Young Asian and Australian universities lead rankings
UJ makes list of top 100 institutions under 50 years old
SOUTH African universities under 50 years old did not feature in the world’s 50 best universities in that age group‚ which was issued by a global higher education think-tank in its latest ranking on Tuesday night.However‚ the University of Johannesburg (UJ) does feature in Quacquarelli Symonds’s "Next 50 Under 50" table. It entered the ranking in the 91-100 band.The ranking is designed to emphasise the potential and excellence of universities that do not have decades or centuries of established reputation‚ and to identify which of them might disrupt‚ or have already disrupted‚ the global elite.READ THIS: Free tertiary education will escalate inequalityThe 2016-17 ranking indicates that Asia and Australia are home to the strongest recently formed institutions.Other key features of this year’s ranking include the fact that Nanyang Technological University in Singapore retains the number one position and that Asian institutions take all of the top six places.Six of the top 10 places w...
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