DOHA: Qatar University (QU) has made its debut in the prestigious Times Higher Education (THE) BRICS and Emerging Economies Rankings 2016 with a significant 90th position. QU has been listed among the top 200 institutions in the 48 countries included in the rankings.
The announcement was made by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings on November 26.
THE BRICS and Emerging Economies Rankings includes only institutions in countries classified as emerging (“Advanced Emerging”, “Secondary Emerging” or “Frontier”) by FTSE (Financial Times Stock Exchange) including the BRICS nations of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
China dominates the rankings, with its institutions occupying first and second places, half the top 10 and 39 places in the top 200. Taiwan comes a distant second with 24 universities and India is the third best represented country.
QU’s place in this ranking of the best research-led universities in the developing world is a significant achievement, said a QU statement yesterday.
The BRICS and Emerging Economies Rankings examines each university’s strengths against all of its core missions – teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook. Universities are ranked using the same 13 rigorous performance indicators as the THE World University Rankings.
The methodology is however recalibrated to better reflect the characteristics and development priorities in developing economies. For example, more weight is given to a university’s industry links and international outlook.
Commenting on the announcement, QU President Dr Hassan Al Derham said: “This is a proud achievement for Qatar University. We are pleased to see the fruits of our commitment and dedication to quality education and to steering the organization in the direction of world-class standard in research, teaching, international outlook, and in our strong links with industry.”
“This achievement will resonate not only throughout the QU community but also to parents, prospective students and faculty, industry partners and our academic collaborations at home and abroad.”
World University Rankings Editor Phil Baty said: “The 2016 BRICS & Emerging Economies Rankings use the same 13 rigorous and demanding performance indicators as the overall World University Rankings, so institutions have to demonstrate high standards of performance across teaching, research, international outlook and industry links. We rank the best universities from a highly competitive field of 48 emerging economy countries – so to make the top 200 list is a great achievement in itself and Qatar University should be heartily congratulated.”
The Peninsula
