UCT and Wits get high scores in Brics and emerging rankings
The universities of Cape Town and the Witwatersrand are in the top 10 of the Brics and Emerging Economies University Rankings 2017.This is according to the World University Rankings 2016-17‚ a global university performance table that rates world-class universities on teaching‚ research‚ knowledge transfer and international outlook.The 2017 ranking was expanded to 300 institutions from last year’s 200‚ including 24 from Russia.The University of Cape Town is ranked fourth and Wits sixth. The two universities occupied the same positions in last year’s rankings.China’s Peking and Tsinghua universities took the number one and two spots‚ as they did last year. Russia’s Lomonosov Moscow State University took third place‚ while its Saint Petersburg State University is ranked 37th."We only rank the very best institutions in the 2017 Brics & Emerging Economies Rankings so we congratulate all universities who made this year’s top 300 list," said Phil Baty‚ editor of the Times Higher Education...
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