Praetorian Outsource Marketing was delighted to see two UK universities in the world top-ten rankings released by Times Higher Education Magazine this week.
The magazine released their rankings which sets out the top 100 universities in terms of academic prestige. The results are taken from the responses of 17,554 senior, published academics who are asked to respond to an invitation-only poll.
The top 10 were:
1. Harvard University –USA
2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology – USA
3. University of Cambridge – UK
4. Stanford University – USA
5. University of California, Berkeley - USA
6. University of Oxford – UK
7. Princeton University – USA
8. University of Tokyo – Japan
9. University of California, Los Angeles – USA
10. Yale University – USA
The top 10 is dominated by American universities. Does Praetorian Outsource Marketing think that the UK is losing its footing in the league tables? A spokesperson for the company said, "Whilst it is very obviously that there are lot of American universities in the top 10 it is a fantastic achievement for the UK, which is considerably smaller than the USA, to have two in the top 10."
Praetorian Outsource Marketing is also keen to point out that not much further down the list are a number of other UK universities including Imperial College London at number 13, University College London at number 21, London School of Economics at 29, University of Edinburgh at 49 and just outside the top 50, The University of Manchester.
American universities occupy 60 percent of the top 50 slots with the UK second closest at 12 percent. What has been interesting is that there has been a certain amount of shuffling over the last year with several of the UK’s leading universities dropping several places and a number of China’s universities have climbed the ladder. China is seeing a greater expansion of its higher education system than any other country.
The representative from Praetorian Outsource Marketing believes that the rankings are something to be proud of rather than worried about. "It is an incredibly achievement to get two of our universities so high up in the top 10. The UK still has a fantastic reputation for providing excellent higher education which is why it is able to attract so many foreign students who believe a UK degree will be highly respected around the world. It’s testament to our fantastic facilities and lecturers who should be congratulated on their success."
