Times Higher Education BRICS & Emerging Economics Rankings 2017

University of Colombo was ranked among the top 300 in the prestigious Times Higher Education BRICS & Emerging Economics Rankings 2017 on 30th November 2016. The inclusion of University of Colombo in the THE BRICS & Emerging Economies ranking is a significant achievement, which means one of the top 300 institutions in the 50 countries included in the analysis. The ranking uses the same 13 rigorous performance indicators as the THE World University Rankings, examining each university’s strengths against all of its core missions- teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook. The methodology has been carefully re-calibrated to better reflect the characteristics and development priorities of universities in developing economies. More weight is given, for example, to a university’s industry links and international outlook.

Phil Baty, Editor, THE World University Ranking, said: “It is no easy task to appear in the 2017 BRICS & Emerging Economies Rankings, which use the same 13 rigorous and demanding performance indicators as the overall World University Rankings. Institutions must demonstrate high standards of performance across teaching, research, international outlook and knowledge transfer and compete with other leading research universities across 50 emerging economy countries. We only rank the very best universities from this cohort so to make the top 300 list is a great achievement in itself and University of Colombo should be heartily congratulated.”

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