MIT leads university rankings for the 15th year in a row

The 23rd edition of the "QS World University Ranking", which evaluates more than 1,500 higher education institutions in 106 countries, was released last Wednesday (17) by the British consultancy Quacquarelli Symonds (QS).

The University of São Paulo (USP) lost 25 positions, going from 108th place to 133rd place, but is still the best placed Brazilian institution. In the Latin American section, the first is the University of Buenos Aires (UBA), which occupies 84th place in the general ranking.

For the 15th consecutive year, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) tops the list.

Universities were evaluated according to nine indicators: academic reputation, reputation among employers, professor to student ratio, scientific citations, number of foreign students, international faculty, sustainability, employability and international research network.

The 10 best universities in the world

1. MIT (USA)

2. Imperial College London (United Kingdom)

3. Stanford University (USA)

4. University of Oxford (United Kingdom)

5. Harvard University (USA)

6. University of Cambridge (United Kingdom)

7. California Institute of Technology (United States)

8. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (Switzerland)

9. University College London (United Kingdom)

10. National University of Singapore (Singapore)

Brazilian universities among the best in the world

133: University of São Paulo (USP)

277: University of Campinas (Unicamp)

367: Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)

513: São Paulo State University (Unesp)

600: Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG)

620: Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-RJ)

741-750: Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)

801 - 850: Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP)

851 - 900: University of Brasília (UnB)

901 - 950: Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC)

Source: Antena 1