UL Retains 251th–300th Position in Emerging Economies University Rankings

The rankings use the same 13 performance indicators as the THE World University Rankings that determine the world’s leading universities. The main indicators considered to rank the universities include teaching (the learning environment); research (volume, income and reputation), international outlook (staff, students and research); citations (research influence); industry income (knowledge transfer). These indicators are recalibrated to reflect the development priorities of universities in emerging economies. Eligibility of countries and universities is determined by FTSE classification. Latvia is represented in (THE) Emerging Economies University Rankings by UL and Riga Technical University. Leading positions of the Rankings have been achieved by several Chinese universities. The 1^st place – Tsinghua University, the 2^nd place – Peking University, the 3^rd place – Zhejiang University. Overall, 442 universities from 43 countries feature in the Rankings.  The THE World University Rankings portfolio comprises 11 separate detailed subject rankings: engineering; computer science; business and economics; life sciences; clinical and health; psychology; law; education; physical science; social science; arts and humanities. Read more here.