Rankings

​Alan Olsen reports:

"The Times Higher Education World University Rankings describes itself as the only global university performance table to judge world class universities across all their core missions – teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook.

In the world university rankings released in 2016:

Australia has 29 universities in the world’s top 500, and 12 outside the top 500;
UK has 58 universities in the world’s top 500, and 101 outside the top 500;
US has 121 universities in the world’s top 500, and 2,918 (four-year) universities outside the top 500.

In terms of total student numbers:

In Australia, 84% of students in Australian universities are at universities in the world’s top 500;
In UK, 51% of students in UK universities are at universities in the world’s top 500;
In US, 25% of students in US (four year) universities are at universities in the world’s top 500."

Who'd a thunk?