2020 YEARBOOK 1 QS World University Rankings 2020 Yearbook Published by QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited. 1 Tranley Mews, Fleet Road, London NW3 2DG United Kingdom qs.com 1st edition, May 2020 Book ISBN: 978-981-14-5329-8 eBook ISBN: 978-981-14-5330-4 Copyright © QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited 2020 All rights reserved. The entire content of this publication is protected by international copyright. No part of it may be copied or reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Any permitted reproduction of QS Rankings data must be sourced: QS World University Rankings® 2020. Any other permitted reproduction must be sourced: QS World University Rankings 2020 Yearbook, QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited 2020. For permission, please write to Monica Hornung Cattan [email protected] Acknowledgements QS would like to thank the advertisers in this edition, the main editorial contributors (see page 9), and the many other QS and external colleagues who have contributed, particularly including the QS Intelligence Unit team behind the QS World University Rankings®: Ben Sowter, Jason Newman, Leigh Kamolins, Monica Hornung Cattan, Anton John Crace, Samuel Ang, Ana Marie Banica, Effie Chen, E Way Chong, Juan Carlos Mejia Cuartas, Alloysius Ching, Alex Chisholm, Ashwin Fernandes, Tony Fregoli, Selina Griffin, Ludovic Highman, Elena Ilie, Daniel Kahn, Yea Yin Kek, Taewan Kim, Andrew MacFarlane, Gabriel Maschião da Costa, David Myers, Larisa Osipova, Ajita Rane, Shiloh Rose, Nicholas Sequeira, Rashmi Sharma, Padmashree Sorate, Violeta Surugiu, Ken Trinh, Jia Ying Wong, Samuel Wong, Yuh Ming Yap, Dennis Yu, Zoya Zaitseva. Thanks also to Martin Ince, John O’Leary, and to Lynn Chua and Emma Simmons. Project leads for QS: Monica Hornung Cattan, Anton John Crace Editor and project coordinator: Emma Simmons Design: Lynn Chua Additional cover design: David Myers Thanks are owed to Elsevier for the provision from Scopus™ of the bibliometric data used in the compilation of the QS World University Rankings® 2020, and to World Scientific. The authors would also like to thank all the universities that provided data and the numerous governmental and research agencies worldwide that supplied information. Notes on data and tables Every effort has been made to ensure that information contained in this book is accurate. However, with the volume of data, the authors cannot give a total guarantee. The publisher sincerely regrets any inaccuracies and is most grateful for them to be brought to its attention. Further, limited page space, translation, and the need for stylistic editing means that some university names have had to be abbreviated (eg University = Uni, Technology = Tech etc). Please always refer to universities directly to confirm full and correct names. In addition, where universities are ranked in bands - eg: 151 – 200 - a broad alphabetical approach has been taken based on a selected key word in a name; the banded list does not therefore imply at all that the institution in 200th spot is of any lower ranking than that in 151st. The publisher realises that sometimes that selected key word may differ from that the university or business school might, itself, have selected and which could potentially have given it a different position in the presented band list. For the most complete and up to date data for all QS Rankings, please see topuniversities.com Important disclaimer Editorial content in QS World Universities Rankings 2020 Yearbook does not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher QS, its staff, or any other parties involved. 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LOMONOSOV MOSCOW STATE 1ST IN RUSSIA IN ALL RANKINGS UNIVERSITY ST 1 IN QS UNIVERSITY RANKINGS FOR EECA 2020 EMERGING EUROPE AND Established on CENTRAL ASIA REGION January 25, 1755 21ST IN NATURAL SCIENCES 24TH IN LINGUISTICS EDUCATIONAL 536 PROGRAMMES 33RD IN PHYSICS & ASTRONOMY FACULTIES 34TH IN MODERN 43 AND SCHOOLS LANGUAGES 43RD IN MATHEMATICS RESEARCH TH INSTITUTES 45 IN HOSPITALITY 15 & LEISURE MANAGEMENT CAMPUSES 47TH IN ARTS 7 OUTSIDE RUSSIA & HUMANITIES BY QS WORLD NOBEL UNIVERSITY 11 LAUREATS RANKINGS BY SUBJECT FIELDS 6 MEDALISTS Key research priorities 84 Information technologies IN QS WORLD and supercomputing UNIVERSITY Structure of matter and space RANKINGS 2020 Aerospace technologies and satellite systems Interdisciplinary human and life research Renewable energy 725 and energy effi ciency PARTNER Nanomaterials UNIVERSITIES and bionanosystems AND RESEARCH Sustainable nature CENTRES and regional development IN 84 COUNTRIES Ethics, language, and culture ON 5 CONTINENTS for social development 1 LENINSKIE GORY, MOSCOW, RUSSIA 1st Arab university Overall, The Institution Improved on Its 2019 Performance 186 by 45 Places OVERALL RANK OF 2020 Since 2014, King Abdul Aziz University (KAU) Moved up 174 Places, Over the 7 Considered Years, KAU Moved up 6 Times and did not Present Negative Performances. KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY RANKINGS TREND 186= 231= 267= 303 283 334 360 2019 2020 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2020 YEARBOOK Media 6 Contributors 9 Contents 11 Foreword 13 Introduction 14 QS World University Rankings® Worldwide Media Impact Argentina “... educational quality analysis conducted by the international consulting firm Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) ...” La Nacion Brazil “Global education analyst QS Quacquarelli Symonds ... the world’s most popular ranking of universities ... the definitive guide to the ... best universities in the world.” Exame Canada “The listing began in 2004 and ranks ... universities while assessing thousands around the globe ... Universities on the list were busy tweeting out their rankings ...” The Star China “... Rankings, which uses ... carefully calibrated performance indicators ... the most comprehensive and balanced comparison of university strengths.” Sohu “... the QS World University Rankings by Subject is a comprehensive guide to study in a range of popular subject areas.” South China Morning Post France “... au regard ... du QS World University Rankings qui, chaque année, réalise un classement des meilleurs établissements de la planète” Le Monde India “... Indian institutes have ... made it to the top 200 list of the world’s best universities” The Times of India Mexico “... shows which are the best universities in the world. This prestigious ranking ... by ... Quacquarelli Symonds ...” Universia New Zealand “... universities are climbing up the world rankings as academics focus more on world-leading research ... in the latest QS rankings.” The New Zealand Herald Russia “... higher education specialists QS ...” The Moscow Times South Africa “... it is an achievement to be in the QS World University Rankings ...” South Africa Broadcasting Corporation Sweden “... Swedish universities have placed within the world’s 100 best in an annual international ranking of top higher education institutions ... QS World University Rankings” The Local Switzerland “... the annual rankings ... rank ... institutions according to ... research, teaching employability and internationalization.” The Local Taiwan “... Rankings compiled by QS, a global information provider on specialist higher education and careers information and solutions.” China Post United Kingdom “ ‘Uncertainty ... seems to be damaging the reputation of the UK’s higher education sector,’ said Ben Sowter, head of research ...” The Guardian 1 83th 115th 1,067 1,801 United States “... QS ... shows the US consolidating its grip at the top of the rankings, but The only QS Anniversary of Number of Number of students the emerging threat from Asia is gaining traction.” Forbes Korean university World University Korea University’s international who enrolled in International Global “MIT has continued its winning streak ... the US and UK dominate ... However, a in the Universitas 21 Rankings 2020 foundation partner universities Summer Campus number of institutions ... have slipped amid funding constraints as contenders from across the globe are gaining ...” The PIE News Graduate School Admission 2020 6 1 83th 115th 1,067 1,801 The only QS Anniversary of Number of Number of students Korean university World University Korea University’s international who enrolled in International in the Universitas 21 Rankings 2020 foundation partner universities Summer Campus Graduate School Admission 2020 Contributors (alphabetical) Anton John Crace is editor and program designer in the QS Intelligence Unit. He was the former Asia Pacific editor of The PIE News, an international education media outlet, and was recognised as the Universities Australia, Higher Education Journalist of the Year in 2019 at the National Press Club of Australia. Monica Hornung Cattan is head of programs at the QS Intelligence Unit, overseeing the QS Singapore office’s global conferences and publications. Her international career has focused on strategic partnerships and convening multi-stakeholders to tackle urgent societal issues for organisations including the United Nations and the World Economic Forum. Martin Ince has worked on the QS World University Rankings® since 2004. He is a higher education and