Cambridge slumps to third in QS World University Rankings
Someone write a letter, we demand a recount
Cambridge has dropped the proverbial ball in the 2015/2016 QS World University Rankings
Cambridge has gone from second to joint third place in the newly released 2015 QS World Rankings.
In better news, Cambridge topped the world in English Language and Literature.
The league table uses six ‘performance indicators’ to decide who is top dog. These consist of academic reputation, employer reputation, student-to-faculty ratio, international faculty, international students and citations per faculty.
Cambridge got full marks in the first three categories. But it only scored a measly 93.7% in citations per faculty, the area in which both MIT and Harvard have the strongest lead over us.
Four British universities came in the top ten this year, including Oxford, UCL and Imperial.
For other universities, they were happy just being on the list.
Swansea University breaks into top 400 in QS World University Rankings 2015/16 http://t.co/EKIqM1OnpA#QSWURpic.twitter.com/lQ3OlBq14P
— Swansea University (@SwanseaUni) September 15, 2015
At least we maintain our comfortable lead of three places over the Other Place.