, governments and industry, since 2004.